Apartment Zero (1988)

Like It Is (1998)

Summary: A tough young boxer struggles to come out in England. Having travelled to London, from his smaller town, he meets and falls for a twenty-something music producer. But love doesn't come easy.

Release Date: August 28, 1998

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Paul Oremland

Writers: Robert Gray

, Paul Oremland

, Kevin Sampson

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Channel Four Films, Fulcrum Productions

Distributor: First Run Features

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 94,943

Ernesto (1979)

Summary: 1911 Trieste, 17-year-old Ernesto explores his sexuality with a boy and a prostitute before pursuing music and finding himself torn between an intense friendship with young Emilio and desire for Emilio's twin sister Rachele.

Release Date: January 12, 1979

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Salvatore Samperi

Writers: Umberto Saba

, Barbara Alberti

, Amedeo Pagani

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Clesi Cinematografica, Clic, José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.

Countries: Italy, Spain, West Germany

Language: Italian

Afrika (1973)

Summary: Philippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual.

Release Date: December 15, 1973

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Alberto Cavallone

Writer: Alberto Cavallone

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

Production: Castle

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)

Summary: A transgender woman tries to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of her life by confronting her anguished past, hoping to find ultimate acceptance among former acquaintances and herself.

Release Date: June 11, 1980

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Tango Film

Distributor: Fantoma, New Yorker Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 700,000

12 - LGBTQ

Sebastiane (1976)

Summary: Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.

Release Date: October 28, 1976

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: Paul Humfress

, Derek Jarman

Writers: Paul Humfress

, Derek Jarman

, Jack Welch

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: X

Production: Cinegate, Disctac, Megalovision

Distributor: Libra Films International, Kino Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: Latin

11 - LGBTQ

Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)

Summary: Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, baby-faced, shaven-headed Fritz Haarmann dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight.

Release Date: July 12, 1973

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Ulli Lommel

Writer: Kurt Raab

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: 13+

Production: Tango Film

Distributor: Arrow Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 250,000

Maurice (1987)

Summary: Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekee...

Release Date: September 18, 1987

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: James Ivory

Writers: E.M. Forster

, Kit Hesketh-Harvey

, James Ivory

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: R

Production: Merchant Ivory Productions, Cinecom Pictures, Film Four International

Distributor: Cinecom Pictures, Cohen Media Group, Edde Entertainment, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), Lorimar Home Video, October Films, The Criterion Collection, Warner Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,577,000

Domestic: $ 2,484,230

International: $ 158,337

Hollow Reed (1996)

Summary: Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the ho...

Release Date: September 06, 1996

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Angela Pope

Writers: Neville Bolt

, Paula Milne

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Channel Four Films, Eurimages, Euro Media Guaranties, Scala (Hollow Reed) Ltd., Senator Film Produktion

Distributor: Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France

Language: English

Domestic: $ 265,732

Lilies (1996)

Summary: When a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.

Release Date: August 16, 1997

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Crime

Director: John Greyson

Writers: Michel Marc Bouchard

, Linda Gaboriau

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Triptych Media, Galafilm Productions

Distributor: Turbulent Arts, Wolfe Video, Multicom Entertainment Group

Country: Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,200,000

Domestic: $ 301,548

Bent (1997)

Summary: In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.

Release Date: November 26, 1997

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Sean Mathias

Writer: Martin Sherman

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: NC-17

Production: Channel Four Films, NDF Inc., ASK Kodansha, Arts Council of England

Distributor: Goldwyn Films, Film Movement, MGM/UA Entertainment Company

Countries: United Kingdom, Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 496,059

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

Summary: A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.

Release Date: September 18, 1969

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Petronius

, Federico Fellini

, Bernardino Zapponi

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)

Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: Italy, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,135,943

International: $ 2,165

No Skin Off My Ass (1991)

Summary: A lonely hairdresser watches the title sequence of "That Cold Day in the Park" then visits a local park to invite a down-and-out skinhead to his apartment. He draws the silent man a bath and talks to him as he soaks. He locks his ...

Release Date: November 08, 1991

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Bruce La Bruce

Writer: Bruce La Bruce

Runtime: 1 h 13 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Gaytown Pictures, The New Lavender Panthers, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion

Country: Canada

Language: English

Sitcom (1998)

Summary: The adventures of an upper-class suburban family dealing with their younger brother's homosexuality, elder sister's suicide attempt, masochist tendencies, and a free-spirited maid and her husband.

Release Date: May 27, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: François Ozon

Writer: François Ozon

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Fidélité Productions, StudioCanal, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Distributor: Altered Innocence, Leisure Time Features, New Yorker Video

Country: France

Language: French

The Sum of Us (1994)

Summary: A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

Release Date: March 08, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Directors: Geoff Burton

, Kevin Dowling

Writer: David Stevens

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Great Sum Film Limited Partnership, Southern Star Entertainment

Distributor: Evergreen Entertainment

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,465,000

Domestic: $ 766,464

Hustler White (1996)

Summary: Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.

Release Date: October 17, 1996

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: Rick Castro

, Bruce La Bruce

Writers: Bruce La Bruce

, Rick Castro

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Dangerous to Know Swell Co., Hustler White Productions, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: Canada, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 127,251

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)

Summary: Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.

Release Date: May 15, 1998

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Writers: Danièle Thompson

, Patrice Chéreau

, Pierre Trividic

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

Production: Téléma, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Azor Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)

Distributor: Kino International, Kino Video

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 63,651