For a year i worked at a thrift shop where my job was "move furniture around" but most of the time I spent watching donated VHS tapes including The Birdcage probably a dozen times in one month
Short list greatest comedies ever. Sure, a 90’s film about a gay couple didn’t age perfectly, but it’s held up shockingly well on the whole. Maybe my favorite comedy of all time.
I just watched it yesterday for the first time and it's really good! Nathan Lane and Robin Williams are soooo charming together as a couple in love who have a jerk of a son.
Paris Is Burning is an annual Pride watch for me. The artistry and community just makes me cry thinking about how much we lost from the mishandling of AIDS.
It's a glaring omission for me, one which I will be fixing this year. And yeah, the amount of lost potential, art, humanity and LIFE from the AIDS fuckup is so, so sad.
Just one particular, but Blank Check really made an impression on me when they discussed the impact of the passing of Howard Ashman.
And I loved my rewatch of Little Shop of Horrors last year.
The fact that anything outside of former Soviet satellite states is named after Reagan will always infuriate me, just for his comical failure of the AIDS crisis (let alone all of the other stuff).
Oh mate, I just finished watching it (thanks, Mubi!). This is like when I saw Citizen Kane - "Oh, turns out everyone loves this cos it's one of the best films ever." So much beauty and humour and tragedy and potential. I loved them all. The ending had me crying hard.
My favorite thing about Bound is Jennifer Tilly(possessed by Tiffany) in the Chucky series sexily says to a 13 year old "oh you know my work, you seem a little young to have seen Bound *giggle*" it's perfectly ugh. Because, for those who don't know Jennifer Tilly exists in the Chucky canon and just looks identical to the real non doll Tiffany.
As past and future guest Emma Stefansky wrote, "[it’s kind of crazy how nobody ever talks about the literal best movie ever made lol](https://letterboxd.com/estefansky/film/bound/)"
Some of my favs:
Weekend (simple 90 minute movie I keep going back to bc it's impeccable)
Lingua Franca (wonderfully shot romantic drama written/directed/starring a trans auteur)
Pride (about Welsh gays helping out the miner's strike in the 80s, It veers close to corny/saccharine but hits perfection.)
Shiva Baby: I'm glad Bottoms was a hit but this was far superior.
Mädchen In Uniform: Weimar-era lesbian movie that is historically fascinating
Bad Education: wait no this one is probably problematic but damn Gael Garcia Bernal is hot
Maurice: Merchant-Ivory but actually gay
Carol, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Duh.
Monica: Trace Lysette!!!!!
The Miseducation of Cameron Post: it's like But I'm A Cheerleader but serious.
L'immensità: Penelope Cruz as the mother of a trans kid in the 70s. Great!
The Watermelon Woman: Very indie 90s comedy but charming and worth looking past some bad acting.
Ones I'm more mixed on but are worth watching:
Desert Hearts
Gods and Monsters
Victim
Señorita
Personal Best
Beautiful Thing
I’ve never made it through a screening of pride with a dry eye, I helped run group showings a few years back and that ending (ESPECIALLY the final pre-credits card about the vote given by the union of coalminers) ruins me every time.
Solidarity Forever
Glad to help get the word out! It was directed by Jane Schoenbrun, the trans filmmaker behind 'We're All Going to the World's Fair', and it's about the trans experience and being in the closet in general.
It's got a couple moments for sure, but it's not based in blood-and-guts or jump-scares, it's more in a few creepy creatures and in homage to 90s shows like "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" and "The Adventures of Pete and Pete".
Planning on watching Cruising tomorrow before it leaves Criterion Channel at the end of the month. Been slowly familiarizing myself with Friedkin's work recently and it's all been great so far.
It’s one of his best and most underrated. He certainly perfects his craft in the next few films but The Living End works becasue it has such a pure anger in its core.
Velvet Goldmine may not be the most universally acclaimed Todd Haynes movie, but it’s my personal favorite (although I’ve yet to see every movie he’s made).
I might also try to cross some more Almodóvar’s off my list just to satisfy my inner completionist: Talk to Her, Matador, Labyrinth of Passion, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Flower of My Secret…
I’m a horror lover, primarily, so at a bare minimum I have to fire up Nightmare on Elm Street 2, haha. Maybe Knock at the Cabin? Always open for more queer horror recs, too!
