June is Pride Month where the LGBTQIA+ community comes together, marches and celebrates the occasion.
There are also movies that are close to home for the community.
Here are some movies to watch during Pride Month.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
A stranded young couple experience strange incidents inside a castle owned by Frank N Furter a transvestite.
This musical is a landmark movie for the LGBTQIA+ community for its themes of self-discovery and freedom.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger play Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar, two cowboys who fall in love.
Their complicated relationship is explored over decades when their brief separation leads to both marrying their girlfriends.
Ang Lee’s movie is revolutionary and was one of the first to depict LGBTQIA+ topics in mainstream cinema.
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Julianne Moore and Annette Benning portray a lesbian couple who raise their two teens named Joni and Laser.
The couple faces a crisis when their children find out about their father Paul, who they were born from the same sperm donor.
This was one of the first movies featuring a same-sex couple raising a family and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards.
Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Adele who finds freedom in painting gets attracted to the blue haired Emma where their relationship is explored over three hours.
It won the Palm D’or at the Cannes Film Festival where the actresses received the award as a special prize.
Pride (2014)
This historical drama follows gay and lesbian activists during the British miners’ strike held by Margaret Thatcher in 1984.
They decided to raise money to help the miners’ families affected by the strike.
Moonlight (2016)
This drama presents three stages of Chiron’s life: His childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
It dives deep into his difficulties with bullying, identifying himself, and coming to terms with his sexuality.
It took home Best Picture at the Academy Awards becoming the first LGBTQIA+ movie to achieve this feat.
Portrait of A Lady On Fire (2019)
This French film is set in the 18th century on an isolated island.
A painter is assigned to paint a portrait of an aristocrat when a romance slowly blossoms.
It was universally beloved, and won the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
What is your favourite LGBTQIA+ movie?
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