Gay Films Set in the Summer - Gay Films Matter

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Watch Over Me

2010 Drama, Horror, Romance

Eitan's night out in Tel Aviv with his army unit sparks self-discovery and a chance for change, especially after meeting Shahar.

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Boys Beware

1962 Drama

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

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Stanley Beloved

1998 Drama

James and Kevin are friends and live in Hong-Kong. When Kevin finds out that his Chinese father wants to send him away to England to study, he decides to spend a summer day with his friend James. Then something unexpected happens.

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Call Me by Your Maid

2018 Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Perlman family maid has unexpected reactions when an exchange student comes to stay.

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Twice

2018 Drama

Diego is 17 and is full of life, yet fragile. His best friend Antonio knows and indulges his weaknesses, but he would also like to see him strong and masculine. One night they meet Maria, a breezy natural beauty. To show that he is a "real man", Diego, is ready to do anything, even to force himself to do things he would never have wanted to do.

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The Hunter

2020 Drama

On a hot summer night in 1985 Greenwich Village, a young man, new to the city, leaves a gay bar with a flamboyant performance artist, but his animated story of Antigone is soon rudely interrupted in this period tribute to the wild gay scene of the mid-1980s. What starts as a hot date soon uncovers much deeper layers of race, class, history, and disease. The concept and identity of the hunter is fluid throughout, as it examines the shifting dynamics of power, attraction, and trust.

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Summer Friends

2021 Drama

Childhood friends Tom and Ellis spend their summer fishing at sea. Their routine is disrupted when they meet Lucie, a holiday visitor, sparking a transformative and intimate experience over the days.

Sunshine After the Rain

1996 Drama

Seven young men, bound by years of friendship and desire, face the final day of their holiday as long-suppressed emotions erupt into a storm of passion and truth.

Funny Boy

2020 Drama

Arjie's personal awakening amidst escalating ethnic tensions in 1980s Sri Lanka unfolds as he falls for a male classmate, challenging societal norms and family expectations set against a backdrop of political unrest.

A Matter of Trust

2022 Drama

The lives of five unrelated people - a husband, a doctor, a wife, a student, and a young daughter - are turned upside-down with irreversible consequences.

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Pool Days

1993 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Justin, a teenage lifeguard, discovers his sexuality amidst advances from older coworkers.

Love Tasting

2020 Drama

A visually stunning coming-of-age film set in a small Polish town follows four teenagers navigating self-discovery and personal reflections.

COMING SOON

An Island Away From You

2026 Comedy

A heartbroken chef spends a vacation with his best friend in Gran Canaria. There he falls in love with the island, its people, its beaches, and its food - but what he didn't expect was to fall for his best friend's father.

Three Headed Beast

2022 Drama

A bisexual couple's once-healthy open relationship begins to show signs of strain.

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Becoming Male in the Middle Ages

2022 Drama

Mirene and André, a straight couple struggling with infertility, contrast with Carl and Vicente, a gay couple exploring experimental procedures to have a child. The film delves into gender, reproduction, normativity, and family dynamics.

Kawa

2010 Drama, Romance

An apparently happy family man must reveal a lifelong secret - that he is gay.

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The Lessons My Mother Taught Me

2016 Drama

Benji reflects on the rise and devastating collapse of his friendship with Nino, but his version of events is challenged by what the audience witnesses. As his first sexual experience awakens violent impulses he refuses to acknowledge, Benji twists his memories and his mother's teachings into a chilling justification for an unforgivable act.

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Daniel

2012 Drama, Romance

A teenage boy navigates the tumultuous waters of love, identity, and self-acceptance in a heartfelt coming-of-age journey.

B.O.Y. – Bruises of Yesterday

2024 Drama

A young man, who spends the summer with his grandparents, falls in love with another man, but when tragedy strikes he falls into a dark hole of self-harm, ldesire, and loneliness.

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.

AKA

2002 Drama, Romance

Dean, seeking a new identity in 1970s Britain, enters high society while navigating love and deception, questioning the sacrifices needed to maintain his charade.

Habeas Corpus

1986 Drama

An experimental film showing four days in the life of a man kept in captivity, alternating between images of his physique, a happy moment on a beach, and his captor.

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Franswa Sharl

2009 Comedy, Musical, Romance

Twelve-year-old Greg, on a family holiday in Fiji, goes to bizarre lengths to win back his competitive father's approval. Based on a true story.

The Ploy

2016 Drama, Thriller

In the summer of '75, Pier Paolo Pasolini's film "Salò" is stolen from the lab where he is editing it, setting off a chain of events leading to the poet's violent death.

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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.

Bright Night

2014 Drama, Mystery

Two couples visit a home from their past, and sexual tension brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface.