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".
Any Day Now (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Travis Fine
Starring: Alan Cumming, Chris Mulkey, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Don Franklin, Kelli Wil...
When a teenager with Down Syndrome (Isaac Leyva) is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple (Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt) takes him in and becomes... Read more
Laurence Anyways (2012)
7.7/10
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Nathalie Baye, Suzanne Clement
In 1990s Montreal, Laurence (Melvil Poupaud) tells his girlfriend Fred (Suzanne Clement) that he wants to become a woman. In spite of the odds, in spi... Read more
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
8/10
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Rudd, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Kate Wal...
Adapted by Stephen Chbosky from his own best-selling novel. 'The Perks of Being a Wildflower' is a touching coming-of-age story about a freshman named... Read more
Cloudburst (2011)
7/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Brenda Fricker, Olympia Dukakis, Ryan Doucette
Stella and Dot, an aging couple, escape from a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia on a quest to be legally married. En route to Canada the... Read more
Weekend (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Tom Cullen, Chris New
This sensual, remarkably observed, beautifully acted wonder is the breakout feature from British writer-director-editor Andrew Haigh. Rarely has a fil... Read more
Circumstance (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Starring: Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho, Sin...
Within the oppressive society of contemporary Iran, two Tehran schoolgirls are romantically drawn to each other and seek the freedom to live their liv... Read more
Albert Nobbs (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins, Aaron Johnson, Mia...
Glenn Close turns in an astonishing title performance as a woman in late 19th-century Ireland who, for the economic security otherwise unobtainable, l... Read more
Tomboy (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Celine Sciamma
Starring: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana
Critically acclaimed French drama about a 10-year-old girl who assumes a male identity to fit in when her family move to a small village. The film has... Read more
We Were Here (2010)
7.8/10
Director: David Weissman
During the 1970s, San Francisco became a safe haven for the gay and lesbian community, providing a place where one could live openly, away from discri... Read more
Beginners (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Mary Page Keller, Melanie Laurent, Keegan Bo...
A semi-autobiographical comedy drama from Mike Mills, "Beginners" explores the confusion and surprises of love through Ewan McGregor's Oliver, who mee... Read more