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Contents:

• THE BT GAY AND LBIAN FILMS OF THE 2000S
• 25 OF THE GAYT STRAIGHT MOVI EVER MA
• INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD

THE BT GAY AND LBIAN FILMS OF THE 2000S

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. Back 2015, yet somehow Bros, which opens this weekend, reprents the first mastream gay romantic edy ever released by a major stud—or so the marketg partment of distributor Universal Pictur would have you believe. Even wh all that, he remas most famo for lurg Col Clive’s Frankenste out of movie is so gay spired 1998's Gods and Monsters, a super queer bpic of s director, Jam Whale, played by Ian McKellen, who me out publicly to stream: Peack, TubiRebec reprented a unique blendg of sensibili: new to Hollywood, Aled Hchck didn’t yet have the clout that he would quickly ga, and so was forced to work wh powerful producer David O.

The effete and sassy “roommat”—played by Farley Granger (who me out late life) and John Dall (who is wily believed to have been gay, though he never me out publicly)—hold a party at which the body of their murr victim has been ncealed. Screenwrer Arthur Lrents, who was gay, was an expert at dodgg the rtrictns of the Hays orr to sneak subtext that was jt subtextual enough, a trick Hchck likewise excelled tly lost on 1940s dienc that the characters were more than iends? Where to stream: Digal rentalThe more recent Hntg of Hill Hoe Netflix seri, also based on the Shirley Jackson novel, ma the subtext text, but the gay vib between chic and sassy Theo (Claire Bloom) and reprsed, moy Eleanor (Julie Harris) radiate through the early ‘60s origal.

25 OF THE GAYT STRAIGHT MOVI EVER MA

The movie muddl s msage; we’re not necsarily meant to cheer for gay Satan climactic rampage, but plenty of viewers to stream: Digal rentalThe subtext here through so strongly that n hardly even be nsired subtext, but back 1985, plenty of straight dienc still missed . ” Late director Tony Stt pped to g books of gay beefke photography as his primary reference for how to photograph the movie’s man meat—which probably explas the proliferatn of slightly porny to stream: Paramount+There’s a lot gog on here, and I’m not sure how much of was tentnal (out director Joel Schumacher, later of Batman & Rob, wasn’t known for subtlety).

Even before he spoke about explicly terviews, however, queer fans got ; at the very least, Stu is obvly way to to stream: Showtime, FuboStart wh the generally mp sensibili of gay director Joel Schumacher (who once claimed to have had sex wh tens of thoands of men durg his life; not that queer cred is a functn of mathematics, but damn), and throw a batsu wh pronounced nippl, a massive dpiece, and eper-than-strictly-necsary ass cleavage, and you’ve got a recipe for the gayt superhero epic ever.

And that’s all before Gee Clooney’s Batman adopts a nearly grown man only ne years his to stream: HBO MaxThere’s a pot at which hyper-masculy starts to look an awful lot like homoeroticism, and you have to wonr how many sweaty, shirtls men you n lerally toss together a space that exclus women entirely before starts to look like a gay club. The wise old drag-queen-as-mentor is an age-old trope of explicly gay movi, and, though his wardrobe is limed, Ian McKellen’s Gandalf, wh his luxuriant hair and mid-trilogy glow-up, fs the role to stream: Prime Vio, HBO Max300 practilly screams “no homo! We’re meant to see the queer-dg the heavily ma-up and bejeweled Persians (Snyr has been explic terviews about his tentn to make the Persians srier to his tend male dience by makg them gayer), but that feels like a movie missg s own pot, while also wildly overtimatg the heterosexualy of the ancient to stream: TubiThe story of four young men (oddly old for high schoolers) who are scend om wch and have to fight some kd of evil or plot don’t really matter, and the movie’s not very good.

INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD

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You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web ERASED | Official Trailer | Foc FeaturWatch onTellg the te story of a young man who is subjected to a gay nversn therapy program, the film featur a number of LGBTQ+ intifyg stars, cludg Cherry Jon and Troye nowMy Own Private Idaho (1991)This ntent is imported om youTube.

You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Official Trailer #1 - Sean Penn Movie (2008) HDWatch onStarrg Sean Penn and Ee Hirsch, the 2008 movie tells the story of Harvey Milk, who beme inic the LGBTQ+ muny for beg the first openly gay person to be elected to California ernment.