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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, transgender, and queer films you can watch on Netflix right now. You&#;ll find Netflix originals (like recent documentaries Circle of Books and A Classified 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 clip 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 insert up, they're anchored by tough 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]
Queer Books, Comics & Manga
Back in January, we gave you a list of 19 Binge-Worthy Netflix Shows to Aide Get You Through Lockdown. Now, lockdown restrictions are starting to lift, but Netflix still has plenty of wonderful queer cinema on offer - including documentaries. From heartwarming love stories to heartbreaking struggles, historical landmark events to beautiful coming-out stories, here are 10 queer Netflix documentaries available in the UK right now.
1. DISCLOSURE: TRANS LIVES ON SCREEN ()
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen is a American documentary movie directed and produced by Sam Feder and features well-known trans voices from the film industry including Laverne Cox, Jen Richards, and Jamie Clayton. The film takes an in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact these stories have on trans lives and American culture.
IMDb Rating:
Genre: Documentary
Starring: Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards
Director: Sam Feder
Rating: 15
Film Length: 1h 48min
2. CIRCUS OF BOOKS ()
Cir The Eldorado, the swinging, anything-goes nightspot that gives the new NetflixdocumentaryEldorado its name, was an LGBTQ haven during Germany’s Weimar Republic, popular among Berlin’s trans population and anyone else who liked to let their hair down in public. It was also, as the film’s subtitle puts it, Everything the Nazis Hate. Which didn’t stop burly Hitler confidante and head of the Nazi SA paramilitary wing Ernst Röhm, a not-terribly-closeted gay man, from frequenting the establishment. As the film explains, the SA had a tough homoerotic element, a disgust with women and femininity they somehow used to justify homosexuality – for a time, anyway. At a certain point, Röhm’s friendship with Hitler could only take him so far in a Nazi regime increasingly set on eradicating homosexuality. Röhm is but one player in this concise, deftly told doc that uses the Eldorado as a initiating pad into a broader story about being queer in Nazi Germany. It’s a tale of unrestrained n Eldorado - Everything the Nazis Hate shows queer lives in s Berlin and the shift from the Weimar Republic to National Socialism On June 28, , the documentary Eldorado - Everything the Nazis Hate is coming to Netflix. The film tells the story of how a nightclub in s Berlin became a haven for the queer community and explores the freedoms lost amid Hitler’s rise to power. The director, Benjamin Cantu, explains his thinking behind the plot: “We wanted to show queer lives that took place in Berlin and who experienced the shift from the Weimar Republic to National Socialism. What was important to us was to display how homosexuality was defined at that time from different directions - socially, scientifically, and politically. “It was completely new at that time to talk so broadly and publicly about homosexuality. The topic was politically instrumentalized by the Nazis as well as the Social Democrats and Communists. The characters this film is about were affected by these dynamics i
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