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moremojo:
In no particular order (and I'm including lesbian and bisexual themes under the rubric of 'gay'):

Brokeback Mountain (2005), directed by Ang Lee

Un chant d'amour (1950), directed by Jean Genet

Der Tod der Maria Malibran (1972), directed by Werner Schroeter

The Scenic Route (1978), directed by Mark Rappaport

Beau travail (1999), directed by Claire Denis

Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974), directed by Jacques Rivette

Loads (1985), directed by Curt McDowell

Eclipse of the Sun Virgin (1967), directed by George Kuchar

Love and Death on Long Island (1997), directed by Richard Kwietniowski

Performance (1970), directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), directed by Peter Weir

Fellini-Satyricon (1969), directed by Federico Fellini

moremojo:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 27, 2007, 11:19:12 pm ---I don't think anyone has mentioned Billy Elliott yet but that is one of my favorite movies. Would it be at home here?
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I think it merits inclusion here.

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: moremojo on September 28, 2007, 12:04:09 pm ---I think it merits inclusion here.

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Thank you. I was thinking maybe I had interpreted the movie all wrong.

Kd5000:
Did anyone ever see TOTAL ECLIPSE with Leonardo DiCaprio.  It's about the gay poet RIMBAUD.   The movie was terrible and it should have made a great story.  I don't think Leo is going to be playing gay anytime soon as he been taking all these tough guy roles. Something to prove, I say.  :D Still, TOTAL ECLIPSE is a missed opportunity.  I hope somebody makes a better movie about the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/

I could start a listing of worse gay movies ever made, but the list is pretty long. 

moremojo:
Yeah, I caught most of Total Eclipse on cable TV many moons ago. I agree that the film wasn't very successful, though Leo does physically resemble Rimbaud, and David Thewlis (as Verlaine) is always an interesting actor.

Very few of my very favorite movies are gay in theme (Brokeback Mountain being one of the major exceptions to this). Many have struck me as mediocre at best, and I'm not quite sure why this has been the case. Most of the titles in my list (which all are included among my favorite movies, gay or otherwise) were not and would not be considered mainstream offerings--so much of mainstream gay cinema strikes me as distinctly middlebrow and not having a lot of enduring value.

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