The most beautiful queer films of the century

After the success of Challengers, Luca Guadagnino Back to the cinema with Queer: his “most personal” film. An overwhelming love story, obsession, dependence with Daniel Craig poised between desire and burnout. Justin Kuritzkescollaborator of the celebrated director, adapts the short novel of William S. Burroughswritten between 1951 and 1953 but published only in 1985, since it was considered too scandalous for its explicit references to homosexuality. Ex 007 interpret William Leealter ego of Burroughs, an American expatriate in the Mexico City of the 1950s, where he spends time wandering around the bars, drunk with tequila and lust. Presented in competition to Venice Film Festivalfrom which he had come out empty -handed, Queer He fulfill the dream of Guadagnino who had read the book at 17, an experience that changed his life.

The Queer cinema It is a vast and multifaceted territory, impossible to enclose in one definition. Can be A bold and pioneering reflection on forbidden lovea cinematographic language that challenges conventions such as the one explored in cult such as Tea and sympathy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Maurice. In the 90s, the New Queer Moviento brought directors such as Todd Haynes and Gregg Araki to the limelight, offering visibility to the LGBTQ community in independent circuits. In the 2000, the first large great queers rewarded at the Oscars arrived, such as Brokeback Mountain And Milkfollowed by acclaimed titles such as Carol, Moonlight And Call me by your name, with which Guadagnino obtained the consecration. At the end of the decade, the attention also gradually focused on the representation of trans people, with activists who claimed the need for authentic roles, to overcome stereotypes and promote a more truthful and respectful narrative. We scroll The 10 most beautiful queer films of the century, so far (in our opinion).

Mulholland Drive (2001)

As happens with most of the works of the cult of the cult, David Lynch’s dreamless noir is left to the interpretation of the viewer. However, one of the central themes of the film is deeply queer. Through the mysterious meeting between an Amnesica woman (played by Laura Harring) and an aspiring actress in Los Angeles (Naomi Watts), the creator of Twin Peaks It gives life to a disturbing story of repressed saffic desire.

Brokeback Mountain secrets (2005)

From Ang Lee, a milestone of LGBTQ+cinema. Set in the American West between the 60s and 70s, it tells the love story of the decades of the Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), two cowboys struggling with social expectations and internalized homophobia long. The film has broken stereotypes, showing that love transcends genre, time and place, and highlighting the devastating effects of repression. Brokeback Mountain He obtained large consents, winning three Oscars and contributing to the representation of queer people in mainstream cinema.

Milk (2008)

By director Gus Van Sant, the biopic on the political pioneer of San Francisco Harvey Milk: Paladino of gay rights assassinated in 1978 by the former city councilor Dan White, driven by resentment. The film made it known Milk to a new generation. Both Sean Penn, extraordinary in interpreting him and the homosexual screenwriter Dustin Lance Black were awarded with the Oscar.

Tangerine (2015)

The king of the Indie Movie, Sean Baker, follows with his iphone 5s two trans workers as they cross Los Angeles during Christmas Eve. One of the two girls wants to find out if her boyfriend-protector is unfaithful to her. The protagonists, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor, wrote most of their dialogues, giving the film a realism never seen so far.

Carol (2015)

More than fifty years after the release of the revolutionary novel by Patricia Highsmith, the film adaptation of Todd Haynes: one of the reference figures of New Queer Cinema. Written by the lesbian screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, the film sees Cate Blanchett in the role of Carola socialite of New Jersey, close to divorce and mother, who falls in love with Therese, a young salesman played by Rooney Mara.

Call me by your name (2017)

Luca Guadagnino tells the first love, in the sunny background of the Lodigiana countryside of the 80s. The film follows Elio, an early teenager played by Timothée Chalamet, and Oliver, a young graduate who has the face of Armie Hammer, while dealing with their growing mutual desire. The masterpiece of the most acclaimed Sicilian director in Hollywood. Oscar to the best non -original script of the gay filmmaker James Ivory (from André Aciman’s novel).

Moonlight (2016)

From Barry Jenkins, the Cult A24 winner of 3 Oscars, including the main one. A three -act training story, which follows the path of a boy obliged to mature early because of the difficulties that life puts in front of him, but who, despite everything, manages to keep alive within himself the desire to love, trust, tighten bonds and savor joy. Based on the theatrical work of Tarell Alvin McCraney, it is the first LGBTQ+ film with a cast totally composed of African American.

The favorite (2018)

Irreverent drama, in costume, set in the 18th century English court. Yorgos Lanthimos tells the triangle of power and desire between the fragile queen Anna (Olivia Colman, awarded with the Oscar), her confidant Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and the new Arrivata Abigail (Emma Stone). Between rivalry, manipulations and role games loaded with erotic tension, the three women compete for the favor of the sovereign in an intertwining of politics and seduction. It was the first film with a relationship between women to receive the main nomination at the Oscars.

Strangers (2023)

Gay screenwriter and director Andrew Haigh signs a drama queer on absence and solitude, inspired by the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. Adam (played by Andrew Scott), begins a relationship with Harry (Paul Mescal), a young enigmatic who seems to be the only other tenant of the London condominium in which he lives. In the meantime, the protagonist visits his childhood home, where he meets his parents, who have been died for thirty years, who appear young exactly as they were when they disappeared.

Queer (2024)

Lee (Daniel Craig), an American man marginalized falls madly in love with Alfaron (Drew Starkey), a young ex -marine. Against the background of Mexico of the 1950s, a lacerating story of desire, obsession and dependence. Presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, from which he had come out empty -handed, Queer He exhales Luca Guadagnino’s dream that had read the book by William S. Burroughs at the age of 17, an experience that changed his life.