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Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. It's that time of year: Pride Month, which means it's time to celebrate. As always, it's a great time to march, party, and be marketed to. But it's also an opportunity to learn your queer history, and a self-curated LGBTQ film festival is a great way to do that.

Let us help. LGBTQ-centered films are still pretty rare—particularly from major studios, as the buzz around 's Bros revealed. But queer characters have come a long way in a relatively short time, from the self-loathing middle-aged men of the s in The Boys in the Band to the headstrong misfits of Fire Island to the love-torn teens in Love, Simon.

Queer cinema has evolved, too, from the shoestring brilliance of The Watermelon Woman to the big-budget glitter-fest that is Rocketman.

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While gay characters tended until much too recently to be one-dimensional, white, marginal, and doomed, in Barry Jenkins won an Oscar by telling the layered and hopeful story of a gay Black man in Moonlight. Since then, movie more intersectional films about the queer experience have emerged.

If you're looking for something new to watch this month, let this list be your guide. After all, Pride—real pride—requires self-knowledge, and one of the easiest ways to do that is through art. Borrow a streaming-service password from family—however you define it!

Amazon Apple. If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school special, that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. The queer kids of the future need their wholesome entertainment, too. Amazon Hulu. A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going.

It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsodybut when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it. Netflix Amazon. Along the way, a rousing performance from Andrew Scott as an inspiring teacher with a secret of his own; a prescient casting choice in Nicholas Galitzine, whose name you just might see in this list a time or two later; and a rugby game set to a Rufus Wainwright song.

Just the gay to lift your spirits. Amazon The Roku Channel. The life of Cuba's "transformistas" is captured beautifully in this father-son story about a boy who wants to perform drag and his father, newly released from prison and unable to accept who his son is. It's couple beautifully, with great music and a close look at Havana in all its run-down and colorful glory.

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