queer docs
by candypants42 | created - 02 May 2012 | updated - 22 Nov 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
Director: Rob Epstein | Stars: Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann
Votes: 6,573 | Gross: $0.01M
2. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
R | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents
Votes: 7,509 | Gross: $1.51M
3. Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Tom of Finland is one of the gay world's few authentic icons. His drawings have had an enormous influence on gay identity. Tom's ultimate leather men are known and seen everywhere. They are... See full summary »
Director: Ilppo Pohjola | Stars: Tom of Finland, Robert Henry Mizer, Nayland Blake, Durk Dehner
Votes: 485 | Gross: $0.11M
4. Du ska nog se att det går över (2003)
74 min | Documentary
Three teenagers express their thoughts about bi- and homosexuality.
Director: Cecilia Neant-Falk | Stars: Eva Dahlgren, Natalie Durbeej, Ulf Ekman, Malena Ivarsson
Votes: 176
5. (A)sexual (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Romance
Facing a sex obsessed culture, a mountain of stereotypes and misconceptions, and a lack of social or scientific research, asexuals - people who experience no sexual attraction - struggle to claim their identity.
Director: Angela Tucker | Stars: Aliza, Antonia, Barb, Joy Behar
Votes: 790
6. Outrage (I) (2009)
R | 90 min | Documentary
An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Barney Frank, James McGreevey, Kevin Naff, Dan Popkey
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
85 min | Documentary
Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first ... See full summary »
Directors: Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman | Stars: Keely Moll, Stephanie Ozard, Ann Bannon, Reva Hutkin
Votes: 320
8. Word Is Out (1977)
124 min | Documentary, Biography, History
26 diverse lesbian and gay people are interviewed about their lives and the challenges they experience in a homophobic culture. A groundbreaking documentary is now an artefact of a different time.
Directors: Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Rob Epstein | Stars: Pat Bond, John Burnside, Sally M. Gearhart, Elsa Gidlow
Votes: 537
9. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Romance
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Director: Daniel G. Karslake | Stars: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
Votes: 4,519 | Gross: $0.31M
10. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,594 | Gross: $3.78M
11. She Male Snails (2012)
75 min | Documentary
When Ester meets Eli he recognized himself for the 1st time, and later they are lovers. In this very personal, sensual, colorful and genre- and gender-breaking documentary movie about love, you'll see how important it is to find real love.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Juli Apponen, Sebastian Bendefors, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Leo Correia de Verdier
Votes: 193
12. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,496 | Gross: $7.12M
13. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
Director: David France | Stars: Kurt Wolfe, Sue Yacka, Catherine Shugrue Dos Santos, Victoria Cruz
Votes: 3,201
14. Queerama (2017)
70 min | Documentary, Music
Compilation of archive footage from 1919 to the present, from both documentary and fictional sources, set to music, illustrating the huge changes in LGBTQ life in Britain (mainly England) over the 20th century.
Director: Daisy Asquith | Stars: Leigh Bowery, Nicola Bowery, Quentin Crisp
Votes: 211
15. Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution (2017)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.
Director: Yony Leyser | Stars: John Waters, Kim Gordon, Bruce La Bruce, Tom Jennings
Votes: 275
16. Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger (2014)
72 min | Documentary, History
For decades, performance artist and writer Kate Bornstein has been exploding binaries and deconstructing gender. And, her own identity. Trans-dyke. Reluctant polyamorist. Sadomasochist. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Feder | Stars: Bevin Bevin Branlandingham, Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Kate Bornstein, Barbara Carrellas
Votes: 203
17. When the Beat Drops (2018)
85 min | Documentary
Explores the development of bucking, an energetic form of the dance, from the point of view of Anthony Davis, an Atlanta native who helped popularize it.
Director: Jamal Sims | Star: Anthony Davis
Votes: 92
18. Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018)
Unrated | 58 min | Documentary
A history of queer cinema from the women who made it happen.
Director: Caroline Berler | Stars: Desiree Akhavan, Janet Baus, Vicky Du, Cheryl Dunye
Votes: 74
19. Genderblend (2017)
68 min | Documentary
A story about five young people who neither feel male nor female, but rather position themselves somewhere in between. They all have their own struggles, but together they create a compelling story about acceptance.
Director: Sophie Dros
Votes: 57
20. McQueen (2018)
R | 111 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.
Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui | Stars: Alexander McQueen, Joyce McQueen, John Hitchcock, Danny Hall
Votes: 8,412 | Gross: $1.26M
22. Chavela (2017)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012.
Directors: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | Stars: Eugenia León, Jesusa Rodríguez, Tania Libertad, Marcela Rodríguez
Votes: 1,165 | Gross: $0.15M
23. Tongues Untied (1989)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary about the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States of America.
Director: Marlon Riggs | Stars: Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Kerrigan Black, Blackberri
Votes: 1,849
24. Lover Other (2006)
55 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
French Surrealist lesbian sisters, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, played by Kathleen Chalfant and Marty Pottenger leave Paris for Jersey Isle in 1937. They collaborate creating ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Hammer | Stars: Kathleen Chalfant, Alana Chazan, Yves Musard, Marty Pottenger
Votes: 70
25. Gender Derby (2018)
54 min | Documentary
This documentary serial challenges gender stereotypes by focusing on the singular journey of Jasmin, a transgender boy who is passionate about Roller Derby. Introducing an intimate and ... See full summary »
Votes: 8
26. Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America (2019)
84 min | Documentary
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America follows the stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East as they flee persecution in their countries of origin to seek better and safer lives in the U.S.
Director: Tom Shepard
Votes: 26
27. The Queen (1968)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
Director: Frank Simon | Stars: Bernard Giquel, Jack Doroshow, Jim Dine, Rachel Harlow
Votes: 1,327 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Scotty Bowers, William Mann, David Kuhn, Stephen Fry
Votes: 1,795 | Gross: $0.46M
29. Disclosure (2020)
TV-MA | 108 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
Director: Sam Feder | Stars: Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards, Alexandra Billings
Votes: 6,076
30. Suited (2016)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn tailoring company Bindle and Keep.
Director: Jason Benjamin | Star: Jillian T. Weiss
Votes: 342
31. Moonage Daydream (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: David Bowie, Trevor Bolder, Ken Fordham, Mike Garson
Votes: 14,423
32. Tsumu - Where Do You Go with Your Dreams? (2022)
80 min | Documentary
Lars, Eino and Thomas are fighting for a better future for themselves and their friends in Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland. A youth film about hope, dreams and the right to be yourself in turbulent times.
Director: Kasper Kiertzner | Stars: Thomas Jacobsen, Lars Korneliussen, Eino Taunajik
Votes: 33
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