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The Gay & Lesbian Dramas category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 500 . Below are 68 Gay & Lesbian Dramas titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Super Deluxe (2019), The Way He Looks (2014), Call Me by Your Name (2017).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Super Deluxe (2019) Sex, stigma and spirituality merge in these eccentric stories of an angsty teenager, an unfaithful wife and a transgender woman returning to her past.
Year: 201981128584 · IMDb
The Way He Looks (2014) A new classmate transforms the daily life of a blind teenager who longs for independence and disrupts his relationship with his best friend.
Year: 201470307130 · IMDb
Call Me by Your Name (2017) 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.
Year: 201780169498 · IMDb
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) Determined to fall in love, 15-year-old Adele is focused on boys. But it's a blue-haired girl she meets on the street who really piques her interest.
Year: 201370275600 · IMDb
Laurence Anyways (2012) When high school teacher Laurence decides to live as a woman, he must overcome the resistance of his devoted fiancée and his bewildered family.
Year: 201270243019 · IMDb
A Single Man (2009) 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.
Year: 200970117297 · IMDb
Born Beautiful (2019) After her best friend dies, Barbs attempts to rediscover herself until love leaves her true identity — and heart — in question.
Year: 201981245829 · IMDb
Beyond the Hills (2012) When Alina tries to rekindle the intense relationship with her childhood friend Viochita, who's now a nun, things spiral out of control.
Year: 201270242559 · IMDb
Holding the Man (2015) 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.
Year: 201580104552 · IMDb
Moonlight (2016) 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.
Year: 201680121348 · IMDb
Bad Education (2004) A film director reunites with his childhood friend, who shares a short story he's written about being molested by their Catholic school teacher.
Year: 200470011205 · IMDb
Dear Ex (2018) A teen navigates a bitter feud between his willful mom and a free-spirited man, who's the lover and insurance beneficiary of his recently deceased dad.
Year: 201881045891 · IMDb
Time Out (2015) Raised in the privileged bubble of Delhi's elite, a teen is compelled to question his outlook on life and love when his older brother comes out as gay.
Year: 201581281387 · IMDb
Evening Shadows (2018) When her son comes out to her as gay, a religious mother struggles to reconcile his truth with her own beliefs and their orthodox family values.
Year: 201881045072 · IMDb
Margarita, with a Straw (2014) An Indian woman with cerebral palsy decides to study in New York, where she becomes involved in a life-changing affair with a blind female activist.
Year: 201480018695 · IMDb
Carol (2015) A wealthy married woman and a female department store clerk begin a forbidden affair in the 1950s that leads to both heartache and liberating joy.
Year: 201580058700 · IMDb
Handsome Devil (2016) A self-described outsider is sent to a rugby-obsessed boarding school, where he forms an unexpected bond with the star player.
Year: 201680151962 · IMDb
The Danish Girl (2015) In 1920s Denmark, married artists embark on a journey of unconditional love when the husband announces his intentions to live life as a woman.
Year: 201580058477 · IMDb
Velvet Goldmine (1998) A decade after a British glam-rocker fakes his assassination and disappears, a tabloid journalist is dispatched to deconstruct the star's legend.
Year: 19985670345 · IMDb
Cloudburst (2011) A lesbian couple escapes from their nursing home and heads to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young male hitchhiker.
Year: 201170272548 · IMDb
I am Jonas (2019) A turbulent past haunts Jonas, who recalls his teenage love affair with the impulsive, twisted and yet irresistible Nathan.
Year: 201981167980 · IMDb
Dating Amber (2020) Two high schoolers learn about life, sexuality and self-discovery when they decide to fake a relationship to try and fit in.
Year: 202081328650 · IMDb
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008) A gay couple thinks they've adopted a toddler, but when the boy arrives, it turns out that he's a rebellious, homophobic 15-year-old.
