Gay Movies Set in Gay Bars - Gay Films Matter

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

2000 Comedy, Drama

Leslie Jordan's journey from a Tennessee country boy to Atlanta's disco scene.

Coming Out

2014 Drama

Yo, a gay university student, hides his sexuality but finds solace and acceptance at the bar with his friends.

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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.

Cherry’s in Season

2016 Documentary

Chronicles the storied history of Fire Island's iconic gay bar, intertwining tales of staff, owners, and patrons with the American Gay Rights Movement.

Alaska Is a Drag

2017 Drama

Follows Leo's journey as a drag queen in Alaska, finding unexpected connections and self-discovery in a small town.

SHORT FILM

Scar Tissue

2017 Drama

A casual hook-up takes an intimate turn when Sami, a Syrian refugee from Damascus, meets Johan. In the course of a single night in Amsterdam, the two men will confront some truths, and unsettling secrets, about the very different worlds they come from.

SHORT FILM

Watch Over Me

2010 Drama, Horror, Romance

Eitan's night out in Tel Aviv with his army unit sparks self-discovery and a chance for change, especially after meeting Shahar.

Heels

2010 Comedy, Romance

After losing his third job in six months, Kevin’s girlfriend gives him one week to get his life back on track. Desperate for money, he enters a drag competition hoping the cash prize can save him.

Clocked

2023 Drama

Adolfo Rivera is an 18 year old undefeated boxer from a conservative Catholic family in Miami, Florida. Fighting to support his loved ones, he endures the physical toll of the sport while hiding a dream of his own. As his family imagines a future for him in boxing, Adolfo secretly saves his winnings for the fight that matters most: embracing his true identity and transitioning into a woman.

SHORT FILM

The Hunter

2020 Drama

On a hot summer night in 1985 Greenwich Village, a young man, new to the city, leaves a gay bar with a flamboyant performance artist, but his animated story of Antigone is soon rudely interrupted in this period tribute to the wild gay scene of the mid-1980s. What starts as a hot date soon uncovers much deeper layers of race, class, history, and disease. The concept and identity of the hunter is fluid throughout, as it examines the shifting dynamics of power, attraction, and trust.

Some of My Best Friends Are…

1971 Drama

A dramatic exposé unfolding the lives of gays gathering at a NYC bar on Christmas Eve.

COMING SOON

An Island Away From You

2026 Comedy

A heartbroken chef spends a vacation with his best friend in Gran Canaria. There he falls in love with the island, its people, its beaches, and its food - but what he didn't expect was to fall for his best friend's father.

The Hater

2020 Drama, Thriller

A young man searches for purpose in a net of hatred and violence that he tries to control.

Torch Song Trilogy

1988 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in New York City. He meets a bisexual man.

SHORT FILM

The Outsider

2020 Drama

Sito is a teenager who hates the countryside, the smell of slurry, farms and village life, but he has never left the rural area where he was born, nor does it seem that the possibility of doing so can end his discomfort.

The Sum of Us

1994 Comedy, Drama

A widowed father searches for love while supporting his gay son in his own pursuit of happiness.

Gay Days

2009 Documentary, Musical, Romance

Israel came out of the closet in one of the quickest and most colorful revolutions of the end of the 20th century. There was no bloodshed in this revolution, but a rare cooperation between academics, prostitutes, transsexuals, singers, hairdressers and military officers. Using rare archival materials and personal stories, the film tells the untold story of the GLBT revolution in Israel in an energetic, bittersweet musical collage.

The Leather Boys

1964 Drama, Romance

An immature teenager enters a marriage with a young biker, only to become disillusioned with the realities of working-class life and her husband's close bond with his best friend.

Macho Dancer

1988 Drama

Noel, a mountain teen, goes to Manila to support his family and, guided by a call-boy mentor, is drawn into a dangerous world of sex work, drugs, and police corruption.

Churchroad: Weg Van De Kerk

2016 Documentary

Club Church is a subculture within Amsterdam nightlife. This cruise club offering freedom, unprecedented sex and apparent absence of judgement.

BearCity 2: The Proposal

2012 Comedy, Musical, Romance

Take a trip down the aisle with Roger and Tyler to one of the most magical beach towns on earth.

SHORT FILM

Call Your Father

2016 Comedy

During Josh and Greg's first date, they swiftly discover that their concerns extend far beyond the generational gap between them.

Dating Amber

2020 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two school friends decide to start a pretend straight relationship in an effort to fit in.

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You. Me. Bathroom. Sex. Now.

2015 Comedy, Romance

Antonio is heartbroken after his boyfriend cheated on him. Seeking solace, he retreats to his favorite dive bar, where a mysterious visitor becomes drawn to him.

SHORT FILM

The Video Bar

2017 Documentary

In a city where homophobia remains strongly rooted, this film looks at the Holy City's gay bar of Jerusalem: "The Video Bar".

Vacationland

2006 Drama, Romance

A high-school senior ditches his girlfriend for a gay romance with his best friend.

Upstairs Inferno

2015 Documentary

On June 24, 1973, a gay bar in New Orleans called the Up Stairs Lounge was deliberately set on fire: an event that for over 40 years, was considered the "Largest Gay Mass Murder in U.S. History".