Jason's best gay movies collection (22 titles)

Oi Oi, hey welcome to the list, this is my collection of the best gay movies out there. Well, come on what did you expect with a title like that? Films all about wood craft? So, hey take a trip to gaytropolis of the film world and enjoy my lil list. My blog www.seafrontdiary.com

by: Jase Shaw from Brighton

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To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar

They try really hard to join the bandwagon after Priscilla, but they just cant. It's another drag road movie, it's enjoyable, if only to see Patrick Swizzlestick in a dress.

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie... (1995)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo
Director: Beeban Kidron
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Noxeema Jackson, Vida Boheme, and Chi Chi Rodriguez are gonna show America a thing or two about being fabulous. Dressed to kill, with their Dynel tresses tossing in the breeze behind them, these three stars of New York's drag-queen beauty pageant circuit have hit the open road in a 1967 Cadillac ..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 2,652 members
Not currently released

Adventures Of Priscilla, The - Queen Of The Desert

This is simply the best in gay drag road movies. You just have got to love the dresses, the drags and the settings. Just what this country needs ' Three cocks in a frock on a rock'

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Adventures Of Priscilla, The - Queen Of ... on DVD (1994)
Starring: Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving
Director: Stephan Elliott
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Three Australian drag queens are invited to play a four-week engagement at an Alice Springs hotel. Their only problem is getting there intact.

Rate this: 74% from 8,146 members

Torch Song Trilogy

You could be forgiven for thinking there is theme rolling here, with all these movies about drag queens, or your a hettie and thing gay life is all about dressing as women, but you'd be wrong, it just so happens these movies are great. This has got to be one of the best, it's a great story, a wonderful play and so personal, touching and fun. I don't know anyone eho has not been movied by this film in some way or another. 'Iasked you to sit in the hay, not roll in it!"

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Torch Song Trilogy on DVD (1988)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein
Director: Paul Bogart
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Harvey Fierstein recreates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play. Both funny and poignant. Torch Song Trilogy chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. Armed with a ..read more »

Rate this: 80% from 1,069 member

Beautiful Thing

a sweet simple tale of coming out and first love set on the mean streets of a London council estate. Ahhh you just gotta love it.

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Beautiful Thing on DVD (1996)
Starring: Scott Neal, Glen Berry, Tameka Empson
Director: Hettie Macdonald
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The offbeat, underachieving denizens of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two of the neighbors--two teen boys--unexpectedly fall in love. Tender-hearted kitchen-sink realism from Channel Four Films, adapted from the play by Jonathan Harvey.

Rate this: 76% from 4,104 members

Philadelphia

This is perhaps the most famous and possible best AIDS movies of all time. It's played so well, touching and pulls out the tears without even trying.

Philadelphia on DVD (1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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After a solid track record and a much-deserved promotion, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a handsome, upwardly mobile Philadelphia lawyer, loses his high-paying corporate job when he starts developing full-blown AIDS. Though Andrew's firm attributes his dismissal to his supposedly poor performance, he ..read more »

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The Fruit Machine

Brit gay life coming of age and all that. It's a fun 80's film. Brings back loads of memories for those over 30!

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The Fruit Machine (1987)
Starring: Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens
Director: Philip Saville
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This thriller sets off from the heart of Liverpool when two young boys witness a gangland murder at the Fruit Machine Club, run by Annabelle (Robbie Coltrane). Fearing for their lives at the hand of the hired killer they head for Brighton. But as Michael continues to hustle for a living, Eddie ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 23 members
Not available for rental

Trick

You can't ask a one night stand to come back tomorrow!

Trick on DVD (1999)
Starring: Tori Spelling, Christian Campbell, Jean Paul Pitoc
Director: Jim Fall
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What do drag queens, aspiring sex therapists, and Tori Spelling have in common? They're part of a madcap night out in Manhattan for two frustrated guys that are desperate to make it in the big city. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, 1999 Sundance Film Festival.

Rate this: 62% from 1,943 member

Shortbus

Not completly a gay movie, but this is the most explcit movie I've thing I've ever seen. (except for the kinda porn you wouldn't want ya mother to know about) But, get passed the sex and it's an entertaining movie. With the sex, it's a great movie.

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Shortbus on DVD (2006)
Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
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A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

Rate this: 57% from 8,589 members

Bear Cub

I was surprised at just how good this movie was. It's sweet, it's tender, it's funny.

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Bear Cub on DVD (2004)
Starring: Jose Luis Garcia Perez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer
Director: Miguel Albaladejo
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Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to build a life together...

Rate this: 69% from 1,398 member

Summer Storm

Hey, this is a nice way to spend a rainy afternoon.

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Summer Storm on DVD (2004)
Starring: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus
Director: Marco Kreupainter
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A sensitive story about the complexities of growing up. Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. But can their friendship withstand girlfriends and other growing pains?

Rate this: 68% from 2,759 members