15 great films and TV shows that feature Pride celebrations

Celebrate Pride with these TV shows and movies!

It's time to celebrate Pride once more!

This summer, millions of people around the world celebrate Pride with picnics, concerts, festivals, parades, and protests. Others will celebrate privately, or with friends and family. Some have been celebrating for decades, while others are going to their first Pride this year.

It's an essential time of year, especially when it seems like there's more attacks on the queer community than ever before.

If you're looking for depictions of Pride events in film and television, we've got the perfect list for you!

Scroll through to check out 15 TV shows and movies that celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.

'Pride'

Of course, a movie named Pride features Pride celebrations! This 2014 film is based on the true story of a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to support miners striking in Wales in the 1980s. The film features the 1985 Pride Parade, where hundreds of miners join the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners as they march.

Read our review. Watch it on Paramount+.

'Sense8'

The Wachowski's science fiction seriesSense8 centers a group of eight strangers who develop a psychic connection. This early-days Netflix show features a large queer cast and had a few scenes featuring Pride celebrations. In the series pilot, lesbian couple Nomi and Amanita celebrate Pride at a park. In season 2, episode 6, Lito, a closeted actor, comes out publicly during São Paulo Pride.

Streaming on Netflix.

'Danger & Eggs'

The series finale of the delightful animated kids' show Danger & Eggs — from creators Shadi Petosky and Mike Owens — was titled "Chosen Family" and featured the main characters going to a Pride festival. Moreover, a trans girl (voiced by Jazz Jennings) performs a song about her first day at school as the real her.

Streaming on Prime Video.

'What We Do in the Shadows'

Season 5, episode 3 of What We Do in the Shadows — a vampire mockumentary from FX — is titled "Pride Parade" and features the vampires' neighbor Sean organizing a parade in their Staten Island neighborhood after he announces he's running for comptroller. This culminates with the characters singing "It's Raining Men," as a naked Nandor falls from the sky after attempting to fly to outer space.

Streaming on Hulu.

'Blues Clues'

This special Pride Parade sing-along from Blue's Clues features an animated version of Nina West singing "Families Go Marching" as a parade full of cartoon animals with their queer families walks past.

'Noah's Arc'

The groundbreaking Noah's Arc series about Black gay men living in Los Angeles had a series finale in which the main characters celebrated Black Gay Pride on July 4th.

'South of Nowhere'

South of Nowhere is a teen drama series about a family that moves from Ohio to Los Angeles. In the eighth episode of season 3, Spencer, the family's youngest daughter, wants to go to Pride with her mom, but she is unavailable. When Spencer's bisexual friend Ashley stops by, she convinces Paula to go to Pride.

'Queer as Folk'

The American version of Russell T Davies' Queer as Folk follows a group of gay and lesbian friends living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the second season, the group celebrates Gay Pride.

'The L Word'

Seeing as The L Word is all about a group of queer women, it makes sense that they'd go to Pride. In season 2, episode 11, "Loud & Proud," the women attend WeHo Pride and celebrate.

'BPM'

This French drama is set in the early 1990s and follows the members of ACT-UP Paris as they figure out how to best advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS. It features the group debating how to best celebrate Pride, with some people wanting to maintain a positive outlook. In contrast, others want to focus on the somber atmosphere created by the epidemic.

Read our review. Streaming on Pluto.

'The Truth About Jane'

This Lifetime original movie from 2000 stars Stockard Channing as Janice, the mother of a teen girl named Jane (Ellen Muth). When Jane comes out on The Truth About Jane, Janice struggles to accept her daughter, but eventually, she begins attending PFLAG meetings. The two also go to a Pride parade together.

'Harlem'

Season 2, episode 5 of Harlem sees the newly out Quinn going to her first-ever Pride festival.

'Boomerang'

This Lena Waithe-produced BET series served as a sequel to the 1992 film of the same name. In the season 1 episode titled "Family," the crew goes to Atlanta's Black Pride festival.

'Milk'

Milk, a biopic about gay politician Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn) gives a speech at San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day, where he delivers his famous "My name is Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you" speech.

'Bros'

In Billy Eichner's gay romantic comedy Bros, Bobby (Eichner) needs to go to Provincetown to meet with a potential investor for his museum, and takes his boyfriend Aaron (Luke Macfarlane) with him. The visit takes place during Pride Weekend, and the two get to explore the town when it's at its most gay.

Streaming on Netflix.