Movies Like A Moment in the Reeds (2018)

A Moment in the Reeds is a 2018 drama, romance film from Mikko Mäkelä with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Breaking Fast and A Nice Indian Boy.

Drama Romance

Breaking Fast

2020

Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.

6.3

MagicScore

A Nice Indian Boy

2025

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

7.3

MagicScore

Heartstopper Forever

2026

It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.

7.3

MagicScore

Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE

2022

Still able to read minds, Adachi's blissful new relationship with his dreamy colleague faces a major challenge when they're forced to go long-distance.

7.7

MagicScore

Uncle Frank

2020

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

7.3

MagicScore

Come Undone

2000

Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.

6.3

MagicScore

Everything Is Free

2017

Ivan is a US painter residing in Colombia. His best friend, Christian, and younger brother, Cole, come to visit. Somewhere along the way, Ivan and Cole hit it off although Cole is not gay. Will older brother Christian be okay with that?

5.5

MagicScore

East Side Story

2006

Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley, one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.

5.0

MagicScore

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

2023

As college graduation nears, Hira struggles with Kiyoi's growing fame as an actor, while Kiyoi just wants an equal relationship. Can their love survive?

8.0

MagicScore

#10

The Blonde One

2019

Gabriel rents a room in Juan’s House. They work together in a Woodwork place. Gabriel is a very quiet guy and has a little daughter. Juan is a party boy who has a lots of girls around. Inadvertently the sexual tension starts to grow between them. It opens a new hidden forbidden world they have to deal with.

7.9

MagicScore

#11

Love in the Big City

2024

When a carefree woman learns that her closeted friend is gay, the two form an inseparable bond and find comfort in each other's company.

7.9

MagicScore

#12

Brokeback Mountain

2005

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

7.8

MagicScore

#13

God's Own Country

2017

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

The Last Match

2013

Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field in their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife, and wife's grandma, gambler Reinier always fails to get the stroke of luck he looks for. At the same time he cannot help being infatuated by Yosvani. Handsome Yosvani will give up his older, wealthy girlfriend (whom he hooked up to pay for a lavish life in the big city), and the work he does for her father, a loan thug, so much in love he is with Reinier. But the boys would fight hard to keep this love in the reckless Havana streets.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Matthias & Maxime

2019

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Nuovo Olimpo

2023

In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Those People

2015

On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

The History of Sound

2025

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Benjamin

2019

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Moment in the Reeds?

The top films similar to A Moment in the Reeds by MovieMagicScore are Breaking Fast (6.3), A Nice Indian Boy (7.3), Heartstopper Forever (7.3). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Moment in the Reeds worth watching?

A Moment in the Reeds holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 87 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is A Moment in the Reeds?

A Moment in the Reeds (2018) is a drama, romance film directed by Mikko Mäkelä, starring Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani, Mika Melender.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Moment in the Reeds?

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About movies like A Moment in the Reeds

This ranked list pairs A Moment in the Reeds (2018), a drama and romance film from Mikko Mäkelä, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Janne Puustinen take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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