The 2014 drama/romance film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus, has many similarities to fellow drama/romance film Weekend, 2011 film directed by Andrew Haigh. Both films have identical themes of love, equality and homosexuality. 

Pride is based on a true story of civil rights movements for homosexuality in the early 1980's. It follows the story of several gay activists striving to help support funds for miners in Wales. It covers multiple representations such as the representation of issues, the main issue being homophobia. It also shows the representation of age and how close minded the elder generation were in those days. This is highly seen when we are shown that Cliff, an elderly man comes out as gay after fearing to be open about it for years. Furthermore, regional identity plays a part in this movie as the fact they were going to Wales was important. Pride also involves numerous jokes about homosexuality and is very uplifting and, in my opinion, a feel good film presenting equality and spreading the message of acceptance. Pride box office is 16.7 million US dollars. 

Weekend is a movie about two gay men who meet in a club and spend what seems like a very long weekend together. It projects their individual lives and allows us to view how they feel about themselves and their sexuality. This movie allows close and personal insight to the two protagonists lives singular and when they are together. We definitely can see an opposition in the two men's personalities, with Glen being, arguably, what seems much more confident than Russel. Weekend box office is a much smaller 1.1 million US dollars. 

I think that Pride, unlike Weekend, has a more positive message about homosexuality and acceptance as the characters are truly proud of who they are and the fact that they are gay and they honour themselves and others for being open and proud about their sexual orientation. This is strongly seen in the scene where Mark speaks to Joe and expresses how he feels about Joe hiding his sexuality from his parents. However, ultimately, Joe is found out and carries the explosion proudly. I think that Weekend has a slightly different approach to gay pride as the two characters are shown feeling awkward kissing or hugging in public, as seen in the scene at Russell's doorstep when there is a heterosexual couple next to them and they act uncomfortable and therefore do not kiss or hug to say goodbye.