Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "gay-kiss", "sexual-repression"

1. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,210,523 | Gross: $130.10M

2. The Little Hours (2017)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.

Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza

Votes: 25,425 | Gross: $1.65M

3. Maurice (1987)

R | 140 min | Drama, Romance

Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 23,561 | Gross: $3.13M

4. Double Lover (2017)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer

Votes: 13,655 | Gross: $0.17M

5. Manodrome (2023)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.

Director: John Trengove | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Philip Ettinger

Votes: 2,493

6. In & Out (1997)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon

Votes: 44,146 | Gross: $63.86M

7. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,606 | Gross: $37.31M

8. Bad Education (2004)

NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho

Votes: 63,406 | Gross: $5.21M

9. Down Low (2023)

R | 90 min | Comedy

A deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.

Director: Rightor Doyle | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, Judith Light, Simon Rex

Votes: 1,962

10. Eismayer (2022)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, History, Romance

Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.

Director: David Wagner | Stars: Gerhard Liebmann, Luka Dimic, Julia Koschitz, Anton Noori

Votes: 1,710

11. Cecil B. Demented (2000)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier

Votes: 16,644 | Gross: $1.28M

12. David's Birthday (2009)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two couples are enjoying their summer at the beach, but when the grown son of one couple arrives, it surprisingly stirs something in the husband of the other couple, will the forbidden feelings end badly?

Director: Marco Filiberti | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Maria de Medeiros, Massimo Poggio, Michela Cescon

Votes: 2,539

13. Making Love (1982)

R | 113 min | Drama

A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 2,959 | Gross: $11.90M

14. Summer Storm (2004)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Miriam Morgenstern, Jürgen Tonkel

Votes: 14,497 | Gross: $0.10M

15. Priest (1994)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson

Votes: 11,030 | Gross: $4.18M

16. Stonewall (2015)

R | 129 min | Drama, History

A young man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 4,459 | Gross: $0.19M

17. The Raspberry Reich (2004)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.

Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Daniel Bätscher, Andreas Stich, Dean Monroe

Votes: 1,760

18. Mulligans (2008)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Two college friends take a journey home. One of them makes a mistake that may tear a family apart. Sometimes there are no second chances, sometimes there are no mulligans.

Director: Chip Hale | Stars: Dan Payne, Thea Gill, Charlie David, Derek Baynham

Votes: 3,405

19. Complete Strangers (2020)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A recovering alcoholic returns to his hometown after a hiatus and falls in love with a man who will turn his world upside down.

Director: Pau Masó | Stars: Pau Masó, Matthew Crawley, Sian Abrahams, Fraser Fraser

Votes: 712

20. Sex, Lies, and Sugar (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Steve Balderson's movie, "Sex, Lies, and Sugar" focuses on a group of 1960's era suburban housewives. Close-knit and neighborly, they are all bent on one-upping each other, trying to prove ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Balderson | Stars: Susan Traylor, Kevin Scott Richardson, Daniel Sea, Mark Booker

Votes: 266

21. Beauty (2011)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.

Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz

Votes: 2,006

22. That Is All (2019)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance

While trying to navigate life as he enters his 30s, Ryan slips further into loneliness. A chance meeting with a friend's boyfriend, Sam, changes that and as they grow closer, Ryan must come... See full summary »

Director: Mark Weeden | Stars: Joel Ballanger, Al Braatz, Sara Hinding, Daniel Bossenberry

Votes: 282

23. The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Chris and RJ reunite five years after coming out to their families and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separation are revealed as they mourn the death of their mutual friend Rodney.

Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Nick Ferrucci, Benjamin Farmer, Hannah Barefoot, Bruce Jennings

Votes: 1,940

24. Don't Tell Anyone (1998)

Unrated | 120 min | Drama

Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a ... See full summary »

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Santiago Magill, Christian Meier, Lucía Jiménez, Giovanni Ciccia

Votes: 1,633

25. Braking for Whales (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

A dysfunctional brother and sister are forced to come to terms with each other and themselves over their recently deceased mother's final wish.

Director: Sean McEwen | Stars: Tom Felton, Tammin Sursok, Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Koechner

Votes: 540

26. The Trip (2002)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Romance, politics, sex and humor all collide during two men's 11-year journey of passion, self-discovery and adventure.

Director: Miles Swain | Stars: Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Ray Baker, James Handy

Votes: 3,916 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Drown (I) (2015)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

Three surf lifesavers on a big night out. Jealousy, homophobic fears and unrequited lust culminate in a tragic booze-fueled episode of near-fatal bullying.

Director: Dean Francis | Stars: Matt Levett, Maya Stange, Jack Matthews, Harry Cook

Votes: 1,577 | Gross: $0.00M

28. The Sergeant (1968)

R | 108 min | Drama

A story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges.

Director: John Flynn | Stars: Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël, Frank Latimore

Votes: 695

29. Save Me (2007)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A sex and drug-addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction," where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

Director: Robert Cary | Stars: Jeremy Glazer, Chad Allen, David Petruzzi, Arron Shiver

Votes: 2,140 | Gross: $0.08M

30. Kanarie (2018)

Unrated | 123 min | Drama, Musical, War

Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's travelling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity.

