55 Essential LGBTQ+ Movies To Add To Your Watchlist
The post 55 Essential LGBTQ+ Movies To Add To Your Watchlist appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in a scene from the film ‘The Birdcage.’ Getty Images In 1895, William Kennedy Dickson made the short The Dickson Experimental Sound Film. The “film” is a single shot of two men dancing closely while a third plays a violin. This clip is often cited as the beginning of LGBTQ film. As long as there have been films, queer cinema has existed. However, it took many years for queer movies to be explicit and open. As acceptance started to trickle into American society in the 1970s, Hollywood began to make openly LGBTQ movies. Internationally, gay films have also exploded since the silent era. While early on, these films were not often well received, the genre of queer cinema continued to grow and develop. Now, many queer and gay movies come out every year and to celebrate 55 years of pride, here are 55 essential LGBTQ movies. Top Queer Films There have always been queer people in films. From actors to directors, many iconic figures in the industry have been LGBTQ. However, that doesn’t mean their stories were always allowed to be told. Many early movies (especially Hollywood films) had gay themes but weren’t explicit in their depictions of gay life, including films like Rebecca, The Maltese Falcon and Rebel Without a Cause. While these are important films for LGBTQ history, they are not considered on this list. This list also doesn’t include LGBTQ documentaries, which is a thriving genre in itself. Instead, this list looks at definable and explicitly queer scripted media, specifically movies with at least one LGBTQ main character and at least part of the plot connecting to LGBTQ life. Since the 1980s (and really the 1990s), these films have become a lot more common. This list seeks to represent many genres from…
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Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in a scene from the film ‘The Birdcage.’ Getty Images In 1895, William Kennedy Dickson made the short The Dickson Experimental Sound Film. The “film” is a single shot of two men dancing closely while a third plays a violin. This clip is often cited as the beginning of LGBTQ film. As long as there have been films, queer cinema has existed. However, it took many years for queer movies to be explicit and open. As acceptance started to trickle into American society in the 1970s, Hollywood began to make openly LGBTQ movies. Internationally, gay films have also exploded since the silent era. While early on, these films were not often well received, the genre of queer cinema continued to grow and develop. Now, many queer and gay movies come out every year and to celebrate 55 years of pride, here are 55 essential LGBTQ movies. Top Queer Films There have always been queer people in films. From actors to directors, many iconic figures in the industry have been LGBTQ. However, that doesn’t mean their stories were always allowed to be told. Many early movies (especially Hollywood films) had gay themes but weren’t explicit in their depictions of gay life, including films like Rebecca, The Maltese Falcon and Rebel Without a Cause. While these are important films for LGBTQ history, they are not considered on this list. This list also doesn’t include LGBTQ documentaries, which is a thriving genre in itself. Instead, this list looks at definable and explicitly queer scripted media, specifically movies with at least one LGBTQ main character and at least part of the plot connecting to LGBTQ life. Since the 1980s (and really the 1990s), these films have become a lot more common. This list seeks to represent many genres from…
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