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THE MOST UNDERRATED GAY MOVIES

by csgaravizzi-19052 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 year ago
A list of lesser known, unappreciated, artistically "difficult" films that deserve attention, and my personal Favorites.
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  • You Are Not Alone (1978)

    1. You Are Not Alone

    19781h 30mUnrated
    7.1 (4.4K)
    Two precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.
    DirectorsErnst JohansenLasse NielsenStarsAnders AgensøPeter BjergOve Sprogøe
  • Dan Futterman in Urbania (2000)

    2. Urbania

    20001h 43mR73Metascore
    6.8 (3.2K)
    A series of urban legends take place around the life of a troubled man who is searching New York City for a mysterious stranger.
    DirectorJon ShearStarsDan FuttermanScott DennyPaige Turco
  • Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017)

    3. Malila: The Farewell Flower

    20171h 34m
    6.5 (570)
    Former lovers Shane and Pich reunite and try to heal the wounds of their past. Shane is haunted by the tragic death of his daughter, while Pich suffers a grave illness. As death approaches, Pich dedicates his remaining time to making Bai Sri, a ceremonial ornament. Meanwhile, Shane decides to become a Buddhist monk until one night at a graveyard, he encounters his lover in another form.
    DirectorAnucha BoonyawatanaStarsSukollawat KanarotAnuchit SapanpongSumret Muengput
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)

    4. I Dream in Another Language

    20171h 43mUnrated64Metascore
    7.4 (4.4K)
    When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
    DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsFernando Álvarez RebeilJosé Manuel PoncelisEligio Meléndez
  • Undertow (2009)

    5. Undertow

    20091h 37mNot Rated76Metascore
    7.7 (7.4K)
    An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
    DirectorJavier Fuentes-LeónStarsCristian MercadoTatiana AstengoManolo Cardona
  • Ben Becker, André Eisermann, and Dana Vávrová in Brother of Sleep (1995)

    6. Brother of Sleep

    19952h 7mR
    7.0 (1.7K)
    In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the village church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds. Elias falls in platonic love with Elsbeth, the sister of Peter, a neighbor's son, who has longstanding homosexual feelings towards Elias. After Elsbeth, out of frustration from Elias' not returning her love and instead being obsessed with music, chooses to be impregnated and marries someone else who lose love she had spurned for Elias. The village burns and most villagers, including Elsbeth, evacuate to the closest town. Elias remains behind. A music master with the official task to register all the organs in the country arrives at the burnt village. There he discovers Elias' prodigy and invites him to an organ challenge in the town where the villagers relocated. Elias performs there and amazes the audience which includes Elsbeth. She is unable to meet with Elias before he is rushed to a waiting carriage. She calls to him and he hears her, but it is too late. Elias is taken on a brief tour by his mentors but soon returns to his spiritual site near the burnt village where he takes his own life (with Peter by his side), having decided to not sleep anymore. Elsbeth later returns there, a widow with a young daughter, hoping to find Elias but instead discovers his spiritual site has disappeared.
    DirectorJoseph VilsmaierStarsAndré EisermannDana VávrováBen Becker
  • Evan Rosado in We the Animals (2018)

    7. We the Animals

    20181h 34mR80Metascore
    6.9 (4.7K)
    Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
    DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsEvan RosadoRaúl CastilloSheila Vand
  • Tai-Bo and Ben Yuen in Twilight's Kiss (2019)

    8. Twilight's Kiss

    20191h 32mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.1 (1.7K)
    SUK SUK is a quiet portrayal of a gay relationship between two men in their twilight years. PAK, 70, a married taxi driver who refuses to retire meets HOI 65, a retired single father. Although both are secretly gay, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and hardship over the years. HOI is a member of the Mature Tongzhi Society, a social group, which caters for gay men who are over 60. The group is planning to attend a public forum to request the government to create senior citizen homes dedicated exclusively for gay people. However, due to the fact that most men in the group are in the closet, there is no one who is willing to voice their opinions in the public forum. HOI supports the notion of a gay senior citizen home and considers speaking in the public forum. However when HOI begins to wonder whether his son WAN suspect he is gay, his attitude shifts. As PAK and HOI fall in love they contemplate a possible future together. SUK SUK studies the subtle day-to-day moments of the two men as they struggle between conventional morals and their personal desires.
    DirectorRay YeungStarsTai-BoBen YuenPatra Au
  • Derren Nesbitt and Jordan Stephens in Tucked (2018)

    9. Tucked

    20181h 20mNot Rated
    6.9 (913)
    A veteran drag queen with a terminal illness cleans up unfinished business.
    DirectorJamie PattersonStarsDerren NesbittJordan StephensApril Pearson
  • Frederik Winther Rasmussen and Villads Bøye in Speed Walking (2014)

