chronological list of LGBT-themed films, 1990s
I'll soon start working on this, for the moment it's in disarray. The 1990s saw an explosion of LGBT themes in film, but there are many titles which seem rather dated or weak. I'll have to sift through some 500 of them.
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- DirectorGeoff BurtonKevin DowlingStarsJack ThompsonRussell CroweJohn PolsonA widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."straight-as-can-be Russell Crowe is actually brilliant in this father-son drama in which homosexuality is refreshingly no-issue.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsWinston ChaoMay ChinAh-Lei GuaTo satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.Ang Lee's Golden Bear-winning family dramedy
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsJohn CusackKevin SpaceyJack ThompsonA visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.Clint Eastwood's adaptation of John Berendt's novel is a bit too sensational on the 'gay murder' issue for my taste, but features a wonderful performance by transsexual performer Lady Chablis.
- DirectorSusan MuskaGréta OlafsdóttirStarsDaphneReannaGinaDocumentary about a multiple murder in rural Nebraska in 1993.Teddy-winning docu provided the inspiration for 'Boys don't cry'
- DirectorTom KalinStarsDaniel SchlachetCraig ChesterRon VawterThe true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. Who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men.focuses on the gay background of the 1920s murder case which inspired Hitchcock's 'Rope' (1948) and had been examined in Richard Fleischer's courtroom drama 'Compulsion' (1959).
- DirectorJochen HickStarsRon AtheyMatt BradshawDarryl CarltonA look at the sex lives of the guys who make L.A. adult movies.somewhat exploitative docu on prominent hustlers
- DirectorSimon BischoffStarsJean NeuenschwanderPaul BowlesJohn Lawrencehard to watch docu about elderly men residing in Morocco for being able to supply themselves with young lovers - not rated fairly because it's one of those dark sides of gay life deemed non-PC.
- DirectorWiktor GrodeckiStarsEdaJoseph GregoriHonzaInterviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most of their clients are foreign tourists, many are German. The youths talk about why they hustle, their first trick, prices, dangers, what they know about AIDS, their fears (disease and loneliness), and how they imagine their futures. The film's title, its liturgical score, much of it elegiac, and shots of the city's statues of angels underline the vulnerability and callow lack of sophistication of the young men.first of Grodecki's 'Prague Hustler trilogy'
- DirectorWiktor GrodeckiStarsVaclav CernogurskyDavidJardaDocumentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool, the train station, a video arcade, and a disco. After the boys talk about how they got in the game, the camera follows them to the home of Pavel Rousek. Under the name Hans Miller, he makes gay porno videos, primarily for German distribution. Intercut with a movie shoot chez Rousek is an interview that follows him to his day job at a morgue, where he performs an autopsy as he talks about his work. The sex is without protection; the boys are without family. They talk about their bodies and souls, money, their sexual orientation, AIDS, their dreams, and death.second of Grodecki's 'Prague hustler trilogy' is the toughest one to watch... I don't want to give anything away but it's not for the faint of heart... reality sure is more horrifying than fiction.
- DirectorPeter FriedmanTom JoslinStarsLiane BoninTom JoslinMark MassiA documentary about two gay men as they live through their last months of life with AIDS.Teddy-winning docu chronicles the impact of AIDS on the body as well as on the relationship.
- DirectorJennie LivingstonStarsBrooke XtravaganzaAndré ChristianDorian CoreyA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.famous Teddy-winning docu
- DirectorDon RoosStarsChristina RicciMartin DonovanLisa KudrowA 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.underrated rom com threw all kinds of sexual orientations in one basket, which confused many while I found it exhilarating.
- DirectorJean-Jacques ZilbermannStarsAntoine de CaunesElsa ZylbersteinGad ElmalehKlezmer musician Simon Eskanazy wrestles with his gay nature. His conservative, orthodox family, Parisian bankers, expects him to carry on the family name by marriage. However he's irresistibly drawn to attractive young men, from gay sauna visitors to, surprisingly, the hunky son of devout New York uncle Salomon. Still, Simon secures his considerable inheritance by wedding Rosalie Baumann, that ideal lover's sister, a grand family affair. This 'investment' will only pay off if it produces another generation, but the marriage goes sour.little known rom com features a wonderful Elsa Zylberstein and the sexiest/funniest opening shot in a gay sauna I've ever seen.
