Gay Films with Black Characters

Velvet Jesus

2021 Drama

One man's desperate journey to discover the truth about his past. Along the way, he uncovers secrets about himself that will forever change his life.

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Bill & Robert

2020 Romance

Set just five years after homosexuality was decriminalized in the United States, this chronological love story follows Bill and Robert, two young Black gay men navigating a world where prejudice and stigma still surround their identities. Despite the pressures of their environment, they learn to embrace who they are and the love they find in each other.

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Two Knights

2022 Drama

After being separated for millennia, Lucifer invites Archangel Michael to a seemingly innocent game of chess, which becomes a deeply personal meditation on the nature of good and evil, the love they once shared and their ultimate place in the world.

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Life in Love: Nick & Kaiden

2022 Documentary

Meet Nick and Kaiden: they're navigating an unconventional work life and the politics of London's queer community, as well as their blossoming partnership. Will their relationship, first built on sexual desire and lust, turn into the year's sweetest love story?

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Family Affair

2023 Comedy

A young man's secret relationship puts him at odds with his family, friends, and other commitments.

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Oceania

2024 Drama

Sixteen-year-old Najib expects a summer spent playing video games. But when his mother, Asma, learns that their elderly neighbour has died alone, Najib secretly takes the apartment keys and ventures inside, uncovering a world far removed from his own.

Finding Mr. Wright

2011 Comedy, Romance

A talent manager's wilderness therapy retreat to save his client's career leads to unexpected love with a fun-loving life coach, reshaping his priorities.

All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White

2023 Drama, Romance

Bambino and Bawa navigate a blossoming affection in Lagos, challenged by societal taboos about being gay.

Toll

2023 Drama

Suellen, working as a toll booth attendant, covertly aids a gang of thieves in stealing watches to finance her son's enrollment in a gay conversion workshop.

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F^¢k ‘Em R!ght B@¢k

2022 Comedy

A queer Black aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.

Boys Life 7

2010 Compilation

A compilation of four gay short films selected from the Sundance Film Festival.

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Before It’s Too Late

2019 Drama, Romance

Trapped in a hotel room, two teenagers resolve to change their lives.

Punks

2000 Comedy, Musical, Romance

Four gay African-American friends in L.A. navigate life's ups and downs, from photography to drag.

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Dry

2014 Drama

In a barren desert, two men give themselves over to the emptiness and to each other, creating a vast, experimental portrait of connection and surrender.

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Remember I am Dead

2024 Drama, Romance

One night, 31 year old farmer Sagat visits a cemetery. By morning, 29 year old Roman is found sitting in his living room. He appears to have never set foot there before, yet something suggests otherwise. Who is Roman? What connects these two men? Why has he appeared, and how long will he stay?

Forty Deuce

1982 Drama

A man's plan to secure drug money takes a tragic turn.

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The LGBTQAlphabet

2017 Documentary

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

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A Different Direction

2019 Drama

Frankie is a black, gay man in his 30's struggling to make ends meet while being forced to confront one of the biggest challenges of his life.

Looking for Langston

1989 Drama

A stylized look at gay life during the Harlem Renaissance, blending archival footage with narrative.

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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.

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Never Never Never

2025 Romance

In a quaint Welsh fishing village, a young Shirley Bassey impersonator and a fisherman are swept into a secret romance, battling the tides of family and tradition as they search for the courage to claim their own happiness.

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.

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Lime

2020 Comedy, Drama

A young black man finds himself having to learn to live in his truth after experiencing a life-changing high and low.

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Heaven Reaches Down to Earth

2020 Drama

Tau comes to a realisation, setting in motion a cascade of thoughts and emotions in Tumelo - nothing will ever be the same between them.

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Rusalka

2017 Fantasy, Romance

Imagine Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” retold by Tom of Finland, and throw in an homage to early gay erotic films, and you get the artful Rusalka, set to the music of Antonín Dvořák’s opera of the same name.

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Just Like Arcadia

2015 Drama

We journey into the beginning of time, when mortals lived like gods, without worries and with never a thought about old age, to meet an attractive, beautiful boy who will let us into the garden of eternal youth for a while.

Good Enough: A Modern Musical

2023 Drama, Musical

College seniors Jamal and Trevor each think they have it all planned out until they have an unexpected encounter, but is their developing love enough to overcome their different backgrounds, paths, friends, and families?