Gay Movies On Netflix

<p>Flicking through the movies on Netflix searching for something Gay to watch? Here is our run down of the LGBT choice on the streaming service.</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 7th April 2013</p> <p></p> <p>** denotes TheGayUK top rated movies.</p> <p></p> <p>The Hours</p> <p>Starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes</p> <p>Director: Stephen Daldry</p> <p>Date: 2002</p> <p></p> <p>This gripping drama follows the parallel lives of three 20th-century women: incomparable writer Virginia Woolf, an unsatisfied 1950s housewife and a modern-day book editor who's losing her former lover to AIDS.</p> <p></p> <p>For The Bible Tells Me So</p> <p>Starring: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella ‘Boo’ McDaniel, Brenda Poteat, David Poteat, Tonia Poteat</p> <p>Director: Daniel G. Karslake</p> <p>Date: 2007</p> <p></p> <p>Director Daniel G. Karslake goes to the Bible to examine the ways in which conservative Christian groups have used -- and sometimes exploited -- scripture to deny human rights to gays and lesbians around the world.</p> <p></p> <p>**Mysterious Skin</p> <p>Starring: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison, George Webster, Rachel Nastassja Kraft</p> <p>Director: Greg Araki</p> <p>Date: 2004</p> <p></p> <p>Gregg Araki's riveting drama, based on a novel by Scott Heim, brings together two unlikely heroes: a young man who works as a prostitute and another who's convinced he was once abducted by aliens. But it seems they have unspeakable tragedy in common.</p> <p></p> <p>** The Birdcage</p> <p>Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria</p> <p>Director: Mike Nichols</p> <p>Date: 1996</p> <p></p> <p>Longtime lovers Armand and Albert own a Miami drag club, but when Armand's son announces his intent to marry the daughter of a stuffy U.S. senator, the gay couple feels compelled to pass themselves off as a "normal" family in this wild farce.</p> <p></p> <p>**Party Monster</p> <p>Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid, Chloe Sevigny, Marilyn Manson</p> <p>Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato </p> <p>Date: 2003</p> <p></p> <p>This is the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Fried Green Tomatoes</p> <p>Starring: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary Louise Parker</p> <p>Director: Jon Avnet</p> <p>Date: 1991</p> <p></p> <p>In this adaptation of Fanny Flagg's novel, flashbacks reveal the remarkable and mysterious story of soul mates Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), whose antics cause an uproar in their rural Southern town during the 1920s</p> <p></p> <p>** Philadelphia </p> <p>Starring: Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Mary Steenburgen Antonio Banderas</p> <p>Director: Jonathan Demme</p> <p>Date: 1993</p> <p></p> <p>In this heartfelt drama, Philadelphia attorney Andrew Beckett launches a wrongful termination suit against the hand that feeds him when his law firm finds out about his HIV-positive status -- and his homosexuality -- and fires him.</p> <p></p> <p>The Naked Civil Servant</p> <p>Starring: John Hurt John Rhys-Davies Roger Lloyd-Pack Stephen Johnstone</p> <p>Director: Jack Gold</p> <p>Date: 1975</p> <p></p> <p>John Hurt collected a Best Actor BAFTA for his flawless portrayal of gay icon Quentin Crisp, a flamboyant performer and pop-culture personality who railed against the rigid social mores of pre-World War II Britain, where homosexuality was illegal.</p> <p></p> <p>Chasing Amy</p> <p>Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier, Jason Lee, Casey Affleck, Dwight Ewell</p> <p>Director: Kevin Smith</p> <p>Date: 1997</p> <p></p> <p>After comic book artist Holden (Ben Affleck) falls in love with the perfect woman, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), he discovers she is a lesbian in this comedy from writer-director Kevin Smith. With no help from his friend, Banky (Jason Lee), Holden tries to make a relationship with Alyssa work. Although Holden knows Alyssa cares deeply about him, her homosexual past may conspire to come between them and ruin everything.</p> <p></p> <p>Fingersmith</p> <p>Starring: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans</p> <p>Director: Aisling Walsh</p> <p>Date: 2005</p> <p>TV Series</p> <p></p> <p>Dark deeds and intrigue abound when petty thief Sue Trinder helps con man Richard Rivers defraud a wealthy heiress, Maud Lilly, of her inheritance. But Sue's plans are thwarted when she falls in love with Maud.</p> <p></p> <p>The Truth About Jane</p> <p>Starring: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O’Hara, James Naughton, Alicia Lagano</p> <p>Director: Lee Rose</p> <p>Date: 2000</p> <p></p> <p>Janice and her 15-year-old daughter Jane have a typical mother-child relationship and get along well, until Jane falls in love with the new girl at school. Janice has trouble accepting that Jane's gay, and their relationship could be broken forever.