Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
I Killed My Mother
The Watermelon Woman
Who Took the Bomp?
Tongues Untied
Vacationland
Parting Glances
Leo's Room
Dinah East
After Stonewall
Virgin Machine
Come Undone
The Advocate for Fagdom
Un chant d'amour
Poison
XXY
Spotlight on LGBTQ
Fandor has the largest selection of hand picked LGBTQ-oriented films around to stream, and we've selected a number in celebration of Pride Month. Following the trajectory of New Queer Cinema to the current hot-topic issue regarding the Trans community (including a recent Time cover feature), we have highlighted a group of films that brings increasing visibility to all walks of life housed under the LGBTQ umbrella.
Selected Films
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After Stonewall
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. AFTER STONEWALL, the sequel to BEFORE STONEWALL, chronicles...Watch Movie
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Parting Glances
Heroic, funny and romantic, PARTING GLANCES is a triumph for everyone who has ever been in love, straight or gay. PARTING GLANCES, a pioneering film of gay cinema, is about the loyalties of friendship and the vicissitudes of romantic love. It's about the relationship between gays and straights....Watch Movie
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The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to...Watch Movie
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Leo's Room
In the heart of Montevideo, the affable but secretly troubled Leo wraps himself in the comfort of his small rented room, unmotivated to finish his college thesis or find a job and content with infrequent visits from his girlfriend. After their six-month relationship ends, Leo begins to break out...Watch Movie
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I Killed My Mother
Focusing on the relationship between Hubert Minel (Xavier Dolan), a 16-year-old Quebecois living in suburban Montreal, and his single mother Chantale (Anne Dorval), I KILLED MY MOTHER beautifully captures the anxieties of a mother-son relationship. While he gauges her with...Watch Movie
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A Very Natural Thing
An important film in the history of American gay filmmaking, A VERY NATURAL THING is considered the first feature film on the gay experience made by an out-of-the-closet gay man to receive commercial distribution. The simple but insightful story involves a 26-year-old gay man,...Watch Movie
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Vacationland
This unflinching work from New York City based filmmaker Todd Verow is a deeply personal, semi-autobiographical story of growing up gay in picturesque Maine. Gay high-school senior Joe is not quite out to his family and has for years been in love with his best friend Andrew. Unhappy at home, Joe...Watch Movie
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Come Undone
This sensual gay classic COME UNDONE explores a young man's homosexual awakening and the turbulence of first love in a small French seaside town. Mathieu, a quiet 18-year-old spending the summer with his troubled family, meets the handsome and aggressive Cedric, who takes an interest in the...Watch Movie
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Easy
Daniel Laabs' loose, impressionistic, yet psychologically and thematically rich short centers on two close-knit Texas brothers. The older, Adam, is well on his way to maturity with an affectionate girlfriend and a thoughtful, self-confident manner. All of which is something of a mystery to...Watch Movie
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Hide and Seek
HIDE AND SEEK is a daring exploration into wild, uncharted territory, in the 1960s. Lou is a twelve year old girl who daydreams in a tree house, wins a rock throwing contest and is horrified to discover that her best friend is taking an interest in earrings and boys. Interwoven with Lou's story...Watch Movie
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Poison
The second feature directed by Todd Haynes, POISON is a groundbreaking American independent film and was the most fervently debated film of the 1990s as well as a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema. A work of immense visual invention, Haynes' spectacular follow-up to his legendary SUPERSTAR:...Watch Movie