- DirectorYolanda García SerranoJuan Luis IborraStarsLoles LeónAndrea OcchipintiPedro Mari SánchezIn 1990s Spain, the strong friendship between a gay man and his female best friend is tested by his entering into a relationship with another man. The girlfriend, used to getting all the attention from her gay male friend, becomes somewhat jealous of "amor de hombre" (love for another man). This "new" situation changes the lives of all the characters involved.another Almodóvar-inspired relationship panorama which make you realize how much better Almodóvar was at this kind of film.
- DirectorFrank OzStarsKevin KlineJoan CusackTom SelleckA midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.very superficial gay com typical for the '90s but quite enjoyable.
- DirectorChristopher AshleyStarsSteven WeberMichael T. WeissPeter JacobsonA poignant romantic comedy about the quest for love and intimacy in the age of AIDS. A story of a thirtyish gay actor/waiter who decides to become celibate...the risk of AIDS has taken all the joy from sex.one of the first gay coms, like most of these superficial but unmissable for Patrick Stewart's performance.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsTil SchweigerKatja RiemannJoachim KrólThrown out by his girlfriend from her apartment, Axel lives for a while with Norbert, a gay man he met some days before.one of the most successful German films of the '90s featuring three of the country's major stars, based on Ralf König's cult gay comic books. Basically marks the turning point for acceptance of gays as a social group rather than an underground phenomenon in Germany.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsHugh LaurieStephen FryEmma ThompsonSix former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.friendship comedy brought Stephen Fry lasting fame (and a permanent occupation as Hollywood's 'gay sidekick').
- DirectorThom FitzgeraldStarsDaniel MacIvorJoshua PeaceJack Griffin MazeikaThis film looks at the 1950's muscle men's magazines and the representative industry that were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs. At the end, the film moves into a court room drama as Mizer is tried for running a male-prostitute ring in the early 60's. Clips of Mizer's actual films starring individuals, such as Jack LaLanne and Joe Dallesandro, are included.mixed feature-docu interesting for the way it was made, even though it cannot compare with Fitzgerald's earlier 'The Hanging Garden'.
- DirectorAna KokkinosStarsAlex DimitriadesElle MandalisDamien FotiouA 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.underrated tough migrant gay story based on an equally tough novel shows some of the unpleasant side effects of closet life and may therefore be too much reality for some.
- DirectorFrancisco J. LombardiStarsSantiago MagillChristian MeierLucía JiménezBased on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish father, then as an independent lazy pot-smoking college student, and later as a cocaine addict in Lima and Miami.adaptation of Jaime Bayly's hit novel falls short of that book's gritty social criticism.
- DirectorSeth Michael DonskyStarsRay AranhaKeivyn McNeill GrayesElise BallardA retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abuse and prostitution.failed gay 'Oliver Twist' adaptation watchable for David Norona's performance
- DirectorJohn GreysonStarsIan D. ClarkMarcel SabourinAubert PallascioWhen a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.heavily but gloriously kitsch stage adaptation could be called one of the few really 'in-gay' feature films
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsJorge PerugorríaVladimir CruzMirta IbarraStory of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.Silver Bear-winning adaptation of Senel Paz's novel is among Cuba's most famous films ever, in spite of heavily criticizing Castro's persecution of homosexuals.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsMatthew ModineAlan AldaPatrick BauchauThe story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.feature adaptation of Randy Shilts' breakthrough AIDS documentation is a bit heavy on goodwill - like 'Philadelphia' was - but like most gay-themed Hollywood films of the time shows a desire to make up for the stereotypes of the past.
- DirectorRoeland KerboschStarsMaarten SmitAndrew KelleyJeroen KrabbéSet in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.based on an autobiography, this is arguably the only sexually overt romance film between a boy and a man. It raised a few eyebrows and concerns back then and would raise even more nowadays.
- DirectorZelimir ZilnikStarsAleksandar BrujicVjeran MiladinovicMilja MilenkovicA transvestite couple from 1990s Belgrade beholds their profession as a pacifistic mission, curbing the urges of rapists, gamblers and horny young men during turbulent periods in war torn country.hard to come by no-budget underground satire, it's a pity that it's so obscure because, while primitive, it's a merciless look at Balkan machoism. Being explicit, it's forbidden in Serbia.
- DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence StampTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.rightfully famous cult road movie
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.best Lesbian coming-of-age story I know won Teddy
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsRadha MitchellAlly SheedyPatricia ClarksonA young female intern at a small magazine company and a drug-addicted lesbian photographer slowly fall in love while exploiting each other to advance their respective careers.somewhat wooden Lesbian romance memorable for a surprisingly nuanced Ally Sheedy
- DirectorChi Leung 'Jacob' CheungStarsCarina LauCharlie YeungAh-Lei GuaFoon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.first L-themed Hongkong film I know - not as good as the later 'Butterfly' though
- DirectorAlex SichelStarsAlison FollandTara SubkoffCole HauserClaude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of '90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent, meaningless death rocks their lives.Teddy-winning mix of hate crime murder and Lesbian coming-of-age is one of the best L-themed films of the 90s.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsShabana AzmiNandita DasKarishma JhalaniTwo women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.first Indian Lesbian love story sparked riots when screened
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsTilda SwintonJohnny MillsPhilip MacDonaldA nearly wordless visual narrative inter cuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones.limited gay subtext (for a Jarman film)
- DirectorFrank KromStarsTjebbo GerritsmaSimon GriblingJoost HienenIn this short motion picture, schoolboy Kees is intelligent, introvert and sensitive, but gets ridiculed verbally and physically at an all-boys school by mindlessly cocky class mates and even insensitive teachers, especially in gym, where his physical weakness is mercilessly abused to make him a defenseless laughing stock in front of his smirking peers. His awakening sexual interest goes to boys, and in particular to Charel, a beautiful athletic classmate who probably feels an undetermined interest but would never risk admitting (possibly not even to himself) having any gay or bi appreciation, least of all for a 'sissy', and thus remains unresponsive to shy Kees' overtures. When the hunk finally comes over to Kees' place while his parents are away, a desperate disappointment with a tragical twist is in the making...strange short gay coming-of-age thriller
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsPhilippe NoiretEmmanuelle BéartManuel BlancA young man leaves his native town in southern France to discover Paris. Being too unexperienced and too naive, he drops into the reality of Paris 1991. He soon gives up his dream of becoming an actor and prostitutes himself. Throughout all these modern relationships, he keeps his innocence but becomes very emotionally blocked.Téchiné's first of many (somewhat) gay films is a boy-meets-girl story with a hustler background
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRiver PhoenixKeanu ReevesJames RussoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.famous complex hustler story is arguably Gus van Sant's most lauded film owing to River Phoenix's best performance
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsEdith MeeksLarry MaxwellSusan NormanA boy shoots his father and flies out the window. A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community.Todd Haynes' feature debut won 5th Teddy even though only the third episode 'Homo' has a gay story
- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsRoy DupuisJacques GodinJean-François PichetteIt's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead character to make those around him understand the reason for his crime.unusual two-men suspense drama is a rare find but worth the trouble of searching for it
- DirectorTakehiro NakajimaStarsMisa ShimizuTakehiro MurataTakeo NakaharaSayoko, a young woman, meets Goh and his older gay lover Tochi, and invites them to use a room in her apartment. The three become good friends until Tochi's wife threatens to expose Tochi to his office workers. Tochi leaves and Goh falls for a new man, Kurihara. Sayoko tries to entice Kurihara to meet Goh, but he is not really gay. Kurihara seduces and abuses Sayoko, leaving her with child.first Japanese mainstream gay-themed film about a woman observing a gay relationship and finding therein a tenderness missing from her own life.
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsMike DytriCraig GilmoreMark FinchLuke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".rather cynical road movie, a bit dryer than Araki's later works
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRoberta MaxwellWhen a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.watershed film established gay content in the Hollywood mainstream and earned Hanks an Oscar, even though from today's perspective it feels rather melodramatic.
