RELATED: The Best Movies on Netflix Right NowĪ Japanese psychological thriller, Ride or Die is another Netflix Original starring Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato. So if you are looking for a good queer movie to watch, we’ve got you covered.Įditor's note: This article was updated June 2022 to include I Care a Lot. There’s simple romance, comedies, horror, and lots of documentaries. In order to celebrate the queer community and make LGBTQ+ entertainment more accessible, we thought it might be helpful to provide a little guide to the best LGBTQ+ movie offerings on Netflix. In recent years, LGBTQ+ stories have become more welcome in the mainstream, with some major successes being Love, Simon, Call Me By Your Name, and Moonlight. Previously, queer movies were generally of the indie or underground variety, with movies like But I'm A Cheerleader, Jennifer's Body, and Desert Hearts becoming cult classics years after release.
Luckily, there’s a clear trend in Hollywood toward telling LGBTQ+ stories, and in some cases, letting the LGBTQ+ community tell it themselves. It’s certainly gotten better over the last decade or so, but in the past, the representation of queer people on screen was a bit hard to come by.
