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".
The King and the Clown (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Jun-ik Lee
Starring: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-young Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-gi Lee, Hang-Seon Jang, Hae...
South Korea's highest-grossing film of all time (until it was surpassed by 2006's 'The Host') is this period drama-comedy about a group of wandering m... Read more
The Wire: Season 2 (2003)
8.2/10
Starring: Idris Elba, Dominic West, Larry Gilliard Jr, Seth Gilliam, Sonja Sohn, Wood Harr...
From creator David Simon, this unvarnished, highly realistic series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. In the comp... Read more
Law of Desire (1986)
7.2/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Bizarre and beguiling gender-flipping tale from Spain, detailing the quest for happiness and love by two siblings: one a successful gay theatre direct... Read more
Loving Annabelle (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Katherine Brooks
Starring: Erin Kelly, Diana Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn, Gustine Fudickar
Annabelle is the rebellious daughter of a high-powered senator, sent to a Catholic girls school for moral rehabilitation. She forges a friendship wit... Read more
G.B.F. ( Gay Best Friend ) (2013)
6/10
Director: Darren Stein
Starring: Jonathan Silverman, Natasha Lyonne, Rebecca Gayheart, Megan Mullally, Michael J...
The first teen to come out of the closet at North Gateway High struggles to balance his newfound popularity with his longtime friendships as the three... Read more
Vicious: Series 1 (2013)
8/10
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Vicious tells the story of partners Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi), two men who have lived together in a small central London flat f... Read more
Boogie Nights (1997)
7.9/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, William H Macy, Heather Graham, Jo...
This acclaimed, disco-filled chronicle of the adult film industry's rise and decline in the late 70s and 80s stars Mark Wahlberg as the well-endowed s... Read more
Rice Rhapsody (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Kenneth Bi
Starring: Sylvia Chang, Martin Yan, Melanie Laurent, LePham Tan, Craig Toh, Maggie Q
After being abandoned by her husband years earlier, Jen has raised three boys on her own. Her two eldest sons are gay, and fearing she will have no g... Read more
Nasty Baby (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Sebastian Silva
Starring: Mark Margolis, Alia Shawkat, Reg E Cathey, Kristen Wiig, Sebastian Silva
"Nasty Baby" centers on a Brooklyn couple, Freddy and his boyfriend Mo, who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly. The f... Read more
All About Eve (Blu-ray) (1950)
8.2/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe
Six Oscars were awarded this cynical and entertaining examination of life as it exists on the Broadway theatre scene. Bette Davis glows as the ageing... Read more