Gay Films about Grief - Gay Films Matter

Sorry Angel

2018 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jacques, a seasoned writer from Paris, and Arthur, a young student from Rennes, fall head over heels in love at first sight. However, they must navigate the challenges of rejection and illness to sustain their newfound relationship.

The Happy Prince

2018 Drama

An untold glimpse into Oscar Wilde's final days, as he humorously observes his own tragic circumstances with ironic detachment.

Socrates

2018 Drama

Following the sudden death of his mother, Socrates, a 15-year-old navigating the fringes of São Paulo's coastal life, must learn to fend for himself as he grapples with overwhelming grief.

SHORT FILM

My Uncle’s Friend

2021 Documentary

Vicente's first love documented by his father's VHS camera.

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The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire

2026 Compilation

Whether it's finding the strength to speak truth to power, making a decision that will mark you as an outsider, or taking a risk that will expose a secret - these men and boys prove that sometimes courage is not learned. It is an instinct. A compilation of 5 gay short films.

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The Stranger

2025 Drama

In 1930s Algeria, the daily life of an indifferent Frenchman is shaken by the death of his mother and a fateful encounter on a beach.

The Shiny Shrimps

2019 Comedy, Drama

Follows Olympic champion Matthias, who coaches an amateur gay water-polo team, exploring their journey to the Gay Games in Croatia amidst personal growth and team solidarity.

Pain and Glory

2019 Drama

A film director contemplates the life-altering decisions he's made as the weight of his past and present collide.

Joe Bell

2020 Drama

A working-class father embarks on a nationwide walk against bullying after his son's ordeal, grappling with his absence from home and striving for redemption.

Sublet

2020 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A New York Times travel writer, reeling from a personal tragedy, arrives in Tel Aviv. The city's vibrant energy and his relationship with a younger man revive his spirit.

Streets of Glória

2024 Drama

Gabriel, a closeted gay anthropologist, travels to Rio after his grandmother's death to study night workers. He becomes facinated by his research subjects and joins them as a worker himself.

SHORT FILM

Linger

2024 Drama

João and Vitor were once lovers but have spent three decades apart. Now in their seventies, they meet again after the death of Vitor’s wife, confronting the ghosts of their shared past and the fragile hope of what might still lie ahead as both men stand at the twilight of their lives.

7 Minutes

2020 Drama, Thriller

Jean explores his son's life and death through the Bisou club, discovering unexpected connections and emotions.

Why Not You

2020 Drama

Mario confronts loss and resilience in a small village after a friend's attack.

Cactus Pears

2025 Drama

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried.

SHORT FILM

Goodbye Blue Sky

2017 Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After the end of the world, five strangers take refuge in a forgotten desert motel, where they must decide whether to guard their own survival or open themselves to the possibility of love.

SHORT FILM

The Paranormal Communicator

2021 Comedy

It follows a medium as he visits the murder site of a woman's brother to uncover clues of his death, and maybe inadvertently outs him.

SHORT FILM

Missed

2018 Drama

A young man meets his estranged father after a four year separation, hoping to rebuild their bond before their opposing beliefs shut the door for good.

Most People Die on Sundays

2024 Drama

David, an anxious, overweight gay man from a middle-class Jewish family, reluctantly flies back to Buenos Aires after his uncle’s death. While coping with old insecurities and strained family ties, he learns his mother intends to take his comatose father off life support.

SHORT FILM

Restore

2021 Sci-Fi

In an apocalyptic world, the last man alive uses holographic technology to recreate the moment he first told his partner he loved him, clinging to the memory as his only companion.

SHORT FILM

Ovo

2012 Drama

As a fascist party rises, Laurent flees the country. On the path that leads him to exile, he recalls the striking events that led him to abandon everything.

Flee

2021 Animation, Documentary, Drama

A true tale of Amin, who stands on the threshold of marriage, compelled to unearth and confront his long-buried past for the very first time.

The Blue Caftan

2022 Drama, Romance

The arrival of a handsome new apprentice tests the relationship between a middle-aged tailor and his wife, stirring up unexpected emotions and desires.

Egoist

2022 Drama, Romance

Kôsuke, having lost his mother at 14, grew up suppressing his gay identity in a rural village. Now a fashion magazine editor in Tokyo, he meets Ryûta, a personal trainer raised by his single mother. Their bond grows as they spend time with Ryûta's mother, evoking memories of Kôsuke's own late mother. However, their plans...

Buddies

1985 Drama, Romance

A New York City gay man in a monogamous relationship becomes a "buddy" or volunteer companion to another gay man dying of AIDS, forming a deep friendship.

BearCity 3

2016 Comedy, Drama, Romance

The BearCity gang goes 'Bear Camping' at The Woods as they deal with new loves, old flames, and the joys of fatherhood.

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The Activist

2025 Thriller

A young man infiltrates a radical neo-Nazi group to find the killer of his LGBT+ activist boyfriend.