Gay Films Based on a True Story

No Dress Code Required

2017 Documentary

A couple in love from Baja California, Mexico are in the middle of the preparations for a huge wedding, the only problem is that their marriage is not legal, since they are both male.

SHORT FILM

Made of Sugar

2016 Documentary

A nostalgic portrait of a Cuban-American Family's evolving cultural heritage.

The Radical

2022 Documentary

Muhsin Hendricks is the world's first openly gay imam. Despite opposition, he established a radically inclusive mosque in Cape Town. Now, he fights for LGBTQ Muslims to be embraced in the countries where their existence is outlawed.

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.

Wicket

2025 Documentary

After 41 years in the closet, Bboy Wicket confronts his past as a renowned breakdancing legend with a deep secret.

Jean Cocteau

2024 Documentary

Jean Cocteau: a multi-talented artist who excelled in film, poetry, novels, and design. This documentary explores his diverse career, personal life, and lasting impact on 20th-century art and culture.

What We Do Is Secret

2007 Drama, Musical

The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon after getting kicked out of high school.

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.

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.

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.

SHORT FILM

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.

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

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff

2025 Documentary

AutoErotica’s proprietor Patrick Batt has spent decades curating this living museum, packed with artifacts from shuttered gay bars, vintage leather magazines, activist pins, and rare 8mm films.

One Taxi Ride

2019 Documentary

Erick's life changed forever when he got into a taxi. The driver and two accomplices sexually assaulted him. The then 17-year-old never went to the police, never saw a doctor and never told his family or friends. After feeling broken for 10 years, he goes on a journey to reclaim his life - changing the world around him along the way.

SHORT FILM

Burnt

2009 Drama

A monochromatic recount of childhood memories through the lover's voice.

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

Pete

2022 Animation

Based on a true story about gender identity, Little League Baseball, the people who inspire change by trying to be themselves, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen.

Finished

1997 Documentary

A tribute to to the life and death of Canadian adult star Alan Lambert, who committed suicide while still in his 20s.

Churchroad: Weg Van De Kerk

2016 Documentary

Club Church is a subculture within Amsterdam nightlife. This cruise club offering freedom, unprecedented sex and apparent absence of judgement.

Chabuca

2024 Comedy, Drama

Biopic that immerses us in the life of Peruvian host Ernesto Pimentel. A man who defied social conventions to become an icon of Peruvian television.

SHORT FILM

The Video Bar

2017 Documentary

In a city where homophobia remains strongly rooted, this film looks at the Holy City's gay bar of Jerusalem: "The Video Bar".

SHORT FILM

Glow

2022 Documentary

Follows Ukrainian Yusuf during an ordinary day in his life in a Dutch asylum center. Slowly, he transforms into his alter ego Grizolda, who gives him hope and strength outside the walls of the asylum center.

Beneath the Scar: A Story of Resilience

2025 Documentary

Explores the life of screenwriter Deuntay Diggs, who is a police officer by trade, based on his biography of the same name.

Papillon

2017 Drama

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

SHORT FILM

How We Are Now

2014 Documentary

Peter, a retired actor, lives with his partner of sixty years, Douglas. Both in their eighties, their lives have become increasingly centred around their old age, Peter having taken more of a carer’s role for Douglas. As Douglas approaches his eighty-third birthday, the couple reflect on their age and changing relationship.