Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "straight-actor-gay-character"

51. Kill Your Darlings (2013)

R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.

Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster

Votes: 41,312 | Gross: $1.03M

52. I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 99,924 | Gross: $2.04M

53. Behind the Candelabra (2013)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman

Votes: 45,458

54. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

R | 120 min | Drama

A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy

Votes: 17,391 | Gross: $17.04M

55. Uncle Frank (2020)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid.

Director: Alan Ball | Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn

Votes: 23,078

56. Trick (1999)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan.

Director: Jim Fall | Stars: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Brad Beyer

Votes: 9,269 | Gross: $2.05M

57. Beginners (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 94,883 | Gross: $5.79M

58. Wilde (1997)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.

Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 18,156 | Gross: $2.16M

59. Total Eclipse (1995)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc

Votes: 16,802 | Gross: $0.34M

60. Party Monster (2003)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.

Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid

Votes: 17,247 | Gross: $0.73M

61. The Object of My Affection (1998)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pregnant New York City social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Kali Rocha, Lena Cardwell

Votes: 21,551 | Gross: $29.11M

62. Giant Little Ones (2018)

R | 93 min | Drama

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.

Director: Keith Behrman | Stars: Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello

Votes: 9,817 | Gross: $0.18M

63. Before Night Falls (2000)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido

Votes: 26,408 | Gross: $4.22M

64. Loving Annabelle (2006)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Romance

The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.

Director: Katherine Brooks | Stars: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn

Votes: 13,506 | Gross: $1.10M

65. Bent (1997)

NC-17 | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.

Director: Sean Mathias | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber

Votes: 8,836 | Gross: $0.37M

66. Latter Days (2003)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.

Director: C. Jay Cox | Stars: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Mary Kay Place, Amber Benson

Votes: 18,616 | Gross: $0.82M

67. And the Band Played On (1993 TV Movie)

PG | 141 min | Drama, History

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye

Votes: 11,026

68. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An insight into the turbulent lives and loves of a gay clique based in Los Angeles.

Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain, Zach Braff, Ben Weber

Votes: 8,206 | Gross: $1.74M

69. Another Country (1984)

PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie

Votes: 6,989

70. Law of Desire (1987)

NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina

Votes: 14,119

71. Making Love (1982)

R | 113 min | Drama

A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 2,966 | Gross: $11.90M

72. La Cage aux Folles (1978)

R | 97 min | Comedy

The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.

Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent

Votes: 11,941 | Gross: $20.42M

73. The Boys in the Band (1970)

R | 118 min | Drama

Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Leonard Frey, Frederick Combs

Votes: 5,908 | Gross: $7.63M

74. Longtime Companion (1989)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.

Director: Norman René | Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison

Votes: 6,143 | Gross: $4.61M

75. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 6,551 | Gross: $1.65M

76. Get Real (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.

Director: Simon Shore | Stars: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart

Votes: 14,692 | Gross: $1.20M

77. Parting Glances (1986)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Sherwood | Stars: John Bolger, Richard Ganoung, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan

Votes: 3,246 | Gross: $0.54M

78. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton

Votes: 4,008 | Gross: $0.34M

79. Burning Blue (2013)

R | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

Director: D.M.W. Greer | Stars: Trent Ford, Tammy Blanchard, Morgan Spector, Rob Mayes

Votes: 2,669

80. The Sum of Us (1994)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

Directors: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling | Stars: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy

Votes: 5,834 | Gross: $2.51M

81. An Early Frost (1985 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 2,226

82. Queens Logic (1991)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of lifelong friends meet again in Queens for Ray's (Ken Olin) bachelor party and wedding.

Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 1,842 | Gross: $0.61M

83. In the Gloaming (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 67 min | Drama

A loving mother, a son in search of peace, four people separated by more than miles. Now, in the twilight of their time together, reconciliation finally begins for a family who never really knew each other until it was almost too late.

Director: Christopher Reeve | Stars: Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 1,473

84. Citizen Cohn (1992 TV Movie)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama

As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders

Votes: 1,521

85. That Certain Summer (1972 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

Teenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason

Votes: 492

86. Our Sons (1991 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

Donald is a young man dying of AIDS. His lover, James, asks his mother to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Julie Andrews, Hugh Grant, Zeljko Ivanek

Votes: 759

87. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore

Votes: 716

88. Like It Is (1998)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A tough young boxer struggles to come out in England. Having travelled to London, from his smaller town, he meets and falls for a twenty-something music producer. But love doesn't come easy.

Director: Paul Oremland | Stars: Steve Bell, Dani Behr, Ian Rose, Tony Van Silva

Votes: 1,795 | Gross: $0.09M

89. Coffee Date (2006)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Todd's life spins out of control when an unexpected friendship with a gay man causes everyone in his life to start believing he's gay. Do they know something he doesn't?

Director: Stewart Wade | Stars: Jonathan Bray, Jonathan Silverman, Wilson Cruz, Giovanni Ortega

Votes: 1,523

90. East Side Story (I) (2006)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

The arrival of Anglo newcomers to an East L.A. Latino neighborhood rocks the quiet world of a handsome young local who is torn between the family restaurant and life as a big city chef.

Director: Carlos Portugal | Stars: René Alvarado, David Berón, Gladise Jiminez, Steve Callahan

Votes: 1,674

91. Liberace (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Biography, Music, Romance

A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.

Directors: William Hale, Tommy Groszman | Stars: Andrew Robinson, John Rubinstein, Maris Valainis, Deborah Goodrich

Votes: 160

92. Bekis on the Run (2021)

92 min | Comedy

A hoodlum and his gay brother rob a construction firm to fund their guardian's medication.

Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Diego Loyzaga, Christian Bables, Kylie Verzosa, Sean De Guzman

Votes: 33

93. Rock Hudson (1990 TV Movie)

100 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Daphne Ashbrook, William R. Moses, Andrew Robinson

Votes: 221

94. What Women Want: Gay Romance (2020)

Unrated | 48 min | Documentary, Romance

Women are the overwhelming majority of writers, publishers, readers and fans of gay male romance novels. Dive into the Gay Rom Lit convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico to discover why.

Director: Charlie David | Stars: Daryl Banner, L.A. Witt, Sam York, Carol Lynne

Votes: 38

95. As Is (1986 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama

Story of a gay man who finds out he has aids and how people react.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary, Doug Annear

Votes: 120

96. Pulis Probinsya II (1995)

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Director: Augusto Salvador | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Sheryl Cruz, Eddie Gutierrez, Julio Diaz

97. Merci Docteur Rey (2002)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A hot young phone sex addict and his narcissistic opera diva mom. A dangerously agitated hustler and a half-dozen dangerously agitated hustlers who look just like him. A tittering neurotic ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Litvack | Stars: Dianne Wiest, Jane Birkin, Stanislas Merhar, Bulle Ogier

Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.02M

98. Barumbadings (2021)

75 min | Action, Comedy

Three gay gangsters mourn the death of their gay guardian, but end up celebrating his bright and colorful life.

Director: Darryl Yap | Stars: Joel Torre, Jeric Raval, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Baron Geisler

Votes: 109

99. Performance Anxiety (2012)

15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Two straight actors must rehearse for an impending gay love scene. How will they make out?

Director: Reid Waterer | Stars: Danny Lopes, Anthem Moss, Lawrence Nicols

Votes: 249

100. Love, Victor (2020–2022)
Episode: Welcome to Creekwood (2020)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Victor arrives at Creekwood excited to start his new life.

Director: Amy York Rubin | Stars: Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood

Votes: 1,014