Documentary Movies

Gay Themed Documentary Films curated by Orvel.me

Discover the best gay Documentary movies full of love, courage, and emotion.

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story (2015)

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story (2015)

A documentary that follows Greg and Michael as they struggle with a disease that is actively eradicating the memory of a beautiful relationship 40 + years in the making and the love that has held them together through it all.
Directors: Gabe Schimmel, Monica Petruzzelli, Riani Singgih, Amanda Le

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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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How We Got Gay (2013)

How We Got Gay (2013)

Director: Marc de Guerre
How We Got Gay tells the incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power, with a profound influence on our cultural, political and social lives.

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The Gay Men Project film

Twelve short stories connecting the lives of gay and queer men across twelve countries and six continents. A pastor in Singapore, a health worker in Kenya, a politician in Chile, and more stories from Panama, Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Denmark, Switzerland, India, the Philippines, and Australia. By American photographer Kevin Truong of the Gay Men Project. thegaymenproject.com

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Bulls (2014)

BULLS focuses on a current taboo within sport, homosexuality players.
The short film explain the reason as to why gay men moved from ‘traditional’ rugby leagues in favor of gay rugby tournaments.
Director: Joan Montesinos Aznar

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2 to Tango

[youtube id=”hN8BgByOSVY” mode=”lazyload”] Buenos Aires is a modern day gay mecca but is there equality in this liberation between the sexes? A thought to ponder

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The Circle (2014)

The Circle (2014) “Der Kreis” (original title)   Director: Stefan Haupt Writers: Stefan Haupt (screenplay), Christian Felix (screenplay), Urs Frey, Ivan Madeo, Sabine Pochhammer Genres:

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Pumping Iron (1977)

Pumping Iron (1977)   Directors: George Butler, Robert Fiore Writers: Charles Gaines (book), George Butler (book) Genre: Documentary, Sport Country: USA Language: English Duration: 85

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Body Without Soul

Body Without Soul (1996)

Documentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool, the train station, a video arcade, and a disco. After the boys talk about how they got in the game, the camera follows them to the home of Pavel Rousek. Under the name Hans Miller, he makes gay porno videos, primarily for German distribution. Intercut with a movie shoot chez Rousek is an interview that follows him to his day job at a morgue, where he performs an autopsy as he talks about his work. The sex is without protection; the boys are without family. They talk about their bodies and souls, money, their sexual orientation, AIDS, their dreams, and death.

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Generation Xcess – The Sandbach Rugby team

In a commissioned series by September Films for the UK’s ITV 2, “Generation Xcess” looks at the lives of 20-somethings and how they entertain themselves on a “typical” Saturday night. Included in the film, which portrays these 20-somethings as a “culture of excess” and out of control, we find the Sandbach rugby team involved in a bit of male bonding which, after the equivalent of 240 pints of beer have been downed, involves stripping and more than a bit of “snogging and wanking” of other teammates.

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