Movies Like This Special Friendship (1964)

This Special Friendship is a 1964 drama, romance film from Jean Delannoy with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Love of Siam and Love, Simon.

Drama Romance

Love of Siam

2007

Best friends as children, Mew and Tong run into each other years later as young men and find they have unexpected feelings for each other.

7.3

MagicScore

Love, Simon

2018

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

8.0

MagicScore

Pillion

2025

Colin, a timid gay man, is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker, takes him on as his submissive in a crazy and erotic BDSM-focused relationship.

6.4

MagicScore

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

6.1

MagicScore

Joyland

2022

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

7.3

MagicScore

Prayers for Bobby

2009

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

8.1

MagicScore

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

7.0

MagicScore

Querelle

1982

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.

6.6

MagicScore

Block Pass

2025

Friendship and rebellion - but how will a secret play out in the masculine world of motocross? Willy and Jojo are best friends. They share a passion for motocross - whereas Willy uses it to honour his deceased father, it is only by excelling in the sport that Jojo’s father will notice him. Also the masculine world or racing is perfectly suited to suppress their own insecurities. Yet when Willy one fateful night discovers the hidden love life of Jojo, he will be forced to take sides in the wave of homophobia that follows.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Tea and Sympathy

1956

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

The History Boys

2006

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Lilies

1997

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

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

#14

Happy Together

1997

A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.

7.6

MagicScore

#15

Undertow

2009

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

The Blue Caftan

2023

A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Just a Question of Love

2000

After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Beautiful Thing

1996

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

Great Freedom

2021

In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like This Special Friendship?

The top films similar to This Special Friendship by MovieMagicScore are Love of Siam (7.3), Love, Simon (8.0), Pillion (6.4). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is This Special Friendship worth watching?

This Special Friendship holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 80 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is This Special Friendship?

This Special Friendship (1964) is a drama, romance film directed by Jean Delannoy, starring Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia.

Where can I find more recommendations like This Special Friendship?

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About movies like This Special Friendship

This ranked list pairs This Special Friendship (1964), a drama and romance film from Jean Delannoy, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Francis Lacombrade 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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