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[Love To Love You Baby]

Recommend them and discuss them and such.

I've seen a decent amount, but am always interested in recommendations.

Anyway, mine (I'm including trans-related films here, too):

-Good-
The Crying Game
Prick Up Your Ears
Farewell My Concubine
Brokeback Mountain
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Shelter
Fox & His Friends
Longtime Companion
Monster
Heavenly Creatures
Maurice
Mysterious Skin
Velvet Goldmine
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train
The Edge of Heaven
Close to Leo
The River
Love and Death on Long Island
Get Real

-Excellent-
Querelle
Bad Education
Satyricon
The Witnesses
Beautiful Thing
Victim
My Beautiful Launderette
Happy Together
All About My Mother
Come Undone
Naked Lunch
Dog Day Afternoon
Love Songs
Paris Is Burning
Milk
Taboo
The Times of Harvey Milk

-Great-
Tropical Malady
My Own Private Idaho
Edward II
Beau Travail
Mulholland Dr.
Mala Noche
The Long Day Closes
Wild Reeds
Sebastiane

 

[Gaborn]

Philadelphia, although the fact that Tom Hanks character was gay is more incidental to the plot than the point, was still a great movie as well.

 

[btkadams]

have you seen "Not Another Gay Movie"? its a comedy that parodies teen comedies (american pie and stuff). it was pretty decent. you see an erect penis in it if thats a good thing lol

EDIT: o and put it under good.

 

[Sol..]

but i'm a cheerleader has to go into at least good.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

So... wait, is "great" better than "excellent?"

 

[dragonlife]

Wow, the only gay movies I knew about were Brokeback Mountain and Not Another Gay Movie =/

 

[daemonic]

Damn, I haven't seen any of those with the exception of Brokeback. What would you consider your top 3?

 

[shintoki]

Only one I know is Brokeback Mountain...I'm sure I've seen others.

And the only one I can recall with allot of gay inneudo's was History Boys.

This is odd for me...I need to go research some more. I feel inferior

 

[dragonlife]

have you seen "Not Another Gay Movie"? its a comedy that parodies teen comedies (american pie and stuff). it was pretty decent. you see an erect penis in it if thats a good thing lol

EDIT: o and put it under good.

I don't remember their names, but that blond dude was soooo hot (probably the owner of the erect penis--through the silhouette)

 

[way more]

Wow, the only gay movies I knew about were Brokeback Mountain and Not Another Gay Movie =/

I don't know if I would consider all of those listed as "gay-movies." Some are just movies with gay characters in them. But then I haven't heard of half of them.

 

[Gaborn]

Also, although only semi Professional "The Seventh Sense" is awesome in so many ways (LOVE the parody)

 

[teiresias]

I noticed you tended away from any full-on gay comedies (which is honestly, usually a good thing) and quite a a few of the lower budget, better known gay flicks, which tend to me more overtly gay-themed than alot of what you've listed. The mentioned "Another Gay Movie" is pretty damn hilarious - though probably a bit too extreme for our straight brethren to take (particularly the overly compensatory ones here at GAF).

I also liked "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green." It's not art by any means, but it's pretty funny and cute - and David Monahan is such a hottie!!

"Trick" is another rather inconsequential, though not horrible gay flick that I like. You get to see Tori Spelling take another turn at acting horribly.

For a cool foreign gay movie, try "The Man I Love." It's a French film that I really like. The cover of the US DVD is absolutely stupid looking though, so don't let it turn you off from it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Any gay movie list without Paul Verhoeven's The Fourth Man totally fucking fails.

For shame.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Has anyone seen "Hate Crime"? I saw about the first 2/3s of it and thought it was quite good, but I missed the end so it could have gone to shit. Anyway, if it didn't, I recommend it.

 

[ivysaur12]

I was just about to post a request for this. I have to program for our LGBT group on campus, and I wanted to do a movie night twice a month.

Thank you.

EDIT: The only ones I could come up on the top of my head while I was at work today that I actually enjoyed were Philadelphia, For the Bible Tells Me So, Brokeback Mountain, But I'm a Cheerleader..., The Laramie Project, TransAmerica, The Birdcage, and RENT (which isn't necessarily gay...)

 

[braimuge]

wow....how are Latter Days and Just a Question of Love not on this thread??

both go under EXCELLENT

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

-Good-
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Merely GOOD?! Blasphemy!

And Kiss of the Spider Woman would be high on my list.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Cruising - Al Pacino goes undercover in the gay community to stop a murderer

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge - the gayest horror film ever that is not explicitly gay

 

[Finn]

Common Ground was pretty awesome.

And I loved Mambo Italiano.