</p> <p></p> <p>The Mudge Boy</p> <p>Starring: Emile Hirsch, Richard Jenkins, Tom Guiry, Pablo Schreiber, Zachary Knighton, Ryan Donowho</p> <p>Director: Michael Burke</p> <p>Date: 2003</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>When 14-year-old Duncan Mudge's mother dies unexpectedly, he takes a bizarre interest in her clothing and starts to speak in her voice. Alienated from his impassive father, Duncan develops an unlikely bond with a volatile bully that leads to trouble.</p> <p></p> <p>Little White Lies</p> <p>Starring: Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoit Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valerie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot</p> <p>Director: Guillaume Canet</p> <p>Date: 2010</p> <p></p> <p>When Max and Vero's friend is seriously injured in an accident, they choose to go ahead with a planned birthday celebration at their beach house -- an event that usually draws a convivial and happy crowd of friends</p> <p></p> <p>Little Ashes</p> <p>Starring: Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Bruno Oro</p> <p>Director: Paul Morrison</p> <p>Date: 2008</p> <p></p> <p>This evocative film explores the relationship between two of the 20th century's most notable Spanish artists: poet Federico García Lorca and surrealist Salvador Dalí. Along with filmmaker Luis Buñuel, they take the country by storm.</p> <p></p> <p>Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe</p> <p>Starring: Sam Wagstaff Patti Smith Robert Mapplethorpe</p> <p></p> <p>Punk poetess Patti Smith reflects on the relationship she shared with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and curator-collector Sam Wagstaff in the heady years of the 1970s and '80s New York art scene</p> <p></p> <p>50 Ways Of Saying Fabulous</p> <p>Starring: Andrew Patterson Harriet Beattie Jay Collins Georgia McNeil</p> <p></p> <p>Confined by his surroundings in rural New Zealand, 12-year-old outcast Billy creates a wild imaginary life as blonde TV star Lana. But everything changes when two new outsiders arrive in town.</p> <p></p> <p>Lianna</p> <p>Starring: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson, Jessica Macdonald, Jesse Soloman</p> <p>Director: John Sayles</p> <p>Date: 1983</p> <p></p> <p>Sayles drama follows the title character's changing world when she becomes fed up with her marriage to her oppressive, cheating husband and begins a homosexual affair with Ruth, her night school professor. But Lianna's joy at finding a new life and love soon disintegrates as the people around her start to treat her differently. Forced to find a new apartment, job and friends, Lianna finds that with freedom also comes loneliness\</p> <p></p> <p>Flirting With Disaster</p> <p>Starring: Ben Stiller Patricia Arquette Téa Leoni Mary Tyler Moore George Segal</p> <p>Director: David O. Russel</p> <p>Date: 1996</p> <p></p> <p>In this comedy of errors, soon-to-be father Mel Coplin sets out to find his birth parents, accompanied by his wife and sexy female adoption agent. Their quest becomes even more anarchic once drug dealers and a pair of gay FBI agents get involved.</p> <p></p> <p>Trash</p> <p>Starring: Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Geri Miller, Michael Sklar, Andrea Feldman </p> <p>Director: Paul Morrissey</p> <p>Date: 1970</p> <p></p> <p>The movie follows Joe (Dallesandro), a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers around Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend (Woodlawn).</p> <p>During the course of the day, Joe overdoses in front of an upper-class couple, attempts to fool Welfare into approving his methadone treatment by having Holly fake a pregnancy, and frustrates the women in his life with his drug-induced impotence.</p> <p></p> <p>Beyond Therapy</p> <p>Starring: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest </p> <p>Director: Robert Altman</p> <p>Date: 1987</p> <p></p> <p>Director Robert Altman offers the tale of bisexual Bruce who, tired of his lover, Bob, places a personal ad and meets Prudence at a French restaurant, resulting in a terrible date with unintended consequences.</p> <p></p> <p>**The Birdcage</p> <p>Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart</p> <p>Director: Mike Nichols</p> <p>Date: 1996</p> <p></p> <p>A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.</p> <p></p> <p>The Opposite Of Sex</p> <p>Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, William Lee Scott, Ivan Sergei</p> <p>Director: Don Ross</p> <p>Date: 1998</p> <p></p> <p>A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.</p> <p></p> <p>The Incredibly True Adventure Of 2 Girls in Love</p> <p>Starring: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford, Sabrina Artel, Toby Poser</p> <p>Director: Maria Maggenti</p> <p>Date: 1995</p> <p></p> <p>An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.</p> <p></p> <p> </p>