Narrative
see all genres ›While “out” gay filmmakers began making celluloid statements as early as the 1960 and '70s, it was with the "New Queer Cinema" movement of the early 1990s that the floodgates really opened for fiction features with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes.
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Adrift
Soon after her wedding, newlywed Duyen's excitement begins to fade as she realizes her young husband is not only sexually naïve but overly occupied by his job and doting mother. As her marriage goes unconsummated and her emotional isolation grows, she reaches out to her closest girlfriend, Cam, who secretly desires her, but...Start your free trial to watch -
Altitude Falling
In the year 2029, everyone has been injected with an identification chip originally for medical emergencies which the corporate run government uses to track travel patterns, purchases, political affiliations, relationships and diseases. Greg Forrester perfected this technology but fled to a remote mountain...Start your free trial to watch -
The Angelic Conversation
Derek Jarman's lyrical celebration of gay love set within the context of a series of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. Ethereal Super-8 images slowed to a magical, meditative pace follow the love affair between two men as Dame Judi Dench provides a soothing presence with her narration of the fourteen sonnets....Start your free trial to watch
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Angora Ranch
ANGORA RANCH is a sweet, heartfelt movie about love that transcends age, stereotypes and meddlesome families. While driving to a business meeting, young and handsome Justin runs off the road to avoid a rabbit. Lucky for him he has ditched at Angora Ranch, a farm owned by hunk Jack, a man almost twice Justin’s age. Justin and...Start your free trial to watch -
Between Something and Nothing
With the impressive BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING, Todd Verow once again revisits his own past, recounting the life of a freshman art school student whose relationship with a mysterious hustler leads him to work the streets himself. Joe arrives at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design and...Start your free trial to watch -
Caravaggio
Jarman’s most profound reflection on art, sexuality and identity retells the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. CARAVAGGIO incorporates the painter’s precise aesthetic into the movie’s own visuals, while touching on all of...Start your free trial to watch
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Chain Letters
“Life is a river. A very dirty river,” one protagonist decrees in Mark Rappaport's last narrative feature before he embarked on a 1990s trilogy of quirky, highly personal documentaries about Hollywood (such as ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES). Made in Manhattan during the worst early depths of the AIDS epidemic, this LA RONDE-style...Start your free trial to watch -
Crush
Michael Saul’s first collection of shorts, TRUE LOVE, was a broad sampling of the many different aspects of gay love affairs. CRUSH is an anthology of four stories that examine the many feelings of longing and love in gay relationships. In DON'T ASK, a devoted couple is forced to confront their feelings regarding love and war...Start your free trial to watch -
Deleted Scenes
Edgy, fragmented and filled with hot men who are not afraid to show their skin, DELETED SCENES it is a tale of love, passion and dysfunction. When 30 something Sean meets Eastern European immigrant Wolf, sparks fly. They return to Sean’s apartment begin a high energy and hugely sexual affair. What starts as a mere chance...Start your free trial to watch
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Dinah East
In 1950s Hollywood, a transvestite fools the world into believing he is a glamorous movie diva. When he dies, the secret is out and the film proceeds to tell the story of his relationships with friends and intimates, including a lesbian wardrobe designer, a gay matinee idol (with whom he had an affair), a protective lawyer...Start your free trial to watch -
Dottie Gets Spanked
Another dazzling suburban phantasm from writer/director Todd Haynes, DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (made post-POISON and pre-SAFE) is a stylized, bittersweet nod to his childhood fascination with I LOVE LUCY. Deep in the heart of pre-hippie 1960s America, young artistically-inclined Steven Gale is obsessed with...Start your free trial to watch -
Eden's Curve
It is 1972 and muscularly handsome blond Peter (Sam Levine) heads off to an exclusive Virginia university, unsure of what to expect. He joins a fraternity house where he meets William (Bryan Carroll), a classics major who has a strong attraction to him. Despite their flirting the reserved Peter becomes romantically involved...Start your free trial to watch
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Enter the Phoenix
Daniel Wu (THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT) stars in this action comedy, the directorial debut by actor Stephen Fung (HOUSE OF FURY). Hong Kong’s top triad leader Hung appoints his gay son Georgie (Wu) to be his successor before he dies. But Hung’s loyal right-hand man Cheung mistakes his roommate Sam (pop superstar...Start your free trial to watch -
Family Tree
Frederick is a tree grower, and for nearly sixty years he has been cultivating a secret. His wife and eldest son are the only ones around him who know the truth. Pushed by the death of his son, with whom he had a conflicted relationship with, he finally reveals what he just couldn't say to those near and dear to him: his...Start your free trial to watch -
Fantasm
Incest, group sex, religion, role reversal, lesbianism… FANTASM is a sexy, sin-sational comedy spoof of classroom sex educational films. Join Professor Jurgen Notafreud as he takes you on an erotic visual tour of the top ten most erotic female fantasies. Directed by Richard Franklin under the pseudonym “Richard Bruce,”...Start your free trial to watch
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Greek Pete
GREEK PETE gives us a glimpse into the world of Pete, a very popular escort who was voted "Best Escort" at the "World Escort Awards" in Los Angeles in 2008. We meet Pete prior to his fame when he arrives in London with the hope of increasing his business as an escort, always up for it and always horny, a fantasy for those...Start your free trial to watch -
Happy Together
Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Wong Kar-Wai's HAPPY TOGETHER is a cinematic balancing act, a stunning display of filmmaking style and a touching love story evenly mixed into one film. Hong Kong and world cinema have never seen anything quite like it. Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung, two of...Start your free trial to watch -
I sovversivi
The first feature directed solely by the Taviani brothers (following two collaborations with Valentino Orsini) is somewhat atypical in being borderline anarchic, sometimes farcical and experimental in its mash-up approach to narrative. Several strands are juggled here, including strife between a yuppie couple that leads to...Start your free trial to watch




