Most romantic gay movies of all time
The best LGBTQ+ movies of all time
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With the help of head directors, actors, writers and activists, we count down the most essential Queer films of all time
Like queer customs itself, queer cinema is not a monolith. For a long time, though, that’s certainly how it felt. In the past, if gay lives and issues were ever portrayed at all on screen, it was typically from the perspective of white, cisgendered men. But as more opportunities have opened up for homosexual performers and filmmakers to tell their own stories, the scope of the LGBTQ+ experiences that have made their way onto the screen has gradually widened to more frequently include the trans community and queer people of colour.
It’s still not perfect, of course. In Hollywood, as in society at large, there are many barriers left to breach and ceilings to shatter. But those recent strides deserve to be celebrated – as do the bold films made long before the mainstream was willing to accept them. To that conclude, we enlisted some LGBTQ+ cultural pioneers, as well as Time O The latest: With out latest update, we&#;ve added the most recent Certified Fresh films, including Backspot, Good One, Challengers, Bird, Love Lies Bleeding, Queer, Problemista, Fitting In, Housekeeping for Beginners, I Saw the TV Glow, In the Summers, The People’s Joker, National Anthem, Good Grief, Sebastian, FRIDA, Cuckoo, Fancy Dance, Femme, A Nice Indian Boy, and The Wedding Banquet! Watch them and more on Fandango at Home! Our list of the Leading 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 AmazonApple If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school unique, 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 spot in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen interrogate his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you realize what? The queer kids of the future demand their wholesome entertainment, too. AmazonHulu 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. Advertisement - Sustain Reading Below NetflixAmazon A charming Irish movie that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at I’ve always enjoyed romantic movies but it wasn’t until I watched my very first gay love affair movie that I truly ‘‘got it’’ and felt all the emotions you were meant to feel when watching a intimate film. After years of watching heteronormative films, I could finally relate to the characters and to the gay romantic storylines playing out on screen. This made me feel so much more invested and emotionally connected to what I was watching, something I am sure every gay person has felt when they possess finally seen themselves portrayed in the media. In my opinion, queer romance movies are incredibly essential to society. They help normalise and destigmatise loving relationships between same-&#;ex couples. This in turn plays a part in creating a more accepting and educated population that is less likely to stare or react negatively to seeing a gay couple in public. Gay romance films also donate those that can’t come out the closet for a multitude of reasons, a sense of hope and reassurance that what they are feeling is normal and they should feel no Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
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