Gay drama movies and short films that explore identity, conflict and personal growth. From coming-of-age stories to emotional journeys, discover the best gay dramas.
Wallace, an obsessive college swimmer, grapples with a swimming injury while navigating romantic tensions with a teammate.
SHORT FILM
Tell Me Where I Lie
2018
Drama, Romance
Two gay football players try to hide their relationship by sleeping with women.
SHORT FILM
Neuromance
2024
Comedy, Drama
Nate, a 23-year-old autistic gay man, dives into the chaotic world of dating in Sydney. When his well-meaning friends set him up on Grindr, will he discover the man of his dreams or face heartbreak instead?
Don’t Love Me
2017
Drama, Romance
Two men meet. They discover they share similar names and begin to date. They cook, make love, go on excursions, and do a lot of conversing to get to know each other, only to find they are not ready for love.
SHORT FILM
8 Minutes 20 Seconds
2024
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Max must race against time to make amends with his ex-boyfriend before Earth's final moments in the sun slip away.
SHORT FILM
Real Man
2023
Comedy, Drama
A boy dreams of being a man like the ones he desires. Does the man he becomes live as he imagined?
SHORT FILM
Camouflage
2014
Drama
During a military exercise, Max maneuvers a delicate situation to uncover his friend's hidden feelings.
SHORT FILM
Great Canyon
2023
Drama
A live-action, animated hybrid chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.
Parque de Diversões
2024
Drama
Anonymous figures walk the streets in search of encounters, until one of them breaks through the barred gate of the city park and begins to explore its paths. This forbidden territory is then sown by the imperative of desire.
SHORT FILM
Deepthroat
2024
Drama
In apnea, with a fulfilled throat, time twists like the body under tension. Pleasure shared to the point of hallucination.
SHORT FILM
Robespierre
2024
Drama
After a long absence, Max returns to Paris and moves in with his father in the Belleville district. He wanders the streets, curious about others, eager to meet people, but he quickly finds himself confronted with a deep unease.
The Dry
2020
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
SHORT FILM
Boys Will Be Boys
2011
Drama
When a man is abused by his partner, he locks himself in the bathroom. There he begins to imagine what his life would be like if he opened the door.
SHORT FILM
Eva
2016
Drama
Shy Gabriel decides to resort to the services of Eva, a transgender. Their meeting takes an unexpected turn.
SHORT FILM
Blind Chance
2019
Drama, Romance
In a cold, lonely motel room, two boys who came out to their parents form a special, self-affirming bond.
SHORT FILM
Celebration
2002
Drama
A family gathering takes an unexpected turn when a six-year-old makes a revelation that surprises everyone present.
SHORT FILM
Oisifs (Le Ciel pour témoin)
2024
Drama
Idle. Heaven as witness.
COMING SOON
Frelser
2026
Drama
Alfred, a struggling freelance journalist, inherits his late father's remote home and befriends Frederik, a young man torn between his faith and his sexuality. Hoping to expose the community's use of conversion therapy, Alfred embeds himself among its members, but as his bond with Frederik deepens, the line between ambition and emotion begins to blur.
SHORT FILM
Yes to Everything
2016
Drama
Across a language barrier two people find the beginnings of love.
A Month in the Country
1987
Drama
Two soldiers recover from the first World War while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.
Ramón and Ramón
2024
Drama
After receiving the ashes of his father, with whom he had a distant relationship, Ramón meets Mateo during confinement. Despite their differences, a deep connection emerges. Mateo decides to accompany Ramón on a trip to scatter the ashes.
SHORT FILM
Cruising Ballet
2022
Drama
An encounter between two men turns the act of exploration and interconnection into a choreography of desire, rejection and intimacy.
SHORT FILM
Starfuckers
2022
Drama
An intimate evening between a film director and a night worker is disrupted when a familiar face arrives.
SHORT FILM
Pillow Talk
2021
Drama
A couple navigates the unknown.
SHORT FILM
Abaddon
2023
Drama
Gaspard's car rushes down a road lined by anemic trees. His radio picks up a weird frequency, a broadcast about him. The voice emitted is not that of a radio host, nor an advertising jingle, it rehashes fragments of his life. Gaspard's eyes don't look at anything, they see through things, they project his trajectory like a ruptured slideshow of the stages that have led him up to here: nowhere.
SHORT FILM
Toto Forever
2010
Drama, Romance
Toto, a young postman dreaming of a new life, falls in love with a gangster entangled in mafia troubles. Despite the odds and a traumatic end, Toto clings to hope in an impossible romance fraught with danger and longing.
SHORT FILM
Friend of a Friend
2024
Drama
Jules goes over to Samuel's apartment one evening. The two, who met recently at a mutual friend's party, are both single - Samuel isn't having much luck with guys he meets, and Jules has just broken up with his girlfriend. But before Jules can overcome his nerves and open up to a seemingly oblivious Samuel about the intention of his visit, Samuel's equally oblivious roommates interrupt.