What's your favorite gay movie

Moonlight.

The Power of the Dog.

End of the Century, Call Me By Your Name and Moolight

Swan Song

The Blonde One.

Do we need a subcategory for ones where the characters don't die from hiv or getting bashed to death?

God's Own Country

The last gay movie I watched was this Israeli movie called "Out in the Dark". I watched it on Netflix like 5 years ago. I watched with subtitles on because it's in Hebrew. It's beautifully acted by the two lead actors. Both are straight in real life btw. The movie is set in the backdrop of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the two men at the odd of the conflicts of their homelands fall for each other.

[quote]Do we need a subcategory for ones where the characters don't die from hiv or getting bashed to death?

Not if naming films from the last 5 years. Does anyone read anything any more?

I Carry You With Me

I enjoyed this movie from Georgia about a gay dancer -- a country you don't hear/get much gay content from.

Call Me by Your Name

Being 17.

When Harry Met Larry

An international sampling from the last 5 years:

GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (2017) - England JUST FRIENDS (2018) - Netherlands MARIO (2018) - Switzerland 1985 (2018) - USA SAUVAGE (2018) - France THE BLONDE ONE (2019) - Argentina END OF THE CENTURY (2019) - Spain MOFFIE (2019) - South Africa THE STRONG ONES (2019) - Chile BREAKING FAST (2020) - USA DANCE OF THE FORTY ONE (2020) - Mexico SUBLET (2020) - Israel SUMMER OF 85 (2020) - France FIREBIRD (2021) - Estonia THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS (2021) - Greece

One of my favorite scenes (from END OF THE CENTURY):

Let's try that list again >

GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (2017) - England

JUST FRIENDS (2018) - Netherlands

MARIO (2018) - Switzerland

1985 (2018) - USA

SAUVAGE (2018) - France

THE BLONDE ONE (2019) - Argentina

END OF THE CENTURY (2019) - Spain

MOFFIE (2019) - South Africa

THE STRONG ONES (2019) - Chile

BREAKING FAST (2020) - USA

DANCE OF THE FORTY ONE (2020) - Mexico

SUBLET (2020) - Israel

SUMMER OF 85 (2020) - France

FIREBIRD (2021) - Estonia

THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS (2021) - Greece

The Night Listener

The original 1993 "Tales of the City"; counts more as a miniseries, but what the hell.

Sauvage… it wasn’t that good but Felix Maritaud is heartbreaking in it.

Dawson's 50 Load Weekend

[quote] I enjoyed this movie from Georgia about a gay dancer -- a country you don't hear/get much gay content from.

What are you talking about? Georgia is where out-and-proud filmmaker Tyler Perry makes all his Madea movies, the longest running film series about a trans character ever.

I haven’t fact checked any of this, but I’m pretty sure I’m right.

I don't think I've seen anything other than God's Own Country. And I found that to be kind of boring.

Moonlight, Pain and Glory, Rocketman, and Love Simon in order of quality.

I still need to see Sublet and Supernova, which both look promising.

Not a movie, but a tv show you can stream with subtitles - SKAM France, season 3.

I liked Ete 85 very much, but only the interactions between the two guys.

R7 Nothing strange about straight actors playing gay and doing it well. Like Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice and Josh O' Connor and Alec Secareanu in God's own country. And DL faves Armie and Timmy in Call me by your name.

Israeli gay film Yossi and Jagger was really good.

The Falls trilogy was nice.

Mario

Theo and Hugo

Shelter

I am Jonas

My beautiful Launderette

Oh and one of personal favourites ‘Maurice.’

[quote]Can we get something OTHER than a drama or comedy, please?

Porn perhaps?

Last five years people

Sublet

The Australian film

Holding the Man (2015)

I know it was kind of SAPPY but I like this movie- Love, Valor, Compassion (1997)

Moonlight is probably the best gay movie ever made.

If you didn't pay attention, you'd wouldn't know Moonlight was a gay movie.

[quote]That was released within the last five years?

OP, you should have put it in the top line.

Waiting for someone to suggest Rope...

How long do you think 5 years is r24?

r15: That's a great list. I've seen most of them, and have enjoyed them all in varying degrees. Too bad that Marco Berger's Young Hunter (El cazador) was meh.

Another vote for God's Own Country.

R20 "OTHER than a drama or comedy, please?"

Such as... ?

The Wrigleyville Cumdump.

Is "Holding the Man" the prequel to the soon-to-be-released "Going up into the Man"?

Holding The Man.

We were here....

Maurice.

I always thought, in the 2002 "Highway", that Jake G's character was in love with Jared Leto's character, but it never went anyway. Too bad, the two of them getting it on back then would have been hot.

Anything by Argentinian director Marco Berger; The Blond One, Hawaii, Taekwondo. God’s Own Country. Free Fall. The Pass. Agree with others that Maurice is a great period movie and wonderful story.

Berger's movies are the best. I love the ongoing sexual tension each one of them have.

Ripple of Water ( an eldergay must see !)

