Closeted homosexual movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant closeted homosexual movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out queer cinema, realistic, sexy, gay cinema, serious and psychological films and TV shows about / with closeted homosexual, gay, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, gay subtext, gay kiss, gay slur, lgbtq and couples plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as closeted homosexual: Horseplay (2022), Triple Crossed (2013), Priest (1994), Hooked (2017), The Blonde One (2019), Fellow Travelers (2023), The Astronaut Lovers (2024), Shank (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013), East Side Story (2006).
Best films
New films
| The Reckoning (2023) | 7.6 | |
| Hunt (2023) | 5.3 | |
| The Apprentice (2024) | 7.1 | |
| Heated Rivalry (2025) | 8.9 | |
| Invisible Boys (2025) | 8.4 |
List of closeted homosexual movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A film about a phenomenon that is very common in the West, which is a mix of homophobia and male eroticism. For example, between football players, they often see each other naked, fight each other and have physical contact, which is a very pleasant ...
Style:
art house, funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
male full rear nudity, gay, homoerotic friendship, homoeroticism, bisexual man, male nudity, gay interest, homosexual subtext, gay sex, sex scene, closeted homosexual, friendship between men ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
With a tour in Afghanistan behind him, war-torn Chris Jensen struggles to assimilate back to life in California. Drifting and living out of his car, he soon discovers that few are willing to deal with the remnants of a damaged career military man. ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay relationship, closeted homosexual, hitman, lgbt, gay, male pubic hair, jealousy, gay sex, veteran, telephone call, war veteran, male nudity ...
Place:
california
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12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style:
independent film, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack an 18-year old hustler and his boyfriend Tom are an item, close and very much in love. Otherwise, Jack is impulsive and explosive with few redeeming qualities. Ken, a married man who hasn't come out of the closet, takes Jack from NYC to ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, romantic, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay relationship, gay lead character, male escort, gay, gay teenager, gay rape, gay interest, lovers, young lovers, prostitution, escort ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, miami
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Womanising Juan must quickly find a flatmate after his brother moves out. In moves Gabriel (the blonde of the title), Juan's stoic and very handsome co-worker, who is recently widowed and struggling to support his young daughter. What starts ...
Style:
disturbing, erotic, bleak, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay relationship, homosexual, gay erotica, gay interest, gay romance, male male relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Decades-long chronicle of the risky, volatile and steamy relationship between the charismatic and ambitious Hawk and the pious and idealistic Tim, two political staffers who fall in love at the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare. Through the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, psychological, captivating, historical drama, historical romance ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay subtext, gay relationship, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, gay sex, politics, homoeroticism, forbidden love, gay, gay romance ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, 60s, 70s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A man who travels from Spain to Argentina for a vacation at his family home, where he becomes attracted to a childhood friend. But their relationship is full of misunderstandings as they try to hide it from family and friends.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, friendship between men, childhood friend, male nudity, homosexual, relationships, couples, gay lead character, gay couple, male homosexuality ...
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with ...
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay slur, first gay sexual experience, gay bashing, gay erotica, homoeroticism, lgbt teen, closeted homosexual, lgbt, gang, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
Style:
psychological, serious, sexy, sexual, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male homosexuality, lgbtq, loneliness, lgbt teen, family problems, closeted homosexual, brother brother relationship, threat, farm, gay son ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2013, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this playfully provocative story set amidst the often-turbulent backdrop of gentrification, things get hot when an openly gay white couple moves into an East L.A. neighborhood where the locals have more than skeletons in their closets. The ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema, hispanic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, gay couple, gays and lesbians, restaurant, interracial relations, lifestyle, sexual relations, opposites attract, culture clash ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Kosovo, Albania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay interest, gay sex, gay couple, closeted gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay slur, gay relationship, lovers, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kosovo
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style:
costume drama, avant garde, historical drama, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, closeted homosexual, gay, atheist, homosexuality, catholicism, homosexual subtext, voice over narration, religion, forbidden love, illicit love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
oxford university, england, venice, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay interest, closeted gay, gay, male nudity, troubled youth, male objectification, bare chested male, gay teenager, bisexual man, homophobic slur ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, older man younger man relationship, gay interest, male prostitute, bare chested male, gay husband, unrequited love, repressed sexuality, couples, secret relationship, male male relationship ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she "isn't particularly ...
Style:
semi serious, sexual, realistic, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, cuckolded husband, cuckold, male female relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, family problems, love affair, self discovery, love triangle, sexual relations, gay husband, hot and sexy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of 20-somethings are linked through attending the same third-grade class. An impromptu reunion begins on the 20th anniversary of the day they all met and each is wondering if they'll have anything in common. Some are eager to show off, ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay relationship, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, classmate, singleness, lifestyle, party, school, gay, high school reunion, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the 3rd of October a twenty-four-year-old student from Vienna kills his lover and chops up her corpse. Her torso is found in a dumpster, other body parts and the head are missing. There is no clue about the motive of the murder. A silent ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, male nudity, male homosexuality, male pubic hair, friendship between men, lgbt, socially awkward, student, emotional abuse, classmate classmate relationship, university, machismo ...
Place:
central europe, vienna
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alex wants to become a father. Steven, his partner, has to confront his insecurities and fear of change after a lifetime smothered by superficiality. Unable to adopt legally, but still eager to become parents, they decide to turn to the black ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay adoption, gay couple, infidelity, male nudity, gay, couple relations, love and romance, love, family relations, teenage boy, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame will be rekindled both for the piano and a new love?
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, nothing goes right, looking for love, fall in love, opposites attract, relationship vs career, supportive spouse, love and romance, contests and competitions, musician's life, lifestyle, piano ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, new york
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27K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Style:
sexy, talky, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, sexual relations, oral sex, looking for love, infidelity, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, curses spells and rituals, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tells the story of François van Heerden, a mid-40s, white, Afrikaans-speaking family man living in Bloemfontein, who has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, afrikaans, closeted homosexual, gay sex, homosexuality, gay rape, gay lead character, obsession, gays and lesbians, lgbt, oral sex, infatuation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa, ethiopia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The plot follows a middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, who falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man.
Style:
social, independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
gay, male nudity, closeted homosexual, male prostitute, lgbt, gay interest, gay crush, gay seduction, female pubic hair, gay subtext, gay slur, banker ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
homoerotic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay romance, homosexuality, homoeroticism, closeted homosexual, gay anal sex, gay soldier, gay sex, military training, homosexual ...
Place:
austria
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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:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, realistic, sincere, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay soldier, israeli, gay lead character, gay love, glbt, gay slur, gay romance, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, lebanon, palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Style:
sexy, sensual, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay crush, gay lead character, lgbt, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, spa, korean american, immigrant ...
Place:
los angeles, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Describes everyday life in a Lyon LGBT centre, examining the initial political, emotional and sexual life of a man who recently came out as gay.
Style:
sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay, closeted homosexual, male homosexuality, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay muslim, gay club, gay slur, politics, transvestism, love and romance, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style:
independent film, hilarious, realistic, talky, clever ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, dysfunctional family, adultery, marriage, infidelity, road trip, family relations, thanksgiving, love, storytelling, gay, holiday ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york
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