Movies: Gay to Revisit
by qempyrean | created - 06 Feb 2016 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicLGBT-themed films that I remember distantly and would like to see again for re-assessment.
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1. The Living End (1992)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov
Votes: 3,715 | Gross: $0.69M
2. Swoon (1992)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. Who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men.
Director: Tom Kalin | Stars: Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester, Ron Vawter, Michael Kirby
Votes: 1,920 | Gross: $0.34M
3. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
TV-MA | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill
Votes: 3,934 | Gross: $0.10M
4. 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: 6,748
5. Velvet Goldmine (1998)
R | 118 min | Drama, Music
In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette
Votes: 38,300 | Gross: $1.05M
6. The Sum of Us (1994)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."
Directors: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling | Stars: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy
Votes: 5,824 | Gross: $2.51M
7. The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A young gay man comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.
Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker
Votes: 616
8. 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: 984 | Gross: $0.07M
9. Ernesto (1979)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Triestw in the year 1911. Ernesto is the privileged, seventeen year old son of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father, who has deserted his family. He is raised by his uncle Giovanni and ... See full summary »
Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Martin Halm, Michele Placido, Virna Lisi, Turi Ferro
Votes: 572
10. 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: 3,143
11. That Certain Summer (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Teenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason
Votes: 492
12. That Night of November (2018)
84 min | Drama
The walls between us always end up falling.
Director: Lázaro Louzao | Stars: Sabela Arán, Carlos Roma, Ademar Silvoso, Brais Yanek
Votes: 76
13. Postcards from London (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A stylish, sexy film about a young man's journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London's Soho.
Director: Steve McLean | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadamore, Leonardo Salerni
Votes: 1,328 | Gross: $0.01M
14. An Early Frost (1985 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 2,219
15. Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A teenaged boy arrives in Hollywood to become a movie star, but winds up becoming a male prostitute and gets involved with a gay football star.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Eve Plumb, Juliet Mills, Jean Hagen
Votes: 275
16. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,565 | Gross: $3.13M
17. A Separate Peace (1972)
PG | 104 min | Drama
Two roomates at a prep school in New England during World War II come to grips with the war, jealousy and betrayal. Based on a novel by John Knowles.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: John Heyl, Parker Stevenson, William Roerick, Peter Brush
Votes: 505 | Gross: $0.92M
18. Our Sons (1991 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Donald is a young man dying of AIDS. His lover, James, asks his mother to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Julie Andrews, Hugh Grant, Zeljko Ivanek
Votes: 757
19. Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
The young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out ... See full summary »
Directors: Harvey Hart, Jules Schwerin | Stars: Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman
Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.18M
20. The Gay Deceivers (1969)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 874
21. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 7,061 | Gross: $0.54M
22. Bugis Street (1995)
101 min | Drama
Young and innocent Lian is a maid to a rich family in Malaysia. She is then sent to work at a small hotel near Bugis Street in Singapore. She learns about another side of life when encounter with transvestites and transgender individuals.
Director: Yonfan | Stars: Hiep Thi Le, Michael Lam, Greg-o, Ernest Seah
Votes: 152
23. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Votes: 61,723 | Gross: $6.40M
24. Clay Farmers (1988)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
Mike, a young hired hand in California is working a small farm with a close friend, Dan. Mike is content on the farm and obviously attracted to the handsome Dan. Dan seems to be attracted ... See full summary »
Director: A.P. Gonzalez | Stars: Nicholas Rempel, Todd Fraser, Asbury Ward, Liam McGrath
Votes: 185
25. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham
Votes: 17,290 | Gross: $2.45M
26. The Disco Years (1991)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama
Tom Peters looks back to 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet. Tom's mom is both sweet and intrusive, urging him to take out girls. She also drags him to her ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lee King | Stars: Matt Nolan, Gwen Welles, Dennis Christopher, Russell Scott Lewis
Votes: 431
27. The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
After a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko
Votes: 10,038 | Gross: $0.22M
28. 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: 1,771
29. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An insight into the turbulent lives and loves of a gay clique based in Los Angeles.
Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain, Zach Braff, Ben Weber
Votes: 8,182 | Gross: $1.74M
30. My First Suit (1986)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A teenage boy is caught between his recently-separated parents. They each want to buy him his first suit, but his own burgeoning self-image differs very much from both of theirs.
Director: Stewart Main | Stars: Conrad Crawte, Martyn Sanderson, Heather Lindsay, Terry Bacon
Votes: 60
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