Drama
Looking for something a little more serious? We have a massive selection of gay interest drama films below.
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The Long Ride
Movie
Zack is an up-and-coming actor with lots of talent, but very little luck. After a long and uncomfortable day, all he wants to do is relax on his long train ride home. Determined to get a seat, he decides to “make a scene.” 'The Long Ride' is a clever short film about a fake break-up turned all to...
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Why Not You?
Movie + 2 extras
Mario, a sensitive young dancer, finds the daily life of his small Italian village challenging. When he reunites with Lenz, a former childhood friend who moved to Rome to become an actor, he becomes fixated. Inspired, Mario decides to follow his friend to the big city. When the pair meet in a gay...
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Don't Look Down
Movie + 1 extra
In a high-rise apartment complex in Paris, four gay men and one straight woman come together to confront an unusual man with whom each of them has recently been romantically or sexually involved. As the night progresses, they must come to terms with their secrets. Don't Look Down is a colorful ne...
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So Close Away
Movie + 1 extra
Based on true events that made major headlines in Bulgaria, this intense thirty-minute short film, shot in stark black and white by director Dimitris Georgiev, follows two criminals as they attempt to break out of prison. One of them is seeking revenge, the other is following his heart.
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Nothing But Flowers
Movie + 1 extra
From director Nicolas Merrias, 'Nothing But Flowers' follows boyfriends Ash and Max (Hayden Vaughn and August Medina). When Max gets accepted into an East Coast graduate school program, the pair find the future of their relationship in jeopardy. On their final night together, they relive moments ...
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Flight of the Cardinal
Movie
Young Beetle Hobbs wants out of his small town and sees his ticket in Grady Wilson. Set in the desolate Smoky Mountains, Grady has recently left the big city to become the proprietor of a resort lodge. When Beetle joins Grady's staff, he gives new meaning to the adage 'keep your friends close and...
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You Are My Sunshine
Movie + 1 extra
A deeply emotional new romance from writer-director David Hastings, 'You Are My Sunshine' follows the lifelong relationship between Tom and Joe (played by Steve Salt and Jack Knight as young men and by Ernest Vernon and Charles O’Neill as the characters in their twilight years). The film follows ...
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Ayor
Movie + 1 extra
Set in the Netherlands in 1970, this short film takes place during the national commemoration of Remembrance Day. Two men attempt to make a statement against gay discrimination, but in the moments before and after the incident, their doubt, fear and firm beliefs becomes entirely clear.
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Blurred Lines
Movie + 1 extra
Janik and Samuel, best friends in their final year of high school, are practically inseparable. In the wake of a reckless incident, the pair travel together on a trip to Istanbul. During the trip, they find their friendship tested – and they're soon forced to examine what they really mean to one ...
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The Swimming Trunks
Movie
During a seaside vacation, ten-year-old Remi finds himself becoming increasingly fascinated by Stephane, the father of one of his friends. This confusing new feeling proves quite powerful. Nobody seems to know what Remi is going through...least of all his handsome new crush.
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Swingin'
Movie + 1 extra
When sixth-grader Qiu starts getting bullied in school for having two gay dads, he takes action to prove to the world that, unlike his parents, he is straight and manly. Meanwhile, his stepfather, a flamboyant trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bullying before he can pr...
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And Then We Danced
Movie + 1 extra
A passionate tale of love and liberation, director Levan Akin’s ‘And Then We Danced’ follows an ambitious Georgian dancer whose world is turned upside down when he starts falling for a rebellious rival. Originally screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019, this luminous drama earned massive cr...
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Coming Clean
Movie
From the heart of the Amazon comes this amazing compilation of LGBTQ+ short films from emerging Latin American directors from Brazil and Peru. These thought-provoking stories prove that universal social themes have no borders. Includes the short films The Last Romantics, Savage Fire, My Only Eart...
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Eyeshadow
Movie + 1 extra
Mirna and Pablo start a friendship framed in reflections about identity, loneliness and death during the 1990s in Chile. From writer-director Manu Morales Contreras, Sombra De Ojos is a story about fellowship and the HIV/AIDS crisis inspired by the literary works of Pedro Lemebel.
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Freefall
Movie + 1 extra
After Ivan is diagnosed with ALS, his relationship with his boyfriend Lucas becomes challenged – especially when he begins to lose control over his own body. 'Freefall' is a moving new twenty-minute tearjerker from visually gifted short filmmaker Krit Komkrichwarakool (Plantonic).
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The Pier Man
Movie + 1 extra
When a cargo ship is forced to dock for a few days, its quarrelsome crew uses this dockage to find new members but one of them, Giuseppe, no longer seems to find his place there. Theo, an untainted docker, is willing to do whatever it takes to be accepted among the crew and leave with Giuseppe.
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I Was Max
Movie
When Max and Tadas, two men who met online, get together for their first date, things don't go according to plan. Max seems timid and uncomfortable, putting pressure on Tadas to take all the initiative. As they embark on an awkward night ride around the city, the tension between them grows – reac...
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Come Back My Love
Movie
A short horror/fantasy film from Lebanese writer-director Ralf Bou Chaya, 'Come Back My Love' follows a man who has been tortured by grief ever since the disappearance of his lover. To cope with this intolerable loss, he starts acting out in increasingly self-destructive ways - seeking in others ...