Gay Movies Must-See: 1990s
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1. In the Flesh (1998)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A mature but uneasy cop takes in a young gay hustler following a knifing death in the area. A personal relationship wants to form but both are leery of it.
Director: Ben Taylor | Stars: Dane Ritter, Ed Corbin, Shimley Reynolds, Randy Cohlmia
Votes: 603
2. I Think I Do (1997)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.
Director: Brian Sloan | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Christian Maelen, Luna Lauren Velez, Jamie Harrold
Votes: 1,667 | Gross: $0.34M
3. Full Speed (1996)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his ... See full summary »
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau, Pascal Cervo, Meziane Bardadi
Votes: 880
4. Hustler White (1996)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.
Directors: Rick Castro, Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Tony Ward, Bruce La Bruce, Kevin P. Scott, Ivar Johnson
Votes: 1,438 | Gross: $0.13M
5. Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
R | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter, Dee Smart
Votes: 2,086 | Gross: $0.04M
6. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Winston Chao, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua, Sihung Lung
Votes: 17,132 | Gross: $6.93M
7. Sixth Happiness (1997)
97 min | Drama
The unusual story of a boy who will never grow. Born with a disease that makes his bones brittle, Brit, as he is appropriately named by his mom, will be four feet tall for life. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia, Nina Wadia
Votes: 149 | Gross: $0.00M
8. Black and White (1992)
Drama, Romance
Black and White is the story of Lisa, a young Soviet emigre studying medicine in Manhattan, Roy, an African American building superintendent on New York's Lower East Side, and the bond that... See full summary »
Director: Boris Frumin | Stars: Veronica Alicino, Stephen C. Batts, Hayward Boling, Bernard Caunchy
Votes: 25
9. The Mao Game (1999)
97 min | Drama
Growing up neurotic in a Hollywood family.
Director: Joshua John Miller | Stars: Veronica Alicino, Kirstie Alley, Shan Applegate, Sue Bernard
Votes: 109
10. Edge of Seventeen (1998)
TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.
Director: David Moreton | Stars: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay
Votes: 7,106 | Gross: $0.87M
11. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 716
12. Hit and Runway (1999)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alex and Elliot an unlikely pair connect to write a film about a New York cop working undercover as a fashion model.
Director: Christopher Livingston | Stars: Michael Parducci, Peter Jacobson, Judy Prescott, Kerr Smith
Votes: 513 | Gross: $0.08M
13. Pink Pumpkins at Dawn (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
One erratic gunshot into the bleak New England woods pushes Brian toward an unexpected confrontation with Melanie, the woman next door.
Director: Rick Onorato | Stars: Dominique Debroux, Chris Gunn, Jeb Eastman, David Sitler
Votes: 14
14. Violet's Visit (1997)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Violet, a fiesty 15 year-old who prefers the nickname "Scooter" , decides to run away from her boring life in a small town and goes to visit with the father she has never seen. She believes... See full summary »
Director: Richard Turner | Stars: Rebecca Smart, Graham Harvey, David Franklin, Caleb Packham
Votes: 120
15. West Hollywood Stories, Volume One (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Welcome to WeHo Manor and its residents: Handsome hunks, good doctors, evil twins, nude maids, cross dressing nuns engaging in life's simple pleasures like love triangles, kidnapping, ... See full summary »
Director: Alisa Christensen | Stars: Allan Wayne Anderson, Bobbi, Crystall Carmen, Alisa Christensen
Votes: 43
16. In & Out (1997)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon
Votes: 44,149 | Gross: $63.86M
17. L'homme que j'aime (1997 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Giusti | Stars: Jean-Michel Portal, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Mathilde Seigner, Vittoria Scognamiglio
Votes: 1,778
18. Sitcom (1998)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and how much do you ... See full summary »
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van
Votes: 5,577
19. Peoria Babylon (1997)
90 min | Comedy
Art gallery operators hit upon a stunt to boost their business, but other hands get involved.
Director: Steven Diller | Stars: David Drake, Ann Cusack, Matthew Pestorius, Paul Adelstein
Votes: 56
20. Sixth Happiness (1997)
97 min | Drama
The unusual story of a boy who will never grow. Born with a disease that makes his bones brittle, Brit, as he is appropriately named by his mom, will be four feet tall for life. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia, Nina Wadia
Votes: 149 | Gross: $0.00M
21. There Goes My Baby (1994)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.
Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Ricky Schroder, Kelli Williams, Noah Wyle
Votes: 1,169 | Gross: $0.12M
22. Uroki v kontse vesny (1991)
75 min | Drama
A young boy's loss of innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison is the harrowing, Kafkaesque premise of LESSONS AT THE END OF SPRING. During the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev ... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Kavun | Stars: Danya Tolkachev, Yuriy Nazarov, Yuriy Mazhuga, Aleksandr Feklistov
Votes: 157
23. Little Boy Blue (1997)
R | 105 min | Drama
19 y.o. Jimmy' s dad is a vicious, impotent Vietnam vet, who forces his wife and son to have incest. He has a secret he'll kill to keep. Jimmy won't abandon his two kid brothers by leaving.
