Queer Stories About Family
These are stories ABOUT family.
-
1. Koisenu Futari
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
A story about two aroace people trying to redefine what it means to be family
-
2. Papa & Daddy
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
A story about two dads and their son, being a closeted gay parent, and how friends can be aunts and uncles through your found family <3 I'm not crying, you're crying.
-
3. Close-Knit
Japanese Movie - 2017
A story about a girl's uncle and his girlfriend (trans) trying to gain custody over her
-
4. His
Japanese Movie - 2020
A family going through divorce, his daughter who he is trying to gain custody of, and his lover
-
5. The Elephant Joke
Korean Movie - 2020
A lesbian couple is in the middle of a divorce and trying to give up their cat :(
-
6. Two and One
Filipino Movie - 2022
There are two major plotlines in this. The second one (which takes less focus, but it also important) is a story about his parents divorce and how that pain lingered.
-
7. Cocoon
Chinese Movie - 2017
A girl discovering her mother's lover
-
8. Dear Ex
Taiwanese Movie - 2018
A boy discovering his father's lover after his dad passes away
-
9. We Are Gamily
Taiwanese Movie - 2017
Lavendar marriages trying to appease their families by pretending to be straight
-
10. Two Weddings and a Funeral
Korean Movie - 2012
Lavender marriages trying to pretend they're straight for their families
-
11. Ototo no Otto
Japanese Drama - 2018, 3 episodes
After his twin brother passes away, his brother's husband comes to visit
-
12. Quick Change
Filipino Movie - 2013
A trans woman raising her nephew with her boyfriend
-
13. Love My Life
Japanese Movie - 2006
This was a story about many things, but one theme was about understanding her father better
-
14. 5 Lessons in Happiness: She Is My Father
Taiwanese Movie - 2020
A mother-daughter relationship (trans)
-
15. Fufu
Japanese Movie - 2021
The story of a husband couple
-
16. She Makes My Heart Flutter
Korean Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
Is about the relationship between an aunt and her niece, and their generational gap on the queer experience.
-
17. Secret Roommate
Korean Movie - 2020
A closeted couple gets a visit from a brother in their apartment. Not only is he visiting, he is also staying with them for a while!
-
18. Fathers
Thai Movie - 2016
-
19. Our Dining Table
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
queer older brother who acts like parental guardian meets lonely office queer.
-
20. Sato-Ke no Choushoku, Suzuki-Ke no Yuushoku
Japanese Special - 2013, 1 episode
protagonists' parents are gay/lesbian
-
21. A Woman Is a Woman
Hong Kong Movie - 2018
This is about a mother's struggle with her family situation.
-
22. Kinou Nani Tabeta?
Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
Two men who have lived together for a long time and their families. Its about being partially closeted and that jazz.
-
23. The Paradise of Thorns
Thai Movie - 2024
-
24. Tsuyako
Japanese Movie - 2011
A married woman with two kids living with her in-law is visited by her old flame
-
25. Slow Train
Japanese Special - 2025, 1 episode
A story about three siblings and their love lives (or lack of), and about how people take care of each other and the assumptions we make about family dynamics. But also just quirky lmao