Still can't get over from one of the grandest Pride celebration ever? With the Supreme Court's decision last Friday granting the LGBT community the rights for same-sex marriage for all 50 states, everyone is just elated (even the whole world is celebrating with us). So we made a list of the Top 5 LGBT Films everyone should see to capture the awesome mood and celebrate with Pride (your sexual orientation does not really matter here, as long as you're open to seeing everyone happy).
Love is Strange (2014)
From writer-director, Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On), "Love is Strange" tells a story about an aging couple Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) who finally tied the knot after nearly four decades together. But when George got fired from his teaching post, the couple is forced to sell their apartment and had to live apart until they can find an affordable new home.
Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
With over 73 nominations and 94 wins including a Palme d'Or in Cannes Film Festival 2013, "Blue is the Warmest Color" or "La vie d'Adèle" won everyone's hearts.
According to a synopsis in IMDB, Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a high school student who is still exploring herself as a woman. She dates men but somehow is unable to find satisfaction sexually. One day, she meets Emma (Léa Seydoux) a free-spirited girl with blue hair who will help her discover desire. "In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss," one synopsis reads.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Another award-winning film that made it to this list is Jean-Marc Vallee's "Dallas Buyers Club". Vallee, known for "Wild" and "The Young Victoria", definitely tug our emotions on this heart-wrenching film. Both Matthew McCounaughey and Jared Leto won a number of awards for this must-see drama including 2014 Academy Award for Best Actor and 2014 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, respectively.
From Rotten Tomatoes, "Dallas Buyers Club" focuses on "real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof (McConaughey), whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old friends, and bereft of government-approved effective medicines, decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, the entrepreneurial Woodroof joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts - who he once would have shunned - and established a hugely successful "buyers' club."(c) Focus Features
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The highly-controversial film by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), "Brokeback Mountain" is a story of a forbidden love affair between two cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) who met in the summer as ranch hands in the Wyoming mountains.
Critically-acclaimed, the film won numerous awards including Oscars for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Achievement in Music.
Milk (2008)
This 2008 film by Gus Van Sant of Good Will Hunting and Elephant fame, tells Harvey Milk's story - his struggles as a gay activist who fought for gay rights. He then became the first openly gay elected official in California.
Sean Penn's portrayal of "Milk" won him the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Oscars 2009.
Other LGBT films you should also check out includes Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), Pride (2014), Hedwig And The Angry Inch (2001), Weekend (2011), Boys Don't Cry (1999), Philadelphia (1993), and Happy Together (1997).
