20 movies like Flawless, ordered by similarity : As Good as It Gets(1997), The Wedding Banquet(1993), Paris Is Burning(1990), Big Eden(2000), Booksmart(2019), The Skeleton Twins(2014), Saving Face(2004), Transamerica(2005), Patrik, Age 1.5(2008), Living Out Loud(1998), Outrageous!(1977), Juno(2007) ...
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
Robert De Niro Philip Seymour Hoffman Barry Miller Chris Bauer Skipp Sudduth Wilson Jermaine Heredia Nashom Benjamin Scott Allen Cooper Rory Cochrane Daphne Rubin-Vega Wanda De Jesus
retiree security guard music teacher gay man transvestite emotional touching new york city apartment hospital homophobia prejudice singing stroke unlikely allies physical therapy discovery transformation 1990s
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons, with the drag queen next door.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
138 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear Cuba Gooding Jr. Skeet Ulrich Shirley Knight Yeardley Smith Lupe Ontiveros
writer artist neighbor waitress psychiatrist dog quirky emotional new york city apartment diner romance friendship homosexuality confrontation obsessive-compulsive disorder redemption discovery love transformation
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Taiwan|USA
1993
107 Minutes
Winston Chao May Chin Mitchell Lichtenstein Sihung Lung Ah-Leh Gua Tien Pien
gay man landlord artist boyfriend father mother amusing madcap offbeat emotional manhattan, n.y. apartment banquet hall wedding marriage of convenience homosexuality cultural differences immigration wedding family
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
1990
78 Minutes
André Christian Freddie Pendavis Willi Ninja Pepper LaBeija Junior Labeija Shari Headley Paris Duprée Dorian Corey
drag queen gay man performer friend spirited emotional new york city apartment gay bar stage drag queens prejudice poverty homophobia race relations underdog 1990s
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
119 Minutes
Arye Gross Eric Schweig Tim DeKay Louise Fletcher George Coe O'Neal Compton Corinne Bohrer Veanne Cox
gay man grandfather native american artist friend emotional charming touching small town montana new york city homosexuality coming out romance homecoming family small-town life love discovery 2000s
Big Eden is a small, fictional northwestern Montana town.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Kaitlyn Dever Beanie Feldstein Jessica Williams Jason Sudeikis Lisa Kudrow Will Forte Victoria Ruesga Mason Gooding Skyler Gisondo Diana Silvers Molly Gordon
teenager best friend overachiever classmate teacher principal offbeat unrestrained hilarious amusing emotional touching high school party house classroom graduation family home teenage rebellion overcoming fears
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
91 Minutes
Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Luke Wilson Ty Burrell Boyd Holbrook Joanna Gleason Kathleen Rose Perkins Paul Castro Jr.
twin brother sister husband mother lover charming heartwarming inspiring melodramatic touching city house doctor's office bar gym office family dysfunction estrangement homosexuality
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
Sweden
2008
103 Minutes
Gustaf Skarsgård Torkel Petersson Thomas Ljungman Amanda Davin Annika Hallin Jacob Ericksson Mats Blomgren Antti Reini
gay man adoption agent delinquent teen boy partner parent tense emotional gutsy sweden foster home suburb neighborhood homophobia family adoption acceptance bureaucracy troubled youth growing up
A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Holly Hunter Danny DeVito Queen Latifah Martin Donovan Richard Schiff Elias Koteas
divorcée janitor singer massage therapist friend engaging playful touching new york city apartment building elevator nightclub divorce friendship life lessons self-discovery loneliness discovery love transformation
Judith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
1977
100 Minutes
Craig Russell Hollis McLaren Richert Easley Allan Moyle David McIlwraith Gerry Salsberg Andrée Pelletier Helen Shaver Martha Gibson Helen Hughes Jonah Royston
hairdresser drag queen schizophrenic agent cab driver positive emotional touching toronto salon apartment nightclub unlikely friendship cross-dressing schizophrenia ambition underdog discovery 1970s
A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Elliot Page Michael Cera Jennifer Garner Jason Bateman Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Olivia Thirlby Rainn Wilson
teenager stepmother boyfriend friend teacher musician playful creative witty touching school hospital household suburbia pregnancy abortion divorce disillusionment music discovery
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
2006
109 Minutes
Richard Griffiths Frances de la Tour Stephen Campbell Moore Samuel Barnett Dominic Cooper James Corden Jamie Parker Russell Tovey Samuel Anderson Sacha Dhawan Andrew Knott
student headmaster gay/lesbian teenager friend teacher emotional profound england university education sex literature coming of age friendship loneliness discovery pursuit transformation sacrifice
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
Comedy
USA|France|Germany|Japan|Italy|Spain
1992
93 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Seymour Cassel Jennifer Beals Pat Moya Will Patton Sully Boyer Steven Randazzo Francesco Messina Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane Stanley Tucci
writer neighbor con artist producer actor director offbeat playful witty gritty new york city apartment restaurant street film set aspirations filmmaking unrequited love unlikely allies petty crime
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1970
120 Minutes
Cliff Gorman Leonard Frey Peter White Kenneth Nelson Frederick Combs Reuben Greene Robert La Tourneaux Laurence Luckinbill Keith Prentice
host gay man guest old friend closeted homosexual father dark campy tense touching apartment bedroom party bathroom living room homosexuality sexual identity friendship celebration homophobia
Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells Ben Falcone Gregory Korostishevsky Jane Curtin Stephen Spinella Christian Navarro Pun Bandhu Marc Evan Jackson Erik LaRay Harvey
celebrity biographer friend writer storyteller amusing creative emotional new york city office park bookstore street writing creative process unemployment forgery celebrities pop culture transformation
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Comedy, Biography, Drama, Music
UK|France
2016
110 Minutes
Meryl Streep Hugh Grant Simon Helberg Rebecca Ferguson Nina Arianda David Haig John Kavanagh Christian McKay John Sessions Mark Arnold Neve Gachev
socialite husband opera singer teacher record label owner family member charming emotional uplifting new york city recording studio carnegie hall mansion apartment car ambition singing reality determination performance
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Comedy, Romance
1994
93 Minutes
Til Schweiger Katja Riemann Joachim Król Rufus Beck Armin Rohde Nico van der Knaap Antonia Lang Martina Gedeck Kai Wiesinger Christof Wackernagel Heinrich Schafmeister
ladies' man girlfriend gay man drag queen nymphomaniac friend amusing tender spirited witty germany city apartment closet party sexual identity unrequited love roommates homophobia infidelity
Thrown out by his girlfriend (Katja Riemann), a womanizer (Til Schweiger) moves in with an appreciative gay friend (Joachim Król).
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Australia
1994
102 Minutes
Terence Stamp Hugo Weaving Guy Pearce Bill Hunter Sarah Chadwick Mark Holmes Julia Cortez Ken Radley Alan Dargin June Marie Bennett Rebel Russell
drag queen transsexual mechanic wife performer campy offbeat bus desert australia outback homophobia road trip performance friendship show business quest transformation 1990s
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1991
132 Minutes
Robin Williams Jeff Bridges Amanda Plummer Mercedes Ruehl Michael Jeter Adam Bryant Paul Lombardi David Hyde Pierce
dj homeless person cabaret performer woman girlfriend dark emotional offbeat heartwarming new york city radio station hospital train station holy grail meaning of life redemption values suicide attempt homelessness quest
A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.