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".
Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Capucine
A decade before 'Caligula', this director crafted a visually stunning look at the decadence and debauchery of ancient Rome. Complete with hermaphrodit... Read more
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
7.9/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
A landmark American film, the first X-rated movie to gain mainstream acceptance and Hollywood laurels: a British director, John Schlesinger, starkly a... Read more
Flesh (1968)
5.7/10
Director: Paul Morrissey
Starring: Joe Dallesandro, Geraldine Smith, Morris Bradell
Andy Warhol's underground classic stars Joe Dallesandro as Joe who takes to the streets and meets an assortment of grotesque, hilarious, poignant and... Read more
The Killing Of Sister George (1968)
7.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne
About a soap opera actress (Beryl Reid) who fears her character 'Sister George' is due to be 'killed'. The story follows her deteriorating relationshi... Read more
Les Biches ( Bad Girls ) (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard
This story revolves around Frederique and Why, two lesbian lovers in love with the same man. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jacqueline Sassard star. Read more
The Leather Boys (1966)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Dudley Sutton, Colin Campbell
A bold and engaging drama set against the decadent motorcycle clubs of 1960s England. Rita Tushingham ('A Taste of Honey') and Colin Campbell star as... Read more
The Haunting (1963)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
This nerve-jangling adaptation of Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House' centres on a gathering at a Boston mansion. An anthropologist, a disb... Read more
Victim (1962)
6.2/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more
Victim (Blu-ray) (1962)
7.7/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dennis Price, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms
Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more
The Children's Hour (1961)
7.8/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Kar...
Daring adaptation of Lillian Hellman's celebrated play of suspected lesbianism in a girls' school. William Wyler (who also made the 1936 version, "The... Read more