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16 MT-SEE CLASSIC GAY MOVI FROM BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
Dear lennials, the generatn born durg the '80s, the are the gay-themed movi — some wonrful, some wonrfully terrible — worth your time. * 20th century gay movies *
Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.
Crics Consens: We Were Here reviss the cris facg the gay muny the early 1980s -- and offers a powerful tribute to the spirg rolve shown at a time of turmoil. Synopsis: In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to feat new legislatn their untry that would... Crics Consens: Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhoe performance, Milk is a triumphant acunt of Ameri's first openly gay man elected to public office.
Synopsis: A recently married gay uple (John Lhgow, Aled Mola) are forced to move to separate hoeholds after they lose their...
"GAY" FILMS THE 20TH CENTURY
Synopsis: England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative ernment is about to pass a law stigmatizg gays and lbians, forcg Jean, a... Synopsis: Realizg that they share mon fo Margaret Thatcher, the police and the nservative prs, London-based gays and lbians lend... Synopsis: Substance abe and emotnal and physil distance threaten the relatnship between a gay filmmaker (Thure Ldhardt) and his longtime lover...
Synopsis: Universal Pictur proudly prents the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg... Synopsis: One youth (Brady Corbet) be obssed wh UFOs, while another (Joseph Gordon-Levt) be a gay htler the years followg... Durg the classil Hollywood era om the early 1920s to the late ‘50s, homosexualy was only unrstood through propagatg stereotyp and rercg them through nuendos.