Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 461 Films to Buy & Rent
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
- Dir. Tommy O'Haver
Feat. Sean P. Hayes, Paul Bartel, Meredith Scott Lynn
- A giddy tribute to the wayward impulses of the heart, the affable Sean P. Hayes plays Billy, a struggling gay photographer infatuated with a dreamy…
Get Real (1998)
- Dir. Simon Shore
Feat. Ben Silverstone
- This British tale of a teen schoolboy's frustratingly closeted affair with the athletic head boy of his high school makes the grade to appeal to…
Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Liddy Oldroyd
Feat. Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus
- Ill–matched, yet inseparable flatmates squabble in this cult late night sitcom, that’s one of comedian Kathy Burke’s more enduring…
Gods and Monsters (1998)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave
- In one of the more quietly celebrated dramas of the year, Sir Ian McKellen creates a finely shaded, Oscar–nominated role as real–life gay…
Head On (1998)
- Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Alex Demitriades
- Touted as a 'rebel without a cause'–pinup for the 90s, former soap–star Alex Dimitriades grapples with homosexuality and…
In and Out (1998)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck…
- Bow–tied teacher Kevin Kline is 'out'–ed by an ex–student during his Oscar acceptance speech, casting suspicion on his impending…
Last Bus Home, The (1998)
- Dir. Johnny Gogan
Feat. Annie Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Brophy…
- Opening to the angry punk–rock culture of late '70s Dublin and a 'COMMITMENTS'–style band–struggle, this changes its tune midway…
Like It Is (1998)
- Dir. Paul Oremland
Feat. Steve Bell, Roger Daltrey
- Amateur boxing champ Steve Bell does well in his acting debut as a naïve prizefighter who abandons violent life in Blackpool's underworld to find…
Love is the Devil (1998)
- Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
- Audacious biopic of great British painter Francis Bacon (he of the 'screaming pope' paintings), travels the raw–nerve edge of artistic…
Object of My Affection, The (1998)
- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd
- Another misfired kickstart to the Jennifer Aniston big screen career – the girl has comic talent, so why does she waste her time playing…