What are some good gay movies?

[wrestling lover]

Shelter was alright but I dont get the praise it gets...

EATING OUT THREE??? IS IT TRUE? I love those movies

 

[pallenk]

is there a movie about 3 gay guys in a love triangle.

None of them are in the closet
none of them are 'queens'
and they're at least in their 20s.

just a movie about characters who happen to be gay and happen to be in a love triangle.

or even a romanit comedy.

or even a scifi lol idk.

Boy Culture is kind of like a love triangle. it is a really good movie.

shelter
another gay movie
eating out
the mudge boy
mysterious skin
the opposite of sex
brokeback mountain
the opposite of sex
hellbent
the trip
harry and max
adam and steve
the doom generation
nowhere
beautiful thing
billly elliot
velvet underground

there are some more good ones. and some have been mentioned here already. but, i liked all the ones i have listed.

oh i forgot about shortbus and hedwig and the angry inch.

 

[wrestling lover]

LINKS TO THESE movies? PLEASE!!!!

 

[flashgordon85]

I'm seeing

 

[miaedu]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aypyJtHzC70[/ame]

 

[roadtripboy]

is there a movie about 3 gay guys in a love triangle.

None of them are in the closet
none of them are 'queens'
and they're at least in their 20s.

just a movie about characters who happen to be gay and happen to be in a love triangle.

or even a romanit comedy.

or even a scifi lol idk.

If you don't mind reading subtitles....Grande Ecole from France comes close. The central character is Bi not gay. It's one of the few movies I've seen with a Bi character. There is also a shower room scene full of naked gays, always a plus.

 

[Fuzzy1]

These are the Gay movies I have in my collection,

187
24 Nights
29th and Gay
Adam and Steve
Adventures of Felix
Almost Normal
Amateurs, The
An Angel Named Billy
And the Band Played On
Angels in America
Angora Ranch
Another Gay Movie
Another Gay Sequel
Art School Confidential
As Good as It Gets
Available Men
Kids in the Hall Brain Candy
Basketball Diaries
Bear Cub
Bend it Like Beckham
Birdcage, The
Blue Citrus Hearts
Bollywood and Vine
Bowser Makes a Movie
Boy Culture
Boy Friends
Boys in the Band, The
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast with Scot
Brideshead Revisited
Bright Young Things
Broadway Damage
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Hearts Club
Capote
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chuck and Buck
Chuck and Larry
Coming Out
Conspiracy of Silence
Cowboys and Angels
Cruising
Dahmer
Dangerous Living: coming out in the developing world
Deadbeat Club, The
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Dorian Blues
Doubt
Dreamers, The
Dresser, The
East is East
East Side Story
Eating Out
Eating Out 2
Eban and Charley
Eighteen
Eleven Men Out
Fabulous the story of Queer Cinema
Faith without Fear
Faqs
Fish Can't Fly
Food of Love
Forgive and Forget
Gay Sex in the 70's
Get Your Stuff
Gods and Monsters
Harry and Max
Hate Crime
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
His Secret Life
History Boys, The
Hit and Runway
Hole, The
Holy Matrimony
Home at the End of the World, A
Ice Men
Inlaws and Outlaws
Jack
Just One Time
Kinky Boots
Kinsey
La Cage aux Folles 1, 2, 3
Latter Days
Like It is.
Longing, The
Longtime Companion
Mambo Italiano
Milk
Mishima A life in four chapters
My Beautiful Landrette
My Life on Ice
My Own Private Idaho
My Wife Maurice
Naked Boys Singing
Naked Fame
Noah's Arc (Season 1 & 2 & Jumping the Broom)
Open Cam
Outing Riley
Outrageous
Parting Glances
Partner(s)
Party Monster
Philadelphia
Poster Boy
Pricilla, Queen of the Dessert
Prom Queen
Proteus
Puppetry of the Penis
Queer as Folk (American Version) Final Season
Queer as Folk (American Version) First Season
Queer as Folk (American Version) Fourth Season
Queer as Folk (American Version) Second Season
Queer as Folk (American Version) Third Season
Querelle
Regarding Billy
Regular Guys
Rent
Room to Rent
Same Guys, New Dresses (Kids in the Hall)
Save Me
Seducing Maarya
Sex Politics & Cocktails
Shiner
Shortbus
Show Boy
Sleepers
Slutty Summer
Small Town Gay Bar
Socket
Spetters
Strange Bed Fellows
Stray Cats
Summer Storm
Taxi zum Klo
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Tootsie
Torchsong Trilogy
Total Eclipse
Touch of Pink
Trans America
Trick
Trip, The
Tying the Knot
Victor-Victoria
Walk on Water
Wedding Wars
Were the World Mine
Wolves of Kromer, The
You don't mess with the Zohan
Zack and Miri make a Porno
Zero Patience

 

[hylas]

if im not mistaken, velvet goldmine has only been mentioned once, by somebody who didnt like it. that needs to be corrected! i fucking love that movie.

