Gay & Lesbian Movies on Netflix
Last updated March 09, 2025
Gayby
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen yoga teacher Jenn and her gay friend Matt find themselves thirtysomething, single and childless, they decide to parent a baby together. But trouble arises when they discover they have differing ideas about the method of the child's conception.
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Nate & Margaret
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn this quirky comedy, the odd-couple friendship between Nate, a young, gay film student, and Margaret, a 50-something eccentric, takes center stage. Trouble arrives in the form of Nate's first lover, who doesn't quite "get" Margaret.
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In & Out
1997 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen dim-bulb actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) wins an Oscar for playing a gay Marine, he outs his high school drama teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), in his acceptance speech. It all comes as a surprise to Howard -- not to mention to his long-suffering fiancée, Emily (Joan Cusack). With his wedding just days away and national media descending on his town, Howard's under the gun to prove just how much of a man he is.
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Kissing Jessica Stein
2001 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsJessica (Jennifer Westfeldt) is a single, straight, successful New York journalist who, like most of her female friends, has had a history of dating (male) creeps. But when she answers an intriguing personal ad from Helen (Heather Juergensen), Jessica finds herself intensely drawn to her. As Jessica explores this new side of her sexuality, the two begin a friendship that ultimately leads to romance.
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Handsome Harry
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsFor many years, small-town resident Harry Sweeney has avoided confronting painful memories from his past. But when his best friend becomes seriously ill, Harry builds up enough courage to explore long-hidden secrets and uncover his true identity.
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XXY
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsInés Efron plays Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, in this compelling tale. Though she's living as a girl, Alex and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion. Director Lucía Puenzo's sensitive drama co-stars Valeria Bertuccelli, Martín Piroyansky and Ricardo Darín.
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The Men Next Door
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAs he reluctantly celebrates his 40th birthday, Doug finds himself falling for two very different but equally lovable men. But what Doug doesn't know right away is that the two men are, in fact, father and son.
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House of Boys
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this colorful coming-of-age tale set in 1984, a gay teenage runaway travels to Amsterdam from Luxembourg in search of a new life. Taking up residence at a cabaret, he encounters love, friendship and, ultimately, tragedy with the outbreak of AIDS.
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August
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Troy returns to Los Angeles after many years in Barcelona, he finds that his ex-boyfriend Jonathan has begun dating Raul, a handsome South American immigrant. When Raul senses the sexual tension between the exes, temperatures rise.
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Kiss Me
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile celebrating her own recent engagement, Mia travels to the Swedish countryside to attend the engagement party of her estranged father. When she meets her soon-to-be stepsister, sparks fly and Mia finds herself unexpectedly falling in love.
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Another Country
1984 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this beautifully photographed film based on a play by Julian Mitchell, Rupert Everett stars as Guy Bennett, a young gay man attending boarding school in 1930s England who yearns to make his way up the social ladder. His plans are waylaid, however, by the attentions of an attractive classmate, the affluent James Harcourt. The idealistic Bennett soon ascertains that forbidden love and ambition don't mix, and he must make a choice.
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Brokeback Mountain
2005 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile working together near Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain in 1963, sheepherders Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar begin an increasingly passionate affair. But keeping their relationship a secret from their wives proves agonizing and all-consuming.
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Circumstance
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIranian teens Atafeh and Shireen explore their forbidden attraction to one another against the backdrop of modern-day Tehran. Atafeh's brother, Mehran, returns home after drug rehab and is soon dismayed by his sister's newfound sense of liberation.
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A Jihad for Love
2007 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDocumenting the quandary of gay Muslims via the perspective of subjects from countries such as India, Iran and Turkey, director Parvez Sharma chronicles their struggles to square their sexual orientation with their faith, which forbids homosexuality. Relating their compelling tales to the camera, the subjects (most expatriates) cling to their Islamic ideals in the face of a sharia interpretation that imposes the death penalty for homosexual acts.
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J. Edgar
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsLeonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his cross-dressing and close relationship with protégé Clyde Tolson.
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A Perfect Ending
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter confessing an unusual secret, repressed wife Rebecca Westbridge is prompted by her friends to explore her sexuality with a high-priced call girl. Apprehensive but intrigued by the prospect, Rebecca embarks on an erotic tryst.
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Cracks
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsMiss G., a teacher at a girls' boarding school, is unusually close with one of her charges, Di. But when the arrival of a new student evokes strong emotions, disrupting Miss G.'s relationship with the others, it is certain that someone will get hurt.
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Puccini for Beginners
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAllegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single.
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Eloise's Lover
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen she meets alluring lesbian artist Eloïse (Ariadna Cabrol), young architecture student Àsia (Diana Gómez) thrills at the chance to escape her conventional life -- a banal boyfriend, an overbearing mother and average expectations. Àsia agrees to model for Eloïse and they begin a passionate affair, but their tryst sparks unintended consequences, including a tragedy that could destroy Àsia's life.
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The Wise Kids
2012 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIn a Baptist church community, three teenage friends contemplate the next stage of life. There's Brea, an introspective pastor's daughter; hyperactive Laura, a devout believer; and Tim, a gay teen navigating his faith as he prepares for college.
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My Summer of Love
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsMona is tired of her working-class roots, and Tamsin is bored with her pampered lifestyle. When their opposite worlds collide unexpectedly, the girls sense an immediate attraction. But can their unusual friendship survive their differences?
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Lianna
1983 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsLianna becomes fed up with her marriage to her cheating husband and begins an affair with Ruth, her night school professor. But Lianna's joy at finding a new life and love soon disintegrates as the people around her start to treat her differently.
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A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951
2012 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsDreamlike vignettes blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present pivotal moments in James Dean's short yet remarkable life, focusing on his experiences as a rising star in Los Angeles circa 1951.
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Madchen in Uniform
1958 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsSent to an austere, all-girls boarding school after the death of her parents, spunky orphan Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider) soon develops a sensual attraction to one of her teachers, the beautiful Elisabeth von Bernburg (Lilli Palmer). As Manuela's forbidden attraction becomes stronger, the suggestion of lesbian scandal sends the school's headmistress into a rage. Géza von Radványi's directs this 1958 remake of the 1931 classic.
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Love Free or Die
2012 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsAward-winning filmmaker Macky Alston follows Gene Robinson, the first elected openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, as he champions the rights of LGBT worshippers in a denomination still grappling with homophobia and hatred.
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