Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman - Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
Caravaggio (1986)- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean - A stylised, impressionistic biopic of the controversial bisexual artist from the Italian renaissance. The film is similarly cryptic, bold and…
Parting Glances (1986)
- Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung - A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Second Serve (1986)- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Fletcher, Martin Balsam - Vanessa Redgrave gives a remarkable performance in this TV–movie true–story as a transexual…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt - Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Mala Noche (1985)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
- Low–budget granular drama and the first film made by the eclectic Mr Van Sant near the start of his influential career.It tells the tale of a…
Me and the Girls / Bon Voyage / Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 6) (1985)- Dir. Jack Gold, Gavin Millar
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Robert Glenister, Nigel Havers… - – Me and the Girls (85') Touching drama centred on a terminally ill gay man reminiscing on his past life performing and managing a dance…
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis - First and best Hanif Kureishi comedy (so far), explores race and sex prejudices in the London EastEnd.
Another Country (1984)- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes - An oppressive private schooling has an adverse affect on a couple of young, gay Englishmen in the 1930s, who eventually become spies for the…
Dresser, The (1983)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay - Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
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