FabGuys.com forum: Best gay films to catch……

By *976BeardedMan OP Man
35 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

Come on the guys spread the word… what recommendations have you got for the best gay films to watch (not porn)

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By *damb00Man
35 weeks ago

Leicestershire

Call Me By Your Name, I haven’t watched it but was recommended it, has really good reviews

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By *aelstromMan
35 weeks ago

Doncaster

Interior leather bar. Re imagines the lost 40 minutes from Cruising The 1980 film.

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By *iley666Man
35 weeks ago

Kirkcaldy

My Beautiful Launderette

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By *tarburstMan
35 weeks ago

Towcester

My own private Idaho with River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves as two rent boys.

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By *utdrguyMan
35 weeks ago

Kingsbridge

In from the side - rugby teams based story - fit bods !

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago

Beautiful thing

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By *ravelriderMan
35 weeks ago

Redruth

Theo and Hugo

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By *ausagesMan
35 weeks ago

carlisle

"Beautiful thing "

Absolutely

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By *awihMan
35 weeks ago

Aldershot

Death Trap

Victim

Tourch Song Trilogy

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago

Unicorns

Weekend

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By *ilke500Man
35 weeks ago

edinburgh

"Beautiful thing "

This is a great film. Funny and full of the joy of life. Most gay themed films were always so depressing and involved violence and were so bleak but this is loud out and proud. Plus it has a great soundtrack!

The peppermint foot lotion scene is a classic!

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By *lamMan
35 weeks ago

Merthyr Tydfil

Language of cranes

Women in love

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By *fdbi55Man
35 weeks ago

bradford

A butterfly kiss ,a lesbian road movie, great film

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By *976BeardedMan OP Man
34 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

"Call Me By Your Name, I haven’t watched it but was recommended it, has really good reviews "
. Was great watched it recently

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By *unlad777Man
34 weeks ago

Cornwall

Giant Little Ones

Love Simon

Bros

Looking (series)

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By *ilke500Man
34 weeks ago

edinburgh

Terence Davies was a brilliant director and his films are beautifully shot with gay themes running through them.

Distant Voices Still Lives

The Long Day Closes

Also Maurice based on the novel of the same name by EM Forster is a good film. Excellent performances by the lead actors.

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By *ottslad99Man
34 weeks ago

Nottingham

Prayers for Bobby

A true story and sad at some points in the film but it's a good watch

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By *anformeMan
34 weeks ago

notts

Dance of the 41

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By *anformeMan
34 weeks ago

notts

"Prayers for Bobby

A true story and sad at some points in the film but it's a good watch "

Yes, a very good film. Sigourney Weaver

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By *976BeardedMan OP Man
34 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

Brokeback Mountains

The Banquet ( US-Taiwan movie )

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

"Brokeback Mountains

The Banquet ( US-Taiwan movie )"

Farewell to my Concubine ( China movie )

M. Butterfly ( French, UK and China movie )

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By *uncan62Man
34 weeks ago

stirling

Woman in Love for the wrestling scene

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By *lexieMan
34 weeks ago

Just north of Southampton

Hedwig (and the angry inch)

Bound

(Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly find the groove and show why women don't need men) Make sure you watch the full uncut version on DVD.

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By *rickie-dickieMan
34 weeks ago

South Durham

Top Gun

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By *al111Man
34 weeks ago

Southport

Nuovo Olimpo

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By *lan82Man
34 weeks ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

Gods own country has its moments

Stranger by the lake has some hardcore inserts

Cousins has its appeal

David’s birthday features an almighty hot scene with a so called straight married guy fucking his friends smoking HOT and fit gay son..

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By *DCambsMan
34 weeks ago

Cambridge

For comedy I love Victor/Victoria or The Ritz or the original French La Cage Au Folles (the Birdcage being the US English language remake).

The Duke of Burgundy is a great fetish/lesbian film.

Latterdays a good coming out film.

Girls Lost is fun, slightly fantasy.

VGL - Hung! is also a quirky one.

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By *ristol_Speedo_guyMan
34 weeks ago

Bristol

"Call Me By Your Name, I haven’t watched it but was recommended it, has really good reviews "

Timothy Challomet has come on a lot since this movie

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

Purely for their factual elements:

Dog Day Afternoon.

Paris Is Burning

A Single Man

All real gems. And ASM being possibly the only film I could ever watch again with Colin "The Cunt" Firth in it.

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By *rgeoMan
34 weeks ago

WOLVERHAMPTON

Inconnu du lac (Stranger by the lake) 2013

Setting is a French cruising site. Very explicit. Suspenseful.