- DirectorRyosuke HashiguchiStarsYoshihiko HakamadaReiko KataokaMasashi EndôThe story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he's in love with Tatsuro.difficult to find yet strongest hustler-themed film I know
- DirectorJohn GreysonStarsJohn RobinsonNormand FauteuxDianne HeatheringtonAn immortal, bigoted, unethical taxidermist is doing research on "Patient Zero", the gay flight attendant who allegedly was the first to bring AIDS to North America, for a museum show about contagious diseases, helped by the man's ghost.Greyson's famous fabulously camp musical
- DirectorHiroyuki OkiStarsChanoKazunori ShibuyaHisanori KitakazeShin and Yu's relationship is tested after Yu admits to confessing his love to another man.arguably most interesting gay pink film by a famous painter
- DirectorSuri KrishnammaStarsAlbert FinneyBrenda FrickerMichael GambonA friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.not entirely sound narrative is held together by Finney's reserved, elegant performance
- DirectorMel ChiongloStarsAlex Del RosarioGandong CervantesLawrence DavidThree young and good-looking brothers live with and support their parents in Manila; they dance at the male Club Exotica and work as "call boys." Joel has a wife and child; he and Dennis are saving money to buy back lost family land. Sonny has dropped out of university and sees dancing as a way to make money for now. Joel has a regular boyfriend as well; Sonny spends time with Michelle, a transvestite; Dennis and his pals steal car radios. When their nanay takes in a homeless youth who is not what he appears to be, a chain of events is set in motion that brings tragedy. Is there any salvation in this late-night world of "macho dancing" and prostitution?arguably most famous and explicit 'Macho Dancer' clone
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsLinus RoacheTom WilkinsonRobert CarlyleA homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.first film to address the (still) taboo of homosexuality in the Catholic church
- DirectorPeggy RajskiStarsBrett BarskyJudy KainJohn LizziUpon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.Teddy-winning short about gay bashing at school
- DirectorRobert LepageStarsLothaire BluteauPatrick GoyetteJean-Louis MilletteThe year is 1952, in Québec City, Québec. Rachel (Suzanne Clément), sixteen, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young Priest under the confidentiality of the confessional. In the present year of 1994, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) has returned to Québec to attend his father's funeral. He meets up with his adopted brother, Marc (Patrick Goyette), who has begun questioning his identity and has embarked on a quest for his roots that would lead them to the Québec of the 1950s. Past and present converge in a complex web of intrinque where the answer to the mystery lies.Robert Lepage's famous psychological drama is one of the saddest gay-themed films - I suppose we all know a character like that.
- DirectorRyosuke HashiguchiStarsYoshinori OkadaAyumi HamasakiKouji YamaguchiThe movie is built around the very complex relationships between Yoshida, leaving Shimizu for Aihara (or at least he tries to), and his friend Ito, whose love for Yoshida seems to have little chance for success. In the end we have a coalition of Ito and Aihara - who may or may not be in love with Ito - teaching Yoshida a lesson.coming-of-age love triangle featuring Ayumi Hamasaki, who after this film went on to become Japan's Madonna.
- DirectorNigel FinchStarsGuillermo DiazFrederick WellerBrendan CorbalisA group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.reenactment of the event that gave us Christopher Street Day and the gay rights movement, unfortunately not really well done.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsLeonardo DiCaprioDavid ThewlisRomane BohringerYoung, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.examines the famous Rimbaud-Verlaine love story (if you can call obsession that), but shies away from becoming overt, instead including Verlaine's wife into the mix... interesting failure.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsGlen BerryLinda HenryScott NealJamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.famous coming-of-age gay love story story, pretty much the standard for the genre
- DirectorYuan ZhangStarsSi HanJun HuJing YeBefore the 1990s P.R.China criminalized the LGBT population. Without family law and marriage law for the LGBT couples, many had to secretly encounter for sexual activities with the risk of police arrests.first gay-themed film from China (and of course forbidden there), more of a dark look at how a dictatorship may turn gay men into masochists
- DirectorAntonio CapuanoStarsFabrizio BentivoglioEmanuele GargiuloTonino TaiutiA young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn in their side. Will they be able to force the boy to accuse the priest of sexual harassment and have his reputation destroyed?rare man-boy love story involving a priest and a boy, this film is quite remarkable in not exonerating the priest while not condemning him either. The focus is on the boy's dysfunctional family though.
