Here we've displayed a list of the best Gay Man films : Paris Is Burning(1990), The Life of Reilly(2006), The Imitation Game(2014), Ballot Measure 9(1994), Bohemian Rhapsody(2018), Call Me by Your Name(2017), We Were Here(2011), Pride(2014), Aligarh(2015), Happy Together(1997), Philadelphia(1993), Torch Song Trilogy(1988) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
1990
78 Minutes
André Christian Freddie Pendavis Willi Ninja Pepper LaBeija Junior Labeija Shari Headley Paris Duprée Dorian Corey
drag queen gay man performer friend spirited emotional new york city apartment gay bar stage drag queens prejudice poverty homophobia race relations underdog 1990s
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Frank Anderson
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If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2014
113 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Rory Kinnear Allen Leech Matthew Beard Charles Dance Mark Strong Alex Lawther
scientist mathematician gay man military official government official emotional powerful moving united kingdom laboratory government building london apartment computers world war ii espionage homosexuality homophobia blackmail forbidden love
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Documentary
USA
1994
80 Minutes
gay man lesbian political activist homophobe rousing emotional intense oregon political rally gay rights political campaign discrimination hate crime political activism debate rivalry 1990s
Ballot Measure 9 was an anti-gay amendment proposed to Oregon voters in 1992 by the conservative group, Oregon Citizen's Alliance. This documentary goes behind the scenes of the fight to ... See full summary »
Drama, History, Biography, Music, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Rami Malek Lucy Boynton Gwilym Lee Ben Hardy Joseph Mazzello Aidan Gillen Tom Hollander Allen Leech Mike Myers Aaron McCusker Dermot Murphy
musician band frontman band member band manager singer gay man brash wild unrestrained sultry tense creative stage backstage hotel stadium family home mansion stardom freddie mercury
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Italy|France|USA|Brazil
2017
132 Minutes
Armie Hammer Timothée Chalamet Michael Stuhlbarg Amira Casar Esther Garrel Victoire Du Bois Vanda Capriolo Antonio Rimoldi Elena Bucci Marco Sgrosso
gay man teenager young woman friend graduate student father dreamy emotional intense sultry engaging tender villa italy summer love secret love growing up forbidden love discovery 1980s
In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
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A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
UK|France|USA
2014
119 Minutes
Bill Nighy Imelda Staunton Dominic West Paddy Considine George MacKay Joseph Gilgun Andrew Scott Ben Schnetzer Chris Overton Faye Marsay Freddie Fox
coal miner activist gay man lesbian politician police officer brash confident cool london office coal mine street apartment police station mining gay rights activism politics trust
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Biography, Drama
India
2015
114 Minutes
Sukhesh Arora Manoj Bajpayee Balaji Gauri Sumit Gulati Dilnaz Irani Sachin Parikh K.R. Parmeshwar Rajkummar Rao Ishwak Singh Nutan Surya Suman Vaidya
professor gay man journalist lawyer intense emotional brooding profound india university flat court gay rights homophobia homosexuality fight for justice friendship morality underdog love
A gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Hong Kong|Japan|South Korea
1997
92 Minutes
Leslie Cheung Tony Leung Chang Chen Gregory Dayton
doorman male prostitute boyfriend gay man dreamy bleak touching buenos aires, argentina taipei, taiwan tango bar car apartment failed romance expatriates betrayal infidelity starting over isolation fall love
A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1988
118 Minutes
Harvey Fierstein Anne Bancroft Matthew Broderick Brian Kerwin Karen Young Charles Pierce
gay man drag queen male model teacher mother inspiring emotional endearing new york city stage homophobia homosexuality lost loves acceptance family adoption love transformation quest 1980s
Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Taiwan|USA
1993
107 Minutes
Winston Chao May Chin Mitchell Lichtenstein Sihung Lung Ah-Leh Gua Tien Pien
gay man landlord artist boyfriend father mother amusing madcap offbeat emotional manhattan, n.y. apartment banquet hall wedding marriage of convenience homosexuality cultural differences immigration wedding family
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1970
120 Minutes
Cliff Gorman Leonard Frey Peter White Kenneth Nelson Frederick Combs Reuben Greene Robert La Tourneaux Laurence Luckinbill Keith Prentice
host gay man guest old friend closeted homosexual father dark campy tense touching apartment bedroom party bathroom living room homosexuality sexual identity friendship celebration homophobia
Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.
Documentary, Drama, History
USA
1984
87 Minutes
Allen Ginsberg Harry Hay Frank Kameny Audre Lorde Donna Smith
allen ginsberg activist professor gay man lesbian spirited powerful greenwich village stonewall inn new york city homosexuality homophobia riots civil rights protest underdog discovery 1920s
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Documentary
USA
2000
73 Minutes
Peter Sillen Tim Campion Brian Halloran Coleman Lewis Bill Taft
gay man drag queen bluesman singer-songwriter drug addict fascinating engaging striking atlanta concert stage neighborhood georgia apartment music culture blues homosexuality benjamin smoke drug addiction adventure
This highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1994
70 Minutes
senator colonel soldier gay man veteran lesbian fascinating disheartening dense europe united states battlefield secret world war ii homosexuality persecution discrimination military love discovery
A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuals during World War II. The documentary includes interviews with several gay WWII veterans.