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By *rgeoMan
34 weeks ago

WOLVERHAMPTON

By the way, has anyone seen Infinity Pool? There is one scene where you see a hard cock ejaculating. It's not a gay film, but it now has a gay fan.

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By *haneportsMan
34 weeks ago

portsmouth

Some great references to check out.

Thanks guys

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By *inesman60Man
34 weeks ago

york

Sebastiane.

Remember watching it in the (very) early days of C4.

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By *ich65Man
34 weeks ago

Chorley

I have a few favourites:

Priest, with Linus Roache as the priest who has an affair with Robert Carlyle.

God's Own Country has some great scenes.

The Danish Girl with Eddie Redmayne, a true but ultimately sad story.

Sequin In A Blue Room, an Australian film.

Men of Hard Skin, an Argentinian (I think) film has some good scenes.

Shank and the sequel - Cal, with Wayne Virgo, very gritty and a bit violent.

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By *IPMANMan
34 weeks ago

West London

The Boys in the Band, Torch Song Trilogy, Beautiful Thing, Philadelphia

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By *ighway expressMan
34 weeks ago

Campbeltown

Victim

Quite simply a superb film.

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By *ary1066Man
34 weeks ago

Preston

Like it is,

Young Gay bare knuckle fighter struggle to come out till he meets Jamie visiting Blackpool from his home in London

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

I quite liked 'I love you, Phillip Morris' I think it was called with Jim Carrey as a con man imprisoned falling in love.

My absolute fave gay films are 'Longhorns' a comedy from TLA releasing and 'Boys' a coming of age from Peccadillo Pictures though

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By *enonMan
34 weeks ago

Leicester

Spoiler Alert...a good movie in which the 2 main actors are actually gay - playing gay men...based on a true story..funny and sad/emotional.

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By *afffMan
34 weeks ago

Bradford

Protect Me From What I Want, a C4 short from a couple of years ago

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By *420Man
34 weeks ago

Bristol

The Imitation Game

Philadelphia

Midnight Cowboy

Bohemian Rhapsody

Capote

That's a weekend sorted

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By *acingfanMan
34 weeks ago

Huddersfield

Redwoods

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By *tokeGuy60Man
34 weeks ago

Stoke

Prick Up Your Ears starring Gary Oldman. Story of the playwright Joe Orton with plenty of cruising and cottaging.

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By *rgeoMan
34 weeks ago

WOLVERHAMPTON

Has anyone mentioned The Talented Mr Ripley?

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

Recently seen Unicorns.

Good film would recommend

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By *udeguy57Man
34 weeks ago

Nuneaton/mids

Stranger by the lake.

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By *adame BootsTV/TS
34 weeks ago

Tetbury

Its been mentioned before but the duke of burgundy for any subs and boot worshipers, its lesbian, but still gay.

Think its on film 4 at the moment

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By *ay4121Man
34 weeks ago

Bexleyheath

My Beautiful Launderette "

Not seen this for years but really left an impression when I was younger

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By *lan82Man
34 weeks ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

Presque Rien.. contains a staggering sand dunes / beach scene.. other than that unwieldy and incomprehensible.. but that scene..

A moment in the Reeds.. contains at least one great gay sex scene..

Floating Skyscrapers has one great gay sex scene.. but an abominable ending

Clapham Junction.. Luke Treadaway simulates gay fucking on that guy who played the Yorkshire Ripper in the Red Riding trilogy..

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By (user no longer on site)
34 weeks ago

"Protect Me From What I Want, a C4 short from a couple of years ago"

That's on the 'Boys on film 4' collection too - a collection of short films from independent directors. They are really interesting and entertaining, I believe there are about 25 of those 'Boys on Films' now.

Brokeback Mountain was a damn good movie too.

For the younger generation: 'Love, Simon' was brilliant, starring the very fit Nick Robinson

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By *uckitboiMan
34 weeks ago

Chelmsford

There’s an Australian film called Lonesome the actor is very sexy and there a great SM scene . It’s on Gayforit.eu

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By *976BeardedMan OP Man
34 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

Thank you all for the recommendations

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By *inesman60Man
33 weeks ago

york

Just thought of a couple more...

The swimming pool scene in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Hot AF.

Oh (and a bit left field, and the film may be difficult to find, but it was televised decades ago...)

The Ritz.

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By *ighway expressMan
33 weeks ago

Campbeltown

Accounts. A made for Channel 4 indie movie from early 80's.

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By *os001Man
33 weeks ago

Oxford

Banana, Cucumber and It's a Sin are great series to watch.

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By *rgeoMan
33 weeks ago

WOLVERHAMPTON

Nighthawks 1978 by Ron Peck

Depressing but accurate.

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By *rgeoMan
33 weeks ago

WOLVERHAMPTON

Eismayer (2022) sounds good.