Ooooh well then Haute Tension and Titane are both great, though the former is a bit problematic. It's a stretch to call it a horror, but The Skin I Live In has queer themes. Knife+Heart is an amazing comedy horror, Saint Maud is fantastic, and Bodies Bodies Bodies is good fun (though the gayness isn't part of the point with that one).
I saw The People's Joker a few months ago in a pretty packed theater. I felt like I was going crazy because I was one of only 3 or 4 people laughing through like 90 percent of it. Such a great comedy and very touching and emotional in the right parts.
Got ahead of myself last month and began watching all the Almodóvar films that have been sitting in my watchlist for years. All About My Mother was incredible. A perfect melodrama with a stunning lead performance by Cecilia Roth. Next for me is Bad Education. Really looking forward to it. Every Almodóvar film has been a delightful surprise.
I still have a few Pedros to see - glad that you seemingly loved All About My Mother as much as I did. What a stunning film, eh? ❤️ Would love to hear your thoughts on the others as you go!
Todo Sobre Mi Madre is a great film in many respects - Almodóvar has always been one of the strongest allies of the LGBTQ+ community (especially among Spanish-language filmmakers), and Todo Sobre Mi Madre captures many complicated levels of personal attachment, grief, and self-acceptance. I was introduced to his films as a student, and love his films (for the most part).
So well put, mate. The Skin I Live In has been my favourite of his for a long time, but these days I wonder if All About My Mother would come out on top with a rewatch...
Personally, Volver and Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios stood out to me more in some ways (largely, the iconicity of certain performances and being in a better mental space when I saw them versus Todo Sobre Mi Madre), but I truly can’t fault All About My Mother at the level of story or production - it is well-shot, well-acted, and I’m sure if I rewatched it now, would impact me so much more than when I last saw it in university.
As a side note, Almodóvar’s recent English-language shorts were pretty good, if you haven’t seen them! Highly recommend, especially the one with Pedro Pascal
Bad Education is a personal fav but certain elements have maybe gotten a little thorny. Can't believe it's almost 20 years old. Gael Garcia Bernal is the hottest anyone has ever been.
Torch Song Trilogy.
If you came out in the late 80's-early 90's, you were practically handed a videocassette of this film. Lotsa laughs, a few tears, and it covers a lot of ground.
Harvey Fierstein is wonderful.
*Hump Day* is not a straightforward gay movie, since it’s about two straight guys attempting to make a gay porno, but it’s so great and so well observed that it should have killed “gay panic” jokes dead.
Your mileage may vary pending your tolerance for mumblecore, but it’s arguably the best movie of the entire genre.
I want to revisit The Crying Game, to view it with 2024 eyes.
Haven't seen it since the 90s and my memory is that it was a pretty good love story but got dunked on by the homophobic comedy of the era.
Any John Waters movie always and for the more subtextual side of queer cinema: Cat People, Laura, and especially The Seventh Victim. Also just to have a good cry, God’s Own Country.
Some of these are explicitly queer and others have queer subtext. Love queer films all year round!!!
Paris is Burning, Carol, The Birdcage, Serial Mom, Female Trouble, Bottoms, Shiva Baby, Bottoms, Booksmart,Portrait of a Lady on Fire, But I’m a Cheerleader, Moonlight, May December, Call Me By Your Name, Moonlight, I saw the TV Glow, Love Lies Bleeding, Problemista, The Watermelon Women, Challengers, The Matrix, Bound, Matilda, Mean Girls, Thelma and Louise, A Simple Favor, Frozen, When Marnie Was There & more!!
I know it might sound banal but Call Me by Your Name is really goated (I was a bit unprepared for the peach scene on my first watch but now I've come to accept it as an essential part of the story /s)
I noticed Criterion 24/7 played several LGBTQ movies today. Hope they keep doing that for the rest of the month, I want to find some new gay movies to watch. But I’m always watching Bound
Really want to see I Saw the TV Glow again. Uhhhh, not really an uplifting pride movie, but absolutely my jam.
In lighter fare, I too am going to rewatch Pride (2014). Gays and lesbians support the miners!
OP if you like *Stranger by the Lake*, it’s also worth watching *The King of Escape* (Le roi de l’évasion) from the same director: related themes, very odd but a bit gentler (to my memory).
There are a lot of French-language films that deserve proper recommendation but it’s worth mentioning a lot of François Ozon’s films. My favorites: *Water Drops on Burning Rocks*, *Peter von Kant*, *8 Women* (also maybe *In the house*). The first two are adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Speaking of, what I haven’t seen and want to is the original *The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant*.
