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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 special, 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 see in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen question his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you know what? The queer kids of the future need 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
The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies of the 21st Century
The last few years possess not only brought LGBTQ films and stories further into the mainstream, but queer movies include dominated awards seasons and found commercial success in unlikely places.
Lydia Tár — played by &#;Carol&#; star and esteemed lesbian (adjacent?) icon Cate Blanchett — dominated the Oscars race and became a well-worn touchstone in the year&#;s critical film and cancel culture conversations. The summer before that, Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller made history with Universal Pictures&#; &#;Bros,&#; among the first ever gay rom-coms funded by a major studio: an important victory — even if that film did proceed , uh, soft at the box office.
That&#;s just the tip of the iceberg on another banner year for queer film: at least one prevail in a hard-fought cultural movement, seemingly poised to encounter new challenges in the not-so-distant future.
New Queer Cinema was a major manipulate on the indie film boom of the &#;90s, and set the bar high for the many LGBTQ films to follow. &#;Brokeback Mountain&#; turned
Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
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 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Moment 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 appreciate the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for
Best LGBTQ+ Movies of the s
The LGBTQ+ community has sought representation in film ever since the industry began over years ago. However, Hollywood's depictions of the LGBTQ+ community have not always been flattering. The introduction of the Hays Code in , for example, prohibited movie studios from producing favorable LGBTQ+ content. According to the code, one was not allowed to portray “perverse” or “immoral” subjects such as queerness. Furthermore, any queer-coded characters could not be portrayed positively. Rather, they had to be shown as deviants, degenerates, and villains to be green-lit in the films. This systemic prejudice led to historic levels of censorship for the community.
After the easing of the Hays Code and The Stonewall Riots of , the gay community was finally seen as a viable target market for filmmakers. More queer movies with new points of view slowly began to make their way into the mainstream soon after. Unfortunately, throughout the 80s, queer representation remained scant, mostly due to the AIDs epidemic and society's mi