Celebrate Pride Month with these compelling feature films showcasing the stories, talent, and achievements of LGBTQ.
The Extinction of Fireflies
A contemporary LGBTQ comedy loosely based on the epic romance of Roman Emperor Hadrian and his teenage lover Antinous. Set over Labor Day Weekend in coastal New England, a middle-aged playwright invites longtime friend, legendary TV diva, Charlotte Christian, and occasionally-working actor friend, Jay Mulch, to read his latest dramatic effort, a mythological comedy based on the epic romance of Roman Emperor Hadrian and his teenage lover Antinous. But when Jay brings along his new (and younger) lover Callisto, the feedback is spectacular.
Breaking Bounds
A Nigerian-American attorney is tasked with saving his client who is gay from deportation, all while defining his cultural identity in his romantic relationship with his American girlfriend.
Drive-Away Dolls
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit lamenting yet another breakup with a girlfriend, decides to tag along on vacation with her shy friend Marian, who desperately needs to loosen up. Things quickly go awry when they accidentally rent the car some incompetent criminals are using for a drop. Pursued across state lines by goons, and aided by Jamie's ex, who is a cop, the two are oblivious to the happenings around them, their own developing feelings, and the fate of the poor car-rental shop owner.
Strange Way of Life
A short film by director Pedro Almodovar. After twenty-five years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his ex-lover, now friend, Sheriff Jake. A lifetime after their shared stint as hired gunmen, they celebrate their reunion. However, the next morning, it is revealed the trip is not to revel in the memory of their friendship.
All Our Fears
After a lesbian teenager commits suicide in a highly-religious Catholic community in the countryside, a gay artist who has been having a relationship in secret decides to fight for tolerance.
The L Word Generation Q Season 1
This season follows the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki, and Shane McCutcheon, along with Dani Nunez, Micah Lee, Finley, Sophie Suarez and Gigi as they experience love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks, and success in L.A.
Interview with the Vampire Season 1
In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac tells the story of his life to renown journalist Daniel Molloy. Beginning in 1910 New Orleans, Louis forms a vampire family with the vampire Lestat, complete with teen fledgling, Claudia.
Law of Desire
Cocaine-snorting homosexual hedonist writer-director Pablo Quintero is bereft--because his boyfriend Juan has just moved out. Pablo meets Antonio at a party, and they share a few passionate nights, but Antonio soon proves far too clingy for Pablo's taste. All hell breaks loose when Antonio comes across a sad, yearning love note from Juan, which ignites in Antonio a bonfire of jealous possessiveness. Pablo's transsexual sister Tina and her daughter Ada get involved in the mess as well. None of their lives will ever be the same because of this tragic unrequited love triangle.
Sweetheart
Socially awkward lesbian teenager AJ begrudgingly joins her family on a seaside vacation. She finds herself constantly at odds with her painfully "normal" mother and older sister, neither of whom can understand why she doesn't smile more or "dress like a girl." Her anticipated "week of hell" takes an unexpected turn when Isla, a free-spirited and sun-loving lifeguard, catches her eye.
Boys on the Side
A young HIV+ real estate agent begins a cross country trip with a black lesbian club singer and along the way they pick up a young pregnant woman who has just accidentally murdered her boyfriend.
Work in Progress Season 1
Abby is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. Chicago improv mainstay Abby McEnany stars in this uniquely human comedy series, co-created by McEnany and Tim Mason.
Blue Jean
In 1988, a new law stigmatizing gays and lesbians forces Jean, a closeted gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will push Jean to the edge.
Supernova
Written and directed by Harry Macqueen, this British drama is about lifelong gay partners Tusker (Stanley Tucci) and Sam (Colin Firth) who embark on a road trip to travel across places in England, eventually ending in the holiday destination of Lake District. The couple then visits their family and friends, eager to interact with their loved ones. The couple also updates them about Sam’s condition—he was diagnosed with an early onset of dementia. They struggle to face the realities of this condition, as Tusker wants to let go of Sam, but Sam stubbornly sticks it out for love.
All Shall Be Well
Angie and Pat are a couple living in Hong Kong who have been together for over four decades. After Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of her extended family as she struggles to retain both her dignity and the home that they shared for over thirty years.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Major Weldon Penderton, a repressed homosexual whose career is languishing in the monotony of postwar Georgia, becomes obsessed with a private who is, in turn, obsessed with Penderton's frustrated and sensual wife Leonora.