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".
Postcards from America (1994)
5.8/10
Director: Steve McLean
Starring: James Lyons, Michael Tighe, Olmo Tighe, Michael Imperioli, Michael Ringer, Maggi...
Inspired by the poetry and autobiographical work of David Wojnarowicz who died of AIDS in 1992, this stylized, unflinching drama looks at three period... Read more
Only the Brave (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Ana Kokkinos
Starring: Dora Kaskanis, Elena Mandalis
A startling drama from Australia set in the seedy outskirts of Melbourne, where two teenage girls attempt to overcome the hardships of school and home... Read more
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
7.4/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O...
The provocative, imaginative true-life story of how the intense and passionate relationship of 1950s Christchurch teenagers Pauline Parker and Juliet... Read more
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
The outrageous tale of three drag queens who hit the road in a pink bus called Priscilla and head to Alice Springs to perform a cabaret show. Terence... Read more
Butterfly Kiss (1994)
6.4/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Saskia Reeves, Amanda Plummer, Paul Brown
An often breathtakingly original meld of road movie, lesbian love story, psychodrama and black comedy. Toplining Amanda Plummer and Saskia Reeves as t... Read more
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
4.3/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix
Adapted from Tom Robbins' popular, counter-culture novel and starring Uma Thurman as the world's greatest hitchhiker, a passion she pursues when not h... Read more
Go Fish (1994)
5.6/10
Director: Rose Troche
Starring: Guinevere Turner, V S Brodie, T Wendy McMillan
Described as a 'fun and feisty lesbian romance' telling the tale of a young writer Max (co-writer and producer Guinevere Turner), searching for a suit... Read more
A Man Of No Importance (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Suri Krishnamma
Starring: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon
While staging Oscar Wilde's controversial 'Salome' at his local Dublin Church, a theatre-loving bus conductor examines his repressed sexual feelings -... 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
The Sum Of Us (1994)
7.4/10
Director: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling
Starring: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson
Ferry driver and widower Jack Thompson lives with his son Russell Crowe. Both are looking for a long-term partner. Dad for a woman - son for a man. in... Read more