Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 458 Films to Buy & Rent
Presque Rien (Almost Nothing) (2000)
- Dir. Sebastien Lifshitz
Feat. Jérémie Elkaïm, Stephane Rideau
- French drama of melancholic first love that, despite the common themes, sets itself apart with sensitive acting and a deeply felt approach to the…
Queer As Folk (TV Series) (2000-2005)
- Feat. Hal Sparks, Gale Harold, Peter Paige…
- An American variation on the groundbreaking British series (currently unavailable due to censorship restrictions) which is likewise completely set…
Southern Comfort (2000)
- Dir. Kate Davis
- A fascinating and compassionate portrait of two transsexuals – a craggy cowboy (born a woman) and a vivacious siren (born a man) – who…
Urbania (2000)
- Dir. Jon Shear
Feat. Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keesler
- Edgy indie hit following the insomniac wanderings of a dashing yuppie who is coping with the death of his partner. A hit at the 2000 Sundance Film…
Bedrooms and Hallways (1999)
- Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle…
- Utterly delightful relationship comedy about men, and gay men in particular, but appealing to human beings of any of the three sexual orientations…
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Melanie Lynskey…
- A camp comedy in both style and setting, cheerleading teen Natasha Lyonne is suspected by her God–fearing parents to be a lesbian, and is thus…
Five Senses, The (1999)
- Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Pascale Bussieres, Daniel MacIvor…
- Austere relationship drama in which five loosely–connected characters serve as metaphors for the five senses, including a bisexual housecleaner…
Gohatto (Taboo) (1999)
- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Takeshi Kitano
- Visually stunning evocation of the tensions in a samurai–training school in 1860s Japan, with Kitano playing a captain who agonises over his…
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love (1999)
- Dir. Shinichiro Watanabe
- Prequel to the cult anime series GRAVITATION that sees the lead singer of 'Bad Luck' at a crossroads in his professional and personal life with album…
Happy, Texas (1999)
- Dir. Mark Illsley
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy
- Sweetly sardonic crowd–pleaser indeed took the audience award at Sundance '99, adding a pinch of fashionable 'gay irony' to the more familiar…