Queerest of the queer.
by inakieat | created - 28 Mar 2018 | updated - 08 Oct 2019 | PublicMovies abt queer people, or made by queer people. *personal favorites and what i think it means to be queer...
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1. Taxi to the Toilet (1980)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frank Ripploh is a rascal: he is a shaggy-haired, bearded teacher who is gay and has a very active sex life plus an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life separate from his ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ripploh | Stars: Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni
Votes: 1,772
2. Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2016)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Two men meet in a sex club, become entangled in a passionate embrace, and spend the night getting to know each other. As they wander through the empty streets of Paris, they must confront the feelings that are growing between them.
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Mario Fanfani, Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot, Bastien Gabriel
Votes: 3,906
3. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Votes: 55,411 | Gross: $0.17M
4. It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
67 min | Documentary, Drama
A harsh but deeply sympathetic sociological essay film about gay life in Berlin in a time of secrecy and oppression, with no diegetic sound and constant narration, following Daniel's unsatisfying immersion into gay society.
Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Bernd Feuerhelm, Berryt Bohlen, Ernst Kuchling, Volker Eschke
Votes: 574
5. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
Director: Toshio Matsumoto | Stars: Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura
Votes: 7,283
6. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Music
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Rebel Penfold-Russell
Votes: 55,157 | Gross: $11.22M
7. Something Must Break (2014)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlén
Votes: 1,597
8. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
R | 97 min | Comedy
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent
Votes: 11,912 | Gross: $20.42M
9. Tongues Untied (1989)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary about the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States of America.
Director: Marlon Riggs | Stars: Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Kerrigan Black, Blackberri
Votes: 1,852
10. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski
Votes: 37,359 | Gross: $3.03M
11. Les Invisibles (2012)
115 min | Documentary, Romance
Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Yann, Pierre, Bernard Romieu, Jacques
Votes: 678
12. A Very Natural Thing (1974)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A poignant romantic drama examines the life of gay 26 year old, ex-monk, school teacher living in Manhattan. When he meets a man at a gay bar, they connect and are soon living together. Unfortunately their views on monogamy don't match.
Director: Christopher Larkin | Stars: Robert McLane, Curt Gareth, Bo White, Anthony McKay
Votes: 988 | Gross: $0.07M
13. The Ornithologist (2016)
Unrated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen
Votes: 3,757 | Gross: $0.05M
14. O Fantasma (2000)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid ... See full summary »
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Votes: 3,973 | Gross: $0.13M
15. Quebranto (2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The memory and testimony of two characters: One, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite some years ago, and ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Fiesco | Stars: Fernando García Ortega, Lilia Ortega, Jorge Fons, Patricio Pereda
Votes: 184
16. Nighthawks (1978)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.
Director: Ron Peck | Stars: Ken Robertson, Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Maureen Dolan
Votes: 712
17. Shinjuku Boys (1995)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Shinjuku Boys is a 1995 film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. It explores the lives of three transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan.
Directors: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams | Stars: Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki, Abe
Votes: 237
18. A Fantastic Woman (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim
Votes: 27,284 | Gross: $2.02M
19. Querelle (1982)
R | 108 min | Drama
A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet
Votes: 7,428
20. Hustler White (1996)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.
Directors: Rick Castro, Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Tony Ward, Bruce La Bruce, Kevin P. Scott, Ivar Johnson
Votes: 1,442 | Gross: $0.13M
21. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,621 | Gross: $3.78M
22. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,703
23. Pink Narcissus (1971)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, Fantasy
An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.
Director: James Bidgood | Stars: Don Brooks, Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam
Votes: 1,671 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Sebastiane (1976)
X | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.
Directors: Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman | Stars: Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Richard Warwick
Votes: 3,145
25. I, You, He, She (1974)
86 min | Drama
'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion
Votes: 2,967
26. I Promise You Anarchy (2015)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
In a contemporary Mexico City, two skating lovers develop their relationship at the same time as they try to carry on business with drug mafia.
Director: Julio Hernández Cordón | Stars: Diego Calva, Eduardo Eliseo Martinez, Shvasti Calderón, Oscar Mario Botello
Votes: 1,208
27. A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he's tortured by images: each ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Hernández | Stars: Juan Carlos Ortuño, Juan Carlos Torres, Salvador Alvarez, Gloria Andrade
Votes: 521
28. Mala Noche (1986)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really... See full summary »
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Nyla McCarthy
Votes: 4,330
29. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte
Votes: 15,920 | Gross: $0.32M
30. Everlasting Love (2014)
Unrated | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A middle aged teacher meets one of his young students whilst cruising in the local woods. Between them commences a love affair that takes a dark turn.
