[Dasilva]

Probably a shot in the dark, but here goes. Anyone have any recommendations for any Gay Interest movies? I've got Eating Out & Brokeback Mountain and thats about it. Im not talking porno video here, just movies that have gay characters and plotlines like Brokeback & Eating out.

Thanks.

[Aj_]

But I'm A Cheerleader and Shortbus are pretty good.

[Hysteria]

And what would you do with that kind of movies? If you are going to do what I am thinking of, better take porn.

http://imdb.com/keyword/gay-interest/

[Panthera]

how... nice...
(comment on above poster)

It's typical that someone starts a topic like this two weeks after I found two movies about this subject, and I have now forgotten them.. typical..

I've never gotten to seeing brokeback mountain because I don't like dramas, but I've heard a lot of good things about it, should I see it?

Only one I can remember now is:
Monster, which probably isn't very near what you're looking for (and I can never remember if "gay" is a masculine word or neutral)..

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by Hysteria

And what would you do with that kind of movies? If you are going to do what I am thinking of, better take porn

DaSilva clearly stated he wasn't looking for porn so that comment wasn't really necessary.

[Squinky]

There's Another Gay Movie, which is basically a gay-ified version of American Pie. I'd recommend it if you're in the mood for extremely crude American Pie-type humour.

I also second the recommendation for But I'm a Cheerleader.

[Panthera]

I seem to come over a lot of movies featuring some kind of strange variation of themes, some which can be qualified as "gay interest"

Upcoming movies:
I now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry
About two straight men pretending to be gay for domestic partner benefits apparently a comedy

Blades of Glory I'm not sure what to think of this movie, it seems to make fun of straight men put in an awkward position, and make fun of gay people, but maybe I just don't understand the trailer..

[to be continued] If I only could remember the name of the film I came across some time ago!

Edit: Hmm, recommendations on IMDB might be useful. After looking at birdcage,I found these, can't say much about them though, since I haven't seen them..
Beautiful Thing
Get Real
Coming Out Apparently first Eastern German movie to deal openly with gay issues

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Strangers On A Train - A brilliantly photographed murder sequence.

Not necessarily a gay movie per se, but I highly recommend Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train (1951), for its undercurrent of homoeroticism which lends an interesting dynamic to the relationship between the two main characters: "A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder" (IMDb).

Swoon (1992) is a decidedly gay take on the fascinating real life 1920s murderers Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb, who were genius level university students and part of the wealthiest social elite of Chicago, and "...cold bloodedly planned the perfect murder of a child for the thrill of getting away with it."

La Cage aux Folles (1978) is a side splitting French comedy about two aging queens who are partners, one the owner of a nightclub, the other a flambuoyant transvestite who performs at the nightclub. The owner's son from a previous marriage announces his engagement and now the two old queens must do all they can to hide their lifestyle from the son's fiancee's parents, who are severely pious Catholics, when they arrive as dinner guests. This movie was remade as The Birdcage (1996, Robin Williams, Nathan Lane), a much lesser, much less funny, Hollywood-dized version.

[Squinky]

I actually liked the remake better than the original. This proves I have no taste.

[Panthera]

I'm backing up Strangers on a Train, it's a fantastic movie, which really moves you, I was blown away when I saw it, and the development of the relationship between them is really good.

I haven't seen the original, but I loved "The Birdcage", so I should probably check up on the original?

Couldn't Notes on a Scandal also count as a movie with an undercurrent of homoeroticism? I've only seen the trailer, I really want to see it, but seeing only the trailer makes me feel sad and uncomfortable, which usually means it's very good, but hits you hard..

I recently read a very well executed gay interest in an ongoing web-comic, it really hits you, the tenderness and tension between the boys.. http://www.schism.org/

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

I second Birdcage (having only seen the Hollywood version). I have Strangers on a Train on the queue, but haven't seen it yet.

[Sage]

"The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert": Terrence Stamp as an aging transsexual, Guy Pearce as a rebellious drag queen/party boy, and Hugo Weaving as a female impersonator on a mission. Can these three make it from Sydney to Alice Springs without killing each other? Outstanding soundtrack and Academy Award-winning costume design. (Trivial fact- The costume designer accepted her Oscar in a dress made entirely from gold American Express cards)

"To Wong Foo...Love, Julie Newmar" is a shameless, sensational, and insulting rip-off of "Priscilla" and should be avoided at all costs.

[Wormsie]

And now that we have got past the homosexuals-as-serial-killers -phase...

Sitcom (1999, I think), it's a French film. I found it quite good. It's not just about homosexuality, though, but about a family whose life is changed after the father brings home a white rat...

Kinsey doesn't deal with homosexuality exclusively, but is kind of related.

For a film that is completely and shamelessly a soap opera, watch Formula 17 (Taiwan, 2003, I think). It's lighter than air but fun. It's about a young boy who moves to the big city from the countryside and falls in love with the local playboy (hey, something I can relate to! ). And it's very gay.

There's also Philadelphia, where Tom Hanks plays a gay man who's contracted HIV and gets fired because of it.

Transamerica has got only a little to do with gay men, but it's a good film nevertheless.

When it comes to documentaries, I can recommend Daddy and the Muscle Academy and Gay Sex in the 70s. The first one is about Tom of Finland (google search if you don't know him) and contains some very interesting historical stuff. Gay Sex in the 70s is about, well, what the title says it's about. Interesting history, I found, of where gay people used to meet back then. It's also about AIDS and how the so called gay community we know today came to be.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Originally Posted by Panthera

I'm backing up Strangers on a Train, it's a fantastic movie, which really moves you, I was blown away when I saw it, and the development of the relationship between them is really good.

Have you seen Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) as well? If not, definitely do so. Young Charlie (Teresa Wright) is this headstrong but naive girl who at first idolizes, and then begins to suspect her Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotton) to be The Merry Widow Muderer, a serial killer who befriends, then disposes of, rich older women. Realizing his niece is onto him, Uncle Charlie plots to silence her for good. The setting takes place in a an otherwise sunny and pleasant American suburb, and here Hitchcock does the most wicked take on the sins of hypocrisy, denial, and blind trust within the institution of family, as well as the profound rite of passage from innocence to dark wisdom. Joseph Cotton was amazing in it.

[Bobske]

Here is a good movie that you need to see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370986/.

The movie Mysterious Skin is a good movie about a controversial subject matter:

In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but his negligent father does not pay attention to the event. Brian grows-up believing he had been abducted by aliens. The gay Neil grows-up as a hustler. When Brian is eighteen years old, he looks for and meets Neil, who discloses dark innermost secrets of their past.

[Dasilva]

Another Gay movie looks interesting, and Strangers on a Train too. I'll see if I can get hold of them. Thanks everyone.




Now some gay porno movie recommendations please!

Coulden't Resist.

[samIamsad]

This might also be of interest, it's short too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4enfUyGWSY




Hm, my original intention was to post a reply which would have brought up Philadelphia, damn worm you.

[Wormsie]

Originally Posted by Dasilva

Now some gay porno movie recommendations please!

Coulden't Resist.

I find most gay porn movies pretty bland... For some reason I like some older ones from the late 70s/early 80s more than new ones.

[Dasilva]

Originally Posted by Wormsie

I find most gay porn movies pretty bland... For some reason I like some older ones for the late 70s/early 80s more than new ones.

Lol, yeah that pizza delivery guy cliche never gets old.

[Jatsie]

The best gay porn movies are the ones you make yourself.