- DirectorKeith FroelichStarsMatt KlempRalf SchirgAndrew WoodhousePhillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.weird, strangely funny German-American coming-out tale, interesting for its look at a commonly unknown minority
- DirectorRoland TecStarsWill CookBen RobbinsDaniel OlsenALL THE RAGE takes a satirical and poignant look at one gay man's obsessive pursuit of physical, sexual, and romantic perfection. Christopher Bedford is everyone's fantasy. He's gorgeous, young, clever, rich, and above all, totally buffed and every boy in Boston seems to want him. At thirty-one, he's gliding through life, celebrating himself as the 90's gay playboy ideal, without ever realizing what a mess he's become.failed look at gay narcisism good for a few laughs
- DirectorSean MathiasStarsLothaire BluteauClive OwenMick JaggerIn 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.bleak but a bit stale feature, only one about gays in concentration camps, is unmissable for Mick Jagger's performance in drag but lacks craftsmanship
- DirectorMuhammad CamaraStarsCécile BoisMamady Mory CamaraMuhammad CamaraTwo young high school boys, Manga and Sory, are gay and in love in Guinea. This is their story.first gay-themed film from Africa is full of insights, but also stereotypes
- DirectorChristophe MalavoyStarsChristophe MalavoyMichel AumontNaël MarandinTwo boys in their early adolescence in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic school form a firm friendship that is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger boy.similar to 'Les amitiés particulières', but adapted from a play by Henri de Montherlant
- DirectorThom FitzgeraldStarsChris LeavinsKerry FoxIan ParsonsWilliam, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with his memories.multi-layered family drama is one of the more challenging gay-themed films
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungTony Leung Chiu-waiChang ChenA couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.arguably the most beautiful gay love story ever filmed, with a very convincing Tony Leung Chiu-wai (who might be the best living actor from HK) and Leslie Cheung's best performance (I often wonder if this role sparked the age-panic and identity crisis which seem to have led to his tragical suicide).
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsChingmy YauSunny ChanEric TsangA man comes to Hong Kong and becomes deeply in love with a girl. He watches when this girl has a passionate relationship with her boyfriend. As he approaches her life, he begins to notice that he is becoming more and more in love with the boyfriend instead.Teddy-winning complicated relationship drama by first openly gay Chinese director Stanley Kwan
- DirectorEla TroyanoStarsIrwin OssaJohn BryantJenifer Lee SimardA cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin (Angel) arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and sometimes dangerous gay scene in the city's Latin neighborhood, with surprising outcomes.I remember this as extremely annoying and badly played, but it was advertised as the first Latino gay film
- DirectorStéphane GiustiStarsJean-Michel PortalMarcial Di Fonzo BoMathilde SeignerThis is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last."nice romance but you'll live if you don't get to see this
- DirectorCarlos Siguion-ReynaStarsRosanna RocesRicky DavaoGardo VersozaSelya is disappointed with her lusty boyfriend Bobby, who only wants sex but no real relationship and certainly not marriage, so she leaves him behind and decides to marry the gay Ramon, whom she is convinced is definitely different. Has she made the right choice?won Teddy Jury Prize, nice love triangle - alibi marriage tale arguably a little behind the times, but very well played
- DirectorWiktor GrodeckiStarsMiroslav CaslavkaDavid SvecPavel SkrípalTwo gay teenage runaways thrown out of their repressive homes try to survive on the streets of Prague. Hunger and desperation forces them into a life of prostitution, drugs, and teen-porn.last (and only fictitious) part of Grodecki's 'Prague hustler trilogy' combines all the horrors of the previous docus.
