Settling in for a night of ‘Netflix and Chill’ has never been as easy as it is today. The only hard part is choosing what to watch! With so many great films, docs, and tv shows to chose from, here are 12 Pride films on Netflix worth watching.
Queer horror 2025: The Restoration of Grayson Manor, Abigail Before Beatrice, Companion
Bankside Films; Exit 44 Entertainment; New Line Cinema
No doubt, 2025 has provided us with plenty to be scared about. But it also, thankfully, gave us ample opportunities to exorcise those fears through the safety of cinematic horror.
So with that in mind, here is the best of the best in ascending order. From queer folk horror to sapphic antiheroes to obsessed kidnappers, these queer movies chilled, thrilled, and tingled my spine the most this year.
Honorable Mention: Dust Bunny
'Dust Bunny' is a magical, gay-helmed masterpiece you must see on the big screenRoadside Attractions
Bryan Fuller made his cinematic debut with his dark fairytale Dust Bunny. The film follows a young girl named Aurora, who is convinced that the monster under her bed has eaten her parents and turns to the only person she believes can help her: the assassin (Mads Mikkelsen) who conveniently lives down the hall. PRIDE called it a masterpiece in our review of the film, and we stand by it. It is lush, beautiful, and emotionally resonant, packed with lovable and quirky characters, as well as whimsy and no shortage of irony. The only reason it isn’t ranked higher is that it’s thematically queer rather than explicitly so. Still, it’s an incredibly special film from an out filmmaker and deserves your love and attention.
10. I Don't Understand You
I Don't Understand YouVertical
Andrew Rannells and Nick Kroll star as husbands on the verge of adopting their first child in the aptly named I Don’t Understand You. In the lead-up to this momentous day, they decide to take a babymoon and head off to Italy for the vacation of their dreams, only to be caught in a wild downward spiral of accidental death and violence. This movie is equal parts fish-out-of-water horror and old-school farce. It ratchets up the anxiety as these two seemingly lovely people make increasingly terrible and deadly choices, but I couldn’t help but be charmed by both Rannells and Kroll in their roles, and the two share a sweet, if chaotic, chemistry
9. Abigail Before Beatrice
Abigail Before Beatrice
Exit 44 Entertainment
With cultic thinking high on our list of societal anxieties, it only makes sense that cults would loom large over genre filmmaking this year—take, for instance, this dreamy and aching indie horror from writer-director Cassie Keet. The film follows Beatrice (Olivia Taylor Dudley), a former cult member who is trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her cult dissolved following its leader’s arrest. However, when another former member (and her former lover), Abigail (Riley Dandy), returns to warn her that he is being released, all the past—her trauma and her unresolved issues with the cult—rises to the surface. There are some films that just rock you with their powerful performances and intriguing, if opaque, characters, and Dudley’s turn as the troubled Beatrice left me in shambles.
8. The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Hulu
The original The Hand That Rocks the Cradle will forever remain a camp classic, but in the hands of bisexual filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman), it recenters and recontextualizes the tension between mother (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and nanny (Maika Monroe). Both stars turn in excellent performances, particularly Monroe, who is enigmatic and simmers with a quiet rage that makes her feel dangerous.
7. Clown In A Cornfield
Clown in a CornfieldCourtesy of SXSW
While I tend to be drawn to films that are a bit more mournful, disturbing, or meditative, sometimes I just want to have a gory good time, and this year’s surprise treat was Clown in a Cornfield. In it, a new girl Quinn (Katie Douglas) moves to town and finds herself—along with the town’s teenagers—in the crosshairs of a mad and murderous clown who is picking them off one by one. Does this break new ground in the slasher genre? No, but what it does do is infuse it with the kind of joy and silliness—and gory kills, of course—that has kept this subgenre going strong for decades. It’s light, breezy, and goes down easy. Plus, it features a sweet gay twist that, without spoiling things, will not bum you out.
6. Fréwaka
‘Fréwaka’Shudder
There is something primitive about the fear that folk horror engenders—something that remains in our DNA that reminds us that nature is wild, unpredictable, dangerous, and a bit sinister. Then it combines that fear with suspicion of others, both strangers in a strange land and of who our neighbors may be behind closed doors. Fréwaka manages to do all that and make it gay. In it, Shoo (Clare Monnelly), a lesbian palliative care worker, leaves her pregnant partner behind to take care of an elderly woman (Bríd Ní Neachtain) who is none too welcoming of the help. She is convinced that she is under attack by the fae folk, and it doesn’t take long for Shoo to believe it, too. Is it real? Are they going mad together? What’s with that creepy door in the basement? The ending and the film’s coda have haunted me nearly all year long. And I love that.
