Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 455 Films to Buy & Rent
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner
- A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
- Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (2018)
- Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher, Jr.…
- Surprise winner of the U.S. Grand Jury prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, this heart–breaking indie drama stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a…
- My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018)
- Dir. Alessandro Genovesi
Feat. Cristiano Caccamo, Salvatore Esposito, Monica Guerritore…
- Enjoyable silly comedy adaptation of the off–Broadway play about a gay couple in Berlin who decide to get married in a small village in Italy,…
- Sorry Angel (2018)
- Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste, Denis Podalydes
- Articulate and powerful love story set in Paris in the 90's, where a worldly writer falls for a younger, carefree university student.
- Beach Rats (2017)
- Dir. Eliza Hittman
Feat. Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge
- A sensuously shot film exploring the life of a sexually conflicted Brooklyn teen, as he navigates the dangers of casual hookups and youthful…
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)
- Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel
- Remarkable and inspiring drama by the director of EASTERN BOYS, set in 1990's France and following a group of passionate AIDS activists who take on…
- Call Me By Your Name (2017)
- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg…
- Completing the "Desire" trilogy with I AM LOVE and A BIGGER SPLASH, this coming–of–age drama is set in Northern Italy in 1983, where a 17…
- God's Own Country (2017)
- Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart…
- Deeply affecting drama set on a remote Yorkshire farm, exploring the troubled life of young farmer Johnny Saxby, who numbs his frustrations in binge…
- McKellen: Playing the Part (Ian McKellen: Playing the Part) (2017)
- Dir. Joe A. Stephenson
- Celebration of the extraordinary life and work of Sir Ian McKellen, based around excerpts from a 14 hour interview, but also including…
- Screwed (Pihalla) (2017)
- Dir. Nils-Erik Ekblom
Feat. Mikko Kauppila, Sanna Majuri, Valtteri Lehtinen
- Sweet–natured Finnish coming–of–age drama about two teenage boys who fall in love during a summer in the countryside.