Those slots could easily have been filled by documentaries alone, given how much excellent nonfiction filmmaking there’s been on queer subject matter, going back decades. To mark Pride 2020, The Hollywood Reporter‘s film critics chose 10 standout LGBTQ-themed movies that have largely fallen through the cracks and seem ripe for wider discovery. For instance, Robin Campillo’s pulsing chronicle of AIDS activism in early-’90s Paris, BPM (Beats Per Minute), was a critical success three years ago, while comparatively few people saw the same writer-director’s riveting 2015 drama, Eastern Boys, about the unexpected relationship between a middle-class Frenchman and a Ukrainian hustler. There are inconsistencies in the exposure even of the work of celebrated filmmakers.
But there’s a wealth of terrific LGBTQ movies out there that were either under-appreciated at the time of their release or too quickly forgotten, sometimes even with a big-league festival imprimatur and strong reviews behind them.
We all know titles like Call Me by Your Name, Brokeback Mountain, Carol, Moonlight and Boys Don’t Cry.
