Favorite LGBTQ2S+ Films

[Lily Adler]

As I've told others, Tubi has a strange collection of LGBTQ+ cinema. Think Yandere level of strange for some of them.

 

[Sithborg]

I think that applies to all their selection. The Tubi Trawl is always fun.

 

[Cap2024]

I just heard about this film (out now) and it looks amazing. It might be because that's one of the next stages of my journey within the next five years at most, becoming a father.

 

[Silvermoth]

I think that applies to all their selection. The Tubi Trawl is always fun.

Yeah I’ve actually found heaps of fun stuff on Tubi. I watched an incredible Jon waters film with Divine which was just like watching history happen, it was fascinating

 

[Lily Adler]

Remember to give our girl The Babadook a watch. Hunty been wanting some love since she got booted from Netflix LGBTQIA films list.

 

[Silvermoth]

Ok well he can have a sook but I’ve been thinking if they did make a new movie about Harvey Milk who should play him? Because I think it would be a fantastic way for Jonathan Groff to follow up his tony win

 

[Lily Adler]

Ok well he can have a sook but I’ve been thinking if they did make a new movie about Harvey Milk who should play him? Because I think it would be a fantastic way for Jonathan Groff to follow up his tony win

Jonathan Bailey for everything.

But boohoo the straight man wants to play a role that could go to gay actors and James Franco.

 

[Silvermoth]

Yeah I know. Still I didn’t want to bring negativity so I thought I would focus on a different side.

Like, there’s plenty of roles for straight guys, I don’t think he has to worry. Except for all the other bad stuff he’s done.

But yeah Julia child gets adapted heaps so if she can Harvey milk can have more than one adaption

 

[Deck Rickard]

So I saw Love Lies Bleeding the other day. Ummm… I still don’t know what to think about it. I liked the characters, the performances were all really good, and it certainly wasn’t predictable. But I mean… that ending.

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I guess(?) it was meant to be metaphorical or a hallucination but maybe not? What was the point of doing this weird David Lynch-meets-the-Incredible-Hulk ending? It took what I thought was a really good, grimy story about ethically questionable protagonists, lowlife criminals, spousal abuse and drug abuse and just dropped the ball in the last 10 minutes to give us a total WTF ending. It would have been better if Jack had just come back and beat the dad to death. Letting him live didn’t really make sense either because with his daughter on the run, she can’t testify against him and he’ll likely walk free. The ending just ruined it for me. Sad to say because I was really into it otherwise. Oh well. At least our girls ran away together at the end (even it was problematic given that Jack kinda beat up Lou earlier). Yeah I know she was juiced out of her mind but for a film that obviously was trying to show how awful spousal abuse is, that message gets kind of lost.

 

[Batgirl0202]

Finally got around to watching Challengers.

I gotta say, a baby between Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist would be absolutely gorgeous

 

[Deck Rickard]

Challengers wasn’t quite gay enough for my tastes.

No, in all seriousness it was a good movie but I felt like they didn’t go far enough into the queer elements in an effort to be ambiguous. Still, it’s an interesting movie, even if the ending left me scratching my head a bit.

Speaking of queer things, I’ve been getting a good gay fix on TV lately. Mary & George is basically The Tudors if everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) was queer, lol. It’s great. And the latest season of House of the Dragon has gotten sapphic lately; I wasn’t crazy about season 1 but season 2 has been lights out.

 

[Batgirl0202]

Challengers wasn’t quite gay enough for my tastes.

No, in all seriousness it was a good movie but I felt like they didn’t go far enough into the queer elements in an effort to be ambiguous. Still, it’s an interesting movie, even if the ending left me scratching my head a bit.

Speaking of queer things, I’ve been getting a good gay fix on TV lately. Mary & George is basically The Tudors of everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) was queer, lol. It’s great. And the latest season of House of the Dragon has gotten sapphic lately; I wasn’t crazy about season 1 but season 2 has been lights out.

Agreed. I found it a bit frustrating how coy the film was in regards to the nature of the relationship between Patrick and Art.

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For example, are we to assume that the two boys were lovers in the past? The sauna scene certainly implies it, when Patrick tells Art he misses "playing with" him, to which Art responds with a sly little smile. And what of the ambiguous ending? Are we to assume that the boys will be together from now on and to hell with Tashi?

Anyway I definitely would have expected the queer themes to be more pronounced, especially coming from the director of Call Me by Your Name...

 

[Deck Rickard]

Agreed. I found it a bit frustrating how coy the film was in regards to the nature of the relationship between Patrick and Art.

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For example, are we to assume that the two boys were lovers in the past? The sauna scene certainly implies it, when Patrick tells Art he misses "playing with" him, to which Art responds with a sly little smile. And what of the ambiguous ending? Are we to assume that the boys will be together from now on and to hell with Tashi?

