Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 461 Films to Buy & Rent
Big Eden (2000)
- Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Arye Gross, Louise Fletcher, George Coe
- Benignly wishful drama set in the small Montana hometown of a slightly stressed gay NYC painter (Gross), who has returned to nurse his ailing…
Borstal Boy (2000)
- Dir. Peter Sheridan
Feat. Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York
- Well–mannered adaptation of playwright Brendan Behan's classic memoir of being sent to a youth prison in WW2 England after being caught with…
Broadway Damage (2000)
- Dir. Victor Mignatti
Feat. Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro
- Big gay hugs to the Big Apple and Broadway culture, centering around two friends with mismatched romantic lives, and their scene–stealing…
Broken Hearts Club, The (2000)
- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Timothy Olyphant
- Ensemble romantic comedy set in and around a baseball team in the bustling gay mecca of West Hollywood. Centre plate is up–and–coming…
Chuck and Buck (2000)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Chris Weitz, Mike White, Paul Weitz…
- Squirmingly funny independent film that makes exemplary use of its small budget with a sustained, original script and handsome digital videography.…
Common Ground (2000)
- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Edward Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein…
- Compassionate, quality trilogy of short stories dealing with gay issues over three different eras.
"A Friend of Dorothy" concerns a woman…
Edge of Seventeen (2000)
- Dir. David Morton
Feat. Thomas Arklie
- With its drab mid–1980s Ohio setting, complete with pastel clothing, Boy George–inspired haircuts and Bronksi Beat music, this puts a…
Flawless (2000)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- After suffering a stroke that leaves him part–paralyzed, an arch–conservative, retired security guard (Robert De Niro) agrees to let a…
Gendernauts (2000)
- Dir. Monika Treut
- Prolific lesbian director Monika Treut takes a tour of San Francisco’s transgender community.
Aided by the likes of queer luminaries Annie…
Iron Ladies, The (2000)
- Dir. Yongyooth Thongkonthun
Feat. Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit
- The true story of a volleyball team in the Thai national champs composed of gay men, transsexuals and transvestites, never really clears the net of…