What's your favorite gay themed movie?

Maurice gorgeous and wonderful

Beautiful Thing

Maurice was too depressing.

I didn't get the Hugh Grant character at all. Do people really go through life like that, in such denial? That's so sad.

My Beautiful Laundrette

Anybody remember Something for Everyone? "A rat adapts, an eagle just sits in its cage and glares."

"Latter Days" is easily my favorite. Our own fairy-tale.

Never saw Latter Days, but I love Steve Sandvoss.

I also heard that the movie had a sad ending. :o(

Steve Sandvoss is such a hot little slut!

Too bad he became a pig farmer.

No, it doesn't have a sad ending, but it is a very MOVING ending and I choked up a lot.

There are sad moments throughout though, mostly in the third act.

Closet Monster.

The films of Mitchell Leisen and von Stroheim

Some Like It Hot.

Rope.

Ludwig

The films of Andy Warhol / Paul Morrissey, Kenneth Anger, and John Walters.

Westler: East of the Wall

Les roseaux sauvages

Another vote for My Beautiful Laundrette. Bonus points for the happy ending

"Imagine Me and You." Sweet, charming and a (rare) feel-good lesbian film.

The Killer Condom!

Broken Hearts Club was a schmaltzy, diffused bore.

None of r10's movies have gay characters or centeal stories.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

How could you consider Maurice depressing? Maurice and Scudder lived happily ever after.

R15 dafuq????

There was a movie with Colin Farrell who had a fling with his best friend.

I can't remember the name of it, but they were very cute together. I can't remember how it ended.

But Hugh Grant did not R17.

How THICK are you R15

Hugh Grant chose that life. I don't feel a bit sorry for him.

Exactly, R20.

There were two very different gay stories being told in Maurice.

Some just assume that the only gay person in that movie was Maurice.

Clive wanted Maurice to spend his life as a monk pining away for him.

Home at the end of the world r19

Bent

Beautiful...

For that kind of film, I though Another Country was better, more interesting, than Maurice.

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS!

Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives

The Imitation Game

Stranger By the Lake

The Crying Game.

Lilies

Christopher and His Kind

Jeffrey

The Dallas Buyer's Club

Mysterious Skin

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Cabaret

Trick

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Shelter

good list

r19 means A Home at the End of the World.

And if all you can remember is Collin Farrell kissing, then you need to get higher standards for movies.

Mysterious skin is an awful movie.

Jeffrey was a good one.

Mysterious Skin is actually a really good (if low budget) movie.

Jeffrey was awful.

If you want lesbians or FTM, I'm going with:

Show Me Love

The Foxy Merkins

Heavenly Creatures

Boys Don't Cry

Love Is the Devil is a visually striking film and Daniel Craig plays a rough-trade gay lover:

While not my "favorite" gay movies, the following are masterworks of unforgettable visual style:

Querelle

Poison

Satyricon

Beau Travail

Beau Travail is a good story, too. Like Stranger By the Lake, it was a big deal among cineastes.

Easily among the Top 10 Gay Films ever made:

I'm surprised no one has said American Beauty, given how Hollywood was so enamored with it.

And Boys in the Band is a good movie, despite people savaging it for homophobia.

I've rated the following 9 or 10 on IMDb and feature a gay character in a lead or supporting role:

Bed and Sofa (1927)

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Strange Cargo (1940)

Rebecca (1940)

Johnny Eager (1941)

Ossessione (1943)

Caged (1950)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Calamity Jane (1953)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Compulsion (1959)

The Hanging Tree (1959)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Victim (1961)

Billy Budd (1962)

From Russia With Love (1963)

The Leather Boys (1964)

If... (1968)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

The Damned (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

The Conformist (1970)

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Death in Venice (1971)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Cabaret (1972)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Butley (1974)

Grey Gardens (1975)

Deep Red (1975)

Fox and His Friends (1975)

The Best Way to Walk (1976)

Outrageous! (1977)

Victor/Victoria (1982)

La nuit de Varennes (1982)

The 4th Man (1983)

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Maurice (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Law of Desire (1987)

Longtime Companion (1989)

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

Strangers in Good Company (1990)

Proof (1991)

Poison (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Edward II (1991)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

Queen Margot (1994)

Priest (1994)

Wild Reeds (1994)

The Sum of Us (1994)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

The Celluloid Closet (1995)

Beautiful Thing (1996)

Chasing Amy (1997)

Bent (1997)

In & Out (1997)

Gods and Monsters (1998)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Beau Travail (1999)

Go (1999)

The Adventures of Felix (2000)

Wonder Boys (2000)

Paragraph 175 (2000)

