Movies with Gay Couples. 1. Little Ashes (2008) Error: please try again. About the young life and loves of artist Salvador DalĂ, filmmaker Luis BuĂąuel and writer Federico GarcĂa Lorca. 2. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Error: please try again. Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship.
83 Metascore. The story of Harvey Milk and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. Votes: 171,252 | Gross: $31.84M.
Womenâs Prison Massacre. This 1983 horror film follows Emanuelle, a reporter sent to prison on trumped-up charges. Once she arrives, she witnesses âŚ
The story of Harvey Milk and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. Votes: 171,172 | Gross: $31.84M.
This silly B-movie is about an attractive young woman sent to prison for robbery. She ends up jailed with other young, beautiful ladies, including one who makes a pass at her. Check out the movie's pulpy opening sequence below.
Oz. From 1997 to 2003, this one-hour HBO series defied countless taboos. The title is a nickname given for the Oswald State Correctional Facility in New York (the same state where OITNB is set!). The show follows the life of prison manager Tim McManus and his attempts to keep control over the inmates.
I Love You Phillip Morris. Released in 2010, this dramedy follows the life of Steven Russell (Jim Carrey), a once-conservative police officer whoâs married to a woman. After a car crash, Russell realizes heâs gay and pledges to live life to the fullest.
Chained Heat, released in 1983, is the story of a woman named Carol (Linda Blair), who accidentally kills a man in a car accident and is sentenced to 18 months in the clink. Upon her arrival, she gets acquainted with the inmates, most of whom are drug-addicted lesbians.
As we revel in season three of Orange Is the new Black â busting out Friday morning on Netflix â letâs take a look at some other culture-defining LGBT prison moments in film and television. While Orange Is the New Black â Netflix's prison drama with a bisexual protagonist and several other LGBT characters â is loved by critics and audiences alike, ...
Midnight Express. This harrowing depiction of life in a Turkish prison â based on a real story â starred bisexual actor Brad Davis. While there were many scenes of horrific violence, there was a tender make-out sequence between Davis and another male inmate. YouTube.
While highlighting the dramatic and powerful work from ACT UP, the film also depicts the personal stories of those fighting for their lives, delivering a human and urgent remembrance of the plague that afflicted millions across the globe âand continues on today.
Based on the play by Mart Crawley, and released less than a year after the Stonewall riots, The Boys in the Band perfectly depicts the complex experience of being a gay man at the timeâat times joyful, often times confusing, painful, and informed by self-loathing.
Wong Kar-wai won Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for this film about two Hong Kong men who emigrate to Buenos Aires, after the handover of Hong Kong to China put LGBT lives in jeopardy.
Charming Irish movie that answers the question: âWhat if John Hughes were Irish and gay?â Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious new kid moves in and an unlikely friendship changes them both. Along the way, a rousing performance from Andrew Scott as an inspiring teacher with a secret of his own, and a rugby game set to a Rufus Wainwright song. Just the thing to lift your spirits.
Eliza Hittman's dark and moody film plays out a bit like a thriller, one in which a Brooklyn teenager named Frankie (a superb Harris Dickinson, in a nearly wordless performance), who spends his idle hours hanging with his delinquent friends, fooling around with his girlfriend, or hooking up with men he meets online. Beach Rats is a provocative look at the personal and secret urges we often fear will come out into the light.
The life of Cuba's "transformistas" is captured beautifully in this father-son story about a boy who wants to perform drag and his father, newly released from prison and unable to accept who his son is. Shot beautifully, with great music and a close look at Havana in all its run-down and colorful glory.
Gus Van Sant's loose Shakespearean adaptation brought the New Queer Cinema movement into the mainstream, with River Phoenix as a young, narcoleptic hustler and Keanu Reeves as his best friend and unrequited love interest.
Based on the 1952 novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, what is arguably the best film of Todd Haynes âs illustrious career to date tells the story of forbidden love between a young photographer ( Rooney Mara) and an older woman ( Cate Blanchett ) going through a rough divorce. This is an utterly riveting, even exhausting watch, as the lovers must overcome disheartening, dehumanizing adversity. The hopeful ending is hard-won and deeply gratifying.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Set in the 18th century, CĂŠline Sciamma âs lauded knockout stars NoĂŠmie Merlant and Adèle Haenel, a drama of forbidden love between an aristocrat and a painter. This is one of the great widescreen wonders of its time, old-fashioned filmmaking with a power that floors you.
Phoenixâs performance as a narcoleptic male hustler with devastating abandonment issues earned universal praise, including the Venice Film Festivalâs Volpi Cup for Best Actor. His death in 1993 was a shattering loss for film. YouTube. NEON.
Front-and-center of Francis Leeâ s follow-up to his flat-out magnificent debut Godâs Own Country is one of Kate Winslet âs most powerful performances to date. She plays paleontologist Mary Anning, in a 19th-century romantic drama about a fictional relationship with geologist Charlotte Murchison ( Saoirse Ronan ). Ammonite doesnât match Godâs Own Country for sheer emotional oomph, but it further establishes Lee as an innovative voiceâwith a signature, tactile visual style.
Based on the play Whatâs Wrong With Angry? , British release Get Real tells of a nerd ( Ben Silverstone ) who has a passionate fling with the schoolâs hottest jock ( Brad Gorton ). Swedish Show Me Love was titled after the classic Robyn tune that plays over its end credits, and it tells of two seemingly disparate girls ( Alexandra DahlstrĂśm and Rebecka Liljeberg) who fall for each other.
She plays paleontologist Mary Anning, in a 19th-century romantic drama about a fictional relationship with geologist Charlotte Murchison ( Saoirse Ronan ). Ammonite doesnât match Godâs Own Country for sheer emotional oomph, but it further establishes Lee as an innovative voiceâwith a signature, tactile visual style.
The film features graphic sex scenes, some filmed with body doubles. Stranger by the Lake has so much on its brain that it would be entirely reductive to just label it a âgay movie.â.
The 1996 comedy The Birdcage (the American remake of La Cage aux Folles ) follows Armand, the owner of a drag club in South Beach called The Birdcage and is partner Albert whoâs drag persona Starina is the clubâs star attraction. When Armandâs son Val announces heâs marrying a woman with ultraconservative parents, Armand and Albert try to pull off a ridiculous farce. The all-star cast (Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest), over the top situations, and light tone make this the perfect movie for an evening where you just donât feel like watching anything heavy.
The 2007 movie Shelter follows Zach, an aspiring artist who puts his college dreams on hold to help out his family. He falls for his best friendâs brother, Shaun, but struggles with his feelings. While their families are initially uncomfortable, they accept the relationship by the end of the film. If youâre looking for an uplifting story about romantic love and families with a final scene thatâs uplifting, check out Shelter .
The 1987 British drama Maurice is based on the E.M. Forster novel of the same name . The film is set in early 20th century England and follows Maurice Hall from his childhood to early adulthood. Maurice struggles with his feelings, but eventually meets his life partner Alec Scudder. Though society condemns their relationship, theyâre willing to give up anything to be together.
the Homo Sapiens Agenda) follows the story of typical, suburban high school senior Simon Spier as he tries to navigate life after being blackmailed and threatened with outing by one of his classmates while also trying to figure out the identity of his anonymous, romantic, online pen pal named Blue.
The 1996 British film Beautiful Thing follows Jamie, a teenage boy who is infatuated with his classmate, Ste. While Jamie is bullied in school, Ste is dealing with an abuse at home. Jamieâs mother, Sandra, offers Ste an escape from his alcoholic father, which results in Jamie and Ste sharing a bed and a kiss.
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