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".
Vicious: Series 1 (2013)
8/10
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Vicious tells the story of partners Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi), two men who have lived together in a small central London flat f... 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
Walk Like a Man (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Jim Morgison, Patricia Zagarella
Narrated by former rugby champion, Ian Roberts, "Walk Like a Man" traces the journey of two of the world's best gay rugby teams - reigning champions,... Read more
Walk On Water (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Eytan Fox
Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Carolina Peters, Gidon Shemer
Eyal is a Mossad assassin sent to kill an aging Nazi war criminal. The target's grandaughter is living on a kibbutz in Israel and her brother is abou... 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
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
What's Cooking? (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard
A Jewish, Vietnamese, Latino and African-American family each assemble for their own version of the Thanksgiving holiday where conflicts quickly arise... Read more
When Love Comes (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Garth Maxwell
Starring: Nancy Brunning, Rena Owen, Dean O'Gorman, Simon Prast, Sophia Hawthorne
Six people from very different backgrounds journey through the ins and outs and ups and downs of love and destiny. It is a film that touches your hear... Read more
When Night Is Falling (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Pascale Bussieres, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, Don McKellar
From the director of 'I've Heard the Mermaids Singing' comes this refreshingly liberating tale of lesbian love. Camille (Pascale Bussieres) is a Chris... Read more