LBGT Movies

McChubbin · 22-05-2011 3:48pm #1

Can anyone recommend a good movie with LBGT themes to watch?
I've seen about 4 of the obvious choices:
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Brokeback Mountain, To Wong Fu and Transamerica. Can anyone tell me of any others to look out for?

wonderfulname · 22-05-2011 4:03pm

Mysterious Skin, Boys Don't Cry, and I have yet to see The Kids Are All Right but I hear its good anyway.

I can't remember any more right now but I'm sure some will come to me!

Asry · 22-05-2011 4:04pm

Kissing Jessica Stein!

alexjk · 22-05-2011 4:05pm

I can recommend that you don't look at Another Gay Movie or Make The Yuletide Gay. However, I really enjoyed But I'm A Cheerleader and Saved!

Meesared · 22-05-2011 4:06pm

Hedwig and the angry inch

Breakfast on Pluto

littlehedgehog · 22-05-2011 4:22pm

I've heard bad things about the kids are alright, and the messages of the movie..

I HIGHLY recommend But I'm A Cheerleader, Red Doors, D.E.B.S, Get Real, Beautiful Thing, Mysterious Skin, Saving Face, Boys Don't Cry, Imagine You And Me, Bound, - some of these are on my list of favourite movies of ALL TIME, they are that good.

And I recommend Grey Matters, Latter Days, Loving Annabelle, My Summer of Love, Puccini for Beginners, Wedding Wars, Lost and Delirious, Hedwig, Nina's Heavenly Delights..

I watch a lot of LGBT movies! I've a pile of ones that are average too -

High Art, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, When Night is Falling, The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In Love, Inescapable, All Over Me, Better Than Chocolate..

Asry · 22-05-2011 4:44pm

Priscilla Queen of the Desert?

That movie made me cry though.

The Road to El Dorado! That is one (unintentionally) incredibly gay (Disney) movie

McChubbin · 22-05-2011 5:25pm

Breakfast on Pluto! I forgot about that one. I haven't seen it from start to finish but I like what I have seen. Cillian Murphy makes a very attractive woman!

Links234 · 22-05-2011 5:29pm

Milk was brilliant.

Meesared · 22-05-2011 6:02pm

McChubbin wrote: »

Breakfast on Pluto! I forgot about that one. I haven't seen it from start to finish but I like what I have seen. Cillian Murphy makes a very attractive woman!

He really does! doesnt he?

McChubbin · 22-05-2011 6:30pm

Only seen bits of Milk. I must rent that one out again. All good suggestions people!

Chuchoter · 22-05-2011 7:58pm

Most of the ones I've seen have been total and utter ****e, but I like The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, All over me and Candy Rain.

Bodhisopha · 22-05-2011 8:05pm

Law of Desire.

It's a Spanish subtitled Pedro Aldomovar movie. A lot of his movies have LGBT themes although they are not always the central theme of the movie. With or without, they're all worth checking out.

baby and crumble · 23-05-2011 7:51am

Some of my faves are DEBS, Better Than Chocolate, Milk, But I'm a Cheerleader, Boys Don't Cry, Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, Loving Anabelle, The Investigator (tv movie but you can watch it in YouTube)... I'm sure I'll think of more but being on a phone on a bus when it's not even 8am yet does kind of stunt ones ability for memory...

diddlybit · 23-05-2011 7:51pm

Watched I Love You Phillip Morris last night and loved it, Carrey and McGregor were great. It's got two gay leads but isn't about being gay, which makes a refreshing change.

LegacyUser · 23-05-2011 8:50pm

"Kyss Mig" (Kiss Me) is a new film with a lesbian theme, made in Sweden and due for release at the end of this summer.

muldoon-boi · 24-05-2011 4:44am

I remember I used to go to bed early with the laptop to watch some Gay theme'd movies... (Yes the Innocent ones..

)

Here are a few of my Favorites,

Eating out
Eating out 2 - Sloppy Seconds
Eating out 3 - All you can eat
(They are kind of like Gay American Pies)

Yossi & Jagger
(Its a German film about 2 soldiers so you would need to find a subtitled version)

The Trip
(An gay romance that traces the relationship between two men)
**Highly Recommended

The Birdcage
(Stars Robin Williams - Very amusing film. Watched this more than twise. About a gay flamboyant gay couple go to comic lengths so as not to embarrass their son to his fiancee's staunchly conservative family)

Maurice
(Two college guys who fall in love but part ways)

Shelter
(Watched this is with my partner - He had seen it many times before, but i wept like a wimp and the ending...About a guy who takes care of his family but he falls in love with the gay brother of his best friend)
**Highly Recommended

Hope some of these will keep you entertained for a while, most of these were a little treat to myself before my "out" days..

ztoical · 24-05-2011 10:01am

Latter Days someone already mentioned is a fav and a lesbian firend found herself getting turned on by the two lead guys so told me I was never to lend her films again

Big Eden is another fav, its really really sweeet. Beautiful Thing also very sweet and my lovely laundrette, bit dated now but still a good watch. Also Presque Rien, french film, released in the UK/USA as Come Undone.

muldoon-boi wrote: »

Yossi & Jagger
(Its a German film about 2 soldiers so you would need to find a subtitled version)

It's an Israeli film so it's in Hebrew not German. Really lovely film if a little on the short side.

