Controversial, historical manifestation, tradition, pure occasion for exhibitionism and transgression, political means, existential assertion. The terminology used to define Pride Month is varied and touches on various aspects of the socio-cultural realm.
To trace the origins of Pride Month, we must go back to 1969, when in late June, after yet another police raid on the Stonewall Hotel, the Greenwich Village site where New York’s gay community used to meet, the same members of the community rebelled, causing led to the famous protest riots in Stonewall.
Thus, on the occasion of Pride Month, a guide to some representative films on the subject may be helpful.
In recent years, films with an LGBTQ+ theme have not only become popular, but have witnessed the clear dominance of this theme in awards seasons. The new queer cinema had a major impact on the independent film boom of the 1990s.
Many LGBTQ+-themed films of recent years reflect a marked change in the ambitions of contemporary films, removing the consolidated “taboos” regarding gender-based films.
10 LGBTQ+ Movies
disobedience Sebastian Lelio
movie st.Ebastian Lelio above all, it represents the assertion of a feminist rebellion. In a melancholy love story told Rachel Weisz plays Ronit, an excommunicated Jewish woman who unexpectedly returns home after her father’s death. He soon reunites with Esty, David’s wife and Ronit’s secret childhood sweetheart, played by Rachel McAdams. A gripping and gripping LGBTQ+ love story and a powerful reflection on the rules.
On prime video
call me by your name Luca Guadagnino
At 89 James Ivory hmade one of the best scripts of his career. Novel adaptation André Aciman film director Luca Guadagnino . Love story in rural Italy between teenager Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and young and diligent Oliver (Armie Hammer) unfolds with a powerful romance.
Emotionally compelling.
Prime Video, Infinity
Mulholland Drive David Lynch
The dark ends of love, shown by David Lynch in great shape. Interpretation of the plot dMulholland Drive has been the subject of controversy since its release in 2001. The film boldly combines erotica and suspense, psychological ambiguity and Hitchcock thriller. Ambiguity is the dominant theme and is the backdrop for the interpretation of boldness. Naomi Watts and Laura Harring .
on Prime Video
10 LGBTQ+ Movies
tomboy Celine Siamma
Some consider it a gem of LGBTQ+ themed cinema. tomboy From Celine Siamma it’s a glimpse of the purity and confusion of growing up. Outspoken and empathetic, she makes a powerful statement about the confusion of gender identity as we understand it today.
WITH Zoe Eran like a little girl named Laura tomboy offers a touching and extraordinarily human narrative of the relationship between sex and gender, and gender and identity.
Prime video and chili
God’s land
God’s Land: A Flash of Love on Mubi
This is the story of a young man named JohnnyJosh O’Connorwho takes care of her family after her father’s stroke. To help with the lambing season, the family hires a Romanian worker, Gheorghe (Alec Sekaryanu).
On MUBI and Prime.
Adel’s life From Abdellatif Kechiche
Adele, a seventeen-year-old high school student, is in for a big love. He meets a mysterious blue-haired girl who every night becomes the protagonist of his deepest dreams and desires. Adele tries to give herself to her friend Thomas, but realizes she can’t be completely his and tries something new. Main characters Adel’s life I Lea Seydoux AND Adele Exarchopoulos in the roles of Emma and Adele, the first belongs to the artistic and intellectual elite, and the second to the proletariat. IN Adel’s life it is social differences, not the problems associated with homosexuality, that lead to the rift between them. On Apple and Now TV.
Moonlight From Barry Jenkins,
The film follows Chiron growing up in a poor Miami suburb with a drug-addicted mother and many hardships. Black and homosexual Chiron learns about racism in American society, but also seeks recognition of his identity. Based on the play, the film won three Oscars and a Golden Globe.
On Netflix
10 LGBTQ+ Movies
Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
WITH Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny. Directorial debut K.Imberly Pierce, the true, tragic story of Brandon, who grew up in a female body, but always felt like a man. To prepare for the role of the award “Oscar” Hilary Swank he lived like a man. Poetic.
On Prime and Disney Plus
Boys Don’t Cry: with Hilary Swank
The Beautiful and the Damned by Gus Van Sant
1991 film director Gus Van Sant K starringEanu Reeves and River Phoenix who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for this performance. The film is a loose interpretation of Henry IV. William Shakespeare.
Mike Waters and Scott Favor are two young drug addicts from Seattle who make their living as prostitutes, selling themselves to both men and women. Mike is homosexual and suffers from severe narcolepsy. Scott is the wayward son of the mayor of Portland, Oregon and devotes much of his time to embarrassing his father. Mike confesses to his friend that he is in love with him.
A reflection on the desire of men, an existential drama, an elegy about the search for a place to return to.
On Prime Video.
Maurice James Ivory
1987 film director James Ivory, With James Wilby and Hugh Grant based on the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster.
University of Cambridge, 1909 Maurice Hall, a young university student, falls in love with his fellow student Clive Durham and has an uneasy love relationship with him, devoid of any physicality, which leads the young Maurice to a deeper awareness of his sexual orientation. Clive always understood their relationship on a platonic level, which led Maurice to break down and realize that he would never be reciprocated as he would have liked.
The film to which call me by your name From They earn was inspired in many scenes by the story of the learning, growth and self-awareness of Maurice, played by James Wilbywhom we accompany in the most important years of his life. From love to Clive (Hugh grant) Maurice will be disappointed because of the inability to realize his desire and because of the denial of his own nature. Added to this is society’s fear of homophobia, which at the time sentenced homosexuals to prison terms. Intensive.
On prime video
Additional cult
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
From an Oscar-winning director Ang Leedramatic romance of two cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) among the peaks of Wyoming.
Golden Lion in Venice, the film won the Golden Globe, BAFTA and other awards. It was the film with the most nominations at the 2006 Academy Awards, where it managed to win 3 out of 8 (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Soundtrack). The film was a box office success. Account books heartbreaking and unforgettable.
on Apple TV+ and MUBI
My Beautiful Laundry (1985)
From Stephen Frears, forbidden love between a young pakistani and an english punk with a laundry room in the background.
The perfect cast Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis great performers.
On Apple TV+ and Chile
Happy Together (1997)
Directing Award at the 50th Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the tormented love story of two young people on the run in Buenos Aires. For the movie Wong Kar-wai was inspired Buenos Aires case dManuel Puches.
Happy together Wong Kar Wai. Review of the restored version exclusively on MUBI.