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poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/33624/
78
/555/
78
/600/
4.3
/48088/
94
/51/
93
/387/
86
/19/

Z (1969)
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth. But, a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
poster
85
8.0
/289503/
79
/5056/
78
/3238/
4.3
/463186/
96
/118/
90
/3873/
86
/15/
cc age 15+

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
85
7.4
/349244/
73
/16100/
73
/7401/
4.2
/1342346/
98
/402/
79
/2202/
99
/53/
cc age 15+

Moonlight (2016)
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/7983/
74
/166/
74
/154/
4.0
/11677/
100
/31/
87
/108/
85
/10/

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.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
84
8.1
/18219/
79
/360/
80
/736/
4.3
/41771/
100
/10/
91
/80/

A Special Day (1977)
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/20727/
83
/1077/
80
/522/
4.5
/214978/
98
/65/
88
/215/
82
/22/

Paris Is Burning (1991)
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
poster
84
8.0
/104152/
79
/2081/
75
/837/
3.9
/44727/
96
/57/
92
/2747/
85
/26/
cc age 16+

Sling Blade (1996)
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.8
/35059/
77
/641/
74
/492/
4.0
/26172/
100
/32/
93
/1200/
81
/5/

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/64664/
78
/2558/
76
/1383/
4.2
/133341/
93
/155/
89
/688/
79
/36/
cc age 13+

Pride (2014)
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
poster
MUBI
82
7.5
/8643/
73
/283/
73
/190/
4.0
/34116/
97
/62/
90
/10/
89
/18/

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.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
7.8
/7942/
79
/188/
71
/109/
3.9
/15467/
96
/92/
89
/174/

The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
poster
82
7.7
/619910/
79
/31300/
77
/7600/
4.2
/3631311/
93
/407/
79
/5711/
81
/55/
cc age 15+

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.6
/40242/
78
/1714/
78
/963/
4.0
/138397/
98
/131/
88
/211/
85
/22/
cc age 16+

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.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.6
/1643/
77
/78/
71
/40/
3.8
/1662/
100
/30/
86
/18/
75
/10/
cc age 16+

Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (2014)
An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay young man murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Framed through a personal lens, it's the story of loss, love, and courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy.
poster
MUBI
82
7.6
/4515/
78
/196/
68
/78/
4.0
/7309/
98
/80/
83
/160/
86
/23/
cc age 16+

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
poster
82
7.5
/107228/
74
/2251/
74
/1414/
3.7
/80982/
90
/83/
87
/3504/
86
/33/
cc age 17+

Boys Don't Cry (1999)
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
poster
HBO Max
82
7.9
/39502/
79
/1544/
77
/903/
3.8
/27034/
94
/49/
88
/380/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
poster
82
7.5
/185288/
74
/3415/
72
/2341/
3.8
/109990/
93
/241/
89
/11620/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Milk (2008)
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
poster
82
7.6
/275777/
74
/5640/
73
/3603/
3.9
/211821/
90
/200/
83
/20491/
83
/35/
cc age 18+

Eastern Promises (2007)
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.4
/249874/
73
/13884/
71
/3147/
3.9
/1799771/
93
/336/
86
/1902/
79
/54/
cc age 13+

Conclave (2024)
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
poster
Netflix
81
7.3
/9570/
77
/549/
78
/280/
4.0
/104663/
89
/9/
92
/51/
cc age 16+

Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.9
/3353/
75
/158/
68
/49/
4.0
/6454/
100
/74/
75
/10/
86
/17/

Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
poster
81
7.9
/489389/
77
/12816/
74
/5589/
4.1
/590609/
84
/210/
87
/16023/
67
/34/
cc age 17+

In Bruges (2008)
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
poster
81
7.9
/544593/
79
/14981/
79
/8888/
4.0
/600600/
92
/264/
91
/4158/
77
/47/
cc age 17+

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
poster
Hulu
80
7.0
/6616/
69
/315/
68
/114/
3.8
/45856/
96
/115/
91
/17/
87
/18/
cc age 15+

