Queer Cinema
If it's queer, it's here! Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Alternative... However you want to label it, this is the place for some of the most compassionate, honest, witty and memorable films at Alice in Videoland. The list below contains works that feature important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters and issues; many using same-sex romance or relationships as an integral plot device.
"Queer Documentaries" may be accessed within the "Documentary" feature, left.
Right: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Querelle".
Poster Boy (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Zak Tucker
Starring: Matt Newton, Jack Noseworthy, Karen Allen, Michael Lerner, Valerie Geffner
Henry is a sexually active gay man who has never come out to his parents. And perhaps for good reason as his father is fanatical right-wing senator J... Read more
Prayers for Bobby (2009)
8.1/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Henry Czerny, Sigourney Weaver, Carly Schroeder, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols
Sigourney Weaver stars in the amazing true story of Mary Griffith, a mother torn between her loyalties, challenged by her faith, and moved by a traged... Read more
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
7.4/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters, Wallace Shawn
The sexual life and personal relationships of English playwright Joe Orton are unflinchingly presented in this no-holds-barred dramatic account. Gary... Read more
Pride (2014)
7.8/10
Director: Matthew Warchus
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Dominic West
Based on the inspirational true story. Set in the summer of 1984 Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on... Read more
Priest (1994)
7.1/10
Director: Antonia Bird
Starring: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle
A provocative drama about a man of the cloth who finds himself caught between sacred vows and his own personal beliefs, in particular his closet homos... Read more
Puccini for Beginners (2006)
6/10
Director: Maria Maggenti
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson
Commitment-phobic Allegra has just been dumped by her lesbian lover; now as she's drowning her sorrows she meets and finds herself falling for, of all... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 1 (2000)
8.3/10
Director: Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Robert Grant, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Peter Pai...
The American version of a British series following the lives and loves of five 20 to 30-something gay men living in Pittsburgh. Edgy and frank, the se... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 2 (2001)
8.3/10
Director: Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Jeremy Podeswa, John Greyson, Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, Peter Pai...
The complete second season of the groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed series continues to follow the lives of Brian, Michael, Justin, Emmett, Ted,... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 3 (2002)
8.3/10
Director: Various
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowe...
This season of the hit show sees two provocative new characters join the ensemble: a mayoral candidate with questionable gay rights policies - but a g... Read more
Queer as Folk: Season 4 (2004)
8.3/10
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Gale Harold, Scott Lowell, Peter Paige, Thea Gill, Randy Harris...
Season Four continues to follow the journey of a group of gay friends and lovers living in Pittsburgh. This critically acclaimed series brings with it... Read more