I belong to a group that has started a movie thread on gay movies. Just trying to keep up with what I've seen or want to see. There are several in here that I know I won't watch. But if others see this they might want to, so I've left them in.
9 Dead Gay Guys
10 Attitudes
A Home at the End of the World
A Single Man
A Very British Sex Scandal
A Very Natural Thing
A Summer Dress (short)
Adam & Steve
Alkali, Iowa
All Over the Guy --- was good, but damned if I can remember how it ended...
Almost Normal
An Angel Named Billy --- good story but bad dialogue, acting and music
And The Band Played On --- more dealing with the arrival of HIV/Aids than romance
An Englishman In New York --- interesting though I haven't seen the intro (The Naked Civil Servant)
Angels In America
Another Country --- took a look but it didn't catch my attention
Another Gay Movie --- too beyond stupid to watch
Back Soon --- unusual but very sweet, HEA kind of
Beautiful Boxer --- wonderful story
Beautiful Thing --- beautiful movie! HEA
Bedrooms & Hallways --- a bit strange, but still pretty good
Bent --- strange and no HEA
Big Eden --- excellent!
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss --- not too bad, no real HEA
Bishonen (Love Between Beautiful Youths)
Borstol Boy
Boy
Boy Culture --- pretty good, HEA
Boys Live 7 --- the only one I watched (almost) all of... think they're all depressing
Breakfast with Scot --- very cute!
Brokeback Mountain --- no HEA but a good story
Camp --- sort of a coming of age movie
Caravaggio
Chicken Tikka Masala --- silly and funny, HEA
Clapham Junction
Coffee Date
Cote D'Azur --- technically a HEA but a strange way to get there
Coming Out --- cannot find with english subtitles
Cowboys & Angels
C.R.A.Z.Y. --- realistic, no real HEA, but the guy has peace
Crutch
David's Birthday --- total side-swiping ending!
Defying Gravity --- a bit sweet, a bit sad, HEA
Denied --- kind of an open ending, not a bad film
Different For Girls --- post-op female, a bit strange, HEA
DO COMEÇO AO FIM --- for some, possibly a forbidden movie, HEA
Dorian Blues --- ok, but the ending was anti-climatic
Dream Boy --- good movie, but no HEA
Du Er Ikke Alene (You Are Not Alone) --- unusual, possibly forbidden, sort of HEA
Dog Tags
East Side Story
Eating Out --- caved and watched it, it's actually good!
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds --- took two tries to watch, but worth it!
Eating Out: All You Can Eat --- silly and cute
Eating Out: Drama Camp --- sweet and cute
Eden's Curve --- told no HEA, but haven't seen
Edge of Seventeen --- not really an HEA, but the guy comes out ok.
Eleven Men Out
Eyes Wide Open --- knew an ending I wouldn't like was coming so didn't watch it all
Fashion Victims
Fish Out Of Water --- discusses whether homosexuality is actually a sin or not
Fit --- examines the appearance of gay or straight, insightful, excellent movie
Food Of Love
For a Lost Soldier --- strangely sweet if forbidden
Formula 17
Fucking Different (short collection) --- CANNOT find anywhere online!!
Get Real --- not bad
Get Your Stuff --- very cute, HEA
Girls Will Be Girls
Gohatto (Taboo) --- um, not real sure how it ended, kind of confusing
Gone But Not Forgotten
Head On --- strange, not sure what the point really was, a bit sad
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I think I Do
In the Gloaming --- told HIV/Aids no HEA
Is it Just Me? --- silly, but cute
Jeffrey --- HIV/Aids, HEA
Judas Kiss
Just A Question of Love --- very real and touching
Just One Time (1999)
Kick Off --- campy, odd-ball, some sweet parts, sort of HEA
Kinky Boots
Kiss Me Guido
Kiss The Bride
La Mission
Lan Yu
Latter Days --- very cute, HEA
Leather Jacket Love Story --- want to see but can't find online
Leo's Room --- sweet, sort of HEA
Lilies
Long Term Relationship
Longtime Companion --- HIV/Aids HEA of sorts, well made, similar to And The Band Played On
Love! Valour! Compassion! --- funny, bittersweet, sad, beautiful
Love of Siam --- very engrossing and sweet
Love Songs
Luster
Make the Yuletide Gay --- really cute holiday movie! HEA
Making Love
Mambo Italiano
Mandragora --- cannot find with english subtitles
Mango Souffle
Maurice
Milk
My Beautiful Launderette --- tried to watch it. didn't catch my attention
My Own Private Idaho --- odd, no HEA
Mysterious Skin --- disturbing story on coming to grips with being a sexually abused child, well made, very realistic
Oh Happy Day --- a bit strange, but really cute, HEA
One To Another --- strangely disturbing, but not bad
Paragraph 175 --- documentary, touching and heart-wrenching
Parabens
Parting Glances
Patrik, 1.5 --- want to see but can't find online
Philadelphia (1993)
Plan B --- HEA
Plata Quemada (Burnt Money)
Poster Boy --- interesting story on politics and homosexuality, HEA of sorts
Prayers for Bobby --- won't watch it, suicide and how a religious mother deals with it
Prick Up Your Ears
Presque Rien (Come Undone) --- cannot find with english subtitles
Priest --- not bad but I'd have liked a happier ending
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Prodigal Sons --- disturbing and strange
Quinceanera --- a mix of english and spanish with no subtitles, can't understand enough of it
Rainbow Boys/Right By Me --- cannot find online or torrent!!
