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The best LGBTQ+ movies of all time
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With the help of primary directors, actors, writers and activists, we count down the most essential Gay films of all time
Like queer culture itself, gay cinema is not a monolith. For a prolonged time, though, that’s certainly how it felt. In the past, if same-sex attracted lives and issues were ever portrayed at all on screen, it was typically from the perspective of white, cisgendered men. But as more opportunities have opened up for queer performers and filmmakers to tell their have stories, the scope of the LGBTQ+ experiences that have made their way onto the screen has gradually widened to more frequently include the transitioned community and queer people of colour.
It’s still not perfect, of course. In Hollywood, as in culture at large, there are many barriers left to breach and ceilings to shatter. But those recent strides deserve to be celebrated – as perform the bold films made long before the mainstream was willing to consent them. To that conclude, we enlisted some Gay cultural pioneers, as adv as Time Out writers to assist in assembling a list of the greatest gay films ever made.
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Rank Title Lifetime Gross Max Theaters Opening Open Th Release Date Distributor 1 Bohemian Rhapsody $216,428,042 4,000 $51,061,119 4,000 Nov 2, 2018 Twentieth Century Fox 2 The Birdcage $124,060,553 2,285 $18,275,828 1,950 Mar 8, 1996 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 3 Interview with the Vampire $105,264,608 2,604 $36,389,705 2,604 Nov 11, 1994 Warner Bros. 4 Rocketman $96,368,160 3,610 $25,725,722 3,610 May 31, 2019 Paramount Pictures 5 The Imitation Game $91,125,683 2,402 $479,352 4 Nov 28, 2014 The Weinstein Company 6 Brokeback Mountain $83,043,761 2,089 $547,425 5 Dec 9, 2005 Focus Features 7 The Talented Mr. Ripley $81,298,265 2,369 $12,738,237 2,307 Dec 25, 1999 Paramount Pictures 8 Philadelphia $77,446,440 1,604 $143,433 4 Dec 24, 1993 TriStar Pictures 9 In & Out $63,856,929 2,452 $15,019,821 1,992 Sep 19, 1997 Paramount Pictures 10 The Crying Game $62,548,947 1,097 $101,107 6 Nov 27, 1992 Miramax 11 Brüno $60,054,530 2,759 $30,619,130 2,756 Jul 10, 2009 Universal Pictures 12 The Hours $41,675,994 1,010 $338,622 11 Dec 27, 200
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