Movies and TV: Gay Youth
Beautiful Thing (1996) - Full Film
Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.
Billy Elliot (2000) - Full Film
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Billy Elliot The Musical - Live (2014) - Full Film
Filmed on 28 September 2014 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London's West End, Billy Elliot Live was broadcast live to cinemas in several European countries.
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005) - Full Film with English Subtitles
A young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
Bobbycrush (2003) - Full Short Film
Bobby Stone is 13 and in love. Problem is that he's in love with his best friend Dylan and Dylan doesn't feel the same way.
Bruno (2000) - Full Film
Bruno is a unique young boy genius, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Bully (2001) - Full Film
A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.
Dream Boy (2008) - Full Film
Fifteen-year-old Nathan moves to St. Francisville, Louisiana, a small Southern town with his parents and starts to befriend the older boy next door.
Kapgang - Speed Walking (2014) - Full Film with English Subtitles
Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
La Ville Dont le Prince Est un Enfant - (1997) - Full Film with English Subtitles
Two boys in their early adolescence in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic school form a firm friendship that is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger boy.
L.I.E. (2001) - Full Film
A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
The Long Day Closes (1992) - Full Film
A lyrical reverie about a young Liverpool boy coming of age in the 1950s among his loving family and the austere Catholic Church as he enters the rigors of school, nurtures a bedazzled love of the movies and longs for companionship.
OK2BGAY - It's okay to be gay - short film by Marlon Baker (2016)
Focuses on a family with two gay boys.
Olivier, Olivier (1992) - Full Film with English Subtitles
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house.
The Nature of Nicholas (2002) - Full Film
After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.
Siemiany (2009) - Short Film
Andrzej and Michal are two young teenagers who come together every summer in the small tourist village 'Siemiany' on the countryside. Their friendship has grown into years of great memories.
This Spcecial Friendship (French - 1964) - Full Film with English Subtitles
A tale of the tender relationship between a 12-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire in the rigid atmosphere of their Jesuit-run school.
Trevor (1994) - Short Film
Upon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) - Full Film
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
You Are Not Alone (1978) - Full Film with English Subtitles
Two precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.