Our favourite LGBTQIA+ movies of all time, celebrating lesbian, trans, queer, asexual, intersex and gay stories that open hearts and push cinema boundaries!
The Best LGBTQ Films to watch!
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2018)
Watch on Channel 4 Now
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅82%
Based on the true story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell. Feeling like he’s never fitted in with the crowd he decided he would fulfil his dreams of becoming a drag queen! With the support of his mum and amazing friends he emerges from the darkness to become a drag sensation!
Rebel Dykes (2021)
Available now on Channel 4
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅100% (!)
Have you ever wondered what happened when punk met feminism? The answer is a very powerful underground London lesbian scene! This documentary follows a group of friends who met at a peace camp and go on to become musicians, artists, performers, and activists!
Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
In the peak of the 19th century, romance blooms between two young woman, a romance so strong that Susan (Susan Ziegler) marries the brother of Emily (Molly Shannon) and moves next door so they can continue their romance. (We love this!) Yearssss later, Emily Dickinson’s poems are published and for a long time nobody knew who the lover really was…
Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Available now on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅88%
This extremely popular and award-winning film follows French teenager Adèle’s (Adèle Exarchopoulos) life which is drastically changed when she meets older art student, Emma (Léa Seydoux). What’s special about this movie is how natural and honest about love, life and sexuality it is!
Slow (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅92%
When contemporary dancer Elena (Greta Grineviciute) and sign language interpreter Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas)'s relationship develops from platonic to romantic, Slow dives into how asexual’s seek relationships with non-asexuals and most importantly with themselves.
Catch Slow at cinemas across the UK during Pride month!
Moonlight (2016)
Watch now on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅98%
If you’re looking for a film that is guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes, this is it! Told through three stages of his life, the raw emotion is unparalleled when a young Black man comes to terms with his attraction to other men. This was the first film with an entirely African American cast and the FIRST film with a gay main character to win an Oscar!
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅94%
This critically acclaimed movie shows us how love doesn’t have to be complicated or fit into every box! In rural Northern Italy, young 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) falls for care-free popular Oliver (Armie Hammer), an American graduate that came to work as his father’s research assistant over the summer. After spending more and more time together, will Elio express his feelings?
Carol (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅94%
It’s 1952, homosexuality is forbidden, and divorce is super rare! When aspiring photographer Therese (Rooney Mara) and the stunning Carol (Cate Blanchett) meet in a department store a very complicated love story plays out. With Carol in the midst of a morality clause divorce, what will she do?! This is an LGBTQ MUST SEE!
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅88%
What started as a steamy night in 1963 between a rodeo cowboy and a ranch hand turned into a passionate forbidden relationship. Eventually they both marry but continue their illicit love affair for over 20 years! Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.
Milk (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅93%
An LGBTQ movie roundup isn’t complete without Milk! Based on the life of Gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. Following the life of the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, we see his journey to get there, the peak, and the heart-breaking aftermath…
Love, Simon (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅92%
We all loveee love, but love stories are a bit complicated when first, you’re a closeted teenage boy, second, you’ve fallen in love with and anonymous classmate online and third, someone is blackmailing you! Starring Nick Robinson.
Ever Body (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅98%
This film gives an insightful view into the complexities, struggles and also joys of the intersex community!
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