Queer Cinema
If it's queer, it's here! Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Alternative... However you want to label it, this is the place for some of the most compassionate, honest, witty and memorable films at Alice in Videoland. The list below contains works that feature important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters and issues; many using same-sex romance or relationships as an integral plot device.
"Queer Documentaries" may be accessed within the "Documentary" feature, left.
Right: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Querelle".
Lawless Heart (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
Starring: Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy, Clementine Celarie
A sharp modern love story that begins with a man's death and its effect on three of his friends. Each of their stories is told to its conclusion befo... Read more
Legend (2015)
7/10
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Duffy , Christopher Eccleston, Chazz P...
LEGEND takes us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray twins. From Academy Award® winne... Read more
Les Biches ( Bad Girls ) (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard
This story revolves around Frederique and Why, two lesbian lovers in love with the same man. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jacqueline Sassard star. Read more
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Vera Filatova, Silvia Co...
If the title doesn't make you want to watch this, then it's probably not for you. But if you're in the mood for a movie about two no-hoper guys who fi... Read more
Lesbian Vampire Killers (Blu-ray) (2009)
Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Vera Filatova, Silvia Co...
If the title doesn't make you want to watch this, then it's probably not for you. But if you're in the mood for a movie about two no-hoper guys who fi... Read more
Lie Down with Dogs (1995)
4.7/10
Director: Wally White
Starring: Randy Becker, Bash Halow, Darren Dryden, James Sexton, Wally White
Here's the outrageous, good-time comedy for anyone who's ever wanted to get away from it all and have some fun! Tommie's a gay college graduate who's... Read more
Life Partners (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Susanna Fogel
Starring: Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody, Gabourey Sidibe
At 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester), a lesbian, and Paige (Gillian Jacobs), her BFF, have ever been in is with each other,... Read more
Lilies (1996)
7.2/10
Director: John Greyson
Starring: Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Matthew Ferguson, Alexander Chapman
In 1952, a Roman Catholic bishop visiting an ill prisoner is taken hostage and forced to watch dramatisations of tumultuous events that took place ear... Read more
Little Ashes (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Paul Morrison
Starring: Javier Beltran, Arly Jover, Marina Gatell, Matthew McNulty, Esther Nubiola, Robe...
In 1922, Madrid wavers on the edge of social change as traditional values are challenged by the new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. The... Read more
Longtime Companion (1990)
7.5/10
Director: Norman Rene
Starring: Stephen Caffrey, Patric Cassidy, Brian Cousins
An absorbing, revealing account detailing the effects of Aids on the American gay community in the 80's as seen through the eyes of two friends. Campb... Read more