 

[braimuge]

o and Yossi & Jagger (a short movie) and Bubble

 

[teiresias]

wow....how are Latter Days and Just a Question of Love not on this thread??

both go under EXCELLENT

I absolutely cannot stand Latter Days - but to each his own I suppose. The only redeeming part of that movie is Jacqueline Bisset.

 

[braimuge]

I absolutely cannot stand Latter Days - but to each his own I suppose. The only redeeming part of that movie is Jacqueline Bisset.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaat
ok i'll give u the acting is mediocre but the story....wow...i love it!!!

 

[Finn]

I absolutely cannot stand Latter Days - but to each his own I suppose. The only redeeming part of that movie is Jacqueline Bisset.

Agreed. Something about it rubs me the wrong way. The acting leaves a lot to be desired, too.

Was "Eating Out" a 'gay' movie? I just remember that one scene where the one guy blows the other who is supposedly straight. That's really the only part I've seen, though.

I remember seeing Urbania like 7 times. Another ridiculously good 'gay' film.

 

[jibblypop]

"Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pacino. It's about a gay bank robber that is trying to get money to get his boyfriend a sex change.

 

[teiresias]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaat
ok i'll give u the acting is mediocre but the story....wow...i love it!!!

The story is actually perhaps the most moronic part. The whole mormon thing is so played out, granted, it's played out in pornos, but it's still played out. :lol

Completely forgot about "Urbania," I love that movie, but it depresses me, the ending is sad and uplifting all at once.

I suppose the HBO miniseries version of "Angels in America" has to be mentioned as well - though I do have some gripes with that version of it, overall though it's great, and Meryl Streep is amazing in it. It has some amazing performances.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Commando

The Road Warrior

 

[livingdeadgirl]

Where is Sordid Lives in this? Its tagline is "A black comedy about white trash". Although I doubt it was incredibly low budget, its shot to appear that way. Leslie Jordan is freaking hilarious.

 

[ghst]

the fox and the hound.

 

[Crayon]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Love that flick.

Really improved my attitude towards lbgt's. Not that I was homophobic or anything. I guess it helped me finally own the idea that the love same sex couples share is no different than that of straight people.

I say it about 5 years ago. My girlfriend at the time showed it to me. In retrospect.... I think she suspected me a poof. lol

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

"Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pacino. It's about a gay bank robber that is trying to get money to get his boyfriend a sex change.

Ooh, I think I'd put that in "Excellent." I forgot about that one.

I've seen Philadelphia and But I'm A Cheerleader... (as well as numerous other LGBT films), but don't like them enough to list. And I've seen Cruising, but I wouldn't put that homophobic piece of shit anywhere near recommending.

I haven't seen the other films mentioned, so consider them noted.

As far as what's a "gay movie," I don't think something has to hit you over the head in order to be considered. I actually left off some movies that are even less obviously gay in intent that I'd otherwise list. But it's not meant to be some kind of master list - just what I've personally seen and have liked, lol.

Damn, I haven't seen any of those with the exception of Brokeback. What would you consider your top 3?

1. My Own Private Idaho
2. Tropical Malady
3. Beau Travail

My taste is pretty different than the average, though. I'd say a lot of people would probably get at least some passing enjoyment out of My Own Private Idaho.

So... wait, is "great" better than "excellent?"

How I meant it is: good is like a three star movie, excellent is like a four star movie, great is like a five star movie.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Cruising isn't really homophobic. I can see why someone might think that, but then they'd be wrong. It's certainly not a piece of shit. It's a good sleazy crime story.

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

Also, there's this French film called Wild Reeds for the mid-90s that's supposed to be really good. I haven't seen it yet (the DVD isn't available from my Netflix warehouse, unfortunately) - but the entire thing has been posted on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaFGiSAi_dM

 

[Ollie Pooch]

i really liked 'crazy' a french canadian film. pretty damn good

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

Cruising isn't really homophobic. I can see why someone might think that, but then they'd be wrong. It's certainly not a piece of shit. It's a good sleazy crime story.

There's this documentary called The Celluloid Closet about portrayals of LGBT people throughout cinema history, and the screenwriter if Philadelphia tells a story about how he and his boyfriend at the time were chased down and beat up. One of the guys who did it said, "If you saw Cruising, you'd know why you deserve this."

Also, there's this:

"I’m quite willing to sit down with responsible members of the gay community and have them tell me just how a film like mine is going to provoke more violence against gays," Friedkin told gay activist and film scholar Vito Russo in a New York magazine interview he gave during the film’s shooting.
Two months after Cruising’s release a man armed with a sub-machine gun opened fire on patrons of the Ramrod -- a bar prominently featured in the film -- killing two and wounding twelve.
Friedkin had no comment.

Now, you can make the argument that this is just another case of the media being blamed for violence. And of course those examples remain separate from the film itself. But I think they're examples of what terrible ideology the film utilizes.

Cruising is as much of a "good sleazy crime story" as Birth of a Nation is a "good sleazy war film."

 

[Count Dookkake]

stuff

The response of the deranged has no bearing on the intent or quality of a work of art.

Celluloid Closet is a good movie and I feel stupid for not bringing it up in my first post, but I don't agree with its take on Cruising.

To each his own.

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

The response of the deranged has no bearing on the intent or quality of a work of art.

Celluloid Closet is a good movie and I feel stupid for not bringing it up in my first post, but I don't agree with its take on Cruising.

To each his own.

Yeah, we'll agree to disagree on this one.

I kind of forgot documentaries, but I don't know where I'd add them. I don't think I've seen nearly enough really quality LGBT docs, though. So if anyone has any recommendations ... !

 

[PhoenixDark]

kinda nsfw..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k44x5uFjZXA

Yeah...

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

A gay movie thread with no Gregg Araki films on it? Mysterious Skin is my favorite.

Splendor is also pretty gay considering it's about a bisexual relationship with two men who are pretty attractive.

 

[Crayon]

I'll submit Batman Begins as a gay movie.

When I saw that movie, I thought "I'd do that kid".

The only chick in the whole movie is Katie Holmes. Boyish.
She's performs poorly and her character manages to make life hell in the ways that women do.

I'd have scarecrow there over Katie 8 days a week. Thanks, Batman Begins. :/ Movie turned me gay.

 

[PhoenixDark]

I'll submit Batman Begins as a gay movie.

When I saw that movie, I thought "I'd do that kid".

The only chick in the whole movie is Katie Holmes. Boyish.
She's performs poorly and her character manages to make life hell in the ways that women do.

I'd have scarecrow there over Katie 8 days a week. Thanks, Batman Begins. :/ Movie turned me gay.

I'd do Katie just so my dick could grace the same womb Tom Cruise enjoys

 

[Crayon]

Here's one that's not on the list yet. File under "good".

 

[Lemming_JRS]

used to run a film series in college, here's a good list...

this movie is amazing.

this is Todd Haynes' first film.

film from the "love that dare not speak its name" era.

great documentary about drag queens and drag balls.

last but not least, a heartbreaking documentary.

 

[dxenor]

great documentary about drag queens and drag balls.

This.

BUT I'm not gay or anything. I just love this movie. Okay?

 

[ivysaur12]

Paris is Burning is great. You haven't lived till you've seen a ball :lol

 

[HiroProtagonist]

Shit:
Butch Camp
Another gay movie
Eating out
Forgiving the Franklins
Latter Days

Good:
We were one man
Shock to the system & Third Man Out (cheesy, lifetime-esque, but they were alright)
Head On
I Think I Do
Eating Out 2
Urbania
24th day
Come Undone

Great:
The Witnesses
Shelter
Bad Education
Nine Dead Gay Guys
Doing Time On Maple Drive
Before Night Falls
My Own Private Idaho
Gods and Monsters
And the Band Played On
Philadelphia
Wonder Boys
Mysterious Skin

 

[dxenor]

Paris is Burning is great. You haven't lived till you've seen a ball :lol

Uh, I've seen enough balls in my life for one man. I told you, I wasn't gay!

 

[Greatness Gone]

Batman Forever.
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Cruising.
Brokeback Mountain.

 

[way more]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Love that flick.

Really improved my attitude towards lbgt's. Not that I was homophobic or anything. I guess it helped me finally own the idea that the love same sex couples share is no different than that of straight people.

I guess that's good even though transgender has nothing to do with gay. Hedwig and the Palahanuik book Invisible Monsters do a disservice to the understanding of transgendered people by portraying them as messed up people who get operations out of a desire for attention or confusion.

Transamerica with Felicity Huffman is a great film and handles the topic splendidly.

 

[Crab Shaker]

I loved Shelter. First "gay" movie that I know of to have seen other than Brokeback. I'm glad this thread was made, now I may explore more.

 

[Tron 2.0]

Angels in America is great. It's a miniseries, but amazing. I would read a Tony Kushner shopping list.

Maurice is a good film as well.

There was a recent French film called Before I Forget that is really good as well, but depressing.

Paris is Burning is great. You haven't lived till you've seen a ball :lol

Paris is Burning is so sad but it really is great.

There's another documentary called Southern Comfort about transgendered individuals that is worth seeing.