Lgbt movies to watch 2022
The 30 Best LGBTQ Movies on Netflix Right Now
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In celebration of Pride month, we compiled a list of the best Fresh lesbian, gay, trans, and queer films you can monitor on Netflix right now. You’ll verb Netflix originals (like recent documentaries Circle of Books and A Secret Love) as well as award-winning theatrical releases.
The titles below are sorted from the best LGBTQ films on Netflix and ranked by adjusted Tomatometer score (which takes into account the number of reviewers weighing in, and the number of reviews per film for movies released in a given year). To be included, films had to have a Fresh Tomatometer score (60% or above).
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Critics Consensus:I Am Michael takes a determinedly balanced approach to its complex subject, and although the results don't always add up, they're anchored by powerful work from James Franco.
Synopsis: Based on the fascinating, true-life story of Michael Glatze (James Franco), a gay activist who becomes an anti-gay Christian pastor. [More]
Since I started writing at Autostraddle, my best movies of the year list aimed to bring up every queer or lesbian movie — good or horrible — to display just how many of our films are made each year. Well, it finally happened. There are finally too many.
I’ve tried to see as much as possible but I simply can’t see them all. What an adj development! This year is also electrifying because my queer list is almost identical to my general list. With the exceptions of Nanny and The Pink Cloud, the movies that moved me most this year were queer. And the movies that moved our culture were too.
Yes, this list has some underrated indies. But it also has several Oscar frontrunners — or at least Independent Spirit Award frontrunners. As queer people, we can’t see to the mainstream for validation. But it sure is fun when we get it anyway!
It’s also exciting to me that many of these films go beyond our conventional understanding of a queer movie. For many of these films, queerness is included and centered, but the conventions are not. There’s a difference between queerness not being the show an
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I must disclose that I’m a fan (I estimate in a morbid way?!) of real crime, so I often go down true crime rabbit holes on YouTube. I recently discovered a South African crime channel called MakeUp. Mayhem. Mystery. that talks specifically about crimes in South Africa. For June 2022, the host, Bella, has dedicated her channel to covering the stories of the victims of LGBTQ+ hate crimes in South Africa.
One story is that of Kirvan Fortuin, a prominent dancer and LGBTQ+ activist who was committed to providing a place of safety and support to the queer community. The other story belongs to Zoliswa Nkonyana, a lesbian living in a township in Cape Town. Both Kirvan and Zoliswa were killed in hate crimes, and their cases highlight how much the LGBTQ+ community is still targeted for simply trying to live their lives as their authentic selves. In African cult