also, im not sure wether lesbian movies "count", but i always liked bound. now, its not exactly an emancipated movie. its very pulpy and a tad exploitative. but its very well made, and i like how its a thriller with gay protagonists, rather than a movie about being gay.

v for vendetta isnt exactly a gay movie, but gay issues are amongst the themes it deals with, and its strongest, most touching scene is built around a lesbian relationship.

todo sobre mi madre (all about my mother) is my favourite almodovar movie, and like many of his movies, it deals with all kinds of gay and transgender issues.

tillsammans! (together!) is a very sweet, heartwarming movie. it deals with many things, gay and lesbian issues amongst them. its by lukas moodysson, who also directed "fucking amal" ("show me love" in the u.s.), a lesbian coming-out movie which left me a little underwhelmed.

8 femmes (8 women) has some lesbian themes, but more importantly, its a gay dream come true, with all the french bitchyness and candy coloured interior. hilarious!

shortbus has already been mentioned - i recommend it!

 

[pohbear]

may i suggest: serving in silence the colonel cammermeyer story.
deadly skies also called force of impact - with out the gay references.
the donald strachey mysteries: on the other hand, death
shock to the system
third man out.
i did like the 'begging for shorts' 5 short films from j.t. tepnana
and i did like hell bent. which was listed in another post.

 

[jdbadboy]

Last one(s): Trick. Christian Campbell is lovely and super fine. John Paul Pitoc is gorgeous and hot. And The Fluffer. The guy who colours his hair near the end has one of the best asses I have seen.

And don't forget Coco's cameo. "It burnssssss....."

 

[miaedu]

Luchino Visconti's adaption of Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice"

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4N8B1ggYc4[/ame]

 

[saymyname]

death in venice is a classic ^
although i think that film is way more about the nature of beauty and stuff more than homosexuality

let's see. ones that haven't been mentioned yet or enough:

Party Monster (fucking amazing)
Mysterious Skin (obviously)
Let the Right One In - this films is definitely queer. the swedish subtitle version is best. the american version will probably suck.
THE RASPBERRY REICH
get real
hedwig and the angry inch
shortbus
the dreamers

 

[thongboi]

I just watched a really good one called "Breakfast With Scot." It finds a gay couple who are made temporary custodians of an orphan who was 'willed' to the MIA brother.

It's a nice family movie and has great performances throughout. It felt very real and not forced, like quite a few gay films can be.

 

[desmond]

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Guy Pearce is hot, and who knew Terence Stamp would be such a beautiful older woman? Great Australian scenery, a gay road trip. There was also a French film from the 70's, 'Pourquois Pas?,' but it's hard to find, very sweet.

 

[queermovies2010]

I thought I'd bring this thread back to life because watching gay themed films has just recently become a hobby for me. Before that I had not even known most of the popular gay themed independent films.

This is why I started a website where I review films I have seen. (Oh, I see being a new member I'm not allowed to post URLs yet ) but anyone who is sincerely interested in checking out the site can PM me

I also have interviews with actors and film makers on the site and a current Top 25. I know a lot of popular films are still missing, but they'll all be added with time. The site is just a hobby, so my time is limited unfortunately.

But any feedback is greatly appreciated. And also of course film suggestions.

 

[Perfidiosity]

Anybody recommend some good gay movies? They're so hard to find.

I agree, so hard to find. Most of them are pretty bad which pains me. I'd say try out European ones, they tend to be better. C.R.A.Z.Y. is a Québecois film and it's about the best gay movie that I've seen because its about a guy that just happens to be gay, its not over the top or full of sex or uber campy. Its real and human. Just like us!

 

[Perfidiosity]

I saw Shelter after reading the thread about it in this forum.
It is now my favourite movie.
Worth seeing.

Shelter is pretty good. I had a friend that used to always go on about how great Trick was, but I've never seen it myself. Maybe someone here has?..............

A movie that you should avoid though is Adam & Steve. It is beyond terrible... and approaches offensive at times.

 

[Adrock-JD]

I think it depends upon your personal definition of "good gay movie."

Most of Hollywood history had gay movie characters as either homocidal freaks or creepy pedophiles and/or suicidal and extremely depressed.

Most gay movie scripts ended in tragedy for the gay character(s).

Most gay characters were not the lead storyline.

It has gotten better in recent years if you steer clear of anything mainstream that may have even the slightest chance of a theatrical run and be seen by (oh, the horror) delicate straight people and their violent, self-absorbed but deny-any-human-sexuality-at-all (until magically at age 18 ) rug rats.

 

[jackmanor]

Director James Ivory`s Maurice (pronounced Morris), from the novel by E.M. Forster.

 

[acrom1]

Two I did not see mentioned. First,My Beautiful Launderette(1985) with Daniel Day Lewis great love story. First Gay romance I ever saw. Second, La Cage aux Folles(1978 ),the French original, think this was wacky funny, The Birdcage(1996) with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams is a really good american remake.