10 Of The Best Gay Films & TV Shows You Can Watch On Netflix Right Now
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The advent of streaming services has been great for the amount of TV and movie content you have available at your remote-clutching fingertips at any moment. But with all those options comes analysis paralysis. What should you watch? What should you give your precious time to? How do you avoid just sitting there swiping through the options like it's Grindr?
Well, we’ve got you covered. If you want to kick up your feet, get comfy, and settle in for a good binge-watch, here are 10 gay movies and TV series that you can watch on Netflix right now.
Happy streaming!
All film and series descriptions are courtesy of Netflix.
Heartstopper
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Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. When gentle Charlie and rugby-loving Nick meet at secondary school, they quickly discover that their unlikely friendship is blossoming into an unexpected romance. Charlie, Nick, and their circle of friends must navigate the ever-relatable journey of self-discovery and acceptance, supporting each other as they learn to find their most authentic selves.
Special
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A young gay man with cerebral palsy branches out from his insular existence in hopes of finally going after the life he wants.
Sense8
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From the creators of The Matrix and Babylon 5 comes this tense series in which eight people can telepathically experience each other's lives.
Edge of Seventeen
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A naive 17-year-old navigates self-expression and heartbreak as he explores his sexual identity during his final year of high school.
Alex Strangelove
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Alex Strangelove tells the story of Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny), a well-rounded high school senior with a wonderful girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein), and a bright future ahead of him – and with plans to achieve his last teenage milestone by losing his virginity. But things get complicated when he meets Elliot (Antonio Marziale), a handsome and charming gay kid from the other side of town, who unwittingly sends Alex on a rollercoaster journey of sexual identity, kicking off a hilarious and moving exploration of love, sex, and friendship in our liberated and confusing modern times.
Crashing
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Crashing follows the lives of six twenty-somethings living together as property guardians in a disused hospital, keeping the building safe in exchange for cheaper rent and a strict set of rules.
Funny Boy
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A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity, and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.
The Boys in the Band
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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.
The Andy Warhol Diaries
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From executive producer Ryan Murphy and director Andrew Rossi, this breathtakingly expansive, six-part portrait of a legend chronicles the remarkable life of Andy Warhol from the intimate vantage point offered by the artist’s own posthumously published diaries. Beginning with his childhood in Pittsburgh, the series traces Warhol’s almost unbelievably diverse journey fluidly moving between mediums and through eras as an artist —both revered and reviled — director, publisher, TV producer, scene maker, celebrity, and much more. While he was a larger than life figure, Warhol was intensely private regarding his personal life. This series truly reveals much about the very complex man through his own words — often in his own voice through the use of cutting-edge AI techniques— and those who worked, created, and played alongside him from the subversive to the mainstream, from John Waters to Rob Lowe.
Eastsiders
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Cal turns to his friends for help through a hilariously dark time when he discovers that his partner Thom's been cheating on him.
