The performances and adaptation of Conley’s real-life experiences were praised by critics and Hedges was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role.īased on the novel Simon vs. Written and directed by Joel Edgerton and starring Lucas Hedges and Nicole Kidman, the film reveals how abuse is disguised as therapy to make gay people think they can change their sexuality if they just want to bad enough. A sequel exploring the paths Elio and Oliver’s lives take is already in the works.īased on the memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased follows Jared Eamons, the son of Baptist parents who is forced to attend a gay conversion therapy program. Chalamet and Hammer were praised for their performances and it won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Directed by Luca Guadagnino as the final installment in his thematic “Desire” trilogy, the film was praised by critics and received a 10 minute standing ovation when it screened at the New York Film Festival-the longest in the festival’s history.
It became the first film with an all-black cast and LGBTQ-related storyline to win the Best Picture Oscar and earned Mahershala Ali an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role.īased on the novel by Andre Aciman, Call Me By Your Name portrays a romantic relationship between 17-year-old Elio (played by Timothee Chalamet) and his father’s 24-year-old grad student Oliver (played by Armie Hammer). Moonlightwas critically acclaimed and included on many lists of the best films of the 21st century.
This coming-of-age story written and directed by Barry Jenkins follows Chiron, a black male living in Miami through his youth, adolescence and early adulthood as he navigates his sexuality and identity while enduring physical and emotional abuse. Here are 10 of the best queer movies of the 2010s you should re-watch over and over. While the film industry as a whole still has a long way to go, there have been plenty of LGBTQ+ films in the last decade that have told authentic queer stories and made history doing so. There is still plenty more room to bring LGBTQ-centric stories to the big screen.įor example, GLAAD has been recommending that comic-book adaptation films make queer representation a priority almost every year since they started releasing this list, but it has taken until now to really see any progress with Marvel’s first-ever major character explicitly identifying as a lesbian (Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder).
While there are plenty of minor LGBTQ+ characters in film, many of them fall under a certain trope or stereotype like the gay best friend in a romantic comedy. Since 2013, GLAAD has been publishing their annual Studio Responsibility Index that analyzes the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer characters in film released by seven major film studios in the last year. These films are proving audiences and critics want to see stories from different points of view…