Gay Themed Movies from USA
Cinematic journeys of love, identity, and freedom.

The Strange Ones (2011)

The Strange Ones (2011)

A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is quite what it seems to be.
Directors: Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein

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Lily in the Grinder (2014)

Lily in the Grinder (2014)

Director: Michael Morgenstern
Ryan struggles to find meaning in his provisional existence, exploring sex and death and the idea of ‘becoming something.’ This surreal film, enveloped in a classical string quartet piece, is a rumination on death, time, and the nature of existence. It posits the idea of a human life as a static, four-dimensional entity that exists at a specific moment in time and cannot be said to truly begin or end.

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Come Clean (2008)

Come Clean (2008) – Gay short film by Ty Sanga
Jeremy, a man who lost his lover to a hate crime a year ago finds himself alone in a Laundromat where his is confronted by Mark covered in blood who runs from those who initiated a brutal attack. Jeremy jumps to his aid and protects and hides Mark. However, through the night Jeremy discovers Mark initiated the attack. Shocked by this new truth, Jeremy takes all his bottled up anger and turns the tables on mark and must convince Mark to turn himself in to the police and stop the ongoing violence.

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Dinner at Home (2015)

Director: Eli Rarey, Steven Chodoriwsky
A group of long-time friends gathering in a West Hollywood house becomes a study in gay community, its relationship to time and place, and its connection to the idea of home. A documentary portrait of friendship as a potent force in our lives.

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The Houseboy (2007)

Director: Spencer Schilly
Overhearing his boyfriends talk of “a new toy for Christmas,” young, cute, but aimless Ricky copes with online hookups and drugs. Depressed, Ricky considers suicide, until he meets another boy who makes him wonder should he stick around?

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Between Something & Nothing (2008)

Between Something & Nothing (2008)

Director: Todd Verow
Small-town cutie Joe (Tim Swain) arrives at the esteemed Rhode Island School of Design and befriends the free-spirited Jennifer (Julia Frey). The cash-strapped pair finds a lucrative opportunity when hustler Ramon (Gil Bar-Sela) inspires Joe to work as a prostitute. Meanwhile, he and Jennifer work to expand their creative horizons in the drug, sex and money-fueled world of the art school elite.

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Seminarista (2011)

Director: Henry Corzo
A young Colombian conservative seminarist struggles to choose between his faith and his sexuality after he has a steamy encounter with a flamboyant free-spirited guy during a trip to the US.

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A Kiss on the Cliff (1993)

Director: Reid Waterer
An early gay short shot on 16 millimeter film from 1993. Official Selection of OutFest Los Angeles and Frameline San Francisco. The Chicago NEWCITY Weekly called it “emotionally effective”, and the Sacramento Bee reviewed it as “Subtle and thoughtful, anchored by a fine cast and good camera work”. Unseen for 20+ years.

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BOYZ WILL BE BOYZ

USA, 15 min short directed by N. Mabasa-Mathope

After Tyrone – a “down-low” (closeted) bisexual rising NCAA basketball star–accidentally gets his heretofore unknowingly intersex boyfriend pregnant, he must contend with his scandalized conservative Christian mother, the near fatal disapproval of his fellow gang-bangers, his psychotically vindictive ex-girlfriend and the impending, catastrophically expensive—and potentially life-threatening–birth of…septuplets. Wow!!!!

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It Could Be Worse (2013-)

Writers: Mitchell Jarvis , Wesley Taylor
Jacob Gordon can’t catch a break. A struggling actor with a personal life to match. His epic streak of bad luck just might change when he’s cast in a Broadway musical; “The Ice Queen”, opposite stage and screen royalty Veronica Bailey.

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The B-Sides (2016)

The B-Sides (2016)

An experimental narrative short that navigates manhood through the queer male lens. As a sexual assault survivor, I’ve had a turbulent time understanding love, sex, and men post-rape. This film is my way of syphoning out my issues with my sexuality and my relationship with myself. Not being able to relate to other men, let alone talk about it has made me turn my flashbacks, my suicidal thoughts, and my rage into visual poems. “The B-Sides” looks at the other side of the rape culture coin and explores manhood through vulnerability and sensitivity. In exhibiting the emotionality of manhood, “The B-Sides” denounces the normalization of toxic masculinity.

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