51 Essential Movies and Shows to Stream for Pride Month

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Celebrating Pride is something that you can do year-round, but the month of June marks the official celebration. Aside from the usual festivities and protests (remember: the first Pride event was an actual riot(Opens in a new window)), a Pride Month film festival can take place wherever you and your streaming services of choice happen to be, particularly when you pack a portable projector.

Homophobes and transphobes have been performatively loud on social media, tearing up Targets and bashing Bud Light. Instead of witnessing their antics, you can watch some excellent, meaningful movies and shows to celebrate and support LGBTQIA+ culture. We present our suggestions in no particular order.

Note: We assume that the massive popularity of RuPaul's Drag Race means you're already watching, so we haven't included it on this list. (Kandy Muse has our vote for All Stars 8 winner.)

T.S. Eliot was the first to ask, “Do I dare to eat a peach?” in a work of literature. But André Aciman made it current in his novel Call Me By Your Name. The Luca Guadagnino film brings to life the characters Elio Perlman, a 17-year-old who lives with his family in Lombardy, and Oliver, his father’s research assistant, who have an intense summer relationship they'll remember for a lifetime. 

In Tangerine, hell hath no fury like a trans sex worker scorned: Sin-Dee sets out on Christmas Day to get revenge on her boyfriend and pimp, who has cheated on her. This dramedy was shot on three iPhone 5Ss. 

A Todd Haynes film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel and starring Cate Blanchett, Carol was a classic before it was even released. Blanchett plays the title character, a wealthy woman in the middle of a divorce who could lose her daughter if she lives her