Gay Themed Movies from UK
Cinematic journeys of love, identity, and freedom.
Cry Zach is a heartfelt story touching on mental health and masculinity. After losing his best friend to suicide, Zach has to face his feelingd and his action.
Director: Collen Demerez
The Red Bike (2011) is a lose adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Funded by Film London, it won Best UK Short Film at the Iris Prize Film Festival.
Director: Andrew Steggall
Charlie and Marie navigate their parent child relationship
Director: Maj Jukic
Writer: Rory Chiplin
Stars: Marc Baylis, Jennifer K Preston, Harry Pudwell
Two people, in night, on a bench, talking. Portraits of loneliness and confessions and seeds of hope and broken fears. A simple, moving story, good performances, delicate poetry and lovely end.
Director: Jake Graf
A dramatic account of grief and self-realization, when 64-year old Gavin reveals to his grown-up daughter, Victoria, that he’s been living a lie during his 35 years of marriage and now intends to be true to himself.
Director: Jesper Emborg
A government worker, who spends his time monitoring phone-calls, becomes inspired by a series of conversations.
Written and Directed by Liang Hu
Miss Moneypenny is a bright and spunky comedy about gay dating.
Director: Oliver Mason
WONDERKID is a short film depicting the inner turmoil of a gay professional footballer.
Director: Rhys Chapman
Stars: Chris Mason, George Russo, Leeshon Alexander
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Oliver Parker
Writers: Toby Finlay, Oscar Wilde (novel)
Stars: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall
Dusk is a 15 minute film about a man born in a female body in the 1950s who, due to societal pressures of the time, lives to old age as a woman.
Directed by Jake Graf
The story of Boy George, the famous androgynous lead singer of the band, Culture Club.
Director: Julian Jarrold
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury
London, 1962. Two strangers strike up a conversation on a park bench about life, sex and the hostile world they find themselves in as gay men. The conversation might be commonplace, but the language isn’t, because the two men are speaking in Polari.
Directors: Karl Eccleston, Brian Fairbairn
A short documentary about LGBTQIA and HIV+ young people devising a promenade performance based on the untold queer history of Eltham Palace.
My Brother is a Mermaid is magical realism about the experiences of a non-binary teenager, as seen through the eyes of their 7 year old brother.
Director: Alfie Dale
In 5-man-a-side soccer, a newly formed gay team goes up against an established team with a deserved reputation for violence and a skittish first-time official, with more action off-field than on.
Director: Rikki Beadle Blair (as Rikki Beadle-Blair)
My Brother the Devil is a 2012 British crime drama film written and directed by Sally El Hosaini. It has won multiple awards, including at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival. It stars James Floyd, Fady Elsayed and Said Taghmaoui.
Sometimes, life gives you another Chance.
Director: Jake Graf
Manic-depressive Jack must find a way to leave his manic highs behind him. Can the dullness of ordinary life ever compare to the magic of mania? And is sanity and stability really worth the sacrifice?
Directed by Dale John Allen
Scott (PHILIP OLIVIER) gets a visit from Connor (CARL LOUGHLIN) which brings his past back to haunt him, but will it change his future? LBGT Short Film.
Director: Mickey Jones
