New Gay Movies and Shows in November 2026, From ‘Club Kid’ to ‘Heated Rivalry’ on the Big Screen

Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid” opens in theaters Friday, Nov. 6. That same day, Regal starts playing “Heated Rivalry” on the big screen and Netflix sends Los Javis’ “La Bola Negra” into its widest U.S. release.

Andrew Scott turns up twice, first in a Paramount+ comedy and then as the lead in Focus Features’ “Elsinore.” The dates below are for U.S. releases; check local theaters for showtimes. The official trailer for “Black Doves” Season 2, from Netflix. ‘Black Doves’ Season 2, on Netflix Nov. 5

Ben Whishaw is back as Sam, the assassin The Associated Press once described as “a lethal killer who happens to be gay.” All six hour-long episodes drop Nov. 5, Variety reported.

“The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits,” Netflix’s Tudum says of Sam, before Keira Knightley’s Helen pulls him back in. In Season 1, Sam gave up his great love, Michael, once Michael found out how Sam paid the bills, as the Boston Globe recapped.

“I felt like the character had this sort of core truth, even though they all are in a quite heightened world,” Whishaw told the AP in 2024.

Knightley said of Helen and Sam, “They can’t be themselves with anybody else in the world, but they can be their whole selves with each other.” The official trailer for “Club Kid,” from A24. ‘Club Kid’, in Theaters Nov. 6 From A24

Firstman wrote, directed and stars as Peter, a hard-partying New York promoter who learns he has a 10-year-old son, Arlo (Reggie Absolom). Cara Delevingne and Diego Calva co-star, and A24 opens it in select theaters before a wider rollout, TheWrap reported.

A24 paid a reported $17 million for worldwide rights after the Cannes premiere in May, Variety reported.

“I just wanted to tap into something a little softer, more unapologetically heart on its sleeve,” Firstman told Perfect Magazine.

“Firstman builds the NYC club scene with such texture you get a sore head second hand,” Barry Levitt wrote in Sight and Sound. He also clocked the darkroom hookups and the nods to real New York spots like Market Hotel and Basement.

Firstman recently said he donated sperm so his sister and her wife could have a baby, as Gayety reported. The official Season 1 trailer for “Heated Rivalry,” from HBO Max. ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 1, in U.S. Theaters Starting Nov. 6

Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) hit more than 650 U.S. theaters across Regal, AMC, Cinemark and other chains. That includes over 275 Regal locations, according to Regal’s announcement. Regal’s Nov. 6 to Nov. 30 run splits the six episodes into three pairs, with tickets priced at $9.99. Some locations will serve Summer in Montreal and Russians Don’t Blush cocktails.

“It’s a chance to celebrate the story, its creators and its performances before Season 2 arrives in 2027,” Regal executive Brooks LeBoeuf said in the announcement. He called it “a true theatrical event.”

Cinemark’s event page also lists the three episode pairings starting Nov. 6. Dates and showtimes vary by location. The official trailer for “La Bola Negra,” from Netflix. ‘La Bola Negra’, in Theaters Nationwide Nov. 6 and on Netflix Dec. 2

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the Spanish duo known as Los Javis, won best director at Cannes for this epic drawn from Federico García Lorca’s unfinished play. Its stories of queer men unfold in 1932, 1937 and 2017. Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close star, Netflix says.

Lorca wrote only four pages before he was murdered, Jan Tracz noted in his Film Stage review. Tracz wrote that the film is about choice, then added, “A queer choice, to be more precise.”

“For me, playing this character, it’s shown me that not everyone has the chance to live freely,” Guitarricadelafuente told Tudum.

It opened Oct. 16 in New York and Los Angeles and made $277,619 from four theaters that weekend, according to The Numbers. The Nov. 6 expansion reaches Provincetown, Key West and New Orleans. The Castro in San Francisco gets a one-night show Nov. 23, per Netflix’s theater list. It’s also Spain’s Oscar submission. The official trailer for “It Gets Worse,” from Paramount+. ‘It Gets Worse,’ on Paramount+ Premium Nov. 6

Comedian Leo Reich created and stars in this six-part A24 comedy about three university friends stuck in a London rut. All six episodes arrive Nov. 6 on the Paramount+ Premium plan in the United States.

Scott guest stars as Ethan’s therapist. A preview clip shows their session turning into a kiss, Just Jared reported.

“There are plenty of sex scenes, too, unfiltered and unglossy, showing the grimly funny side of their encounters,” Steve Bennett wrote in a four-star Chortle review. The official U.S. trailer for “Bitter Christmas,” from Sony Pictures Classics. ‘Bitter Christmas’, in New York and LA Theaters Nov. 13

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest opens in New York and Los Angeles Nov. 13 and nationwide Nov. 25, according to Sony Pictures Classics. Leonardo Sbaraglia plays Raúl, a stuck filmmaker who mines his friends’ lives for a script. AFP called the part Almodóvar’s on-screen alter ego.

“The first thing he told me when he offered me the role was: ‘I don’t want a flattering portrait,'” Sbaraglia told AFP in May.

Quim Gutiérrez plays Santi, Raúl’s partner. “Raúl also has a hot partner in Santi,” Jessica Kiang wrote in Sight and Sound. She described Santi as a man “who long-suffers in the background and on whom Raul’s gaze seldom focuses.” The official trailer for “Elsinore,” from Focus Features. ‘Elsinore’, in Select Theaters Nov. 20 From Focus Features

Scott plays Ian Charleson, the “Chariots of Fire” actor who played Hamlet at London’s National Theatre in 1989 while dying of AIDS. Charleson died eight weeks after his last performance, at 40, TheaterMania reported. Olivia Colman, Billie Piper and Joe Locke co-star in Simon Stone’s film, which Focus Features opens Nov. 20.

“I love the fact that he nailed his colours to the mast at the end of his life,” Scott told the BFI in October.

Asked if queer joy should come before AIDS-crisis films on screen, Scott said, “I welcome things like Heartstopper.” He named “Heated Rivalry,” too. Of viewers who resist the harder stories, he said, “I think that sometimes comes from a place of shame.”

Focus plans to widen the release over the holidays, TheaterMania reported.

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