Sgt. Eismayer is one of the toughest training officers in the Austrian armed forces, ruthless with recruits and unwavering in his discipline. His closeted existence is shaken to the core when he starts to fall in love with Falak, a new recruit who embraces his homosexuality.

A true story.

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By (user no longer on site)
33 weeks ago

Milk

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By *DCambsMan
33 weeks ago

Cambridge

"Just thought of a couple more...

The swimming pool scene in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Hot AF.

Oh (and a bit left field, and the film may be difficult to find, but it was televised decades ago...)

The Ritz. "

You can probably get The Ritz on VHS, might even be available on DVD....

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By *eefandfurMan
33 weeks ago

Edinburgh

Fast and Furious (any of them)

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By *ngel1971Man
33 weeks ago

London

The Two of Us from 1987, it was a BBC television film, which I remember still with much fondness. Some aspects of it resonated with me as a 16 year old, not long having left school, and finding my feet as a young gay teenager, being aware and accepting of my sexuality and beginning my first gay encounters with men.

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By *ibeariusMan
33 weeks ago

Greenock

"Call Me By Your Name, I haven’t watched it but was recommended it, has really good reviews "

The book is average but the movie the young lads about 13 and the other about 50 bluegrass

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By (user no longer on site)
33 weeks ago

Bride of Chucky,

Cruising,

Hellbent

Unhappy Birthday

All of us strangers

Get Real

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By *lan82Man
33 weeks ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

"Call Me By Your Name, I haven’t watched it but was recommended it, has really good reviews "

Ridiculously overrated.

Also not very good.

Armie Hammer is nice tho.

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By *eaponOfAssDestruction.Man
31 weeks ago

Leeds

Cruising

Querelle

Boys in the Band

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By *ootsockMan
30 weeks ago

Earl's Court, London

I saw a really good Norwegian film yesterday, called just 'Love', which explores the notion of 'spontaneous intimacy' and sexual connections that aren't planned to lead to a relationship, but still are kind and caring.

One main character is a male nurse, who lives like that quite consciously, and the other is his boss, a doctor, who decides to see if something like his way of life might suit her. It is such a gentle and intelligent film. What I hadn't bargained for was that the nurse meets a gay man who is distraught that he is about to have his cancerous prostate removed which will leave him impotent and incontinent. I found it intensely emotional, but at least he has someone who wants to treat him with kindness.

I think the director's name is Haugerud, and it's one of a trilogy called the Oslo Trilogy, all about human sexuality. I saw one other, called 'Sex' about bisexuality, and it was also really good, but much more talky. I thought of mentioning it on one of the bisexuality threads, but decided against dipping a toe in those brackish waters!

Do look out for them, I think you'd find them really worth watching. They're in several cinemas in London at the moment. Don't know about elsewhere. Interested to hear others' opinions.

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By *ilke500Man
30 weeks ago

edinburgh

"For comedy I love Victor/Victoria or The Ritz or the original French La Cage Au Folles (the Birdcage being the US English language remake).

The Duke of Burgundy is a great fetish/lesbian film.

Latterdays a good coming out film.

Girls Lost is fun, slightly fantasy.

VGL - Hung! is also a quirky one.

I remember seeing La Cage Aux Folles on its release in a French cinema. Trying to follow the dialogue with my schoolboy French. Michel Serrault was hilarious.

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By *ootsockMan
30 weeks ago

Earl's Court, London

"For comedy I love Victor/Victoria [...]."

There is a fascinating pre-history to Victor/Victoria which some of you will know - it is based on the German film 'Viktor und Viktoria' from 1933 which then spawned a French re-make in 1934, 'Georges et Georgette', and then the first English re-make in 1935, 'First a Girl'. They make fun and informative watching. See the Wikipedia entries. What changes in Germany after 1933 ...

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By *orcester GuyMan
30 weeks ago

Worcestershire North

Caligula does that count ?

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By *ilke500Man
30 weeks ago

edinburgh

"Caligula does that count ?"

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By *jchesMan
30 weeks ago

crewe

Priest bbc film

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By *976BeardedMan OP Man
29 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

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By *IPMANMan
29 weeks ago

West London

Torch Song Trilogy or Midnight Cowboy

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By (user no longer on site)
29 weeks ago

I've watched 'Unicorns' and it was such a beautiful film!

