Greatest Gay and Lesbian movies?

[MsLeFever]

Hi all! I'm the faculty advisor for a Gay and Lesbian group on my campus. I was surprised when none of them had ever seen Boys in the Band or a number of other classic gay films.

So - I'm talking to them about sponsoring a gay/lesbian film festival. I'm working on a list of movies and would love to see what titles would be suggested by my fellow DISers!

I'd especially like ideas on lesbian films - there aren't as many of those....and I made the mistake of googling "Lesbian movies"....YIKES! :scared1: You don't get what I was looking for!:lmao:

thanks!
Barbara

[PghLybrt]

My favorite Better than Chocolate



If you do not mind me asking what campus?

[PghLybrt]

High Art
The Incredibly true adventures of two girls in love
If these Walls could talk 2
Desert Hearts
But I’m a cheerleader
Bound
Kissing Jessica Stein
Go Fish

[ConcKahuna]

Stonewall
Boys Don't Cry
D.E.B.S.
Better than Chocolate
Trick
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Heavenly Creatures

Those are some of my favorites. There's also a whole list of others from "The Click List" on Logo...
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/50_greatest_films/winners.jhtml

[rpmdfw]

Longtime Companion
Torchsong Trilogy
The Ritz
Love, Valour, Compassion


And shouldn't Auntie Mame and The Women count? :rotfl2:

[jlewisinsyr]

Edge of Seventeen
Beautiful Thing

[TuckandStuiesMom]

LUV Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

In order from most favorite and on down.....

Bound
Jeffrey
Desert Hearts
Longtime Companion
Torchsong Trilogy
It's My Party
Better than Chocolate
If these Walls could talk 2
But I’m a cheerleader
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Love, Valour, Compassion
Boys Don't Cry
Adam & Steve

Honorable mentions to....
Fried Green Tomatoes
Boys on the Side

[brendrek]

Not really classic gay cinema but love Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Rocky Horror Picture Show. Those would be fun to watch in class.

[MsLeFever]

Thanks so much!

I'm at Robert Morris University (near Pittsburgh). We are traditionally a very conservative campus and SAFE (student alliance for equality) is only in its first full year. The group is small but passionate and is hoping that these films will be a relaxing way both to meet and talk together AND to mix and mingle with the rest of campus.

(I can't believe that I left Jeffrey off my list - how can you beat Mother Theresa smoking a cigarette and playing the piano?)

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

I can't believe that I left Jeffrey off my list - how can you beat Mother Theresa smoking a cigarette and playing the piano?

Exactly! :thumbsup2

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Shoot, I forgot one!

And the Band Played On....

[L&Lfan]

More votes for:
Trick
Love, Valour, Compassion
Broken Hearts' Club

jon

[markndean]

Like It Is (Uk)
Krampack (Spanish)
Beautiful Thing (UK)
Eating Out 1 + 2
Another Gay Movie
Mambo Italiano
Bad Education (Spanish)
Connie and Carla
Stonewall
Defying Gravity
:rainbow:

[brendrek]

Mambo Italiano and Beautiful Thing :thumbsup2

But I'm A Cheerleader, omg so funny. The only one I didn't like was BENT.

[I<3EvilQueen]

I think the movies above are great, but I would also add "Latter Days"

[spacemermaid]

Another vote for "But I'm A Cheerleader"!

Also, there's "Ma Vie En Rose", but that's more about transpeople rather than gay or lesbian people. It's such a cute story, though :)

[wallyb]

The Boy in The Band - should be in here somewhere

And what about Glen or Glenda? :rotfl:

[rosiep]

Torchsong Trilogy (Just an amazing film)
The Wedding Banquet
Parting Glances
To Wong Foo, With Love....
Fried Green Tomatoes (although they underplay the lesbian angle in the movie)

[ConcKahuna]

It's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar" ;)

Another fun (although corny and VERY dirty) gay movie is "Another Gay Movie." Think "American Pie" with gay men and dirtier :rotfl:

"Shortbus" is a good movie, although the plot about struggling relationships of all types can be lost in the fact that the director (same guy who did "Hedwig") used REAL sex scenes instead of "acted" ones.

