Gay Films about Mental Health

Boys on Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

2020 Compilation

Celebrate 20 years of 'Boys on Film' with the finest of gay short cinema.

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Skeletons

2021 Drama

A man must confront the pain and trauma of a past relationship, as a former lover unexpectedly arrives on his doorstep.

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Beirut Dreams in Colour

2022 Documentary

Middle Eastern queer activists, including the band Mashrou' Leila, fight repression with resistance

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Amor

2013 Drama, Romance

A young sculptor befriends a heterosexual couple, secretly harboring feelings for the man. Consumed by unspoken desire, his jealousy deepens until it spirals toward a devastating tragedy.

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The Male Gaze: Goodbye Love

2026 Compilation

In 1992, a chance telephone hook-up sets one story in motion. A father sends his son to Morocco, a paratrooper comes home without the man he loves, and a family begins to unravel under the weight of Jehovah’s Witness beliefs. Four men face loss, change and difficult choices as they learn to accept the past, confront the future and find the courage to say goodbye.

The Male Gaze: Wandering Hearts

2026 Compilation

Are we destined to make the same mistakes in life? Is my teacher attracted to me? Is this more than just a one-night stand? Will my family forgive me? What does the future hold? For these lost souls questioning their paths in life, there are a multitude of answers. A collection of 6 short films.

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Impulses

2025 Drama, Romance

A young writer, Joaquin, battles anxiety and self-doubt as he moves in with his charming new boyfriend, Gabriel. But beneath the glow of their romance, Joaquin must confront his fear of emotional openness before it unravels the love he’s longed for.

One Last Night of You

2024 Drama

When his car breaks down during a fateful road trip, Evan, a suicidal young man, meets Léo, a mysterious boy who offers to drive him to his destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past.

A Cheap Film

2024 Comedy, Drama

Fede has withdrawn from the world and sees no point in socialising until he runs into Iván, a childhood acquaintance who shares his quiet sadness. Iván urges him to stick together, convinced that even ordinary lives can still surprise them.

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Surfacing

2026 Drama, Romance

After years of battling severe depression, a young man learns to love himself and accept love from others after becoming caught in his therapist's personal life and recognizing her need for similar help.

COMING SOON

Desire Lines

2025 Drama

Plagued by insomnia, a solitary man in Belgrade fixates on his younger brother’s unsettling routines. The deeper he spirals into suspicion, the more he is forced to confront the possibility that his fear is rooted not in reality, but in his own fractured state of mind.

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Timeless

2025 Drama

A haunting coming-of-age journey into how memory fractures and reshapes our lives, capturing the ache of loss and the ways time transforms who we are.

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The Prince

2013 Drama

Set inside a Santiago prison, an nmate serving time for a brutal murder crosses paths with an older, influential prisoner who dominates the hierarchy.

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In Pieces

2025 Drama

Haunted by memories and repressed guilt, Lucas embarks on a sensory and intimate journey of self-discovery, confronting the invisible impact of a violence that still reverberates through society.

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Firsts

2025 Comedy

After countless swipes on dating apps, a bipolar writer finally has a great date, until he's forced to confront the stigma surrounding his condition.

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Shattered

2025 Drama

Lucas, a young man, becomes entangled in an intense relationship with Kurt, whose charm hides a controlling nature. As the bond tightens, Lucas starts to question his sense of self and the life he has been pulled into. Reconnecting with an old friend opens a path toward freedom, but it also exposes him to betrayal and escalating violence, pushing him to confront the true cost of staying.

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Salt

2016 Thriller

A reclusive computer technician wanders into a hidden online realm of unnerving desires and meets a man who shares his fixation. Their arranged meeting unfolds into a night that alters them in a way neither can reverse.

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Fetish Eyes

2016 Drama

A young Australian man experiences homoerotic attraction that consumes his world.

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Horseshoe Theory

2017 Comedy, Romance

A weapons deal between a white supremacist and a Islamic terrorist blossoms into more.

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(AB)Normal

2021 Drama

What happens in the men’s locker room usually stays there… until it doesn’t.

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Disciple

2021 Drama

Poe is a gay priest who mentors a support group for LGBT people. When one member shares that he is HIV positive, Poe is pushed to confront his own truths and make some difficult choices about the life he has been living.

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Skin to Skin

2021 Documentary, Drama

An experimental docu-fiction hybrid exploring the beautifully messy relationship between intimacy and hook-up culture.

You’re Killing Me

2015 Comedy, Horror, Romance

Joe and George meet just as Joe is coming out to himself as someone who loves to kill. George, on the other hand, can’t decide which wig to wear for his next YouTube video.

On the Fringe of Wild

2021 Drama, Romance

A romance between two teenage boys, set in a small Ontario town, where love does not win, but the surviving players grow to accept themselves as members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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The Repetition

2024 Drama

Daniel is at the turning point in his life where he must choose between letting go of the addictions that torment him or continuing to escape his loneliness through them. He has tried again and again to rebuild himself, but the shadow of alcohol and toxic relationships always end up catching him. Today he will try once again.

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January

2024 Drama

Willem enters January weighed down by a painful breakup. Stripped of his relationship, he is left to face a more unsettling question about who he is on his own.

The Doom Generation

1995 Comedy, Drama

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the they embark on a journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.