Perhaps best described as a gay take on 'Pride and Prejudice,' 2017's 'Call Me by Your Name' manages to tackle the issues of class discrimination and sexuality at the same time. The task of making it all worked is handled with aplomb by Elio Perlman and Armie Hammer in the leading roles as a young male couple falling in love despite themselves and their differences. 'Call Me by Your Name' won the 2018 Oscar for 'Best Adapted Screenplay.'
The crux of the story is one of an impressionable but closeted 17-year-old boy finding himself irritated by the arrival of a 24-year-old Jewish-American student, invited to come and live with his family for a while by his father, who is a university professor. The young and studious Elio feels that the boisterous and outspoken visitor has nothing in common with him, but nevertheless finds himself strangely drawn to him, and begins to question both his orientation and his beliefs.