    10. Speed Walking

    20141h 48m
    6.7 (2K)
    Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
    DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsVillads BøyeAnders W. BerthelsenSidse Babett Knudsen
  • Lien Binh Phat and Isaac in Song lang (2018)

    11. Song lang

    20181h 41m
    7.7 (939)
    An unlikely bond forms between an underground debt collector and a cai luong "Vietnamese opera" performer against the backdrop of Saigon in the 90s.
    DirectorLeon LeStarsKim ChiIsaacVu T. Le Thi
  • Bad Hair (2013)

    12. Bad Hair

    20131h 33m74Metascore
    6.9 (2.5K)
    A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.
    DirectorMariana RondónStarsSamuel Lange ZambranoSamantha CastilloBeto Benites
  • Private Romeo (2011)

    13. Private Romeo

    20111h 34mNot Rated53Metascore
    6.0 (2.5K)
    A modern take on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy, it follows the forbidden relationship between two cadets.
    DirectorAlan BrownStarsHale ApplemanCharlie BarnettAdam Barrie
  • Un parfum nommé Saïd (2003)

    14. Un parfum nommé Saïd

    20031h 33m
    6.4 (65)
    A love story between a French filmmaker and a young Moroccan man. What is the connection between Gérard and the destiny of a country? The film is trying to give the answer.
    DirectorPhilippe ValloisStarsPhilippe ValloisSaïd CharradaAbdel Aziz Achatei
  • Júlio Andrade, Erasmo Carlos, Seu Jorge, Hermila Guedes, Lee Taylor, Julia Konrad, and Jaloo in Paradise Lost (2018)

    15. Paradise Lost

    20181h 50m
    7.0 (774)
    Marked by losses and mismatches, José's eccentric family seek to be happy while locked in Paraíso Perdido, a nightclub that has stopped in time, where they sing popular romantic music.
    DirectorMonique GardenbergStarsLee TaylorJalooBárbara Nazaretth
  • Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)

    16. Our Lady of the Assassins

    20001h 41mR73Metascore
    6.8 (4.4K)
    The writer F. Vallejo returns to Medellin after an absence of over 30 years. He meets 16-year-old Alexis. Alexis is the kind of killer who knocks people off on command. The two are immediately attracted to each other.
    DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsGermán JaramilloAnderson BallesterosJuan David Restrepo
  • Jesse Plemons and Molly Shannon in Other People (2016)

    17. Other People

    20161h 37mUnrated67Metascore
    6.8 (13K)
    A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
    DirectorChris KellyStarsJesse PlemonsMolly ShannonBradley Whitford
  • Ênio Gonçalves and Luiz Fernando Ianelli in The Boy and the Wind (1967)

    18. The Boy and the Wind

    19671h 44m
    7.8 (244)
    Young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy having a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him. But the wind...
    DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsÊnio GonçalvesLuiz Fernando IanelliWilma Henriques
  • Marching in Darkness (1995)

    19. Marching in Darkness

    19951h 45m
    6.2 (126)
    A young recruit to the Italian army (Albanese) discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer (Barr) and must decide whether to risk bringing proceedings against him.
    DirectorMassimo SpanoStarsJean-Marc BarrMassimo DapportoThomas Kretschmann
  • In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)

    20. In the Arms of My Enemy

    20071h 25mR
    6.5 (610)
    Four men living in Eastern Europe in 1856 get caught up in tales of thievery, murder and revenge.
    DirectorMicha WaldStarsAdrien JolivetGrégoire ColinGrégoire Leprince-Ringuet
  • Claire (2001)

    21. Claire

    200155mNot Rated
    7.4 (102)
    Loosely based on a Japanese fairytale, an elderly male couple on a farm in the 1920's South find a little girl from the moon inside an ear of corn and raise her as their own.
    DirectorMilford ThomasStarsPat BellMish P. DeLightJames Ferguson
  • Eddie Garcia and Princess in Bwakaw (2012)

    22. Bwakaw

    20121h 50mTV-PG
    7.2 (389)
    Gruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
    DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaPrincessRez Cortez
  • The Blue Caftan (2022)

    23. The Blue Caftan

    20222h 2m83Metascore
    7.5 (6.6K)
    A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
    DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub Missioui
  • Avery Winters-Anthony, Joshua Odjick, and Phillip Forest Lewitski in Wildhood (2021)

    24. Wildhood

    20211h 48mNot Rated69Metascore
    6.9 (2K)
    Two brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.
    DirectorBretten HannamStarsPhillip Forest LewitskiJoshua OdjickAvery Winters-Anthony
  • Alfredo Castro in My Tender Matador (2020)

    25. My Tender Matador

    20201h 33m
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
    DirectorRodrigo SepúlvedaStarsAlfredo CastroLeonardo OrtizgrisJulieta Zylberberg

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