Gay Films with Black Characters

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The Squirrel

2024 Drama

17-year-old Adrien dreams of joining a fire station and becoming a firefighter. His budding attraction to Damien, his instructor, is quickly thwarted by the pressure to act like a man.

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The Cruise

2020 Horror, Thriller

On Halloween night, a gay couple ventures into the woods to conjure up an urban legend.

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Ghost

2020 Drama, Romance

As Benjamin excitedly prepares for a second date, his lover seems all too quiet.

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Demon Twink

2025 Horror, Romance

Lonely gay man Dante is offered eternal youth via a mysterious glory hole. His wish is granted, but with a deadly price.

One Last Night of You

2024 Drama

When his car breaks down during a fateful road trip, Evan, a suicidal young man, meets Léo, a mysterious boy who offers to drive him to his destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past.

The Male Gaze: Naughty Boys

2026 Compilation

Bad behavior travels from the bedroom to the classroom to the beach in these six short films that follow wayward boys and men for whom mischief and sexuality go hand in hand.

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Gugu’s World

2026 Drama

Gugu is an effeminate boy who dreams of becoming a great soccer player. Raised by his grandmother with Alzheimer's, he will do anything to hide her illness so he won't have to live with his father, who doesn't accept him at all.

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Urania

2024 Drama, Romance

Vincent has always struggled with his identity and wakes from a strange dream to find that he is suddenly straight. At first he believes everything will be simpler now, but he soon learns that his troubles go far beyond who he loves.

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My Dear Boy

2022 Drama, Romance

In the instant they first lock eyes, two men are pulled into a strange dreamlike voyage that shows them the entire arc of their future romance from the first spark to the final heartbreak.

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A Pair

2025 Drama

Estranged childhood friends reconnect under random circumstances, only to find that much has changed. Will the pair find a way through their unique barriers, or part ways again?

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Abrase

2015 Drama, Romance

A relationship once vivid, now dissipating into a fog of partial remembrance; the memories of heartbreak and loss that bend and change as the years go by.

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Skin to Skin

2021 Documentary, Drama

An experimental docu-fiction hybrid exploring the beautifully messy relationship between intimacy and hook-up culture.

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How to Raise a Black Boy

2021 Drama, Fantasy

One night, four Black boys vanish and are swept into a fantastical journey where they must confront and break the curses bound to Black boyhood.

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The Main Event… in America

2011 Drama, Romance

An ambitious boxer from the Bronx finds himself torn between chasing a championship title, staying loyal to his family, and embracing an unexpected love that could change the course of his life forever.

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The Blue Jersey

2023 Drama

Kris, an openly gay man, argues with his closeted boyfriend Scott about what color jersey he's gonna wear for a homecoming celebration. Will they support each other with their individual problems? Or let this break their connection.

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Franklin

2025 Drama

Franklin is a gay adult entertainer. His occupation is blocking his dream of becoming a Hollywood star.

Chocolate Babies

1996 Drama

A group of New Yorkers fight AIDS rights by any means necessary.

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Of Hearts and Castles

2020 Drama, Romance

A man who's deep in the throes of a break-up meets another man for a night in Los Angeles that will forever keep them connected.

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Jamaal

2024 Sci-Fi

A friendly AI Android robot is brought into a couple's home.

District

2018 Drama

A young adult learns that some boys in the hood are simply just goods to wealthy men in the area. It's a tale that truly questions how much you value your self-worth.

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Dare and Truth

2017 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gabriel and his friends decide to play Truth or Dare one day after school. They don't except things to take a serious turn and Gabriel's secret to be revealed.

Remarkable Shades of Gay

2016 Compilation

A compilation of nine gay-themed short films by William Branden Blinn.

Out

2024 Drama

Tom and Ajani, secret lovers in their conservative small village, dream of a life where they can be open about their relationship. They move to Amsterdam, seeking a fresh start and embarking on a journey of self-discovery.

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Love Lost

2024 Drama

João, a young Afro-Portuguese night worker, infiltrates a men's bordello in London with the hope to talk to Mr Warren, a frequent guest with whom he has an unusual connection.

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Bayard & Me

2017 Documentary

Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, found love with Walter Naegle. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted Walter to secure the legal bond marriage couldn’t offer. Years later, Walter recalls their life together and the quiet link between gay love and the civil rights struggle.

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A Night in the Life

2025 Comedy

An intimate snapshot of New York nightlife, captured before the music starts and the crowd arrives.

Story of Two Warriors

2024 Drama

Ara, a 22-year-old MMA fighter from Argentina, dreams of going pro in Brazil while working in citrus fields. Kossi, a 20-year-old soccer player from Togo, arrives in Argentina to join the league but faces setbacks. They meet during the San Baltazar festival and form a powerful bond as they help each other overcome life's challenges.