Gay Films Featuring Crime - Gay Films Matter

Runnin’ After Love

1978 Drama, Thriller

Beto convinces his friends to break into Marlene's house for something sordid. They fail, but Marlene falls for Beto, and their affair entangles her husband, leading to unsolvable problems.

Pretty Boy

1993 Drama

A neglected teenager abandons his troubled home, drifting through romantic relationships while living as a hustler and thief among a jealous gang. He longs for belonging.

Frisk

1995 Drama, Thriller

A disturbing drama unfolds as Dennis, a gay serial killer, navigates a world of violence and sexuality. Told through ritualistic murders and letters to his lover and his lover's brother, the film blurs the line between reality and surrealism in a sado-masochistic setting.

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Thirst Trap

2023 Horror, Romance, Thriller

He wants you to look. Night after night, his routine is the same: cruise the apps, exchange pics, move in for the kill. He knows every trick, every angle, every subtlety that captures your attention. After all, he's been doing this for two hundred years.

The Beekeeper

2013 Drama

A bigoted military man has been taught from the beginning that Islam is evil and that Muslims are the enemy. When an innocent Muslim woman is murdered by a man under his control, his conscience becomes unbearable.

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A Very, Like, Crazy Date

2026 Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Two guys are having their first date, but end up in a hostage situation. A terrible predicament for a first meeting, but a perfect way to get to know each other.

The Sons of Tennessee Williams

2010 Documentary

Charts the evolution of the gay Mardi Gras krewe scene over the decades, illuminating the ways in which its emergence was a seminal factor in the cause of gay liberation in the South.

High School Heist

2025 Comedy

At Za Skolou High, a student gang led by the cunning Yvos runs the halls with authority. When Yvos pressures Tony into stealing a mysterious box from the principal’s office, the act sets off a chain of events leading to a daring scheme that will unfold at the school’s annual showcase.

SHORT FILM

Paisley & Willis

2025 Comedy

When two incompetent gardeners accidentally derail a political fundraiser, they embark on a desperate struggle to prevent their sexy boss from finding out.

Salute!

2017 Drama

Carlito's life takes a sharp turn when he is sentenced to three years in prison for committing fraud. Behind bars, Kado is confronted with the harsh realities of prison life

SHORT FILM

The Way I Loved You

2023 Horror, Thriller

Isn't it beautiful when two lovers meet online and fall in love leading up to a happy life together? Well, that is not the case. Sunk in literary pursuits, months after their first date that didn't even lead to a second, a lover decides to create a beautiful ceremony to the one he has loved.

SHORT FILM

Las Gitanas

2015 Drama, Mystery

Follows a group of hustlers as they dance their way through a night in Los Angeles, seducing lonely targets to expose their weaknesses and their wallets.

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Souljah

2007 Drama

Living on a South London housing estate, Stanlake, a gentle young African asylum seeker, endures relentless bullying because of his appearance. But beneath his quiet demeanor lies a traumatic past as a former child soldier, giving him survival skills his tormentors could never imagine.

Small Town Gay Bar

2006 Documentary

The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.

Night in West Texas

2025 Documentary

Forty years after a gay Apache man is framed for the brutal murder of a closeted Catholic priest, a police chief uncovers long-buried evidence that shakes up the small, oil-rich West Texas town that imprisoned him.

Room Temperature

2025 Horror

A family's annual haunted house tradition becomes dominated by the father's obsessive vision, straining family dynamics as they prepare for Halloween visitors.

No Dogs Allowed

2024 Drama

Teenager Gabo struggles to control and hide his urges, confiding only in online forums where he encounters the manipulative older Dave.

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A Home Called Vogue

2025 Documentary

Kirvan Fortuin, a Cape Town dancer and choreographer, pioneered the Vogue ball scene as a safe space for queer people. Despite his efforts, this was not enough to protect him from a world where people like him are not always protected or welcome.

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Ostia

1987 Drama

Pier Paolo Pasolini takes up with a young man and journeys to Ostia, and his death.

Perfidia

2009 Drama, Thriller

A man seeks solitude at a secluded hotel in the New York mountains to reflect on a life-changing decision, leading to a profound personal reckoning amidst serene and introspective surroundings.

The Gates of Vanity

2015 Drama, Horror, Thriller

A family man being held captive in his own home by a psychotic homeless man he has befriended, struggles to free himself before his family is threatened.

Piggies

2009 Drama

Tomek's quest to impress a girl leads him into a dangerous world of exploitation and self-discovery.

Release

2010 Drama, Romance

Father Jack, imprisoned for a crime, faces accusations that test his relationship with a teenage cellmate and a prison guard he loves.

Green Green

2012 Drama

A naval paramedic invites a young computer engineer and aspiring pilot to his hangar, sparking a night of revelation and ambivalent intrigue.

Seven Lucky Gods

2014 Drama, Thriller

An illegal immigrant from Albania infiltrates the lives of Londoners with profound and devastating consequences.

SHORT FILM

The Act

2020 Drama

In 1965 Soho, Matthews finds love and a sense of belonging amidst the impending decriminalization of homosexuality, forging new connections in underground bars and streets teeming with life and secrets.

SHORT FILM

Pyotr495

2016 Horror, Thriller

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia's LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.