The Best Gay Movie You've Ever Seen is...
Aug 8, 2008, 6:38 am
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Get Real - because it is quite bitter sweet about the whole coming out thing.
And for a lovely portrayal of a gay couple (who are a bit camp but sweet none the less) - Confetti (they're the wedding planners and are the best couple in it)
And for a lovely portrayal of a gay couple (who are a bit camp but sweet none the less) - Confetti (they're the wedding planners and are the best couple in it)
Aug 8, 2008, 1:17 pm
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Ben Hur
Check out the scenes between Messala (Stephen Boyd) and Ben Hur (Charlton Heston).
Gore Vidal gave a funny account of how as a screenwriter he and Stephen Boyd mischievously decided to enliven the movie by having Stephen's character play out an unrequited love affair toward Ben Hur (unbeknownst to Heston).
If you look at Charlton Heston's reactions to Stephen Boyd in the earlier part of the movie, Heston looks like a deer caught in the headlights.
PS This story reminds me of another where Truman Capote would always sign Gore Vidal's name when he would check into bathhouses/sex clubs that were likely to be raided by the police.
Gore Vidal gave a funny account of how as a screenwriter he and Stephen Boyd mischievously decided to enliven the movie by having Stephen's character play out an unrequited love affair toward Ben Hur (unbeknownst to Heston).
If you look at Charlton Heston's reactions to Stephen Boyd in the earlier part of the movie, Heston looks like a deer caught in the headlights.
PS This story reminds me of another where Truman Capote would always sign Gore Vidal's name when he would check into bathhouses/sex clubs that were likely to be raided by the police.
Aug 9, 2008, 8:03 pm
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I can't believe no one has mentioned one of the best gay-themed movies: Mambo Italiano. It is such an incredibly accurate portrayal of growing up gay in an Italian-American household. I swear my family is an exact clone of the family in the movie.
Also, don't know if it could be classified as gay-themed, but To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar is also one of my favorites
Also, don't know if it could be classified as gay-themed, but To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar is also one of my favorites
Aug 12, 2008, 9:29 pm
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Other favorites include:
The Birdcage (I personally like Robin Williams and Nathan Lane)
Jeffery
Trick
I'm the One that I Want (Margaret Cho)
Before Night Falls
Aug 15, 2008, 8:25 am
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Some other options
I don't think anyone mentioned Maurice - excellent movie and book(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093512/)
I agree with some other posts - to me some of the best gay movies aren't the gay tragedies, coming-out sagas or love stories, but:
Bring It On
Moulin Rouge
Clueless
Mean Girls
and how can a good gay pass up "Troop Beverly Hills"? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098519/
I agree with some other posts - to me some of the best gay movies aren't the gay tragedies, coming-out sagas or love stories, but:
Bring It On
Moulin Rouge
Clueless
Mean Girls
and how can a good gay pass up "Troop Beverly Hills"? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098519/
Aug 26, 2008, 5:54 pm
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Ooh, so many great films. So many awful ones, too 
Anyone here go to Outfest (the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and for the past few years, the largest film festival of any kind in Los Angeles)? I've been going since the mid-80s, although we skipped this year because my partner ran out of vacation days
We're thinking of looking for gay film festivals in places that are fun to visit, such as Hawaii, Australia, etc., and making vacations out of them. Maybe a gaydo?
As for specific favorites, how about "Another Country"?
Some specific comments:
All excellent choices! Did anyone catch the restored Parting Glances? I heard about it at Outfest last year.
I remember being astonished at "Making Love" because it was so rare to see homosexuality positively in film back then. "Wedding" is good, too. I really enjoyed it.
That is a good movie, as is "Edge of Seventeen"
yeah.
Agree on all points, including the last 
I think it was depressing the first time! It vividly shows the destruction and harm from homophobia.
