The following list includes both positive and negative representations!
Suggestions for inclusions welcome!
1960s and earlier
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| Midnight Cowboy
(1969, 113 min, USA, John Schlesinger)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight
Genre: Drama
Keywords: prostitution, friendship, rape
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| Fellini Satyricon
(1969, 138 min, Italy, Federico Fellini)
Starring: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller
Genre: Drama
Keywords: historical
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| The Gay Deceivers
(1969, 97 min, USA, Bruce Kessler)
Starring: Kevin Coughlin, Lawrence P Casey
Genre: Comedy
Keywords: homophobia, military, camp
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| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969, 110 min, USA, George Roy Hill)
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Genre: Western
Keywords: buddies, friendship
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| If...
(1968, 111 min, UK, Lindsay Anderson)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood
Genre: Drama
Keywords: boyhood, school
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| Teorema
(1968, 104 min, Italy, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Starring:
Genre: Drama
Keywords:
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| Reflections in a Golden Eye
(1967, 108 min, USA, John Huston)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando
Genre: Drama
Keywords: military
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| The Leather Boys
(1963, 108 min, UK, Sidney J Furie)
Starring:
Genre: Drama
Keywords: homoerotic
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| Advise and Consent
(1962, 142 min, USA, Otto Preminger)
Starring: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda
Genre: Drama
Keywords: blackmail, closet
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| A Taste of Honey
(1961, 100 min, UK, Tony Richardson)
Starring: Rita Tushingham
Genre: Drama
Keywords: coming-of-age
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| Victim
(1961, 100 min, UK, Basil Dearden)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde
Genre: Crime, Drama
Keywords: blackmail
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| Spartacus
(1960, 184 min, USA, Stanley Kubrick)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Genre: Action, Drama
Keywords:
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| Ben Hur
(1959, 212 min, USA, William Wyler)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins
Genre: Action, Drama
Keywords: historical, friendship
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| Some Like It Hot
(1959, 120 min, USA, Billy Wilder)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Keywords: transvestism, cross-dressing
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| The Strange One (aka End as a Man)
(1957, 100 min, USA, Jack Garfein)
Starring:
Genre: Drama
Keywords: military
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| Tea and Sympathy
(1956, min, USA, Vincente Minnelli)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr
Genre: Drama
Keywords: youth, homophobia
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| Rebel Without a Cause
(1955, 111 min, USA, Nicholas Ray)
Starring: James Dean
Genre: Drama
Keywords: coming-of-age, friendship, youth
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| Chant D'Amour (Song of Love)
(1950, 26 min, France, Jean Genet)
Starring:
Genre: Short
Keywords: erotica
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| Adam's Rib
(1949, 101 min, USA, George Cukor)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Genre: Comedy
Keywords:
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| Rope
(1948, 80 min, USA, Alfred Hitchcock)
Starring: James Stewart, John Dall
Genre: Thriller
Keywords: villains
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| Fireworks
(1947, 20 min, USA, Kenneth Anger)
Starring: Kenneth Anger
Genre: Drama, Short
Keywords: rape, sadism
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| Gilda
(1946, 110 min, USA, Charles Vidor)
Starring: Rita Hayworth
Genre: Film Noir
Keywords:
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| The Wizard of Oz
(1939, 101 min, USA, Victor Fleming)
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Keywords:
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| Zéro de conduite (Zero for Conduct)
(1933, 41 min, France, Jean Vigo)
Starring: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Keywords: boyhood, school
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| Frankenstein
(1931, 71 min, USA, James Whale)
Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke
Genre: Horror
Keywords: director, relationship
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