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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".

The Essential John Sayles: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) / Lianna (1983) / Brother From Another Planet (1984)

Director: John Sayles
Starring: Bruce MacDonald, Adam Lefevre, Maggie Cousineau, Maggie Renzi, Gordon Clapp, Mar...

An eclectic and unmissable collection from a great American director. 'Return of the Secaucus Seven' is John Salyes' engaging debut, looking at seven... 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

Dark Habits (1984)

6.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Carmen Maura, Christina Pascual, Julieta Serrano

A blackly funny tale of a nightclub singer who flees when her lover dies of a drug overdose and takes refuge in a convent, only to find that the siste... Read more

The Dresser (1983)

7.7/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox

Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay star in this compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of a British touring stage company and hi... Read more

Personal Best (1982)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Towne
Starring: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly

'Chinatown' screenwriter Robert Towne's directorial debut explores the relationship between two young women (Mariel Hemingway and real-life athlete Pa... Read more

Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean (1982)

Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Cher , Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, Kathy Bates

Once again Robert Altman has assembled a superior cast for this story of a 20 year reunion of a James Dean fan club. Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black a... Read more

Querelle (1982)

6.9/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau

The final film by Fassbinder was this searing adaptation of the controversial Jean Genet novel starring Brad Davis as a ruggedly handsome, narcissisti... Read more

La Cage Aux Folles II (1981)

5.8/10
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault

Renato and Albin find themselves innocent victims of an espionage ring and become involved with killers when several corpses begin to turn up. They ar... Read more

Can't Stop The Music (1980)

4.5/10
Director: Nancy Walker
Starring: Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Village People

New York City DJ/Songwriter Jack Morell (Steve Guttenberg) needs just one big break to get his music heard and land a record deal. But with the help o... Read more

Cruising (1980)

6.4/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox

New York City detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) receives orders from Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) to solve a series of brutal murders in the gay com... Read more