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Get Real(1998)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 67 votes)

Steven spends his school days longing for all-star athlete John. But John has a gorgeous girlfriend, and Steven is still in the closet about being gay. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his friend Linda. After a curious run-in with John in a public restroom, Steven starts to wonder if the jock is straight after all. When they start a romance, it threatens to expose the truth about both of them.

Directed by Simon Shore - With Ben Silverstone

Love, Simon(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 2,790 votes)

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 1,027 votes)

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.

The Birdcage(1996)

R
| 1h 57min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 479 votes)

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents.

D.E.B.S.(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 31min | Action, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 233 votes)

The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.

Happiest Season(2020)

3.7/5 (with 490 votes)

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

Chasing Amy(1997)

R
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 591 votes)

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

After Sex(2007)

NR
| 1h 18min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
2.8/5 (with 98 votes)

Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Through dialogue and compromising situations, the film takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, and examines every stage in between seeing humor within the drama, heartache and confusion of it all.

Saved!(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 32min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 198 votes)

Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay — and that she’s pregnant.

In & Out(1997)

PG-13
| 1h 30min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 309 votes)

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Show Me Love(1998)

3.5/5 (with 212 votes)

Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done it. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality.

Cousins(2019)

4.0/5 (with 127 votes)

Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.

Directed by Thiago Cazado - With Thiago Cazado
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But I'm a Cheerleader(2000)

R
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 247 votes)

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

The Wedding Banquet(1993)

3.6/5 (with 100 votes)

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Beach Rats(2017)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 229 votes)

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

Esteros(2016)

1h 23min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia.

Directed by Papu Curotto - With Ignacio Rogers, María Merlino, Felipe Titto

Free Fall(2013)

NR
| 1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 347 votes)

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what it means to fall in love with another man.

Maurice(1987)

R
| 2h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 224 votes)

After his lover rejects him, a young man in early 20th century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

C.R.A.Z.Y.(2005)

NR
| 2h 7min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 214 votes)

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.

Tell No One(2012)

1h 18min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 36 votes)

Mattia is about to move to Madrid by his boyfriend Eduard. When the day before leaving for Spain, Eduard announces his arrival in Rome to know the "laws", Mattia must choose whether to finally come clean with his companion, or confess to being a formidable liar.

Directed by Ivan Silvestrini - With Valeria Bilello, Francesco Montanari, Monica Guerritore, Ninni Bruschetta, Valentina Correani, Andrea Rivera, ...

Beginners(2011)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 445 votes)

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

The Closet(2001)

1h 24min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 207 votes)

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

Desert Hearts(1985)

1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 57 votes)

The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.

Hidden Kisses(2016)

1h 27min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 127 votes)

Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, the photo is published on Facebook and a storm overtakes their lives as they face bullying and rejection.

Shelter(2007)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 220 votes)

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

Directed by Jonah Markowitz - With Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes, Ross Thomas, Jackson Wurth, Matt Bushell, ...

Latter Days(2004)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 105 votes)

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.

4th Man Out(2015)

NR
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 149 votes)

After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.

Directed by Andrew Nackman

The Groomsmen(2006)

R
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
2.7/5 (with 26 votes)

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his pals fill the reunion with drinking, boys-will-be-boys antics and a few unexpected personal confessions. But, when the bonding devolves into accusations and regret, Paulie has to decide whether he's ready to tie the knot and take this big step into adulthood.

Kapoor & Sons(2016)

3.5/5 (with 71 votes)

Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.

Directed by Shakun Batra - With Sidharth Malhotra

And Then We Danced(2019)

1h 53min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 89 votes)

Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In this conservative setting Merab finds himself having to break free and risk it all.

Directed by Levan Akin - With Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili
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