Name your favourite gay movie. What did you like best about it?

[Former Member]

So many great movies, and I'm happy that I've already seen most of them. Shout outs to the not-often-mentioned-but-still-awesome movies:

Were the World Mine

Broken Hearts Club

Le fatte ignoranti (His Secret Life, which is a silly translation in my opinion as an italian-as-a-third-language-speaker)

Eating Out 1-4 and soon to be 5. (LOVE these movies, absolutely hilarious in my opinion.)

 

Another good one that doesn't focus on the gay aspect, but does feature a very brave and touching gay relationship is La finestra da fronte (Facing Windows).

Other favorites include

Brokeback Mountain

Beautiful Thing

The trifecta: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; To Wong Foo; and Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Angels in America (though if you can, read the play)

The Laramie Project

9 Dead Gay Guys

Outing Reilly (because of my undying love for Nathan Fillion)

A Home at the End of the World (I feel the book was better, though watching Colin Farrell go from this to Alexander made him one of my favorite actors, speaking of...)

Alexander (and the closely related book: Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault was also to die for)

Camp (2003)

[Zombie]

Walk on Water 2004

 

I watched this Israeli film over the weekend. It's a quality production involving a Mossad agent and a young gay German. Beautifully shot on location in Turkey, Israel and Germany and with dialogue in English, German and Hebrew, the film observes the complex attitudes between Israelis and Germans, and between Israelis and Palestinians. But the main focus of the film is the developing relationship between the agent, the young German and his sister. Worth seeing.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352994/

Edited February 28, 2012 by Zombie

[Mikelaing74]

I've seen quite a few 'gay movies'. I loved Beautiful Thing, along with Priscilla. But I think one of my all time favorites has to be 9 dead gay guys. I just loved the premise and the humor in the movie

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336910/

[morgnita]

As a German, I have to bring up 'Summerstorm' ('Sommersturm'). I really loved the realistic pace of this movie. The events developed very naturally.

you don't have to be from Germany. It was the first gay movie (and German movie outside of school) I saw. It was in the cinema and was the only movie that both me and my sister found interesting. I loved it. I had never seen anything like it before.

[W_L]

Off the top of my head,

 

Soundless Wind chimes, 2009

 

There were many layers to this story: love, communication, despair, death, and self-destruction. It also has a rich set of locations between Switzerland and Hong Kong (I love the two backdrops and find the urban Hong Kong scene to be a perfect contrast to the pastoral Swiss set).

 

I love deep movies that move you and takes time to sink into your head as to why things happen, memories coalescing into a frame of reference, and finally coming to what the story has told you. When you watch this movie, you will at first not understand what they are saying, either on the Chinese end or the Swiss end, but then you will slowly get it as the story develops and love flourishes. Great love stories don't need to be told through long winded dialogue or even extreme homophobic events, but the simple blow of the wind is enough to hold it together.

[scavola]

My favorite is 'It's My Party' with Eric Roberts and an all-star, (well, b-star), cast. Fun but moving, it makes me cry every time . . .

[harcallard]

There are two movies called "Judas Kiss" well this is the one with the gay porn star in it.. Brent Carrigan...or something like that.. It was about a guy going back as his older self to undo something which would help him in the future.. Then there is a Fil called "RedWoods" which deals with a guy who is tired of his life he is living and for a brief weekend or a period of time has a fling with a writer who comes into town.. great movie.

[WhitePhoenix]

Well there's a movie called 'Nico and Dani' that I really liked

[Sympathia]

lol totally misread the topic.

 

I'm gonna go for Brokeback Mountain, mainly because I'm not really a movie person and havent seen much else.

Edited June 18, 2012 by Sympathia

[Zombie]

Romeos 2011. Saw this over the weekend and it's currently my fave gay movie. The lead is an FTM. It's just a brilliant film. Rent/buy/borrow/steal it (I posted about it yesterday in the Transgenderization thread)

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1830792/

[W_L]

Romeos 2011. Saw this over the weekend and it's currently my fave gay movie. The lead is an FTM. It's just a brilliant film. Rent/buy/borrow/steal it (I posted about it yesterday in the Transgenderization thread)

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1830792/

 

Interesting concept and movie, (basically, it's a gay boy in a girl's body, who falls for a gay boy )

 

In substance, it's similar to the American "Boy's Don't Cry", based on the true story of Brandon Teena, except the topic and perspective shifts to our own perceptions.

[Zombie]

Interesting concept and movie, (basically, it's a gay boy in a girl's body, who falls for a gay boy )

 

In substance, it's similar to the American "Boy's Don't Cry", based on the true story of Brandon Teena, except the topic and perspective shifts to our own perceptions.

 

He falls for a bi boy. And, unlike with Brandon Teena, happily it doesn't end in murder

[Ashi]

I hope no one got raped.... Boy's Don't Cry is really sad.... Nicely done movie though.

[methodwriter85]

I watched a plethora of gay movies when I was coming to terms with being gay at the age of 14/15. Some films from that time that I really liked were Trick, Get Real, and Wild Reeds. Bedrooms and Hallways is another good mention- I don't think I saw it until later, but it's from that era.

 

More recent films I've liked were Weekend and Were the World Mine.

