Movies about gay rights
Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
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Our list of the Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time stretches back 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
55 of the Best LGBTQ Films of All Time
'Bottoms' ()
If ever there was a Superbad for queer girls, Bottoms is it. The second film from director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) follows two uncool high school seniors (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott) who start up a noun fight club to try and hook up with their cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
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'Bound' ()
In the Wachowskis’ landmark erotic thriller predating the Matrix trilogy, butch ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) is the newly-hired handyperson at an apartment building when she meets her next-door neighbors: mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) and kept female Violet (Jennifer Tilly). As Corky and Violet strike up an affair, they hatch a design to flee Violet’s abusive relationship—and steal $2 million of Caesar’s mafia money along the way.
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'Circus of Books' ()
Southern Californians will likely recognize Circus of Books as the famed porn shop and dirty bookstore that has presided over the gayborhood of West Hollywood since the e
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Essential movies about gay rights, A–Z
LGBT Films
The Boys in the Band ()
One year after the Stonewall riots which proved a colossal stepping stone in the gay rights movement, drama film The Boys in the Band was released. It is often considered the first genuine attempt by Hollywood to make a film for gay audiences that portrayed gay characters in an trustworthy light and is now considered a major milestone in queer cinema.
Carol ()
Ranked by the British Film Institute as the adj LGBT film of all second, Carol is a period drama about a forbidden affair between two women in s Recent York. It received a ten-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Cannes Film Festival but was notably excluded from nominations at that year&#;s Academy Awards, which many critics attributed to its overtly gay themes.
Milk ()
Milk is a biographical film that tells the story of politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who became the first openly gay person to hold office in the mention of California, his career, and eventual assassination. The film was lauded by critics and brought a chapter of the gay rights movement