Their tender affection gradually develops into a full-on homosexual relation. They are immediately fascinated with each other. This is the real-life tale of two humans being who fell in love and took draconian measures in order in order to remain together, against all odds.Įlisa (Natalia de Molina) first meets Marcela (Greta Fernandez) on the first day of school in 1898. It will move you regardless of whether you are a male or a female, Spanish or British, progressive or conservative, or anything else. And this is cinema at its most universal. This is a film about two women in love, and directed by a female. The young female filmmaker Eliza Hittman, who’s only on her second feature, managed to penetrate (no pun intended) a male and testosterone-fuelled territory to very convincing results.ģ. What makes Beach Rats so special is the director’s sensitive gaze, and the very realistic and relatable settings. There’s nothing unusual about a teenager grappling with his sexuality. This sounds like an ordinary predicament, familiar to many gay men. She struggles to have sex with her, and instead fulfils his sexual needs through online gay chat rooms and stealthy sexual encounters with older men. The extremely attractive young male is dating an equally stunning female called Simone (Madeline Weinstein, who’s not related to the now infamous Harvey), and he hangs out with young straight men of his age. The problem is that he is very confused about his sexuality.
Frankie (Harris Dickinson) is no exception. The tarmac is sizzling, and the pavement scorching hot. It’s New York, it’s Summer and it’s sultry. These films are available on Netflix UK and Ireland there may be variations in other countries and regions. Don’t forget to click on each individual film title in order to accede to our exclusive reviews. The films below are listed in alphabetical order. This isn’t good news for traditional distributors with a niche focus, such Peccadillo films. This is perhaps a sign that many more LGBT+ films will follow a similar route in the near future.
One the films on this list (Isabel Coixet’s Elisa and Marcela also pictured above) is a full-on Netflix production, meaning that the movie giant was involved in the project from its very conception. Netflix has since grown and taken up many of these dirty gems, which are now an integral part of their selection. Most of these films started on a conventional distribution route, opening in cinemas, then DVD and finally on to the major VoD platforms. Unsurprisingly, in our four years of existence we have come across and helped to promote LGBT+ of all types and from every continent on Earth. The bitterness is overtly eating away at him and signs of happiness only begin to resurface when he suspects that Peter could be the one to be himself around.Sexual diversity is at the very heart of our vision and mission. It feels like he can be himself when he’s alone, which is why he’s so alarmed and frightened when Peter discovers him swimming.Īdditionally, you could argue that he is so hardened and twisted because he has had to live a life in which he has denied his true self. When they ask him about Bronco Henry, they do so in a childlike manner, as if they’re asking their father about their grandfather.Īs the narrative progresses it’s implied that the excessively macho exterior is actually a way to avoid anybody discovering that he is gay an overcompensation of sorts stemming from repression. He’s the alpha male and the others – besides his brother – speak to him like the patriarchal figure of the land. We’re introduced to the character as a confrontational, hyper-masculine antagonist who is presented as being in constant competition with the men around him. Yes, many sequences in the film suggest that Phil is a closeted homosexual, keeping his homosexuality hidden from everybody else on the ranch.