[W_L]

He falls for a bi boy. And, unlike with Brandon Teena, happily it doesn't end in murder

 

Good i don't need a box of kleenex tissues

[Ashi]

I thought I posted my favs already, but I guess not. If I could only choose one, it's "Edge of Seventeen." I watch it once a while, and will watch it again if I need to lube my eyes. I really could identify with the main character....

 

The other honorable mentions are:

 

Latter Days

My Beautiful Laundrette

The Mudge Boy

The Home at the End of the World (I was surprised I like it, because it has Colin Ferrel in it)

C.R.A.Z.Y.

Maurice

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

The Consequence (a very old German movie, was one of the earliest gay movies ever made)

The Line of Beauty

Prayer for Bobby

Sugar

 

And there are probably others. I watched tons of gay movies each year. In general most of them are d*mn awful.... These are better ones.

[joann414]

WEll, to add a very recent movie, I have to say J. Edgar with Leo D. Very riveting, and unfolded so well. JMO

[Ashi]

WEll, to add a very recent movie, I have to say J. Edgar with Leo D. Very riveting, and unfolded so well. JMO

 

Interesting. Milk was also written by Dustin Lance Black. Which I forgot to include in my list. For those who'd like to be a screenwriter, I think the featurette on DVD might be worthwhile. I just wonder how did he get the job! Did somebody really just tell him, "Hey we want to make a film about Harvey Milk and please write a script"?

[Autumn Dream]

Well, I haven't seen too many gay or gay- related movies, but the other day, Philadelphia (with Tom Hanks) was on. It was a really sad movie, I must say. It had me crying at the end! I'm glad I stumbled across it on TV.

[BeautybutBroken]

I also loved Prayers for Bobby and Latter Days. They were both really good. Nearly cried when i watched both of them. lol.I hated brokeback montain though! But i have to say that Shelter is my all time favorite. It was the first gay movie I ever watched. I loved the guys that played in it. They were both really cute. I guess i also loved how it didn't revolve around sex. Yeah they did have one sex scene but it had more touching moment in it. I loved how Sean stayed there for Zach even when he pushed Sean away. And the ending, OMG it was amazing!. If ya'll haven't seen, please put it on your list of movies to watch!

[Slytherin]

Maurice - and the book is great too

[hh5]

ok this not a fav movie ... but its sort of a gay themed movie for the general public from 1956

 

Its called "Tea and Sympathy". It was once a play on broadway but much of it was adapted for the film.

 

The gov't censors made sure that homosexual or gay or anything hinting was changed or removed

 

the acceptable word to describe a gay => Sissy

 

so the symbolism remained to remind us of those days ... the central theme of the issue of relationships remained

 

lol this was shown on TCM

 

Plot from wiki

Tom Robinson Lee, a 17-year old student at a boy's prep school, is at odds with the other boys who like sports, talking about girls, and listening to pop music. Tom prefers classical music, reads books, can sew, goes to the theater, and generally seems to be more at ease in the company of women.

The other boys torment him for his "unmanly" qualities and call him "sister boy", and he is treated ruthlessly by his father, Herb Lee, who believes a man should be manly. Only Al, also a student at the prep school, treats Tom with any decency, perceiving that being different is not the same as being unmasculine. This turbulence is noticed by Laura Reynolds, the young wife of the House Master Bill Reynolds. She tries to build a connection with the young man, eventually even falling in love with him, presumably because of his similarity to her first husband John, who was killed in World War II.

The situation escalates when Tom visits the local prostitute to dispel the rumors about his sexuality, but is unable to have intercourse with her. This failure prompts him to attempt suicideand leads to his departure from the school. In an effort to demonstrate to Tom that masculinity is not contingent upon machismo, Laura comforts Tom by drawing him into a sexual liaison. The audience learns that she eventually leaves Bill as a result of what the encounter reveals to her about her own emotional and sexual needs. The film is noted for its memorable line, spoken by Laura: "Years from now when you talk about this, and you will, be kind."

The film opens and closes ten years into the future, when the adult Tom, who is now a successful writer and married, visits his college at a reunion.

 

Edited August 14, 2012 by hh5

[The_Round_One]

I'm having trouble believing that no one has mentioned Blake Edwards' classic comedy "Victor/Victoria" starring two legendary performers: Dame Julie Andrews ("The Sound of Music" and the original stage actress for "Camelot") and Robert Preston (Professor Harold Hill in "The Music Man"). It's the only "drag" movie I can endure and it's terribly funny! This 1982 gem about a woman pretending to be man pretending to be a woman is a remake of Reinhold Schünze's 1933 German film "Viktor und Viktoria." If nothing else, you'll get a chance to hear Julie Andrews singing before the terrible surgery that muted her angelic voice.

 

I'd also mention the 2004 movie "Saved!" It's primarily a religious satire, but there's a substantial gay sub-plot.

[Zombie]

Some of the movies mentioned get TV airings, like Philadelphia, Maurice, Harvey Milk and so on, but most never do. And that's not 'cos they're all bad I don't know if it's because the audience is seen as too small, or these movies never had the promotion to raise their profile to get them onto "play lists".

 

Edit to add:just looked at the Netflix site again and I see they've added a gay / lesbian category but I don't know how complete their movie list is - can't see a search-by-name feature.

Edited September 5, 2012 by Zombie

[Mann Ramblings]

My favorite will always be "The Wedding Banquet". It was the first gay film I ever saw in the theatre and it took forever to come out affordably for sale. I never got a copy until it finally came out on DVD.