This gorgeous animated music video addresses growing up surrounded by homophobia.

For decades, filmmaker Paul Oremland documented his sexual and romantic exploits. He preserved nearly all of his recollections and has now threaded together an epic portrait of gay life four decades in the making.

A lesbian couple in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, is forced by lust and circumstance to face difficult truths about their polyamorous relationship, in the sexy, sharp, dramedy 195 Lewis.

Ambitious, sexy, and dryly humorous, 4 Days in France delineates a 36-year-old’s quest to see if the grass is greener away from his lover and their life together in Paris.

Growing up in a modern yet traditional Muslim family in Pakistan, Arshad couldn’t confide his attraction to boys. His moving journey to self-acceptance, told through home movies, animation, film clips and pop songs, began after the family immigrated to Canada when he was 16.

Struggling with survivor’s guilt from the early years of HIV/AIDS, Sam (Alan Cumming, in one of his best performances to date) is bewildered by a younger generation of carefree gay men with their social media, sexting, and seeming political indifference. But when he meets the seductive young Braeden at a bar, their pants quickly come down and, eventually, so does Sam’s ossified guard.

A shared love of photography brings together Emma (Pooya Mohseni) and a new romantic interest, Nate. The strength of their bond is tested after Emma experiences harassment by a police officer.

A powerful mix of biopic and documentary, Against the Law uses the story of gay rights activist Peter Wildeblood to explore the nearly forgotten world of gay men who lived in England in the 1950s, an era when homosexuality was illegal and gay men were aggressively persecuted and prosecuted.

“Why Alabama?” friends ask. “You must be crazy.” For lesbian couples living in a deeply conservative state, where same-sex families have no legal protections against discrimination, these are not unfamiliar words. When it comes to Southern hospitality, Alabama seems to have little to offer the women featured in Lary Embry and Carolyn Sherer’s stirring and empowering documentary.

Writer-director Shaz Bennett has expanded her memorable short film of the same name (Frameline37) into a rousing and crowd-pleasing debut feature that is the queer lovechild of Rocky and Hedwig.

This LGBTQ-inflected story about family, faith, brotherhood, and love is the debut feature by Tehran-based Pouria Heidary Oureh, and reflects the endurance and complications of consummation amidst a plethora of conservative religious expectations.

Archery champion Lauren Pierce is sent to a youth detention facility after an act of self-defense. Pushed by sadistic staff, Lauren and center veteran Rebecca run for freedom in this thrilling action film, ready to defend themselves against anyone standing in their way.

A middle-aged museum guard locks eyes with a sexy young visitor, igniting a series of fantastical tableaux that wittily riff on race, sexual power dynamics, art history, gold lamé briefs, and Tom of Finland.

Director Matt Wolf (Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Frameline32) returns with a stunning short about Bayard Rustin. Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted his younger lover, Walter Naegle, to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable.

It's a hot summer in New York and Frankie isn't having a good time. His dad's health is crumbling, his teenage buddies just want to get high, and a smart, beautiful girl has feelings for him — feelings he cannot reciprocate. Frankie's sexual curiosity about men leaves him lonely, which leads to risky, anonymous encounters.

From 1940s Hollywood to New Age Connecticut, these funny, poignant tales of couples trying desperately to fit into heteronormative constraints while denying their true desires will make you chuckle even as they tug at your heartstrings.

After dropping everything to move west for her girlfriend’s career, Becks (Tony-award winner Lena Hall) discovers she’s been replaced by a “younger, hotter, LA set of tits.” Retreating to her Midwestern hometown, she moves back in with her ex-nun mom (Christine Lahti), and she might just find some romance, and herself, in the most unexpected of places.

Grabbing iconic Disney images and Taylor Swift music videos and reworking their contexts, Todrick Hall gleefully subverts whitewashed pop culture, moving like a chameleon from sparkly red slippers to football helmets, from the Wicked Witch to Beyoncé.

Drag icon Peaches Christ offers a rare, intimate glimpse into her process of transformation, and describes the path from stifled teen to brazen cult hero.

The expectation- and binary-breaking shorts in this year’s batch of Bi Candy run the gamut from sultry and seductive to sweet and awkward.

A married woman in her forties navigates a fine line between love and infatuation with her friend’s daughter.

Ruthless, relentless, and uncertified, BKPI is the private investigation crew of your dreams. Mo, a lesbian Korean American health aide, Dawn, an African American MTA worker, and Iram, an Arab American bodega owner, form BKPI to solve crimes for their immigrant neighbors in Brooklyn.

Blonde, pretty. and delinquent: nothing stands in the way of Marta and Pepa…except another blonde. Inspired by real events and the style of Almodóvar.

Featuring a breakout turn from Legacy Bailey, BobbyAnna is a lyrical love story exploring connection, gender expression, and privilege.