Favourite LGBT films?

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Of course! Would she have become self-aware and lived true to her sexuality is another question.

I dont know but she shouldnt have been sent to that camp in the first place. All those parents should be ashamed of the hatred they are showing their children.

Pricilla Queen of the desert!

Sounds great! I like a lot of Canadian films and series. C.R.A.Z.Y. is the only gay Canadian film I've seen and it was good.


Looks like everyone here does
And Welcome to Wrong Planet!


Stephen Fry was perfect as Oscar Wilde. Definitely one of my favourite films.

I have to watch To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar. It sounds hilarious!

I keep getting songs stuck in my head from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I know some of them word for word


I really like Tarnation. You should definitely watch Mysterious Skin. The book is also really good.


I really liked this film. I only saw it after I'd seen The Matrix though, so I couldn't stop thinking about Agent Smith being Mitzi Del Bra!

This was one of the movies that was not coming to mind. I watched it the same night I saw Bound.

Naturally, but then I guess there would not be a movie, would there?

I have always loved Fried Green Tomatoes for its simplicity... but not so much the movie because Hollywood politically stripped the key elements about Idgie and Ruth's relationship that makes it work so beautifully. The book is lovely.

Jeffrey is my favorite gay movie...

Kampfer?

No I think Kampfer is about a boy who turns into a girl. This was more about a boy who was very feminine. And a girl who was very masculine. And they meet and decide to embrace their trans gender selves.

there are quite a few good ones. i liked the adventures of pricilla queen of the desert, rocky horror picture show, bound, milk, a single man, aimee and jaguar and i know tipping the velvet was a series but the whole thing is three hours so i think it counts. i hear beautiful thing is good and mysterious skin and kaboom also by greg araki and ive been meaning to watch them. also want to watch viola di mare and spider lilies and there was another but cant quite remember the name. oh and i love you phillip morris wasnt so bad- careys best film in my opinion. fried green tomatoes was good but, yeah, the removal of the romance between idgie and other woman was irritating- a food fight between the two was supposed to symbolise sex or something.

I will add a few favourites that I don't believe have been mentioned yet. I am going to restrict myself to films where the central plot or theme is GLBT related, rather than a film that features an LGBT character or subplot.

There is a distinct lack of L, B and T here, which is entirely due to my own subjectivity--these are the films that resonated with me, and since I am G, rather than L, B or T, it stands to reason that my list is going to be heavily skewed that way. This is not a statement about the objective quality of these films, but my subjective opinion about them.

And the Band Played On (1993, USA, Roger Spottiswoode)
--We cannot underestimate the importance of AIDS on defining our community, and the huge kick in the pants it gave us to continue what the drag queens started at Stonewall.

Another Country (1984, UK, Marek Kanievska)
--Well, to begin with, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. Plus, a throwback to my boarding school days, and to one of the first professional theatre gigs I had as a young man, before I decided not to be a working actor.

Bent (1997, USA, Sean Mathias)
--Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau and a brutal episode from our history.

Bishonen (1998, Hong Kong, Yonfan)
--Beautifully filmed, if a somewhat melodramatic story.

The Boys in the Band (1970, USA, William Friedkin)
--An important film, because it shows us how far we have come in 40 years.

Brokeback Mountain (2005, USA, Ang Lee)
--Cliché, perhaps, but it was widely praised for good reason.

Broken Hearts Club (2000, USA, Greg Berlanti)
--A bit of fluff, but there's nothing wrong with good fluff.

The Bubble (2006, Israel, Eytan Fox)
--A cross cultural romance between a Sabra and Palestinian give this film importance beyond its gay content.

Coming Out (1989, East Germany)
--A remarkable piece, given its source country. Worthy of mention if for no other reason than that.

The Celluloid Closet (1995, multinational, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)
--A crucial documentary. How do we understand our history, without understanding the codes and subtexts that we used to identify ourselves before Mattachine and Stonewall?

The Edge of Seventeen (1998, USA, David Moreton)
--For its soundtrack alone.

Edward II (1991, UK, Derek Jarman)
--A modern take on a very old story.

Farewell My Concubine (1993, China, Chen Kaige)
--A visually stunning film, with a compelling story. The transition of men who made their lives portraying women on the stage has, of course, been treated before Stage Beauty (2004, USA, Richard Eyre) is another example.

Flawless (1999, USA, Joel Schumacher)
--I could watch Philip Seymour Hoffman do anything. Add de Niro to the mix and you have the makings of exceptional work.

The Hanging Garden (1997, Canada, Thom Fitzgerald)
--A little known but moving story.

I Think I Do (1996, USA, Brian Sloan)
--My guilty pleasure. This is a go-to movie for me when I need a laugh.

In & Out (1997, USA, Frank Oz)
--The "self-help tape" scene alone was worth the price of admission.

Die Konsequenz ("The Consequence") (1977, Germany, Wolfgang Petersen)
--A difficult film, but that's what makes it worth watching. It is not so very long ago that the criminal law imposed itself upon our relationships.

