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The 30 Best LGBTQ Movies on Netflix Right Now
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In celebration of Pride month, we compiled a list of the best Fresh lesbian, gay, trans, and queer films you can watch on Netflix right now. You&#;ll find Netflix originals (like recent documentaries Circle of Books and A Covert Love) as well as award-winning theatrical releases.
The titles below are sorted from the best LGBTQ films on Netflix and ranked by adjusted Tomatometer score (which takes into account the number of reviewers weighing in, and the number of reviews per film for movies released in a given year). To be included, films had to have a Fresh Tomatometer score (60% or above).
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Critics Consensus:I Am Michael takes a determinedly balanced approach to its complex subject, and although the results don't always combine up, they're anchored by mighty work from James Franco.
Synopsis: Based on the fascinating, true-life story of Michael Glatze (James Franco), a gay activist who becomes an anti-gay Christian pastor. [More]
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Our Top 10 list of the best gay movies in selected for the Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival Roze Filmdagen Already for 25 years, the biggest Dutch LGBTQ+ film festival is inviting the LGBTQ+ community to see the best, the most popular, and the newest LGBTQ+ movies, shorts, and documentaries. To make sure, you won’t overlook any of the great movies, shorts, and films from Germany to Vietnam, from Cyprus to Greece, or from the USA to Sweden, we teamed up with festival director Werner Borkes to select some of the best movies about gay men, love, families and different generations from around the world. In , the LGBTQ Film Festival in Amsterdam will celebrate its 24th-anniversary featuring some of the best Gay Movies like the Swedish movie “Are we lost forever”, the US-American film “Cicada” and the movie “Goodbye Mother” from Vietnam.
Top 10 List of the Best Gay Movies at Roze Filmdagen
SADLY, the LGBTQ+ Filmfestival Roze Filmdagen edition had to be canceled just a couple of days before the opening night. In the Netherlands, cinema
Daniel Craig's new film 'smug' but 'beautiful'
Entertainment reporter at the London Film Festival
Daniel Craig's latest film, which sees the James Bond star play a gay man in s Mexico, has premiered at the London Film Festival.
The actor's last Bond film, No Time To Die, was released in , and fans have been watching with interest to see which roles he would take on after playing
In recent years, the year-old has appeared in the Knives Out whodunit series as Benoit Blanc, an eccentric detective from the American South.
His latest film Queer, which is directed by Call Me By Your Name film-maker Luca Guadagnino, sees him take a novel direction. But it has divided critics, with several describing it as "incoherent" and others awarding it five stars.
The film received its UK premiere at London's Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, but Craig did not attend as scheduled due to illness.
Director Guadagnino and Craig's co-star Drew Starkey walked the red carpet in his absence.
Pride Month is marked every June, when the lives of the LGBTQ+ people are celebrated, and those within the community verb on how far they verb come–and how much still needs to change.
Hollywood has been notoriously slow in telling the stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters, never mind those of others who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Netflix's catalog reflects this, with the streamer's movie collection featuring a lack of films featuring, for example, trans people. One of the few movies about a transgender character on the streamer, for example, is the oft-criticized The Danish Girl, the film from Cats director Tom Hooper, led by cisgender actor Eddie Redmayne.
Despite the Netflix catalog having some notable omissions when it comes to depicting the whole spectrum of queer life, it does contain some excellent films that have turned LGBTQ+ stories into sublime comedy, activism-stoking tragedy and awareness-raising documentaries. Here are some of the finest Netflix subscribers can enjoy this Pride Month.