Biographical Gay Films

Borstal Boy

2000 Drama, Romance

Brendan Behan's time in a British borstal leads to an unexpected friendship with a liberal warden.

As Long As I’m Famous

2022 Drama, Romance

The private lives of legends from Monty Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through the eyes of 24 year old Sid Lumet.

COMING SOON

Manhood

2026 Documentary

Dallas businessman Bill Moore sets out to normalize male enhancement in the same way cosmetic treatments have entered the mainstream. Along the journey, an OnlyFans creator and a father of five confront their own vulnerabilities, putting both their bodies and insecurities to the test.

SHORT FILM

The Hidden Dimension

2023 Documentary

An intimate portrait of queer photographer Leo Maki. A dreamlike journey into his mind that explores the artists life in Poland, the creative process behind his work and the embrace of his own sexuality.

Solo

2025 Documentary

Chilean performer Edandress shares his journey from small-town life to erotic content creation. Exploring pleasure, freedom, and consent while breaking societal taboos and making a living through social media.

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023 Documentary

An exploration of Coward's expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen.

COMING SOON

Rock Out

2025 Documentary

Explores what space exists for Queer, in a variety of crucial ways, in the uncompromising and deeply masculine worlds of heavy metal, punk, and rock & roll.

Taboo: Amos Guttman

2024 Documentary

Amos Guttman stood apart from Israel’s conservative film scene. A Romanian migrant, he never fully belonged. Openly gay, he created the country’s first films on the subject, making deeply personal work for a niche audience while seeking connection beyond Israel, hoping filmmakers like Derek Jarman or Pedro Almodóvar would see themselves in his films.

SHORT FILM

Just Like Me

2019 Documentary

A portrait of HIV activist and former Mr Gay England 2018, Phil Dzwonkiewicz, who created #JUSTLIKEME to break stigma and show that living with HIV can mean living openly, happily, and healthily.

SHORT FILM

Mama, Please Forgive Me

2014 Documentary

Testimonies from a young man who has trouble coping with life.

SHORT FILM

2018 Documentary

An 18-year-old Instagram influencer attempts to reconcile his identity online with his identity in real life.

Desire: The Short Films of Ohm

2019 Compilation

A collection of stories about desire, decency, and deceit from filmmaker Ohm Phanphiroj.

Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes

2021 Documentary, Mystery

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen recounts his life and crimes through chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.

SHORT FILM

Everyman

2021 Documentary, Drama

A personal, visual essay about gender transition - focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male. Jack tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imagery from popular culture, mythology, history and art.

SHORT FILM

Milind Soman Made Me Gay

2007 Documentary

A conceptual documentary about desire and notions of home & belonging among gay South Asians in diaspora.

Lord of the Ants

2022 Drama

In 1968, Italian poet, playwright, and director Aldo Braibanti is imprisoned under a law targeting grooming, with his partner's father acting as the informant.

Rustin

2023 Drama

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

Wham!

2023 Documentary, Musical

Through archival footage and interviews, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley recount the rise of Wham from '70s friends to '80s pop legends.

Maestro

2023 Drama, Musical, Romance

Chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

Dance of the 41

2020 Drama

In the late 1800s, Ignacio de la Torre wed the daughter of Mexico's president, Porfirio Díaz. While navigating the conventional realm of politics, Ignacio secretly participated in an underground society, leading a life of hidden duality.

Elton John: Never Too Late

2024 Documentary, Musical

It showcases a never-before-seen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, as well as hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his family.

SHORT FILM

Innocents

2017 Drama

Innocents succumb to temptation and desire under the hot sun and the intoxicating allure of oil, exploring voyeuristic themes through imagery and exploration.

Thirsty

2016 Drama, Musical

Once ridiculed for being different, Scott Townsend transforms into the celebrated drag performer Thirsty Burlington. As success brings new opportunities and challenges, he discovers that the greatest journey is not toward fame, but toward embracing his true self.

Un hombre libre

2024 Documentary

The life of Agustín Gómez Arcos. His legacy has been rediscovered by new generations, and the recovery of his figure is revealed as one of the unfinished tasks of our culture.

COMING SOON

Elsinore

2026 Drama

Portrays the final months of actor Ian Charleson’s life, focusing on his acclaimed performance as Hamlet at the National Theatre while battling the devastating effects of AIDS.

NEW

The Hockey Player

2026 Documentary

Follows Luke Prokop, a Canadian-born defenseman, as he decides to become the first and only professional athlete playing for an NHL team to come out as gay.

COMING SOON

TheyDream

2026 Animation, Documentary

After twenty years chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.

Borstal Boy

As Long As I’m Famous

Manhood

The Hidden Dimension

Solo

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Rock Out

Taboo: Amos Guttman

Just Like Me

Mama, Please Forgive Me

Share

Desire: The Short Films of Ohm

Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes

Everyman

Milind Soman Made Me Gay

Lord of the Ants

Rustin

Wham!

Maestro

Dance of the 41

Elton John: Never Too Late

Innocents

Thirsty

Un hombre libre

Elsinore

The Hockey Player

TheyDream

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