- DirectorAlain BerlinerStarsGeorges Du FresneMichèle LaroqueJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyLudovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.Golden Globe-winning coming-out family dramedy rightfully famous for maintaining a balance between imaginative kitsch and lightly handled social message
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsAlessandro GassmannFrancesca d'AlojaCarlo CecchiFrancesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.first of Özpetek's relationship dramas handles the gay angle way more subtly than the poster suggests
- DirectorRose TrocheStarsKevin McKiddJulie GrahamSimon CallowAt the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men's group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.another superficial '90s rom com
- DirectorYonfanStarsStephen FungDaniel WuShu QiThe emotional travails of a handsome gigolo and a hunky cop, who are trying to come to terms with their sexuality.extremely but enjoyably kitsch, this film is most interesting for being Hongkong superstar Daniel Wu's debut
- DirectorDaoud Aoulad-SyadStarsHassan EssakaliMohamed BastaouiAbdellah DidaneThe film tells the story of three people related to each other by their common itineraries: that of Rabii with his dreams; Kacem who is sick and trying to forget his dark past and Laarbi, an ex-boxer, an ex-convict and a mythomaniac who ends up in loneliness.rare find but unfortunately not very interesting in spite of being the first film about gay discrimination in an Arab country
- DirectorDavid MoretonStarsChris StaffordTina HolmesAndersen GabrychA teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.one of the better '90s gay teen films, owing to its convincing '80s setting
- DirectorMarcel GislerStarsFrédéric AndrauVincent BranchetUrs Peter HalterFifteen-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, Beni is willing to follow him where ever he takes him. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into his addiction.unusual Swiss love & hate story
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.interesting combination of the life of hustlers in Athens with the 'Ponti' immigrants, i.e. Black Sea Greeks from Ukraine
- DirectorSimon ShoreStarsBen SilverstoneBrad GortonCharlotte BrittainA tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.one of the best coming-out coming-of-age films because the characters, as the title suggests, are closer to reality than usual
- DirectorBill CondonStarsIan McKellenBrendan FraserLynn RedgraveThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) director James Whale are explored.famous biopic featuring gay Ian McKellen in his only (admitted) gay role - arguably his best performance
- DirectorPhilippe BarassatStarsNordine MezaacheJonathan ReyesMathieu DemyA nine-year-old boy is obsessed with the sizable penis of his older friend.short adorable film about penis envy leading to sexual confusion
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsYasmine BelmadiPierre-Loup RajotMargot AbascalA few days in the life of Rémi, a kind and decent Franco-African 18-year-old boy, who explores his still-fluid sexuality in contemporary Paris, offering a slight but well-limned slice of life in multicultural France during the late 1990s.Lifshitz' short debut feature about a recurrent theme of his, the juxtaposition of migrant and sexual identity
- DirectorCyril CollardStarsCyril CollardRomane BohringerCarlos LópezJean is 30 years old. He lives with Laura, 17 years old, a violent and eventful love story. He learns that he is HIV positive.only film I know which features a bisexual love triangle from a bisexual perspective, not through the one of a jilted boy- or girlfriend. Makes you realize how rare a subject bisexuality still is.
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsJames DuvalRoko BelicSusan BehshidSix queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.somewhat artificial, but among Araki's most famous flicks
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsLara Flynn BoyleJosh CharlesStephen BaldwinA girl named Alex is by mistake housed with 2 guys, Stuart and Eddy, in a college dorm suite. After initial problems they become friends. Stuart has the hots for Alex, Alex for Eddy and Eddy for Stuart. Can it work?bisexual love triangle playing the 'will they or won't they' card, but it's ok to watch
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsJames DuvalRose McGowanJohnathon SchaechJordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.bisexual love triangle road movie is one of Araki's more explicit romps (and Schaech and McGowan among his most beautiful performers)
- DirectorAlfonso AlbaceteMiguel BardemDavid MenkesStarsNancho NovoCayetana Guillén CuervoIngrid RubioNot Love Just Frenzy is a fast, funny adventure through the wild Euroclub scene in the style of the scandalous Pedro Almodovar. A group of hot, horny twentysomething friends looking for love at Madrid's hottest disco get tangled up in a maze of wild sex, drugs, and gunfights as they encounter flashy drag queens, self-absorbed gigolos, and a host of other outrageous characters. Accompanied by a dynamite soundtrack and starring many of Spain's top young actors, including appearances by Penelope Cruz (Vanilla Sky), Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls), and Bibi Andersen (Kika) as a high-class lesbian pimp, "Not Love Just Frenzy" is too hip to miss.one of those superficial Spanish Almodovar-inspired relationship films with a gay twist
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsJames DuvalRachel TrueNathan BextonFollows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.another Araki pretty teen (s)exploitation romp
- DirectorRainer KaufmannStarsKatja RiemannAugust ZirnerMartina GedeckMonika, the host of a daily radio call-in show on the verge of becoming a thirtysomething, has almost given up all hopes of finding the man of her dreams when her gay brother convinces her to try it one last time -- via a contact advertisement. Surprisingly, she finds some- one she instantly falls in love with, only to find out that her "Mr. Perfect" is already married -- to her best friend.somewhat silly rom com riding on the success of 'Maybe - maybe not', it still makes for harmless fun. Notable for being Moritz Bleibtreu's first film. He isn't convincingly gay in it, but became a heartthrob because of his nudie shots.
