The former an instant classic, the latter a drag. Two French queer films, albeit totally different from one another, which gained quite some attention and praise. There’s been a number of movies swept up by the pandemic preventing it from getting a wide theatrical release with The Woman in the Window ultimately getting sold from Fox to Netflix. It lurked in the shadow of La Vie d’Adele, which shook the earth by showing a tumultuous lesbian love affair in all its aspects. Cast: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie. What surprised me even more was that it didn’t stir up any controversy when it was first shown at the Cannes festival last year. L’inconnu du Lac received much critical acclaim ( also by other The Filmtransition staff members), which surprised me, to say the least: it’s likely one the most overrated (rest of and dull films I have seen in a while.
When French gay thriller L’inconnu du Lac was released in Dutch cinemas it made me come up with a list of the best LGBT films I’ve seen this decade. In celebration of Pride Month 2021 and the LGBTQ community, we have rounded up some of the best LGBTQ movies and shows that you can stream right now on Netflix. But since everyone’s doing it… these are the most interesting, gripping, funny movies that are in some way ‘gay-themed’. All of these movies are on Netflix, unless they are noted with an arrival date.
Defining movies as ‘LGBT’ or ‘gay-themed’ is in fact a bit stupid, as it has nothing to do with a genre at all. Handsome Devil Handsome Devil Holding the Man Holding the Man Your Name Engraved Herein Your Name Engraved Herein The Half of It The Half of It. We’ve sorted the best movies on the streaming service for the month of June 2021.