Drama
Brazil|USA
1985
119 Minutes
William Hurt Raul Julia Sonia Braga José Lewgoy Nuno Leal Maia Antonio Petrim Denise Dumont Milton Gonçalves Patricio Bisso Herson Capri Nildon Parrente
political prisoner gay man woman convict warden fascinating tender prison argentina politics imprisonment homosexuality fantasy storytelling unlikely friendship transformation discovery 1980s
A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2016
111 Minutes
Mahershala Ali Shariff Earp Alex Hibbert Ashton Sanders Trevante Rhodes Janelle Monáe Naomie Harris Jaden Piner Jharrel Jerome Andre Holland Edson Jean
young man gay man african-american mother father lover brooding emotional intense miami beach house street car school growing up homosexuality acceptance love trust
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
119 Minutes
Arye Gross Eric Schweig Tim DeKay Louise Fletcher George Coe O'Neal Compton Corinne Bohrer Veanne Cox
gay man grandfather native american artist friend emotional charming touching small town montana new york city homosexuality coming out romance homecoming family small-town life love discovery 2000s
Big Eden is a small, fictional northwestern Montana town.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2014
108 Minutes
Don Scime Guy Adkins Antoinette LaVecchia Jordan Baker Tonye Patano Lauren Lopes Andrea Andolina Jim Hanley
radio host gay man sister orphan partner listener brooding emotional intense buffalo, n.y. radio station bar apartment forest car self-discovery adoption mentorship love trust
David, the host of a local gay radio show in Buffalo, New York, struggles with self-doubt when his single sister asks him to be the father figure for her soon to be adopted Brazilian child.... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|Japan
1997
117 Minutes
Clive Owen Lothaire Bluteau Brian Webber Ian McKellen Mick Jagger Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Jude Law Paul Bettany
gay man boyfriend prisoner uncle transvestite nazi emotional powerful berlin nightclub forest dachau concentration camp train germany holocaust homosexuality violence suicide forced labor survival
In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
Canada
2010
97 Minutes
Niels Schneider Xavier Dolan Monia Chokri Anne Dorval Louis Garrel Perrette Souplex Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Olivier Morin Magalie Lépine Blondeau
gay man woman friend young man rival love child amusing campy lighthearted passionate canada montreal coffee shop vacation home infatuation friendship love triangle competition sex romance
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
Documentary
USA
2003
87 Minutes
filmmaker mother grandmother grandfather boyfriend gay man creative quirky family home houston new york city family dysfunction mother/son relationship mental illness homosexuality abusive relationship growing up transformation 2000s
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1986
90 Minutes
Richard Ganoung John Bolger Steve Buscemi
gay man boyfriend ex-lover friend brooding witty emotional new york city apartment aids romance love triangle separation homosexuality city life love temptation transformation 1980s
As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2006
83 Minutes
gay man drag queen bar owner lesbian mayor preacher gutsy inspiring tense patriotic mississippi small town gay bar religious gathering street office fred phelps homophobia hate crime acceptance
The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
107 Minutes
Steve Sandvoss Wes Ramsey Rebekah Jordan Amber Benson Khary Payton Jacqueline Bisset Joseph Gordon-Levitt Rob McElhenney Erik Palladino Mary Kay Place Jim Ortlieb
mormon gay man mother father waitress missionary amusing melodramatic los angeles idaho small town restaurant apartment building coming out mormonism bet homophobia songwriting suicide attempt love
A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.
Drama
USA
1981
113 Minutes
Michael Ontkean Kate Jackson Harry Hamlin Allen Alder Wendy Hiller Arthur Hill Nancy Olson John Dukakis Terry Kiser Dennis Howard Asher Brauner
doctor husband executive wife novelist gay man somber emotional los angeles family home doctor's office gay bar homosexuality coming out marriage infidelity divorce forbidden love transformation 1980s
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1991
87 Minutes
Brian Cox Eileen Atkins Angus Macfadyen Corey Parker Rene Auberjonois John Schlesinger Cathy Tyson Ben Daniells Nigel Whitmey
gay man husband wife son ex-boyfriend linguist emotional london family home apartment gay bar coming out marriage self-discovery language father/son relationship homosexuality transformation 1990s
A young gay man comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
Sweden
2008
103 Minutes
Gustaf Skarsgård Torkel Petersson Thomas Ljungman Amanda Davin Annika Hallin Jacob Ericksson Mats Blomgren Antti Reini
gay man adoption agent delinquent teen boy partner parent tense emotional gutsy sweden foster home suburb neighborhood homophobia family adoption acceptance bureaucracy troubled youth growing up
A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.