Rick_ · 24-05-2011 12:26pm

Beautiful Thing
Get Real
Latter Days
Milk
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
The Adventures Of Prescilla, Queen Of The Desert
Patrik 1,5
The Birdcage
Shelter
Brokeback Mountain
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Breakfast On Pluto
Transamerica
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
The Kids Are Alright
Boys Don't Cry
I Love You Phillip Morris
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Broken Hearts Club
Philadelphia

Just some of my suggestions, and probably the easiest to find if you are looking to rent/download them.

Meesared · 24-05-2011 12:34pm

God! how did i forget Rocky Horror!

baby and crumble · 24-05-2011 12:50pm

Oh, I forgot Aimee & Jaguar. it's a subtitled german film. it's fantastic, it's about 2 german women in WW2 who fall in love- one is Jewish and the other is Nazi commanders wife. Highly, highly recommended. Oh, and "If These Walls Could Talk 2". A HBO TV film but you can get it on DVD around the place.

McChubbin · 24-05-2011 8:27pm

muldoon-boi wrote: »

The Birdcage
(Stars Robin Williams - Very amusing film. Watched this more than twise. About a gay flamboyant gay couple go to comic lengths so as not to embarrass their son to his fiancee's staunchly conservative family)

I love that movie! Anything with Nathan Lane in it is comedy gold.

Handsome Bob · 24-05-2011 8:43pm

Does Philadelphia count?

unfortunately · 24-05-2011 10:04pm

C.R.A.Z.Y - was on the telly a few times (Film4 I think). Canadian French film, really good. From wiki:

It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s Quebec

Good soundtrack and humorous in parts.

Doop · 24-05-2011 10:38pm

Shelter as mentioned is a great one... love that movie, will have to get my hands on a few others

Coeurdepirate · 25-05-2011 12:08am

Patrik 1,5 is an incredible movie. I'd recommend it to all.

But I'm a Cheerleader is fantastic too.

Rick_ · 25-05-2011 11:41am

"The Broken Hearts Club - A Romantic Comedy" is another one.

A group of gay men, including Zach Braff [Scrubs], Dean Cain [New Adventures of Superman], Timothy Olyphant [Hitman / Die Hard 4], and John Mahoney [Frasier] and the story of their lives, loves and losses. It's quite good and I picked it up from Play.com for like £3, and it still is £3 as of today.

In an endearing and funny coming-of-age story, Dennis can't quite decide if his friends are a blessing or a curse. Benji is a punkish youth whose obsession with gym bods gets him into trouble. Howie is an annoyingly overanalysing psychology grad student who can't let go of his ex-boyfriend. Cole is a "pretty boy" actor who goes through guys like clean underwear. Patrick is a painfully ordinary "average Joe" whose insecurity has turned him bitter. Taylor is the resident drama queen who prides himself on his long-term relationship only to find himself sleeping single in a double bed. Jack is the group's wizened patriarch whose restaurant is a haven for them all. And then there's Kevin, the naïve "newbie" and most recent addition to the club. To an outsider it may seem like the only thing these friends have in common is that they play on the same team, but when times get tough, these friends are more like family.

McChubbin · 25-05-2011 1:55pm

I was watching a movie on last night called "Connie & Carla". It stars Toni Collette and Nia Vardalos as two women on the run from mobsters. They take cover in a drag bar and masquerade as drag queens.
It was hilerious! Here's the IMDB linkage:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345074/

s.a.man · 25-05-2011 7:23pm

I saw this the other day and its absolutely brilliant!

Watch the trailer!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRGi4UFqj8

patrix · 27-05-2011 12:29am

"Were the World Mine" is great, it's part Shakespeare (based on his work A Midsummer Night's Dream) and part musical where a high school student manages to turn his town and all the inhabitants, gay. Funny and charming film.

BanzaiBk · 27-05-2011 12:47am

patrix wrote: »

"Were the World Mine" is great, it's part Shakespeare (based on his work A Midsummer Night's Dream) and part musical where a high school student manages to turn his town and all the inhabitants, gay. Funny and charming film.

Never heard of this one before but it looks great, thanks for the heads up.

Transamerica is one of my favourite films ever. Have to give a mention to Girl, Interupted. Awesome film imo.

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