These are the current LGBT+ documentaries available to view on Netflix.
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A Sinner In Mecca
A gay, Muslim filmmaker documents his life when he travels to Mecca to a Haji pilgrimage. He uses a hidden smart phone and tiny cameras to record his journey.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★
TheGayUK Rating: (not rated yet)
Bridegroom
Emotional documentary of how Shane Bitney Crone was treated by the family of his long-term partner, Tom Bridegroom, who fell to his death in 2012. A YouTube video of Shane’s grief snowballed into one of the most talked about videos of 2012 and the commissioning of his documentary.
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
Certificate
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★ Read The Gay UK’s film review of Bridegroom
Dressed As A Girl
Cameras followed seven performers in London’s drag club scene for years, from raucous onstage performances through their everyday offstage lives.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Certificate: 18
Netflix User Rating: ★★
TheGayUK Rating:
Game Face
The documentary follows the struggle of a transgender MMA fighter and a gay basketball player for acceptance in sports.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:
Growing Up Coy
Filmmakers follow a Colorado family’s highly public battle for the rights of their transgender daughter, Coy, in a landmark civil rights case.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 Hour 22 Minutes
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:
For The Bible Tells Me So
Powerful documentary which examines the way Christian groups in the US have exploited the bible to deny human and gay rights.
Released: 2007
Length: 1 hour 39 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★
Gayby Baby
This documentary follows four youngsters as they navigate the challenges of their preteen years, including society’s bias against their gay parents.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 hour 25 Mins
Certificate: PG
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:
I Am Divine
A celebration of the immortal star and Most Beautiful Woman in the World… DIVINE!
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
Matt Shepard Is a Friend Of Mine
This documentary chronicles the life of Matthew Shepard, whose infamous 1998 murder left his friends and relatives devastated.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 28 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
Oriented
The lives, challenges and conflicted feelings of three gay Palestinian men are documented in this film shot in 2014 in a divided Tel Aviv, Israel.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
The Out List
Profile film about the notably out actors, activists entertainers, politicians and athletes. Stars Neil Patrick Harris.
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
Paris Is Burning
An intriguing view into the world of New York’s ball scene. Fierce drag queens, heartbreaking trans stories and the celebration of LGBT life from all walks of life. Award-winning documentary from Jennie Livingston.
Released: 1990
LENGTH: 1hr 16m
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★
Tab Hunter Confidential
Actor Tab Hunter reflects on his career and discusses being a closeted gay man while becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs in the 1950s.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Certificate: 12
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
To Russia With Love
This documentary follows the media frenzy leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, as LGBT athletes and activists confront Russia’s anti-gay laws.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)