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Crush(2022)

3.9/5 (with 154 votes)

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

Directed by Sammi Cohen - With Rowan Blanchard, Auliʻi Cravalho

In from the Side(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Mark, a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren, a seasoned first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair they struggle to hide from their partners and teammates.

Directed by Matt Carter - With Alexander Lincoln, Nigel Fairs

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story(1997)

1h 35min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers.

Personal Best(1982)

2h 4min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 16 votes)

Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

Directed by Robert Towne - With Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Jim Moody

Morgan(2012)

1h 29min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Morgan is the inspiring story of Morgan Oliver, a gay young athlete determined that a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed will not change him. He takes a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball court. Dean helps Morgan train for the same race in which he had his accident. But when he sees that Morgan will risk everything to win, Dean walks out. Left alone to face the race and demons that caused his accident, Morgan teeters between what he needs and what he wants. Can he find the strength to pull himself back up again?

Directed by Michael Akers - With Leo Minaya, Jack Kesy, Ben Budde

Not Knowing(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Selma and Sinan are a couple who now find it difficult to endure each other. At the end of high school, rumors start circulating about their son Umut, who is gay. While Selma and Sinan are trying to cope with their tiring marriage, Umut suddenly disappears.

Directed by Leyla Yılmaz - With Emir Özden, Senan Kara, Yurdaer Okur, Levent Üzümcü, Çetin Sarıkartal

Car Wash(2023)

Two boys from a soccer team disguise their love relationship as sheer friendship so as not to be discovered. One night of passion inside a car wash could trigger a different path in their lives.

Fighting Tommy Riley(2005)

1h 49min | Action, Adventure, Drama
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.

Directed by Eddie O'Flaherty - With Eddie Jones, Christina Chambers

Pool Days(1993)

27min
2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Justin, a 17-year old entering his final year of high school, gets a job as a life guard at a fitness center. Surrounded by hard bodies of both sexes and instructed by his boss to keep an eye on the steam room to report any men having sex, Justin begins to divine the direction his erotic feelings point. In separate incidents, Vicky and Russell, two older co-workers, hit on him. He tries out responses to both, and then must figure out what to do with his new self-knowledge.

Running Without Sound(2004)

2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Sean is deaf, a high school student and a cross country runner. He's also a closeted gay teenager who's just coming to terms with his sexuality and his attraction to a fellow team-mate.

Bonhomme(2021)

2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A dare led a rugby player to kiss his receptive waiter, which led to his first intimate night with a man. He woke with the possibility of a meaningful romance, but circumstances may not be as he thought.

Colours(2015)

25min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In the aggressive and often hostile world of youth grass roots football, Adam faces an ultimatum from the team captain when they discover Adam's best friend Tom is gay.

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Alone in the Game(2018)

1h 36min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Documentary that chronicles the challenges and triumphs of LGBT athletes in sports today.

Faggot(2017)

10min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This short film tells the story of Alexis, a 16-years-old hockey player who, after discovering he is gay, must face a heartbreaking dilemma: come out to his homophobic friends at the risk of being rejected and ridiculed, or stay in the closet even if that would mean abandoning Elliot, the only person who really loves him for what he is.

Billie Jean King(2013)

1h 24min | Documentary

For the first time, American Masters profiles a sports figure: Billie Jean King, a determined woman who has been a major force in changing and democratizing the cultural landscape.

Little Man(2014)

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

David and Eliab, two apprentice jockeys, get to know each other through admiration, rivalry and jealousy.

Between Two(2020)

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In the high school basketball team, Gaby is indisputable holder and Juliette her eternal substitute, until the day when their rivalry takes them to a new playground.

Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story(2017)

1h 21min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Rich archive and emotional interviews are at the core of this telling of the turbulent life of British footballer Justin Fashanu. His coming out in an age of widespread homophobia not only damaged his football career, but led to the demise of his relationship with the brother with whom he shared a painful early history and a lifelong rivalry.

Directed by Jon Carey, Adam Darke

Hand Off(2019)

24min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A rugby player admits to having a crush on his best friend/teammate, causing a rift. He retreats into a fantasy world with an imaginary friend, as he struggles to confront his real friend, while trying to fit into the macho world of rugby.

