10 gay movies to watch that aren't 'Red, White & Royal Blue' or 'Call Me by Your Name'

Don't get us wrong, we love Red, White & Royal Blue and Call Me by Your Name...

We're huge fans of both movies, and love to rewatch them over and over again, but they are far away from being the onlygay movies we love, and we know plenty of gay movies that are just as good, if not better!

Stans on X (formerly Twitter) have been talking about the titles that qualify for the title of best gay movies thanks to a post by user by @ungodlymakk showing the movie posters for Call Me by Your Name and Red, White & Royal Blue saying "they're having a best gay movie off."

Now, like we just said earlier, we love these movies, but if there ever was going to be a "Best Gay Movie Off," we have some other top contenders we'd love to mention...

Here are 10 gay movies we think could beat those films!

Moonlight

This Best Picture-winning film is not only one of the best gay movies of all time, but simply one of the best movies of the last 50 years. Director Barry Jenkins expertly explores the life of a young gay Black man as he goes through childhood, adolescence, and adult life. Moonlight is a modern classic.

God's Own Country

Josh O'Connor and Alec Secăreanu star as a pair of young sheep farmers in this film by Francis Lee from 2017. O'Connor plays Johnny, a Yorkshire sheep farmer living on his family farm when his father hires Gheorghe, a Romanian migrant worker to help. Filled with incredible performances and a love story that will stick with you forever.

Dicks: The Musical

This hilarious and unhinged musical comedy follows two identical twin brothers separated at birth played by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who also wrote it based on their off-Broadway musical. Featuring Bowen Yang, Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, and Megan Thee Stallion, Dicks will have you shrieking and crying from how hard you laugh.

Happy Together

Wong Kar-wai's 1997 film follows a gay couple from Hong Kong and is part of the New Queer Cinema movement. Ho Po-Wing (Leslie Cheung) and Lai Yiu-Fai (Tony Leung) are the young on-again-off-again couple who break up while on a trip to Argentina. It's dramatic, heartbreaking, and movingly beautiful.

Brokeback Mountain

Ang Lee's 2005 movie stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two American cowboys in the 1960s who meet while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain. Soon, the two fall deeply and tragically in love. The film, which also stars Michelle Williamms and Anne Hathaway, as well as young Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, David Harbour, and Kate Mara, is one of the most beautiful films about love you'll ever see and has an ending that will leave you destroyed.

The Way He Looks

This charming coming-of-age story from Brazil follows a blind teenager named Leonardo and a new student at his school, Gabriel, who gives him his first kiss and opens up his world to new possibilities. If you're looking for a compelling and stunning teen romance, check this one out.

The Birdcage

Based on La Cage aux Folles and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, this comedy follows the son of a gay couple who is getting married to the daughter of a conservative senator. The film hilariously brings the two opposite families together, and features brilliant performances by Lane and Williams as one of cinema's most beloved couples.

Fire Island

Written by Joel Kim Booster, who also stars in the movie, Fire Island is a modern adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, taking place on the gay mecca of Fire Island one summer. The film stars Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers, Tomas Matos, and Zane Phillips and expertly explores race, class, and social stratification in gay culture.

All of Us Strangers

Andrew Scott delivers an unforgettable performance in this haunting romantic drama about a man who strikes up a relationship with his neighbor at the same time he visits his childhood home and meets the ghosts of his parents who died when he was 12. Filled with gorgeous directing and powerful acting from Scott and Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers will make your heart swell.

Mysterious Skin

Greg Araki is one of the greatest directors of all time, and Mysterious Skin is one of his best films. It follows two boys who were sexually abused as children and the different ways the trauma affects them. While one of the boys believes he was abducted by aliens, the other starts taking risks as a teen sex worker. You won't forget this film.