Films about homosexual relationships
23 Of The Best Homosexual Films That Perfectly Portray The Queer Experience
Love Lies Bleeding ()
Love Lies Bleeding is the production director and screenwriter Rose Glass' second feature movie, which has so far received acclaim for its nuanced take on treasure, violence and co-dependency. Kristen Stewart (Lou) plays a gym manager who falls in love with Jackie (Katy O'Brian). Their obsession with one another becomes so severe that they become intertwined with Lou's criminal family.
Drive-Away Dolls ()
Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan and Beanie Feldstein star in Ethan Cohen's American comedy road film. Qualley and Viswanathan play two friends looking for a fresh start, however soon enough, the pair's hope of new beginnings turns awry when they find themselves intertwined with criminals and must then out-run a gang of dangerous mobsters to survive.
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All Of Us Strangers ()
Pinned as one of the biggest tearjerkers of , Paul Mescal (Harry) and Andrew Scott (Adam) star in this film that sees screenwriter Adam and his neighbour Harry meet by a chance encounter. As their budding romance ensues, an emotionally stunted Adam m
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Love, Simon ()
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If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school particular, that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. It's as chaste a love story as you're likely to view in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen interrogate his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you grasp what? The queer kids of the future want their wholesome entertainment, too.
Rocketman ()
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A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going. It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsody, but when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it.
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Handsome Devil ()
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A charming Irish movie that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious new kid moves in and an unlikely friendship chan
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'Bottoms' ()
If ever there was a Superbad for gay girls, Bottoms is it. The second film from director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) follows two uncool high school seniors (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott) who start up a school fight club to try and hook up with their cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
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'Bound' ()
In the Wachowskis’ landmark erotic thriller predating the Matrix trilogy, butch ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) is the newly-hired handyperson at an apartment building when she meets her next-door neighbors: mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) and kept lady Violet (Jennifer Tilly). As Corky and Violet strike up an affair, they hatch a plan to flee Violet’s abusive relationship—and steal $2 million of Caesar’s mafia money along the way.
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'Circus of Books' ()
Southern Californians will likely recognize Circus of Books as the famed porn shop and soiled bookstore that has presided over the gayborhood of West Hollywood since the early s. For those who are not familiar—and even for those who are—this documentary, directed by the
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 assessing on 35mm later this week in BFI Flare’s Best of Year programme. I’m so proud to have Carol voted
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