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161 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time


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Our list of the 200 Best Gay Movies of All Time stretches endorse 90 years to the pioneering German film, Mädchen in Uniform, which was subsequently banned by the Nazis, and crosses multiple continents, cultures, and genres. There are broad American comedies (The Birdcage), artful Korean crime dramas (The Handmaiden), groundbreaking indies (Tangerine), and landmark documentaries (Paris Is Burning). Over the last few years, we added titles like the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for the result in in Russia; Certified Fresh comedy Shiva, Baby; and Netflix’s The Old G
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The all-time best LGBTQ feature couples, from Jack and Ennis to Elio and Oliver

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  • While there are some superb LGBTQ romantic comedies, some of the best homosexual couples in the history of cinema come from a whole range of other genres.
  • From lavish period dramas like "Maurice" and "Carol" to contemporary coming-of-age stories with "Moonlight" and "Blue is the Warmest Colour," LGBTQ cinema is full of iconic yet relatable relationships.
  • Here are the all-time best LGBTQ couples from movies, ranked chronologically in order of release.
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Omar and Johnny in 'My Beautiful Laundrette' (1985).

Daniel Day-Lewis is an thespian of legendary status, having won three best thespian Academy Awards and earnined a reputation as the method actor despite only appearing in 20 films across a career spanning 49 years.

One of those earlier movies, and one of the very first where he took a lead role, was St

The 50 Best LGBTQ Movies Ever Made

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Love, Simon (2018)

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If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school special, that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. It's as chaste a love story as you're likely to see in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen question his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you know what? The queer kids of the future need their wholesome entertainment, too.

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Rocketman (2019)

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A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going. It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsody, but when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it.

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Handsome Devil (2016)

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A charming Irish production that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious recent kid moves in and an unlikely friend

Gay Coding in Hitchcock Films

Editor’s note: The following article, like many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, includes references to sex and violence.

Did Martin Landau play a homosexual in North by Northwest? Did Alfred Hitchcock really show gay sex on-screen in Rope, albeit in an unusual way? Was the whole plot of Rebecca driven by the twisted jealousy of an evil lesbian? And, most surprisingly, did Hitchcock depict a gay marriage way back in 1938’s The Lady Vanishes?

The famed, late English film director Alfred Hitchcock was a complicated, twisted and mischievous man — characteristics that show up in all his great movies. He meticulously planned each motion picture and knew exactly the effect each detail would have on his audiences. If he wanted to refer to homosexuality, as he did in at least 10 of his movies, Hitchcock would operate what are now called “gay codes.” These are subtle references that same-sex attracted people and their allies would recognize but could pass by most of the audience unnoticed. They are intentionally ambiguous in order to maintain deniability if questioned, especially by the censors.

Hitchcock was exposed to vibrant gay communi

Gay Movies with Happy Endings: Adorable Characters, Lovable Stories, and a HAPPILY EVER AFTER

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Trying to find a feel-good "gay" movie to monitor is like playing a game of Russian Roulette with your soul, and I think that's shitty: There's a difference between a "gay drama", an "important gay movie", a "gay romance", and a "gay rom-com"... and I'm here to celebrate the latter two!

Every movie in this list is, SPOILER ALERT, guaranteed to cease happily, with the two leads living happily-ever-after.

I appreciate romance movies, and I'm not apologizing for it! Because sometimes it's essential to know, when you decide to watch a movie, that the lovable couple you're giddy for isn't going to be shattered by horrible death or separated forever in lonely despair by the time the credits roll.

Alas, in gay cinema, our most-mainstream movie ends with our protagonist sniffing the jacket of a dude who was tire-ironed to death on the side of a freeway; our most critically-lauded flick ends with our star-crossed lovers hurtling themselves to their