5. Dead Mail
‘Dead Mail’ Shudder
Dead Mail may have been the strangest film I saw all year, and perhaps my favorite surprise. This hidden gem takes place in the heyday of electronic synthesizers and follows Trent (John Fleck), a man obsessed with the instrument and, more so, another man’s (Sterling Macer Jr.) quest to perfect it. When his obsession drives him to violence, it’s up to a dead mail investigator at the local post office—no, really, stay with me here—to track him down before it’s too late. What makes this film so special is not just its wonderfully bizarre plot or Fleck’s aching and terrifying performance—though those certainly help—it’s the film’s quirky tone and unique structure. It’s truly unlike anything else I’ve seen this year, or am likely to see anytime soon.
4. The Restoration of Grayson Manor
Chris Colfer in The Restoration of Grayson Manor'
Bankside Films
High camp, melodrama, and body horror mesh beautifully in The Restoration of Grayson Manor, a darkly hilarious and arch horror film about Boyd (Chris Colfer), a generationally wealthy gay man, and his mother (Alice Krige), who will go to great lengths to acquire the grandchild she feels she is owed. After a hookup leads to a grotesque accident, Boyd finds himself at the mercy of his mother, who has hired a doctor to test out an experimental new technology on him to heal his wounds—but as it turns out, it has murderous potential. This film harkens back to and pays homage to the golden era cinema and films like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and the works of James Whale—something I didn’t know how much I was craving until the verbal sparring and violence began.
3. Queens of the Dead
Still from 'Queens of the Dead'Vanishing Angle
Out DJ turned filmmaker, Tina Romero made her directorial debut this year by following in her father George Romero’s footsteps, by which I mean taking the zombie genre and making it distinctly hers—which in Tina’s case means making it awesomely queer. Queens of the Dead takes place on a night in Bushwick, Brooklyn, when a group of queer nightlife promoters and performers are getting ready to kick off a queer party. However, even before hordes of the undead come gnawing at their door, the night begins to go sideways, forcing friends and rivals to team up. That only gets more intense when the zombies shuffle in. The film is packed with beloved queer actors, including Katy O’Brian, Jack Harlow, Margaret Cho, Nina West, and Cheyenne Jackson. But what makes it special is just how much the perspective and strength of the characters are rooted in queer life and lived experiences. It’s queer joy through and through.
2. Companion
‘Companion’New Line Cinema
One of the tests of a great film, horror or otherwise, is how long its impact lasts—particularly in a time when there is just so much content coming at you at any given moment. Companion, which dropped all the way back in January, remains just as potent and memorable today, reaffirming what I felt at the beginning of the year: this movie is incredible. Set in the near future, Josh (Jack Quaid) takes his girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) to a remote lakehouse to spend time with his friends, but when the host tries to assault Iris, she fights back lethally, and soon secrets about her identity and the dynamic of her relationship are revealed, leading her into a life-and-death struggle. The film also features a delightful gay couple, Eli and Patrick, played by the equally delightful Harvey Guillén and Lukas Gage.
1. Influencers
Cassandra Naud in 'Influencers'Shudder
A sequel topping a best-of list is a rare occurrence, but here we are. Influencers, which follows 2022’s Influencer, once again picks up the story of CW (Cassandra Naud), a lesbian identity thief and, well, to put it bluntly, serial killer. It follows shortly on the heels of the first film, which seemingly saw her left for dead by her last target, Madison (Emily Tennant). But CW is not one to go down easily, and when we pick up with her, she is living her dream life in France with her beautiful girlfriend, Diane (Lisa Delamar). However, unable to resist her old ways, she finds herself drawn back into the hunt and back into Madison’s crosshairs. What follows is a brutal and thrilling game of cat and mouse that crosses the globe. CW is the most intriguing villainess we’ve met in a very long time—a tech-savvy Tom Ripley for sapphics. One can only hope that this isn’t the end because Kurtis David Harder has created a world and characters we’d love to revisit (at least) one more time.
Gay enemies-to-lovers movies: Fire Island, In From the Side, Red White and Royal Blue
Hulu, Strand Releasing, Prime Video
There is just something so irresistible about an enemies-to-lovers story. The tension as it builds, the dynamic as it shifts, and then—when they finally give in to their desire… hot.
This charming and sweet romantic comedy focuses on the rivalry-turned–passionate romance between Alex (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the U.S. president, and England’s Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine). At first they spar, then they kiss, and then… Well, you’ll just have to watch and see.
Gays’ obsession with Josh O’Connor started with this steamy enemies-to-lovers drama. In it, O’Connor stars as Johnny Saxby, a farmer grinding out a miserable existence until along comes Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe (Alec Secăreanu). At first, the two clash, then they get down and dirty (literally).
Inspired by one of the greatest rivals-to-lovers stories in literature, Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island puts a steamy gay spin on the tale. In the film, Noah (Joel Kim Booster) and his friends are spending one last summer together on the island when he first clashes with, then falls for, the wealthy and aloof Will (Conrad Ricamora).
