The Criterion Collection: Out at Criterion
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In 1961, Basil Dearden’s Victim became the first mainstream English-language drama to feature a sympathetic homosexual protagonist, played by matinee idol Dirk Bogarde. In 2011, Andrew Haigh’s boy-meets-boy romance Weekend defied expectations to become a crossover art-house hit. The fact that, fifty years after Victim, Weekend is also considered groundbreaking is evidence of how far cinema may still have to go in terms of gay representation. But between these two revelatory films, there have been plenty of other important and entertaining ones made about gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, and several of them are available in the Criterion Collection, including works by trailblazers like Robert Epstein, Derek Jarman, and Gus van Sant.
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Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check -
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La vie d'Adèle
2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check -
3 new
Burroughs: The Movie
1983, in 1 top list -
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La cage aux folles
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Chasing Amy
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
6 -1
Je tu il elle
1974 — a.k.a. Je Tu Il Elle, in 5 top lists Check -
7 -1
Jubilee
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
8 -1
The Long Day Closes
1992, in 9 top lists Check -
9 -1
Mala Noche
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
10 -1
Maurice
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
11 -1
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985, in 6 top lists Check -
12 new
Mulholland Dr.
2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check -
13 new
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
14 -3
My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
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Naked Lunch
1991, in 4 top lists Check -
16 new
Una giornata particolare
1977 — a.k.a. A Special Day, in 8 top lists Check -
17 -4
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
18 -4
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Victim
1961, in 7 top lists Check -
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Weekend
2011, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 16, 2015; source