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55 of the Best LGBTQ Films of All Time

'Bottoms' (2023)

If ever there was a Superbad for gender non-conforming girls, Bottoms is it. The second film from director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) follows two uncool high school seniors (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott) who start up a school fight club to try and hook up with their cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).

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'Bound' (1996)

In the Wachowskis’ landmark erotic thriller predating the Matrix trilogy, butch ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) is the newly-hired handyperson at an apartment building when she meets her next-door neighbors: mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) and kept female Violet (Jennifer Tilly). As Corky and Violet strike up an affair, they hatch a plan to flee Violet’s abusive relationship—and steal $2 million of Caesar’s mafia money along the way.

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'Circus of Books' (2020)

Southern Californians will likely recognize Circus of Books as the famed porn shop and messy bookstore that has presided over the gayborhood of West Hollywood since the early 1980s. For those who are not familiar—and even for those who are—this documentary,

10 great French gay films

Traditionally France has been seen as one of the most liberal countries in the world, and it boasts an enviable log on gay rights, despite the occasional rantings from Brigitte Bardot. But has this homofriendly attitude translated to its cinema?

We’ve kept the list to films that are easily available to watch in the UK, but honourable mention should go to The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957), a dated farce that at least has a sympathetic queer son, albeit one who never appears on screen, and Les Amitiés particulières (1964), establish in a boys’ boarding school. Les Nuits fauves (1992) is one of the finest films to deal with the AIDS crisis, while the best work of the recently deceased Patrice Chéreau (especially 1983’s L’Homme blessé) narrowly missed the cut.

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Where are the lesbians? Good scrutinize, as French cinema is particularly strong on sapphic cinema. Alas, pioneering films such as Club de femmes (1936) and Olivia (1950) aren’t easily on hand in the UK, b

'The melodramatic penis': How The White Lotus reveals the hidden codes of male nudity on screen

Indeed, each time a White Lotus actor does a nude scene, they're asked about it. "I didn't even have to do that part," Zahn told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's somebody else wearing a prosthetic. That's about as absurd as it gets, right?". Theo James also used a prosthetic, telling Variety that he asked the make-up artist: "I just wanted it not to be distracting. It needs to be 'Regular Joe'. Because the scene, you know, it's not about the pee pee, it's about power play and sex… She says, 'I got you. Yeah, I got you. Regular Joe.'" However, when he saw it, he added: "It's like she stole it off a donkey in the field! The thing is ginormous." Isaacs' on-screen children, Sarah Catherine Link and Sam Nivola, both confirmed to TV Insider that the scene they shot with Isaac was filmed using a prosthetic in place.

I'm tired of seeing the same 10 films on every website's LGBTQ+ production roundup (hey, I still love Call Me by Your Name and Moonlight just as much as the next person, so don't come for me!), so, as a gender non-conforming person myself, I wanted to shine a soft on some underrated movies that simply don't receive the attention or credit they deserve. Below are 40 that I genuinely think you'll love, and if you want even more suggestions, you can check out my running list on Letterboxd with nearly 250 films. Enjoy!

1.Young Hearts (2024) is a modern coming-of-age story about two 14-year-old boys who fall in love for the first time. This Belgian movie is awkward and sweet and painfully real. I can't rave enough about it, and the only downside is that it wasn't released 20 years ago when I was their age and needed it most.

2.National Anthem (2023) is one of my favorite movies from the last not many years, so I'm sort of hoping (well, demanding) that you watch it. It's a tender, refreshing look at queerness and chosen family and what it means to actually belong. Too many people are sleeping on Charlie Plummer, but I require the world to comprehend that he is, was, and always will be a star.