This rivals-to-lovers story is based on a true story! Sergeant Major Charles Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) is a rigid and disciplined drill instructor in the Austrian military who secretly lives his life as a gay man. But when Mario Falak (Luka Dimić), an openly gay recruit, won’t bend to Eismayer’s command, the two clash—though that tension eventually takes a turn for the passionate.
This charming rom-com stars Jake Borelli as Sam, a young gay man who is forced to share a ride with his high school enemy Harry (Niko Terho) when the two are both headed to a mutual friend’s engagement party. Over the course of the ride, the two grow closer—especially when Sam discovers that Harry is pan.
Admittedly, this one is light on the whole rivals part of the equation, but they are athletes, which implies competition—you get the idea. In this Dutch coming-of-age story, Sieger (Gijs Blom) and Marc are teammates on the swim team who embark on a romance and a journey of self-discovery.
This very, very gay (complimentary) rom-com stars Billy Eichner as Bobby, a brash podcaster who begins spending time with a man named Aaron (Luke Macfarlane). Their connection is more of a slow burn and awkward at first before settling into something more romantic.
Of this list, 10 Dance (along with Red, White & Royal Blue) is probably the most traditional rivals-to-lovers story. In it, Shinya Suzuki (Ryoma Takeuchi) is the Japanese champion of Latin dance who frequently—and frustratingly—finds himself repeatedly compared to a rival dancer, Shinya Sugiki (Keita Machida), the Japanese champion and second-ranked dancer in Standard Ballroom. But when the two end up teaming up, those differences melt away into a powerful, erotic attraction.
There is no such thing as too many WLW movies. In fact, they are far too few—particularly when it comes to films that celebrate sapphic love between queer women of color.
While the list is much shorter than we would hope—and we’d love to see that change—what these movies lack in quantity, they more than make up for in quality.
So, with that in mind, here are 9 movies that focus on Black lesbian love and lives, along with where to stream them.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Neon
Part eco-thriller, part heist film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline follows a group of environmental activists planning to blow up a pipeline—that’s not a spoiler, it’s literally in the title. But if that isn’t enough to catch your attention, at the film’s center is a lesbian couple. There’s a central lesbian couple: Alisha (Jayme Lawson) and Theo (Sasha Lane).
This Kenyan film follows the friends-to-lovers romance between Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) and Ziki (Sheila Munyiva), two women from rival families. Their sweet love story is set against the backdrop of a society that criminalizes homosexuality, forcing them to keep their love secret.
This film was an instant lesbian classic as soon as it dropped in 1996, and it’s still just as powerful today. In it, a group of friends become bank robbers. Among them is a lesbian named Cleo Sims, played by Queen Latifah, whose performance proved to be a lesbian awakening for many a Gen X sapphic.
This moving coming-of-age film is a must-watch for every sapphic. In it, Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17-year-old who is coming to terms with her sexuality while trying to reconcile it with her conservative, religious family. She also embarks on her first romance with a girl named Bina (Aasha Davis); it’s incredibly sweet and poignant.
Based on the true story of blues singer Bessie Smith, the film stars Queen Latifah as the icon who overcame unbelievable obstacles to rise to fame in the 1920s and ’30s. The film tracks her career as well as her complicated love life, which included her passionate romance with her lover Lucille (Tika Sumpter).
Inspired, but not based on the story of Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford, this Netflix original follows a young, talented lesbian singer named Beauty (Gracie Marie Bradley) on the brink of being signed to a record label, who struggles to find the balance between following her dreams, making her conservative mother (Niecy Nash-Betts) happy, and maintaining her relationship with her girlfriend Jasmine (Aleyse Shannon).
This British drama follows a stud named JJ (T’Nia Miller), whose life—and friendship with her friend and business partner Seb (Kyle Treslove)—gets turned upside down when she falls for a gorgeous femme named Elle (Robyn Kerr).
This incredibly sweet indie comedy-drama primarily focuses on the relationship between father Frank Fisher (Nick Offerman) and his daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons), who he cajoles into recording an unreleased song together and reconnecting. It also features a sapphic love story that sees Sam falling for her friend Rose (Sasha Lane).
Sophie Sloan, Mads Mikkelsen, and Sigourney Weaver in Dust Bunny
Roadside Attractions
The holiday season is a time for magic, wonder, and joy. And perhaps no film this year delivers on those feelings better than Bryan Fuller’s debut feature film, Dust Bunny, a brilliant and lush kaleidoscope of color, bizarrely wonderful characters, and one giant killer bunny. It’s films like this for which the theatrical experience was created.
