Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes, Katie Walder, Trevor Wright, Jackson Wurth, and Ross Thomas in Shelter (2007)

Trying to find out how many movies I've seen in my life so far.

Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in Tangled (2010)

Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, and Hilary Pritchard in The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

Chris Noth, Adriana DeMeo, Cooper Koch, Nia Fairweather, and Otoja Abit in A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)


* Until today, 7/7/2018 this list was called 42 Important Gay Movies.  And it gave my top picks for the most important gay movies through 2017.  Today I've added another movie to the list.  Making this list now called 43 Important Gay Movies.  But it's not just any movie I'm adding.  There is a new most important gay movie.  It's called "Alex Strangelove".  If you can only ever see one gay movie, "Alex Strangelove" is the one to see.  But if you want to see all that lead up to 'Alex' then enjoy the remaining movies on this list.  For they are wonderful too.



* 04/30/2024 - updated this list to 44 Important Gay Movies with the addition of the brilliant eight-episode series called "Smiley"
--------------------------------------------------------------- (42 Important Gay Movies UPDATED through 2017) (Which are the 42 most important Gay Movies of all time through 2017) + (Which includes the top 20 most important Gay Movies of all time through 2017) 5 (Which includes the top 5 most important Gay Movies of all time through 2017) 2 (Which includes the second-most important Gay Movie of all time though 2017)  ^ (Which includes the most important Gay Movie of all time through 2017) . After creating the "Gay Movies - Gay History" list, I felt I should single out a group of movies from that list which I feel stand out as important gay movies ("gay movies" meaning movies that are centered around a gay-related theme or a movie that includes a gay character important to the movie.)  . I feel that this group of movies show the transition of gays from outcasts in society towards the greater acceptance gays enjoy today. . If you watch these movies in the order they were released (which is the order I've presented them here on this list) it will give you a feel for the history of the subject. Certainly there could be some more films on this list that are not there, and certainly some are more obscure than others, but overall I think this list shows gays not just as society saw them, but even, when gays were finally allowed to be more than just jokes, or villians, or sterotypes on screen, show  how gays began to work out for themselves how to live with themselves in society. And its not always easy. . The bulk of these films are in english, only three are not, but those three made an impact in the english speaking world.  . + I've singled out with a plus sign (+) in the comments/notes section of the movies I consider to be the top 20 movies on this list, meaning these are the top 20 gay movies I think are the most important gay movies of all time. . 5 And of those top 20 movies, I've singled out with the numeral five (5) the very top 5 of those top 20 movies, meaning those with a plus (+) and a numeral five (5) are the gay movies I feel are currently the five most important gay movies of all time, as of the end of 2017. . 2 For the movie I feel is the second most important gay movie made to date (as of the end of 2017) I've added the numeral two (2). . ^ And finally the movie I think is the most important gay movie made to date (as of the end of 2017) I've added an arrow up symbol (^). . Please feel free to comment, as with my main list "Gay Movies - Gay History ", this list too is always under construction so if you feel I should add or subtract a title let me know.  . I will, however, keep the list at 42 titles (now, 44 titles) since that is, as they say, the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz in Big Eyes (2014)

This is a list films from 2013 including popular, festival favorites, and award season nominations. Let me know if any should be added.

Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)

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