- DirectorBrian GilbertStarsStephen FryJude LawVanessa RedgraveThe turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.another British film that made a young straight actor a major star (Jude Law); while a bit pedestrian at times, the best film about the most (in)famous gay love story.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsÉlodie BouchezGaël MorelStéphane RideauThe fates of two partners are divided.my favorite gay coming-of-age story because it treats the topic in the framework of a rich, carefully set story.
- DirectorFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoStarsMichael AligGitsieJames St. JamesDocumentary film exploring the rise of Club Kid legend Michael Alig and his fall in 1996 when he murdered his drug dealer/roommate Angel Melendez.better than the feature film starring Macaulay Culkin a few years later, this is more interesting for its critical look at the 80s NYC party scene.
- DirectorKaizad GustadStarsNaveen AndrewsRahul BoseAlexander GiffordThree men from Western origins are embroiled in gang wars, homosexuality and love after arriving in Mumbai with their own motives.one of three main protagonists in this unusual Indian film eventually deals with his latent homosexuality.
- DirectorTony VitaleStarsNick ScottiAnthony BarrileAnthony DeSandoWarren has an extra room in his apartment (and is five months behind on the rent) after his lover moves out, so a friend places an ad on his behalf for a GWM roommate. Frankie, a pizza baker (and aspiring actor), decides to move out of his family's flat in The Bronx when he comes home one evening and walks in on his brother making love to Frankie's girlfriend. Frankie checks ads for roommates in "the city" (i.e., Manhattan), notices Warren's ad and decides to answer it, reasoning that GWM stands for "Guy With Money."silly comedy enjoyable when you turn your brain completely off
- DirectorSvend WamStarsHampus BjörckNicolai Cleve BrochEwa FrölingSebastian is one of five youths who are always together. Suddenly he realizes that he is attracted to another boy (Ulf).very superficial coming out / coming-of-age story which seems to be exclusively interested into showing off its handsome young leads
- DirectorCarsten SønderStarsChristian TafdrupDicteRami Nathan SverdlinA neglected, young teenager abandons his troubled home and finds himself caught in a network of jealousy as he drifts from one romantic companion to another, longing for belonging, while living as a hustler and thief among a gang of such.good-boy-turns-bad teen delinquency flick in which every man is a pedophile and every youth a criminal in the making... interesting to watch for its over-abundance of clichés
- DirectorBrian SloanStarsAlexis ArquetteChristian MaelenLuna Lauren VelezA screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.one of those superfluous but mildly entertaining '90s gay comedies
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsRobin WilliamsNathan LaneGene HackmanA gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.Not sure if I should include this superfluous remake of the wonderful 'La Cage aux Folles' - it felt rather off to me. But some people like it a lot, particularly those who don't know the original.
- DirectorP.J. CastellanetaStarsMitchell AndersonJennifer TillyTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonA captivating, poly-sexual, multi-racial romantic comedy that revolves around the tangled relationships and love affairs of an extended group of close-knit friends.maybe the most superficial of the '90s 'orientation confusion' comedies
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsJennifer TillyGina GershonJoe PantolianoTough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.while not really gay-themed and more than a tad explotative, L romance is the key plot device in this neo-noir classic
- DirectorRose TrocheStarsV.S. BrodieGuinevere TurnerT. Wendy McMillanA romantic tale about finding a soulmate. The only difference here is that both partners are women...in Chicago's lesbian community.rather disappointingly bland but won Teddy
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsWesley SnipesPatrick SwayzeJohn LeguizamoThree drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.completely superfluous Hollywood remake of the adorable 'Priscilla'