Gay Films Featuring Gay Fathers

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The Baby Cries

2013 Comedy, Drama

Marco pulls out all the stops to bring together his protective husband David, estranged conservative parents, and newborn daughter.

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Strange Way of Life

2023 Drama

Twenty-five years later, Silva reunites with his friend Jake. Their initial joyous reunion takes a serious turn the next morning when Jake reveals that Silva's visit isn't solely for reminiscing.

Loud Love

2024 Documentary

When deaf couple Alan and Brian brought their hearing twin babies from India to NYC, they never imagined the day their children would shout, "You don't understand me".

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The Orchid

2016 Comedy

A man has something important to tell his son, but can only get through to his voicemail.

Sad Jokes

2024 Comedy, Drama

Joseph and Sonya share an intimate friendship and their young son, whom they're raising together. While Joseph, a film director, is doubly preoccupied with a new idea for a film and with the aftermath of a previous relationship, Sonya suffers from depression. When she is hospitalized, Joseph must juggle both his everyday commitments and his artistic ambitions.

Born for You

2023 Drama

Luca, a single Catholic gay man, adopted Alba, a Down's syndrome child left in hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was in fact the first case in Italy of a single, homosexual person succeeding in adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture: he simply wanted a family.

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.

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After

2020 Drama, Musical, Romance

A couple's once perfect relationship is turned upside-down as they deal with the loss of their daughter in opposite and conflicting ways.

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Pipe Dream

2015 Comedy, Romance

Peter is popular with a certain female classmate, but he's concerned about his endowment. Who else to turn to for advice but his two gay dads? They may not be quite prepared to handle the situation.

Raising Heroes

1996 Drama

Amidst the process of adopting a child, a successful gay couple grapples with witnessing a mob hit, testing their commitment and resolve.

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Swingin’

2020 Comedy, Drama, Musical

When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, his stepfather Howard, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bulling before he can provide his son a feeling of security.

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".

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Family Outing

2001 Comedy

A first-time visitor to the baths discovers unexpected revelations.

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Out of Checklist

2026 Comedy

12-year-old David unexpectedly turns up at his divorced father's apartment in Prague. With other plans already in motion, his father reluctantly leaves him in the care of a man he has just met on Grindr, leading to an awkward and unpredictable weekend.

Perfect Cowboy

2014 Drama

Two gay fathers raise a straight country-western singer in a rural community, where the family plays music together. But when Jimmy Poole is released from prison, he returns home and kicks his stepson Mark out of the band.

The Catholic School

2021 Drama

In late September 1975, a renowned Catholic school in Rome for sheltered, upper-middle-class boys is attacked in what became known as the Circeo Massacre. The film examines what triggered the violence.

I Will Survive

2004 Comedy, Drama, Musical

Follows four Filipino friends navigating motherhood and personal conflicts, reflecting on their past as college glee club members.

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Out Late

2026 Comedy, Drama, Romance

After the death of his wife, widower Angelo forms an unexpected bond with Edmond, an openly gay dancer. As their friendship turns into romance, Angelo finally embraces his sexuality, only to face fierce resistance from his family and lifelong friends.

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An Exchange

2013 Drama

Michael is a conservative family man, away from home on business. In his hotel room he calls for a massage. His masseur that evening is a young man that goes by the name Severin. Michael makes a pass at Severin. But before things go too far they are interrupted by a call from Michael's wife and son. After the call he must make an important decision which causes his conflicted personal and professional life to boil to the surface.

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Assi Doesn’t Live Here

2022 Drama

Assi, a gay sailor, returns for a one-day visit in his conservative hometown. While trying to meet the child he once abandoned, Assi must face his estranged relatives.

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Hello, Stranger

2016 Drama

Arthur is a single dad, struggling with the care for his seven-year-old son Max and the combination of his secret life as a drag queen.

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The Wedding Dance

2011 Drama

A tender moment between father and son.

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Like Father

2017 Drama

A Jewish New Yorker is bedridden patriarch dying of lung cancer, confesses for the first time to son that he was always attracted to men. Despite his long-lasting marriage and faithfulness to wife.

Padres

2024 Drama

Virginia makes an extraordinary decision to help her twin brother David and his partner Bruno fulfill their dream of becoming parents by donating her eggs.

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Without a Mom

2012 Action, Drama

Two gay fathers navigate the complexities of supporting their straight son through the aftermath of his first significant heartbreak.

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Fort Buchanan: Hiver

2012 Comedy, Drama

When Roger's husband deploys to Djibouti, he's left alone at Fort Buchanan with his temperamental daughter Roxy. Her violent outbursts drive him to seek comfort in friends and self-confidence through boxing lessons with a personal trainer.

The Fall of ’55

2006 Documentary

In 1955 and 1956, Boise, Idaho was swept up in a moral panic after three men were arrested for having sex with teenage boys. Although investigators claimed a vast child sex ring existed, none was ever found. The investigation charged 16 men, drew national attention, and left lasting scars on the community.