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LGBTQ+ Best of 2017

Stories with hunger, lust and courage, adventures from the community to rouse and inspire…

The most watched LGBT films in 2017.

The Pass The Pass

Drama 2016 86 mins Director: Ben A. Williams

Russell Tovey stars as a Premier League footballer who shares a fumbled pass (of the sexual kind) with a teammate (Arinzé Kene), changing everything - both on and off the pitch.

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Beach Rats Beach Rats

Drama 2017 98 mins Director: Eliza Hittman

Gripping account of repressed sexual desire in a masculine environment, with British newcomer Harris Dickinson as a virulently macho Brooklyn teen.

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The Handmaiden The Handmaiden

Period drama 2016 146 mins Director: Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue.

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The Ornithologist The Ornithologist

Drama 2016 118 mins Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an unexpected transcendental journey. Beautiful, erotic and baffling.

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Tom of Finland Tom of Finland

Biopic 2017 116 mins Director: Dome Karukoski

The story of a gay icon is brought to life in Dome Karukoski’s handsome biopic of Touko Laaksonen, the artist whose homoerotic drawings gave visual expression to a growing gay culture.

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Boys on Film 17: Love Is the Drug Boys on Film 17: Love Is the Drug

Romance 2017 142 mins Director: Nicholas Colia, David Ullgren and 8 more

An intoxicating and entrancing selection of gay short films from around the globe.

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Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn

Anthology 2017 111 mins Director: Lorelei Pepi, Anne Claire Jaulin and 8 more

An electric collection of 11 award-winning, lesbian and feminist short films exploring fantasies, dreams, desires, love and transgression.

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Moonlight Moonlight

Drama 2016 111 mins Director: Barry Jenkins

Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture (eventually!), Barry Jenkins’ intoxicating drama follows the furtive life of a gay black boy through 80s Miami.

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Centre of My World Centre of My World

Drama 2016 115 mins Director: Jakob M. Erwa

A young man falls for the new boy at school in this energetic and inventive adaptation of Andreas Steinhoefel’s acclaimed YA novel.

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A Date For Mad Mary A Date For Mad Mary

2016 83 mins Director: Darren Thornton

Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit for misfits everywhere.

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The Untamed The Untamed

Horror 2016 98 mins Director: Amat Escalante

Amat Escalante follows Heli with a boundary-pushing, mind-blowing mix of sex, sci-fi and social drama.

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Boys on Film 16: Possession Boys on Film 16: Possession

Anthology 2017 125 mins Director: Kai Stänicke, Christopher Manning and 7 more

Golden boys, teenage lust, self-conscious dolls, chance encounters and a vengeful creature - in the latest gay shorts compilation from Peccadillo Pictures.

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Taekwondo Taekwondo

Drama 2016 108 mins Director: Marco Berger and Martin Farina

A gorgeously photographed, teasingly libidinous exercise in latent homoeroticism set over a long hot summer in Buenos Aires.

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B&B B&B

Thriller 2017 87 mins Director: Joe Ahearne

In this deliciously entertaining thriller, a gay couple return to a B&B to bait its Christian owner, only to run into trouble when an altogether more imposing guest arrives.

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Who's Gonna Love Me Now? Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

Documentary 2017 86 mins Director: Tomer Heymann and Barak Heymann

A heartfelt exploration of one man’s struggle to reconcile with his Israeli family, while finding a new ‘family’ in London Gay Men’s Chorus.

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I Am Michael I Am Michael

Drama 102 mins Director: Justin Kelly

James Franco stars in this provocative film about Michael Glatze, a pioneering gay rights activist who later denounced his homosexuality.

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Body Electric Body Electric

Drama 2017 95 mins Director: Marcello Caetano

Young factory manager Elias finds distraction in some of his fellow workers, but is he getting too close?

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Palace of Fun Palace of Fun

Thriller 2016 82 mins Director: Eadward Stocks

The spirit of Patricia Highsmith comes to Brighton in this ominous psychological thriller about a young man who takes gleeful advantage of his sister's new boyfriend, upon discovering his dark secret.

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Real Boy Real Boy

Documentary 2016 72 mins Director: Shaleece Haas

A 19-year-old trans man navigates family, friendships, and the challenges of young adulthood.

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Remembering the Man Remembering the Man

Documentary 2015 83 mins Director: Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe

Telling the true story of Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, whose AIDS-afflicted relationship became the basis of bestselling gay memoir, Holding the Man.