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56 Best LGBTQ+ Stories Movies To Watch

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This section includes movies where at least one of the main characters doesn’t identify as heterosexual or cisgender. Our goal is to showcase movies on popular streaming services that portray the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities across the world. These experiences are an integral part of human history but only recently are starting to be told in mainstream film.

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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7.2

roku channel

amazon

LGBTQ+ Stories

A winning outsider tale set in the Deep South

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The Wedding Banquet (1993)

7.2

amazon

LGBTQ+ Stories

A charming gay romcom filled with strong cultural detail

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Retablo (2017)

7.0

netflix

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A quiet but potent coming-of-age drama

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Dear Ex (2018)

7.4

netflix

LGBTQ+ Stories

A heart-wrenching tale of love and hate

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Shiva Baby (2021)

8.6

hbo max

kanopy

LGBTQ+ Stories

Sharp and anxious, modern and socially claustrophobic, Shiva Baby is a gem

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I Am Jonas

7.0

netflix

amazon

LGBTQ+ Stories

An atmospheric French coming-of-age drama

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Sink or Swim (1990)

8.6

amazon

LGBTQ+ Stories

Su Friedrich’s experimental documentary combines memory and storytelling to recollect her strained relationship with her father and her fragmented sense of self

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

8.2

hulu

kanopy

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A romance from France like no other

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Uncle Frank (2020)

7.9

amazon prime

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An easy road-trip movie with an abundance of heart

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Dating Amber (2020)

7.6

hbo max

kanopy

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An Irish comedy-romance with a smart twist

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Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

8.0

kanopy

amazon

LGBTQ+ Stories

Nick Offerman with the feels

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