Best gay action movies
Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
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Our list of the Top LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time stretches back 90 years to the pioneering German film, Mädchen in Uniform, which was subsequently banned by the Nazis, and crosses multiple continents, cultures, and genres. There are broad American comedies (The Birdcage), artful Korean crime dramas (The Handmaiden), groundbreaking indies (Tangerine), and landmark documentaries (Paris Is Burning). Over the last few years, we added titles like the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for the produce in Russia; Certified Fresh comedy Shiva, Baby; and Netflix&#;s The Old Guard, a rare
The 50 Best LGBTQ Movies Ever Made
Love, Simon ()
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If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school particular, that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. It's as chaste a love story as you're likely to observe in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen doubt his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you comprehend what? The queer kids of the future require their wholesome entertainment, too.
Rocketman ()
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A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going. It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsody, but when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it.
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Handsome Devil ()
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A charming Irish movie that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious new kid moves in and an unlikely friendship chan
Why Hasn't There Been a Gay Action Hero Yet?
While the complete absence of gay men in action films for the longest time is understandable, though disappointing, from a historical perspective, the period for understanding ended decades ago. There’s no forgive for such a dearth of gay men across the action genre in the year
The lack of gay action stars through the '70s and '80s should come as no surprise, considering same-sex attracted people were classified as having a “psychiatric disorder” by the American Psychiatric Association from (at which point "gay" was downgraded to mere "sexual orientation disturbance." Progress!). That’s right, up until the year afterJohn Waters’ Pink Flamingos came out the notion of “gay” was still considered a brain trouble. There were certainly lgbtq+ icons and heroes in the real world perception before being gay was given the stamp of sanity in early ‘70s (Waters’ himself surely earned that designation), but nothing when it comes to onscreen man of behavior kind of representation.
The '90s, which finally saw some gay acceptance/tolerance become mainstream, appeared to get things moving in the right direction. There were queer guys all over the place when compare
55 of the Best LGBTQ Films of All Time
'Bottoms' ()
If ever there was a Superbad for homosexual girls, Bottoms is it. The second film from director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) follows two uncool high school seniors (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott) who start up a school fight club to try and hook up with their cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
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'Bound' ()
In the Wachowskis’ landmark erotic thriller predating the Matrix trilogy, butch ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) is the newly-hired handyperson at an apartment building when she meets her next-door neighbors: mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) and kept miss Violet (Jennifer Tilly). As Corky and Violet strike up an affair, they hatch a plan to flee Violet’s abusive relationship—and steal $2 million of Caesar’s mafia money along the way.
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'Circus of Books' ()
Southern Californians will likely recognize Circus of Books as the famed porn shop and muddy bookstore that has presided over the gayborhood of West Hollywood since the early s. For those who are not familiar—and even for those who are—this documentary, directed by the
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