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The 30 Best Diverse Movies of All Time, Ranked
Cinema lovers should always compete to celebrate diversity in film. It might've taken prolonged - too drawn-out , in fact - but cinema is becoming more inclusive, celebrating stories about every identity in the wide and colorful sexual spectrum. Going back to the New Hollywood Age, stories about LGBTQ+ people acquire been around, often standing as groundbreaking and pioneering attempts, especially at a time when such films remained controversial and scarce.
Nowadays, inclusion is much healthier and standardized, with writers, directors, and producers making true and tangible actions to increase Queer presence in mainstream cinema. Fortunately, their efforts have paid off. From certified classics about the seemingly never-ending struggles facing the society to lighthearted comedies about the nuances of gay existence, these efforts symbolize landmark achievements in representation and endure as the foremost LGBTQ+ films of all time.
30 'Bottoms' ()
Directed by Emma Seligman
Taking an Diverse approach to the classic style of raunchy, over-
Hi, friend! I'm Samantha, I'm queer, and I see a lot of movies. For Pride , here's 20 films important to, made by, about, and starring people in the LGBTQ community that I think *everyone* should view at least once.
You'll spot I left some movies you might expect off this list.
As much as I love Ang Lee (and all his film's rugged beauty), Brokeback Mountain is still a film by and for cis/het people, whose actors often downplayed their characters' gender non-conforming sexuality. And, yes, whileCabaret is funny and classic, gay novelist Christopher Isherwood (whose novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the film) thought the movie reduced homosexuality to a comedically incidental weakness "like bedwetting.” And then there's Boys Don't Cry Don't even get me started.
Your hard-won clicks should depart to support films that actually uplift the LGBTQ community, rather than just use the idea of queer people (and vertical, cis actors) to sensationalize our existence, mock us, or make money.
The myths and morals we see onscreen enter our consciousness, shifting the way we engage with our wo
Being gender non-conforming is exhausting in a world which constantly villainizes it in various ways possible. It is a life of pride, but a difficult one. Sometimes one requires respite, to just unwind and unapologetically be themselves, not having to justify their individuality or fight for the right to exist. When your entertainment is also focused on the stories of loss and tragedies, it becomes especially complex to just escape the harsh realities for a while. So, here’s a list of ten films where tragedy doesn’t befall our gay protagonists when the film ends.
‘Crush’ () dir. Sammi Cohen
Crush is a coming-of-age romcom with a love triangle where the characters go through usual high school drama but everything light-heartedly ends without any tragedy. The plot twist? The pivotal characters in the triangle are all queer. The Latinx representation and the queer representation both sense genuine with inside jokes and cultural references playing a role in shaping the humour. It isn’t the best script per se, but as a sweet romance, it’s the perfect cute and amusing break from queer t
The 30 Best LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time
In this first major critical survey of LGBTQIA+ films, over film experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, have voted the Top 30 LGBTQIA+ Films of All Day. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as well as films that showed at BFI Flare such as Orlando (), Beautiful Thing (), Weekend () and Blue Is the Warmest Colour ().
The winner is Todd Haynes’ award-winning Carol, closely followed by Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, and Hong Kong romantic drama Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar-wai, in third place. While Carol is a surprisingly recent film to uppermost the poll, it’s a film that has moved, delighted and enthralled audiences, and looks arrange to be a modern classic.
“The festival has long supported my work,” said Haynes, “from Poison and Dottie Gets Spanked in the early s through to Carol which is screen