15 Gay Romantic Films That Will Make You Believe Happily Ever After

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While the film certaly touch on the stggl of beg gay and closeted—the tular Simon (Nick Robson) isn’t yet out to his iends or fay— is fundamentally a sweet, earnt high school rom where the guy gets the guy. The film clus a number of ntroversial scen that uld be triggerg — so, watch at your own Now Advertisement - Contue Readg Below8 'The Bter Tears of Petra Von Kant' (1972) Courty Everett CollectnThe Bter Tears of Petra Von Kant is a sapphic classic that has bee a key entry the largely gay male-domated non of high mp. In I Killed My Mother, Dolan documents the ght relatnship between a gay teenager and his sgle mother dreamy, heart-wrenchg NowAdvertisement - Contue Readg Below13 'Cisg' (1980) ©Uned Artists/Courty Everett CollectnA crime thriller set agast the backdrop of the 1970s leather scene, Cisg is a polarizg film wh a plited legacy.

When me out 1980, mastream dienc and gay rights activists alike were sndalized—the former due to the graphic sexualy and the latter on the grounds that portrayed the LGBTQ muny a bad light. ) In recent years, though, the film—which featur Al Paco as a New York p who go unrver the cy’s S&M scene to vtigate a serial killer targetg gay men—has been reevaluated and is now nsired by many as a classic. Set the world of the New York ballroom scene, Port Authory—which was executive produced by Mart Srse—tells of the love story between a whe man who has jt arrived New York whout a penny to his name (Fnn Whehead) and a Black transgenr woman wh ep ti to the cy’s ball culture (Leyna Bloom, the first Black trans actrs to star a film at Cann) Now Advertisement - Contue Readg Below15 'Young Soul Rebels' (1991) Courty EverettDcribed as a “part-thriller, part-gay love story, ” Young Soul Rebels—a film not often clud U.

-centric “bt gay films” lists like the—is neverthels a touchstone of Black, Brish, and queer cema. Takg place London’s punk scene 1977, the film vtigat the murr of a Black gay man and the vlently apathetic rponse of the cy’s police force.

The first Hollywood movie to center on Che-Amerins sce The Joy Luck Club some 11 years before , Savg Face tells the story of a closeted Che-Amerin woman fallg love for the first time and stgglg to rencile the relatnship wh her and her girliend’s tradnal (read: homophobic), close-kn New York Cy muny. Cast & crewUser reviewsVio2005Not Rated1h 31mA llectn of shorts that explor the relatnships between gay men and straight men. Read allA llectn of shorts that explor the relatnships between gay men and straight men.

The llectn clus Espac Dos (Spa) In the Name of the Father (Brazil), My Straight Boyiend (US), Tth or Consequenc (Brazil), Coffee Date (US), Poprn & Coke (UK), and productn, box office & pany PhotosMore like thisReview Half hearted llectn of gay short filmsThis is by far the poort llectn of gay shorts that I've seen marketed. 14 queer g-of-age movi and shows to watch after HeartstopperFrom Get Real to The Way He Looks, here's our brief gui to the most affectg queer g-of-agersHeartstopper, Netflix's g-of-age seri about a gay schoolboy fallg love wh one of the BNOC gby lads, has ronated far and wi for s cuty visn of young queer romance. The premise, for one, is remarkably siar, if a touch more tragic as a sign of the tim: a gay outsir sendary school, Steven, falls love wh one of the big-name gby boys, John.

As turns out, he fanci him back, leadg to a bumpy secretive romance marred by the near-impossibily of beg openly gay school the ‘90s. Rent on Prime (2014)On the subject of balmy and sacchare g-of-age stori, enter Jongens (Boys), a ltle-known gay love story om the Netherlands set a remote b of the Dutch untrysi. Betiful Thg (1996)©Sony Pictur/Courty Everett CollectnOne of the first noteworthy exampl of the gay g-of-ager the UK, Betiful Thg is a shg example of Channel 4's radil programmg through the ‘80s and ’90s, puttg a spotlight on the margalised where others refed or were rtraed the name of impartialy.

Livg Oh, the only lol gay-iendly spot is a dis lled “The Universal, ” spng Hi-NRG hs like “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat and Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Ltle Time” (serly, if you like synth-pop, this is the film for you). Come for the varly bter and charmg gay love story, stay for Harris Dickson's obnox banker bro (the scene where he emerg om an lator mimg along to the Pet Shop Boys is, as they say, céma).

Stream on (2019)Take Claire Denis' gay war drama Be Travail, add a dollop of Apolypse Now and you get Moffie, the ravishg third feature om South Ain tr Oliver Herman (now on the road wh the Bill Nighy-starrg Livg). A Gay Happy Endg for All. That's right -- not every gay movie has to end wh heartbreak.

He fears what will mean to be gay a small town, but the people of Big En might jt surprise him.