Director: Antonio Tibaldi | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Shirley Knight
Votes: 2,247
24. Gang Land (1998)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An interracial couple is attacked and the woman is gang-raped in a random attack. This prompts the woman to commit suicide and the man decides to seek revenge from the inside by joining the... See full summary »
Director: Randolph Kret | Stars: Damon Jones, Dave Oren Ward, Davidlee Willson, Aimee Chaffin
Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.20M
25. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,387 | Gross: $22.46M
26. Lie Down with Dogs (1995)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Tommie is a young guy in Manhattan with a dead-end job handing out fliers in Times Square. At the beginning of a fateful summer, he has a chance encounter with a friend who tells Tommie ... See full summary »
Director: Wally White | Stars: Wally White, Bash Halow, James Sexton, Darren Dryden
Votes: 660 | Gross: $0.24M
27. Parallel Sons (1995)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a... See full summary »
Director: John G. Young | Stars: Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Murphy Guyer, Graham Alex Johnson
Votes: 288
28. Bishonen (1998)
111 min | Drama, Romance
The emotional travails of a handsome gigolo and a hunky cop, who are trying to come to terms with their sexuality.
Director: Yonfan | Stars: Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu, Shu Qi, Terence Yin
Votes: 1,022 | Gross: $0.02M
29. My Own Country (1998 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama
"My Own Country" tells the story of an East Indian doctor who settles in Johnson City, Tennessee. The doctor's name is Abraham Verghese, and he specializes in infectious diseases. It's 1985... See full summary »
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 367
30. Midnight Dancers (1994)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Three young and good-looking brothers live with and support their parents in Manila; they dance at the male Club Exotica and work as "call boys." Joel has a wife and child; he and Dennis ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Chionglo | Stars: Alex Del Rosario, Gandong Cervantes, Lawrence David, Luis Cortes
Votes: 311
31. Premières neiges (1999 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau, Aure Atika, Salim Kechiouche
Votes: 147
32. Totally Confused (1998)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
Wiley is a gay virgin who spends his nights with a large collection of porno. Johnny's his best friend but he's straight, though does admit to a little experimenting. What to do? what to do?
Directors: Greg Pritikin, Gary Rosen | Stars: Greg Pritikin, Gary Rosen, Jackie Katzman, Heather Donaldson
Votes: 201
33. Pousse Cafe (1997)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A retired game show baron and his estranged gay son spar over old family bitterness and popular culture while testing recipes for a book on the history of cocktails.
Director: Susan Winter | Stars: Anthony Hamilton, Dominic Hamilton-Little, Steven J. Levy, Beatrix Ost
Votes: 31
34. Mama, I Have Something to Tell You (1997)
Drama
Mama, I have something to tell you, is an intimate dialogue between a mother and her gay son as they confront each others feelings about homosexuality. Interwoven from poetic textures and ... See full summary »
Director: Calogero Salvo
35. Floating (1997)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A young man struggle to come of age during a violent period of emotional and financial instability.
Director: William Roth | Stars: Norman Reedus, Chad Lowe, Will Lyman, Sybil Darrow
Votes: 758 | Gross: $0.01M
36. Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997)
Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime
A cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin (Angel) arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and sometimes dangerous gay scene in the city's Latin neighborhood, with surprising outcomes.
Director: Ela Troyano | Stars: Irwin Ossa, John Bryant, Jenifer Lee Simard, Alexis Artiles
Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.10M
37. The Boy with a Bugle (1997)
Biography, Drama
Autobiographical film of the directors masturbatory fantasy world. Images of Mame and fat boys reign.
Director: Rene Broussard
Votes: 8
38. Nunzio's Second Cousin (1994)
18 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A masculine gay cop teaches a lesson to a group of young homophobes.
Director: Tom DeCerchio | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Miles Perlich, Eileen Brennan, David Fresco
Votes: 294
39. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 3,995 | Gross: $0.34M
40. The Dead Boys' Club (1992)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
It's the 1990s. Toby, just out of college in Wisconsin, comes to Manhattan to spend the summer with his older cousin, Packard, a gay man whose lover John R. has just died of AIDS. Toby is ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Christopher | Stars: Nat DeWolf, Erik Van Der Wilden, Matt Decker, Ari Benjamin
Votes: 143
41. Death in Venice, CA (1994)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A stressed out writer's getaway is complicated by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old male relative.
Director: P. David Ebersole | Stars: Nick Rafter, Robert Glen Keith, Shirley Knight, John Forristal
Votes: 185
42. Lilies (1996)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.
Director: John Greyson | Stars: Ian D. Clark, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux
Votes: 2,843 | Gross: $0.22M
43. Boys in Love 2 (1998)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection of 6 gay-oriented short-films. Two main themes are explored here: The homo-eroticism of "Twilight of the Gods", "SPF 2000" & "Dirty Baby Does Fire Island" (the latter follows a... See full summary »
Directors: Todd Downing, Patrick McGuinn | Star: John Cantwell
Votes: 65
44. The Second Coming (1995)
Not Rated | 53 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Futuristic story of Carlos and Ben who fall in love in high school despite the racism and and homophobia. When Fundamentalist forces threaten to take over the U. S. the pair join forces with an underground resistance movement.
Director: Jack Walsh | Stars: Al Giordano, Desi del Valle, Jeff Constan, John Connally
Votes: 112
45. My Polish Waiter (1995)
12 min | Short
Timith, a chatty and needy young man, pushes himself upon Belky, a nearly-wordless immigrant waiter who works at a cafe Timith frequents. Timith projects all kinds of attributes onto Belky,... See full summary »
Director: Terracino | Stars: Ric Cucharelli, Timothy P. Cusick, Tohmas Elmlund, Tracy Mills
Votes: 50
46. The Trio (1998)
93 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of ... See full summary »
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Götz George, Christian Redl, Jeanette Hain, Felix Eitner
Votes: 386
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