Blue Jean (2023)
Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.
poster
The Roku Channel
80
7.6
/27089/
79
/587/
72
/334/
3.9
/23779/
92
/25/
93
/804/

Beautiful Thing (1996)
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
poster
Hulu
80
7.4
/472351/
71
/12896/
67
/5790/
3.7
/757180/
90
/219/
79
/43497/
89
/38/
cc age 16+

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
poster
80
7.8
/8282/
79
/153/
73
/98/
3.9
/3830/
76
/21/
91
/289/

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan, and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother, who has never approved of her son's lifestyle.
poster
80
7.2
/27425/
71
/614/
73
/562/
3.6
/43559/
88
/25/
81
/395/
77
/15/

I Stand Alone (1999)
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
poster
Netflix
80
8.2
/1758306/
81
/59214/
80
/25413/
4.0
/3573785/
79
/283/
83
/9438/
75
/47/
cc age 17+

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
poster
Netflix
79
6.8
/4947/
72
/233/
67
/99/
3.8
/17956/
100
/7/
87
/8/

Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
poster
79
7.2
/2905/
68
/47/
66
/37/
3.8
/2324/
95
/19/
83
/30/

City of Hope (1991)
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
poster
Netflix
79
6.8
/220901/
67
/6814/
67
/2883/
3.7
/498230/
94
/366/
76
/28/
89
/58/
cc age 15+

The Power of the Dog (2021)
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
8.0
/19075/
82
/872/
80
/617/
3.7
/17089/
73
/15/
86
/309/

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.
poster
Netflix
79
8.3
/1152718/
82
/22543/
79
/10833/
3.9
/467985/
76
/131/
85
/1198232/
68
/20/
cc age 17+

Braveheart (1995)
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
poster
79
7.5
/133336/
78
/8494/
79
/6189/
3.2
/538779/
92
/238/
87
/1495/
72
/38/
cc age 13+

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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.6
/15542/
76
/479/
72
/247/
4.1
/51334/
94
/93/
95
/2/
68
/20/

And Then We Danced (2019)
Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.
poster
fuboTV
79
7.5
/9251/
79
/112/
69
/106/
3.7
/6807/
93
/28/
90
/570/

My Life in Pink (1997)
Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation, and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.2
/7990/
74
/355/
68
/162/
4.0
/36343/
95
/122/
82
/296/
79
/34/
cc age 17+

Pariah (2011)
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
poster
MUBI
79
7.6
/34358/
76
/1051/
72
/555/
3.9
/47067/
95
/87/
86
/468/
81
/18/

Weekend (2011)
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
poster
79
7.7
/150851/
77
/4347/
75
/4009/
4.1
/331108/
85
/120/
89
/5378/
74
/34/
cc age 13+

Billy Elliot (2000)
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
poster
79
7.7
/271996/
77
/6233/
77
/4519/
3.9
/200666/
83
/63/
89
/4674/
66
/21/
cc age 14+

Philadelphia (1993)
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
poster
78
7.2
/44000/
72
/707/
71
/697/
3.8
/34295/
82
/156/
75
/1564/
76
/32/
cc age 18+

Broken Embraces (2009)
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
poster
78
7.3
/75152/
72
/1902/
69
/861/
4.0
/137029/
87
/143/
84
/2183/
79
/30/
cc age 17+

Sexy Beast (2001)
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
poster
77
7.5
/57777/
73
/908/
71
/574/
3.8
/63695/
91
/44/
86
/656/
73
/17/
cc age 15+

Show Me Love (1998)
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
poster
77
6.9
/6384/
68
/118/
63
/73/
3.6
/5646/
89
/45/
71
/161/
84
/27/
cc age 16+

Get on the Bus (1996)
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.1
/1355/
69
/63/
62
/36/
3.4
/6503/
89
/27/
79
/4/
82
/10/

Sócrates (2018)
After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
poster
VIX
77
7.7
/76615/
77
/2789/
78
/4565/
3.7
/82938/
79
/14/
82
/51/

Perfect Strangers (2016)
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.


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