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1. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 141,258 | Gross: $28.75M
2. Looking (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three best friends living in San Francisco share the nuances and complexities of contemporary gay relationships as they explore a variety of options, both in love and in life.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Lauren Weedman
Votes: 21,658
3. Those People (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.
Director: Joey Kuhn | Stars: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower
Votes: 6,642
4. The Happy Prince (2018)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
Director: Rupert Everett | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan
Votes: 5,887 | Gross: $0.47M
5. Semantic Error (2022)
20 min | Drama, Romance
Chu Sang Woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae Young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Chu Sang Woo. Will Sang Woo be able to work with Jae Young as an artist and engineer?
Stars: Park Seoham, Park Jae-chan, Kim No-Jin, Ji-Oh Song
Votes: 4,060
6. The Music Lovers (1971)
R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable
Votes: 3,029 | Gross: $0.20M
7. Big Eden (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Big Eden is a small, fictional northwestern Montana town.
Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher
Votes: 4,913 | Gross: $0.51M
8. Undertow (2009)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Director: Javier Fuentes-León | Stars: Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo, Manolo Cardona, Attilia Boschetti
Votes: 7,212
9. Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)
R | 110 min | Drama
A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.
Director: Mervyn Nelson | Stars: Tom Bade, James Murdock, Paul Blake, Gary Campbell
Votes: 369 | Gross: $0.12M
10. Borrowed (2022)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
Borrowed tells the story of David, a reclusive artist living in the Florida keys. His private and tortured life is changed forever when Justin comes for a visit. Each gets more out of their time together than either could have imagined.
Directors: Carlos Rafael Betancourt, Oscar Ernesto Ortega | Stars: Jonathan Del Arco, Héctor Medina
Votes: 164
11. Love, Sidney (1981–1983)
30 min | Comedy
A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl.
Stars: Tony Randall, Swoosie Kurtz, Kaleena Kiff, Chip Zien
Votes: 291
12. Nasty Baby (2015)
R | 101 min | Drama
A close-knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario.
Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig, Reg E. Cathey
Votes: 2,714 | Gross: $0.08M
13. Testosterone (2003)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him ... See full summary »
Director: David Moreton | Stars: David Sutcliffe, Celina Font, Antonio Sabato Jr., Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 1,275 | Gross: $0.03M
14. Beneath the Skin (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
After his family falls apart Joshua is forced to move to Canada to live with his estranged father. It is there he meets Jay, a local tattoo artist. The two becomes closer despite the negativity that surrounds them.
Directors: Michael MacKinnley, Aaron Potter | Stars: Aaron Potter, Hunter Page, Jamie Knox, Wayne Virgo
Votes: 362
15. Monochrome (I) (2016)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners, and a brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condition to track her down.
Director: Thomas Lawes | Stars: Jo Woodcock, Amy Ambrose, Suzy Bastone, Donna Berlin
Votes: 205
16. La madrastra (1974)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes every week.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Amparo Rivelles, John Moulder-Brown, Ramiro Oliveros, Ismael Merlo
Votes: 37
17. Coded (2021)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.
Director: Ryan White | Stars: Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Neil Patrick Harris, Jari Jones
Votes: 305
18. Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. (2014)
TV-14 | 40 min | Documentary, Short
Robert De Niro, Sr., was a celebrated painter obscured by the pop-art movement. His life and career are chronicled in the artist's own words by his contemporaries and, movingly, by his son, the actor Robert De Niro.
Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Perri Peltz | Stars: Robert De Niro Sr., Drena De Niro, Robert De Niro, Brad Ellis
Votes: 322
19. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)
59 min | Documentary
By 1964, Warhol had established himself as a famous pop artist and his creative ambitions were exploding in new directions in a creative frenzy of art, films - and even music. This is a day in his life.
Director: David Shulman | Stars: Paul America, Brigid Berlin, Victor Bockris, Stephen Bruce
Votes: 20
20. No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021)
79 min | Documentary
A lively look at five LGBTQ+ comic book artists whose careers go from the underground scene to the cover of Time Magazine and the international stage.
Director: Vivian Kleiman | Stars: Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Alex Combs, Howard Cruse
Votes: 175
21. The Skin I'm In (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A young man is found on the Berlin subway tracks with his head split open and a lethal blood alcohol level of 0.47. Saved by strangers, he is propelled on a global journey that explores the limits of body, mind, spirit and art.
Director: Broderick Fox | Stars: Rande Cook, Broderick Fox, Zulu Zulu
Votes: 14
22. World and Time Enough (1994)
90 min | Drama, Romance
HIV-positive artist Mark and his lover, Joey, struggle with relationship issues and the difficulty of maintaining a monogamous union, while Joey - who was adopted - searches for his biological parents.
Director: Eric Mueller | Stars: Matt Guidry, Gregory Gifford Giles, Kraig Swartz, Peter Macon
Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.07M
23. The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)
90 min | Documentary
A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring.
Director: Christina Clausen | Stars: Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Julia Gruen, Kim Hastreiter
Votes: 472
24. Leonilson, sob o Peso dos Meus Amores (2012)
43 min | Short
The life, work and death of plastic artist José Leonilson (1957-1993), one of the most prominent figures of the 80's Generation - a group of young artists who got their big breaks in the ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Nader | Stars: Leonilson, Dora Longo Bahia, Eduardo Brandão, Leda Catunda
25. Revealing Mr. Maugham (2012)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
Documentary film on the life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham. His life and work discussed by writers such as Armistead Maupin and Alexander McCall-Smith and experts such as Selina Hastings.
