Pride 2022: 10 queer films and TV shows to check out

From ‘Euphoria’ to ‘Badhaai Do,’ here is a list of recent titles to take you into the world of queer cinema this Pride Month

A month-long celebration of Pride is coming to an end. However, celebrating love in all its forms, and fighting for the right to be oneself in our heteronormative and cis-normative world, is for every season. Pride Month not only serves as a festival of celebration for the queer, but also is a call to action from a longstanding movement that aims to break down social conditioning, gender and sex stereotypes, and to fight for upholding the rights of all.

For those who wish to explore the LGBTQIA+ spectrum through mainstream cinema, here are a few recent titles to introduce you to queer romance, rights, representation, and more.

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 gay coming-of-age drama is one of the most famous queer titles, especially among the Gen Z. Set in the stunning Italian countryside, the film tells the story of an Italo-French youth named Elio (Timothée Chalamet), who finds himself in a complicated relationship with Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American student spending his summer with Elio’s family.

The film feels like a warm embrace to all the hopeless romantics. With a doomed romance at the centre, it traces the inner battles of a young homosexual teen who faces the pangs of mature love.

Reading up on everything that has been written about the film is an informative exercise on its own. Of course, the awareness of the scandalous Armie Hammer controversy that came to light in the years following the release of the film can prove to be essential in the dialogue about sexual abuse, casting in queer films, and more.

Like Call Me By Your Name, this drama, too, has picturesque locations, engrossing dialogues, a doomed romance with a fiery passion, and a feeling of deep sorrow; all of which emanate through its well-crafted mise-en-scène.

Set on a remote island in the 18th century, the film tells the love story of Marianne (Noémie Merlant), a painter who is commissioned by an aristocratic woman to paint her daughter Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), who is refusing to get married, without her knowledge.