I know there have been plenty of threads like this before, but I'm hoping for this to be more of a discussion about our favorite LGBT films. Ya'll gays can come here and look through the recommendations other members have left. I will also be updating the OP occasionally to reflect upcoming releases. And will compile a master list of films members have mentioned If you guys could post the trailers using the [ytmini] code, so that other members can better judge what the movies about, it would be very helpful..
This one stars the delicious, Jonathan Groff.
His character being gay is just a subplot of the movie.
I thought this movie was amazing. It kind of works as a cautionary tale, but it was undertones of dark humor which I appreciated.
This film I haven't got a chance to see but I thought ya'll thirsty girls might like it, since Alexander Doetsch (Luke from AHS: Coven) plays the male protagonist's lover in the film.
Bonus
Here's one of the first gay films I saw as a kid. It changed my life and give me hope to one day aspire to **** in a bathroom stall.
Cloud Atlas I've never cried so hard in a movie. Plus at the same time I was very in love with a guy who is the embodiment of Ben Wishaw's character as the gay musician. We went to see it like three times.
A Single Man - Just a beautiful film, mostly dealing with aging.
The Kids Are All Right - I mean, gay parents, way past the coming out and shame stage. Just a great film, uh, deals with family issues and sperm donors.
Kill Your Darlings - Straight up a movie telling a story (biopic dealing with the roots of the Beat Movement) that has gay characters and yeah, there's hiding of sexuality, but that's a minor part of the movie.
Mysterious Skin - the gay characters here have no shame. I mean, JGL plays a prostitute. It's more about dealing with, um, issues.
Yves Saint Laurent - there's films about the careers of gay men, the focus is away from their sexuality but they don't hide it either.
Stranger By The Lake - I haven't gotten the chance to watch it yet, but I've heard great things. A murder mystery (?) about a hook up area frequented by gay men.
Milk - Yeah, there's a homophobic setting but the protagonist tackles that **** head on. Another biopic.
Howl - another Ginsberg movie, set after Kill Your Darlings, again primarily about the Beat Movement/ the reaction to Howl.
Savage Grace - this one was made for TV, iirc, so take that into account. Although the trailer doesn't make it the most apparent, the film's three gay characters have a lot of screen time with one of the main cast being gay. I don't even know how to sum this one up in one word, so I'll just do "****ed up", but it's not about the coming out stage.
The Normal Heart - This one is an upcoming HBO film, but it's grown ass men fighting against AIDS and trying to raise awareness/get the government to care.
Suicide Room - this one has shame and coming out, but it's such a minor part. This was just really memorable. Even if the main character was
straight it would be a weird movie that stands out. It's even less 'for everyone' than Savage Grace.
Nnn I wasn't going to link to it. I want to just bring them over but, lemme just do that.
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The messy short sentences after each is in response to the OP not wanting a gay movie filled with shame/the coming out stage.
A Single Man - Just a beautiful film, mostly dealing with aging. The Kids Are All Right - I mean, gay parents, way past the coming out and shame stage. Just a great film, uh, deals with family issues and sperm donors. Kill Your Darlings - Straight up a movie telling a story (biopic dealing with the roots of the Beat Movement) that has gay characters and yeah, there's hiding of sexuality, but that's a minor part of the movie. Mysterious Skin - the gay characters here have no shame. I mean, JGL plays a prostitute. It's more about dealing with, um, issues. Yves Saint Laurent - there's films about the careers of gay men, the focus is away from their sexuality but they don't hide it either. Stranger By The Lake - I haven't gotten the chance to watch it yet, but I've heard great things. A murder mystery (?) about a hook up area frequented by gay men. Milk - Yeah, there's a homophobic setting but the protagonist tackles that **** head on. Another biopic. Howl - another Ginsberg movie, set after Kill Your Darlings, again primarily about the Beat Movement/ the reaction to Howl. Savage Grace - this one was made for TV, iirc, so take that into account. Although the trailer doesn't make it the most apparent, the film's three gay characters have a lot of screen time with one of the main cast being gay. I don't even know how to sum this one up in one word, so I'll just do "****ed up", but it's not about the coming out stage. The Normal Heart - This one is an upcoming HBO film, but it's grown ass men fighting against AIDS and trying to raise awareness/get the government to care. Suicide Room - this one has shame and coming out, but it's such a minor part. This was just really memorable. Even if the main character was straight it would be a weird movie that stands out. It's even less 'for everyone' than Savage Grace.
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Originally posted by Mike_54
Well than you need to start watching good LGBT films(like ones Dancehall Queen mentioned) not the cheap mess ones.
To that list I would also like to add My Own Private Idaho, La Mala Education, Behind The Candelabra, Chloe, The Bubble, Y Tu Mama tambien etc. there are many more.
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Great list so far! Stranger by the Lake was fantastic. I'd add Weekend, Yossi, Christopher and His Kind, Keep The Lights On, and J'ai Tué Ma Mère.
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Originally posted by eddy223
Serve me decent budget, not comedy, great acting recent movie realness
Kill Your Darlings and Stranger By The Lake are the most recent gay movies worth while. The first one was way better than I expected.
Brokeback Mountain is easily one of the best gay movies. It's so much more popular to say Weekend since BM is pretty cliche at this point, but it doesn't hold a candle to it. BM and A Single Man are 2/3 of my incomplete trinity.
Paris Is Burning, I consider to be must watch. I went through a huge LGBT documentary phase and that's the one that stands out the most.
Beautiful Thing
North Sea Texas
Trans America
Brokeback Mountain
Dallas Buyers Club
Free Fall
Yossi
A Single Man
MILK
My Beautiful Laundrette
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
My Private Idaho
Weekend
This one stars the delicious, Jonathan Groff.
His character being gay is just a subplot of the movie.
I thought this movie was amazing. It kind of works as a cautionary tale, but it was undertones of dark humor which I appreciated.
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They're always sex driven and really cheesy and trashy.
