The Criterion Collection: Out at Criterion

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In 1961, Basil Dearden’s Victim became the first mainstream English-language drama to feature a sympathetic homosexual protagonist, played by matinee idol Dirk Bogarde. In 2011, Andrew Haigh’s boy-meets-boy romance Weekend defied expectations to become a crossover art-house hit. The fact that, fifty years after Victim, Weekend is also considered groundbreaking is evidence of how far cinema may still have to go in terms of gay representation. But between these two revelatory films, there have been plenty of other important and entertaining ones made about gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, and several of them are available in the Criterion Collection, including works by trailblazers like Robert Epstein, Derek Jarman, and Gus van Sant.

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    Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant

    1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check
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    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    Burroughs: The Movie

    1983, in 1 top list
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    La cage aux folles

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    Chasing Amy

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 6 -1

    Je tu il elle

    1974 — a.k.a. Je Tu Il Elle, in 5 top lists Check
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    Jubilee

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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    Mala Noche

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
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    Maurice

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 14 -3

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
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    Naked Lunch

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
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    Una giornata particolare

    1977 — a.k.a. A Special Day, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
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    Weekend

    2011, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 16, 2015; source