BEST MOVIES ABOUT GAYS

[movebum_20]

SOME NOTABLE AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILMS in which gay characters and themes are central to the story, or have important supporting parts. Some of the earlier films contain characterizations that might be considered stereotypical or offensive today, but are important to gain an historical perspective on the changing perceptions toward gays. These films to a greater or lesser degree reflect our reality and help us see ourselves. Most of the films are in English, with some better known foreign-language films and TV movies represented.


Before Night Falls
Bent
Birdcage, The
Boys Don’t cry
Cabaret
Desert Hearts
Dog Day Afternoon
Four weddings and a funeral
Gods and Monsters
Hanging garden
In and Out
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Law of desire
Lion in Winter
Lost Language of Cranes
Midnight Cowboy
My Own private Idaho
Opposite of sex
Philadelphia
Pricilla: Queen of the desert
Silkwood
Six degrees of separation
Threesome
To Wong Foo
Victor/Victoria
Wedding Banquet
Wonderboys


SOME FILMS WITH IMPORTANT SUPPORTING PARTS(ABOUT GAYS)

American Beauty
As good as it gets
My best friends Wedding

P.S.
I recommend these movies for Right-wing conservative people
and for a Homophobic person.

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[The Professional]

Im sorry im a bigot but thats just the way i am. there are no good movies about gays.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Maybe the movies you mentioned had gay characters in them, but they weren't necessarily "about gays"

[Professor Falk]

Love! Valour! Compassion! was well liked by a gay friend of mine. That seems to be a good measuring stick.

[Antonio]

The best gay characters are the trio in PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT played by Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce.

The best lesbian/bisexual couples are the characters played by Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in THE HUNGER, Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring in MULHOLLAND DRIVE, and Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon in BOUND.

[Romero&Juliet]

***EH HEM***
You forgot to mention the greatest....and probably the first of its kind.....that being some like it hot..
Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe.
Grrreat movie.
a few others:
~~How about High Art....W. Ally Sheedy. That was pretty okay.
~~Get Real
~~STONEWALL~!~~!~!

[edonline]

Two really good movies of recent note are I Think I Do and All Over The Guy. Both are comedies with ensemble casts featuring gay characters as well as straights. (Watch the goodbye scene at the train station in I Think I Do and see if you don't feel all choked up.)

[Romero&Juliet]

I cried like a little baby at the end of Foxfire, Edoline.....I WIN!!! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Fergus]

Excuse me, but Bob Fosse's Cabaret is not, and I repeat not "about gays". I'm sitting here thinking, "what is the logic in that choice?" Yeah it does feature gay characters, especially Joel Gray's character, but it is not centered on him. It is centered on Sally Bowles and her relationship with an Englishman. The cabaret is merely a backdrop for their romance together. No way....

[A.J. Hakari]

Probably a little too light, but I enjoyed BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS, with Sean Hayes from "Will & Grace" as a gay photographer re-creating classic Hollywood scenes.

[idealdiscountdude]

Lost and Delirious is a very well made film about two girls in love.

Chasing Amy is a great film with a great lesbian protagonist.

[max]

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS
DEATH IN VENICE
LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND
L.I.E.
FALLEN ANGELS
WILDE
THE CRYING GAME
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
WILD REEDS

[Romero&Juliet]

oh Darnit....I compltely forgot about the wild reeds. What a great movie....

[EvilAsh]

What about Zorro the Gay Blade and Chairman of the board? lol

[jlovborg]

Fucking Åmål (aka Show Me Love) and Happy Together are both great films about gays. The former is a hilarious and heart-warming Swedish movie of two teenage girls who, gradually, fall for each other. The latter is a melancholy yet beautiful story about two Chinese guys trying to live together. It's set in Argentina and directed by the great Wong Kar-Wai.

Some of movies mentioned above (especially Bound) by movebum_20 and others, are also excellent, but I don't think such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Wonder Boys are actually "about gays".

A couple of years ago I saw a good and moving flick about gays on tv, but I can't remember its title. There was a gay man about to die of AIDS who had a kind of farewell party with his friends. Anybody know what this film is?

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[Delmore Schwartz]

Movebum_20, "Boys don't cry" was not about homosexuals. It was about a woman who was a transsexual. It's really quite different.

Films about gay's. I thought "Cruising" was pretty accurate, from what I understand.

[max]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Happy Together are both great films about gays.</font>

Oops! I was thinking of HAPPY TOGETHER, not FALLEN ANGELS.

[movebum_20]

The following FILMS I mentioned at the top of this discussion are in which gay characters and themes are central to the story, or have important supporting parts. Some of the earlier films contain characterizations that might be considered stereotypical or offensive today, but are important to gain an historical perspective on the changing perceptions toward gays. These films to a greater or lesser degree reflect our reality and help us see ourselves.

movebum_20


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[bankholdup]

DOG DAY AFTERNOON
CHASING AMY

[Delmore Schwartz]

Move, I see. I think, Brandon's cousin was homosexual (and sympathetic to Brandon's plight) also, most people (the killers, in particular) misunderstood what and who Brandon was.

I'm guessing that's what you are driving at. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

[movebum_20]

I MAY ALSO ADD 3 T.V. MOVIES MADE ABOUT MATHEW SHEPARD RECENTLY BY MTV,HBO AND NBC

[Antonio]

Romero/Juliet...although SOME LIKE IT HOT is definitely gender-bending, I do not consider it a gay movie.

[Frank Stallone]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EvilAsh:


What about Zorro the Gay Blade and Chairman of the board? lol</font>

Zorro isn't gay, apparently his sword is. I can't say any movie I have seen that was about being gay, using it as a novelty was good, execpt Lesbian porno. I don't think that counts, but I wouldn't go see a movie only because it has gay characters. I'm straight and if I followed that sort of thing I actually would see Jason X and Clockstoppers.

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[momentomanic]

There was a movie with Steve Buscemi that I believe was in the mid 1980's that I was tremendously moved by at the time. The title may have been Parting Glances. Anybody see it? Like it?

[sloopyfan]

The Phantom Menace

[sloopyfan]

Just Kidding Relax.

[ColinM]

Of the movies listed above, I'd choose Dog Day Afternoon, but if As Good as it Gets (10/10) counts then I'd definitely go with that one. And Greg Kinnear's performance in that movie is my favorite performance of a homosexual character...

[Romero&Juliet]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Antonio:
Romero/Juliet...although SOME LIKE IT HOT is definitely gender-bending, I do not consider it a gay movie.</font>

why not??
oh c'mon, what about Marilyn and "Jack in drag's" relationship???
AND THE ENDING?????

[EvilAsh]

I agree with Frank Stallone I also like Lesbien Porno but not all (only hot chicks)