Gay History Movies

A history of the anglo-saxon gay and lesbian movement scored to the liberating popular tunes of the last 25 years. Moving from the initial struggle...

A crumbling pier, its walls covered with graffiti and erotic frescoes reminiscent of pagan Pompeii, the locus of the seduction rituals of men longing...

On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality....

"Race d’Ep!" (which literally translates to "Breed of Faggots") was made by the “father of queer theory,” Guy Hocquenghem, in...

Focusing on the contemporary religious Right Wing proliferation of curative therapies for homosexuality, this riveting documentary offers historical...

Documentary about the fight for LGBTQ-rights in Sweden during the 1970s.

The voices of five gay men who cruised for sex at the World Trade Center in the 1980s and 1990s haunt the sanitized, commerce-driven landscape that...

Cherry Grove (Fire Island, NY) is the first openly LGBTQ community in the United States. One of the most accepting resort communities in the world,...

This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by...

Russian independent short film, which studies homosexual nature of friendship. Chance meeting of schoolmates appears being metaphysical journey into...

Throughout the 1960's, gay bars served as havens for a marginalized queer community across the country. Frequent police raids and laws dictating...

As tensions continue to rise regarding LGBT equality on social and political levels, a documentary of this kind is energizing and enlighten to the...

A closeted teenage gay boy shares a swim and an afternoon together with his straight best friend. When his looks and longing let his secret out, his...

The story is about Shinji Kubo, a famous porn actor, infiltrating gay spots in Kansai and getting into wet sex parties everywhere he goes. These gay...

Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving...

“Meet Me by the Magnolia Tree” is a student documentary on the history of Richmond’s gay community and the role cruising for sex...

A documentary about Tadashi Hase, a gay poet born in 1929, who spent much of his life closeted due to homosexuality being classified as a "mental...

A drama about the persecution of gay men during Fascism, which for the first time reconstructs cases of their confinement in prison camps.

A varied history of gay people and Scotland.

Many members of the Dutch Underground were gay and lesbian. This film pays homage to them and recounts their story.