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By *.DonMan
29 weeks ago

Manchester

Not a film, but a TV series called The Deuce, which was on Sky

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By *tephanie SomtimesTV/TS
29 weeks ago

South Derbyshire

Have you seen the BBC drama about a young cottaging rent boy? It's on the iPlayer called - What it Feels Like for a Girl

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By *V ShazTV/TS
29 weeks ago

Haydock

The crying game

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By *opActiveMan
29 weeks ago

London

Clapham Junction uk film

Sad , but very well done

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By *opActiveMan
29 weeks ago

London

Doubt

Rip Philip Seymour Hoffman

Always had crush on him

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By (user no longer on site)
29 weeks ago

Wrecked

Postcards from London

Rope

Killing of Sister George

The Leather Boys

Unhappy Birthday

The gay B&B of terror

Weekend

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By *andomguy321Man
29 weeks ago

reading

Any of Tom Cruise's ones

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By *976BeardedMan OP Man
29 weeks ago

Essex (Epping) / Central London

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By *lan82Man
29 weeks ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

There’s a made for telly movie called The Line of Beauty which stars a young Dan Stevens.. he ends up bumming that bloke from EastEnders..

Worth a watch for Dan’s shower scene.. also there’s a three way scene..

The telly series Dante’s Cove has some spicy gay fucking.. but appalling acting

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By (user no longer on site)
29 weeks ago

Have you watched The Lair ?

It is from the makers of Dante's Cove ( what a great theme tune ). It is set in a gay bar run by a homosexual vampire played by the mighty Dylan Vox .it also has a killer plant and a male Gorgon .

Great fun.

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By *acyjones2TV/TS
29 weeks ago

Bamber Bridge

" Island of death" strange film with a few gay scenes throughout.

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By *owzerMan
5 days ago

Chester... Where the streets have no name

Femme (2023). BBC2 Friday 27th March.

Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.

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By *ootsockMan
5 days ago

Earl's Court, London

The original 'Day of the Jackal' film (1973) had a fascinating key sequence to the plot, where the Jackal finds the perfect way of hiding out in Paris by picking a guy up in a sauna and staying at his flat. When he casually kills his host as he's preparing his dinner it seems particularly heartless.

It's pretty amazing to see gay sauna cruising in such a mainstream film back then, and presented quite non-judgementally - other than to suggest, quite reasonably, that you take risks taking complete strangers home for sex. Given that a woman who takes him in earlier suffers a similar fate, it's hardly a homophobic episode.

'Pillion' certainly needs to be added to the list. Excellent film. Anyone seen anything interesting at the LGBTQ+ film festival that's on at the National Film Theatre at the moment? I'm going to the Russell T. Davies talk tomorrow lunchtime.

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By *awihMan
5 days ago

Aldershot

I suppose a couple for all the TV’s would be

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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By *andomguy321Man
5 days ago

reading

The Crying Game opened my eyes when I saw it all those years ago.

Subject matter aside, it's also just a damned good film.

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By *anleybeatonMan
5 days ago

london

I haven't seen 'Maurice' by Merchant Ivory for years so it may be a bit dated now but I loved it because it had a *happy ending*

The novel is better than the film they cut loads out of the film and it didn't really make sense if you hadn't read the book

Hugh Grant is particularly impressive he gives the character a clear arc between being happily gay at Oxford in the beginning but turning gradually into a priggish married closet case to further his political career

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By *estcum2020Man
5 days ago

Workington

C.R.A.Z.Y.

French Canadian film with English subtitles. Really good coming of age story, well acted. Definitely worth a watch.

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By *cunnySucker69Man
5 days ago

Scunthorpe

The only one I have is stranger by the lake

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By *iowaMan
5 days ago

Bideford

pink narcissus from 1971. Seen when I was a pre teen and liked it even though I wasn't sure what was going on.lol

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By *awihMan
5 days ago

Aldershot

Death Trap. Oh the outrage in the press when it first came out two men kissing on screen.

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By *lan82Man
5 days ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

There’s a foreign film.. Dutch I think.. from Paul Verhoeven.. called Spetters.. contains some sexually explicit scenes.. some gay ones too..

Including a rather troubling gay gang sexual assault scene.. which features an actual hard cock

I’m not sure I’d recommend.. but what I DO and CAN recommend is Trick. A light not heavy Rom com starring Neve Campbell’s brother and has a happy ending.

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By *ustOneBearMan
5 days ago

Neath

"The Boys in the Band, Torch Song Trilogy, Beautiful Thing, Philadelphia"

All excellent, I’d add

Pride

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By *dstefiMan
5 days ago

Solihull

I once watched Scorpio Rising and was none the wiser

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By *ridayguyMan
5 days ago

Cheshire

boots was pretty good

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By *ustOneBearMan
5 days ago

Neath

"boots was pretty good"
sadly cancelled after one season.

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By *ridayguyMan
5 days ago

Cheshire

still.

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By *ajkumarkapoorMan
4 days ago

England

Brokeback Mountains.

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