Key Selections: Queer Cinema

By: Jesse Taylor

Chronologically:

• 01
  Morocco
  Josef von Sternberg
• 02
  Bringing Up Baby
  Howard Hawks
• 03
  Fireworks
  Kenneth Anger
• 04
  Rope
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 05
  Sunset Blvd.
  Billy Wilder
• 06
  Caged
  John Cromwell
• 07
  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  Howard Hawks
• 08
  Johnny Guitar
  Nicholas Ray
• 09
  Rebel Without a Cause
  Nicholas Ray
• 10
  Tea and Sympathy
  Vincente Minnelli
• 11
  Auntie Mame
  Morton DaCosta
• 12
  Suddenly, Last Summer
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 13
  Some Like It Hot
  Billy Wilder
• 14
  Pillow Talk
  Michael Gordon
• 15
  Psycho
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 16
  Spartacus
  Stanley Kubrick
• 17
  Victim
  Basil Dearden
• 18
  The Children's Hour
  William Wyler
• 19
  What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  Robert Aldrich
• 20
  Reflections in a Golden Eye
  John Huston
• 21
  The Killing of Sister George
  Robert Aldrich
• 22
  The Boys in the Band
  William Friedkin
• 23
  Sunday Bloody Sunday
  John Schlesinger
• 24
  Cabaret
  Bob Fosse
• 25
  Dog Day Afternoon
  Sidney Lumet
• 26
  Fox and His Friends
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 27
  The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  Jim Sharman
• 28
  Outrageous!
  Richard Benner
• 29
  All That Jazz
  Bob Fosse
• 30
  Cruising
  William Friedkin
• 31
  Victor/Victoria
  Blake Edwards
• 32
  Making Love
  Arthur Hiller
• 33
  The Hunger
  Tony Scott
• 34
  Kiss of the Spider Woman
  Héctor Babenco
• 35
  The Color Purple
  Steven Spielberg
• 36
  My Beautiful Laundrette
  Stephen Frears
• 37
  Maurice
  James Ivory
• 38
  Torch Song Trilogy
  Paul Bogart
• 39
  Longtime Companion
  Norman René
• 40
  Paris Is Burning
  Jennie Livingston
• 41
  Poison
  Todd Haynes
• 42
  Fried Green Tomatoes
  Jon Avnet
• 43
  Thelma & Louise
  Ridley Scott
• 44
  My Own Private Idaho
  Gus Van Sant
• 45
  Edward II
  Derek Jarman
• 46
  Swoon
  Tom Kalin
• 47
  The Crying Game
  Neil Jordan
• 48
  Basic Instinct
  Paul Verhoeven
• 49
  Orlando
  Sally Potter
• 50
  Philadelphia
  Jonathan Demme
• 51
  Heavenly Creatures
  Peter Jackson
• 52
  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  Stephan Elliott
• 53
  Priest
  Antonia Bird
• 54
  Bound
  Andy Wachowski
• 55
  I Shot Andy Warhol
  Mary Harron
• 56
  The Celluloid Closet
  Rob Epstein
• 57
  Jeffrey
  Christopher Ashley
• 58
  The Birdcage
  Mike Nichols
• 59
  Beautiful Thing
  Hettie Macdonald
• 60
  Happy Together
  Wong Kar-wai
• 61
  Bent
  Sean Mathias
• 62
  Ma vie en rose
  Alain Berliner
• 63
  Velvet Goldmine
  Todd Haynes
• 64
  The Opposite of Sex
  Don Roos
• 65
  High Art
  Lisa Cholodenko
• 66
  Show Me Love
  Lukas Moodysson
• 67
  Gods and Monsters
  Bill Condon
• 68
  Boys Don't Cry
  Kimberly Peirce
• 69
  But I'm a Cheerleader
  Jamie Babbit
• 70
  All About My Mother
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 71
  The Talented Mr. Ripley
  Anthony Minghella
• 72
  Trick
  Jim Fall
• 73
  Chuck & Buck
  Miguel Arteta
• 74
  Psycho Beach Party
  Robert Lee King
• 75
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 76
  L.I.E.
  Michael Cuesta
• 77
  Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  John Cameron Mitchell
• 78
  Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 79
  Far from Heaven
  Todd Haynes
• 80
  The Hours
  Stephen Daldry
• 81
  Angels in America
  Mike Nichols
• 82
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
• 83
  Monster
  Patty Jenkins
• 84
  Latter Days
  C. Jay Cox
• 85
  The Dreamers
  Bernardo Bertolucci
• 86
  Bad Education
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 87
  Tropical Malady
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 88
  Tarnation
  Jonathan Caouette
• 89
  Mysterious Skin
  Gregg Araki
• 90
  Brokeback Mountain
  Ang Lee
• 91
  Transamerica
  Duncan Tucker
• 92
  C.R.A.Z.Y.
  Jean-Marc Vallée
• 93
  Shortbus
  John Cameron Mitchell
• 94
  Notes on a Scandal
  Richard Eyre
• 95
  Running with Scissors
  Ryan Murphy
• 96
  Savage Grace
  Tom Kalin
• 97
  Shelter
  Jonah Markowitz
• 98
  Milk
  Gus Van Sant
• 99
  A Single Man
  Tom Ford
• 100
  Chloe
  Atom Egoyan
• 101
  I Killed My Mother
  Xavier Dolan
• 102
  Kaboom
  Gregg Araki
• 103
  Burlesque
  Steven Antin
• 104
  Leo's Room
  Enrique Buchichio
• 105
  The Kids Are All Right
  Lisa Cholodenko
• 106
  Heartbeats
  Xavier Dolan
• 107
  Leave It on the Floor
  Sheldon Larry
• 108
  Beginners
  Mike Mills
• 109
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 110
  Tomboy
  Céline Sciamma
• 111
  Weekend
  Andrew Haigh