A list of 65 films piled on Letterboxd, cludg Noviate (2017), Heat (1995), Stand by Me (1986), Swiss Army Man (2016) and Te (2020). About this list: NOTE: some of the don't have subtext between 2 characters, but jt have character that i read as/ are implied to be lgbt NOTE2: some of the have lgbt scen but as they don't "nfirm" the person as lgbt i've clud them NOTE3: "Kg and the Clown" is a non gay movie(i thk?) but the non relatnship isn't healthy/even a relatnship and i thk the 2 iends relatnship is a way more obv choice for a gay relatnship the movie,,
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A list of 16,690 films piled on Letterboxd, cludg The Stunt of Prague (1913), A Florida Enchantment (1914), Zapata's Gang (1914), Filib (1915) and The Wgs (1916). About this list: It’s an LGBTQ+ world and the are my other LGBTQ+ lists on Letterboxd: ➡️Mor Intert Films: In the Closet: A List of Mor Intert LGBTQ+ Films ➡️Short Films: Size Don’t Always Matter: A Collectn of Fe LGBTQ+ Shorts for Boys and Girls All Over the World ➡️Berl: Teddy Award – Berl Film Ftival (1987-2023) ➡️Cann: Queer Palm – Ftival Cann (2010-2023) ➡️Venice: Queer Ln – Venice Film Ftival (2007-2022) ➡️Top 200: MundoF’s Top 200 LGBTQ+ Films of All Time ABOUT THIS LIST The purpose of this list is to offer a chronologil look at the multiple films that have had signifint lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer ntent over the years. Now, there are legns of reasons why a movie might be nsired sential to the LGBTQ+ muny. As such, this broad and prehensive list clus films that al wh or feature signifint LGBTQ+ characters or issu, and may have same-sex romance or relatnships as an important plot vice. The films on the list e om all over the world and they ver the whole spectm of the LGBTQ+ experience. FAQ ▻ How did this list e about? Like everyone else here, I love watchg movi general and, like a few others, LGBTQ+ movi particular. As happens, I uldn’t fd a prehensive list of LGBTQ+ films that tly satisfied me anywhere I looked, so I cid to create one right here, on Letterboxd, Febary 2018. Sce untls LGBTQ+ entri happened to be missg om the TMDB database at the time, took me a uple of months to build the list, and I’m que happy wh the rult as stands today, although ’s still a work progrs sce I’m nstantly addg new tl; not only new releas but smaller films that might have been overlooked along the way. ▻ What kd of films are clud on your list? Generally speakg, films that will likely appeal and speak to LGBTQ+ dienc. Therefore, movi wh overtly – or sometim subtle - gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer ntent or characters ma by LGBTQ+ - or sometim non LGBTQ+ - filmmakers. Films different languag om different parts of the world that exprs general LGBTQ+ experienc, issu, needs, and ncerns. The list is meant to be prehensive, so I didn’t want to impose any sort of rtrictns when creatg . For that reason, the list also clus films that al wh bullyg and homophobia. Movi on this list n be flamboyantly gay or, some s, barely out of the closet. ▻ How did you build your list? This list is pilatn of entri that I gathered om several sourc, namely: • Vo Rso’s The Celluloid Closet. Published 1981, before the Inter ever existed, The Celluloid Closet was a groundbreakg book about the portrayal of homosexualy film. You n check Alex’s The Celluloid Closet (Revised Edn) page for a plete list of entri featured that particular book. • Screengs at notable LGBTQ+ film ftivals om around the world. • Books I personally own, like Raymond Murray’s Imag the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lbian Film and Vio & Blood Moon's Gui to Gay and Lbian Film: The World's Most Comprehensive Gui to Recent Gay and Lbian Movi or Inter talogu Fabric Pradas’s Céma gay: un siècle d'homosexualé sur grand écran, and others. • Wikipedia lists and relevant IMDB keywords such as gay, lbian, bisexual, and more. • Amazon Prime, notably the ''Ctomers who watched this em also watched'' feature, which - surprgsgly enough - featur a ton of smaller LGBTQ+ films. • CGiii’s database. The folks at CGiii like to boast themselv as ‘’the most prehensive LGBT film se the entire Universe’’, and I have to adm that they have a solid and thorough database that clus films the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Mor Intert tegori. * gay movies letterboxd *
It’s an LGBTQ+ world and the are my other LGBTQ+ lists on Letterboxd:➡️Mor Intert Films: In the Closet: A List of Mor Intert LGBTQ+ Films➡️Short Films: Size Don’t Always Matter: A Collectn of Fe LGBTQ+ Shorts for Boys and Girls All Over the World ➡️Berl: Teddy Award – Berl Film Ftival (1987-2023) ➡️Cann: Queer Palm – Ftival Cann (2010-2023)➡️Venice: Queer Ln – Venice Film Ftival (2007-2022)➡️Top 200: MundoF’s Top 200 LGBTQ+ Films of All TimeABOUT THIS LISTThe purpose of this list is to offer a chronologil look at the multiple films that have had signifint lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer ntent over the, there are legns of reasons why a…. NOTE: some of the don't have subtext between 2 characters, but jt have character that i read as/ are implied to be lgbtNOTE2: some of the have lgbt scen but as they don't "nfirm" the person as lgbt i've clud themNOTE3: "Kg and the Clown" is a non gay movie(i thk?
) but the non relatnship isn't healthy/even a relatnship and i thk the 2 iends relatnship is a way more obv choice for a gay relatnship the movie,,. Expla The Gay Review Phenomena To Me?
"Straight character #1 is clearly gay for Straight character #2" or "I'm gay for *sert straight actor" or a variatn of the two. It's not that 's jt gay-related reviews, 's the same gay joke repeated for any and every movie.
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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: Durg the 1970s, San Francis beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg a place where one... Synopsis: In 1976 a uple take over an adult book store, and the store be the biggt distributor of gay porn...