Gay lead character movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gay lead character movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out queer cinema, gay cinema, captivating, sexy, sincere and touching films and TV shows about / with gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, lgbt, gay interest, gay kiss, love, gay relationship, gay love and homosexuality plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gay lead character: The Thing About Harry (2020), Hidden Kisses (2016), Maurice (1987), Before the Fall (2016), God's Own Country (2017), King Cobra (2016), Just Friends (2018), Merli: Dare to Know (2019), 2gether: The Series (2020), Love, Victor (2020).
Best films
List of gay lead character movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style:
feel good, lgbt cinema, uplifting, psychological, neurotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, young adult, youth, couples, road trip, teenager, love, gay sex, wedding, gay romance ...
Place:
missouri
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming out, gay love, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay bashing, gay teenager, bullying, closeted homosexual, gay romance, gay son ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style:
sexy, scenic, melancholic, romantic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, gay relationship, friendship, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, gay love, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, society ...
Time:
pre world war one, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s, 70s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, argentina, buenos aires argentina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, sexy, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, lgbt, gay couple, gay romance, lgbtq, gay interest, gay love, gay slur, love, hiking, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, erotic, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, sheep, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, migrant worker, gay romance, gay lead character, homosexual, male male relationship ...
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, britain, romania, united kingdom
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a stranger than fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. A young Sean Paul Lockhart (using the stage name 'Brent Corrigan') is a ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, gay interest, gay sex, sodomy, gay teenager, rent boy, lgbt, porn industry, 17 year old, lgbtq, male nudity ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about two young men, their relationship and their relationship with their mothers.
Style:
light, captivating, humorous, sincere, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay love, gay lead character, gay couple, male homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexuality, father son relationship, gay sex, gay brother ...
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is a sequel and spin-off of the Merlí series broadcast by Catalan channel TV3, and revolves around Pol Rubio (Carlos Cuevas), who enters university to follow in the footsteps of his idolized professor at high school, Merlí.
Style:
realistic, sexy, melancholic, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, gay lead character, friendship, teacher, gay relationship, bisexual man, gay couple, philosophy, gay youth, college, unrequited love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A student named Tine wants to get rid of a gay admirer. His friends recommend getting a pretend boyfriend – Sarawat. But Sarawat plays hard to get, until he finally agrees. The two become close and intense emotions soon erupt. Are they just ...
Style:
light, romantic, feel good, queer cinema
Plot:
boys love, gay, gay lead character, coming out, lgbt, university, lgbt teen, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, pretend relationship, gay asian ...
Place:
bangkok thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, captivating, light, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, high school, coming out, gay lead character, gay teenager, closeted gay, gay relationship, friendship, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbt teen ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, romantic, psychological, feel good ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, teenage boy, adolescence, coming of age, boarding school, teenager, heir to the throne, social problems, school, gay youth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sincere, sexy, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, homosexuality, gay soldier, gay love, gay relationship, gay sex, gay slur, friendship, gay romance, lgbtq, military ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first time director Marcelo Briem Stamm. Handsome middle class Manuel (Patrico Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Veron), a ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, light ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay lead character, gay interest, gay sex, gay romance, lgbt, gay erotica, male nudity, lgbtq, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
After meeting in a chat room, Fede (22) arrives at a downtown building to have an intimate encounter with a gay couple older than him. As the night unfolds, Fede has an intense and telling experience. The next morning finds him different, as if ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, disturbing, erotic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male homosexuality, gay couple, gay lead character, gay sex, male nudity, gay relationship, threesome, one night stand, male orgasm, menage a trois ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Charlie, a highly strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...? Based on Alice Oseman's bestselling ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay lead character, coming out, gay teenager, gay couple, boyfriend, gay interest, bisexual ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of New York lawyer Hugo who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn to spend the holidays with his mom Kate, who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges for Hugo to run into ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, melancholic, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
gay, christmas, gay relationship, gay lead character, coming out, best friend, gay couple, gay romance, lgbtq, gay interest, son, holiday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, new york
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118K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbt teen, high school, homosexual, coming out, teenager, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay teenager, love, gay relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, immigration, gay relationship, gay romance, male nudity, gay lead character, syrian refugee, gay sex, homosexual ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay lead character, epidemic, zombie, suicide, small town, society, gay, family reunited, cemetery, teenager, zombie apocalypse, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The bitter fight for supremacy between the three most popular girls at North Gateway High takes an unexpected turn when their classmate, Tanner, is outed and becomes the school’s first openly gay student. The trio races to bag the big trend in ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, light, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, coming out, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay lead character, high school, gays and lesbians, gay interest, friendship, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense ...
Style:
disturbing, touching, thought provoking, sexy, queer cinema ...
Plot:
gay love, lgbt, gay, gay club, gay couple, gay interest, male male relationship, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay sex, unprotected sex, gay bar ...
Place:
paris france, france
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10K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Estonia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Style:
art house, captivating, erotic, thought provoking, queer cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, gay soldier, gay love, forbidden love, male male relationship, air force, gay sex, military life, cold war, gay man straight woman relationship, closeted gay ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ussr, estonia, moscow russia, afghanistan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young professional soccer players share a hotel room the night before their first big game. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives - a decade of fame and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, sentimental, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay love, gay slur, naked man, male nudity, gay lead character, gay athlete, football, homosexuality, soccer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
TV series about a high school philosophy teacher, Merlí, who teaches in an original way, and about the students of his class, including his own son, and the relationship, friendship, love, and problems between the students of the class.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, sincere, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
philosophy, coming of age, high school, teacher, bisexual man, gay lead character, teenage love, teenage life, lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, gay love ...
Place:
spain, barcelona
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jochen Wenzel, a young teacher, married with two kids, one day surprisingly falls in love with a young male colleague, Tom Leuthner and they begin an unusual affair (= "Eine aussergewöhnliche Affäre"). While Ina, Jochen's wife, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, love triangle, fall in love, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, infidelity, gay father, homosexual, adultery, bisexual ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style:
captivating, light, sincere, sentimental, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, friendship, closeted gay, male homosexuality, puberty, homoeroticism, friendship between boys, gay love, gay lead character, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, gay sex ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, USA, Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, disturbing, sincere, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, summer, love, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, coming out, gay teenager, homosexuality, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
italy, europe, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Ever since he was young, Bai Luo Yin has been living with his careless father, Bai Han Qi and his grandmother. When he turned 16 years old, his biological mother Jiang Yuan is re-marrying, and her partner is the party’s high ranking official Gu ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, light, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay lead character, gay asian, gay interest, high school student, youth, high school, lgbtq, school, friendship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style:
tense, bleak, enigmatic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, painter, gay friend, male male relationship, gay best friend, gay lead character, pianist, gay interest, homosexuality ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, lebanon, beirut lebanon, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff ...
Style:
feel good, touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, father son relationship, gay son, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, lgbtq, looking for love, loneliness, love and romance, gay lead character, widower ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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