Daddy issues abound in these LGBTQ+ films to stream over Father’s Day weekend
Welcome to your weekend streaming recommendations, a.k.a. the Weekend Watch, a handy guide to the queerest film and TV content that’s just a click away!Father’s Day is this Sunday, and while it’s not an easy day for everyone, especially queer folks—some don’t have dads, some don’t like their dads, some dads don’t deserve Father’s Day—it can also be a day to celebrate the father figures that help teach us hard lessons in life.
In that spirit, we’re offering up some streaming picks that delve into these complex, often-fraught relationships, from an adult sons whose father comes out late in life, to young queer kids who find fatherly guidance from unlikely mentors, to a widowed gay dad left to fight for custody of his only child.Read on for LGBTQ+ Father’s Day streaming recommendations to watch this weekend.Directed by Mike Mills, this 2010 dramedy explores what happens when a widowed father comes out of the closet late in life.
In Beginners, Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is taken aback when his retired museum curator dad, Hal (Christopher Plummer), not only comes out of the closet but decides to explore what it means to be gay—including finding a much younger lover (Goran Višnjić), going to gay clubs, taking up local gay political causes, and meeting new gay friends.
Hal sadly develops advanced lung cancer, and when he dies he leaves his trusty dog to Oliver. The film bounces back and forth, before and after Hal’s death, as Oliver navigates his father’s new life and what he left behind.Available to rent digitally on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Spectrum, and Amazon.This 2021 film by Fisher Stevens stars Justin Timberlake as Eddie Palmer, an ex-convict who is released from prison after 12 years.