I think of "Brokeback" as being very much of a particular time and place, much like "Boys in the Band." (I happened to see "Boys" at a theatre in Philadelphia in 1985. When the cowboy said "I'm not a steal. I cost twenty dollars," the man next to me sighed and said, "Those were the days!")
Yeah, that it is so fun.
Another good one.
I liked "The Living End" as well, but found other of his films gratuitously violent. I suppose it depends on one's mood when watching.
You're so lucky!
That's a great film as well.
"Burnt Money" ("Plata Quemada") was good, but I found both "Wild Reeds" and "Come Undone" very hard to follow.
I think it's OK for what it is -- a teen sexploitation film. That's all it tries to be. Perhaps "Eating Out" is funnier ("Come out, stay in, don't Heche me into a Marria"!")
Very true.
I always thought of it as gay!
One of the better films I've seen is "L.I.E." which extremely well-done. The acting, the writing, the directing. It's not the easiest subject matter, either.
Another excellent and off-beat film is "Chuck and Buck." I loved that the DVD included a Gaffer's commentary ("This scene was so hard to light!") Although I read on IMdb that Logo re-edited the movie to change the story and the characters.
There are a lot of shorts that are terrific. I really, really liked "Take Out," "Pool Days," and "Disco Years," for example. When I first saw "Take Out", I thought the opening credits were the entire film, and I thought it was one of the best I'd seen. Then the rest of the film started, and it's even better.
Anyone here go to Outfest (the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and for the past few years, the largest film festival of any kind in Los Angeles)? I've been going since the mid-80s, although we skipped this year because my partner ran out of vacation days
We're thinking of looking for gay film festivals in places that are fun to visit, such as Hawaii, Australia, etc., and making vacations out of them. Maybe a gaydo?
As for specific favorites, how about "Another Country"?
Bennett: There's a little hollow at the base of his throat which make me want to pour honey all over him, and lick it off again.
Menzies (furious): Bennett!
Menzies (furious): Bennett!
Some specific comments:
And - just because it was the first movie with a gay theme I ever saw and it pushed me to come out to myself (down in CCS at that - I watched it 5 times and each time in a different theater to make sure I wouldn't be 'recognized' - usually half the audience walked out making gagging sounds halfway through) - "Making Love". And no, it's not that good but at the time - it was what there was - so it has a place in my heart - and so will Harry Hamlin.
Also - "The Wedding Banquet".
Also - "The Wedding Banquet".
That is a good movie, as is "Edge of Seventeen"
I agree with several above. Also enjoyed My Beautiful Launderette. Perhaps because it came out around the same time I did. A former college roommate and I were coincidentally coming out at about the same time as well - had both been closeted as roommates. Both in grad school and we saw it while I was visiting him at MIT. Some 20+ years later and still good memories. Except for making me feel really old all of a sudden....
I think of "Brokeback" as being very much of a particular time and place, much like "Boys in the Band." (I happened to see "Boys" at a theatre in Philadelphia in 1985. When the cowboy said "I'm not a steal. I cost twenty dollars," the man next to me sighed and said, "Those were the days!")
Yeah, that it is so fun.
Another good one.
Lasker-Jones (the doctor, Ben Kingsley): England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
After finally renting it and somehow watching it after it was due to be returned (even though Hollywood Video gives you like a month to watch the thing) I can heartily, and unequivocally say that "Another Gay Movie" does not make it on the list of good movies! Certainly not the best. What a fundamental piece of krap!
One of the better films I've seen is "L.I.E." which extremely well-done. The acting, the writing, the directing. It's not the easiest subject matter, either.
Another excellent and off-beat film is "Chuck and Buck." I loved that the DVD included a Gaffer's commentary ("This scene was so hard to light!") Although I read on IMdb that Logo re-edited the movie to change the story and the characters.
There are a lot of shorts that are terrific. I really, really liked "Take Out," "Pool Days," and "Disco Years," for example. When I first saw "Take Out", I thought the opening credits were the entire film, and I thought it was one of the best I'd seen. Then the rest of the film started, and it's even better.
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