The American Boys(2020)

1h 32min | Drama, Romance / Love

At elementary school, a child struggles to come to terms with his feelings for a teacher. In high school, the lead singer in a local band has admirers in both the girls and the boys. Meanwhile on campus the pitches and pools have their fair share of star-crossed lovers. And as for Billy? He's just happy to cruise. The 6 short films are: These Things Take Time (2018); The Legend of Scotty Watts (2017); Two Fish (2017); You Can Play (2015); I Think I'm Gay? (2019); Billy's Blowjobs (2017).

Hurley(2019)

1h 22min | Documentary
2.1/5 (with 2 votes)

In the world of 1970s car racing, Hurley Haywood was cool, calm and collected. A five-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner, three-time Le Mans winner and Trans-Am champion, Haywood was a Hollywood archetype: a strikingly handsome man brought up by a good Midwestern family. Yet Haywood was often overshadowed by racing partner and volatile mentor, Peter Gregg—the Batman to his Robin—whose abrupt suicide in 1980 shook the sport to its core. And yet Haywood had secrets of his own. Despite multiple encounters with women, some that included public appearances alongside Penthouse models, he remained elusive about his personal life. With deft use of archival footage and exclusive interviews featuring actor and fellow racer, Patrick Dempsey, Hurley reveals a greater insight into Haywood’s tightrope walk between career and sexuality, while posing the question—will motorsport ever be ready for openly LGBT racers?

The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances(2022)

A release that features 7 shorts from Italy, Israel, Tunisia, New Zealand, the United States and France, exploring those furtive first steps that men take as they decide to act on their sexuality. The 7 short films are: The First Time [La prima volta] (2012); Kiss Me (2022); Nidhal [نضال] (2022); Sparrow (2016); I Am Mackenzie (2019); The Place Between Us [Il posto fra di noi] (2010); By the End of the Night [Que la nuit s'achève] (2018).

You Can Play(2015)

19min | Drama
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

All eyes are on Brandon, the all-star quarterback of the Demons High School football team, as they get ready to play their first-ever state championship game. With the game looming, Brandon must grapple with his professional ambitions of a college football future and his fear of losing his childhood and best friend James. On the night before the game he must decide whether he wants to live as what he is — or who he is.

Man Made(2018)

1h 38min | Documentary

From adoption and homelessness to navigating relationships and overcoming self-harm, the four transmen in MAN MADE all have something else in common: they are all bodybuilders. Through the lens of FTMFitCon, the world’s only FTM bodybuilding competition, we delve into the lives of Dominic, Rese, Mason, and Kennie as they define what it means to be a man while contextualizing that definition through the social, racial, and economic realities of their lives. For the men of MAN MADE, it’s not about winning—it’s about stepping on stage and being seen for everything they are.

The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders(2020)

1h 35min | Drama
0.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Work up a sweat from the soccer field to the locker room in these drama-fueled four films from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion. The short films are: Islands [Inseln] (2018); Play It Like a Man [Un été viril] (2018); Colours (2015); Through the Fields [Passer les champs] (2015).

Basketball and Mathematics(2009)

7min | Drama, TV Movie
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Jérôme and Cédric play basketball in the same team at school and are best friends. Jérôme also gives Cédric some private math lessons. During one of those sessions, Cédric's action will be interpreted by both young men in a different way.

Rite of Spring(2014)

12min | Drama

Set during the dog days of summer, a group of teenage boys inhabit a makeshift bike part in a secluded wooded area of Toronto. David (14) craves the attention of Peter (17), an older boy and a natural leader to the group, while being mercilessly teased by his best friend, John (14). When their hidden world is breached by an outsider, anger, fear and misunderstanding lead to a violent outburst.

Swans(2016)

19min | Drama
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

By living his entire life fearing the prejudice of others, Aksel inadvertently made himself the source of true bias. Now, the real victims of prejudice will be revealed, as his secret is laid out for the world to see.

Directed by Martin Reinhard - With Oscar Walsøe Busch

Zinzan(2017)

11min | Drama

After his son insists on bringing his boyfriend to practice, a rugby-mad father fears for his son’s chances of getting onto the national team.

Standing on the Line(2019)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In both amateur and professional sports, being gay remains taboo. Few dare to come out of the closet for fear of being stigmatized, and for many, the pressure to perform is compounded by a further strain: whether or not to affirm their sexual identity. Standing on the Line takes a fresh and often moving look at some of our gay athletes, who share their experiences with the camera. They’ve set out to overcome prejudice in the hopes of changing things for the athletes of tomorrow.

Directed by Paul-Émile d'Entremont
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