Director: Christiaan Olwagen | Stars: Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys, Gérard Rudolf

Votes: 716

31. The One (II) (2011)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A quick witted, edgy romantic dramedy about a young successful Manhattan investment banker living the charmed life about to marry the woman of his dreams who, a month before his wedding, ... See full summary »

Director: Caytha Jentis | Stars: Jon Prescott, Ian Novick, Margaret Anne Florence, David Albiero

Votes: 790

32. The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1995)

76 min | Drama, Romance

Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.

Director: Keith Froelich | Stars: Matt Klemp, Ralf Schirg, Andrew Woodhouse, Jerome Samuels

Votes: 556

33. Leo's Room (2009)

Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Leo, a young man coming to terms with his own sexuality, runs into Caro, a primary school friend he fancied when they were kids, who's now trying to ward off her own personal demons. This ... See full summary »

Director: Enrique Buchichio | Stars: Martín Rodríguez, Cecilia Cósero, Gerardo Begérez, Arturo Goetz

Votes: 1,151

34. Grown Up Movie Star (2009)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.

Director: Adriana Maggs | Stars: Shawn Doyle, Tatiana Maslany, Julia Kennedy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 434

35. All My Life (2008)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a woman and his best friends drift away, ... See full summary »

Director: Maher Sabry | Stars: Seham Saneya Adelsalam, Mehammed Amadeus, Janaan Attia, Ayman

Votes: 2,554

36. Denied (2004)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Troy, a recent high school graduate, is in love with his best friend Merrick, but Merrick isn't willing to be in a relationship with him. Troy is forced to deal with Merrick's selfishness, his own aching heart, and his unfulfilling life.

Director: David Paul Scott | Stars: Lee Rumohr, Matt Sadowski, Sarah Kanter, Matthew Finlason

Votes: 707

37. In the Blood (2006)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller

Cassidy is a senior at a NYC college and he's trying to balance the demands of school, his role as big brother to Jessica, a freshman at the same school and his role as best buddy to ... See full summary »

Director: Lou Peterson | Stars: Tyler Hanes, James Katharine Flynn, Robert Dionne, Carlos Alberto Valencia

Votes: 325

38. Km. 0 (2000)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.

Directors: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Stars: Concha Velasco, Georges Corraface, Silke, Carlos Fuentes

Votes: 1,811

39. Verde verde (2012)

74 min | Drama

A paramedic of naval merchant meets a young computer engineer, aspiring pilot, and invites him to his hangar, where he reveals his true personality. An ambivalent game starts for all night long.

Director: Enrique Pineda Barnet | Stars: Héctor Noas, Carlos Miguel Caballero, Farah Maria, Rocío García

Votes: 52

40. Break Me (2018)

15 min | Short, Drama

A young cage fighter must choose between his head and his heart after his father discovers the truth.

Director: Irasj Asanti | Stars: Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, Fredrik Skogsrud, Irasj Asanti, Hamid Karimi

Votes: 66

41. Sexo y revolución (2021)

103 min | Documentary

In the early 1970s, Argentine homosexuals were arrested and tortured by the police or in institutions for the mentally ill.

Director: Ernesto Ardito | Stars: Lucas Finocchi, Sergei Parajanov

Votes: 31

42. Kettle (2014)

Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Drama

A teenage boy struggles to find acceptance and love within the confines of the repressive catholic school he attends and from his mother who is emotionally cold and completely lacks any ... See full summary »

Director: Maximilian Homaei | Stars: Christian Byers, James Fraser, Jai Koutrae, Kelly Butler

Votes: 38

43. Iftah (2020)

Not Rated | 41 min | Short, Drama

After years of sexual denial, Iftah leaves his family to live alone in Tel-Aviv. Attracted to men but torn between his former and new life, Iftah is consumed with blame and feels ... See full summary »

Director: Moti Rachamim | Stars: Zohar Sabag, Tal Eden, Lahav Mizrachi, Michael Shaul Aharoni

Votes: 13

44. The Morning After (II) (2012)

15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

The Morning After a drunken night out Harry's (Joshua Berg) world is turned upside down when as he awakens to discover a naked man, Thom (Luke Striffler), in his bed. stunned and confused ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Collins | Stars: Joshua Berg, Luke Striffler, Juliet Lundholm, Alice Maguire

Votes: 173

45. Annabella (2002)

10 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A young man faces his "new" homosexuality immediately after falling in love with Annabella, a transsexual prostitute.

Director: Iván Casado | Stars: Ruben Santander, Alfonso Perona, José Luis Adserías, Iván Casado

46. Empty (2014)

10 min | Short, Drama

Rein (36) is a seasoned fisherman. When the younger Job comes to work on board for the first time, previously repressed feelings are awoken in Rein. Imprisoned by the boat, Rein is unable to escape his growing desires and a crisis looms.

Director: Flynn Von Kleist | Stars: Ali Ben Horsting, Jim Deddes, Mike Meijer, Jack Vecht

Votes: 25

47. Our America with Lisa Ling (2011– )
Episode: Pray the Gay Away? (2011)

News

Lisa Ling asks whether it is possible to be gay and Christian at the same time.

Director: Courtney Thompson Hutchens | Stars: Lisa Ling, Alan Campbell