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 L Word: Season 5 (2008)
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 fifth season of The L Word began airing on January 6, 2008 and ended on March 23, 2008. 12 episodes were produced. Read more
The L Word: Season 4 (2007)
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 fourth season of The L Word premiered on January 7, 2007 and ended on March 25, 2007. 12 episodes were produced this season. Read more
Another Country (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Marek Kanievska
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn
'Another Country' examines how the sexual and political life of a 1930's English public school spawned the spy scandals of the post-war years. Althoug... Read more
Fox and His Friends (1975)
7.8/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Harry Bar
A down-and-out, down on his luck homosexual carnival worker wins the lottery and along with it, some new friends. Unfortunately, a charming, scheming... 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
Wittgenstein (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton
Derek Jarman immaculately lenses a series of dazzling, colourful pictures to illustrate the tortured life of Austrian-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgens... Read more
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
7/10
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Eddie Izzard, Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Emily Woof, Ch...
Tells the story of the rise and fall of a glam rock legend. Mythical Rock God, Brian Slade, suddenly disappears at the peak of his fame after a public... Read more
When Love Comes (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Garth Maxwell
Starring: Nancy Brunning, Rena Owen, Dean O'Gorman, Simon Prast, Sophia Hawthorne
Six people from very different backgrounds journey through the ins and outs and ups and downs of love and destiny. It is a film that touches your hear... Read more
Gia (1997)
7/10
Director: Michael Cristofer
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell
She was called America's first supermodel, but while her face made her an international celebrity, her insatiable desires for fame, sex and drugs led... Read more
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
6.7/10
Director: Harry Kumel
Starring: John Karlen, Delphine Seyrig, Andrea Rau, Daniele Quimet, Paul Esser
Delphine Seyrig (Stolen Kisses), is an Hungarian countess and present-day vampiress who, in order to continue her daily blood baths, must continually... Read more