Movies like Pray Away: 20 to watch next
If you loved Pray Away (2021) — a documentary film directed by Kristine Stolakis — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Pray Away most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like homophobia, guilt and lgbt. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Disclosure 2020★ 7.8
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An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Welcome to Chechnya 2020★ 7.0
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This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022★ 7.2
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The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste 2022★ 6.1
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A sexual wellness company gains fame and followers, then members come forward with shocking allegations.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Celluloid Closet 1996★ 7.3
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Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story 2025★ 6.2
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Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Circus of Books 2019★ 6.8
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For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology 2012★ 7.3
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A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Whitney: Can I Be Me 2017★ 6.6
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The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures 2016★ 6.9
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Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.
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The Kid Stays in the Picture 2002★ 6.6
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Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Teen 2008★ 6.4
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A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction 2013★ 6.9
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An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Decade Under the Influence 2003★ 7.9
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A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 2008★ 6.9
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Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gilbert 2017★ 6.7
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The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Life Itself 2014★ 7.5
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The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Come See Me in the Good Light 2025★ 7.0
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In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Citizenfour 2014★ 7.7
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In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Time 2020★ 6.7
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Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads