Gay Films with Homophobia - Gay Films Matter

Boys Life 7

2010 Compilation

A compilation of four gay short films selected from the Sundance Film Festival.

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.

The Last Taboo

2024 Documentary

Out of 500,000 active male professional footballers, fewer than ten are openly gay. While it is widely accepted in many areas, it remains a taboo subject in the world of professional soccer.

Punks

2000 Comedy, Musical, Romance

Four gay African-American friends in L.A. navigate life's ups and downs, from photography to drag.

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.

Forty Deuce

1982 Drama

A man's plan to secure drug money takes a tragic turn.

SHORT FILM

Pride Fighter

2016 Drama

When a young Mixed Martial Arts fighter comes out as gay, he is rejected by his masculine fighting partners right before his first big fight.

SHORT FILM

dik

2011 Comedy, Drama

A concerned father of a six year old takes it the wrong way.

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.

Cure for Love

2008 Documentary

There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals.

Guidance

2014 Comedy

Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible.

The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime

2023 Documentary

A timely remembrance to Matthew Shepard's story at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is once again under attack.

The Everlasting Secret Family

1988 Drama, Romance

A youth becomes a senator's lover, realizing he's valued only for his youth, and schemes for change.

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.

Happy Birthday, Gemini

1980 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Harvard student's romance hits a twist when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that his true love lies with his girlfriend's brother, navigating taboo and the complexities of desire.

Ice Men

2004 Drama

Vaughn invites friends to his family cabin for a winter weekend. Unexpected visitors turn the getaway into a life-changing ordeal.

SHORT FILM

Love is: A Message from Uganda’s LGBT Community

2016 Documentary

In Uganda, members of the LGBT community face discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrests and forced evictions simply because of who they love. But in Uganda, there is hope. These are the voices of gay and transgender Ugandans. This is what love means to them.

Johns

1996 Drama, Romance

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a night worker on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza Hotel.

Confessions of a Congressman

1978 Drama

Forbidden love between a politician and a teenage hustler hired by secret police for blackmail. Their relationship takes an unexpected romantic turn, leading to a dangerous situation involving betrayal and potential murder.

SHORT FILM

Hiding in Daylight

2019 Drama

In a dystopian future where LGBTQ+ people have been systematically erased from public life, two couples gather in secret to preserve the memories of a world they once lived in openly. As the danger of discovery grows, they must decide whether holding onto their identity is worth the ultimate risk.

SHORT FILM

Belle is Poque

2021 Drama

Belinho, a gay man who lives with and cares for his father, dreams of becoming a performer inspired by the glamorous cabaret stars of France. When a tragic event changes his life forever, he is unexpectedly given the chance to pursue the dream he has always cherished.

Out in the Silence

2009 Comedy, Documentary

Filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding announcement to another man sparks controversy in his small hometown, prompting a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen facing torment at school.

Love, Scott

2018 Documentary

Scott Jones, a musician, was attacked outside of a Nova Scotia nightclub and left paralyzed from the waist down. This documentary follows him over the course of three years after this traumatic event.

SHORT FILM

Adjustment

2022 Drama

A nine-year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated by his family and friends, decides to adapt to his new identity in an inspiring way.

SHORT FILM

Cognitive

2019 Drama

Young David interprets something heard from a homophobic preacher that changes his outlook on life, playing out into adulthood.

SHORT FILM

Hold On

2019 Drama

A devout mother discovers that her son, who has physical disabilities, is homosexual and has a strong need to explore his sexuality. She has to choose between her faith in God and the love and understanding she has for her son.