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Gay movies now available on Netflix February 2018

Netflix has had quite a purge recently and a lot of gay films are no longer available, but fear not, many new movies have been made available, some new and some returning after a break. We recommend checking out the documentary Dream Boat, Irish drama Handsome Devil and I Am Happiness on Earth.

The 10 Year Plan
Afraid of being alone forever, two friends agree to become a couple if they’re still single in 10 years. A decade later, they’re not so sure.
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4th Man Out
A young mechanic comes out to his extremely straight best friends. Once they get used to the idea, they’re determined to help him find the right guy.
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Being 17
Rival teenagers are forced to live together when the mother of one is hospitalized, prompting an invitation from the other boy’s mother.
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Blackbird
A Southern teenager struggles with the realization that he’s gay, fearful of betraying his devoutly religious mother and his own faith.
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NEW Breaking Free
One filmmaker’s quest to expose the human rights violations faced by India’s LGBTQ community was a project of passion seven years in the making.
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Bright Night
A weekend in an idyllic country cottage becomes an exercise in psychological stress for two couples, thanks to shocking revelations about the past.
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NEW Cherry Pop
When the headliner at a drag bar refuses to perform, a young newcomer makes his debut while backstabbing queens fling insults behind the curtain.
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Closet Monster
A gay teen who dreams of becoming a special-effects makeup artist struggles with his sexuality, traumatized by a hate crime he witnessed as a child.
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NEW Dallas Buyers Club
Refusing to accept a death sentence from his doctor after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, Ron Woodroof smuggles medications from abroad.
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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
As she fights the tide of violence against trans women, activist Victoria Cruz probes the suspicious 1992 death of her friend Marsha P. Johnson.
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NEW Dream Boat
On a cruise for gay men, five passengers of different nationalities take a break from their families and cultures to party and reflect on life.
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Esteros
A decade after being separated, childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reconnect as adults and find that their mutual attraction hasn’t faded.
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Fire Song
An Anishnaabe teen wrestling with his bisexuality is also torn between family loyalty, tribal customs and an opportunity to attend a good university.
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NEW The Freedom to Marry
This documentary chronicles the true story of a dramatic, decades-long campaign to achieve marriage equality in the United States.
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NEW From Afar
Armando turns to street punks for gratification, until an encounter with hooligan Elder sparks an emotional connection that transforms them both.
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Front Cover
A relationship develops between a gay Asian photographer and the guarded Chinese movie star he’s been hired to photograph for a fashion magazine.
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G.B.F.
When Tanner is outed as a school’s only openly gay student, three popular girls engage in an epic fight to acquire him as their “Gay Best Friend.”
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NEW Game Face
This documentary follows the struggle of transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox and gay basketball player Terrence Clemens for acceptance by their sports.
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NEW Gayby Baby
This documentary follows four youngsters as they navigate the challenges of their preteen years, including society’s bias against their gay parents.
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NEW Handsome Devil
A self-described outsider is sent to a rugby-obsessed boarding school, where he forms an unexpected bond with the star player.
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Head On
This edgy drama follows 19-year-old Ari, a gay Greek-Australian whose roiling ethnic- and sexual-identity struggles lead to a wild, 24-hour odyssey.
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Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party
A teen struggles to reconcile his desires with the strict morals of his religious family, while the adults around him struggle with similar conflicts.
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Holding the Man
In 1970s Australia, two teen boys fall in love with each other and defeat obstacles to their 15-year relationship, until a new crisis comes their way.
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NEW How Gay Is Pakistan?
This documentary explores the lives of gay people and the challenges they face in Pakistan, a country whose laws explicitly outlaw homosexuality.
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How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications.
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Hurricane Bianca
Fired for being gay, schoolteacher Richard returns in drag as force-of-nature Bianca, gets hired for the same job and plots sweet, scornful revenge.
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NEW I Am Happiness on Earth
A gay movie director finds himself on both sides of the camera, blurring the line between his real sex life and erotic filmmaking.
