Best Gay & Lesbian Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Gay & Lesbian Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 68 titles in category code 500. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Super Deluxe (2019)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 2h 55m. Sex, stigma and spirituality merge in these eccentric stories of an angsty teenager, an unfaithful wife and a transgender woman returning to her past.
2. The Way He Looks (2014)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 36m. A new classmate transforms the daily life of a blind teenager who longs for independence and disrupts his relationship with his best friend.
3. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 2h 11m. In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio forms a life-changing bond with his father's charismatic research assistant Oliver in the Italian countryside.
4. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 59m. Determined to fall in love, 15-year-old Adele is focused on boys.
5. Laurence Anyways (2012)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 48m. When high school teacher Laurence decides to live as a woman, he must overcome the resistance of his devoted fiancée and his bewildered family.
6. A Single Man (2009)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2009, 1h 40m. This stream-of-consciousness drama centers on a day in the life of a gay college professor who's reeling from his longtime lover's recent death.
7. Born Beautiful (2019)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 35m. After her best friend dies, Barbs attempts to rediscover herself until love leaves her true identity — and heart — in question.
8. Beyond the Hills (2012)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 32m. When Alina tries to rekindle the intense relationship with her childhood friend Viochita, who's now a nun, things spiral out of control.
9. Holding the Man (2015)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 07m. 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.
10. Moonlight (2016)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 51m. In a crime-infested Miami neighborhood, a gay African-American boy with a drug-addicted mother grows up with the help of a mentoring drug dealer.