The Best LGBTQ+ Movies on HBO Max

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Four kids and their families unmask the intimate realities of how gender fluidity is reshaping the family next door, especially in America's heartland.

Directed By: Sharon Liese

Critics Consensus: It doesn't always find comfortable ground between broad comedy and social commentary, but lively performances -- especially from Kevin Kline and Joan Cusack -- enrich In & Out's mixture of laughs and sexual tolerance.

Synopsis: Welcome to Greenleaf, a picture-postcard Indiana town where the high school is the proud focus of attention and alternative lifestyle means you bowl on alternate... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds

Directed By: Frank Oz

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kylie Travis, Mercedes Ruehl

Directed By: Michael Cristofer

Critics Consensus: Frida is a passionate, visually striking biopic about the larger-than-life artist.

Synopsis: This is the true story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) and her husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), the larger-than-life painters who became the most acclaimed... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro

Directed By: Julie Taymor

Critics Consensus: Pedro Almodovar's fourth film with Penélope Cruz isn't his finest work, but he brings his signature visual brilliance to this noirish tale, and the cast turns in some first-class performances.

Synopsis: The death of Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez) sets off a chain of events that forces one man to come to terms with his past.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar

Critics Consensus: David Lynch's dreamlike and mysterious Mulholland Drive is a twisty neo-noir with an unconventional structure that features a mesmerizing performance from Naomi Watts as a woman on the dark fringes of Hollywood.

Synopsis: A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller

Directed By: David Lynch

Critics Consensus: Unpregnant puts a compelling twist on the road trip comedy -- and treats its sensitive subject with heart.

Synopsis: A pregnant teen and her former best friend embark on a road trip from Missouri to New Mexico.

Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Giancarlo Esposito, Alex MacNicoll

Directed By: Rachel Lee Goldenberg

Critics Consensus: A layered, wonderfully-acted, and passionate drama.

Synopsis: When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fele Martínez, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar

Critics Consensus: Although Chasing Amy's depiction of queer sexuality is frustratingly clumsy, it handles an array of thorny themes with a mixture of sensitivity, raw honesty, and writer-director Kevin Smith's signature raunchy humor.

Synopsis: Holden and Banky are best friends and authors of a popular comic book. Holden falls in love with Alyssa, who happens to be a lesbian.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell

Directed By: Kevin Smith

Critics Consensus: True to its title, The Times of Harvey Milk looks back on the life of the titular politician and activist -- and the era he helped define with his trailblazing career.

Synopsis: Operating from his camera store in San Francisco's Castro district, charismatic Harvey Milk is defeated three times before being elected to the city's Board of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann

Directed By: Rob Epstein

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno.

Starring: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers

Directed By: Donna Deitch

Critics Consensus: Affectionate without sacrificing honesty, Behind the Candelabra couples award-worthy performances from Michael Douglas and Matt Damon with some typically sharp direction from Steven Soderbergh.

Synopsis: World-famous pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) takes much-younger Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) as a lover, but the relationship deteriorates when Liberace takes other bedmates and Thorson... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Critics Consensus: Framed by great work from director Sidney Lumet and fueled by a gripping performance from Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon offers a finely detailed snapshot of people in crisis with tension-soaked drama shaded in black humor.

Synopsis: When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon

Directed By: Sidney Lumet

Critics Consensus: Almodovar weaves together a magnificent tapestry of femininity with an affectionate wink to classics of theater and cinema in this poignant story of love, loss and compassion.

Synopsis: New friends help a woman (Cecilia Roth) struggling to get her life in order after her son's (Eloy Azorín) death.

Starring: Cecilia Roth, Eloy Azorín, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar