Celebrate Pride Today and Every Day With These 35 LGBTQ+ Movies and Documentaries on Netflix

Did you know Netflix has a pretty deep bench of LGBTQ+ movies? Whether you’re looking to get all the feels over an emotional drama or giggle through a light comedy that feature LGBTQ+ storylines and characters, there’s something there for you – so you can celebrate Pride today and every day. From big-name movies to indie films and even a couple of fascinating documentaries, add all of these films to your list, grab some popcorn, and settle in. Read on for the best LGBTQ+ flicks now!

Additional reporting by Lauren Harano

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Alex Strangelove

In the classic high school comedy tradition, a teenage boy plans to lose his virginity to his girlfriend. But that gets complicated pretty quickly when he realizes he’s developing feelings for the cute gay guy he meets at a party.

Watch Alex Strangelove on Netflix now.

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Handsome Devil

In this opposites-attract tale, a rugby star and a quiet loner are stuck as boarding school roommates. They forge a bond, but it’s quickly tested by the authorities above them.

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Ana e Vitória

Two young musicians with very different outlooks are brought together by their shared love for music.

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Dream Boat

In this documentary, five gay men from five different countries set sail on a real-life cruise that’s for gay men only. Away from the politics of their countries and their families, they express themselves in freeing ways.

Watch Dream Boat on Netflix now.

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Holding the Man

Two teenage boys fall in love at a Catholic high school, and their relationship evolves over the next 15 years. The romantic drama is actually based on a memoir.

Watch Holding the Man on Netflix now.

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Other People

A gay comedy writer, fresh off a breakup, moves home to help his sick mother, which puts him in the same household as his deeply conservative father and sisters.

Watch Other People on Netflix now.

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Girl

Based on a true story, a teenage ballet dancer struggles both physically and emotionally as she prepares for her gender confirmation surgery.

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3 Generations

In this poignant family drama, teenager Ray transitions from female to male. His mother and grandmother, played by Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon respectively, must find his father to get legal consent for his hormone replacement therapy.

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A Perfect Ending

Barbara Niven plays Rebecca, a proper and unsatisfied wife who enlists the help of a call girl named Paris to undergo a sexual awakening and learn what passion is.

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A Secret Love

A Secret Love, which was filmed between 2013 and 2018, documents the 65+-year love story of Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, who began dating back in the 1940s but kept their relationship a secret from family and friends.

Watch A Secret Love on Netflix now.

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Always Be My Maybe

Ali Wong and Randall Park might lead in this flick, but the Netflix comedy also stars the lovely Michelle Buteau as Wong’s best friend Veronica, a married and pregnant lesbian woman.

Watch Always Be My Maybe on Netflix now.

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Below Her Mouth

An engaged fashion editor determinedly pursues a lovelorn roofer, and their salacious affair blooms into something more.

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or, Blue is the Warmest Color is a sultry coming-of-age story about two young women who fall in love.

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Chasing Amy

A comic artist (played by Ben Affleck) falls in love with a woman, only to find out that she’s not interested in men. Despite her sexuality, he confesses his feelings, and a relationship between the two friends begins to form.

Watch Chasing Amy on Netflix now.

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Compulsion

This steamy British thriller centers on the life of an erotic novelist who develops chemistry with an enigmatic woman when her ex-lover brings her to an Italian villa. It stars Analeigh Tipton, who’s known for being part of America’s Next Top Model and Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Watch Compulsion on Netflix now.

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Concussion

This drama focuses on the life of a lesbian housewife named Abby (Robin Weigert) who gets smacked in the head by her son’s baseball and begins to ponder her life. When she takes up a secret second identity as a high-end escort, sexiness ensues.

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Elisa & Marcela

Elisa & Marcela is a Spanish biographical romantic film based on the story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, the first two women to have a same-sex marriage in Spain. They were able to do so only because Elisa had assumed a male identity.

Watch Elisa & Marcela on Netflix now.

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Transformer

A Marine veteran and record-breaking powerlifter was publicly outed as being transgender in 2015, but Janae Marie Kroczaleski takes hold of the narrative in this 2017 documentary that tracks her transition into a woman and how she blazed her own path in the LGBTQ+ community.

Watch Transformer on Netflix now.

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Lez Bomb

In this holiday comedy, a woman visits home on Thanksgiving with the plan to come out to her parents. Hilarity and awkwardness ensues when her male roommate pops up unexpectedly.

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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

One of the most important figures of the Stonewall riots, Marsha P. Johnson has been called the “Rosa Parks” of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. But when she was found dead in 1992, her body suspiciously floating in the Hudson River, her case went cold and was ruled a suicide. In this documentary, transgender rights activist Victoria Cruz looks into Johnson’s death while paying homage to her friend’s strides for the LGBTQ+ community.

Watch The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson on Netflix now.

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Lovesong

Sarah (Riley Keough) feels neglected by her husband, and her best friend Mindy (Jena Malone) is soon getting married. They decide to go on a road trip, which leads to intensified feelings between them.

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Loving Annabelle

A bright Catholic boarding school student falls for her poetry teacher Simone, forcing the latter to choose between the relationship and her job.

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Moonlight

If you’re looking for a movie that will leave you speechless, Moonlight is it. Winner of three Oscars, including one for best picture, the film follows the life of a black gay boy growing up in a crime-infested neighborhood in Miami.

Watch Moonlight on Netflix now.

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The Feels

Before Crazy Rich Asians, Constance Wu played Andi in this gentle indie comedy about a lesbian bachelorette party. During the festivities, one of the brides confesses that she’s never had an orgasm before.

Watch The Feels on Netflix now.

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The Perfection

Get Out and Girls star Allison Williams plays an up-and-coming cellist in this movie. Her character, Charlotte, shares a steamy encounter with Lizzie, the star pupil of her previous music school, with strings attached as the movie’s horror unfolds.

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The Tree of Blood

In this steamy Spanish romance, a young couple visit an old farmhouse that belonged to the woman’s family, and it is there that they discover their shared genealogical roots and family histories, as well as a terrible secret that could threaten the future of their relationship.

Watch The Tree of Blood on Netflix now.

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Tig

You’ll need some tissues for this Netflix original documentary about Tig Notaro. The eponymous comic opens up about her relationship with actress Stephanie Allynne, her struggles with trying to have a child, her mother’s death, and her cancer diagnosis.

Watch Tig on Netflix now.

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Unfreedom

Despite her father’s efforts to force her into an arranged marriage, this flick tells the story of a woman who kidnaps her bisexual lover in an attempt to be together.

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Wine Country

This Netflix gem stars your favorite SNL ladies as a group of friends who head to Napa Valley for one of their own’s 50th birthday party. While it’s more about these women’s friendships above all else, we also get a fun romance between Paula Pell (Sisters) and Maya Erskine (Pen15) in Amy Poehler‘s directorial debut.

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