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".
Gentleman Jack (2019)
8.2/10
Starring: Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Jones, Timothy West
A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832,... Read more
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Starring: Luis Gnecco, Amparo Noguera
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend. Read more
Blue / Glitterbug (1993)
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, John Quentin
A Derek Jarman double feature. "Blue" (1993, 75 mins) - A courageous personal testimony about his experiences with AIDS, Derek Jarman's final feature... Read more
Paris Is Burning (1990)
8.1/10
Director: Jennie Livingston
Starring: Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza
Equally outrageous, funny and touching, Jennie Livingston's acclaimed documentary looks at a very vocal segment of the gay community: the drag 'houses... Read more
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
6.4/10
Director: Beeban Kidron
Starring: John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner,...
The tale of three drag queens headed for Hollywood whose car breaks down in a small rural town where they are befriended by the local female populatio... Read more
The Event (2005)
7/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Don McKellar, Olympia Dukakis, Parker Posey, Brent Carver, Sarah Polley
A talented cast comes together for a contemporary issue film set in New York. A city prosecutor (Posey) is sent to investigate the death of an apparen... Read more
Eating Out (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Q Allan Brocka
Starring: Emily Stiles, Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros
Hunky Caleb is attracted to pretty Gwen, who prefers spending time with her circle of gay male friends. Caleb's gay roommate, Kyle, gives him tips on... Read more
An Englishman in New York (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: John Hurt, Swoosie Kurtz, Jonathan Tucker, Denis O'Hare, Cynthia Nixon
John Hurt reprises his acclaimed performance from 1975's 'The Naked Civil Servant', in which he portrayed "one of the stately homos of England" Britis... Read more
The Miseducation Of Cameron Post (2018)
6.6/10
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians. Read more
Yossi and Jagger (2002)
Director: Eytan Fox
Starring: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi
This unusual gay-themed war drama from Israel tracks a squad of soldiers stationed along the Lebanese border and the romantic relationship that develo... Read more