Year: 200870108558 · IMDb
Kiss Me (2011) When Mia attends her estranged father's engagement party and meets her soon-to-be stepsister, sparks fly and Mia unexpectedly falls in love.
Year: 201170221502 · IMDb
Aalorukkam (2018) When an aging father seeks the help of a doctor and a journalist to look for the son who left him 16 years ago, he learns some surprising truths.
Year: 201881035105 · IMDb
Boy Erased (2018) Sent to conversion therapy by his faith-based parents, a young man struggles to reconcile his sexual identity with his family's Christian beliefs.
Year: 201880240538 · IMDb
Summerland (2020) Irritable writer Alice finds her life disrupted by the arrival of wartime evacuee Frank, a London schoolboy who slowly melts her frozen reserve.
Year: 202080202511 · IMDb
The Boys in the Band (2020) At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Year: 202081000365 · IMDb
Edge of Seventeen (1998) A 17-year-old confronts confusion and heartbreak as he rediscovers his sexuality in this story about coming out and its social consequences.
Year: 199860001737 · IMDb
Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009) When a sex worker hires a gay songwriter to care for her disabled son, the ensuing bonds that form offer a complex portrayal of love and family.
Year: 200981080769 · IMDb
In the Name of (2013) Running toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire.
Year: 201370270778 · IMDb
Dark Habits (1983) Singer Yolanda sells heroin on the side and must go on the lam when a deal goes awry. Now, thugs are after her, and her only sanctuary is a convent.
Year: 198360030130 · IMDb
Disobedience (2017) A New York photographer returns to her former home, an Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her years ago for her attraction to a childhood friend.
Year: 201780208464 · IMDb
Ideal Home (2018) Celebrity chef Erasmus and his partner Paul lead a comfy life until they become impromptu caretakers to the grandson Erasmus didn't know he had.
Year: 201880996197 · IMDb
Tucked (2018) When an aging drag performer fields a request to guide a young newbie, they face issues of family, identity and mortality together as unlikely allies.
Year: 201881330783 · IMDb
Head On (1998) This edgy drama follows 19-year-old Ari, a gay Greek-Australian whose roiling ethnic- and sexual-identity struggles lead to a wild, 24-hour odyssey.
Year: 199860000677 · IMDb
The Tree of Blood (2018) As a young couple write the story of their families' shared history, both reveal their relatives' dark secrets and one must make a painful confession.
Year: 201881029383 · IMDb
Lingua Franca (2020) An undocumented trans woman seeking legal status in the US becomes romantically involved with the grandson of the elderly woman she cares for.
Year: 202081172223 · IMDb
Memories of a Teenager (2019) To cope with a friend's death, a teen blogs about his daily life but falls further into an existential crisis while experiencing a sexual awakening.
Year: 201981324342 · IMDb
Saturday Church (2017) A teen struggling with gender identity and family tensions seeks hope and support in New York City's underground LGBTQ ballroom community.
Year: 201780189552 · IMDb
Alex Strangelove (2018) High school senior Alex Truelove's plan to lose his virginity to lovable girlfriend Claire goes awry when he meets the equally lovable Elliot.
Year: 201880168189 · IMDb
Papi Chulo (2018) An improbable friendship develops when a despondent TV weatherman hires a bemused day laborer to paint his deck ... and listen to his problems.
Year: 201880209592 · IMDb
Mosquita y Mari (2012) Neighbors but by no means friends, high schoolers Yolanda and Mari discover a bond and an attraction when they're made study partners.
Year: 201270229065 · IMDb
Room in Rome (2010) Two women meet and experience sensual and emotional fulfillment during a steamy encounter in a hotel room where they share secrets as well as sex.
Year: 201070159321 · IMDb
The Third Party (2016) When aspiring fashion designer Andi reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Max, she's surprised to learn that he's in a relationship with a man.
Year: 201680150350 · IMDb
Stage Mother (2020) After her estranged son's abrupt death, a church choir director inherits his San Francisco drag bar and finds an unexpected new family in his friends.
