Pride 2020
The month of June is Pride Month! Though many parades have been cancelled due to COVID-19, we have curated a list of LGBTQ films with messages of hope in celebration of Pride to watch during this time of physical distancing.
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
(एक लड़की को देखा तोह ऐसा लगा)
Sweety's family may not approve of who she's in love with...
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- India • 2019
- Director Shelly Chopra Dhar
- Cast Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Rajkummar Rao, Abdul Quadir Amin
- Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pain and Glory
(Dolor y gloria)
Aging film director Salvador Mallo turns to drugs to manage his chronic pain, triggering memories of childhood in rural Spain.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Tranny Fag
(Bixa Travesty)
Linn da Quebrada pushes back on the labels society tries to place on queer people of color.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Claudia Priscilla
- Cast Linn da Quebrada, Jup do Bairro, Liniker, Assucena Assucena, Raquel Virgínia, Ney Matogrosso
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, True Story, Apple TV, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
Rafiki
When Kena and Ziki start to become more than friends, they need to make a choice between their happiness and their safety.
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- Kenya, South Africa, Germany • 2018
- Director Wanuri Kahiu
- Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nini Wacera, Dennis Musyoka, Patricia Amira
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
Tucked
A veteran drag queen and a rising queen learn more about themselves and their identities through their friendship.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Jamie Patterson
- Cast Derren Nesbitt, Jordan Stephens, April Pearson, Steve Oram, Lucy-Jane Quinlan
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
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- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Anchor and Hope
(Tierra firme)
Two make love. Three make a baby.
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- Spain • 2017
- Director Carlos Marques-Marcet
- Cast Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer, Geraldine Chaplin, Lara Rossi, Trevor White
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
God's Own Country
A young farmer numbs his frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Francis Lee
- Cast Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones, Patsy Ferran, Naveed Choudhry
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Handsome Devil
Follow the crowd, or follow your heart
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- Ireland • 2017
- Director John Butler
- Cast Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Michael McElhatton, Moe Dunford, Mark Doherty
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Laerte-se
A beloved cartoonist's story behind her coming out as transgender.
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- Brazil • 2017
- Director Lygia Barbosa da Silva
- Cast Laerte Coutinho, Eliane Brum, Rita Lee, Glamour Garcia, Angeli
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Present Perfect
(แค่นี้ก็ดีแล้ว)
Toey ran away to Japan with a broken heart - but now he might be able to piece it back together.
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- Thailand, Japan • 2017
- Director Anusorn Soisa-Ngim
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Amazon Video
Dou kyu sei – Classmates
(同級生)
Sincerely. Slowly. Falling in Love.
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- Japan • 2016
- Director Shouko Nakamura
- Cast Hiroshi Kamiya, Kenji Nojima, Hideo Ishikawa
- Genre Romance, Animation
- Available on Amazon Video
The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Not every love happens at first sight.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Daniel Ribeiro
- Cast Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano, Eucir de Souza, Selma Egrei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Circumstance
Everything wasn't perfect before, but now Atafeh and Shireen face even more obstacles for the sake of their relationship.
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- France, United States, Iran • 2011
- Director Maryam Keshavarz
- Cast Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho, Sina Amedson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Weekend
A one night stand turned 48-hour love story.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race, Laura Freeman, Loreto Murray, Kieran Hardcastle
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy