LGBT Britain

Tilda Swinton stars in Sally Potter's dazzling interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.

A brilliant and refreshing story of UK post-punk dyke culture, told by those who lived it.

Francis Lee follows up God’s Own Country with a film that is every bit as immersive, tactile and emotionally powerful, aided by the devastatingly good Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.

A celebration of outrageous British playwright Joe Orton’s irreverent and charismatic talent, starring Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina.

Neil Jordan's acclaimed 1992 drama-mystery tells the story of Fergus (Stephen Rea), who looks after the lover (Jaye Davidson) of a British soldier he once knew. But what is Dil hiding?

Five decades on from the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, a range of LGBTQ+ stars (including Sir Elton John and Stephen Fry) reflect on Britain's history of prejudice, persecution and liberation.

Terence Davies’ moving and lyrical portrait of the life of celebrated war poet Siegfried Sassoon.

Celebratory yet reflective documentary charting the LGBTQ+ movement's momentous journey towards equality.

Lisa Gornick's funny and frank drama sketches the relationship between a sex-obsessed lesbian illustrator and a randy hetero author, who bond over their favourite subject.

Years before Grindr, a gay man turns to virtual reality to satisfy his sexual fantasies in this strangely prophetic short film.

Billed as 'a kind of post-modern queer soap opera for Britain', Andrea Weiss' documentary tells a sharp story.

This thought-provoking classic stars Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual lawyer who risks his career to hunt down a blackmailer.

Berated by his father for his camp behaviour, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins his friend Michael, a streetwise hustler who is also on the run.

Joe Orton’s delicious slice of suburban perversity, in which Beryl Reid’s lascivious landlady and her gay brother attempt to seduce their psychopathic tenant.

Silvio Narizzano adapts Joe Orton’s extraordinarily funny satire on police corruption and the conventions of detective fiction.

Endearingly right-on concoction bringing together lesbians and gay men for dancing and debate at Heaven nightclub

Extraordinary 1970s sexploitation film, groundbreaking in its portrayal of interracial and homosexual sex.

Russell Tovey stars as a Premier League footballer who shares a fumbled pass (of the sexual kind) with a teammate (Arinzé Kene), changing everything - both on and off the pitch.

A fascinating short, starring Derek Jarman, that reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Robert Smith's Wild Flowers is an exquisite drama set at the funeral for a daughter, where her mother remembers the passionate yet painful affair she once had with another woman in Scotland.

Ben Whishaw stars in an intimate portrait of two strangers brought together by the common language of grief.

A teenager (Ben Whishaw) pays a sexually charged visit to the swimming pool.

Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) made his feature debut with this bold, sexually explicit drama-documentary about London rent boys.

A gay British-Chinese man refuses to date Chinese men. But then Jai Ming moves in next door.

Edgy mixture of black comedy and urban drama about a woman uncovering the hidden truths about her dead lover.

Andrew Steggall’s deft and delicate drama about a teenage dreamer who falls for the rough beauty of a local boy while staying in France.

Bryan Forbes directs the Oscar-nominated story of a French woman (Leslie Caron) moving to London while unmarried, pregnant, and alone.

An elderly woman in a care home strikes up a sensual, nostalgic relationship with a young nurse.

A bizarre study of obsession focusing on a teenage boy who is torn between the charms of a fleshly female prostitute and the sadism of an older man.

The borstal drama – billed as the female Scum – features Amanda York and Kathy Burke as inmates of a ruthless women’s prison.

John Maybury’s dark, queer state of the nation film starring Tilda Swinton and Rupert Everett

John Hannah stars as a painfully shy gay man who escapes the city in Chris Newby’s extraordinary second feature.

How did a cute, gay Essex boy go from oyster fishing to becoming the toast of the London arts scene?

Touching drama about a thirtysomething comedian looking for happiness.

From Sudan to the Greek islands via the East Midlands - a young gay woman seeks love, happiness and fulfilment

The fabulous life and times of queer writer Kris Kirk, who became one of the UK’s most influential music journalists.

A female ‘end-of-the-pier’ double act find out a surprising secret about their landlady - and about each other.

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