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The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Updated June 4, 2020 59.6k votes 18.4k voters 1.4M views 38 items

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What are the best LGBTQ+ movies on Netflix available for streaming right now? The list below ranks the best gay and lesbian films on Netflix streaming in one convenient place so you can fully utilize your Netflix service. Some of the best LGBTQ+ movies of all time are now available on Netflix so you can catch up on new films and classic hits right in your living room (or on a laptop- the world is your oyster).

What LGBTQ+ films are available on the Netflix streaming? Or better yet, which ones are actually worth watching? We've got answers to both of those questions! This list is here to get you started on the best LGBTQ+ movies Netflix has to offer.

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A Single Man is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

A Single Man Julianne Moore, Jon Hamm, Ginnifer Goodwin

Released: 2009

Directed by: Tom Ford

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Handsome Devil is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Handsome Devil Nicholas Galitzine, Fionn O'Shea

Directed by: John Butler

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Alex Strangelove is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Hannah Hannah added Alex Strangelove Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marizale, Joanna Adler

Released: 2018

Directed by: Craig Johnson

Holding the Man is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Holding the Man Ryan Corr Craig Stott

Released: 2015

Directed by: Neil Armfield

Blue Is the Warmest Colo... is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Blue Is the Warmest Colour Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alma Jodorowsky

Released: 2013

Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche

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A Perfect Ending is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

A Perfect Ending Morgan Fairchild, Jessica Clark, John Heard

Released: 2012

Directed by: Nicole Conn

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3 Generations is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Three Generations Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon

Directed by: Gaby Dellal

Loev is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

MichaelChoi added Loev Dhruv Ganesh, Shiv Panditt, Siddharth Menon

Released: May 1, 2017

Directed by: Sudhanshu Saria

Moonlight is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Moonlight Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe

Released: 2016

Directed by: Barry Jenkins

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People You May Know is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

MichaelChoi added People You May Know Nelly Castillo, Mark Cirillo, Deborah Domínguez

Directed by: JC Falcon

Dallas Buyers Club is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Dallas Buyers Club Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto

Released: 2013

Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée

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Other People is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Other People Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford

Directed by: Chris Kelly

Tig is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Tig Stephanie Allynne, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman

Released: 2015

Directed by: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York

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I Am Michael is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

I Am Michael James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts

Released: 2017

Directed by: Justin Kelly

The Half of It is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

The Half of It Leah Lewis, Alexxis Lemire, Daniel Diemer

Released: 2020

Directed by: Alice Wu

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Head On is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Head On Alex Dimitriades, Julian Garner, William Zappa

Released: 1998

Directed by: Ana Kokkinos

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Postcards From London is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

Postcards from London Harris Dickinson, Richard Durden, Jonah Hauer-King

Released: 2018

Directed by: Steve McLean

After being recruited to be a raconteur in London, a handsome teenager discovers he suffers from a rare condition where he faints upon seeing fine art.