Best in Gay Cinema and TV
Just some of my favorite titles under the gay movie/television genre.
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- DirectorJonah MarkowitzStarsTrevor WrightBrad RoweTina HolmesWhen his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother.
- CreatorTom FontanaStarsErnie HudsonJ.K. SimmonsLee TergesenA series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaLeonardo SbaragliaPablo EcharriNene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
- DirectorNicolo DonatoStarsThure LindhardtDavid DencikNicolas BroFormer Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when it's discovered.
- DirectorElla LemhagenStarsGustaf SkarsgårdTorkel PeterssonTom LjungmanA Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsRiccardo ScamarcioNicole GrimaudoAlessandro PreziosiTommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
- DirectorDerek SimondsStarsEion BaileyHeather DonahueDevon GummersallSeven college friends re-unite in the house where they used to spend summers. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same.
- DirectorChristian FaureStarsJérémie RenierLouise MonotBruno TodeschiniA young Jewish girl looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain while attempting to make their way to England is sheltered by an old friend whose status as a member of the "third" sex soon leads the Gestapo pounding on his door as well. Betrayed by a smuggler who sat idly by as her family was casually slaughtered by the SS, terrified Sara flees into the comforting care of childhood summer-vacation chum Jean and his faithful lover Philippe. Though safe for the moment thanks to Jean's quick-thinking plan to pass her off as a Gallic employee of his family's laundry business, Sara watches in horror as her homosexual protector is forced into a Nazi labor camp as a tragic result of a bad decision made by Jean's troublesome brother Jacques.
- DirectorMarco BergerStarsManuel VignauLucas FerraroMercedes QuinterosAfter girlfriend Laura dumps him for another man, Bruno plots to come between the new lovers. But his plan takes an unexpected turn, causing Bruno to question his own sexuality.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerMichelle WilliamsEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYehuda LeviAssi CohenRomance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.
- DirectorAluizio AbranchesStarsJúlia LemmertzFábio AssunçãoJean Pierre NoherTwo brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
- DirectorGlenn FicarraJohn RequaStarsJim CarreyEwan McGregorLeslie MannA cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
- DirectorPeter SheridanStarsShawn HatosyDanny DyerEamon GlancyIrish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.
- DirectorMichael BurkeEytan FoxDavid OttenhouseStarsMichael CassidyAdam FlemingJason HayesA collection of four short films that explore different aspects of gay life and identity-a lonely teenager, a high school theater student, a middle-aged man and a young Israeli soldier.Specifically, I'm recommending the short entitled "Time Off". It was directed by Eytan Fox, the same man who directed "Yossi and Jagger".
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsBrian CoxPaul DanoBruce AltmanA 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
- DirectorSimon PearceChristian MartinStarsWayne VirgoMarc LaurentTom BottA closeted teenage street punk takes up with the latest roughed-up gay victim of his bullying gang, which does not set well with the gang's drugged-up, brotherly leader.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMichel CôtéMarc-André GrondinDanielle ProulxA young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsGlen BerryLinda HenryScott NealJamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsJames WilbyRupert GravesHugh GrantTwo English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
- StarsGabriele MetzgerKonrad KraussMartina ServatiusYoung friends, families navigate life's ups and downs in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Storylines explore societal classes, from wealthy aristocrats to ordinary folk, and taboo romances like LGBTQ+ and infidelity.If you haven't seen this series before, just start where the "Christian & Oliver" storyline begins. You can find most of these episodes on youtube.
- DirectorYen TanStarsAdam Neal SmithAlessandro CalzaChuck BlaumJeff is taking care of everything Mark left behind when he died in an accident. Mark was about to have a visitor, Andrea, an Italian guy he met online. Jeff and Andrea have the chance to share memories of the Mark they knew while getting to know each other.
- DirectorSherry HormannStarsMaximilian BrücknerLisa Maria PotthoffDietmar BärAfter their most recent loss, a soccer team discovers its goalie is gay and casts him out. He retaliates by bringing back an all-gay team for a game to prove who's better.