Director: Michael House | Stars: Tianna Nicole Brown, Marnie Baxter, Suanne Braun, Camilla Chandon
Votes: 44
26. Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989 TV Short)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti subculture, his opening of the Pop Shop, and the social commentary present in his paintings and drawings.
Director: Elisabeth Aubert Schlumberger | Stars: Keith Haring, Tony Shafrazi, Barbara Haskell, Leo Castelli
Votes: 38
27. By the End of the Night (2018)
20 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Karim, 30, drives every night. One day at dawn, he drives his last client - a foreign artist, the same age than him. Karim feels irresistibly attracted towards this young man. What he feels will start questionning who he thaught he was.
Director: Denoal Rouaud | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Jordi Gimeno, Naidra Ayadi, Victoire Du Bois
Votes: 38
28. Spray Jet (1986)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Three artists from São Paulo - Leda Catunda, Leonilson and Ciro Cozzolino - talk about their work and the rebirth of painting through pop, conceptual art and graffiti.
Director: Ana Maria Magalhães | Stars: Leonilson, Leda Catunda, Ciro Cozzolino, Helena Ignez
Votes: 9
29. Píxeles (2015)
12 min | Short, Drama, Romance
"Pixels" portrays the disintegration of a relationship. When the distance between the couple seems hopeless, facing it will be the only option.
Director: Jordi Núñez | Stars: Javier Amann, Miguel Ángel Amor, Fernando Hevia, Laura Minguell
Votes: 48
30. Laganja's Dance School (2019)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Laganja Estranja teaches a dance class in London followed by a performance at the West 5.
Director: Selene Kapsaski | Stars: Laganja Estranja, Olivia Burgin, Lola Fierce, Kirsty-Ann Heggie
Votes: 46
31. Raider in Canada: Portrait of Sean Martin (1998 Video)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
For the past seven years, cartoonist Sean Martin has brought to life the characters of "Doc and Raider", two Gay men in a committed relationship who deal with AIDS, homophobia and everyday ... See full summary »
Director: Randy A. Riddle | Star: Sean Martin
32. In Search of Avery Willard (2012)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Illuminates the life and work of a groundbreaking, yet forgotten, artist Avery Willard - photographer, filmmaker, writer, publisher, leatherman, pornographer.
Director: Cary Kehayan | Stars: Henry Arango, James Bidgood, John Cox, Jeffrey Escoffier
Votes: 26
33. Heliorama (2004)
Documentary, Short
Director: Ivan Cardoso | Stars: Lygia Clark, Haroldo de Campos, Hélio Oiticica, Caetano Veloso
34. Queer as Art (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalization.
Director: James House | Stars: Andy Bell, Richard Coles, Alan Cumming, Russell T. Davies
Votes: 30
35. Je m'appelle Denis Gagnon (2010)
47 min | Documentary, Biography
Denis Gagnon, fashion designer, is putting the final touch on his latest collection. Confined in his basement, turned atelier, he instinctively assembles materials (glitters, Jersey, ... See full summary »
Director: Khoa Lê | Star: Denis Gagnon
36. Gold (2005)
16 min | Short, Drama, Romance
An aging artist losing his vision employs a street hustler to paint for him. Both are desperate, but how far will each go to satisfy his grave needs? This probing film questions where exploitation ends and redemption begins.
Director: Armen Kazazian | Stars: Aron Tager, PJ Lazic, Garnet Harding, Darryn Lucio
Votes: 193
37. Aan niets overleden (2018)
Drama
The Caribbean Thilda Purperhart lives with her daughter Joyce in a rowdy flat in the Bijlmer. Thilda has a son Kelvin who is ill, he has AIDS. She keeps him carefully hidden in the house, ... See full summary »
Director: Raymi Sambo | Stars: Jaike Belfor, Erwin Boschmans, Manoushka Zeegelaar Breeveld, Stacey Esajas
Votes: 10
38. The Luminous Life of Tom Wilson (2020)
19 min | Documentary, Short
A chronicling of the life of artist and fashion model Tom Wilson, who died from complications of the AIDS virus at the height of his career in 1995.
Director: Warren Lewis Allen
39.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010– )
Episode:
Self Reflexive
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV
Equipped with self-portraits, the artists size up their competition and are randomly put into pairs for their first elimination challenge. They learn that after only one night together, ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Starkman | Stars: Judith Braun, Nao Bustamante, China Chow, Simon de Pury
Votes: 9
40.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010– )
Episode:
The Shape of Things to Come
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV
The artists are taken to an appliance graveyard filled with televisions, toaster ovens, and an array of broken electronics. Using the trash heap as their canvas, the artists are charged ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Starkman | Stars: Judith Braun, Nao Bustamante, China Chow, Simon de Pury
Votes: 6
41.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010– )
Episode:
A Shock to the System
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV
The artists are challenged to create a piece that is shocking and memorable, and speaks to issues that are important to them personally.
Director: Paul Starkman | Stars: Judith Braun, Nao Bustamante, China Chow, Simon de Pury
Votes: 8
42.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010– )
Episode:
Judging a Book by Its Cover
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV
The contestants meet the President and Publisher from one of the largest book publishers in the world, who guides them through the impressive history of the marriage of art and literature. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Starkman | Stars: Judith Braun, Nao Bustamante, China Chow, Kathryn Court
Votes: 7