Gay Movies & Short Films to Watch on Apple TV

Lan Yu

2001 Drama, Romance

A young gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The businessman must choose between his closeted straight life or an honest life with the student.

The Business of Fancydancing

2002 Drama, Musical

Successful gay Native American poet Seymour Polatkin returns to his childhood home on the reservation for a friend's funeral, confronting his past.

The Student

2016 Drama

A Russian high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.

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A Summer Dress

1996 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sébastien, Lucia, and Luc navigate a summer filled with love, music, and personal desires.

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We’ll Find Happiness

2025 Drama

Saad, a young Moroccan illegal immigrant, is planning a perilous journey to Canada with Reza, his Iranian lover. In Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his beloved from certain deportation to Iran, where inevitable punishment awaits.

As You Are

2016 Drama, Mystery

Set in the early 1990s, the telling and retelling of a friendship between three teenagers, as a police investigation prompts disparate memories.

Problemista

2023 Comedy

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

The 24th Day

2004 Drama, Thriller

Tom and Dan's one-night stand escalates into a gripping power struggle between captor and captive.

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

2021 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Blackpool 1953. Two young gay Yorkshire miners, Eddy and Tommy, on their annual holiday there, meet transvestite James Elbridge who is summoning up the courage to do the fabled walk from pier to pier.

Touch of Pink

2004 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Canadian gay man's orderly life in London is upended by his devoutly Muslim mother's unexpected visit.

Slutty Summer

2004 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Markus navigates love and lust in New York City's vibrant scene, where unexpected twists and unconventional advice shape his journey toward happiness.

Adam & Steve

2005 Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance

Two couples in New York City, one heterosexual and one gay, navigate the highs and lows of their relationships.

The Dying Gaul

2005 Drama, Romance, Thriller

A grief-stricken screenwriter becomes unwittingly entangled in a complex love triangle with a woman and her film executive husband, leading to chilling consequences.

Family Members

2019 Comedy, Drama

Body-obsessed teenager Lucas and his mystically-inclined older sister, Gilda, unexpectedly become stranded when they travel to a nearly deserted coastal town to try to fulfill their dead mother's last wishes in whatever way they can.

Block Pass

2024 Drama

Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. To beat boredom, they train at the Pampa, a motocross track. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.

For the Bible Tells Me So

2007 Documentary, Romance

An exploration of how the religious right in the U.S. has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community, and the intersection between religion and homosexuality.

Aichaku

2024 Drama

The lives of an American expat and a half Japanese construction worker living in rural Japan are forever changed over the course of three days as they engage in an unexpected romance.

Pornography

2009 Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A writer and an adult film star delve into the mysterious disappearance of another adult film star, leading them into dark supernatural realms.

Just Say Love

2009 Drama, Romance

After a hook-up, two men discuss dreams and uncertainties, confronting newfound emotions.

Eyes Wide Open

2009 Drama, Romance

A married butcher in Jerusalem falls for his young male apprentice, risking his family and community's disapproval.

The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

2019 Drama

A wealthy, Nigerian-American teen is pulled over by police, shot to death and immediately awakens, reliving the same day over and over, trapped in a terrifying time loop - forced to confront difficult truths about his life and himself.

Drifting Laurent

2025 Comedy

Laurent, 29, feels stuck and unsure of his direction. Seeking escape, he retreats to an Alpine ski resort during the off season, where encounters with the local residents slowly pull him into new and surprising connections.

Cherri

2025 Drama

A gay and obese dance instructor in Cuba is obsessed with a handsome young security guard.

There’s a Zombie Outside

2024 Horror

A struggling artist is deeply enmeshed in the world of cult cinema. As his identity blurs with his dark creations, he starts to see the monster from his films creeping into his reality, leaving him unable to distinguish fact from fiction.

Head Burst