Recommendations video! What are your top three queer films?

1 My Beautiful Launderette 2 Philadelphia 3 Brokeback Mountain

Spoiler Alert (2022) The Normal Heart (2014) Dallas Buyers Club (2013) (Though I’ve honestly not seen all that many movies 😆 I found you because I’m an ally and a huge TV fan. I’d be much better naming top 3 TV shows or top 3 TV episodes.)

The Handmaiden (2016) The Talented Mister Ripley (1999) Private Romeo (2011) Bonus: Shelter (2007) is semi-obscure but very sweet, Mulholland Drive (2001) is Lynch but worth the mind fuck, A Simple Favor (2018) is messy but queer af

As always weeks behind.... (1) Longtime Companion (2) Brokeback Mountain (3) Call Me By Your Name Just nudged out is Carol Did NOBODY think to list three gay porn movies? :-)

Jess and Slim need to get married in Laramie! https://fb.watch/qUXbABWObz/?

Top three? 1.) Parting Glances 2.) Latter Days 3.) The Sum of Us Bonus: Victor/Victoria, Torchsong Trilogy, We Were Here So many amazing films that molded my life in subtle ways.

I love the wedding banquet, it was my first gay movie, it was very important to me to recognize we could have our own films

My top 3 gay films of all time (in no particular order): 1. Weekend (2011) 2. Beautiful Thing (1996) 3. Spoiler Alert (2022)

Maurice, get real 1998, being born in 1986 it was one of the first movie I bought on vhs and kept hidden because of the subject. And Pride 2014

Top 3 Queer Films are in no particular order: But I'm A Cheerleader, Beautiful Thing, and The Hunger. Bonus points for Maurice, Heavenly Creatures, and My Beautiful Laudrette

1 Beautiful Thing 2 Brokeback Mountain 3 Maurice

Department S and Jason King are both worth a look, if only for the major early 70's comfort TV vibes they exude, plus the extreme kitsch of everything design-related, costuming included. Department S, in particular, is the far better one with its unhinged storylines and better writing and etcetera. On a related note, Peter Wyngarde's 1970 album "When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head" is a real point of interest. "Head" is, ostensibly, a tongue-in-cheek spoken-word comedy/concept album concerning "the darker side of human behaviour", in the album's words. As the Dangerous Minds article about this album says, it's "spectacularly wrong and offensive on every level" and "debauched libertine madness a go-go". (https://dangerousminds.net/comments/peter_wyngarde_when_sex_leers_its_inquisitive_head) Indeed, the entire thing is so insane, you'd have to hear it to believe it; particularly one of the lead singles "Rape". But bringing it back to the subject at hand, one of the songs, "Hippie And The Skinhead" is a song where Wyngarde is reading a letter from a newspaper column about a hippie called "Billy the Queer" who nearly suffers a gay bashing by a skinhead he fancies at a bar. This article explaining the album's origins does it better than I can in one overlong comment: https://members.optusnet.com.au/~waynedavidson/jkmusic.htm

1. A Single Man (My favourite film, full stop.) 2. Torch Song Trilogy 3. Priscilla

God's Own Country (2017) Shortbus (2006) Ciao (2008)

Hiya!! I'm so glad you mentioned Beautiful thing!! I saw it for the first time when I was 16-17, just like the main characters and I couldn't feel more related. So, even though Beautiful thing would definitely make my top 3, other queer films I love are -Weekend, Andrew Haigh (2011) -L'inconnu du lac, Alain Guiraudie (2013) -Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes (1998) And Supernova, from Harry MacQueen (2020), also really touched me deeply.

Actually, I don't even need your email address, do I? There's no reason to be so wildly protective of the list of episodes, it's not like it's vital top secret info or something. So look, if you tell me you'd like me to, I'll copy paste the links to all the episodes in order in the comments here. Also, if you want it as a physical copy, there's a DVD box set on Amazon.co.uk, though it doesn't seem to be on Amazon.com. I'm putting in a link to the .co.uk one in case you're interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buccaneers-Complete-DVD-Robert-Shaw/dp/B001KY5ZPU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3Q8DNRLOUZQVN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cTLmJ6hhm2GStYnsM0Ln_7pRku1lUKjIvmAQkWrzD4wjcG8jfpg_s-fDa__z3kAnCMOGWWMFmY1rxuaxPP7AWqk67ATtfkoKD-NL1sIqzpeQnl6lnzeJ_H_fKZ6aUrYQqrYPNjf2wx7TS8dxHzveRDPDAcGxRLBDXXrbcTNGfO9543Ii32EPlkSkWGfEbl4fFQ7pGS-K8WPLLu01uqXpNR3Kw2BQo8HAq20t92InODE.BIw13W95I9l2WNV9ogFzQ6pJdALizZ4XmvhHvSYiWqQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+buccaneers&qid=1709129162&sprefix=the+buccaneers%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1 Wow, that was quite a link; I have no idea why Amazon feels the need to have such long links! I will therefore just quickly mention that both The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (also Cole and Weinstein projects) are both available on Amazon.com as full box sets, but I will not link you to them. Sir Lancelot is quite interesting, they don't give him a long-term male love interest but they may be implying he's gay? He's the one hero of a 50s action show I've come across who never once kisses a girl on the mouth - he comes close a couple of times, but he always comes up with some reason not to go through with it. Also, in the episode Double Identity (interesting name, btw), a guy shows up who, based on how they interact, I think may be an ex or current love interest of Lancelot's. There's some other stuff as well, but I don't want to go on too long!

Sorry 1. Torch Song Trilogy 2. Maurice 3. My Beautiful Laundrette

1. Torch Song Trilogy

Aaah thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate the link and the boost, and if there's anything I can do for you in return I'd be delighted to. You mentioned having trouble finding episodes of The Buccaneers; I've already uploaded all the episodes onto Internet Archive, I'll only be linking them one by one as I do each blog post, but you could probably find them by searching the Archive for "Buccaneers 50s TV show" or something similar. Or I could email you a list of the links for all the episodes in order if you felt comfortable giving me your email address - I would entirely understand if you didn't, though, not giving out your email to wildly enthusiastic fans is probably one of the things you learn about on the first day of the Handling Parasocial Relationships class!

1. Jeffrey 2. But I'm a Cheerleader 3. Pink Flamingos

1. Victor/Victoria 2. The Birdcage 3. Brokeback Mountain

My top three queer films are, 1. Shortbus- saw this in Kalamazoo, of all places, when it 1st came out. Subsequently bought it on DVD & have signatures from Jay Brannan, PJ Deboy, Paul Dawson, & Bitch. I absolutely love this movie, even if it’s a bit problematic. 2. Were the World Mine. Visually stunning, superb acting, lovely ending. 3. Some Like It Hot. Simply the best ending line of any movie, “Well, nobody’s perfect!” ❤️

My Top Three Queer Films: “Cassandro” (2023), US, directed by Roger Ross Williams “Cachorro” / “Bear Cub” (2004), Spain, directed by Miguel Albaladejo “But I'm a Cheerleader” (1999), US, directed by Jamie Babbit My Honorable Mention: “Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios” / “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (1988), Spain, directed by Pedro Almodóvar. This movie doesn’t have a single Queer character, but it’s soooo Gay.

Were the World Mine is also wonderful and is based on the short film Fairies.

Pride Carol A Taste of Honey Murray Melvin who passed away last year played Geoffrey in A taste of Honey for which he won Best Actor at Cannes. It a very early sympathetic explicitly gay charecter who ends up in a kind of found family with the main charecter Jo. To modern eyes his charecter is a bit sad and it’s a shame he was not given an on screen love interest. But still he elevates the role and his scenes with Rita Tushingham really sing.

Thanks for the shout out, Matt. I used to collect gay themed DVDs back then. I am happy you know and like my recommendations. Those 3 are definitely my top, but I have a few other recomendations. You've already mentioned Trick and Big Eden, but I have some foreign films that are really pretty good. Ma Vie en Rose is heart wrenching. David and I are very close friends with the lead actress' mom. Porquoi Pas Mois is a really fun movie. And the Japanese anime series Gravitation is matter of factly gay. And speaking of Japan, the Netfix series Midnight Diner and Midnight Diner:Tokyo Stories are gorgeous and lgbt inclusive. We've watched both series 4 times already. Anyway, We both love your videos and look forward to each one.

1 - Pride, 2 -Victim (looking forward to your review of victim) and 3 - All of us strangers

Boys in the Band, Cabaret, Trick

1. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2. The Birdcage 3. The Bubble (2006 Israeli movie) Matt, when you get to the ‘90s, I hope you cover Xena’s queer subtext - and the CAMP! It’s a gay staple.