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I Am Michael
Gay activist Michael Glatze begins a painful journey when he decides to renounce his sexuality for his religion in this drama based on true story.
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In the Grayscale
A successful Chilean architect with a wife and son becomes powerfully attracted to a gay tour guide, forcing him to question his sexual identity.
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King Cobra
Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over rights to his underage creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results.
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Lazy Eye
After a conflicted graphic designer invites an old flame to his home in the California desert, the two share a passionate and soul-searching weekend.
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Like You Mean It
Mark and Jonah want to work on their relationship. But after three years together, their love feels more like a missed connection.
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Loev
Lives are upended when a hiking trip leads a Wall Street hotshot to explore his true feelings for an old pal who’s disenchanted with his boyfriend.
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NEW Macho
A famous designer who’s always pretended to be gay finds himself in crisis mode when threatened with exposure as the woman-chasing straight guy he is.
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Man on High Heels
A tough transgender detective fights to take down a gangster, all the while longing to retire and complete sex reassignment surgery.
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Me Him Her
When TV star Brendan realizes he’s gay, he asks his old pal Cory for help coming out. But Cory’s own entanglements threaten to derail the mission.
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Michael Lost and Found
Benjie Nycum travels to Wyoming to visit his ex-lover, Michael Glatze, a former gay activist who now lives with his wife and works as a church pastor.
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Milk
Sean Penn stars in this biopic about Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco politician who was murdered by a disgruntled city supervisor in 1978.
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Naz & Maalik
Two gay Muslim teens, who spend their days selling odds and ends on Brooklyn street corner, run afoul of an FBI agent who suspects they’re terrorists.
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North Sea Texas
A teen boy living in a small town on the Belgian coast finds his ordinary life take an unexpected turn when a handsome traveler blows through town.
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Oriented
The lives, challenges and conflicted feelings of three gay Palestinian men are documented in this film shot in 2014 in a divided Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Other People
After a bad breakup, a struggling New York comedy writer tries to don a brave face and care for his dying mother in Sacramento.
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The Out List
Activists, entertainers, athletes and politicians are among those profiled in this thought-provoking portrait of notable LGBT personalities.
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People You May Know
The lives of several friends are thrown into chaos when a woman becomes pregnant by her husband’s gay best friend after a drunken one-night stand.
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The Pink Mirror
Two Indian drag queens and a Westernized teenager try to seduce a hunky heartthrob in this Bollywood-style short film.
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The Sex Changes That Made History
In the 1940s, three extraordinary people — two patients and a surgeon — become pioneers in the still-emerging field of gender reassignment surgery.
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Spa Night
After a closeted Korean-American teen takes a job in a local spa, he thinks about his own sexuality, choices and how to tell his traditional parents.
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NEW Strike a Pose
A quarter-century later, this documentary relocates the male dancers who backed Madonna on her 1990 Blond Ambition tour, as seen in “Truth or Dare.”
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Actor Tab Hunter reflects on his career and discusses being a closeted gay man while becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs in the 1950s.
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Those People
A young Manhattan painter’s goals are put to the test when he falls for an older man while still having feelings for his long-standing secret crush.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town when their car breaks down.
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Viva
A hairdresser is thrilled when his dream of becoming a nightclub drag performer comes true, until his disapproving estranged father suddenly appears.
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The Way He Looks
A new classmate transforms the daily life of a blind teenager who longs for independence and disrupts his relationship with his best friend.
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Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
A gay London man faces a positive HIV diagnosis and a decision on whether to stay with loving friends or return to his estranged parents in Israel.
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The Wound
At an initiation ritual for the young men of his Xhosa community, a closeted factory hand meets a Johannesburg teen who discovers his best-kept secret.
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Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent becomes head designer at French fashion house Christian Dior, suffers a breakdown and meets his future life and business partner
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Zenne Dancer
In this fact-based tale, gay Ahmet is inspired by a male belly dancer and a naive lover to come out to his conservative family, with tragic results.
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