Director: Marçal Forés | Stars: Joan Bentallé, Aimar Vega, Sonny Smith, Joana Mallol
Votes: 392
31. Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rodolfo ( Marco Treviño ) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon ( Arturo Meza ). When Rodolfo's mother begins to urge his son to get married, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Arturo Meza, Marco Treviño, Guadalupe Del Toro, Letícia Lupercio
Votes: 583
32. Pink Flamingos (1972)
NC-17 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $0.18M
33. Female Trouble (1974)
NC-17 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole
Votes: 10,468
34. The Place Without Limits (1978)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Roberto Cobo, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín
Votes: 1,648
I really love this film because it was really important at showing an openly gay character and making them a complex one, but this film it's made by a very straight man so...
35. Tropical Malady (2004)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom, Sirivech Jareonchon
Votes: 6,318
36. Fox and His Friends (1975)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven
Votes: 6,757
37. Tarnation (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis
Votes: 6,710 | Gross: $0.59M
38. Party Monster (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid
Votes: 17,230 | Gross: $0.73M
39. Shampoo Horns (1998)
89 min | Drama
Sensationalistic group portrait of New York City ''club kids,'' makes you long for those good old days when Andy Warhol's self-appointed superstars brought a certain humor and bohemian sense of style to his semi-improvised films.
Director: Manuel Toledano | Stars: Langley Lamark, Jason Reeves, Cheyenne Besch, Sophia Lamar
Votes: 117
40. Madame Satã (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques
Votes: 3,157 | Gross: $0.20M
41. Hail the New Puritan (1987)
85 min | Documentary
A fictionalized portrait of the British dancer and choreographer Michael Clark, depicting a day in his life as he and his company prepare for a performance.
Director: Charles Atlas | Stars: Gaby Agis, Rachel Auburn, Tex Axile, Leigh Bowery
Votes: 48
42. The Goddess Bunny (1994 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
A tour of Los Angeles, California's underground gay, lesbian, and transgender nightclub scene, as hosted by Goddess Bunny, a disabled, tap dancing artist.
Director: Nick Bougas | Stars: Goddess Bunny, John Aes-Nihil, Glen Meadmore
Votes: 122
43. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy
Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac
Votes: 7,369
44. The Long Day Closes (1992)
PG | 85 min | Biography, Drama
A lyrical reverie about a young Liverpool boy coming of age in the 1950s among his loving family and the austere Catholic Church as he enters the rigors of school, nurtures a bedazzled love of the movies and longs for companionship.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Votes: 4,002 | Gross: $0.16M
45. Teorema (1968)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Votes: 15,280
46. Orlando (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
Votes: 18,732 | Gross: $5.29M
47. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua
Votes: 2,417 | Gross: $0.02M
48. Weekend (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race, Laura Freeman
Votes: 32,871 | Gross: $0.46M
49. Gaycation (2016– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
Elliot Page and Ian Daniel set off on a journey to explore the multiplicity of LGBTQ experiences around the world, getting up close with moving stories of struggle and triumph.
Stars: Ian Daniel, Elliot Page, Jair Bolsonaro, Alex Schmider
Votes: 1,517
50. Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
Director: Auraeus Solito | Stars: Nathan Lopez, Soliman Cruz, JR Valentin, Neil Ryan Sese
Votes: 1,631
51. El diputado (1978)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama
Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself ... See full summary »
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Sacristán, María Luisa San José, José Luis Alonso, Enrique Vivó
Votes: 742
52. The Cockettes (2002)
R | 102 min | Documentary
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
Directors: Bill Weber, David Weissman | Stars: Larry Brinkin, Peggy Cass, The Cockettes, Pristine Condition
Votes: 625 | Gross: $0.22M
53. Achilles (1995)
11 min | Animation, Short
With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.
Director: Barry Purves | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Simon Green, David Holt, Tim Morgan
Votes: 405
54. From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances (2018)
Not Rated | 13 min | Documentary, Short
A drone's-eye-view recording leads the audience through Hong Kong's dragon gates, a series of gaps in high-rises that allow dragons to fly from the mountains to the sea while a character ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Wang | Star: Jon Wang
Votes: 113
55. Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
Not Rated | 193 min | Drama, Romance
A story of love, sex and destiny, by director Julian Hernandez. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Hernández | Stars: Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarías
Votes: 564
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