Fuller’s television career has spanned genres. He was the mastermind behind beloved shows like Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Heroes, and Hannibal, and has finally made the leap to the silver screen with a genre-blending R-rated fantasy-horror-fairytale about a girl who hires a hitman to kill the monster under her bed, who’s eaten her parents. The hitman in question reunites Fuller with his Hannibal star, Mads Mikkelsen, and he rounds out the cast with newcomer Sophie Sloan as his would-be client, Aurora, and a stable of beloved icons and character actors, including Sigourney Weaver (Alien), David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Rebecca Ferguson (The Acolyte), and Sheila Atim (The Woman King).
Mads Mikkelsen and Sophie Sloan in Dust Bunny
Roadside Attractions
The concept blends both a child’s worldview and adult themes, and that juxtaposition is part of what makes the film so special and so easily enjoyed across generations. Pair that with Fuller’s visual artistry, gobsmacking sets, and inventive action setpieces, and you have the makings of something we haven’t seen on screen in decades: a horror-fantasy film for children and adults alike, harkening back to their heyday in the 1980s when the likes of Gremlins, Return to Oz, and Ghostbusters thrived.
It’s Amélie meets The Professional, with a bit of Poltergeist thrown into the mix. “The nostalgia is massive,” agrees Dastmalchian, who stars as a rival (and scene-stealing) hitman in the film. “It reminds you...of being transported to the worlds of the Lucases and the Spielbergs. But [it’s also] his own thing. You can't really quantify Bryan Fuller. You can't put him in a box, you can't say, oh, ‘he's the next this, or he's the heir apparent to that,’ because he's carved his own place, and he's done it diligently, consistently over many years, and now bringing it to the movies,” he tells PRIDE.
David Dastmalchian in Dust Bunny
Roadside Attractions
“I would love for Dust Bunny to be a lot of young people's first horror movie,” Fuller tells PRIDE. “We set out to make a children's movie. We wanted it to be a children's movie. We got an R rating, so you probably shouldn't let me choose what your kids watch, because I'll be more tolerant than the MPAA,” he jokes. “But there's something about those movies growing up, whether it's Gremlins or The Goonies...that had kids at the forefront of these adventures as protagonists and heroes in their own story, in a way that allows us to armor ourselves against the real world.”
The film came from a very personal place for Fuller, who channeled his own challenges growing up into the character of Aurora, who may be unintentionally complicit in the fate that has befallen her parents—and with good reason. “I hope that people who might have had a tricky experience growing up will see themselves in Aurora in a way that they may not be able to articulate,” Fuller explains. Instead, she turns to help from a stranger who goes on to become her found family; again, something that Fuller pulled from his own lived experience.
“I don't know anybody who has a Norman Rockwell kind of life with their family, [it] seems totally alien to me,” he says. “There's something about, particularly as a queer man, growing up when you're not accepted by your family...and society backs that up with their treatment of just anybody who is outside of the norm.” Fuller hopes that this film, like the ones he grew up with, might prove to be comforting. “So much of my love of horror, science fiction, and fantasy growing up wasn’t shared by anybody in my family. Nobody loved movies the way I loved movies, and we don't often talk enough about the medicinal qualities of what movies give to us as audience members, to make us feel seen. Even though it’s kind of a one-way street, it’s a symbiotic relationship that we share with the story that exists just as much in our hearts as it does on screen.”
Mads Mikkelsen in Dust Bunny
Roadside Attractions
What screen, then, should you experience Dust Bunny on? I write this in the strongest of terms: the biggest one possible. The visual flair is an absolute feast for the eyes, but it isn’t style over substance; the film invites you to fall into its unique rabbit hole and discover a whole new world—one you won't want to leave.
Dastmalchian couldn’t agree more. “I really want to encourage people, if you're somebody who loves to go to the movies, and you've maybe forgotten why you love going to the movies, and you've kind of stopped going out to the cinema, take a chance with this film. Get your tub of popcorn, get your soda, get your candy, sit there in that holy place we call the theater, and let Bryan Fuller show you what we love about going to the movies.”
Dust Bunny is in theaters now. Watch the trailer below.
Netflix just made fans of spicy gay sports romance a huge favor by releasing 10DANCE while everyone is eagerly awaiting the next episode of Heated Rivalry.
Based on a beloved BL (Boy Love) manga by Satou Inoue, 10DANCE follows the love story between “two men consumed by the world of competitive dance — driven by passion, rivalry, jealousy, and desire,” according to Netflix.
The movie may be tame compared to the gay hockey series everyone is obsessed with right now, but fans are soaking up the sexual tension, palpable chemistry, yearning, and intense kisses that make it a must-watch.
The scene where one of the male dancers is shirtless and teaching the other one how to move his hips for a Latin dance is so sexy that fans can’t stop talking about it.
So keep scrolling to see the funniest and thirstiest reactions to the latest spicy movie the gays are obsessed with!