Ira Sachs Movies

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the...

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young...

In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a...

A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York...

In late 1980s New York, Jimmy George, a Downtown performance artist living with AIDS, takes on one possibly last great role.

In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.

A traveling theatrical troupe, made up primarily of gay and lesbian performers, mirrors the troubles of a political and social community through its...

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too...

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her...

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York...

During production of A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift meets the woman who will become his closest confidant and best friend, Elizabeth Taylor.

An unnamed woman in a red wig welcomes a documentary crew into her New York apartment. The crew captures her everyday life, as she fights with her...

In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional...

When a terminally ill French actress decides to spend her last vacation with her large family in Sintra, her relatives grapple with their own...

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to...

Made for Underground Zero: Independent Filmmakers Respond to 9/11 This short video is made up of portraits taken from the fliers posted on the...

Documentary on the making of the 2025 film "Peter Hujar's Day".

A portrait of the filmmaker's father, an American businessman on a quest for money and women in modern Moscow.

Velvet Vision is a raw and intimate portrait of James Bidgood, the visionary artist behind the cult classic Pink Narcissus, who’s...

Woman's Picture is an anthology film inspired by classic women's films of the thirties, forties, and fifties. The story is divided into three...