Gay Documentary Movies & Short Films

Loud Love

2024 Documentary

When deaf couple Alan and Brian brought their hearing twin babies from India to NYC, they never imagined the day their children would shout, "You don't understand me".

The Last Taboo

2024 Documentary

Out of 500,000 active male professional footballers, fewer than ten are openly gay. While it is widely accepted in many areas, it remains a taboo subject in the world of professional soccer.

The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter

1993 Documentary

A young doctor's final two years with AIDS are intimately chronicled.

COMING SOON

A Very Good Boy

2026 Documentary

From his childhood in a modest family in the Pyrénées to his unexpected career as a porn actor in the 1970s, the film traces the life of Claude Loir, who set out to fully embrace life.

No Dress Code Required

2017 Documentary

A couple in love from Baja California, Mexico are in the middle of the preparations for a huge wedding, the only problem is that their marriage is not legal, since they are both male.

Room for a Man

2017 Documentary

A young Lebanese filmmaker who shares a Beirut apartment with his mother and pet dog sets about reconstructing his identity by renovating his bedroom. But as the male construction workers come and go in the freshly embattled household, new questions, old arguments and unexpected passions get stirred.

SHORT FILM

Made of Sugar

2016 Documentary

A nostalgic portrait of a Cuban-American Family's evolving cultural heritage.

SHORT FILM

Nude Dudes

2014 Documentary, Drama

Away from the open Mediterranean waters, an unforgettable experience was swimming in the Dead Sea. Connection, freedom, elevated senses and feelings in those waters.

The Radical

2022 Documentary

Muhsin Hendricks is the world's first openly gay imam. Despite opposition, he established a radically inclusive mosque in Cape Town. Now, he fights for LGBTQ Muslims to be embraced in the countries where their existence is outlawed.

SHORT FILM

The LGBTQAlphabet

2017 Documentary

Twenty-six ways to share who you are and how you love, because 6 letters will never be enough.

Gay Days

2009 Documentary, Musical, Romance

Israel came out of the closet in one of the quickest and most colorful revolutions of the end of the 20th century. There was no bloodshed in this revolution, but a rare cooperation between academics, prostitutes, transsexuals, singers, hairdressers and military officers. Using rare archival materials and personal stories, the film tells the untold story of the GLBT revolution in Israel in an energetic, bittersweet musical collage.

Cure for Love

2008 Documentary

There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals.

Wicket

2025 Documentary

After 41 years in the closet, Bboy Wicket confronts his past as a renowned breakdancing legend with a deep secret.

Jean Cocteau

2024 Documentary

Jean Cocteau: a multi-talented artist who excelled in film, poetry, novels, and design. This documentary explores his diverse career, personal life, and lasting impact on 20th-century art and culture.

Party Monster

1998 Documentary

Explores the rise and fall of Club Kid legend Michael Alig in 1996, focusing on his relationship with his dealer/roommate Angel Melendez.

The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime

2023 Documentary

A timely remembrance to Matthew Shepard's story at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is once again under attack.

SHORT FILM

These C*cksucking Tears

2016 Documentary, Musical

Pat Haggerty reflects on the impact of his world's first and only gay-themed country music album.

SHORT FILM

Love is: A Message from Uganda’s LGBT Community

2016 Documentary

In Uganda, members of the LGBT community face discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrests and forced evictions simply because of who they love. But in Uganda, there is hope. These are the voices of gay and transgender Ugandans. This is what love means to them.

SHORT FILM

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff

2025 Documentary

AutoErotica’s proprietor Patrick Batt has spent decades curating this living museum, packed with artifacts from shuttered gay bars, vintage leather magazines, activist pins, and rare 8mm films.

One Taxi Ride

2019 Documentary

Erick's life changed forever when he got into a taxi. The driver and two accomplices sexually assaulted him. The then 17-year-old never went to the police, never saw a doctor and never told his family or friends. After feeling broken for 10 years, he goes on a journey to reclaim his life - changing the world around him along the way.

Out in the Silence

2009 Comedy, Documentary

Filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding announcement to another man sparks controversy in his small hometown, prompting a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen facing torment at school.

Inspired: The Voices Against Prop 8

2011 Documentary

Proposition 8's passage in California sparks a grassroots movement for marriage equality, igniting activism and advocacy across Los Angeles the day after the vote.

Love, Scott

2018 Documentary

Scott Jones, a musician, was attacked outside of a Nova Scotia nightclub and left paralyzed from the waist down. This documentary follows him over the course of three years after this traumatic event.

SHORT FILM

What Do You See?

2018 Documentary

Born in Malaysia and now living in Australia, Sereena, a transfeminine dancer, performer, and photographer, poetically discusses her upbringing and trans (in)visibility - questioning the viewer, “What do you see?”.

Finished

1997 Documentary

A tribute to to the life and death of Canadian adult star Alan Lambert, who committed suicide while still in his 20s.

Churchroad: Weg Van De Kerk

2016 Documentary

Club Church is a subculture within Amsterdam nightlife. This cruise club offering freedom, unprecedented sex and apparent absence of judgement.

Gayby Baby

2015 Documentary

Gus, Ebony, Matt, and Graham, navigate personal changes while the world debates same-sex marriage and if children with gay parents face risks.

Gay Documentary Movies & Short Films

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Loud Love

The Last Taboo

The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter

A Very Good Boy

No Dress Code Required

Room for a Man

Made of Sugar

Nude Dudes

The Radical

The LGBTQAlphabet

Gay Days

Cure for Love

Wicket

Jean Cocteau

Party Monster

The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime

These C*cksucking Tears

Love is: A Message from Uganda’s LGBT Community

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff

One Taxi Ride

Out in the Silence

Inspired: The Voices Against Prop 8

Love, Scott

What Do You See?

Finished

Churchroad: Weg Van De Kerk

Gayby Baby

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