Recommended lgbt movies
I'm tired of seeing the identical 10 films on every website's LGBTQ+ movie roundup (hey, I still love Call Me by Your Name and Moonlight just as much as the next person, so don't come for me!), so, as a gay person myself, I wanted to shine a light on some underrated movies that simply don't get the attention or credit they deserve. Below are 40 that I genuinely think you'll love, and if you desire even more suggestions, you can check out my running list on Letterboxd with nearly films. Enjoy!
1.Young Hearts () is a modern coming-of-age story about two year-old boys who fall in love for the first hour. This Belgian movie is awkward and sweet and painfully genuine. I can't rave enough about it, and the only downside is that it wasn't released 20 years ago when I was their age and needed it most.
2.National Anthem () is one of my favorite movies from the last few years, so I'm sort of hoping (well, demanding) that you survey it. It's a tender, refreshing look at queerness and chosen family and what it means to actually belong. Too many people are sleeping on Charlie Plummer,
50 of the Finest Lesbian Films of All Time
1Circumstance ()
As teenagers living in post-revolutionary Iran, wealthy Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and her orphaned best friend, Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), shift to illicit means to get their kicks. They appear underground parties and experiment with illegal booze and drugs—but it’s when they fall in adore with each other that their society begins to unravel. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in Iran, and as Atafeh’s increasingly religious brother develops an obsession with Shireen, the girls are forced to make a painful choice.
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2Gia ()
Widely considered the world’s first supermodel, openly queer Gia Carangi rocketed to stardom in the late s, only for her existence to spiral out of control after she became addicted to heroin and later contracted HIV—which led to her death from AIDS in A minuscule over a decade later, this biopic about her experience and love affairs helped catapult a young Angelina Jolie (herself openly queer) into the spotlight.
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3Love Lies Bleeding ()
The 30 Best LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time
In this first major critical survey of LGBTQIA+ films, over film experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, have voted the Highest 30 LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as well as films that showed at BFI Flare such as Orlando (), Beautiful Thing (), Weekend () and Blue Is the Warmest Colour ().
The winner is Todd Haynes’ award-winning Carol, closely followed by Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, and Hong Kong romantic drama Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar-wai, in third place. While Carol is a surprisingly recent film to top the poll, it’s a feature that has moved, delighted and enthralled audiences, and looks arrange to be a modern classic.
“The festival has long supported my work,” said Haynes, “from Poison and Dottie Gets Spanked in the early s through to Carol which is screen
Autostraddle’s Pride theme was Rage Party. That’s also how I would describe the best queer cinema of
While I love an easy-to-digest comedy or an unapologetically heavy drama, something is lost when our cinema treats fun and importance as diametrically opposed. Queer cinema can be about the challenges we face, the oppression we experience, the microaggressions and aggression aggressions and all the rest, and still be fun and sexy. In fact, fun and sexy are two of our greatest tools.
Even though Hollywood has pulled endorse from “diversity” this was still an excellent year for queer cinema. Below, I’ve written in-depth about my ten favorites, and also felt the want to shout out 20 more queer titles. (Plus 10 non-queer movies I loved too.) But as long as we’re living in complexity, I reflect it’s important we indicate on which queer people are able to build in the absence of more mainstream support. The vast majority of directors who released queer films this year are alabaster — even more than most years. There’s plenty to complain about in the mainstream as Emilia Pérez will likely b
50 of the Finest Lesbian Films of All Time
Circumstance ()
As teenagers living in post-revolutionary Iran, wealthy Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and her orphaned best friend, Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), shift to illicit means to get their kicks. They appear underground parties and experiment with illegal booze and drugs—but it’s when they fall in adore with each other that their society begins to unravel. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in Iran, and as Atafeh’s increasingly religious brother develops an obsession with Shireen, the girls are forced to make a painful choice.
WATCH NOW
Gia ()
Widely considered the world’s first supermodel, openly queer Gia Carangi rocketed to stardom in the late s, only for her existence to spiral out of control after she became addicted to heroin and later contracted HIV—which led to her death from AIDS in A minuscule over a decade later, this biopic about her experience and love affairs helped catapult a young Angelina Jolie (herself openly queer) into the spotlight.
WATCH NOW
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Love Lies Bleeding ()
The 30 Best LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time
In this first major critical survey of LGBTQIA+ films, over film experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, have voted the Highest 30 LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as well as films that showed at BFI Flare such as Orlando (), Beautiful Thing (), Weekend () and Blue Is the Warmest Colour ().
The winner is Todd Haynes’ award-winning Carol, closely followed by Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, and Hong Kong romantic drama Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar-wai, in third place. While Carol is a surprisingly recent film to top the poll, it’s a feature that has moved, delighted and enthralled audiences, and looks arrange to be a modern classic.
“The festival has long supported my work,” said Haynes, “from Poison and Dottie Gets Spanked in the early s through to Carol which is screen
Autostraddle’s Pride theme was Rage Party. That’s also how I would describe the best queer cinema of
While I love an easy-to-digest comedy or an unapologetically heavy drama, something is lost when our cinema treats fun and importance as diametrically opposed. Queer cinema can be about the challenges we face, the oppression we experience, the microaggressions and aggression aggressions and all the rest, and still be fun and sexy. In fact, fun and sexy are two of our greatest tools.
Even though Hollywood has pulled endorse from “diversity” this was still an excellent year for queer cinema. Below, I’ve written in-depth about my ten favorites, and also felt the want to shout out 20 more queer titles. (Plus 10 non-queer movies I loved too.) But as long as we’re living in complexity, I reflect it’s important we indicate on which queer people are able to build in the absence of more mainstream support. The vast majority of directors who released queer films this year are alabaster — even more than most years. There’s plenty to complain about in the mainstream as Emilia Pérez will likely b