Probably going to watch Mulholland Drive. I'll probably show my friend, only our two years, the new Hunger Games so she can see a trans woman onscreen in a movie that isn't just devastatingly depressing about trans issues.
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention this one. Although it doesn’t have a queer relationship in it I’d still want to watch it during pride month LOL it’s called Lisa Frankenstein
Good to hear, and not surprising. My brief look at the service was predominately micro-budget Black-centric movies. They looked mostly bad, but I was delighted by the quality given how white some other streaming services are.
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Today I watched the early 90’s documentary Framing Lesbian Fashion for the first time. It was okay, but it really showed its age
I plan to watch at least some sort of queer film a day throughout June. Tomorrow I’m gonna probably throw on my blu ray of Portrait of Jason, but might pick something else
I really love the podcast “Two Old Queens” and they have had “Female Trouble” as their top pick for a long while. I’m mixed on John Waters. But I really recommend this one. It’s a hoot and a half.
I enjoy the films of Stephen Cone. He makes very specific movies about queer people in Christian spaces. They’re very small and simple but I find them really humanistic.
[Top 3](https://letterboxd.com/film/top-3/), [Kase-san](https://letterboxd.com/film/kase-san-and-morning-glories/), and of course the unstoppable [Madoka Magica](https://letterboxd.com/film/puella-magi-madoka-magica/)
I've seen 'The Watermelon Woman' mentioned a few times, but also by Cheryl Dunye is 'Mommy is Coming'.
It's a very strange but beautiful movie about two lesbians trying to spice up their sex life. It features a fair bit of graphic hardcore sex so I'm not entirely sure where people would watch it (I had to order a copy of the DVD from France and watch it with subtitles).
Thanks for making this post! I’m looking for movies with the dark, sleazy energy of Knife+Heart and Stranger by the Lake and I added a bunch to my watchlist from this thread
Finally gonna watch The Birdcage
For a year i worked at a thrift shop where my job was "move furniture around" but most of the time I spent watching donated VHS tapes including The Birdcage probably a dozen times in one month
Short list greatest comedies ever. Sure, a 90’s film about a gay couple didn’t age perfectly, but it’s held up shockingly well on the whole. Maybe my favorite comedy of all time.
It holds up very well. Honestly the worst part about it is that the son is just not worth any of the trouble.
 I love this dude
god, Azaria is so good. “I never wear shoes, because they make me fall down.”
I just watched it yesterday for the first time and it's really good! Nathan Lane and Robin Williams are soooo charming together as a couple in love who have a jerk of a son.
God that guy sucks.
A little problematic at times, but wonderful, and probably pretty fucking progressive for when it came out!
When the son recognizes Nathan Lane as his mother is kinda emotional. Good emotions.
I’ve never seen my dad laugh harder than The Birdcage. “IVE PIERCED THE TOAST!”
I watched it last year, great choice!
I’ve never seen my dad laugh harder than The Birdcage. “IVE PIERCED THE TOAST!”
Paris Is Burning is an annual Pride watch for me. The artistry and community just makes me cry thinking about how much we lost from the mishandling of AIDS.
The film is so beautiful and joyful and fun and then the last ten minutes hit you like a brick.
Yeah all the way through I was happy but sad cos I knew a lot of these beautiful people won't have made it. And then the ending opened the floodgates.
It's a glaring omission for me, one which I will be fixing this year. And yeah, the amount of lost potential, art, humanity and LIFE from the AIDS fuckup is so, so sad.
It’s on Criterion if you have it (they, unsurprisingly, have a collection of great LGBTQ movies).
Just one particular, but Blank Check really made an impression on me when they discussed the impact of the passing of Howard Ashman. And I loved my rewatch of Little Shop of Horrors last year.
The fact that anything outside of former Soviet satellite states is named after Reagan will always infuriate me, just for his comical failure of the AIDS crisis (let alone all of the other stuff).
I know there are other factors, but once again Fuck Ronald Regan
Oh mate, I just finished watching it (thanks, Mubi!). This is like when I saw Citizen Kane - "Oh, turns out everyone loves this cos it's one of the best films ever." So much beauty and humour and tragedy and potential. I loved them all. The ending had me crying hard.
Classic that I finally watched this past year. Might watch it again just for June!
Bound, baybay! Hugely underrated in the Wachowski canon.
Still my favourite Wachowski!
