Gay Films with a Rural Setting

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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.

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I Get So Sad Sometimes

2021 Drama

In the small town of Pagadian, a gay teenager eagerly waits for a mature man to finally reveal his face after developing an anonymous sexual relationship with him online.

COMING SOON

A Long Winter

2026 Drama

After his mother disappears during the first blizzard of the season, a young man refuses to give up hope as one long Montana winter reshapes his relationship with his father and his understanding of the man he is becoming.

Theorem

1968 Drama, Mystery

A mysterious young man entrances each member of a wealthy family. His sudden departure leaves behind a wake of transformation and introspection as they grapple with newfound desires and secrets revealed.

The Boy and the Wind

1967 Drama, Mystery

A young engineer on holiday befriends a boy with a mysterious relationship with the wind. Their close bond raises suspicions in a small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of his murder.

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.

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.

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Where the Sky Becomes Sea

2024 Drama, Romance

Alex meets Marco and forms a bond while on holiday, but not all is as it seems.

COMING SOON

Cesarean Weekend

2026 Drama

At a summer villa by Iran's Caspian Sea, Milad and Armin share a carefree weekend with friends until news of Bita's pregnancy unsettles their fragile bond. As their fathers arrive the next day, buried tensions surface, forcing each generation to confront love, family, and the weight of responsibility.

COMING SOON

Can’t Go Over It

2026 Drama

Two queer best friends are forced to confront the gradual dissolution of their friendship when they go on an annual hiking trip.

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Never Never Never

2025 Romance

In a quaint Welsh fishing village, a young Shirley Bassey impersonator and a fisherman are swept into a secret romance, battling the tides of family and tradition as they search for the courage to claim their own happiness.

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.

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The Light That Comes Through

2025 Drama

An introverted teenager is caught between the desire to express his feelings and the fear of exposing himself.

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Day is Done

2013 Drama, Horror, Thriller

During a catastrophic bird flu outbreak, a Sydney couple are fighting to stay alive - however one already has symptoms.

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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.

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Paper Airplanes

2022 Drama, Romance

Mateo goes through a confused homosexual and psychic awakening. The spirit of his mother, tries to say goodbye. At the same time, Mateo establishes a bizarre relationship with the spirit of Enrique, who has just committed suicide.

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Frostbite

1996 Drama

A lonely lighthouse keeper rescues his fantasy: a frostbitten man on the rocks.

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Heaven Reaches Down to Earth

2020 Drama

Tau comes to a realisation, setting in motion a cascade of thoughts and emotions in Tumelo - nothing will ever be the same between them.

My Brother Tom

2001 Drama

A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a private reality that no-one else can enter.

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A Brief Introduction to Wrath

2023 Drama

Tiers of gods looking down on a gay Eden introduce doctrine as a means of terrorism.

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Just Like Arcadia

2015 Drama

We journey into the beginning of time, when mortals lived like gods, without worries and with never a thought about old age, to meet an attractive, beautiful boy who will let us into the garden of eternal youth for a while.

French Kisses

2018 Compilation

From tales of teenage awakening, to searing studies of complex adult relationships, these six films are both quintessentially French and undeniably Universal.

SHORT FILM

Boom and Bloom (Neuzeit)

2022 Comedy, Drama

In the Austrian Alps, father and son set out on a hike to finally climb to the top of their emotional world.

Aiden

2024 Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a desperate bid for survival, Aiden flees the suffocating grip of domestic violence and seeks refuge in a remote cabin, where unconventional therapy sessions force him to confront his past, which opens an intriguing twist.

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Billy Boy

2021 Drama

In an era marked by the reign of liquid relationships, through apps and blind dates, Alejo seeks to fill his sentimental void by constantly changing partners.

Taking Woodstock

2009 Comedy, Drama, Musical

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

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Boy oh Boy

2018 Musical

Venturing away from the city, a close-knit group of friends retreats to a lakeside campsite nestled deep within the woods. Amidst the crackling campfire and the vast expanse of the night sky, underlying tensions simmer to the surface.