One last note: There are lesbian movies on this list not currently available to stream. Some of the greatest works of queer cinema are not being watched, because people not within our community get to decide which films deserve attention. Many titles on this list were included because I contacted production companies and producers, attended rare screenings, and hunted for DVDs at actual video stores. #TUMBLR GOOD GAY MOVIES SKIN#Īnd still some films - most notably Me siento extraña (1977) and Skin Deep (1995) - were not included because no one on our team was able to access them. There is a world of cinema and a world of queer cinema and there are films from the last hundred years waiting to be discovered. #TUMBLR GOOD GAY MOVIES UPDATE#īut hey, we’ll keep searching for lost lesbian classics, the industry will keep making more films that include us, and in the meantime why not start with this little ol’ list of TWO HUNDRED movies? By the time you watch them all, we promise there will be more.Īuthor’s Note (1/18/22): If last year’s update made this list less white and significantly more trans, this year’s greatest accomplishment is diversity of location. The 23 new films - ranging in date from 1950 to last year - hail from 13 countries.

There’s always a tension in creating this list between wanting it to be more representative of our queer world, the limits of what exists, and what’s available.