Giggster looked at Metacritic data on the top movies of all time and identified the top 25 on the list that include LGBTQ+ themes and storylines.
on screen. Although there’s only one scene that shows physical intimacy between Rainey and her younger girlfriend Dussie Mae , Rainey’s seductiveness and ability to command power and space—despite pervasive racism and misogyny—dominates the film.- Runtime: 106 minutes
Based on Lee Israel’s memoir of the same name, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” stars Melissa McCarthy as Lee, a failed lesbian writer in financial straits. She begins forging letters from dead celebrities—as well as stealing real ones—and selling them, adding in scandalous “personal details” to increase their value. She soon recruits an acquaintance, Jack , to help her sell them, and they strike up a friendship.
Though director Marielle Heller said that queerness is not the sole focus of the film—Jack’s character is also gay—it is also. From Lee and Jack’s queer friendship, to scenes in New York’s oldest gay bar, to an uncomfortable romantic pass, and many references to the ongoing AIDS crisis, queerness subtly runs throughout the film in ways rarely seen in Hollywood films, according to IndieWire critic Jude Dry.
called its portrayal of queer loneliness and friendship “stingingly poignant.” McCarthy and Grant both received Oscar nominations for their performances.- Runtime: 113 minutes “Pain and Glory” is a Spanish film starring Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo, a retired, ailing gay filmmaker. Early on in the film, he reunites with his former collaborator, Alberto Crespo , an actor he distanced himself from years earlier for using heroin. This time, it is Salvador who asks Alberto for the drug.
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