A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.

Valley of a Thousand Hills

2022

Zulu

6.7

♡ 3

Bonie Sithebe Director

Noluthando Mkhize as Gobela

Zama Mchunu as Lindi

Ntokozo Msimanga as Ntombi

Wiseman Mncube as Vika Radebe

A young woman who comes from a conservative village must choose between living a lie to stay the perfect Zulu daughter, or risk her life for true love. Nosipho has a secret. She is a loving daughter held up as an example in her community, with a domineering father who has chosen a potential husband for her. But her soulmate and one true love is a woman.

Happiest Season

2020

English

6.6

♡ 95

82%

Clea DuVall Director

Kristen Stewart as Abby

Burl Moseley as Eric

Aubrey Plaza as Riley

Michelle Buteau as Trudy

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

And Then We Danced

2019

Georgian

7.6

♡ 18

93%

Levan Akin Director

Kakha Gogidze as Aleko

Bachi Valishvili as Irakli

Ana Javakishvili as Mary

Levan Gelbakhiani as Merab

Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.

Uncle Frank

2020

English

7.3

♡ 24

77%

Alan Ball Director

Sophia Lillis as Beth Bledsoe

Judy Greer as Kitty Bledsoe

Steve Zahn as Mike Bledsoe

Merv Griffin as Self - Host of The Merv Griffin Show

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

Coming Out

1989

German

7.0

♡ 6

Heiner Carow Director

Michael Gwisdek as Achim

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss as Araber

Gudrun Ritter as Frau Möllemann / Serviererin

Dagmar Manzel as Tanja

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.

Making Love

1982

English

6.9

♡ 3

56%

los angeles, california

love triangle

Romance

sexual attraction

Arthur Hiller Director

Gwen Arner as Alrene

Nancy Olson as Christine

Kate Jackson as Claire

Arthur Taxier as Donald

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.

Make the Yuletide Gay

2009

English

6.5

♡ 7

40%

Rob Williams Director

Hallee Hirsh as Abby Mancuso

Alison Arngrim as Heather Mancuso

Gates McFadden as Martha Stanford

Ian Buchanan as Peter Stanford

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

Mambo Italiano

2003

English

6.7

♡ 2

30%

Émile Gaudreault Director

Mark Camacho as Johnny Christofaro

Ginette Reno as Maria Barberini

Tim Post as Peter

Suzanna Lenir as Southern Belle

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

Mädchen in Uniform

1931

German

7.5

♡ 11

100%

86%

Action

based on play or musical

coming out

Drama

female friendship

girls' boarding school

pre-code

Romance

suicide attempt

Leontine Sagan Director

Miriam Lehmann-Haupt as Erzieherin

Lisi Scheerbach as Mademoiselle Qeuillet

Hertha Thiele as Manuela von Meinhardis

Barbara Pirk as Mia von Wollin

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.

What It Was

2014

English

4.8

♡ 3

relationship problems

Romance

Daniel Armando Director

Prashant Rai as Bronx Guy

Melissa Navia as Hilary

Kersti Bryan as Speaker

Margaret Odette as Woman #1

An old flame is reignited and a new desire is awaken when Hollywood Actress Adina J. Spencer returns back to New York. Soon she is forced to face her sexual past, confront her present identity, and admit her true love.

After Sex

2007

English

5.4

♡ 15

31%

Eric Amadio Director

Zoe Saldana as Kat

Jose Pablo Cantillo as Marco

Mila Kunis as Nikki

Dave Franco as Sam

Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Through dialogue and compromising situations, the film takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, and examines every stage in between seeing humor within the drama, heartache and confusion of it all.

C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005

French

7.8

♡ 15

100%

parent child relationship

sibling relationship

Jean-Marc Vallée Director

Michel Côté as Gervais Beaulieu

Jean-Marc Vallée as Jeune prêtre

Pierre-Luc Brillant as Raymond Beaulieu 22 à 28 ans

Marc-André Grondin as Zachary Beaulieu 15 à 21 ans

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.

Latter Days

2003

English

7.0

♡ 13

44%

C. Jay Cox Director

Rob McElhenney as Elder Harmon

Jacqueline Bisset as Lila Montagne

Judee Morton as Noreen

Amber Benson as Traci Levine

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.

Cousins

2019

Portuguese

6.3

♡ 15

63%

Mauro Carvalho Director

Ana Rosita as

Dilza Scarpa as

Elenita Pessoa as

Juliana Zancanaro as Aunt Lourdes

Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.

SparkShorts Out

2020

English

7.5

♡ 12

Steven Clay Hunter Director

Matthew Martin as Gigi the Cat

Kyle McDaniel as Greg

Caleb Cabrera as Manuel

Bernadette Sullivan as Mom

On an average day, Greg's life is filled with family, love and a rambunctious little dog - but despite all of this, Greg has a secret. Today is different, though. With some help from his precocious pup, and a little bit of magic, Greg might learn that he has nothing to hide.