Km. 0 (2000)

The Deep End (2001)

Talk to Her (2002)

Yossi and Jagger (2002)

Proteus (2003)

Facing Windows (2003)

Mysterious Skin (2004)

Bad Education (2004)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

Time to Leave (2005)

A Love to Hide (2005)

The Man of My Life (2006)

Broken Sky (2006)

Love Songs (2007)

The Witnesses (2007)

Milk (2008)

Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)

I Love You Philip Morris (2009)

Undertow (2009)

Handsome Harry (2009)

Black Swan (2010)

Strapped (2010)

The Kids Are Alright (2010)

Bullhead (2011)

Weekend (2011)

Bernie (2011)

Keep the Lights On (2012)

Stranger by the Lake (2013)

Philomena (2013)

Pit Stop (2013)

Testament of Youth (2014)

Pride (2014)

The Handmaiden (2016)

My favorite Killer Condom scene:

r45 is delusionally projecting homosexuality on to some of his films.

And they're mostly mediocre. You don't get 107 "favorites."

Red Dirt

I have a soft spot for 'Weekend'

[quote]If you want lesbians or FTM

Only one of those has a place on a thread about gay themed movies.

Unzipped

"Yossi" (2012) - I found it incredibly moving and sweet at the same time.

[quote]Maurice was too depressing. I didn't get the Hugh Grant character at all. Do people really go through life like that, in such denial? That's so sad.

I swear I'm not saying this to be a jerk, but are people so clueless about history that they don't understand things weren't all that hot for gay people around the 1910s?

Shelter - no 5 Kleenex weepy ending for once

Another Gay Movie - if you like crying and tragic melodrama, this isn't the movie for you

4th Man Out - nice feel good flick. No tears here m'dears

Trick - blueballed until happily ever after

Mr. Right- Brit flick...uncut dick gay romcom.

The original La Cage aux Folles.

It says a lot about this forum that Moonlight has not been mentioned once.

Anyways, Moonlight.

Priscilla. Or, rather, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It was the first gay-orientated film I was allowed to watch (it's one of my mother's favourites, if only for the copious use of sarcasm and vicious, vicious putdowns), but it was one of *those* films, you know, the ones that demand a wide-screen and high definition for the sheer beauty of the Outback. Think "Mad Max" with a tranny, two drag queens and a dodgy old bus. Oh, and *this*.

"Big Eden." A lovely, sweet, affirming, non-tragic ending, I-wanna'-live-there film.

[quote] are people so clueless about history that they don't understand things weren't all that hot for gay people around the 1910s?

People have some of the same pressures placed upon them today, that they did back then.

Sure, things are easier for gay people in 2017, socially. But the pressure is still the same if you come from a very conservative family, or if you come from one where you have an image to "protect."

For me, regardless of whether it was 1910 or 2017, INTERNALLY, I couldn't do it. Fine, if you don't want to be out and proud and holding hands in public, and engaging in a gay relationship, that's one thing.

But WHY MARRY A WOMAN? Why pretend that you're straight? Why go through the motions of being a straight person, when on the inside you know - to your core - that you're gay????

That's the part that bugs me.

I could never be untrue to myself. If I need to hide my sexuality, or if I need to keep it a secret, then that's one thing.

But putting on the FACADE of being straight, and marrying a woman, and having kids with that woman, and pretending that you are a heterosexual male - when you know full well that you are gay - that's an entirely different thing.

You're lying to yourself, you're lying to your partner, you're lying to your kids, and you're lying to everyone. Your entire life is a SHAM. That's the difference. That's why I don't like the Hugh Grant character in Maurice.

Oh, let's just admit it: Muriel's Wedding is a gay classic. What's not to love? ABBA! Muriel/Mariel! Tim Sims! You're terrible, Muriel! And, by god, one of the funniest vengeance scenes on film!

There was nothing gay about Muriel's Wedding, aside from the music. And even that part is not necessarily gay. It's Australian.

Muriel's Wedding was a straight chick flick.

Actually I think as someone has already mentioned Mountains of the Moon. A very underrated movie.about the explorer Richard Burton in the 19rh century trying to find the source of the Nile, in the meantime you see his ambivalent sexuality. The other explorer he is with and his repressed homosexuality and the tribes they meet along the way which some of them have gay sex in them. Patrick Bergman is Burton.

Get Real is a lovely English film of coming of age that was in the 90s at the same time Beautiful Thing was about .

Kinda dumb but I liked it: I Think I Do

I quite liked "Urbania".

Burnt Money, from Argentina, with two of the hunkiest and sexiest actors imaginable.