Year: 202081001203 · IMDb
Loev (2015) Lives are upended when a hiking trip leads a Wall Street hotshot to explore his true feelings for an old pal who’s disenchanted with his boyfriend.
Year: 201580106505 · IMDb
Monsoon (2020) A reflective man must come to terms with his forced displacement from Vietnam when he returns to his birthplace to spread his parents' ashes.
Year: 202081315965 · IMDb
Let It Snow (2019) A snowstorm hits a small town on a cold Christmas Eve, affecting the friendships, love lives and futures of several high school seniors.
Year: 201980201542 · IMDb
A Perfect Ending (2012) After confessing an unusual secret, a repressed wife -- prompted by her friends -- decides to explore her sexuality with a high-priced call girl.
Year: 201270209245 · IMDb
Concussion (2013) A lesbian housewife, feeling trapped in a stale marriage, begins visiting female prostitutes and soon seeks excitement by becoming a sex worker.
Year: 201370267490 · IMDb
King Cobra (2016) Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over rights to his underage creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results.
Year: 201680127546 · IMDb
I Am Michael (2015) Gay activist Michael Glatze begins a painful journey when he decides to renounce his sexuality for his religion in this drama based on true story.
Year: 201580161640 · IMDb
Jenny's Wedding (2015) When Jenny plans to marry her girlfriend, she decides it's time that her family, who doesn't know that she's a lesbian, finally learns the truth.
Year: 201580060503 · IMDb
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019) As her family seeks to marry her off and a hopeful writer pursues her, a small-town woman struggles to reveal the long-hidden truth about who she loves.
Year: 201981076749 · IMDb
Almost Love (2020) A close crew of striving New Yorkers experiences both joy and heartache in their romantic and professional lives.
Year: 202081232369 · IMDb
Duck Butter (2018) Wary of dishonesty in relationships, two young women embark on a 24-hour experiment on intimacy, but their romance flounders as the clock winds down.
Year: 201880115118 · IMDb
Milkwater (2020) Aimless 20-something Milo impulsively becomes a gay man’s surrogate and wrestles with the emotional complexities of her non-traditional decision.
Year: 202081445145 · IMDb
Funny Boy (2020) A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.
Year: 202080222087 · IMDb
Young and Wild (2012) Though her devout family thinks she's pious and dutiful, 17-year-old Daniela secretly runs a sex confession site for teens with desires like hers.
Year: 201270228021 · IMDb
Four Minutes (2006) An elderly music teacher who gives piano lessons to prisoners finds a prodigy in a young inmate and devotes herself to developing that talent.
Year: 200670098886 · IMDb
Girl (2019) Fifteen-year-old ballet dancer Lara faces physical and emotional hurdles as she prepares for gender confirmation surgery. Inspired by a true story.
Year: 201981004374 · IMDb
The Half Of It (2020) When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend — or fall for his crush.
Year: 202081005150 · IMDb
Paradise Lost (2018) A cop moonlights as the bodyguard for a young drag queen at a nightclub, and grows closer to the family of misfit singers that perform there.
Year: 201881011955 · IMDb
Elisa and Marcela (2019) In 1901 Spain, Elisa Sánchez Loriga adopts a male identity in order to marry the woman she loves, Marcela Gracia Ibeas. Based on true events.
Year: 201980121387
Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989) At the peak of his career, Yehia joins a hunger strike, becomes smitten and reckons with a creative crisis — but finds a new muse.
Year: 198960001803
A New York Christmas Wedding (2020) As her wedding nears, a bride-to-be is visited by an angel who reveals what could have been if she'd followed feelings for her childhood best friend.
Year: 202081345799
Tatuagem (2013) Two worlds collide when Fininha, a soldier, begins a passionate affair with Clécio, who leads a fringe theatre troupe in conservative 1970s Brazil.
Year: 201381295580
