Flavorwire's 50 Essential LGBT Films

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Since June is historically LGBT Pride Month, it’s worth taking a look at the ways in which cinema has depicted queers and trans people on screen in comedies, dramas, and documentaries. While this is no definitive list of the best films to feature LGBT characters, themes, or icons, it is a collection of titles worth seeing before marching outside with beads and a plastic cup in your hand to wave at the politicians, celebrities, and corporate reps who have taken to parading down the street with slogans and rainbows in tow.
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994, in 6 top lists Check -
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Todo sobre mi madre
1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 top lists Check -
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Angels in America
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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Another Country
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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Before Night Falls
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Birdcage
1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bound
1996, in 5 top lists Check -
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Boys Don't Cry
1999, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Boys in the Band
1970, in 1 top list Check -
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Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 22 top lists Check -
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Celluloid Closet
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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The Children's Hour
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chuck & Buck
2000, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Color Purple
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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Cruising
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Far from Heaven
2002, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gayby
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Heavenly Creatures
1994, in 7 top lists Check -
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High Art
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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How to Survive a Plague
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Hunger
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
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Jeffrey
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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Keep the Lights On
2012, in 1 top list Check -
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Lianna
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
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Longtime Companion
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
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Maurice
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Beautiful Laundrette
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Opposite of Sex
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pariah
2011, in 6 top lists Check -
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Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Parting Glances
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Personal Best
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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Philadelphia
1993, in 4 top lists Check -
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Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
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Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Rules of Attraction
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shortbus
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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A Single Man
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
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Small Town Gay Bar
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Watermelon Woman
1996, in 5 top lists Check -
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Weekend
2011, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 18, 2015; source