List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Pride on Screen: 25 Essential Queer Films (And 25 Honorable Mentions)

Seeing our experiences reflected through popular art, particularly cinema, is something queer people have vigorously sought, long before Moonlight broke multiple barriers and clinched a Best Picture Oscar in front of a global audience. It's why we've sniffed out subtext wherever we could, from Ben-Hur to bromances: because our stories have too rarely been told in the texts themselves. If we've latched onto implicitly queer films like we would wayward lovers, then we've held these titles, which tell our tales outright, square up against our hearts. Whether their comedy gave us permission to be wildly flamboyant or their tragedy gave us the courage to tackle pain we thought we couldn't face, these movies have been windows into worlds we needed strength to step into ourselves. They haven't just imitated life—they've prepared us for it.
295 users · 975 views
 
from out.com · made by Rebecca Woolf
avg. score: 9 of 50 (19%)
required scores: 1, 2, 5, 10, 16 
type to search

How many have you seen?

Page 1 of 2
1
A Song of Love (1950)
A Song of Love (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Victim (1961)
Victim (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Pink Narcissus (1971)
Pink Narcissus (1971)
4
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
5
Querelle (1982)
Querelle (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
6
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
Tongues Untied (1989)
Tongues Untied (1989)
8
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
10
The Living End (1992)
The Living End (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
11
The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Beautiful Thing (1996)
Beautiful Thing (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
13
The Birdcage (1996)
The Birdcage (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
14
Maurice (1987)
Maurice (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
15
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
16
Yossi & Jagger (2002)
Yossi & Jagger (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
17
Bad Education (2004)
Bad Education (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
18
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
19
Shortbus (2006)
Shortbus (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
20
Weekend (2011)
Weekend (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
21
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
22
Gayby (2012)
Gayby (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
23
Carol (2015)
Carol (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Tangerine (2015)
Tangerine (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
27
Portrait of Jason (1967)
Portrait of Jason (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
The Boys in the Band (1970)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
29
Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, the (1972 – R.W. Fassbinder)
Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, the (1972 – R.W. Fassbinder)
30
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
31
Law of Desire (1987)
Law of Desire (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
33
Longtime Companion (1990)
Longtime Companion (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
34
Poison (1991)
Poison (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
35
The Long Day Closes (1992)
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
36
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
38
Bound (1996)
Bound (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
39
Happy Together (1997)
Happy Together (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
40
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   41%
Page 1 of 2
Click movies you've seen
Trending Movie Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN