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11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness
11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness
Jacob SarkisianJun 21, 2020, 16:53 IST
"Call Me By Your Name" and "Moonlight" both won Oscars for their portrayal of queer people.Sony Pictures Classics/Warner Bros. Pictures/Memento Films/A24/Netflix
While there are some excellently-made LGBTQ movies, not all of them are the sort of uplifting films that queer people need when we're struggling with our sexuality or gayness.
For example, "Brokeback Mountain" is a masterful, Oscar-winning movie, but it is laden with tragedy and violence.
Sometimes, queer people need movies with more positive messages to act as a light in darker times.
"Love, Simon," "Alex Strangelove," and "The Way He Looks" are sweet high-school movies that leave us feeling joyous and hopeful.
Meanwhile, "Beginners" teaches us that it is never too late to come out and embrace who you really are, and "Pride" will make you proud to be queer.
Here are 11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness.
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1985's 'My Beautiful Laundrette' showed that forbidden love can succeed no matter who you are.
"My Beautiful Laundrette" was directed by Stephen Frears.
Mainline Pictures/Orion Classics
In 1987, 'Maurice' showed the contrasting tales of one man who accepts himself, and one who doesn't.
"Maurice" was directed by James Ivory.
Cinecom Pictures
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'Beginners,' 2010, proves that it's never too late to come out.
"Beginners" is directed by Mike Mills.
Focus Features
2013's 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' is unabashedly upfront in its sex scenes.
"Blue is the Warmest Colour" was directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.
Wild Bunch/Cinéart/Vértigo Films
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2014's 'Pride' will make you proud to be queer.
"Pride" was directed by Matthew Warchus.
Pathé Distribution/20th Century Fox
The feel-good factor of 2014's 'The Way He Looks' will leave you feeling joyous and positive.
"The Way He Looks" was directed by Daniel Ribeiro.
Vitrine Films
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2016's 'Moonlight' artfully explores masculinity and queerness in the black community.
"Moonlight" was directed by Barry Jenkins.
A24
In 2017, 'Call Me By Your Name' masterfully depicted what it's like to have a first love.
"Call Me By Your Name" was directed by Luca Guadagnino.
Sony Pictures Classics/Warner Bros. Pictures/Memento Films International
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Netflix's 2018 movie 'Alex Strangelove' is a highly relatable story about a guy discovering he may be gay.
"Alex Strangelove" was directed by Craig Johnson.
Netflix
The 2018 movie 'Love, Simon' paints an honest picture of coming out in a modern high school and offers a light at the end of the tunnel.
"Love, Simon" was directed by Greg Berlanti.
20th Century Fox
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Netflix's 2020 movie 'The Half of It' tenderly portrays a lesbian's journey to self-acceptance.
"The Half of It" was directed by Alice Wu.
Netflix