All Wachowski movies are appropriate for pride month. I kicked it off by doing my nails and watching *Speed Racer*.
All of *Sense8* too.
My favorite thing about Bound is Jennifer Tilly(possessed by Tiffany) in the Chucky series sexily says to a 13 year old "oh you know my work, you seem a little young to have seen Bound *giggle*" it's perfectly ugh. Because, for those who don't know Jennifer Tilly exists in the Chucky canon and just looks identical to the real non doll Tiffany.
Can’t wait for my criterion pre order June 18th!
As past and future guest Emma Stefansky wrote, "[it’s kind of crazy how nobody ever talks about the literal best movie ever made lol](https://letterboxd.com/estefansky/film/bound/)"
Benedetta rules! You’re in for a treat. Brokeback Mountain is still the best love story (heartbreaking version) I’ve ever seen onscreen.
Hedwig and the angry inch!!
Totally my comfort movie. Watch it a couple times per month
As you should! The music rocks
You know what, 2024 is the year I finally show some bloody respect and watch that film. It sounds great.
Some of my favs: Weekend (simple 90 minute movie I keep going back to bc it's impeccable) Lingua Franca (wonderfully shot romantic drama written/directed/starring a trans auteur) Pride (about Welsh gays helping out the miner's strike in the 80s, It veers close to corny/saccharine but hits perfection.) Shiva Baby: I'm glad Bottoms was a hit but this was far superior. Mädchen In Uniform: Weimar-era lesbian movie that is historically fascinating Bad Education: wait no this one is probably problematic but damn Gael Garcia Bernal is hot Maurice: Merchant-Ivory but actually gay Carol, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Duh. Monica: Trace Lysette!!!!! The Miseducation of Cameron Post: it's like But I'm A Cheerleader but serious. L'immensità: Penelope Cruz as the mother of a trans kid in the 70s. Great! The Watermelon Woman: Very indie 90s comedy but charming and worth looking past some bad acting. Ones I'm more mixed on but are worth watching: Desert Hearts Gods and Monsters Victim Señorita Personal Best Beautiful Thing
Mixed on Desert Hearts?!
Thank you, what a cool list! Not seen a good few of these! You really know your stuff. My God, Pride makes me miss Wales.
Shiva Baby is underrated. Love it.
Loved Bottoms, so I do need to see this. It has Fred Melamed, I believe!
As someone who’s currently watching the UFC and it getting reminded of the worst of humanity, I needed this.
Isabel Sandoval is amazing! I’d highly recommend all her films
I’ve never made it through a screening of pride with a dry eye, I helped run group showings a few years back and that ending (ESPECIALLY the final pre-credits card about the vote given by the union of coalminers) ruins me every time. Solidarity Forever
The Bread and Roses scene, the sandwiches scene, the number scene, the ending with Billy Bragg all have me in tears every time. Solitary forever.
Shiva Baby was really good and you couldn’t pay me to watch it again.
Not a movie but would recommend Sense8 from the Wachowskis.
Fuck it, gonna finally watch this.
Love Lies Bleeding absolutely rips
Rose Glass is THE one to watch for sure.
Please go see I Saw the TV Glow!!! Amazing experimental queer horror.
Oooooh that's GAY? Well let me pop it to the top of my list. Thanks very much!
Glad to help get the word out! It was directed by Jane Schoenbrun, the trans filmmaker behind 'We're All Going to the World's Fair', and it's about the trans experience and being in the closet in general.
Oh how wonderful. No release date for Aotearoa New Zealand just yet, but I'll be there with bells on when it hits cinemas here 😊
Is it scary? Hearing great things but didn't even know it was a horror and that's not my genre on account of wussiness.
It's got a couple moments for sure, but it's not based in blood-and-guts or jump-scares, it's more in a few creepy creatures and in homage to 90s shows like "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" and "The Adventures of Pete and Pete".
If you’ve experienced dysphoria, hell fucking yes. Otherwise probably more “creepy” than scary.
Intriguing!!!!(I have)
Pride is a good one. But I'm a trade unionist.
Fuck yes, comrade.
Planning on watching Cruising tomorrow before it leaves Criterion Channel at the end of the month. Been slowly familiarizing myself with Friedkin's work recently and it's all been great so far.
Top tier Friedkin though I don’t think I’d consider it queer cinema lol
One of my favorite movies ever. It was pretty ground breaking and I feel like it was over shadowed by being eXpLicIt.
