The worst of gay themed movies & shorts

by sebasarena | created - 08 Jul 2015 | updated - 13 Mar 2023 | Public

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1. Land of Storms (2014)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Szabolcs quits football against his father's will and returns to his country in Hungary to take charge of an inheritance from his grandfather. There, he meets Aron and they both explore their identities.

Director: Ádám Császi | Stars: András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Enikö Börcsök

Votes: 4,667

2. The Curiosity of Chance (2006)

98 min | Comedy

A confident, out-of-the-closet gay teenager has the support of an eclectic range of friends while dealing with a homophobic bully during his first year at an international high school.

Director: Russell P. Marleau | Stars: Tad Hilgenbrink, Brett Chukerman, Aldevina Da Silva, Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyze

Votes: 3,162

3. Dog Tags (2008)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Abandoned by his father and raised by a single mother, Nate Merritt joins the Marines to support his soon-to-be fiancée. While on leave in Palm Springs, Nate meets a seemingly free spirited... See full summary »

Director: Damion Dietz | Stars: Paul Preiss, Amy Lindsay, Candy Clark, Hoyt Richards

Votes: 1,685

4. Yossi & Jagger (2002)

R | 65 min | Drama, History, Romance

70 Metascore

Romance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi, Assi Cohen, Aya Steinovitz

Votes: 7,616

5. The Last Match (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Two teenage men fall in love, surrounded by the poverty and the marginalization of their country, and are forced to change their lives and take big risks.

Director: Antonio Hens | Stars: Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Jenifer Rodríguez, Beatriz Méndez

Votes: 2,403

6. Getting Go, the Go Doc Project (2013)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A shy but smitten college boy pursues a NY go-go boy through the pretext of making a documentary film about him, with the guys knowing each other only as "Doc" and "Go."

Director: Cory Krueckeberg | Stars: Tanner Cohen, Matthew Camp, Ramon O. Torres, Judy McLane

Votes: 3,074

7. Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama

52 Metascore

A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

Director: Cam Archer | Stars: Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 2,288 | Gross: $0.01M

8. The Nature of Nicholas (2002)

90 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.

Director: Jeff Erbach | Stars: Jeff Sutton, David Turnbull, Ardith Boxall, Tom McCamus

Votes: 549

9. The Boy Who Couldn't Swim (2011)

33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Two teen boys meet each other by chance in Copenhagen and team up to find one of the boys' mother. Will they find her or will they instead find the thing that is really missing from their lives?

Director: Anders Helde | Stars: Sebastian Elkrog Sørensen, Jonas Wandschneider, Christian Damsgaard, Danny Thykær

Votes: 501

10. Edge of Seventeen (1998)

TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.

Director: David Moreton | Stars: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay

Votes: 7,108 | Gross: $0.87M

11. Romeos (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A drama centered on the relationship between a two young men, as one of them navigates the difficulties of life as a transgender man.

Director: Sabine Bernardi | Stars: Rick Okon, Max Befort, Liv Lisa Fries, Felix Brocke

Votes: 3,497 | Gross: $0.00M

12. Jet Boy (2001)

TV-PG | 99 min | Drama

A drug dealer finds an unlikely traveling companion in a runaway kid trying to dodge social services.

Director: Dave Schultz | Stars: Branden Nadon, Joe Norman Shaw, Matthew Currie Holmes, Randy Birch

Votes: 1,532

13. My Straight Son (2012)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Fashion photographer, Diego suddenly needs to care for the teenage son he's not seen in years just as his boyfriend is put in a coma from a brutal assault. Father and son must grow to understand each others' worlds to face other problems.

Director: Miguel Ferrari | Stars: Guillermo Garcia, Ignacio Montes, Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres

Votes: 2,256

14. Summer Storm (2004)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

51 Metascore

A close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Miriam Morgenstern, Jürgen Tonkel

Votes: 14,503 | Gross: $0.10M

15. The Way He Looks (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

71 Metascore

Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.

Director: Daniel Ribeiro | Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano

Votes: 27,677 | Gross: $0.10M

16. In & Out (1997)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

70 Metascore

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon

Votes: 44,174 | Gross: $63.86M

17. Kill Your Darlings (2013)

R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.

Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster

Votes: 41,257 | Gross: $1.03M

18. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis 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.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,414 | Gross: $83.04M

19. Get Real (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.

Director: Simon Shore | Stars: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart

Votes: 14,680 | Gross: $1.20M

20. Wilde (1997)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.

Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 18,128 | Gross: $2.16M

21. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama

77 Metascore

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn

Votes: 519,494 | Gross: $27.30M

22. Tom at the Farm (2013)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

67 Metascore

A grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.

Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, Evelyne Brochu

Votes: 19,242

23. Longhorns (2011)

Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Back in 1982, a Texas University student who was curious about the male sex fantasies he had been having, decides he needs to hook up with an out gay student on campus.

Director: David Lewis | Stars: Jacob Newton, Derek Efrain Villanueva, Dylan Vox, Kevin Held

Votes: 1,593

24. Doors Cut Down (2000)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

The sexual adventures of 16-year old Guillermo who's become somewhat of an expert at cruising the gay guys at his local shopping mall.

Director: Antonio Hens | Stars: Israel Rodríguez, Pablo Puyol, Antonio Álamo, Juan Carlos Rubio

Votes: 922

25. Stranger by the Lake (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

82 Metascore

Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.

Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte

Votes: 15,919 | Gross: $0.32M

26. Monster Pies (2013)

TV-MA | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.

Director: Lee Galea | Stars: Tristan Barr, Lucas Linehan, Rohana Hayes, Katrina Maree

Votes: 3,160

27. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar

Votes: 273,161 | Gross: $50.00M

28. Starcrossed (2005)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.

Director: James Burkhammer | Stars: J.B. Ghuman Jr., John Wesley Shipp, Derek Sean Lara, Darcy DeMoss

Votes: 2,389

29. A Heavenly Vintage (2009)

R | 121 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

In 19th century France, a peasant winemaker endeavors to create the perfect vintage.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Vania Vilers, Eric Godon

Votes: 982

30. Free Fall (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A soon-to-be-father policeman falls for a gay fellow officer and his life starts falling apart.

Director: Stephan Lacant | Stars: Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, Attila Borlan, Katharina Schüttler

Votes: 22,578

31. 4 Moons (2014)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Four stories of love and disgust between men of different generations facing their conflicts and their fears

Director: Sergio Tovar Velarde | Stars: Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Cesar Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf

Votes: 4,869

32. From Afar (2015)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

Director: Lorenzo Vigas | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo

Votes: 4,058 | Gross: $0.03M

33. Blue jeans (1977)

80 min | Drama

Julien Morin, who is in his early teens, goes on a study trip with his classmates and is overwhelmed by the joys and pains of first love when he meets the charming, slightly older Jean-Pierre.

Director: Hugues Burin des Roziers | Stars: Gilles Budin, Michel Gibet, Daniel Véry, Thierry Dolon

Votes: 126

34. Harry + Max (2004)

74 min | Drama, Romance

31 Metascore

Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.

Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Bryce Johnson, Cole Williams, Rain Phoenix, Katherine Ellis

Votes: 1,105 | Gross: $0.01M

35. King Cobra (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama

48 Metascore

Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over the rights to his underage porn star creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results.

Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Molly Ringwald, James Kelley

Votes: 9,537 | Gross: $0.03M

36. Boys Love (2006 Video)

90 min | Drama

Boys Love, the first film released in 2006, tells the story of Taishin Mamiya, a magazine editor who meets and interviews a young model, Noeru Kisaragi, and becomes attracted to him. Their ... See full summary »

Director: Kôtarô Terauchi | Stars: Yoshikazu Kotani, Takumi Saitô, Hiroya Matsumoto, Masashi Taniguchi

Votes: 587

37. Vampires: Brighter in Darkness (2011)

Not Rated | 122 min | Horror

A new take on Vampires. A supernatural Dark World of Vampires! Sexy, Scary, Get bitten.

Director: Jason Davitt | Stars: Dan Briggs, Rhys Howells, Rebecca Eastwood, James MacCorkindale

Votes: 248

38. Moonlight (I) (2016)

R | 111 min | Drama

99 Metascore

A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert

Votes: 332,024 | Gross: $27.85M

39. Being 17 (2016)

Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret

Votes: 7,259 | Gross: $0.05M

40. In a Heartbeat (II) (2017)

TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A boy has a crush on another boy and he is too shy to confess, but his heart is not so reticent.

Directors: Esteban Bravo, Beth David | Stars: Nick Ainsworth, Kelly Donohue

Votes: 4,379

41. Loev (2015)

92 min | Drama, Romance

A weekend trip between friends takes a sudden turn, making them each question what love is and what it means to them.

Director: Sudhanshu Saria | Stars: Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Menon, Shiv Panditt, Dixit

Votes: 2,844

42. Boys (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate.

Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas

Votes: 16,165

43. Back Again (2015)

13 min | Short, Drama

After two years Alex returns to his town with Jordi to celebrate the night of San Juan.

Director: Gabriel Dorado | Stars: Carlos Cuevas, Aleix Melé

Votes: 243

44. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar

Votes: 316,109 | Gross: $18.10M

45. About Us (2017)

Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Romance

Two young students experience their first love.

Directors: Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado | Stars: Thiago Cazado, Rodrigo Bittes, Carmem Moretzsohn, Rodrigo Bezerra

Votes: 447

46. Shortbus (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

64 Metascore

A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Paul Dawson

Votes: 35,419 | Gross: $1.99M

47. I Am Michael (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

56 Metascore

Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.

Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver

Votes: 5,897

48. Twice (2018)

15 min | Short, Drama

Diego is 17 and is full of life, yet fragile. His best friend Antonio knows and indulges his weaknesses, but he would also like to see him strong and masculine. One night they meet Maria, a... See full summary »

Director: Domenico Onorato | Stars: Francesco Aricò, Salvatore Alfano, Cristina Cappelli

Votes: 59

49. Moffie (2019)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War

69 Metascore

A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.

Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Kai Luke Brummer, Barbara-Marié Immelman, Michael Kirch, Remano De Beer

Votes: 3,799

50. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai, Shih-Sian Wang

Votes: 7,908

51. Alex Strangelove (2018)

TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

Alex, high school class president, nerd and a straight A student, has been dating Claire a long time. They decide to sleep together but then he meets a gay guy and he's confused.

Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Michael Abela, Daniel Doheny, Brendan Archer, Madeline Weinstein

Votes: 19,545



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