Wong Kar-Wai's "Happy Together" (1997)

One that brings back fond memories is 'Urbania'. Mostly because I think that Dan Futterman is adorable.

I also loved 'Parting Glances'. I'm not sure if it really counts as 'gay-themed' but I did adore "Liquid Sky", too.

John Water's seems to be ignored a bit on this thread. His best is, of course, "Female Trouble".

What's the movie where Bradley Cooper gets fucked in the ass?

I like that one. It was so true to life.

I should apologize. I shouldn't have said that John Waters was 'ignored a bit'. What I should have said was that he was COMPLETELY IGNORED. For shame! Sure I realize he didn't make A-list movies. But how many on here are? And how can you list over 100 movies, R45, and not give ONE shout out to John Waters. That's just wrong.

Longtime Companion

R63 I agree kinda dumb, but I love I think I do

Eastern Boys (2014)

Get Real (1998)

Happy Together (1997)

Je Tu Ma Mere (I Killed My Mother) (2009)

Brokeback Mountain (though Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway bring it down several notches) (2005)

Mysterious Skin (2004)

La Cage Aux Folles (1978)

Stranger By The Lake (2013)

Presque Rien (Come Undone) (2000)

Prescilla, Queen Of The Desert (1994)

Go! (1999)

Beautiful Thing (1996)

Moonlight (2016)

The 4th Man (1983)

Maurice (1987)

My Beautiful Launderette (1985)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

I Love You, Phillip Morris (2009)

Monster (2003)

Boys In The Band (1970)

Staircase (1969)

Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

SKIP Latter Days, Jeffrey and Trick.

Eastern Boys looks exhausting.

r67/r69, I have to admit that despite seeing thousands of films over the years, I've only seen 2 Waters films, Hairspray and Serial Mom, and although I enjoy Waters' interviews, I've never really had any desire to see his other films. I know, I know, I should remedy that.

[quote] "Yossi" (2012) - I found it incredibly moving and sweet at the same time.

Totally unrealistic. A young hot guy falls for an old fat one? It would never ever happen.

Even back in Eduardian England, there were men who had to marry, for the money.

Fox and his Friends

Someone upthread mentioned seeing his first gay-themed movie.

For me, it was 1982's "Making Love".

Yes, I know it's considered a terrible movie, but it was interesting for me because it was my first non-pornagraphic gay-themed movie.

It was nice to see that not ALL gay life happens through a glory hole in a porn store.

Prick up your Ears. Certainly not a happy ending,but wonderful film. Gary Oldman as Jo Orton, playwright murdered by his lover in 1967. Actually it is pretty funny in places.

R78, thanks. And Michael Ontkean!

Isn't Michael Ontkean one of the hottest imports to come out of Canada in the 20th century?

That Certain Summer.

It will soon be the Tim O'Tay film.

I found "I Think I Do" to be a cute movie. How could it not be with those Partridge Family songs on the soundtrack.

Mambo Italiano

Parting Glances (1986) with Steve Buscemi

Freier Fall (Free Fall) (2013)

Juste Une Question D'Amour (Just a question of Love) (2000)

Five Dances (2013)

Do Começo ao Fim (From Beginning To End) (2009)

Redwoods (2009)

Théo & Hugo (Paris 05:59) (2016)

Beautiful Thing again. The whole film is wonderful but I love this scene

Esteros from Argentina.

All About Eve owns this thread. Eve is clearly lesbian, Addison is clearly a power top, and Birdie is a tough old dyke.

The Normal Heart on HBO (Guess it might not count as a movie)

Free Fall

Burnt Money (surprised more have not mentioned this...so fucking sexy.

Drown ..

[quote] And Boys in the Band is a good movie, despite people savaging it for homophobia.

The film's critics, gay or otherwise, are the homophobic ones, and the fact that no one from the film was nominated for an Oscar for any aspect of its production is a travesty.

Top Gun

There was a french movie about a menage a trois in 1978 that stunned people. Pourquoi pas! was the name, directed by Coline Serreau, which you need to know because there are some very nasty films with almost the same title.

R59 by keeping his love for Maurice nonsexual, Clive thought he was blameless. Seems like ridiculous idiocy now, but Clive was not an idiot, nor even a coward, just a fool.

Ice Blues is the best of the Strachey mysteries....

Were The World Mine

Merci, Dr. Morou(sp?)

[quote]Another Gay Movie - if you like crying and tragic melodrama, this isn't the movie for you

You forgot: "And have the IQ of a dead flashlight battery."

No, my IQ isn't deficient. It's probably higher than yours R99.

