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".
La Cage Aux Folles (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Starring: Michel Galabru, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi
The greatest drag comedy since 'Some Like It Hot', and a phenomenal success. La Cage is a transvestite nightclub run by a pair of ageing homosexuals,... Read more
Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
6.5/10
Director: Max Baer
Starring: Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Robbie Benson
Billy Joe confesses his love to the lovely Bobbi Lee only to cover his growing fear that he may, in fact, be homosexual. One night, at a barn dance, h... Read more
Sebastiane (1976)
5.9/10
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy
A homoerotic rendering of the St Sebastiane legend. When Sebastiane, the captain of the Palace Guard during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian, obj... Read more
The Rocky Horror Picture Show ( Blu-ray ) (1975)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Charles Gray, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Meat L...
This camp musical sci-fi horror movie spoof has become - thanks to elaborate audience participation on the midnight movie circuit - the definitive cul... 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
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
8/10
Director: Jack Gold
Starring: John Hurt
John Hurt delivers a compelling performance in the role of Quentin Crisp, based on Crisp's autobiography as an effeminate homosexual growing up in Eng... Read more
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Meat Loaf, Susan Sarandon, Richard O'Brien, Patricia...
This camp musical sci-fi horror movie spoof has become - thanks to elaborate audience participation on the midnight movie circuit - the definitive cul... Read more
Female Trouble (1974)
7.3/10
Director: John Waters
Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
Divine is Dawn Davenport, teenage delinquent, unwed mother, working girl and murderer. Follow her outrageous life of violence and learn why crime is b... Read more
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann
A lurid and stylized account of the mangled web of domination, sado-masochism and jealousy among three lesbians. One of Fassbinder's most controversia... Read more
Cabaret (1972)
7.8/10
Director: Bob Fosse
Starring: Michael York, Marisa Berenson, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem
Winner of 8 Oscars, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Lisa Minnelli) and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey) and widely regarded as one... Read more