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4.0
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Great Freedom (2021)
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
79
6.8
/4955/
71
/236/
68
/100/
3.8
/18165/
100
/7/
87
/8/

Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
78
7.6
/26666/
75
/707/
76
/590/
3.9
/127063/
82
/34/
87
/328/
75
/14/

Maurice (1987)
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
77
7.4
/70519/
75
/4012/
71
/1233/
3.5
/59939/
84
/262/
94
/5301/
64
/42/
cc age 13+

Downton Abbey (2019)
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
72
7.1
/6391/
70
/211/
68
/211/
3.5
/4030/
85
/40/
78
/17/
61
/14/

The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
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71
6.9
/18933/
70
/337/
66
/282/
3.3
/19002/
72
/50/
72
/426/
70
/26/
cc age 15+

Wilde (1997)
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.
65
7.1
/1855/
66
/29/
57
/27/
3.4
/526/
67
/9/
69
/27/

Stonewall (1995)
A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.
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64
6.8
/5936/
69
/265/
78
/218/
3.4
/16559/
73
/15/
71
/26/
cc age 17+

Dance of the Forty One (2020)
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
62
6.6
/25441/
67
/984/
76
/752/
3.2
/183218/
44
/149/
96
/100/
50
/38/
cc age 15+

My Policeman (2022)
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
poster
55
6.4
/17667/
67
/304/
64
/548/
2.9
/19955/
24
/17/
60
/283/
42
/17/

Total Eclipse (1995)
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
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53
6.5
/1092/
64
/77/
64
/92/
3.3
/7252/
88
/8/
64
/5/

Along Came Love (2023)
1947. On a beach, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant, mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich and cultivated student. The force of attraction that pushes them towards each other is commensurate with the secrecy that each carries. If we know what Madeleine wants to leave behind by following this young man, we discover over time, what François is desperately trying to flee by mixing Madeleine's fate with his.
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53
7.5
/1284/
68
/54/
65
/30/
3.7
/1864/
94
/18/
78
/34/

Before Stonewall (1984)
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
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65
48
6.6
/2602/
65
/54/
63
/62/
3.2
/1459/
69
/75/

The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006)
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
48
5.4
/4728/
67
/245/
60
/138/
2.3
/4257/
9
/75/
84
/101/
30
/27/
cc age 16+

Stonewall (2015)
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.
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37
7.1
/1551/
66
/74/
62
/18/
3.6
/6694/
87
/12/

Lilies Not for Me (2025)
Haunted by a forbidden affair, a young man in a 1920s “conversion” clinic finds hope in a compassionate nurse who challenges the era’s cruel norms.
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37
6.4
/738/
63
/18/
50
/20/
3.4
/257/
78
/32/
69
/72/
55
/14/

A Jihad for Love (2007)
A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.
poster
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36
7.1
/1234/
75
/18/
62
/29/
3.5
/597/
100
/5/
52
/8/

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
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33
7.5
/698/
65
/25/
53
/14/
3.5
/356/
100
/5/
76
/18/

After Stonewall (1999)
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
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32
7.2
/860/
70
/46/
68
/26/
3.4
/345/
100
/9/
70
/1/

Against the Law (2017)
United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.
poster
67
22
6.7
/753/
67
/37/
66
/20/
3.5
/597/

Riot (2018)
A look at the 1970s Gay Rights Movement in Australia through the eyes of dedicated activist Lance Gowland. As Lance deals with his sexuality, he must also juggle work, family and relationships.
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10
7.2
/174/
60
/7/
43
/11/
67
/10/

Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)
A feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians and transgender people living in the Global South. In the last decade of the 20th Century, a new heightened visibility began spreading throughout the developing world and the battles between families, fundamentalist religions, and governments around sexual and gender identity had begun. But in the West, few people knew about this historic social upheaval, until 52 men on Cairo’s Queen Boat discothèque were arrested for crimes of debauchery. That explosive story focused attention to the lives and trials of gay people coming out in the developing world and the film chronicles those events.
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8
6.8
/653/
55
/5/
49
/11/
3.3
/215/
36
/4/

Oscar Wilde (1960)
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
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68
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6.8
/181/
73
/3/
65
/2/

The Greatest (2024)
Inhibited by his conventional life, a man named Jay is forced to confront his darkest secret when having to choose between a life of normality and authenticity.
poster
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20
/1/

Apostles of Civilised Vice (2000)
A history of homosexuality in South Africa from colonial times to the present. Estimates say that between 1910 and 1933 over 60,000 men were convicted of sodomy. They were overwhelmingly black and unable to afford legal representation.
poster
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6.9
/32/
15
/2/
22
/4/

It's Not Unusual: A Lesbian and Gay History (1997)
Archival footage and interviews with 22 lesbians and gay men give an overview of gay history in the UK from the 1920's. Clause 28, the Well of Lonliness, AIDS, the Pet shop Boys, it's all there in some form or another.
poster
?
7.5
/96/
30
/1/
23
/3/

Private Life (2006)
Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.
poster
61
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7.7
/39/
75
/4/
25
/2/
3.5
/206/

Sex and Revolution (2021)
In the early ‘70s, in Argentina, a group of homosexuals decided to confront the status quo. With testimonies from its survivors as its denouncement source, Sex and Revolution brings back the voices of those who thought in order to be recognized as political actors in a society that wasn’t prepared for them.
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73
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7.6
/177/
72
/4/
73
/5/

Lord Montagu (2013)
As the youngest member in parliament and sole heir to his family’s 7,000-acre English estate, Lord Edward Montagu’s life was rich and privileged. However, in 1954, Edward Montagu, then aged twenty-five, became England’s most infamous aristocrat when he was arrested for homosexual offenses and became the focus of a landmark trial known as “The Montagu Case”.
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66
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7.1
/129/
71
/7/
57
/6/

Consenting Adults (2007)
Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, there was an even more extraordinary story. Jack's son Jeremy, then a brilliant undergraduate at Oxford, was himself gay, something his father could not bring himself to acknowledge.
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7.4
/119/
70
/68/
64
/7/

The Act (2020)
In 1965 - the eve of decriminalization for acts of male homosexuality in the U.K. - Matthews, a young gay man at odds with the world, discovers love, sex, and a new family in the backstreets and underground bars of Soho.
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68
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7.5
/983/
71
/32/
58
/14/

A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)
The high society court case that scandalised the mores of the day, electrified the nation and changed the course of British history.
poster
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6.7
/11/

Cairo 52 (2014)
In 2001, Egyptian police raided a floating gay disco on the Nile and arrested 52 men for obscene behavior. The indignity that these men faced is captured in this animated short.


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