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Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/7101/
79
/167/
72
/115/
4.1
/11583/
96
/28/
94
/283/
cc age 14+

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/64681/
78
/2558/
76
/1383/
4.2
/133341/
93
/155/
89
/688/
79
/36/
cc age 13+

Pride (2014)
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
poster
MUBI
82
7.6
/4516/
78
/196/
68
/78/
4.0
/7309/
98
/80/
83
/160/
86
/23/
cc age 16+

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
poster
82
7.5
/185315/
74
/3429/
72
/2346/
3.8
/110366/
93
/241/
89
/11620/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Milk (2008)
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.9
/3355/
75
/158/
68
/49/
4.0
/6454/
100
/74/
75
/10/
86
/17/

Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
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Hoopla
80
7.1
/1034/
77
/47/
67
/41/
3.9
/1161/
96
/28/
76
/25/
82
/9/

In the Family (2011)
In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six year old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian. The years of Joey's acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are. Armed with their comfort and inspired by memories of Cody, Joey finds a path to peace with the family and closer to his son.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
8.0
/19084/
82
/872/
80
/617/
3.7
/17089/
73
/15/
86
/309/

Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
poster
79
7.7
/272078/
77
/6233/
77
/4519/
3.9
/200666/
83
/63/
89
/4674/
66
/21/
cc age 14+

Philadelphia (1993)
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Fandor
78
7.4
/3861/
72
/122/
67
/49/
3.6
/2520/
92
/59/
87
/211/
77
/23/

The Weather Underground (2002)
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
poster
Netflix
77
7.2
/3340/
73
/237/
71
/103/
3.6
/10374/
97
/29/
73
/11/
76
/11/
cc age 16+

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
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Fandango at Home Free
77
7.5
/14097/
76
/713/
77
/454/
3.8
/19370/
81
/26/
81
/86/

Holding the Man (2015)
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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Netflix
77
7.6
/172184/
72
/5451/
70
/4796/
3.2
/343686/
88
/204/
84
/1012/
90
/58/
cc age 18+

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
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Kanopy
74
7.3
/1765/
72
/67/
65
/41/
3.5
/1091/
100
/24/
77
/15/
67
/9/

The Circle (2014)
A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
74
7.8
/11654/
72
/208/
64
/107/
3.6
/6535/
100
/12/
88
/251/

And the Band Played On (1993)
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.9
/1623/
73
/136/
72
/75/
3.4
/1335/
89
/47/
76
/84/
66
/17/
cc age 13+

To Be Takei (2014)
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband, Brad, on a wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
67
7.4
/6773/
73
/203/
70
/104/
3.6
/2115/
78
/65/
76
/141/
60
/16/
cc age 16+

Any Day Now (2012)
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal system to adopt the child.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.9
/12481/
79
/713/
75
/207/
3.0
/4112/
17
/6/
92
/444/
cc age 15+

The Red Pill (2016)
When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
7.1
/1856/
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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HBO Max
73
65
7.1
/7238/
67
/115/
62
/56/
3.3
/2720/
92
/13/
80
/293/

The Laramie Project (2002)
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
poster
Kanopy
67
61
6.3
/5423/
64
/142/
59
/90/
3.5
/14055/
80
/25/
67
/100/
67
/18/

Poison (1991)
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
poster
Kanopy
56
5.6
/6078/
60
/393/
55
/216/
2.5
/6183/
61
/36/
37
/64/
56
/19/

I Am Michael (2015)
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
poster
Kanopy
75
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.
poster
The CW
52
5.6
/2871/
54
/76/
53
/46/
3.0
/524/
17
/35/
65
/245/
38
/12/

Kids in America (2005)
Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex activities on campus. Protesting Principal Weller's muzzling of free speech, the teens stage a bold and hilarious rebellion.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
50
7.5
/1791/
67
/71/
61
/29/
3.5
/830/
79
/57/
76
/164/
64
/20/

Outrage (2009)
An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US.
poster
Dekkoo
60
48
7.0
/4017/
70
/94/
61
/44/
3.3
/815/
39
/31/
71
/139/
47
/16/

The Trip (2002)
When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
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Kanopy
48
5.4
/4726/
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.
poster
Kanopy
77
47
7.4
/1293/
76
/53/
66
/19/
3.6
/863/
100
/29/
77
/38/

God Loves Uganda (2013)
A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting sexual immorality and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.
poster
Netflix
77
45
7.6
/1708/
80
/52/
76
/24/
3.9
/14969/

The Paradise of Thorns (2024)
When his partner Sek dies, Thongkam loses his property to his late love's eager family and must fight to reclaim the home they built together.
poster
80
44
7.6
/722/
76
/27/
68
/43/
3.9
/1460/
100
/13/
86
/6/

