Gay Themed Movies from Netherlands
Cinematic journeys of love, identity, and freedom.
A tender Dutch coming-of-age drama about a young sprinter whose first love appears exactly where he least expects it, right beside him on the relay team.
Director: Mischa Kamp
Beau is a gay boy of 18years old and is not out yet. He gets in love with his best friend Liam. Because of this his life changes and he wants to come out. But he gets also bullied, witch makes everything even more complex.
Short Calf Muscle is an absurdist black comedy about Anders. And Anders is different. But he doesn’t know that. Yes, he’s also gay, but that’s not the point here. There is also this thing that others see but he doesn’t.
Director: Victoria Warmerdam
Trage Liefde is a powerful drama about love, identity, and family secrets, set in Amsterdam, exploring forbidden connections and emotional struggles.
Director: Boudewijn Koole
Joris falls for Yad fast, but love gets complicated when both mothers start pulling strings. A warm Dutch gay rom-com with family drama, awkward honesty, and just enough sweetness to hurt.
It follows an angst-ridden father, Santiago, whose emotional crisis is exacerbated by a complex and intense relationship with his teenage daughter who seeks to break free from him.
“El Houb” tells the story of Karim, a Moroccan-Dutch man who comes out to his family as gay, and his journey to break the silence and cultural taboos surrounding the LGBTQ+ community in MENA households. The film is a poignant examination of family relationships, love, and acceptance.
Directed by Shariff Nasr
For a Lost Soldier follows Jeroen, a young boy evacuated from wartime Amsterdam, who forms an intimate bond with Canadian soldier Walt. What begins as warmth and safety becomes a confusing first love that stays with him long after the soldier leaves, shaping the man he later becomes.
Directed by Roeland Kerbosch
A schoolboy who is teased mercilessly explores his sexual interest in boys with a classmate.
Director: Frank Krom
During the national commemoration of Remembrance Day in 1970, two men try to make a statement against gay discrimination. In the moments before and after the incident, their doubt, fear and firm belief becomes clear.
Hoping for a better chance at asylum, two Iranian refugees pretend to be homosexual.
Director: Remy van Heugten
A man takes himself to a woodland cottage to escape the pain and confusion of an impending divorce. Whilst enlisting the owner to fix the broken water he begins to uncover and embrace his hidden desires – a journey of self-discovery and healing.
Director: Claire Zhou
This movie is about a young boy Ruben in search of his homosexuality and experience harassment & violence from where the problems of acceptance begins. He found out his love for boys when he has a date with Mike. His parents and little sister don’t know about his struggle and harassment at school. This film is going to be used in education for acceptance of homosexuality and against violence..
Zucht (2007) is a gentle coming-of-age short about Erik, a boy caught between a girl who likes him and the quiet pull he feels toward her father. A small, wordless shift that says everything.
Director: Margien Rogaar
A young man meets with his estranged father after a four year absence hoping to reconnect before their ideological differences keep them apart forever.
Director: Fokke Baarssen
A family reaches boiling point during a pit stop on their way home from what might be their last holiday together. But the volatile cocktail of sweltering heat, restless hormones and suppressed frustration fails to explode, leading instead to reconciliation.
Directors: Aaron Rookus, Robbie van Brussel
Writer: Saskia Diesing
Stars: Koen de Graeve, Rifka Lodeizen, Fabian Jansen, Marie Louise Stheins, Bas van Prooijen, Yentl Meijer
A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. What starts out as an awkward reunion, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?
Director: Niels Bourgonje
Stars: Daniel Cornelissen, Tobias Nierop, Mark Ram, Lulu Veen
Bridging the void between childhood and maturity, the 15-year-old Tommie loses himself in his search for male sex. A dating app seems to offer the solution.
Director: Vincent Fitz-Jim
Ensemble film about a rich American couple, a Dutch asocial family, a French gay couple, a German working class family and two illegal Moroccans in Amsterdam.
Written & Directed by Ivo van Hove
How would you react if you discovered your best friend is gay?
Directors: Dylan Tonk, Lazlo Tonk
Stars: Joël Mellenberg, Josha Stradowski, Yldau de Boer
