La Cage Aux Folles/Birds Of A Feather (The original "Birdcage")
Stonewall

HamsterHuey said:

it was a heavy movie, yes

Glue.

The relationship between the two young men is more sexually ambivalent than out-and-out gay. I don't think that either character would categorise themselves as being queer.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484039/

Chuck & Buck

An emotionally-retarded thirty-something man stalks his former childhood crush. It'll make you laugh and cry - sometimes at the same time. The play which Buck stages is laugh-out-loud hilarious.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200530/

Shelter

It's uplifting and sweet. Some of the narrative is a little sloppy: A grandfather appears near the start of the film, never to be seen again and it took me a while to figure out who was who - but it's really enjoyable.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942384/

The Boys In The Band

Bitchy queens host a birthday party and spit searing one-liners at each other. I love it!!!



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065488/


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Good titles, bro.

ZombieKitten said:

I saw some movie about two Jewish men falling in love in the concentration camp. I forgot what it was called

LiquidGold said:

BENT with Clive Owens. OH MY GOD the part where they're making love without touching each other IS HOT!!!!!

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ehuffnsd said:

I LOVVVVVE AND OWN THIS MOVIE. Have you seen the clips to part 2 GIRL STALK? I guess it's only on-line.

I can't believe no one's mentioned:



I thought it was rather entertaining. Sigourney Weaver's cameo was hilarious.

HamsterHuey said:

I didn't like that movie.

thekidsgirl said:

Who's gay in it? Seth Green? Dylan McDermott?

HamsterHuey said:

I saw that on TV once. I wasn't too impressed with it, but it was alright I suppose.



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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I haven't seen any of the other movies you mentioned, but these I have. I don't really care about the drag movies and I don't really like Pedro Almodovar's movies.

I didn't like Burnt Money because we saw the leading man have sex with a woman, but not with his gay lover.


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scififilmnerd said:

i watched it on tv about 10 years ago now. it hit me like a truck.
at that time i thought it was the best film i'd ever seen. i want
to get it on dvd to see what i think now. probably don't think so
much of it anymore but i remember being fascinated by the 3 leads.

I remember seeing this one at Copenhagen Gay Film Festival in the early nineties:



I remember really liking it.

scififilmnerd said:

I rather hoped that was cuz everybody agreed that it's a gay movie we dislike, but noooo.

I disliked it very, very much. And seeing Captain Picard in a raspberry beret scarred me for life.

IstenSzek said:

I really love Andre Techine's movies. Stephane Rideau is beautiful.
Anyone seen Le Clan?

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I think Isten and I will have to make a marathon weekend out of it; watching movies.

HamsterHuey said:

LeClan has beautiful boys all around. Drama, teen angst, dysfunctional family, full frontal, what more can you ask for?

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Good acting, great sets, something of a story?

HamsterHuey said:

Yeah.....that too.

You're right though we can get all the nudity we want in person or in porn.

Here are some Gay films I know of. MAURICE with HUGH GRANT, My Own Private Idaho Keanu with River Phoenix, Boys In The Band, Priscella Queen Of The Desert, The White Party, Virgin Machine LESBIAN, Gay Themed would be CRUISIN AL PACINO as a LEATHERMAN COP, Too Wong FOO DRAG, PERFORMANCE MICK JAGGER in DRAG, OKOAGE or something close Japanese Gay Subtitles. John Waters Films and the one Tim Burton did that had Johnny Depp as the guy with the Angora Sweater Fetish, ORLANDO, The Music Lovers, and Andy Warhol TRASH, and JOE DELESANDRO, HEDWIG and the Curious Itch. That's all that I can think on at this time,but any Garbo,Deitrich, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis is good also.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Yeah, I don't mind a gay film having all that, as long as it isn't overflowing with stereotyping. I demand more; great acting, intelligent story.

MRGee said:

I forgot about Cruising. Crazy movie. The book was much better though.

Gods and Monsters

noimageatall said:

I don't find To Wong Fu funny either. But for what it is, I love it. Some surprisingly serious messages buried in a movie that was really just made for the laugh factor of having tough guys play girls. I only really have two objections to it: 1) They seem to confuse the definitions of drag queen just a bit, and 2) Chi Chi should have gotten the dude IMO.

I agree, John makes a beautiful queen.

Most gay movies are really, really awful. If they're not walking, talking stereotypes, they die horribly or commit suicide or go insane. More often than not, it's some combination of all of the above.

Maybe it's just me who likes it, but here's where my vote goes:



It's silly, and it does hit you over the head a bit with the point it's trying to make, but I luffs it.

Also, I know this will never be widely considered a gay movie, but IMO there's loads and loads (heh) of subtext that just can't be ignored:



But I've been told I'm nto right, so...