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16 Best LGBTQ+ Movies on Max to Watch Right Now
Max is one of the most important streaming platforms worldwide today, with a wide selection of series and movies to watch. So, you’re sure to always find something entertaining in its catalog, no matter what you are looking for.
The platform also has several wonderful LGBTQ+ movies for your entertainment, where you can find all kinds of stories, settings, characters, and representations. They will captivate you no matter if you’re part of the community or not. Below, you can see a list of the top LGBTQ+ films that Max currently has to view right now.
Updated on June 4th, 2023, by Neville Naidoo: This article has been updated with additional information to keep the discussion fresh and relevant.
16 Transhood (2020)
Premiering at the AFI Docs Festival in 2020, Transhood is a hard-hitting documentary that examines the lives of four kids, aged between four and 15 years old, as they redefine the concept of traditional families. At varying stages of their journeys into their identities as genderqueer persons, the film displays how nuanced modern family dynamics
The Best LGBTQ+ Movies on HBO Max
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In celebration of Pride month, we’ve compiled a list of the best Fresh LGBTQ+ movies you can find on HBO Max right now. You’ll find hit classic dramas (Desert Hearts), feel-good comedies (In & Out), and international affairs (Bad Education).
The titles below are sorted from the best Gay films on HBO Max – those included with a subscription, not those you have to buy or rent for an additional cost – and ranked by adjusted Tomatometer score (which takes into account the number of reviewers weighing in, and the number of reviews per production for movies released in a given year). To be included, films had to have a Fresh Tomatometer score (60% or above).
10 Best LGBTQ+ Shows On HBO Max
HBO Max might be one of the newer streaming services, launched in 2020, but that doesn't mean it's lacking in LGBTQ+ content. In proof, HBO Max has made it clear that they are serious about creating LGBTQ+ stories with LGBTQ+ creators backing them. With the HBO catalog attached to the streaming service, there are a plethora of titles to choose from on HBO Max, but the streaming service really strives for its original content.
Since June is Pride month, there's no better day to explore HBO Max's LGBTQ+ content than now. It's also easier than ever since the interphase currently features an Gay Voices collection tab on the search page. The best part is the catalog features everything from teen LGBTQ+ shows to dramas, comedies, and everything in between.
Betty (2020-2021)
Betty was adapted into a television series after the success of creator Crystal Moselle's teen drama movie Skate Kitchen. The characters reprised their roles for the series which centers on a tight-knit all-girls skateboarding collective. Together, the girls stick together while trying to make name for themselves in the male-dominated sp
Without being preachy, HBO’s “Looking” offers a fine lesson that being totally out of the closet, as are all the many characters, can lead to a cool cool (and also hot hot) existence.
A moment of togetherness in the HBO series “Looking.”
By Gerald Peary
You don’t possess to be gay, only queer-friendly, to be delighted by HBO’s new 8-part Sunday night series, Looking, which follows the stories of three gay men, the best of pals, as they negotiate their lives in the Mission Castro district of today’s San Francisco. In some ways, it may even be better being vertical (like me, for example) watching the series. My focus is on the easygoing drama, and I’m not cognizant of the tiny details of accuracy and verisimilitude which can drive a knowing male lover viewer to distraction. The Boston Globe featured a strident attack by staffer Christopher Muther, whose usual beat is metrosexual fashion and au courant harmony. Muther called Looking “infuriating” and replete with “outdated stereotypes of gay life.” He complained that the characters wore the incorrect “undergarments,” what was “popular when Armistead Maupin wrote Tales of the City.” (That would be 197
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