Must-See List of LGBT/Queer Films

Elixir Productions may be a theatre company, but our co-founders are also huge fans of film, particularly those that tell queer stories or embody the spirit of queer creative vision that we are dedicated to exploring on stage.

Two nights ago, company co-founder Alex DeFazio found himself compiling an impromptu list of must-see queer cinema along with Robert A. Terrano, Elixir’s Technical Advisor and Program Coordinator of Entertainment Technology at Mercer County Community College. Mercer’s Gay-Straight Alliance, a student activities club, recently launched a series of movie nights to promote awareness of LGBT culture and foster solidarity among LGBT and straight students on campus. This got Alex and Robert thinking about essential LGBT viewing for college students and beyond.

This list is by no means complete, so post your own comments/titles and help us create a roster of films that reflects the full breadth and diversity of our culture.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
All About Eve
All About My Mother
American Beauty
Angels in America
Bad Education
Beautiful Thing
Bent
Big Eden
The Birdcage/La cage aux folles
Bound
Boys Don’t Cry
Boys in the Band
Brokeback Mountain
Cabaret
Capturing the Friedmans
The Celluloid Closet
The Children’s Hour
Cruising
The Crying Game
Die, Mommy, Die!
The Dying Gaul
An Early Frost
Edward II
Far From Heaven
Female Perversions
Flaming Creatures
Fox and His Friends
Fireworks (by Kenneth Anger)
The Garden
Get Real
Go Fish
Gods and Monsters
The Hanging Garden
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hustler White
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Kinsey
The Last of England
The Laramie Project
Law of Desire
Lianna
Lilies
Longtime Companion
Love, Valor, Compassion!
Making Love
Maurice
Monster
Mulholland Drive
My Own Private Idaho
My Beautiful Laundrette
Mysterious Skin
The Opposite of Sex
Orlando
Paris is Burning
Parting Glances
Personal Best
Pink Flamingos
Philadelphia
Poison
Polyester
Prick Up Your Ears
Rebel Without a Cause
Safe
Sebastiane
Silkwood
A Soldier’s Tale
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Times of Harvey Milk
To Die For
Tootsie
Transamerica
Velvet Goldmine
Victor/Victoria
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Women in Love

February 8, 2008 | Filed Under Mercer County Community College, Musings, Queer Art & World 

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