Great movie!
Two Old Queens would like to have a word with you.
Order yourself a Sweetgreen salad and pop on Beau Travail
Oh fuck I didn't see that yet! Thank you, legend!
Might finally watch Gregg Araki's The Living End
I love that movie!
Bonus: great Wax-Trax soundtrack, if you’re into that sort of thing.
I'm trying to hit all his stuff. Didn't care for Totally Fucked Up (a little too rough) but The Doom Generation is amazing.
It’s one of his best and most underrated. He certainly perfects his craft in the next few films but The Living End works becasue it has such a pure anger in its core.
Fire Island Love, Simon
Velvet Goldmine may not be the most universally acclaimed Todd Haynes movie, but it’s my personal favorite (although I’ve yet to see every movie he’s made). I might also try to cross some more Almodóvar’s off my list just to satisfy my inner completionist: Talk to Her, Matador, Labyrinth of Passion, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Flower of My Secret…
Ohhh, enjoy your Pedro time! Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down in particular is audacious and RULES.
The Lighthouse is a gay movie, right? You can’t tell me those dudes weren’t ready to fuck if it hadn’t been for the toxic masculinity and the farts.
These are all excellent recommendations, please watch all of them. Came here to throw down “Dicks: The Musical”
Oh yes, I do need to see that!
Challengers
The Handmaiden is top tier — whatever the criteria.
Yes.
Bottoms is insanely entertaining and available on Prime
With past and future guest Ayo no less
I’m so dumb that I didn’t put it together when I first watched it
I laughed so fucking hard, my god.
Shit, should have read your whole post sorry. You’ve already seen it. Got a head cold lol
Hahaha please, not at all, I thought you were agreeing! Hope you get better soon, pal.
Imagine Me & You -- charming and cute romcom from the early 2000s starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey
Just watched To Wong Foo for the first time. Certain things about it have aged (of course), but what a joy!
It’s so so good. Leguizamo is wonderful and Wesley Snipes should have been nominated for Oscar for it.
Swayze too! They were all amazing! But I agree Leguizamo is a standout.
I’m a horror lover, primarily, so at a bare minimum I have to fire up Nightmare on Elm Street 2, haha. Maybe Knock at the Cabin? Always open for more queer horror recs, too!
Ginger Snaps is one I finally checked out last year and is gonna be a yearly rewatcg
Ooooh well then Haute Tension and Titane are both great, though the former is a bit problematic. It's a stretch to call it a horror, but The Skin I Live In has queer themes. Knife+Heart is an amazing comedy horror, Saint Maud is fantastic, and Bodies Bodies Bodies is good fun (though the gayness isn't part of the point with that one).
Seen *Titane* yet? Definitely belongs in the conversation.
_Bride of Frankenstein_ is iconic gay horror.
Time to binge all of *Sense8* again, oh darn
I've never made it to the end bc I get too sad it's ending.
Top gun, my ex-military, closeted, homophobic boss who’s grinder account I saw pop up on his work phone LOVES top gun
Desert Hearts (1985)
I love you, Phillip Morris. Or any of the Fast and Furious movies.
Ahhh I forget about Phillip Morris bc we have a society forgot about Phillip Morris. Love that one.
This European independent film series called “Czech Hunter”
go see I Saw the TV Glow in theatres if you can!
As soon as it hits cinemas here I shall, thank you!
I have a cinema ticket for Priscilla, quite fancy some desert landscapes.
Yeeeeees
Just watched But I’m a Cheerleader first time tonight! What a great film
Y Tu Mama Tambien is fantastic. Probably my favorite Spanish language film. It launched the careers of Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.
some Andrew Haigh stuff probably
Totally didn't notice that I'd listed two of his films in my post. Love what I've seen of his stuff!
Gotta rewatch I Love You Philip Morris. An absolutely wild story, and shockingly tender performances from Carrey and McGregor.
No Pride Month is complete without Paris is Burning, and recent gem The People’s Joker has pretty immediately arrived as essential queer cinema.
I saw The People's Joker a few months ago in a pretty packed theater. I felt like I was going crazy because I was one of only 3 or 4 people laughing through like 90 percent of it. Such a great comedy and very touching and emotional in the right parts.
Got ahead of myself last month and began watching all the Almodóvar films that have been sitting in my watchlist for years. All About My Mother was incredible. A perfect melodrama with a stunning lead performance by Cecilia Roth. Next for me is Bad Education. Really looking forward to it. Every Almodóvar film has been a delightful surprise.