Parting Glances Longtime Companion The Boys in the Band

1. My beautiful laundrette 2. Butterfly (2004) 3. Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori

1) Victor/Victoria 2) Big Eden 3)The Wedding Banquet

1). A Kiss of the Spider woman 2). Victor/Victoria 3). Monster w/ Charlize Theron

Hello Matt! My 3 favorite queer films are: The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love, a beautiful sweet little lesbian rom com about the girl from the wrong side of the tracks and NO ONE DIES LOL Latter Days, about a Mormon missionary and the fuckboi he loves. With a beautiful scene starring Jaqueline Bisset that I think about and quote to this day! Foxfire with Angelina Jolie... more queer coded but such a relic of the 90s, about a group of outcasts that take down their creepy teacher Love your videos!!!

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Watermelon Woman, and Carol

1. But I'm A Cheerleader 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 3. The Normal Heart Also, not a Discord expert necessarily, but relatively competent at running a Discord community and setting up a server. I've been running the server for my local NaNoWriMo region since 2017 and have a LOT of experience on that front. My Discord username is angerandagony if you want to DM me there, or I can toss you my email addy or other contact deets if need be!

More top 3 movies Steven Universe the movie Rocketman Dallas Buyers Club

Suddenly I realize where John Byrne got his visual inspiration for the character of Jason Wyngarde, a pivotal character in the X-Men comic! <iframe height="554" width="345" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Bound Chasing Amy Boys Don’t Cry

Thanks for taking about my anime picks, that was alot of fun. My Three queer movie picks are, sadly some of the ones you've picked so I'll go with my other three. 1. Hedwig and the Angry Inch ( just beating out Rocky Horror picture show) 2.Tokyo Godfathers ( one of the best transgender movie ever made) 3. Edge of Seventeen (the queer one with the teenage boy, not the one with the teenage girl, who may or may not be queer) most forgotten great queer movie kiss of the spider woman. ( a great queer picture people just keep forgetting)

1. Mysterious skin 2. The birdcage 3. Passages

My top 3 in random order: Carol, Desert Hearts, Torch Song Trilogy. Coincidentally, I looked up this quote from Ann Bancroft yesterday (she plays Arnold's mother), as she replies to a tearful Arnold: "Arnold : Ma... I miss him. Ma : Give yourself time, Arnold. It gets better... But, Arnold, it never goes away. You can work longer hours, adopt a son, fight with me, whatever... it'll still be there. But that's all right, it becomes a part of you, like learning to wear a ring or a pair of eyeglasses. You get used to it. And that's good. It's good, because it makes sure you don't forget. You don't want to forget him, do you?". Priscilla, Queen of the desert is another favorite, but I wanted to mention Desert Hearts, so I cheat a little.

1. Moonlight (one of the most achingly beautiful films of all time) 2. La Cage aux Folles (in the original French with subtitles) 3. Far From Heaven (that cast!! Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson) and did you get my email about The Snagglepuss Chronicles?

One gay film that just stays with me over the years, and it isn't even a gay male film, is Desert Hearts! It's just so well done and the tone is great. It starts out a ranch in Nevada where women go to start their divorces, like The Women. I found the whole film on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHEMPCTeuQo

Also I’m a Discord mod, happy to help with questions, feel free to DM or email sarah@seps.me

1. Heavenly Creatures 2. God’s Own Country 3. Appropriate Behaviour (getting the bi rep in there 💜🩷💜 4. Moonlight

1. CIAO 2. For a Lost Soldier 3. QUERELLE

(1) The Man I Love (L'Homme qui j'aime); (2) Were the World Mine; (3) The Living End

(1) The Man I Love ?*

1. Were the World Mine 2. Latter Days 3. Trick

My current top 3 queer films: The Watermelon Woman My Beautiful Launderette Reel in the Closet

Top 3 Queer Films: Brokeback Mountain, Stranger by the Lake, and Cruising

Not a Discord EXPERT, but I created my own previous one and one for two queer community groups using bots, etc, so I know my way around pretty well and would be happy to help (if only to catch up also).

1. My Beautiful Laundrette 2. Carol 3. Bad Education (of the tour de force LGBT movies this is my personal favorite, even more than Being John Malkovich which is my general tour de force favorite but I don't consider as much LGBT themed even with the lesbian couple). Honorable Mention to Spielberg's "The Color Purple" because while dismissing Shug's actual identity in the book, still was ambitious enough to show at least some type of love between Shug and Celie who is one of the most famous literary couples in all fiction (well they are also in other novels of Walker's for one to know how important this relationship was).

My top 3 queer films: Brokeback Mountain. All Of Us Strangers. Call Me By My Name. & God’s Own Country just for good measure.