Anyway I definitely would have expected the queer themes to be more pronounced, especially coming from the director of Call Me by Your Name...

Yeah, I’m not quite sure how to interpret that ending.

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Like, what really confused me was Tashi jumping up and cheering. Like, it felt like she HATED and resented them both through the whole movie. But then like… I guess she just wanted them all to be one big happy maybe throuple? Or she wanted the two guys to get together? I don’t know. It was just weird. I think the performances were really good and the tennis match scenes were great; as someone who followed pro tennis for years, I really enjoyed that. But it still left me kinda empty inside.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I have to say that I was especially disappointed in the show Manhunt. How do you have a show about Abraham Lincoln with a title like that and not touch AT ALL on his alleged gay affairs?

Just kidding. It’s great show, even if it doesn’t delve into the (possible) queer aspects of Lincoln’s life. And there’s a very minor gay subplot in it with another person though I don’t think it’s really worth being named a queer show. I recommend it though.

 

[Deck Rickard]

LOL, Does Deadpool & Wolverine count?

 

[Silvermoth]

Looking forward to this

 

[Deck Rickard]

Watched Drive Away Dolls this past week. While the movie has a REALLY bad, Schumacher Batman-sequel intro that features a career-worst performance by Pedro Pascal, the movie settles out after that and becomes a fun lesbian road trip/crime comedy. I really liked Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Vinswanathan and Beanie Feldstein in this movie and I would recommend it. While Ethan Coen goes a little overboard with weird, psychedelic interludes (that do eventually make sense but also don’t need to be so long) and there’s a slumber party scene that seems straight out of a pervy teenage boy’s fantasies, it was overall a really fun movie with likable queer characters. Gay icon Colman Domingo also appears in a small role.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Just saw Cuckoo. Very weird, creepy horror film with a queer main character played by icon Hunter Schaefer. Masterfully filmed too. I don’t want to say too much because it’s definitely a movie where the less you know the better but I highly recommend it. Hunter is especially great and Dan Stevens REALLY leans into his creeper tendencies.

 

[Batgirl0202]

They/Them (2022)

I know this one was critically polarizing but I enjoyed it. I do concede that it doesn't really work as a horror movie but in the best slasher traditions, the bogey is once again a manifestation of the desires of the oppressed to punish their oppressors, in this case prejudice and marginalization. Good stuff...

Big shout-out to Theo Germaine who does break-out star work here...

 

[Deck Rickard]

I liked it too! Any movie that portrays conversion therapy like the barbaric practice that it is gets an OK in my book, and Theo Germaine was great in it. And Kevin Bacon as a scumbag is always fun to watch.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Since we talk TV in this thread too, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Agatha All Along. FINALLY Marvel gave us an unambiguous, queer show where the majority of the characters are LGBTQ+ and I am here for it. It’s not a perfect show but I really enjoyed it and I’m glad it’s been well-received. Looking forward to seeing more of Agatha, “Teen” and Rio.

 

[Lily Adler]

They/Them (2022)

I know this one was critically polarizing but I enjoyed it. I do concede that it doesn't really work as a horror movie but in the best slasher traditions, the bogey is once again a manifestation of the desires of the oppressed to punish their oppressors, in this case prejudice and marginalization. Good stuff...

Big shout-out to Theo Germaine who does break-out star work here...


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Oh the slasher that takes place at conversion camp?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Oh the slasher that takes place at conversion camp?

Yeah that’s the one.

 

[Batgirl0202]

Something In The Water (2024)

This was another Spooky Season watch that I'm just now getting time to mention. The plot is pretty basic - a group of friends get stranded in the middle of the ocean surrounded by hungry sharks - but what sets this one apart is the queer relationship at the heart of the film.

The movie asks the question: who are worse, human or natural predators? Animals hunt based on instinct, but (some) humans are motivated by hate and bigotry sadly...

Nothing ground-breaking here but I'd recommend the film mostly for its surprisingly strong emotional undercurrent (pun perhaps intended)

 

[Deck Rickard]

Something In The Water (2024)

This was another Spooky Season watch that I'm just now getting time to mention. The plot is pretty basic - a group of friends get stranded in the middle of the ocean surrounded by hungry sharks - but what sets this one apart is the queer relationship at the heart of the film.

The movie asks the question: who are worse, human or natural predators? Animals hunt based on instinct, but (some) humans are motivated by hate and bigotry sadly...

Nothing ground-breaking here but I'd recommend the film mostly for its surprisingly strong emotional undercurrent (pun perhaps intended)


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Ah yes I saw this one recently too and it’s very good. Shark movies will always be scary when done well, and having a queer relationship at the center really elevated this one. Definitely recommended for fans of movies like Open Water and The Shallows.