[wallyb]

Another fun (although corny and VERY dirty) gay movie is "Another Gay Movie." Think "American Pie" with gay men and dirtier :rotfl:

It's very funny though!

I love the title song Another Gay Sunshine Day.
:lmao:

[lindseywb]

saving face - two chinese women & their relationship, plus a lot of chinese american cultural issues and parent/child relationships
imagine me & you - a woman falls in love at first sight w/ a woman as she walks down the aisle to marry a man
the film fest sounds great, i know philly has a pretty big gay & lesbian film fest, the website should have some good leads as well.

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Connie and Carla
:rainbow:


OMG, Corey would have a cow if she knew that I forgot this one.

[ConcKahuna]

It's very funny though!

I love the title song Another Gay Sunshine Day.
:lmao:

The Richard Hatch (yes, the Survivor winner) scene makes me LOL so hard it hurts.

[wallyb]

The Richard Hatch (yes, the Survivor winner) scene makes me LOL so hard it hurts.

Yes - and Richard's nick name is definitely NOT Dick. :rotfl:

[Mackey Mouse]

I liked this one, but probably because my fave Brit actor of all times, a young Rupert Graves, is in it

Maurice...
also liked Different for Girls.. he was in that one too...

I am not sure you would consider them great though???

[L&Lfan]

It's very funny though!

I love the title song Another Gay Sunshine Day.
:lmao:

Sung by the legendary Miss Nancy Sinatra!:worship:

And don't forget James from Boy Meets Boy and Noah (Darryl can't think of his last name) from Noah's Arc are in the film too!:yay:

Jon

[Kasiks]

Saving Face

[rpmdfw]

Interestingly enough, AfterElton.com just released their list of the 50 greatest gay movies of all time. Check it out here (http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2008/9/50greatestgaymovies).

No idea if AfterEllen has a similar list in the works.

[Stitch'sGlitch]

I have to agree with:
Bound
Another Gay Movie
But I'm A Cheerleader
Better Than Chocolate

And just because I love Margret Cho...Bam Bam and Celeste
She actually plays her mother in the movie...

[markndean]

don't know if this one was shown outside the UK: 'Clapham Junction'. It was made for Channel 4 and I (Mark) was an extra in it! I was a guest at a gay wedding, and if you have seen it, I was seen in the ceremony and then a few times during the reception and then at the end I was seen slow dancing rather drunkenly (it was only acting) with another guy behind the couple who had got married.

[ckenlady]

Tragic as it was.... The Childrens Hour with Shirley Maclaine and Audrey Hepburn. A true classic!

Also, The Fox, Sandy Dennis and Kier Dullea. I never was a big Sandy Dennis fan, but she is truly pathetic in this one.

[pipervali]

One that I'm surprised often gets overlooked is Saving Face.. I much preferred it to Imagine Me and You, which came out around the same time I think. It does focus heavily on the Asian culture as well, but I've always enjoyed it quite a bit.

Since it's getting to be that time of year, in the horror genre, I'm gonna rec two pretty bad movies, but their lesbian content propelled me to buy them both on dvd. There is cheese factor, absolutely. But the chemistry is actually pretty good. One is 5ive Girls and the other is Hallow's End. So let the mocking commence on me now lol

[TuckandStuiesMom]

don't know if this one was shown outside the UK: 'Clapham Junction'. It was made for Channel 4 and I (Mark) was an extra in it! I was a guest at a gay wedding, and if you have seen it, I was seen in the ceremony and then a few times during the reception and then at the end I was seen slow dancing rather drunkenly (it was only acting) with another guy behind the couple who had got married.

HOLY COW! A Celebrity amongst us!!!! :cool2:

[Tink316]

A friend who works for a local arts organization (Real Art Ways) is presenting this documentary...may be worth looking in to for your group. (Real Art Ways is an alternative multidisciplinary arts organization that presents and supports contemporary artists and their work, facilitates the creation of new work, and creatively engages, builds, and informs audiences and communities.

