The Best R-Rated Gay Movies
List of R-Rated gay movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated gay movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Gay movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated gay movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Gay movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Gay films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Gay film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
This list is made up of a variety of movies, including The Kids Are All Right and Boys Don't Cry.
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Use this list if you're looking for some new gay movies that are rated R. Between Netflix, Hulu and other services there are thousands of great gay movies rated R, so get out there and start watching.
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- 1Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Stephan Elliott
When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along. In their ...more - 2River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Gus Van Sant
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, ...more - 3Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Jamie Babbit
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. ...more - 4Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Bill Condon
Once a powerful Hollywood director best known for "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein," James Whale (Ian McKellen) is long since retired and in increasingly poor health. His stalwart ...more - 5James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: James Ivory
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when ...more - 6Cliff Gorman, Leonard Frey, Peter White
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: William Friedkin
Michael (Kenneth Nelson) is hosting a birthday celebration for a pal when he gets an unexpected visit from old friend Alan (Peter White). The problem is, Alan is straight -- and extremely straitlaced ...more - 7Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Stephen Frears
In a seedy corner of London, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Pakistani, is given a run-down laundromat by his uncle (Saeed Jaffrey), who hopes to turn it into a successful business. Soon after, Omar ...more - 8Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling
Harry (Jack Thompson), a middle-aged father who suffered through the death of his wife, is ready to get back into dating. Harry shares a home with his gay son, Jeff (Russell Crowe), who is also ...more - 9Christian Campbell, J.P. Pitoc, Tori Spelling
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Jim Fall
It's lust at first sight when Gabriel (Christian Campbell), a songwriter with Broadway ambitions, runs into Mark (John Paul Pitoc), a hot go-go dancer at a local gay club. They head to Gabriel's ...more - 10Nia Long, Timothy Olyphant, Jennifer Coolidge
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Greg Berlanti
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy is a 2000 American film written and directed by Greg Berlanti. It follows the lives of a group of gay friends in West Hollywood, centered on a restaurant ...more - 11Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe, Richard Ganoung
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Billy Collier (Sean P. Hayes) is a photographer working on a series of pictures featuring recreations of movie kisses, with drag queens playing the female roles. For his male model, he hires Gabriel ...more - 12Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Young female-to-male transgender Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) leaves his hometown under threat when his ex-girlfriend's brother discovers that he's biologically female. Resettling in the small town ...more - 13Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Dallas Roberts
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Michael Mayers
Bobby (Colin Farrell), a rough teenager, lives in Cleveland in a family burdened by tragedy. After he meets Jonathan (Dallas Roberts), a gay teen repressed by his mother (Sissy Spacek), the two boys ...more - 14Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Stephen Frears
The life and tragic death of British playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) is chronicled in this biographical film. When the young, attractive Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell ...more - 15Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Brian Gilbert
Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) is a married writer who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts a stage comedy in London, and a chat at the theater with Lord ...more - 16Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Don Roos
After her stepfather dies, 16-year-old Dede (Christina Ricci) moves in with her gay half-brother Bill, (Martin Donovan). Already pregnant, Dede seduces Bill's partner, Matt (Ivan Sergei), and ...more - 17Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Julian Schnabel
A richly imagined journey into the life and writings of brilliant Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas. It spans the whole of Arenas' life, from his rural childhood and his early embrace of the ...more - 18Nick Scotti, Anthony Barrile, Anthony DeSando
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Tony Vitale
Affable but clueless Bronx, N.Y., native Frankie (Nick Scotti) is an aspiring actor who moves to Manhattan after discovering his fiancée is sleeping with his brother (Anthony DeSando). Not ...more - 19Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, Suleka Mathew
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Alim (Jimi Mistry) is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru (Suleka Mathew), back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his ...more - 20Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Henry Hart (Arye Gross) is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to ...more - 21Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Irma St. Paule
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Jeffrey (Steven Weber), a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, ...more - 22Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Stephen Caffrey
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Norman René
During the 1980s, a group of gay men and their straight female friend confront the spread of AIDS. Personal trainer Willy (Campbell Scott) watches the epidemic grow, advocating for awareness. Willy's ...more - 23Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Del Shores
Sordid Lives is a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores. The movie is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVDÂ ...more - 24Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Craig Chester
Adam (Craig Chester) and Steve (Malcolm Gets) are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a ...more - 25Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Youthful poet Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) drinks absinthe and neglects his devoted wife, Mathilde (Romane Bohringer). Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio), an even younger and more celebrated poet, ...more