Redwoods
Regarding Billy
Relax... It's Just Sex --- funny, sad, serious, a bit of it all
Rock Haven --- it's got its cute moments, but no HEA
Role/Play --- cute, funny, HEA
Save Me --- better than I expected, HEA
Say Uncle
Sebastian --- cannot find this one under this title, possibly the Adventures of Sebastian Cole, but not sure
Seth et Holth
Shank
Shelter --- sweet, HEA
Shortbus --- beautiful, sad, funny, compelling, deep, exploratory, provocative, SO not what I expected!
Sommersturm (Summerstorm) --- very sweet, sort of HEA
Sordid Lives
Stonewall (1995)
Straight Jacket
Straightman
Strapped --- weird but not bad
Struggle --- sad
Sugar
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Tan Lines --- I'm actually at a loss to describe this except... fucked up ending to the relationship!
Taxi Zum Klo (Taxi To The Toilet) --- um... weird...
That's What I Am --- more about tolerance than anything
The Best Of Boys In Love --- strange... just strange...
The Big Gay Musical --- musical part is hilarious and the rest is very real and sweet
The Birdcage
The Boys In The Band --- tried to watch it but too campy and silly for my taste
The Broken Hearts Club --- sweet and funny
The Bubble
The Celluloid Closet (Documentary)
The Crying Game --- sad, no HEA
The Curiousity of Chance --- very cute, sweet, HEA
The Hanging Garden
The Houseboy --- no HEA shown, but leaves you hopeful for one
The Line of Beauty
The Man I Love --- want to see, but haven't found yet
The Man Who Loved Yngve
The Mostly Unfabulous Life Of Ethan Green --- very nice but a bit weird, HEA
The Singing Forest
The Sum of Us --- several sad parts, but overall a good movie, HEA of sorts
The Trip
The Wedding Banquet --- it was ok. HEA but still...
The Wolves of Kromer --- rather cute, sort of sad, sort of weird, HEA in a strange way
Three
Times Have Been Better --- want to see, but cannot find with english subtitles
Torch Song Trilogy
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Trage Liefde
Trick --- kind of campy, but cute, HEA
Trio (three Michael J Saul shorts)
True Love (group of short stories)
Twist --- dark and sad
Un Jour D'Ete (A Day In Summer)
Velvet Goldmine --- not sure if it's a HEA or not, but still, very interesting
War Stories
Were The World Mine --- it was actually good!
Wilde
Worried About The Boy --- about Boy George
XXY --- didn't like it, no real resolution either good or bad
You'll Get Over It --- very sweet, a coming out story with a HEA
Yossi & Jagger --- interesting story, no HEA
SHORT MOVIES:
(I've watched all of these. If there's no comment afterwards, it was an ok film. Most I watched on Youtube, but some were on other sites like Alluc, Putlocker, Dailymotion, etc.)
41 Seconds --- hilarious
Achilles
After
A Hundred and Eleven --- break up movie, but sweet
Amor Crudo
Basketball & Math --- kind of sweet
Benny's Gym
Boys Grammar --- kind of confusing
Breakfast --- don't get it
Café com Leite (Coffee with Milk)
Chicken --- so sad
Coffee --- funny and very cute!
Connected --- don't get it
Davy & Stu
Dear Friend
Dish
Doorman --- sad and a bit cruel
Doors Cut Down
Fair Play --- sad
Gabriel & Leo --- very cute and sweet!
Heart --- confronting his ex about getting married
Heartland
Housemates
Into The Night
James --- so very sad
Judas Kiss --- strange and rather depressing
Kali Ma
Late Summer --- sad but very poignant
Lucky Blue
Park Bench --- looks good, but sad
Protect Me From What I Want --- sweet, hopeful
Omar --- being outed, sweet
Rock Bottom --- another kind of don't get it
Running Without Sound
Safe Journey
Secrets --- rather sweet, HEA of sorts
Silver Road
Stand Up --- excellent short on the power of standing up against bullying
Summer
Summer Blues --- sweet and a bit innocent
Take Out --- kind of strange
That Thing We Do
The Burning Boy --- sad
The Young Prime Minister
Thermopylae --- don't get it
Trevor
What Grown-Ups Know --- nothing happy
Who We Are --- cute, HEA
You Can't Curry Favor --- very romantic, HEA
You, Me and Him
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