Chris and Don (a documentary)
This is one of those legendary but true L.A. stories that confounds the city's cliched Tinseltown image, and "Chris & Don: A Love Story" is well-attuned to this, focusing on the texture and sweetness of a particularly beguiling real-life gay love saga. The 20 year love affair between writer Christopher Isherwood (who wrote the memoir that was the basis of Cabaret) and celebrated American portrait artist Don Bachardy, who Isherwood met (and seduced) when Bachardy was in his teens. Made with gentle grace and sensitivity by Guido Santi and Tina Mascara, the film has a rich supply of archival and home movie material, showing the heady life in Weimar Berlin that drew Isherwood like a moth to a flame, and inspired his classic "Berlin Stories". He fled Germany during the Nazi rise, and landed in Manhattan alongside the brilliant poet and pal W. H. Auden (also seen in rare homemovie glimpses). Isherwood soon moved to Los Angeles, where he met Bachardy, as well as a dazzling cultural circle including Igor Stravinsky and Aldous Huxley. Michael York, who played the Isherwood character in Cabaret, narrates with perfect pitch.

[SanFranciscan]

I remember one I loved largely for how beautiful the photography in it was. It was "When Night Is Falling." The hang gliders in it fascinated me too.

[tony609]

My Favs

It's My Party
Sordid Lives (for fun)

[ConcKahuna]

Sordid Lives (for fun)

I've been hooked on this TV show on LOGO. The death of Billy Goat had me cracking up.

And then there's the "That'll happen about the time I start shooting silver dollars out of my ***." :rotfl:

[wallyb]

Howard's End-
Wait that's not a gay movie :eek:
But maybe it should be.

Lets redo it-
OrlandoMike's End
There - that would be tre gay! :lmao:

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Howard's End -- an awesome movie and also a pretty smack-dab on allegory for Hegelian dialectic.

[wallyb]

Howard's End -- an awesome movie and also a pretty smack-dab on allegory for Hegelian dialectic.

Hegelian dialectic? :confused:
Wow - had to look that one up!

It just saturday :headache: - couldn't we do a compare and contrast on
Hong Kong Phooey and Captain Caveman instead.

[DVC~OKW~96]

We love Sordid Lives (the series)! LOLOLOL!

"Would you like a valium?" LOLOLOL!

[Ms.Squeakers]

Hi, Im from the TB, i saw this thread on the title and I really couldnt resist.

The love letter.
Is a fabulous movie *Ellen DeGeneres*.

Im sorry, I couldnt resist. :)


- Mouse *from the Teen Board*

[DVC~OKW~96]

No apologies necessary! :goodvibes

[ConcKahuna]

Hi, Im from the TB, i saw this thread on the title and I really couldnt resist.


That's fine, we accept everyone! I actually think the CSP's (Cool Straight Persons) might be starting to outnumber us :rotfl:

[OrlandoMike]

That's fine, we accept everyone! I actually think the CSP's (Cool Straight Persons) might be starting to outnumber us :rotfl:

Too true!

But we are NOT changing the board name again! :rotfl2:

[tony609]

I am a huge Olivia Newton-John fan,BUT we don't have LOGO,so I haven't seen the series yet:sad1: only the movie.

I am hoping they put the whole set out on DVD once its finished its first run. I really want to see it.

I've been hooked on this TV show on LOGO. The death of Billy Goat had me cracking up.

And then there's the "That'll happen about the time I start shooting silver dollars out of my ***." :rotfl:

[rpmdfw]

We love Sordid Lives (the series)! LOLOLOL!

"Would you like a valium?" LOLOLOL!

A valium? No, FOUR valium! :rotfl2:

Yeah, we're loving the series, too!

[rpmdfw]

Too true!

But we are NOT changing the board name again! :rotfl2:

:lmao:

[Ms.Squeakers]

Thanks a lot.

