Movies Like Great Freedom (2021)

Great Freedom is a 2021 crime, drama, romance film from Sebastian Meise with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Kiss of the Spider Woman and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Crime Drama Romance

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

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

Wilde

1997

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.

6.6

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

Just Friends

2019

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

7.0

MagicScore

Esteros

2016

Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia.

6.5

MagicScore

Stranger by the Lake

2013

Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

6.3

MagicScore

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

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

#10

This Special Friendship

1964

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

7.8

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Victim

1961

A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Undertow

2009

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

7.4

MagicScore

#14

El Angel

2018

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

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

#16

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

#17

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

#18

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

#19

The Wedding Banquet

1993

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

Mario

2018

Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Great Freedom?

The top films similar to Great Freedom by MovieMagicScore are Kiss of the Spider Woman (6.1), Kiss of the Spider Woman (7.0), Wilde (6.6). Each shares crime/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Great Freedom worth watching?

Great Freedom holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 188 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Great Freedom?

Great Freedom (2021) is a crime, drama, romance film directed by Sebastian Meise, starring Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke.

Where can I find more recommendations like Great Freedom?

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About movies like Great Freedom

This ranked list pairs Great Freedom (2021), a crime and drama and romance film from Sebastian Meise, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Franz Rogowski 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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