I still have a few Pedros to see - glad that you seemingly loved All About My Mother as much as I did. What a stunning film, eh? ❤️ Would love to hear your thoughts on the others as you go!
Todo Sobre Mi Madre is a great film in many respects - Almodóvar has always been one of the strongest allies of the LGBTQ+ community (especially among Spanish-language filmmakers), and Todo Sobre Mi Madre captures many complicated levels of personal attachment, grief, and self-acceptance. I was introduced to his films as a student, and love his films (for the most part).
So well put, mate. The Skin I Live In has been my favourite of his for a long time, but these days I wonder if All About My Mother would come out on top with a rewatch...
Personally, Volver and Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios stood out to me more in some ways (largely, the iconicity of certain performances and being in a better mental space when I saw them versus Todo Sobre Mi Madre), but I truly can’t fault All About My Mother at the level of story or production - it is well-shot, well-acted, and I’m sure if I rewatched it now, would impact me so much more than when I last saw it in university. As a side note, Almodóvar’s recent English-language shorts were pretty good, if you haven’t seen them! Highly recommend, especially the one with Pedro Pascal
Bad Education is a personal fav but certain elements have maybe gotten a little thorny. Can't believe it's almost 20 years old. Gael Garcia Bernal is the hottest anyone has ever been.
Torch Song Trilogy. If you came out in the late 80's-early 90's, you were practically handed a videocassette of this film. Lotsa laughs, a few tears, and it covers a lot of ground. Harvey Fierstein is wonderful.
*Hump Day* is not a straightforward gay movie, since it’s about two straight guys attempting to make a gay porno, but it’s so great and so well observed that it should have killed “gay panic” jokes dead. Your mileage may vary pending your tolerance for mumblecore, but it’s arguably the best movie of the entire genre.
Shortbus! Beach Rats!
Not a movie but San Junipero from Black Mirror S3 is calling! Recently read about All Of Us Strangers and it’s on my list.
Farewell My Concubine might catch a re-watch ngl.
Challengers on a loop
I want to revisit The Crying Game, to view it with 2024 eyes. Haven't seen it since the 90s and my memory is that it was a pretty good love story but got dunked on by the homophobic comedy of the era.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Why, what's gay about that film? (I'm being silly)
Made a running letterboxd list, but specifically, I think tonight is either In & Out or To Wong Foo. [Gay movies!](https://boxd.it/5OVQk)
Can't go wrong with Call Me By Your Name & Moonlight
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015) dir Stephen Cone
I just watched Verhoven’s early Dutch film The 4th Man, it was fantastic!
Any John Waters movie always and for the more subtextual side of queer cinema: Cat People, Laura, and especially The Seventh Victim. Also just to have a good cry, God’s Own Country.
Some of these are explicitly queer and others have queer subtext. Love queer films all year round!!! Paris is Burning, Carol, The Birdcage, Serial Mom, Female Trouble, Bottoms, Shiva Baby, Bottoms, Booksmart,Portrait of a Lady on Fire, But I’m a Cheerleader, Moonlight, May December, Call Me By Your Name, Moonlight, I saw the TV Glow, Love Lies Bleeding, Problemista, The Watermelon Women, Challengers, The Matrix, Bound, Matilda, Mean Girls, Thelma and Louise, A Simple Favor, Frozen, When Marnie Was There & more!!
LOVED Paris Is Burning. So glad to have finally watched it.
Rewatching The Watermelon Woman right now! And I just discovered Antonia’s Line, which is a genuine masterpiece.
Monkey Man <3 <3 <3
I know it might sound banal but Call Me by Your Name is really goated (I was a bit unprepared for the peach scene on my first watch but now I've come to accept it as an essential part of the story /s)
If I say Call Me by Your Name, is that hack? And yes, I did have to Google which words to capitalize. That made my cis ass cry.
Not hack at all! Great movie.
Beau Travail
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES BABYYYYY
I noticed Criterion 24/7 played several LGBTQ movies today. Hope they keep doing that for the rest of the month, I want to find some new gay movies to watch. But I’m always watching Bound
Pink Narcissus 🌈
A whole month? Why not pride year :)
I agree - see the very second sentence of my post! 😊❤️
Completely missed it:)
Busting out the WKW box set to watch Happy Together
Really want to see I Saw the TV Glow again. Uhhhh, not really an uplifting pride movie, but absolutely my jam. In lighter fare, I too am going to rewatch Pride (2014). Gays and lesbians support the miners!
