Gay Movies about Politics - Gay Films Matter

Heavenly Touch

2009 Drama, Romance

Struggling to support his family after his mother's depression forces him and his sister to leave school, Jonard searches for any way to earn a living. A friend introduces him to a massage parlor that serves a predominantly gay clientele, drawing him into a hidden world where survival comes at a personal cost.

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Shahram & Abbas

2006 Drama

Two Iranian refugees decide to impersonate as a gay couple in order to obtain asylum.

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Jay Khan: Nackt

2011 Musical

Official music video for 'Nackt' by Jay Khan.

Gemmel & Tim

2021 Documentary, Drama

Friends reminisce on the lives and deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, two black gay men who died at the hands of West Hollywood politico Ed Buck.

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Do You Decide?

2012 Comedy

A visual representation of Spain’s social crisis, where the weight of economic and social pressures is mirrored in the life of its protagonist.

Church & State

2018 Documentary

An inexperienced gay rights activist and a small Salt Lake City law firm take on Utah's ban on same sex marriage, sparking a legal battle that would reshape the country. Along the way, the film explores the influence of the Mormon Church in state politics and the divisions within the gay community that nearly threatened a landmark victory.

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The Vote

2018 Drama

An emotional response to the 2017 Australian gay marriage vote, capturing one person’s feelings as the result changes the direction of their life.

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Fernández Pratsch

2020 Documentary

Forced to leave Spain during the Franco era, the free-spirited Serafín sought the freedom he could not find in his homeland by starting a new life in Germany. Decades later, he and his husband, Michael, look back on a lifetime of memories, resilience, and the dreams that still inspire them.

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Approval

2013 Drama

Commenting on the oppressive situation in Russia for the LGBT community, and inspired by reports of gay people being kidnapped, tortured and killed by fanatics, and also beaten in the street when protesting.

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2064

2019 Drama

It’s the year 2064 and population growth and climate pressures have pushed the African continent to the brink. A federation of African states, Grand Afrique, is created to cope with the crisis.

Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda

2014 Documentary

As most of the world moves forward toward gay equality, Russia is seemingly heading backward. Antigay sentiment and legislation are spreading rapidly throughout the country. In 2013, the Russian parliament passed a ban on so-called 'gay propaganda' that effectively makes nearly any public discussion of gay equality a crime. It is my hope that this documentary will educate viewers to their reality.

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Havana

2019 Drama

In Cuba in the 1970s, immigration officer Antonio sells exit visas illegally at exorbitant prices, but that's not his only secret. He's also hiding his homosexuality.

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Nicki

2020 Drama

A trans woman is on her way to a job interview in Tehran when something traumatizing happens.

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The Battle of Amfar

2013 Documentary

When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joined forces to create amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. The fight against HIV has never been the same.

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Homecoming

2017 Documentary, Drama

From his upbringing in a deeply religious Jewish settlement in the West Bank to becoming an EU citizen and a speechwriter for the Vice President of the European Commission, Dan's extraordinary transformation is examined through the eyes of his brother, who sets out to understand the journey that changed him.

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Don’t Be a DICK!

2020 Animation

Examines how adult media shapes perceptions of the male body, exploring the influence of racial bias, colonial history, and Western beauty standards on ideals of masculinity and desirability.

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One Day in May

2009 Documentary

Crowds gathered outside the California Supreme Court await the decision regarding validity of Proposition 8. Emotions run high on both sides, with the LGBT community taking to the streets to protest the decision.

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Aban and Khorshid

2014 Drama, Romance

Inspired by true events, this film intimately portrays two lovers' final moments before their execution for being gay.

The Affair

2010 Drama

An ex-seminarian slash communist runs a hotel in Baguio. He then meets a handsome upcoming lawyer. A once-a-year trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotel owner develop into an affair which encompasses decades of socio-political changes in the country.

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The Raspberry Reich

2004 Comedy, Romance

A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several gay men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.

City of Borders

2009 Documentary

Interviews with the owners and diverse patrons of a Jerusalem gay bar called Shushan.

Question One

2012 Documentary

A film chronicling the 2009 Maine state referendum campaign on same-sex marriage on both sides.

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How I Love You

2002 Documentary

A look at the sexuality and self image of gay men in Lebanon, a country where the penalty for homosexuality is still imprisonment.

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The Embrace of Men

2019 Drama, Romance

After sharing a kiss while strolling along the Seine in Paris, two young men are assaulted by a group of thugs.

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Bender

2020 Drama

On the eve of the announcement of the Australian Marriage Equality Postal Vote results, two men connect online. However, their plans are derailed when their car breaks down in a remote area.

The Dry

2020 Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

We Can Be Gay Today: Baltic Pride 2013

2014 Documentary

Chronicles the work of the Lithuanian Gay League and the historic 2013 Pride march, capturing a pivotal moment in the country's fight for LGBTQ+ equality as activists organized one of Lithuania's first major public demonstrations for equal rights.