Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1957 • United States

Made in 1957 in San Francisco, SUNLIGHT is about a man who commits a petty crime out of love for a woman and features Melvin’s son Mario Van Peebles as the couple’s baby.

Directed by John Hubley • 1958 • United States

A charming, inventively animated love story unfolds to the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio and Ella Fitzgerald.

Directed by Pierre Etaix and Jean-Claude Carrière • 1962 • France

A young woman waits and waits for her delayed husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1977 • France
Starring Valérie Mairesse, Ali Rafie

In this 1977 short film by Agnès Varda, Pauline and Darius explore the city of Isfahan, Iran.

Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1981 • United States
Starring Joseph Chaikin

Director Shirley Clarke worked with writer Sam Shepard and actor Joseph Chaikin on this video piece that meditates on love and its effect on people.

Directed by Mike Leigh • 1987 • United Kingdom

David Thewlis and Alison Steadman star in this 1987 short comedy by Mike Leigh about a romance between a young woman who frequently changes her hairstyle and a young man who communicates only through one-liners.

Directed by Mati Diop • 2011 • France
Starring Nilaya Bal, Nour Mobarak, Alban Guyon

In an isolated chalet in the snowy reaches of the French Alps, the relationship between a teenage girl and her babysitter assumes increasingly complex, intimate dimensions.

Directed by Leah Shore • 2014 • United States
Starring Leah Shore, Jarret Kerr

Pillow talk takes a surreal turn in a shape-shifting blend of live action and animation.

Directed by Matt Wolf • 2017 • United States

Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend, Walter Naegle, to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story...

Directed by Sandhya Suri • 2018 • India, France, United Kingdom
Starring Mia Maelzer, Ravi Choudhuri, Vittha Nagnath Kale

As the harvest approaches in a small Indian town, Lalla, a poor agricultural laborer caught in an unsatisfying marriage, risks everything to find the sense of fulfillment she...

Directed by Matthew Puccini • 2020 • United States
Starring Morgan Sullivan, Manny Dunn

High school boyfriends Marco and Graham cut class for a romantic rendezvous in bed—but things don’t go quite as planned in this tender, emotionally raw snapshot of two queer teenagers navigating intimacy toge...

Directed by Olive Nwosu • United Kingdom, Nigeria • 2021
Starring Teniola Aladese, Sheila Chukwulozie, Loveth Onyemaobi

Salewa (Sheila Chukwulozie), a young queer woman living with her wife in London, returns to her hometown in Nigeria for her mother’s funeral. There, she confronts her complex f...