Queer Cinema

Moonlight (2016)Moonlight (2016)

Some suggestions for queer narrative and documentary films to explore...

NARRATIVE FILMS

A Brazilian Dream Dir. Limongi Djalma

Adios Roberto Dir. Enrique Dawi

The Amazing Truth of Queen Raquela Dir. Olaf de Fleur

Appropriate Behavior Dir. Desiree Akhavan

Before Night Falls Dir. Julien Schnabel

Bend it Like Beckham Dir. Gurinder Chadha

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Dir. Aureaus Solito

Blue is the Warmest Color Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche

Born in Flames Dir. Lizzie Borden

The Bubble Dir. Eytan Fox

The Buddha of Suburbia Dir. Roger Michell

Chutney Popcorn Dir. Nisha Ganatra

Circumstance Dir. Maryam Keshavarz

Clandestinos Dir. Antonio Hens

The Color Purple Dir. Steven Speilberg

Desi’s Looking for a New Girl Dir. Mary Guzman

Drifting Flowers Dir. Zero Chou

Fire Dir. Deepa Mehta

The Fish Child Dir. Lucia Puenzo

Floored by Love Dir. Desiree Lim

Hedwig and the Angry Inch Dir. John Cameron Mitchell

I Can't Think Straight Dir. Shamim Sarif

Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls in Love Dir. Maria Maggenti

The Journey Dir. Kaya Behkalam

Love My Life Dir. Koji Kawano

Making Maya Dir. Rolla Selbak

Mango Soufflé Dir. Mahesh Datani

Maurice Dir. James Ivory

Moonlight Dir. Barry Jenkins

Mosquita Y Mari Dir. Aurora Guerrero

Mullholland Dr. Dir. David Lynch

My Beautiful Launderette Dir. Stephen Frears

My Own Private Idaho Dir. Gus Van Sant

Nina’s Heavenly Delights Dir. Pratibha Parmar

Noah’s Arc Dir. Patrick Ian-Polk

Pariah Dir. Dee Rees

Round Trip Dir. Shahar Rozen

Saving Face Dir. Alice Wu

Set It Off Dir. F. Gary Gray

Show Me Love Dir. Lukas Moodysson

The Skinny Dir. Patrik-Ian Polk

Spa NIght Dir. Andrew Ahn

Stud Life Dir. Campbell X

Under One Roof Dir. Todd Wilson

Watermelon Woman Dir. Cheryl Dunye

When Night is Falling Dir. Patricia Rozema

Weekend Dir. Andrew Haigh

Zerophilia Dir. Martin Curland

DOCUMENTARIES 

1 in 2000 Dir. Ajae Clearway

And the March Continues Dir. Guadalupe San Miguel

BD Women Dir. Inge Blackman

Be Like Others Dir. Tanaz Eshaqhian

Black.Womyn Dir. Tiona McClodden

Boys from Brazil Dir. John Paul Davidson

Bricando el Charco Dir. Frances Negron-Muntaner

Brother Outsider Dir. Sam Pollard

China Dolls Dir. Tony Ayres

Cities of Lust Dir. Raul Ferrera-Balanquet

Coming out Coming Home Distr. Asian Family Pride

Cruel and Unusual Dir. Dan Hunt

For Straights Only Dir. Vismita Gupta-Smith

Honored by the Moon Dir. Mona Smith

I Exist Distrib. Arab Film Distribution

In the Name of Allah Dir. Parvez Sharma

James Baldwin Dir. Karen Thorsen

Jihad for Love – Parvez Sharma

Juchitan Queer Paradise Dir. Patricio Enriquez

Khush Dir. Pratibha Paramar

Kim Dir. Alyn Gajilan

Latino Beginnings a Logo Documentary Dir. Norm Green

Looking for Langston Dir. Isaac Julien

Milind Soman Made Me Gay Dir. Harjant Gil

Paris is Burning Dir. Jennie Livingston

Pecah Lobang Dir. Poh Si Teng

Pick Up the Mic Dir. Alex Hinton

Shinjuku Boys Dir. Kim Longinotto

still black Dir. Kortney Ryan Zigler

Tal Como Somos/As We Are Dir. Judith McCray

The Agressives Dir. Daniel Peddle

The Body of a Poet Dir. Nancy Kates

The Peculiar Kind Dir. Alexis Casson and Caneisha Haynes

The Times of Harvey Milk Dir. Robert Epstein

Tongues Untied Dir. Marlon T. Riggs

U People Dir. Hanifah Waldah

You Are Not Alone Dir. Stanley Bennett Clay