Departures

It’s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.

Cast

Lloyd Eyre-Morgan

as Benji

David Tag

as Jake

Liam Boyle

as Kieran

Tyler Conti

as Ryan

Kerry Howard

as Jackie

Lorraine Stanley

as Janet

Jacob Partali

as Junger Jake

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Told by way of an one-sided and fairly heart-rending retrospective, this tells us the story about two gents "Benji" (Lloyd Eyre-Morgan) and "Jake" (David Tag) who have their flight cancelled and so start chatting at the airport. The former is a gay lad without two pennies to rub together and who liv...

Brent Marchant

The hopes most of us have for romantic comedy-dramas is that everything will ultimately work out in the end. But, in real life, relationships don’t always turn out that way. So when filmmakers try to fuse those two divergent scenarios, the results can be dismaying if not handled properly. However, w...

Similar Movies

Brokeback Mountain

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

⭐ 7.8

Before the Eruption

On a trip to reconnect with friends, one of them starts to make her true self known.

⭐ 6.5

Cockles and Muscles

Crustacés et coquillages is a fresh French comedy film with numerous surprise turnarounds and about the tolerance of a family of four. The family spend an idealistic summer vacation together where each of the family members gets involved in a new or old relationship.

⭐ 6.0

Acts of Love

When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, the filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project that his mother hates.

⭐ 4.4

Bigayan

A gay couple has been in an open relationship for seven years. But when one of them proposes on having a more exclusive set-up, will the other give in to keep their relationship?

⭐ 7.5

Victoria

Victoria falls in love with a girl with whom they cross paths. Judith finds something unique in her and they decide to create a relationship, although Victoria fears the conflict that will arise at home and its consequences.

⭐ 10.0

Bad Education

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

⭐ 7.4

Mambo Italiano

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

⭐ 5.9

Mala Noche

Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in a tangled love triangle.

⭐ 6.1

Summer Storm

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.

⭐ 6.8

The Damned Don't Cry

Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.

⭐ 6.0

Desert Hearts

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

⭐ 7.1

Maybe... Maybe Not

The heterosexual man Axel is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his girlfriend wants him back he must make a tough decision.

⭐ 6.2

Violets

In 1945, beneath the oppressive shadow of the Francoist dictatorship, Juan, a university teacher assistant, meets Manuel during a chance encounter at night in a park. With their initial reservations, a complex love story unfolds between them, shaped by the turbulent political climate and the misunderstanding of those around them.

⭐ 0.0

Psycho Baby

When Andra, a diagnosed psychopath, receives a love letter from Sadie, an undiagnosed love addict, her natural state is shaken as she confronts the dull prospect of romance.

⭐ 0.0

Buddies

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

⭐ 8.2

Beyond the Walls

This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time. Spanish super star Carmen Maura plays a nun who agrees to a selfless scam, a fake stigmata, only to avoid separation from her lover, another nun. It's a serious and passionate work, highlighting the theme of outspoken women-against-repression, seen in other good gay and lesbian films. This is not a lesbian "Nun sense" or another "Dark Habits" (by Almodovar, which also starred Carmen Maura, and also set in a Spanish convent, with some lesbian nuns). Perhaps, best of all, 'Extramuros' is realistic and frank. It isn't shy about its characters' sexuality. Their sexuality, and the film as a whole are genuine.

⭐ 5.2

Placebo

David decides to assume the burden of his family after the stroke that suffered his father. Because of the situation and despite his youth, he is responsible for giving strength to his mother and sister. However, once he leaves the hospital and goes away from his family, David will look for the placebo he needs to let off steam.

⭐ 0.0

#LookAtMe

A Youtuber posts an irreverent video trolling a megachurch pastor, in defence of his gay twin brother. He is vilified by society, tried in court, and pitted against a culture that threatens to destroy his family.

⭐ 8.5

The Pleasure Principle

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.

⭐ 4.7