1. We Live Here: The Midwest
Explore timely, personal stories of LGBTQI+ families who strive to build lives in their communities despite biased legislation and mounting prejudice.
It has an average vote of 3.3 on TMDB.
2. The Baby Formula
Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humor and unexpected twists, their journey ultimately confirms that all life is a gift and all families are crazy.
It has an average vote of 3.2 on TMDB.
3. The Dads
On a fishing trip with Matthew Shepard's father, five disparate dads discuss their love, hopes and fears for their trans kids in this short documentary.
It has an average vote of 6.429 on TMDB.
4. Love Alone Can't Make a Child (Der Wunsch)
Love Alone Can’t Make a Child chronicles the love story and emotional odyssey of Maria and Christiane who, for over a decade, have been trying to fulfil their desire of giving birth to a child of their own. The director, a childhood friend of Maria, lovingly narrates the couple's journey, showcasing their resilience in the face of ever-increasing challenges, and the intricate dynamics of a relationship under tremendous strain. More than anything else, the film continually pursues what love truly means in a long-term romantic relationship.
5. My Transgender Kid
Two British families discuss the challenges they face raising children who identify as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
6. All in My Family
After starting a family of his very own in the United States, a gay filmmaker documents his loving, traditional Chinese family's process of acceptance.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
7. Kids on the Edge: The Gender Clinic
Looking closely at two families who attend the Tavistock and Portman's Gender Identity Development Service, the only NHS-run gender clinic for children in the country. The children are treated for their gender dysphoria, led by consultant psychologist Dr Polly Carmichael.
8. The Boy Who Was Born a Girl
Jon is a typical teenage boy in all respects except one: he was born a girl. He has now been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a condition that affects over 100 British children every year, and is embarking on an extraordinary journey of transition. Director Julia Moon follows mother and son through the first three months of Jon's life-changing treatment as the testosterone pushes his female body into male puberty.
9. Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a 2010 documentary film by Ed Webb-Ingall that explores the experiences of children of gay and lesbian parents.
10. Beyond Tragedies (Para Além das Tragédias)
Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
11. Nicola Adams: me and IVF
Nicole Adams and her girlfriend share their IVF-story.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. Same Difference
Following the debate over California's Proposition 8, this short film is an exploration of how modern American families are constructed, not only those within the LGBTQ community.
13. Modern Times: Pink Parents
A British lesbian couple with one child and looking to get pregnant again partner up with two gay men to make their expanding family a reality,
14. A Distant Place (정말 먼 곳)
A sheep farmer whose remote and quiet life is disturbed by the arrival of both his lover and his twin sister.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
15. The Invisible Thread (Il filo invisibile)
The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
It has an average vote of 6.617 on TMDB.
16. Take Me Home (담쟁이)
Same-sex couple Eun-soo and Ye-won are living together happily. One day, a terrible traffic accident occurs and Eun-soo is seriously injured and her sister Eunhae dies. Eun-soo is disabled and Eunhae's daughter Soo-min became an orphan. Now Eun-soo and Ye-won are in a position to take charge of Soo-min.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Breakfast and Dinner (佐藤家の朝食、鈴木家の夕食)
High school student Takumi lives with his two mothers in a beautiful house in Tokyo. Moving into a house across the street is Sora and her two fathers. One day Takumi and Sora begin a quest to seek answers long hidden and silent in their unconventional families. Takumi sets out to determine the identity of his father, and Sora devises a plan to integrate herself fully into her family. The ordeals of these households stretch the traditional notions of family, convention and tradition.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
18. Little One (Ili-Ili)
A pregnant mother, unsure of how to raise a child, arranges an interview with her two gay dads but fate intervenes when his dad suffers a heart attack. Her dad reflects on their family's history, captured on an old camcorder.
19. Gym Classes (Lezioni di Ginnastica)
Siblings Clara and Pietro aren't close, but they share a hatred for the high school that she's recently started attending and that he graduated from years before. Forced to wait in the school with their father, familial tensions arise.
20. May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward (愿江海一直向上流)
As the second work of young director Ran Yinxiao, "May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward" is set in Chongqing and tells a different kind of family story between three people who are not related by blood. The film has a time span of nearly a century and records the life trajectories of two generations and two families.