History Movies

Gay Themed History Films curated by Orvel.me

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

Holding the Man (2015)

Holding the Man (2015) a gay movie by Neil Armfield

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the rugby team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can’t solve tried to destroy them.

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All Over Brazil (2003)

With Scotland in the World Cup in 1974, 13 year old Stephen is more into Glam Rock than football.
A story of a family coming to terms with change in uncertain times.
Director: David Andrew Ward

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Caught (2010/I)

Caught (2010/I) Director: Monte Patterson Writer: Monte Patterson Genre: Short movie Country: USA Language: English Duration: 14 min Year: 2010     Stars: Richard ‘Rick’

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Bent ( 2007)

Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.

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Pulsiones

Pulsiones (2009)

Carlos, a man who has a doubt, and a month before his wedding, decides to hire a gigolo to satisfy his homosexual curiosity.
Director: José Manuel Carrasco
Stars: Nacho Casalvaque, Marko Mihailovic

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Sebastiane (1976)

Sebastiane (1976)

Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane (1976) drops Saint Sebastian into a harsh Roman exile where intimacy, cruelty, and belief collide. Shot with gritty realism and sung in rough Latin, it’s a hypnotic queer landmark about faith, obsession, and the dangerous politics of the gaze.

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