Les Invisibles (2012)
Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
poster
52
44
5.4
/3089/
56
/107/
54
/52/
2.9
/2423/
38
/8/
56
/215/

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
poster
72
42
7.3
/324/
75
/12/
59
/10/
89
/35/
74
/606/
65
/17/

Tying the Knot (2004)
A look at the debate over same sex marriage in the USA. The reasons behind it are illustrated with real life couples that have run afoul of current laws despite varying levels of planning. Also, the reasons against it are debunked by proponents.
poster
Kanopy
72
42
7.3
/661/
72
/29/
57
/16/
3.4
/835/
84
/31/
77
/25/
74
/20/

Stonewall Uprising (2010)
Stonewall Uprising is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. Stonewall Uprising made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010 at the Film Forum in New York City.The movie features interviews with eyewitnesses to the incident, including NYPD deputy inspector Seymour Pine. The film was produced and directed by documentarians Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, and is based on the book by historian David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. The title theme is by Gary Lionelli.
poster
Fandor
79
42
7.6
/853/
79
/31/
59
/18/
3.7
/597/
98
/51/
88
/11/
80
/15/

Call Me Kuchu (2012)
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
poster
71
40
7.3
/726/
61
/8/
47
/10/
95
/19/
80
/18/
71
/9/

Making the Boys (2011)
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, it traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone.
poster
65
40
7.1
/1297/
74
/57/
55
/22/
3.4
/322/
64
/36/
72
/99/
55
/15/

8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)
Filmmaker and ex-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member Reed Cowan examines that church's nationwide efforts to prevent the legalization of gay marriage - including California's Proposition 8, which was passed by voters in 2008. Confidential church documents, statements by high-ranking church officials and other sources detail 30 years of efforts to turn back gay rights, particularly by the Mormon-sponsored National Organization for Marriage.
poster
Netflix
75
39
7.4
/838/
74
/86/
62
/10/
3.7
/2658/
100
/10/
71
/3/
cc age 15+

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024)
This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in America. The film combines rare archival materials, stand-up performances, and interviews with a show-stopping lineup to present a definitive history of queer comedy.
poster
71
39
7.1
/1847/
69
/30/
65
/86/
3.7
/2567/
81
/5/

The Best Way to Walk (1976)
In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe.
poster
63
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
Kanopy
70
37
7.3
/449/
68
/27/
51
/9/
88
/8/
70
/58/
cc age 15+

The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)
A 15-year-old girl's transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.
poster
69
37
7.0
/971/
59
/26/
52
/16/
3.5
/271/
90
/61/
74
/58/

Trembling Before G-d (2001)
A portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.
poster
72
37
7.4
/974/
78
/86/
66
/26/
3.5
/919/
64
/11/
83
/13/

Believer (2017)
Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.
poster
71
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.
poster
Kanopy
82
33
8.1
/798/
80
/18/
69
/13/
3.7
/495/
100
/6/
90
/10/

Vito (2011)
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first book to critique Hollywood's portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passionate advocate for justice via the newly formed ACT UP, before his death in 1990.
poster
Kanopy
73
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.
poster
67
32
6.7
/978/
74
/40/
58
/17/
69
/73/

Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (2004)
Marc Hall, a young man living in Quebec, registers his prom date as per his Catholic school's rules. He is denied his request, because his prom date is a boy. Marc Hall is an openly gay teenager in a very conservative Catholic school. This film documents his struggles (legal, emotional, ethical and personal) to be himself and to live his life the way he deems best. With the help of friends, family and supporters, "Cinderfella" makes it to the ball, With his Prince Charming.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
32
5.7
/800/
65
/64/
71
/80/
2.5
/1175/

Green Butterflies (2017)
Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
32
6.0
/2119/
60
/41/
54
/31/
3.1
/485/
56
/117/

Wedding Wars (2006)
In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is behind a political speech against gay marriage.
poster
64
30
7.0
/600/
61
/43/
55
/17/
72
/731/

Fall from Grace (2007)
The shocking story of Rev. Fred Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church, those who oppose it, and those who chose to leave it all behind. The first feature-length documentary to explore the hate-filled world of Rev. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, KS. Since the mid-90s, this group has participated in nearly 25,000 anti-homosexual demonstrations around the world. With signs that say things like "God hates fags," "You're going to Hell," "Thank God for 9/11," "God hates your tears," "Thank God for dead soldiers," the small congregation of 75 members has garnered international attention, especially now that they have targeted military funerals as a venue for their picketing. 'Fall From Grace' features interviews with Rev. Phelps, other members of the church, many of its dissenters, and two members that left the church and their family behind. Written by KRJ


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