Movies Similar to Beautiful Troubles

Carried by the Waves(2022)

Loïs, 22 years old, wakes up on the beach after a drunken night. In his distress, he approaches Killian, 20, who is jogging and falls for him at first sight.

7.0

Happy Endings Sleepover(2019)

American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will board a freighter. Johnnie, who is a young gay man, meets and falls in love with a Danish lad named Sander, who is apparently straight. Wanting to keep his friend close to him, he makes the mistake of bringing him on the mission. What will become of their friendship if Johnnie confesses his love to Sander? And is the Russian agent all he seems to be? Set against a backdrop of European espionage, Happy Endings Sleepover is a celebration of gay youth in a world where love should never be Top-Secret.

4.8

The Gay Agenda 26(2024)

In this anthology of shorts, the phrase “Gay Agenda” is reclaimed from the religious right and transformed into a celebration of gay culture. Sit back and enjoy “The Carer,” “Into the Storm,” and “Floating Melon.”

0.0

Never Too Late(2016)

Never too late to find love with a stranger you meet out of nowhere.

2.4

In a Heartbeat(2017)

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

8.0

Summer(2022)

A leather-clad biker and a pink-haired escort meet on the streets of downtown Guadalajara.

6.5

Rent(2005)

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

6.9

Setmana Santa(2021)

Gerard and his sister spend Holy Week at their grandmother’s house. Thanks to her strict devotion, Gerard learns to love Jesus. However, she is not aware that her grandson is learning a lot more from that relationship.

6.0

Winner Takes All(2011)

A self-involved but seductive beauty engineers his two lovers to fight over him. And we mean, really fight.

3.3

Emo Valley(2024)

A foster care survivor, living in the streets of Phoenix, Arizona; Is being stalked by an individual from social media.

0.0

Fanatic Love(2016)

Song Chengyue has secretly loved his best friend Su Yi since high school, but when they reunite three years later in a virtual reality world, he’s given a second chance to finally confess his feelings and win her heart.

5.5

Eating Out: All You Can Eat(2009)

Tiffani attempts to help her geeky but very cute friend Casey find true love - or at least a sexy hunk. Taken under Tiffani’s wing, Casey pretends to be Ryan, Tiffani's hot, straight, stripper ex-boyfriend, in order to seduce the smoldering Zack online, which works, until the real Ryan shows up!

5.6

Cascarita de plátano(2015)

A group of teenage soccer players are abruptly interrupted by four boys who arbitrarily want to take over the field where the girls train every day, in the process the teenagers take over the field trying to deprive the young teenagers of the space where they train. The boys insist, the women do not allow their inclusion and propose a bet. The game begins, the girls see themselves dominant in soccer, at the end of the sporting confrontation, the boys lose and in consolation the girls offer to kiss them, revealing in the end that all of them are actually boys.

0.0

Antique(2008)

Jin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.

6.2

Gaydar(2013)

Alvin Yapan’s latest work casts a refreshing take on modern relationships as he takes on the themes of romantic obsession, real identities and perhaps, true love. Tina’s love live seems doomed as every guy she falls for turns out to be…into other guys. She vows never to fall in love again and seeks solace in the company of her gay best friend Nick. Her life gets a turnaround when she meets a handsome FX driver that unleashes a dizzying string of surprises.

2.0

The Marriage(2017)

Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol. The Marriage charts the emotional predicament of the man who has strong feelings for two persons. There is great pressure to marry and only mild support for LGBTQ rights in Kosovan society, so Zeqiri’s film, which unashamedly puts same-sex and heterosexual passion on the same plane, is a forceful step in the right direction, as well as a dynamic portrait of romance and deception in the shadow of war.

6.0

Present Perfect(2017)

Following a painful breakup, Toey decides to heal his broken heart in Higashikawa town where he meets Oat, who is on his bachelor finale trip. From stranger to friends, romance spark off between the two..

6.2

20 Centimeters(2005)

Colloquially-told story of a few days in the life of Marieta, who's saving money for the last operation in her change from man to woman. She works as a prostitute in Madrid and longs for a legitimate job. Whenever she builds up her savings, her housemate and best friend Tomás finds ways to spend, lose, or cost her those funds. She meets Raúl, whom she likes and who likes her; the trouble is he also likes that part of her she wants removed. If that's not enough, she also has narcolepsy, and when she conks out, she dreams of musical-theater numbers in which she's the singing and dancing star. Are these dreams always going to be 20 centimeters out of reach?

5.0

As Luck Would Have It(2002)

Jean-Pierre is a literature professor in Switzerland. Due to the vagarities of Swiss law, he is selected, basically at random, to be the guardian of a parentless teenage boy named Antoine. Conflict comes into the story as Jean-Pierre, who has just accepted a major promotion, must now deal with caring for a teenage boy he doesn't want to care for, as well as handling his own jealous boyfriend. Then his wife steps into the picture. Things get complicated from there as Jean-Pierre tries to get out of his guardianship.

5.6

Before I Forget(2007)

A portrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery.

5.9