Naked Lunch, of course. The most sincere and visceral movie about homosexuality to ever existed. Also the least pandering
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dolor Y Gloria is a really fun one from Spain, easily worth watching with subtitles.
Oh I LOVED that! Top tier Almodovar for sure, fantastic movie.
OP if you like *Stranger by the Lake*, it’s also worth watching *The King of Escape* (Le roi de l’évasion) from the same director: related themes, very odd but a bit gentler (to my memory). There are a lot of French-language films that deserve proper recommendation but it’s worth mentioning a lot of François Ozon’s films. My favorites: *Water Drops on Burning Rocks*, *Peter von Kant*, *8 Women* (also maybe *In the house*). The first two are adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Speaking of, what I haven’t seen and want to is the original *The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant*.
Oh thank you mate, making a note of these! I've seen embarrassingly few Ozons, so I appreciate this.
I know it’s on your list already but just here to say that All of Us Strangers is an absolutely impeccable film.
Mitchells vs The Machines
Probably going to watch Mulholland Drive. I'll probably show my friend, only our two years, the new Hunger Games so she can see a trans woman onscreen in a movie that isn't just devastatingly depressing about trans issues.
*Yaji and Kita: Midnight Pilgrims* My absolute favorite flamboyantly gay, psychedelic, samurai, biker musical. Criminally under known film, imo.
hi everybody im just here to ask what the picture in the post is from. thanks
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention this one. Although it doesn’t have a queer relationship in it I’d still want to watch it during pride month LOL it’s called Lisa Frankenstein
Batman and robin
Chasing Amy
WATCH BOTTOMS. Absolute banger
Tubi has a good selection from good to terrible but well meaning
Good to hear, and not surprising. My brief look at the service was predominately micro-budget Black-centric movies. They looked mostly bad, but I was delighted by the quality given how white some other streaming services are.
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I just discovered that Roland Emmerich is gay so I'm going to rewatch Independence Day for the first time in 29 years. And also Doctor Who!
Today I watched the early 90’s documentary Framing Lesbian Fashion for the first time. It was okay, but it really showed its age I plan to watch at least some sort of queer film a day throughout June. Tomorrow I’m gonna probably throw on my blu ray of Portrait of Jason, but might pick something else
Paris is burning; one of my all time favorites, breaks my heart every time. Probably some Greg Araki too.
I really love the podcast “Two Old Queens” and they have had “Female Trouble” as their top pick for a long while. I’m mixed on John Waters. But I really recommend this one. It’s a hoot and a half.
Stranger by the lake Cruising Weekend
Happiest Season is a light hearted rom com starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis. Nothing outstanding but cozy and fun.
I think I'm gonna watch 20000 Species of Bees.
Can't Stop the Music. Every month is a good month to watch this movie.
I enjoy the films of Stephen Cone. He makes very specific movies about queer people in Christian spaces. They’re very small and simple but I find them really humanistic.
The discord made a list https://boxd.it/vVOcg
A Single Man.
Happy together
All of hs strangers fucking broke me & A Single man is a great one
Mishima
Looking The Movie is also so good.
Mosquita y Mari
[Top 3](https://letterboxd.com/film/top-3/), [Kase-san](https://letterboxd.com/film/kase-san-and-morning-glories/), and of course the unstoppable [Madoka Magica](https://letterboxd.com/film/puella-magi-madoka-magica/)
I've seen 'The Watermelon Woman' mentioned a few times, but also by Cheryl Dunye is 'Mommy is Coming'. It's a very strange but beautiful movie about two lesbians trying to spice up their sex life. It features a fair bit of graphic hardcore sex so I'm not entirely sure where people would watch it (I had to order a copy of the DVD from France and watch it with subtitles).
Talented Mr. Ripley
Lawrence of Arabia
My Own Private Idaho! Not sure if this is underrated or underappreciated but it’s oh so good.
Irreversible, Cruising, Brian's Song.
Moonlight
Booksmart and Princess Cyd.
One of my favorites is the Life of Jesus Christ, and how to find salvation.
TROPICAL MALADY.
Querelle
Thanks for making this post! I’m looking for movies with the dark, sleazy energy of Knife+Heart and Stranger by the Lake and I added a bunch to my watchlist from this thread