LGBTQ
see all genres ›Nonfiction and dramatic stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender individuals the world over are collected under the LGBTQ umbrella. Some films document reality. Others follow a coming-of-age trajectory. Some are not LGBTQ in subject but in approach, offering a "queer" perspective or aesthetic to their visual and storytelling strategies.
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Fandor's got the biggest and best selection of hand picked LGBTQ films around. In celebration of Pride Month we've selected a group of films that bring visibility to all walks of life housed under the LGBTQ flag. Enjoy.
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Genres / LGBTQ
SUB-GENRES · Documentary · Narrative
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An Englishman in New York
Giving possibly the best performance of his distinguished career, two-time Academy Award® nominee John Hurt gives a bravura portrayal of British gay icon Quentin Crisp in AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK, an exhilarating, funny and inspiring story focusing on Crisp's emigration to...Watch Movie
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The Final Girl
A sultry mystery takes viewers on an eerie and captivating journey through the psyches of three Parisian women whose paths converge around a vanished fourth. Combining raw documentary footage of the French capital, cryptic dialogue, and atmospheric music, the film seduces viewers, leaving them...Watch Movie
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Uncle Bob
On a fateful night in 1974, millions of Americans tuned in to the Academy Awards® and watched in shock as an anonymous man streaked naked across the stage in the middle of the show. In an instant, the prankster named Robert Opel rocketed to iconic status, but to this day few people know the full...Watch Movie
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Split
SPLIT is a documentary portrait of International Chrysis, a New York "show girl" and drag queen. Surreal herself, Chrysis was one of Salvador Dali's inner circle, a woman from the waist up, a man from the waist down. The movie penetrates Chrysis' hidden world of transsexual and drag queens,...Watch Movie
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A Place in the Sun
Model-handsome Athenian Ilias (Stavros Zalmas) has "never been in love… at least not for more than a couple of weeks." But after a spell abroad, he returns home to discover his city "flooded with foreigners" in the wake of Balkan conflicts and the Iron Curtain's collapse....Watch Movie
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Violette
Violette Leduc, born out of wedlock at the beginning of the 20th century, encountered Simone de Beauvoir in the post-WWII years in St-Germain-des-Prés. An intense relationship began between the two women, which would last their whole lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through...Watch Movie
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Bobbycrush
Cam Archer caught the attention of such major-league admirers as Gus Van Sant and Scott Rudin (later producers on his 2006 feature WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN) with this freeform debut short. Its teenage blond hero muses upon his boy-crush with a peer in a dreamily romantic mix of grainy,...Watch Movie
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The Conformist
One of the enduring masterpieces of the 1970s, Bertolucci's breakthrough film THE CONFORMIST is an elegant portrait of the death throes of Italian Fascism and a triumph of pure style. Adapted by Bernardo Bertolucci (an Academy Award®-nominated screenplay) from Alberto Moravia's 1951 novel, it...Watch Movie
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Caught Looking
This "tele-erotica" exercise follows an unnamed "Voyeur" (Louis Selwyn) as he gets a freewheeling first tour of the titular website (which offers "the highest quality in virtual sex"). Answering (but also sometimes frustrating) his every whim, it offers in turn sexy vignettes in a retro boarding...Watch Movie
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Party Monster
Originally a documentary (before it was made into an identically-named narrative film by the same filmmakers), PARTY MONSTER tells the story of the rise and fall of Michael Alig, a kid from Middle America who aspired to take the place of Andy Warhol. Michael quickly rose to become the biggest...Watch Movie
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Meteor and Shadow
A poignant and harrowing account of the rise and fall of Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greece's most esteemed poet. Acclaimed director Takis Spetsiotis conveys with sensitive daring finesse the poet's life as a romantic charmer, literary genius, communist sympathizer, depraved drug...Watch Movie
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North of Vortex
A bisexual junkie poet (Stavros Zalmas) driving coast-to-coast first picks up a hunky hitchhiking sailor (Howard Napper) and then an androgynous waitress (Valda Drabla) as companions. They form an uneasy erotic triangle that will finally implode in a fateful desert episode. Greek director...Watch Movie
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Coming Out
Reiko meets a girl on a train who opens her up to an entirely new world. She finds herself attracted to the girl and is forced to make a difficult decision about her fiancé. The film touches upon the delicate question of social acceptance of alternative lifestyles in the closed Japanese society...Watch Movie
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Slaughter Hotel
Fernando di Leo's Italian exploitation horror cult classic stars a terminally creepy doctor (Klaus Kinski) at an asylum for suicidal and disturbed women. There's a team of strange doctors, unprofessional nurses and even a hunky gardener at these ladies' service to help them recover. In classic...Watch Movie
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Strange Powers
Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over 10 years, STRANGE POWERS explores his friendship with longtime bandmate/manager, Claudia Gonson. Through his recording/songwriting process, the film...Watch Movie
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100 Days Before the Command
Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving the humanity and compassion they share for each other. Visually astonishing, erotically charged and...Watch Movie
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Saturday Night at the Baths
Desperate for a job, Michael finds himself as the piano player at the Continental baths. Although he complains to his girlfriend about the advances of the club manager, Scotti, Michael is slowly discovering something new about himself. A strange and erotically charged...Watch Movie
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David Searching
This uncharacteristically sweet independent film from writer/director Leslie Smith stars Anthony Rapp and Camryn Manheim as a pair of roommates. David is a young, gay, aspiring documentary filmmaker who takes his first tentative steps towards his adult life. Gwen, ending a mysterious marriage, is...Watch Movie
