Discover the best gay Family movies full of love, courage, and emotion.
A teenage girl’s life gets messy in 1973 when she discovers her widowed father is secretly in a relationship with his male business partner. The family must figure out how to stay together while their small Cape Cod town starts to gossip.
My Straight Son is a heartfelt story about fatherhood, acceptance, and personal growth, with strong messages against discrimination.
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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
When two siblings return home to their dying mother, they find a stranger in the house and a truth that strips everyone bare. Quiet, queer, and painfully human.
Director: Richard LeMay
A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.
Director: Rodrigo Barriuso
Scrooge & Marley (2012) Directors: Richard Knight Jr., Peter NevilleWriters: Timothy Imse, Richard Knight Jr., Ellen Stoneking Genres: Drama, Family, Music Country: USALanguage: English
After his twin’s wake, James reluctantly spends an afternoon with his brother’s ex-boyfriend.
Director: Adam Tyree
Out in the Silence (2009) Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson Genre: Documentary Country: USA Language: English Duration: 56 min Year: 2009 Stars:
A coming-of-age story about Jack, a 16-year old Iranian boy growing up in 1989 Los Angeles. With the 1979 Iranian Revolution a distant memory, the AIDS movement as a backdrop, and a haunting score by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Jack learns how to stage his own much smaller revolution within the confines of his traditional family.
A fourteen year old boy who is gay is struggling with self-acceptance, reconciling who he is with his belief in God, and grappling with the decision of whether or not he should come out to his family.
Two best friends struggle to keep their friendship while dealing with the feelings they have for one another and the pressures of society.
Director: Sean Willis
