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".
Savage Grace (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Tom Kalin
Starring: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Dancy, Elena Anaya
The incredible true story of the murder of Barbara Daly. A social climber who married into the 'Bakelite' fortune just as it was beginning to wane, Ba... Read more
Love is Strange (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Cheyenne Jackson, Charlie Tahan, Mann...
After 28 years together, Ben and George take advantage of the new marriage laws and tie the knot in a garden wedding in the East Village. Returning fr... 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
The Night Listener (2006)
5.9/10
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Rory Culkin, Sandra...
Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) is a radio host and writer, suffering writer's block as his relationship with a younger man is crumbling. When he rece... Read more
9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Lab Ky Mo
Starring: Glen Mulhern, Brendan Mackey, Steven Berkoff, Michael Praed, Vas Blackwood
An over-the-top crime caper comedy about two Irish lads who attempt to supplement their giros by becoming rent boys in London's upmarket gay community... Read more
Jeffrey (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Christopher Ashley
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Steven Weber, Michael T Weiss, Sigourney Weaver
A gay man gives up sex for fear of AIDS, then meets his HIV-positive Mr Right. Paul Rudnick's brilliantly witty off-Broadway hit gets a faithful scree... Read more
Total Eclipse (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
Ambitious biopic tracing the stormy romance between poets Verlaine and Rimbaud. Critically disliked, but forgiving fans of the stars and those seeking... Read more
Treading Water (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Lauren Himmel
Starring: Angie Redman, Nina Landey, Annette Miller, Robert Harte, Shawn Nee
Casey lives on a boat with her loving girlfriend, Alex. Her parents are openly hostile to her 'lifestyle' but have begrudgingly invited Casey to Chri... Read more
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
7.8/10
Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Starring: Narrated by, Lily Tomlin
Illustrated by movie clips and on-screen interviews with actors, directors, producers and writers, we take a fascinating look at the way Hollywood has... Read more
D.E.B.S. (2004)
5.3/10
Director: Angela Robinson
Starring: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, Geoff Stul...
Sultry crime boss Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster) is back in the U.S. and the D.E.B.S. - an elite team of paramilitary college co-ed super spies - are... Read more