Lesser-known gay gems (12 titles)
A group of films featuring gay characters that are worth a watch but outside of the normal Beautiful Thing/Beautiful Laundrette list.
Michael
silent film from 1924 by Dreyer. Not the most accessible silent gay film, but one of very few available in the UK
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Michael
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Certificate:
A drama based on the 1902 novel written by Herman Bang. An elderly artist becomes obsessed with his model, Michael.
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from 218 members
Laurel And Hardy - Classic Comedy Shorts - Vol. 4
Contains the 1923 short film "The Soilers" starring Stan Laurel, which includes a gay (and very camp) cowboy.
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Laurel And Hardy - Classic Comedy Shorts...
on DVD
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Certificate:
Five short comedy sketches featuring the masters of slapstick humour, Laurel & Hardy, including 'Should Sailors Marry,''Short Kilts,''Fluttering Hearts,''The Soilers,' and 'Crazy Like A Fox.'
57%
from 270 members
Rope
Hitchcock's take on the Leopold and Loeb murder case. Of course, the Production Code was in force at this time and the homosexuality of the two protagonists had to be implicit rather than explicit, but it's still obvious.
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Rope
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's ..read more »
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from 5,100 members
Un Chant D'Amour
Jean Genet's one attempt at film direction is expicit, remarkable and frustrating.
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Un Chant D'Amour
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Java, Andre Reybaz, Lucien Senemaud
Director: Jean Genet
Certificate:
The author Jean Genet wrote and directed his one and only short film, UN CHANT D'AMOUR using a cast plucked from his associates and male lovers from Paris streets. Set in a French prison the film examines intense homosexual desire. Banned for many years it became a cause celebre for gay rights ..read more »
61%
from 490 members
The Big Combo
Violent and disturbing late film noir starring Cornel Wilde. Worth checking out for the two gay henchmen!
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The Big Combo
(1955)
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy
Director: Joseph H Lewis
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Shocking cruelty and explosive performances by Wilde and Conte make this a favorite of film-noir cultists. The plot revolves around Wilde's determination to smash the rackets with the help of the gang boss' ex-girlfriend. As in this outing, director Lewis's deft use of low budgets made him a ..read more »
71%
from 22 members
The Detective
A love or hate film. Frank Sinatra investigates the murder of a gay man. Not as offensive as some might lead you to believe.
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The Detective
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker
Director: Gordon Douglas
Certificate:
A hard-boiled mystery starring Frank Sinatra as the tough-as-nails Detective Joe Leland, 'The Detective' was based on a novel by Roderick Thorp. Called in to investigate the murder of Teddy Leikman, the homosexual son of a well-connected department store mogul, Leland executes an open-and-shut ..read more »
61%
from 98 members
Regular Guys
Extremely fun comedy from Germany aimed at the mainstream audience.
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Regular Guys
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christoph M. Ohrt, Carin C. Tietze, Tim Bergmann
Director: Rolf Silber
Certificate:
Not your typical buddy movie, Regular Guys is a refreshingly witty German comedy that takes a tongue-and-cheek peek at the complexities of relationships - gay, straight and somewhere in between. Christoph, a macho cop, goes on a bender after his fiancee throws him out of the house. After waking in ..read more »
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from 1,414 member
The Trip
The first five minutes is enough to put you off but, once you get used to the dodgy hair-dos there is much to enjoy in this brilliant film.
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The Trip
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Ray Baker
Director: Miles Swain
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An ambitiously epic gay romance that traces the course of two men from their initial meeting as teenagers in 1973 until 1984. The time is the socially turbulent 1970s when radical politics and the emerging gay rights movement clashed with the rigidly conservative establishment.
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from 1,822 member
Facing Window
A beautiful film from Italy about an old man remembering an affair during world war 2. It has to be seen to be believed. Very moving.
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Facing Window
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
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1943, Italy: In the darkest days of the war, a young baker's apprentice suddenly murders his employer before taking to the empty midnight streets, frantically searching for someone or something - a haunting image of passion, rage and desperation. Sixty years later: Passion seems to be missing ..read more »
62%
from 1,239 member
Echo Park L.A.
From the director of The Fluffer, this is an unusual film which includes a gay subplot. Worth a look
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Echo Park L.A.
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jesus Castanos, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Emily Rios
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Certificate:
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As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin. But the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them as a crisis develops that ..read more »
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