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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".

Victim (Blu-ray) (1962)

7.7/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dennis Price, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms

Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more

The Witnesses (Les Témoins) (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Andre Techine
Starring: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila

Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Read more

Ellie and Abbie (And Ellie's Dead Aunt) (2020)

Starring: Marta Dusseldorp, Rachel House

17 year old Ellie is struggling to find the courage to ask her classmate, Abbie, to the formal. Luckily her Aunt Tara, a lesbian who died in the 80's... Read more

A Jihad For Love (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Parvez Sharma

The world's first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Director Parvez Sharma enters the m... Read more

Chemsex (2015)

5.3/10

In hidden basements, bedrooms and bars across London, "Chemsex" is a documentary that exposes frankly and intimately a dark side to modern gay life. T... Read more

Allure (2017)

4.9/10
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood

A house cleaner meets a teenaged girl and convinces her to run away and live with her in secret. Read more

At Home with the Braithwaites: Series 1 (2000)

6.8/10
Director: Andy De Emmony, Robin Sheppard
Starring: Lynda Bellingham, Peter Davison, Amanda Redman, Sylvia Syms, Sarah Smart

When housewife Alison (Amanda Redman) wins the lottery, she keeps her winnings a closely guarded secret for fear that it will corrupt her family. Mean... Read more

Balls (2004)

6.8/10
Director: Sherry Hormann
Starring: Eileen Eilender

Guys and Balls (German: Männer wie wir, literally Men like us, UK title : Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/romance film by German American director Sher... Read more

The L Word: Season 2 (2005)

7.5/10
Director: Clement Virgo, Lynne Stopkewich, Mary Harron, Rose Troche, Tony Goldwyn, Various, Daniel Minahan
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Karina Lombard, Laurel Holloman, Lolita Davidovich, Mia Kirshner...

The second season of The L Word originally aired on Showtime from February 20, 2005 to May 15, 2005 and featured 13 episodes. It starts by unveiling t... Read more

The L Word: Season 3 (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Clement Virgo, Lynne Stopkewich, Mary Harron, Rose Troche, Tony Goldwyn, Various, Daniel Minahan
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Karina Lombard, Laurel Holloman, Lolita Davidovich, Mia Kirshner...

The third season of The L Word originally aired on Showtime from January 8, 2006 to March 26, 2006 and aired 12 episodes. The season begins six months... Read more