THE HUNGER (1983)
Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie & Susan Sarandon star in Tony Scott’s 1983 classic queer vampire film THE HUNGER.
The Invisible Man (1933)
Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart star in iconic gay director James Whale’s 1933 pre-code Hollywood horror film THE INVISIBLE MAN.
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
David France’s 2012 documentary HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE follows AIDS activists in the 1980s/90s.
BEEFCAKE (1998)
Queer filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald’s 1998 docudrama BEEFCAKE looks at the life and work of pioneering gay photographer Bob Mizer.
ANIARA (2018)
Emelie Garbers and Bianca Cruzeiro star in Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja’s 2018 sapphic sci-fi film ANIARA.
TOP HAT (1935)
The 1935 Hollywood Hays Code-era Astaire & Rogers musical TOP HAT features three queer-coded side characters.
AUGUST (2011)
Murray Bartlett stars in queer filmmaker Eldar Rapaport’s 2011 drama AUGUST.
HAMAM (1997)
Alessandro Gassman & Mehmet Günsür star in out writer/director Ferzan Özpetek’s critically acclaimed 1997 film HAMAM (or, Steam: The Turkish Bath).
Voodoo Island (1957)
Jean Engstrom plays a stylish queer-coded interior designer in the 1957 horror flick VOODOO ISLAND.
CAPOTE (2005)
CAPOTE follows gay author Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) during the six-year period in which he was researching and writing his 1966 true crime novel, “In Cold Blood.”
The Emperor Jones (1933)
The 1933 pre-code adaptation of Eugene O'Neill’s 1920 play “The Emperor Jones” features a queer-coded character named Marcella, played by queer actor/comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley.
BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Otho, played by gay actor Glenn Shadix, is Delia Deetz’s (Catherine O'Hara) gay best friend in Tim Burton’s 1988 film BEETLEJUICE.
The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love (1995)
Laurel Holloman and Nicole Ari Parker star in queer filmmaker Maria Maggenti's 1995 film THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURE OF 2 GIRLS IN LOVE.
Death in Venice (1971)
Gustav von Aschenbach, played by queer actor Dirk Bogarde, gets a makeover in queer filmmaker Luchino Visconti’s controversial 1971 film DEATH IN VENICE.