While it's important to note that art isn't a monolith, and there's still a lot of space that needs to be opened up for queer narratives and stories, hopefully, with the titles below, you can continue to explore queer cinema that reflects different facets of the LGBTQ+ experience. Conversely, 2022 has been a remarkable year so far for seeing queer stories celebrated onscreen-from Heartstopper to Our Flag Means Death (which was just renewed for a second season) and beyond. The world is more than a bit fraught for LGBTQ+ folx right now, with harsh daily realities in the form of ongoing transphobic legislation, threats to previously established same-sex marriage laws, and more. The more LGBTQ+ narratives we have, the more doors will be opened for LGBTQ+ characters and stories to be told in the future.
Art-movies and especially television-has the ability to show us the extent of human imagination, while also providing us with the tools to see our own realities more clearly. 'For whatever reason, we are creatures who want to see our stories reflected back to us, starting with cave paintings to 3D IMAX' (Nick Adams, Disclosure 2020).