The Sum of Us

Longtime Companion

Ahem .......

So I thought it was within the last five years or so, but it was 2012 !---Keep the Lights On. It was really good.

Weekend

PAIN AND GLORY (Almodovar): an Eldergay instant classic.

That Finnish one that was like God's Own Country, except the foreigner was Syrian.

Sean Cody’s Winter Getaway

Maurice.

R54, that is from 1987.

Perhaps next time the time frame should be put in the top line?

120 BPM

R57 Ah, hiv and death - lovely.

I started looking for quality queer stories during quarantine and these were my stand-out favorites. They don't all have perfect happy endings, but there's no tragedies either. Nobody dies - just a couple of broken hearts here and there - but those are counter-balanced by lots of budding romances, fantastic performances, sparkling chemistry between the actors, smart humour, awesome music, tenderness, courage and all kinds of lovely people being kind to one-another.

Note: Some of these are older than 5 years old, but I watched them all this year, so they are new to me.

Call Me By Your Name (2018) - Italy/US - directed by Luca Guadagnino Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi1152171801?playlistId=tt5726616

Boys (2015) - Netherlands - original title: "Jongens" - by director Mischa Kamp Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi1045086489?playlistId=tt3318220

Benjamin (2018) - UK - directed by Simon Amstell Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi3629563417?playlistId=tt7455076

Pride (2014) - UK - directed by Matthew Warchus Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi2804329497?playlistId=tt3169706

Just Friends (2019) - Netherlands - original title: "Gewoon vrienden" - directed by Ellen Smit Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi4031365401?playlistId=tt7901640

Free Fall (2014) - Germany - original title: "Freier Fall" - directed by Stepan Lacant Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi1947673?playlistId=tt2617828

Honourable Mention - Three TV series that brought me joy during the last year:

Young Royals (2021) - Sweden - Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi2753347609?playlistId=tt14664414

Game Boys (2020) - South Korea - Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=FgdQ_3Uka2M

The Other Two (2019) - US - Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi165788185

R6 I loved God's Own Country! I like when they showed dicks and when the Romanian guy made spaghetti for the boyfriend, tasted his plate, then salted it. That was so sweet!

Most gay films are terrible.

There are only few worth bothering with.

Probably half a dozen and that's about it.

1985 - the final scene between Corey Michael Smith's and Virginia Masden's characters broke my heart; The End Of The Century; Moonlight; BPM; God's Own Country

Love, Simon Handsome Devil The Power of the Dog

I liked Kater (Tomcat). Well the parts about the day to day mundane activities and entertaining friends were interesting to watch, and their house was quaint. The stuff about the cat was weird and I still didn't get what made the one husband suddenly do what he did...

[quote]Such as... ?

Action / Adventure / Sci-fi / Fantasy

I suppose it bears repeating (yet again). LAST FIVE YEARS!

The Finnish film that R52 is describing is 'A Moment in the Reeds" (2017), directed by Mikko Makela.

R61, you're certainly right concerning all of the crappy gay direct to video garbage out there. (Who finances this crap?) I've seen my fill and don't want to see any more, BUT, amidst that garbage are some mighty fine films, many of which are listed here. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are some great movies cited in this thread (the lists at R15 and R59, in particular.)

Nowadays, I research and read reviews of any "gay" movie I am interested in watching; that's helped a great deal in finding the quality films. I was so used to straight to video garbage that I was amazed and heartened that there actually were some quality gay films out there.

Another vote for both "The Bllonde One" and "End of the Century."

One I liked was called "Luciérnagas" (Fireflies) from 2018.

MOONLIGHT was good, but it needed more sex and romance.

would hard to think of a good gay movie that is not about coming of age, AIDs, cross cultural relationships or older/younger. Not possible to find one that is original or good let alone a favorite. And so many are never heard of independent movies.

1985 basic redo of the TV movie An Early Frost (1985)

Moonlight should have been titled, Prelude to a Hand Job.

4th MAN OUT. A bit silly, but sweet. With gorgeous Evan Todd & Chord Overstreet.

Moonlight was utter bore.

We're supposed to think it special because of it's African American cast and African American cultural themes of homosexuality.

Whatever. It was a snooze fest.

I'd rather watch the Birdcage.

Avengers: Endgame.

Gayest fucking thing I've ever seen.

“Moonlight” was sad. It was an unconventional look at gay men. Rather than watch some fantasy phony story like “Call Me By Your Name” that glamorized the closet and heterosexuality, “Moonlight” was about showing the truth of it.

I really liked "Operation Hyacinth" and "Call Me By Your Name".

Actually hoping you can help. I saw a film at a gay film festival. A street hustler gets picked up by an older guy. He hits him over the head with an ashtray but the older guy gets off on it really as he has issues and then they have an affair. It has a surprising ending I won't give away that's really about class and internalised homophobia. I think it was Argentinan but not sure? Anyone know the name?

Love, Simon is genuinely a much better movie than most of the dreary, try-hard arthouse gay films that so predominate.

Everything