Krampak ("Nico and Dani") (2000, Spain, Cesc Gay)
--One of the better coming of age films, because it includes the layer of unrequited infatuation.

Le Placard (The Closet) (2001, France, Francis Veber)
--Side splittingly funny. Not to be missed.

Longtime Companion (1990, USA, Norman René)
--The fictional counterpart to And the Band Played On. Some stellar performances, not least from Campbell Scott and Bruce Davidson (who got an Oscar nomination for it).

Love and Human Remains (1993, Canada, Denys Arcand)
--A faithful adaptation Brad Fraser's play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love.

Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997, USA, Joe Mantello)
--Terrence McNally adapted his own play with wonderful style, and most of the Broadway cast returned to film it.

M. Butterfly (1993, USA, David Cronenberg)
--A beautiful film with outstanding performances by John Lone and Jeremy Irons. All the more fascinating because of its inspiration from the story of Bernard Boursicot (who is a big fan of the film and the play on which it is based).

Maurice (1987, UK, James Ivory)
--James Ivory directing James Wilby, Hugh Grant and Rupert Graves. 'nuf said.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985, UK, Stephen Frears)
--The interracial relationship during the Thatcher years in Britain is significant. Daniel Day Lewis' performance is--not surprisingly--terrific.

Paragraph 175 (1995, UK/Germany, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)
--The documentary companion to Bent. By the same filmmakers who created The Celluloid Closet

Parting Glances (1986, USA, Bill Sherwood)
--Another guilty pleasure film. This was one of the first affirmative GLBT stories I saw on film, and it has stayed with me as a favourite for 25 years.

Peter's Friends (1992, UK, Kenneth Branagh)
--This one is a tenuous inclusion, but I think Peter's story is central enough to qualify this as a "GLBT film." The cast is stellar, and Branagh's skill at directing actors is evident.

Priest (1994, UK, Antonia Bird)
--One of the best treatments of the theme of a gay man trapped inside the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

Querelle (1982, France, Rainer Fassbinder)
--I'm hot and cold on this film. Genet's story, and Davis' portrayal of Querelle are fantastic, but Fassbinder makes pretty significant demands of the audience. The surrealism of the art direction tips the scales in the film's favour, for me.

Sebastiane (1977, UK, Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress)
--Well, as with all Jarman, there's terrific eye candy. Also, the novelty of a homoerotic film performed entirely in Latin is too good to pass up.

A Single Man (2009, USA, Tom Ford)
--Colin Firth. I fell for him in Another Country and this film simply reaffirms that.

The Sum of Us (1994, Australia, Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling)
--Watching Russell Crowe pine over John Polson is delightful.

Torch Song Trilogy (1988, USA, Paul Bogart)
--Another one of those films from our history that should not be missed.

Trick (1999, USA, Jim Fall)
--Another guilty pleasure. Remarkable because Tori Spelling's gives a worthwhile performance.

Vor Een Verloren Soldaat ("For a Lost Soldier") (1992, Netherlands, Roland Kerbosch)
--An adaptation of the novel of the same name.

The Wedding Banquet (1993, US/Taiwan, Ang Lee)
--Brokeback was not Ang Lee's first foray into gay stories--this was. And a rollicking good story it is, too.

Were the World Mine (2008, USA, Tom Gustafson)
--A charming little piece.

Zero Patience (1993, Canada, John Greyson)
--A musical fantasy on the theme of early reasearch into AIDS and the so-called "Patient Zero." The musical number in the bathhouse ("When You Pop a Boner in the Shower") is one of the most hilarious songs ever to be committed to film.

Thanks for posting all of these! Most of them I hadn't heard of before.

Bent and Priest are also two of my favourites. Brokeback Mountain was really good, but it's not a favourite. In & Out made me laugh, especially the "self-help tape" scene, but sometimes I got bored of the gay stereotype jokes. Krámpack is also a great film, apart from the scene when Dani looks like he's date raping Berta. That bit was nasty. I'll have to try and watch the other ones you listed.

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Hey! I've actually seen some of those.

Also, I just remembered Mambo Italiano, which is especially hilarious if you are in a relationship with someone who is Italian.

I know I've seen more. I just have a horrible memory for that sort of thing.

Most people think it strange that I know so many good gay movies. And I notice that whenever I put one in, my family and friends goes crazy. They're not homophobic but for some reason it makes feel uncomfortable especially with the love scenes. I personally find most of the gay love scenes more realistic or soemthing I'm better able to relate to than the heterosexual ones even though I'm a heterosexual... My middle sister's the same way. She's pretty cool with anything.

Anyway here's my list.


Sister My Sister

Just a Question of Love

M. Butterfly

The Crying Game

Fingersmith

Tipping the Velvet

Fire

A Man of No Importance

My Own Private Idaho

Orlando

Heavenly Creatures

Brokeback Mountain

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Milk

Before Night Falls

Aimee and Jaguar

Capote

Monster

Maurice

The Bird Cage

Boys Don't Cry

Velvet Goldmine

Lost and Delirious



Good grief I could go on...