My subjective opinion prefers light, romantic comedies over tedious melodramas. A product of my times and era I suppose. I grew up in the 70's and the movies and times seemed to reflect an anti-hero, anti-establishment theme. I found it as depressing as the actual times themselves.

If I prefer laughing over angst and tears, that's MY choice. BITB was overly dramatic and sad. Making Love was a bit better (the actors were actually fuckable and hot) but again, unrealistic to a closeted teen like me at that time, struggling to come to terms with my own sexuality. These were the Reagan 80's, and AIDS was devastating the gay community to it's core. I'm all cried out 3 decades later.

I loved East Side Story - Steve Callahan was sooo hot. It was a light, refreshing comedy that helped me to escape from the reality of W. Bush in the White House, and 2 wars raging.

"Moonlight" should have been called "A Gay Virgin Built like a Brick Shithouse, and All He Wants to Do is Cuddle"

Dawson's 50-Load Weekend

Actually all four Strachey mysteries make a good marathon. Starting with Third Man Out, followed by Shock to the System, On the other hand Death, and Ice Blues. Chad Allen is a national treasure and it's a shame he was forced into another line of work.

Of course it was funny to see a line of waterfront highrises labelled Albany, since they shot in Toronto, but in general they were good quality movies.

Is Some Like it Hot "gay themed"? Great movie.

I love Pedro Almodovar movies. He tells a good story and his characters are always interesting. Especially the divas.

R102 That joke is almost as redundant as AIKC.

Milk

Mysterious Skin

Brokeback Mountain

My own Private Idaho

Head On, about a gay Greek immigrant in Australia dealing with being both gay and an immigrant.

Wonderful

R59, you're looking at 1910 from your 2017 self.

If you did not marry a woman, you were likely rejected from society. It was difficult finding other gays and no one thought you could have a long term gay partner.

Maurice, Beautiful Thing.

Come Undone, Reinas.

Ferzan Ozpetek movies like Hamam, Mine Vaganti and Magnifica presenza.

All Over the Guy

Angels in America

Hard - detective falls for gay serial killer

In the Flesh - another detective thriller, but has happy ending

Torch Song Trilogy - movie and play complement each other

Taxi Zum Klo

r110, it depended both on what strata of society you belonged to and how willing you were to "play the game." Some men found escape and cover by going into the British military and/or going off to build the empire: Lord Kitchener, Cecil Rhodes, Roger Casement, etc., etc. Some men were even courageous enough to acknowledge it all: Edward Carpenter.

Back in the time where Maurice takes place people were way more obsessed with keeping up their public appearance and holding on to their social status. Clive (Hugh Grant) was upper crust with obligations not only to his family but also as landlord having to be a well respected leader of his local community. Maurice's family was just middle class with him stepping into his father's footsteps as investment banker. Clive was so traumatized by how his friend was treated for being caught redhanded with another man that it made him not only physically sick but he distanced himself from Maurice (but later on it's clear that he doesn't want to let go of Maurice as a friend ... and potentially coming to a discreet arrangement? Which was foiled by Scudder?). In those times not just Clive, but his entire family would have been socially (and potentially financially) ruined by society and the common folk turning their backs on them if he had decided to come out as, what it was known back then, sodomite and live a life with Maurice as his boyfriend. One of the later editions of the book, the movie is based on, has an epiloge of Maurice and Scudder being lumberjacks away from people and cities.

R115 I like your observations.

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Get Real. I loved Brad Gorton.

Also, Moonlight

Just une question d'amour

Loggerheads

I live in a cowtown, and based on that [italic]Brokeback[/italic] has changed absolutely nothing.

Top 5 for me:

1. Brokeback Mountain

2. A Single Man

3. Milk

4. Latter Days

5. Shelter

Regarding r46's Killer Condom movie. The movie is based on a classic Ralf König comic book (yes, back then they still were called comic books, not graphic novels). Killer Condoms was about Ralf's loathing for condoms ruining the pleasurable sensation of getting fucked or fucking.

Before Killer Condom he agreed to let another comic book be adapted for filming, but that was turned into a silly rom-com starring Till Schweiger Katja Rieman (though the movie did kickstart German cinema in a big way in Germany). However König hated Der Bewegte Mann so much that he produced Killer Condom on his own.

La La Land!

Juste une question d'amour

Prick Up Your Ears

Death in Venice

Moonlight

Longtime Companion

The fun always ends whenever resident know-it-all Zelig (R45) shows up to dominate a thread. Why can't he follow the OP's guidelines and simply list a few favorites instead of pasting a Google search result?The lectures (and fabrications) are becoming tedious.

Sheesh!

"The Killing of Sister George"

"Better Than Chocolate"

But I'm A Cheerleader!