The Best LGBT Films and Shows to Watch Online
Celebrate Pride with these movies and TV shows available on popular streaming services. (Good news: a lot of them are available for free.)

Three men want to make their mark on Czech history. One filmmaker senses an opportunity. And among them is a girl determined to uncover the secrets of her missing father. Richard Bartyzal believed he was just one step away from discovering evidence of collaboration between the Nazis and the Vatican. Together with his friends, he wanted to find Adolf Hitler's personal archive, allegedly hidden during the May uprising of Czech patriots. And ceremoniously hand it over to the state. However, the opponent they encounter is beyond their strength. Now they are missing. The police accuse them of robbery and murder. Petra Bartyzalová has only one option left. To study the materials her father filmed and follow in his footsteps. What she discovers forces her to reevaluate her relationship with him. She searches for her father in order to find herself.
Celebrate Pride with these movies and TV shows available on popular streaming services. (Good news: a lot of them are available for free.)
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.
Paris is Burning elevated drag and ballroom into the public consciousness and permanently impacted LGBT culture. However, the performers featured in the documentary didn't reap the rewards of their visibility.
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.
The plot lags, the moral lessons are misguided, but are those fluffy little donut creatures adorable? Yes. Yes, they are.
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