Recommendations: Rigorous Gay / Queer Films to Watch for Inspiration

[A list in progress…]

Many of the films that are listed were seen thanks to Queer Art Film (queerartfilm.com), a monthly film series at IFC in New York.

Pink Narcissus (1971), dir James Bidgood

3 min clip:

Full film on Youtube:

Weekend (2011), dir Andrew Haigh

A bittersweet gay British romance. Read review: insidemovies.ew.com/2011/08/24/weekend-trailer/

Cruising (1980), dir William Friedkin

Mysterious Skin (2004), dir Gregg Araki