Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
Gay director Joe Mantello’s 1997 film adaptation of gay playwright Terrence McNally’s Tony award winning Broadway play, “Love! Valour! Compassion!” (1994).
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Director Amy Holden Jones’ 1982 slasher flick THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE features a screenplay by queer author and activist Rita Mae Brown.
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Mary-Louise Parker and Mary Stuart Masterson are subtextual sapphics in Director Jon Avnet's 1991 film adaptation of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES.
GANYMEDE (2024)
Jordan Doww and Pablo Castelblanco star in Colby Holt and Sam Probst’s 2024 queer horror film GANYMEDE.
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Sara Foster and Jordana Brewster star in out writer/director Angela Robinson’s 2004 lesbian spy classic D.E.B.S. – which had its 20th anniversary this year!
The Brady Bunch 1 & 2 (1995/96)
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (1995) and A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (1996) had some key gay writers working behind the scenes.
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s 2024 lesbian road movie DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (aka DRIVE-AWAY DYKES).
MISS CONGENIALITY (2000)
Michael Caine is Sandra Bullock’s gay beauty pageant coach in the 2000 comedy MISS CONGENIALITY.
BOY CULTURE (2006)
Queer filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka’s 2006 film BOY CULTURE was adapted from Matthew Rettenmund's 1995 novel (of the same name) and in 2021 received a sequel series (currently streaming on Dekkoo).
LEAVING METROPOLIS (2002)
Queer Canadian writer/director Brad Fraser’s 2002 drama LEAVING METROPOLIS is an adaptation of his 1994 hit play “Poor Super Man.”
FANCY DANCE (2023)
Lily Gladstone stars in queer filmmaker Erica Tremblay’s drama FANCY DANCE, streaming now on Apple TV +
Prom Dates (2024)
Julia Lester plays Hannah, a lesbian who begins her “coming out” journey, in director Kim O. Nguyen’s 2024 comedy PROM DATES, which features a screenplay by queer comedian D.J. Mausner.
STONEWALL (1995)
The 1995 film STONEWALL blends fact and fiction in its exploration of the events leading up to June 28th, 1969. Screenwriter Rikki Beadle-Blair and the film’s director, Nigel Finch, used author/historian Martin Duberman’s 1994 book “Stonewall” as a guide when crafting their story.
Boys on the Side (1995)
Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore star in the 1995 film BOYS ON THE SIDE, which features a screenplay by out gay writer Don Roos.