:)




--
Whoever said, Fried Green Tomatoes being a gay/lesbian movie, I don't understand that.

Are you coming from the book standpoint? *Fannie Flagg is my favorite writer, but i haven't read that one yet* Or from the movie?

From what I know about the movie, Ninny had a son..*which we all eventually realize is Idgie* So did Ruth. Ruth was just abused by her husband.

I never got the feeling that Idgie and Ruth had feelings for each other.

[DVC~OKW~96]

"I love her." That's pretty strong feeling in my book.

New episode Wednesday, and I'll be gone. Ah well, will have to wait for the reruns. :happytv:

[Ms.Squeakers]

If my best friend were in the same position, i would say the same.

She said "Shes my best friend, and i love her".

I mean, loving someone, isnt always...being in love with them.

If that makes sense?? :confused3

[TuckandStuiesMom]

If my best friend were in the same position, i would say the same.

She said "Shes my best friend, and i love her".

I mean, loving someone, isnt always...being in love with them.

If that makes sense?? :confused3

It's unfortunate but I think that theme was significantly toned down in the movie. It's been years since I read the book but I remember that Idgie and Ruth were in love.

[DWJoshua]

A valium? No, FOUR valium! :rotfl2:

Yeah, we're loving the series, too!

OMG I love that show! (and yes, I said OMG...don't judge)

The episodes are WAY too short though...it could easily be an hour long series...oh well!

[Ms.Squeakers]

Ah thank you.

I haven't read the book yet, but Fannie Flag always has a way with her words.

:)

[Topper]

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[wallyb]

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[TheTexasKid]

Why not just a film salute to Ken Russell?

"Women in Love"
Oliver Reed and Alan Bates and nude wrestling.
And quite a good film to boot.

"Crimes of Passion"
Kathleen Turner and Tony Perkins

"Valentino"
Rudolf Nureyev
Was he, or wasn't he?

"Gothic"
Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne)
Percy Shelley (Julian Sands)
Dr. Polidori (Timothy Spall)
And what happened that night that "Frankenstein" was created?

"Salome's Last Dance"
Oscar Wilde (Nicholas Grace)
Bosey (Douglas Hodge)
And Wilde's play presented within a play.

"Lair of the White Worm"
Lady Sylvia's (Amanda Donohoe) and Eve's (Catherine Oxenberg) better known lesbian innuendo.
Lord James' (Hugh Grant) and Angus' (Peter Capaldi) lesser known gay innuendo.
And what she does to that underaged boy scout, when he is in the bath ought to be a crime. Oh, wait! It was a crime.

"The Rainbow"
Winifred (Amanda Donohoe) and this time Ursula (Sammi Davis.)

"The Music Lovers"
Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson
"It's the story of the marriage between a homosexual and a nymphomaniac." Ken Russell

[soulmates]

I too agree, Fried Green Tomatoes amazing story...love Fannie!!! We also thought The Hours was very good, 3 different stories, yet all connected, very telling!

[craiggers]

I think the movies above are great, but I would also add "Latter Days"


I agree. I would also add "Get Real."

[SkyMedik]

Brokeback Mountain..... (not a huge fan but only because no one has mentioned it yet LOL)

Oh...and Another Gay Movie is rather raunchy...I'd make sure there weren't many CSPs hanging around if you're going to show that one...haha....

Have we mentioned The Birdcage yet???

[PHILCT]

Hi

I enjoyed the movies

Jeffrey
Longtime Companion
Torch Song Trilogy


In addition I liked the trilogy 3 act movie about Homer, Connecticut, a fictious town during 3 decades of discrimination and change: Common Ground.

In reality Connecticut starts its first legal gay marriages on November 12th 2008, something that was not even imaginable in my lifetime when I first saw the movie Common Ground.

Now my niece and her partner will be married in March 2009 under the new Connecticut gay marriage law.


Hugs, Phil

[steven_&_daniel]

I won't repeat my favorites that have already been mentioned, some several times. One that I don't think has been listed here is Touch of Pink (for those of you who like movie classics and Cary Grant).