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".
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
7.6/10
Director: Alain Berliner
Starring: Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Michele Laroque
AKA "My Life In Pink" Seven year old Ludovic enjoys playing dress-up with lipstick and high heels and plans to marry a male classmate... which would b... Read more
The Hanging Garden (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Troy Veinotte
Paints a lyrical and savagely humorous picture of homecoming as a gay man returns to Nova Scotia for his sister's wedding. This offbeat drama jumps ba... Read more
In and Out (1997)
5.2/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Tom Selleck
A high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life... Read more
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
6.6/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson
A New York magazine writer (John Cusack) is sent to picturesque Savannah, Georgia, to cover a lavish party hosted by local antiques merchant Jim Willi... Read more
Wilde (1997)
6.9/10
Director: Brian Gilbert
Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Tom Wilkinson
This biographical tale of Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright and genius, chronicles his fascinating life during the years 1882 until 1897. The self-realisa... Read more
Boogie Nights (Blu-ray) (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
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
Lilies (1996)
7.2/10
Director: John Greyson
Starring: Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Matthew Ferguson, Alexander Chapman
In 1952, a Roman Catholic bishop visiting an ill prisoner is taken hostage and forced to watch dramatisations of tumultuous events that took place ear... Read more
Beautiful Thing (1996)
7.6/10
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Starring: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson
An insightful take on first love between two working class adolescent boys, neighbours with very different home lives, who become sexually and romanti... Read more
The Birdcage (1996)
7/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Christine Baranski, Dianne Wiest, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, Cal...
This American version of 'La Cage Aux Folles' features the performances of Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman. About a gay couple who must '... Read more