jg3

I must say, my watch any time I can favs are "Shelter" or "Latter Days." However, I just watched "Children of God" last weekend and loved it. The ending, was disturbing and had me all out of sorts the rest of the day, but it was a great movie, highly recommended.

jamesteroh

Me too. Great movie. But anyting with Charlie David in is worth seeing

anonplz

Well, I mentioned the film to a friend of mine recently at lunch, and he found it equally as funny, so I don't know. Then again, I thought White Chicks was funny, so...

Yes, I saw that, and also enjoyed it.

CMK10

I'm surprised to be giving the first vote for Soldier's Girl. I saw it last night and it was a very well done, powerful and thoroughly depressingly ended film. I suggest it to everyone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier%27s_Girl

jamesteroh

I'm surprised Serving in Silence hasn't been mentioned yet. I had the pleasure of meeting Grethe back in 2006 at an MCC conference.

gfunkdave

Weekend gets rave reviews from the film festival set.

http://www.weekend-film.com/home/

Anyone see it?

seattletravelguy

I'll try to keep it to 10 - okay, 15, in random order:

1 "Making Love" - the very first gay film I ever saw; that kiss between Harry Hamlin and Michael Ontkean is still exciting and magical.

2 "No Regret" - excellent Korean gay film; a little out-of-the-box with a great, dramatic plot.

3 "Brokeback Mountain" - a classic.

4 "For a Lost Soldier" - so beautiful, so moving.

5 "Chuck & Buck" - that scene, in his room/on his bed with his BFF..some of us have been there before.

6 "Milk" - another classic.

7 "Times Have Been Better" - a French comedy set in the rural countryside; genuine and charming.

8 "The Country Teacher" - really good Czech film about a teacher who falls for his girlfriend's very straight son; emotional and honest.

9 "Bear Club" - Spanish film about a gay man who takes on a parental role of his nephew.

10 "The Hours" - the book left me mesmerized, the film is a rare compliment to the novel.

11 "C.R.A.Z.Y." - wonderful gay-themed film about a chaotic, eclectic family in Montreal.

12 "Armisted Maupin's Tales of City"/"More Tales of the City" - Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis in the same series, love it!

13 "Angels in America" - yes, the stage production was way better, but the cast was impeccable in the TV adaptation, especially Justin Kirk and Mary Louise Parker.

14 "Guys and Balls" - a German film, if I remember correctly, about a soccer player who comes out to his family and then tries to assemble his own gay team; when he introduces his boyfriend to his father at the end...priceless.

15 "The Wedding Banquet" - never get tired of watching it; Ang Lee!!

jg3

This, This movie I want to see. Really looking forward to being able to see it.

Karter

I'll agree that Milk was great and I liked CRAZY a lot too, although I think that a lot of it will go unappreciated if you didn't grow up in Québec.

To add to the list, Beautiful Thing is a British classic.

Another from the UK is Victim (1961), starring Dirk Bogarde, notable for being the first English language film to use the word homosexual.

Also, I saw The Kids Are All Right last night at the cinema. I really enjoyed it but was particularly impressed with its nonchalant and normalised treatment of a lesbian relationship.

I'll contrast this all with Violet Tendencies, which I rented the week before mainly cos I liked The Facts of Life repeats as a kid and thought it would be cool to see Mindy Cohn in a leading role. Anyway, the whole thing was just an embarrassing blend of stereotypes, explicit language, hot [but aging] bodies, and bad acting (apart from Ms Cohn). I suppose there's a market for this sort of drivel, but at least I learned that if you're a 40-something fag hag then eventually you'll find love in the form of a fit 20-something stripper if you just keep going clubbing every night and avoid straight men altogether.

seattletravelguy

I agree, "The Kids Are All Right" was superb on all levels - script, acting, normalcy of gay lifestyle, and for Mark Ruffalo (damn, I love that man!).

I recently rented a Thai film called "Love of Siam" about two young friends - one gay, the other straight - who form a strong bond, only to be physically separated when one family moves to Bangkok from another part of the country. The two boys, now teenagers, then try to restore their friendship, all the while one is them is in love with the other. It's an unexpectedly delightful and sincere film with a character named Donut (!).

And, I just watched "Undertow" about a married man and his lifelong friend who sneak away to a remote part of a fishing village to be together. The married man has a baby on the way, and that complicates things. It's set in Peru, I believe. Definitely recommended.

djjaguar64

Latin T room

jamesteroh

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Hannah Free yet. Sharon Gless was great in it.

LLJFK88

I'm also really looking forward to this film!

Though not a true movie, I'd also put a vote in for Angels in America. My boyfriend actually worked as a stagehand on the most recent Off-Broadway production so I got to see the two shows back to back, and it was quite incredible, but very mind numbing.

I'm actually a filmmaker myself!
www.loganleelamson.com

I finishing post production on a short gay film, so let's hope it will be on someone's favorite list soon!

wharvey

So recommend Angels in America. So powerful... I actually recommend seeing them back to back... so much more powerful that way.

Mind numbing you say? I would say more like "butt numbing".... that was a lot of sitting at one time!

LLJFK88

That's true too. Not for those who get restless easily.