LGBTQ+short films

The moment someone stops pretending and takes up space. LGBTQ+ shorts that tell queer lives without apology.

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Drama
The Lost Weekend

James confronts toxic masculine friends on a trip to define his manhood

22 min · atmospheric · meaningful
Drama
Tiny, Texas

A high school basketball prodigy hits a wall of expectations

12 min · cinematic · emotional
Drama
Sins Unveiled

Small minds often resort to hate and violence when confronted with the unknown

13 min · emotional · intense
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

A gay couple is attacked. Why? Because they taste the best

10 min · dark · gory
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Film noir
A Street Cat Named Desire

A tourist becomes ensnared by a world of sex, drugs, and cats

15 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Requiem

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, GoT) fighting for forbidden love

23 min · cinematic · emotional
Animation
Other Half

Ren longs to find their other half and become complete

12 min · heartwarming · mysterious
Drama
Hey You

Is who's top or bottom all they should be worried about?

4 min · controversial · intimate
Dark Comedy
Shallow

Being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel

10 min · controversial · dark
Drama
Skin

Tom Sturridge (The Sandman) plays a man grappling with grief

11 min · cerebral · emotional
Romance
Lovers

The most famous scene of Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' in 7 languages

3 min · atmospheric · heartwarming
Drama
Boy

Emilie is born as a girl but inside she has always been a boy

15 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Land’s End

Joseph Mawle (Rings of Power, Game of Thrones) in a cinematic tale about running away

18 min · atmospheric · cinematic
Drama
Him & Her

Highschool sweethearts hit a crossroads, when Alex starts embracing himself

14 min · atmospheric · emotional
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LGBTQ+short films

The moment someone stops pretending and takes up space. LGBTQ+ shorts that tell queer lives without apology.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Drama
The Lost Weekend

James confronts toxic masculine friends on a trip to define his manhood

22 min · atmospheric · meaningful
Drama
Tiny, Texas

A high school basketball prodigy hits a wall of expectations

12 min · cinematic · emotional
Drama
Sins Unveiled

Small minds often resort to hate and violence when confronted with the unknown

13 min · emotional · intense
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

A gay couple is attacked. Why? Because they taste the best

10 min · dark · gory
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Film noir
A Street Cat Named Desire

A tourist becomes ensnared by a world of sex, drugs, and cats

15 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Requiem

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, GoT) fighting for forbidden love

23 min · cinematic · emotional
Animation
Other Half

Ren longs to find their other half and become complete

12 min · heartwarming · mysterious
Drama
Hey You

Is who's top or bottom all they should be worried about?

4 min · controversial · intimate
Dark Comedy
Shallow

Being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel

10 min · controversial · dark
Drama
Skin

Tom Sturridge (The Sandman) plays a man grappling with grief

11 min · cerebral · emotional
Romance
Lovers

The most famous scene of Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' in 7 languages

3 min · atmospheric · heartwarming
Drama
Boy

Emilie is born as a girl but inside she has always been a boy

15 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Land’s End

Joseph Mawle (Rings of Power, Game of Thrones) in a cinematic tale about running away

18 min · atmospheric · cinematic
Drama
Him & Her

Highschool sweethearts hit a crossroads, when Alex starts embracing himself

14 min · atmospheric · emotional
For filmmakers

Have a short film?
Share it with the world.

Klipist is where short films find their audience. Hand-curated, independently run, watched in 190 countries. If you’ve made something great, we want to see it.

Submit your film
Curator’s note

The best LGBTQ+ short films, free to watch.

LGBTQ+ stories live in the moment someone stops pretending, and short films catch that turn better than anything longer. One look, one decision, one person finally taking up space. The films below are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Queer lives told without apology.

Boy follows Emilie, born a girl but always a boy inside, and Him & Her watches highschool sweethearts hit a crossroads as Alex starts embracing himself. Other Half sits with Ren longing to find their other half and become complete, while Hey You asks whether who's top or bottom is really all there is to worry about.

The best LGBTQ+ short films make room for the whole person. Land's End casts Joseph Mawle (Rings of Power, Game of Thrones) in a cinematic tale about running away, and Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet follows a gay couple attacked because they taste the best. Hand-picked by our editors and free in 190 countries, no subscription and no sign-up. Press play, and come as you are.