Subgenre Sampler
Rental > LGBT: 86 Films to Rent on VHS
- Kiss Me Guido (1997)
- Dir. Tony Vitale
Feat. Nick Scotti, Anthony De Sando, Anthony Barrile
- Gay–straight comedy of mistaken identity (ala WEDDING BANQUET) set in New York's Little Italy has an authentic sub–cultural bent, but be…
- Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997)
- Dir. Ela Troyano
Feat. Irwin Ossa, John Bryant Daula, Jenifer Lee Simard
- Torrid sexual intrigue, dance–club shenanigans and breakneck plot twists power this low–budget story of the New York Hispanic gay…
- Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
- Dir. Joe Mantello
Feat. Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella
- The exclamations–marks certainly fly in this spirited comedy of summer–weekend craziness and bad manners. Based on Terrence McNally's…
- Star Maps (1997)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa
- With dreams of Hollywood stardom, a Mexican teen migrates to California, settles for work in his father's prostitution ring, and makes 'progress' as…
- Boys Life (1996)
- Dir. Raoul O'Connell, Robert Lee King, Brian Sloan
Feat. Josh Phillip Weinstein, Raoul O'Connell, Russell Scott Lewis…
- Three half–hour short films that examine the gay perspective in America through three adolescent characters.
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- East Palace / West Palace (1996)
- Dir. Zhang Yuan
Feat. Vicki Zhao, Si Han, Jun Hu
- This rare independent mainland Chinese film is a difficult, often devastating two–hander between a gay man and the policeman sent to arrest him…
- Eclipse (1996)
- Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Von Flores, John Gilbert, Pascale Montpetit
- Canadian festival fave is a fluent, quirky first feature that follows a chain of disparate sexual encounters that come full circle under the…
- Hollow Reed (1996)
- Dir. Angela Pope
Feat. Sam Bould, Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson…
- An exceptional and gripping British drama is made of delicate subjects –child abuse, custody rangling, homosexuality. The women…
- It's My Party (1996)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Eric Roberts
- Eric Roberts is bravely cast against as an LA professional dying of AIDS, who decides to host a farewell party before taking his own life. His…
- Lilies (1996)
- Dir. John Greyson
Feat. Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Matthew Fergusson
- Stylised, ripely sensual adaptation of Michel Marc's play 'Les Feluettes' set in a men's prison in 1950s Quebec, where the inmates kidnap a local…