Italian Gay Movies & Short Films

In a Future April (The Young Pasolini)

2020 Documentary

Explore Pier Paolo Pasolini's youth through the perspective of his cousin, Nico Naldini, a writer and poet.

SHORT FILM

Hate

2022 Drama

Riccardo has to find a new place for themself due to their difficult relationship with their mother, however, their emotional attachment is giving them a hard time.

The Boy with Pink Trousers

2024 Drama

The story of Andrea Spezzacatena, who, in 2012, decided to take his own life because of the continuous bullying of some classmates.

Blessed Boys

2021 Drama

Mario and Lino's fraternal bond is tested when they encounter a new world that leads them down separate paths, challenging their lifelong friendship in unexpected ways.

Non dirlo a nessuno

2022 Drama

Leo embarks on a nighttime odyssey through Milan after rescuing Tom from an attack, confronting his own past along the way.

Pet Shop Days

2023 Drama, Romance, Thriller

Alejandro, driven by impulse, embarks on a passionate affair with Jack, a young pet store employee, plunging into New York's underworld and a romance that leads them into a spiral of vice.

SHORT FILM

Elder

2015 Documentary, Drama, Romance

Set in 1974 during the AIDS crisis, a Mormon missionary's life is upended when he falls for a handsome Italian Communist in coastal Italy. Their passionate love story unfolds amidst the challenges of faith, identity, and societal taboos.

Patagonia

2023 Drama

After a lifetime in a small town, Yuri escapes with Agostino, a children's entertainer who travels in a motor home. Yuri soon finds himself swept up in a whirlwind of love and dependence with Agostino.

My Place Is Here

2024 Drama

In post-WW2 rural Southern Italy, a single mother forms an unlikely friendship with the local gay wedding planner. Through him, she is introduced to a hidden LGBTQ+ community and begins to awaken to her own rights as a woman.

Born for You

2023 Drama

Luca, a single Catholic gay man, adopted Alba, a Down's syndrome child left in hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was in fact the first case in Italy of a single, homosexual person succeeding in adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture: he simply wanted a family.

Theorem

1968 Drama, Mystery

A mysterious young man entrances each member of a wealthy family. His sudden departure leaves behind a wake of transformation and introspection as they grapple with newfound desires and secrets revealed.

The Big Night (La notte brava)

1959 Drama

Scinttilone and Ruggeretto's escapades in Rome lead to a night of adventure and self-discovery, blurring lines between friendship and survival.

The Ploy

2016 Drama, Thriller

In the summer of '75, Pier Paolo Pasolini's film "Salò" is stolen from the lab where he is editing it, setting off a chain of events leading to the poet's violent death.

SHORT FILM

The Light That Comes Through

2025 Drama

An introverted teenager is caught between the desire to express his feelings and the fear of exposing himself.

SHORT FILM

(Il)legal Asterisk

2022 Comedy

Pulling from stories both personal and historical, three actors examine queer identity and our ongoing battle for true freedom of expression.

SHORT FILM

Candie Boy

2018 Comedy

Leone has recently received a good mark at school and now he knows very well what to ask to his parents as gift: the pink dressed doll 'Candie'.

Caligula

1979 Drama

A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome.

The Catholic School

2021 Drama

In late September 1975, a renowned Catholic school in Rome for sheltered, upper-middle-class boys is attacked in what became known as the Circeo Massacre. The film examines what triggered the violence.

SHORT FILM

Toska

2023 Drama

Flavio, immersed in the sadness of nostalgia and regret, faces his daily loneliness, seeking solace in the solitary ritual of smoking a cigarette. Each puff becomes a journey back in time, an immersion in a parallel dimension that brings to light the moments shared with Alberto.

The Canterbury Tales

1972 Comedy, Drama

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

SHORT FILM

Camper

2015 Comedy

Three old men live in a camper. Abused by the mayor and the municipal authorities, they try to live in their own way, until the day they decide to leave.

SHORT FILM

Loris is Fine

2017 Drama

Loris is twenty years old, naive and in deep need for affection. He's waiting for someone he doesn't know. A HIV-positive man he met online is willing to transmit his disease to him. The virus becomes a powerful ally for Loris to gain a much desired symbiosis in his relationship with Valerio - his HIV positive boyfriend.

SHORT FILM

False Negative

2016 Drama

Luca is a shy and insecure guy. He has a problem with gay people: he is always very uncomfortable with them. One night, in spite of himself, he will have to face the problem and confront once and for all with himself.

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1975 Drama

In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines subject their victims to 120 days of torture.

SHORT FILM

Uproar

2017 Drama

In a picturesque hamlet overlooking the sea near Rome, two young men divide their time between petty thefts and football matches.

SHORT FILM

Also the Heart is a Muscle

2023 Drama

A young man feels a dark attraction by watching his two muscular friends, leading him towards the exploration of his physique and his sexuality.

Fire and Smoke

2021 Drama

he life of Stefano and his new friends is made difficult by a small group of bullies who torment the most fragile pupils in the school, especially Dino, who is a young gay man very close to Silvana. The group of friends understands that only their union can bring them strength, but is this bond enough to prevent things spiraling into tragedy?

Italian Gay Movies & Short Films

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In a Future April (The Young Pasolini)

Hate

The Boy with Pink Trousers

Blessed Boys

Non dirlo a nessuno

Pet Shop Days

Elder

Patagonia

My Place Is Here

Born for You

Theorem

The Big Night (La notte brava)

The Ploy

The Light That Comes Through

(Il)legal Asterisk

Candie Boy

Caligula

The Catholic School

Toska

The Canterbury Tales

Camper

Loris is Fine

False Negative

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Uproar

Also the Heart is a Muscle

Fire and Smoke

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