Gay Drama Movies & Short Films

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Hidroalcohólico

2020 Drama, Romance

Dating during COVID-19.

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Persecution

2016 Drama

A gay catholic high school student struggles with his friends and his faith after accepting his true self.

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Gold

2005 Drama, Romance

An aging artist losing his vision employs a a man to paint for him. Both are desperate, but how far will each go to satisfy his grave needs? Questions where exploitation ends and redemption begins.

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When You Wake Up

2026 Drama, Romance

When Finn, a teenager from a small village, discovers his best friend performing in drag, his perception of the world begins to change. Entering a new world of queer nightlife, he finds himself living between two identities until the separation starts to fade. Along the way, Finn must understand his feelings for his friend and come to terms with himself.

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Autumn Nocturne

1968 Drama

A southern California college jock spends a day at the beach with his best buddy. It turns from fraternal to romantic and intimate.

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Low

2006 Drama

Devastated by a painful betrayal, Alex becomes consumed by a desire for revenge, while devoted husband Miles fights to hold his family together. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, the consequences of one reckless decision ripple outward, forever changing the lives of everyone caught in its wake.

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Opal Essence

2010 Drama

He sighs for strange and hidden cities whose walls are pink stone, inlaid with opals, ebony and silver, and for altars where the body is worshiped under the shrine of night.

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I’d Make Out with You

2024 Drama

Cleaning up after a house party, Assif finds a note left by a secret admirer addressed to his boyfriend, Tom. Tom's excitement about who it could be creates tension.

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Night Swimming

2005 Drama

A night in the woods, and its aftermath, helps Otter with a major life decision. He's a high school senior, hanging out with Darby - the local alpha male - and Darby's girlfriend Amber. Their public displays of affection irritate Otter. One afternoon, Darby gives Otter a ride, and while taking a short cut on a country road through the woods, Darby's car breaks down. They spend the night there. They swim in a stream and sleep side by side. Something happens between them. Will it change anything in Otter's life?

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Spokes

1996 Drama

A gay German tourist meets a man in New York City's central park and takes home a souvenir.

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Robert

2014 Drama

A micro-short film starring model Robert Mull.

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Speed Dating

2007 Drama

In a cold future world everybody who is single drops dead. Which means that Tim - who recently got dumped by his girlfriend - has a serious problem. None of the women he meets at a speed dating event strike a chord with him. His last chance is Denise - or better said a typo called Dennis. As to Tim being straight, hey, there's a pill for that. Or is there?

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Change

2011 Drama

A gay African-American teenager grapples with his identity on the night Obama was elected president, and Proposition 8 - the voter initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage - passed.

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Boy Next Door

1999 Drama

Who's the hunky new neighbor across the street? Teenage Charlotte and her brother, Chris, both want to know. Cruel sibling rivalry abounds as each woos the new guy while trying to undercut the other's advances. Three is definitely company!

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Between the Boys

2004 Drama

Explores the relationship between two young men, falling into the gray area between experimentation of adolescence and the world of adult emotions.

Gay Drama Movies & Short Films

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Hidroalcohólico

Persecution

Gold

When You Wake Up

Autumn Nocturne

Low

Opal Essence

I’d Make Out with You

Night Swimming

Spokes

Robert

Speed Dating

Change

Boy Next Door

Between the Boys

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