42 Movies Gays Love - that have Strong Female Tendencies In Them
Historically gays as a group, (and generally speaking just to double down on that), often enjoy movies with strong female tendencies about them.
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That doesn't mean all gay people like these sorts of movies, but looking back its clear that a lot of gay people do like these kinds of movies.
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With that in mind here is a list of 42 movies (selected from my main list "Gay Movies - Gay History") called "42 Movies Gays Love - that have Strong Female Tendencies In Them".
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I've included in the comments/notes area for each of these movies the person and/or character and/or reason why that movie is on the list. Some notes/reasons may be slightly obscure. Or not. You decide.
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The list is presented in chronological order by year released.
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That doesn't mean all gay people like these sorts of movies, but looking back its clear that a lot of gay people do like these kinds of movies.
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With that in mind here is a list of 42 movies (selected from my main list "Gay Movies - Gay History") called "42 Movies Gays Love - that have Strong Female Tendencies In Them".
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I've included in the comments/notes area for each of these movies the person and/or character and/or reason why that movie is on the list. Some notes/reasons may be slightly obscure. Or not. You decide.
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The list is presented in chronological order by year released.
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- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Scarlett. Melanie. Scarlett.. Mamie. Aunt Pittypat. Scarlett.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Judy. Dorothy. Glenda. Miss Gulch. The Lollypop Guild.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind RussellA study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.The Countess DeLave proclaiming "l'amour, l'amour..."
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJoan CrawfordJack CarsonZachary ScottA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Joan Crawford. Veda. Eve Arden.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Bette Davis
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Norma Desmond
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Blanche
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorHoward HawksStarsJane RussellMarilyn MonroeCharles CoburnShowgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.Marilyn, especially when she sings
"Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend".
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRosalind RussellForrest TuckerCoral BrowneAn orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.Mame, Vera, Miss Gooch, Sally Cato, "Little Gloria".
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.Rock. (and Doris)
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.Holly, Audrey & Moon River
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Joan and Bette, together.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRuss MeyerStarsTura SatanaHajiLori WilliamsThree go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.Varla.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMark RobsonStarsBarbara ParkinsPatty DukePaul BurkeFilm version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.Neely. Sharon Tate. Patty Duke. (yeah, i know, twice and not the third one, can you remember anything about her - that third one, anyway? :)
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBarbra StreisandOmar SharifKay MedfordThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.Babs. Sadie. Mrs. Strakosh.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.Liza. Judy Garland's daughter. Sally. Sally Bowles. (yeah, i know. So What? It will all go on.... humph, which wasn't even in the movie, only the play...darn it)
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineDavid LocharyMary Vivian PearceA spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.Divine
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.Susan. Damnit. Janet. Magenta. Columbia. Tim. Rocky. Brad.
Fay. Wray. Home planets.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire MaurierThe manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.Albin
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly PartonThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.Lily, Jane, Dolly, Violet, Judy, Doralee, Roz, Dick, Mr. Hart
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsOlivia Newton-JohnGene KellyMichael BeckA struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.Olivia. Kira. ELO.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorFrank PerryStarsFaye DunawayDiana ScarwidSteve ForrestThe abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.Faye.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Dorothy Michaels. Jessica Lange. Terri Garr. Phoebe's mom.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsMichael DouglasTerrence MannMichael BlevinsHopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.Val singing "Tits & Ass". Paul Paul Paul. Michael Douglas.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMichael GottliebStarsAndrew McCarthyKim CattrallEstelle GettyA young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.Samantha Jones. Anthony Bouvier. Sophia Petrillo.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJim AbrahamsStarsBette MidlerLily TomlinFred WardTwo couples of sisters from New York and from the countryside discover that they are connected in an incredible way.Ernestine and The Divine Miss M. Jupiter Hollow. The "Y".
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJohn WatersStarsSonny BonoRuth BrownDivineA 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.Pia Zadora for sure. Also Blondie and Amber and Sonny Bono.
And Traci and Divine. And Link. But mostly Pia.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsMadonnaDonna DeLoryNiki HarisDocumentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.The Material Girl. The Dancers. Wayne, Garth. Dick Tracy.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence StampTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.Adam, Bernadette, Mitzi Del Bra, but mostly
Felicia Jollygoodfellow.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorBarry ShilsStarsRuPaulJohn EppersonDebbie HarryDocumentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by drag diva, Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinka.Lady Bunny. Only her. Nobody else. You better work.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorTony BancroftBarry CookStarsMing-Na WenEddie MurphyBD WongTo save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.Mulan.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorJim FallStarsChristian CampbellJohn Paul PitocTori SpellingThe misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan.Judy, the fabulous Judy when she gives her topless monologue. Brilliant. Oh and Tori. Hell yeah, Tori. But, mostly Judy, her tits, and that glorious monologue.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorPeyton ReedStarsKirsten DunstEliza DushkuJesse BradfordA champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.Big Red. Missy. Whitney. Courtney. Jenelope.
But mostly Big Red, Natina Reed & "these Buffies".
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorDel ShoresStarsDelta BurkeBonnie BedeliaOlivia Newton-JohnAs three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their "Sordid Lives."Aunt Sissy. Juanita Bartlett. Brother Boy. Tammy Wynette.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRobert LuketicStarsReese WitherspoonLuke WilsonSelma BlairElle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.Elle. Chutney.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorRichard DayStarsJack PlotnickClinton LeuppJeffery RobersonThree actresses at various places on the Hollywood food chain navigate the minefield of love, aging, and ambition. Oh, and they're all played by men!Evie. (sorry Coco and Varla, but, well, you know.)
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorAngela RobinsonStarsSara FosterJordana BrewsterDevon AokiPlaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.Janet. Lucy when she lip synchs. But mostly Janet, especially when she notices things.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.Regina Regina Regina.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorDuncan TuckerStarsFelicity HuffmanKevin ZegersFionnula FlanaganA transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.Dolly Parton singing over the closing credits. And also Bree. Though I thought she was Lynette. That is so confusing. Oh well.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorLaurie LyndStarsTom CavanaghBen ShenkmanNoah BernettEric, a sports announcer and former hockey player, doesn't know how to deal with the flamboyant young boy to whom he and his partner suddenly become guardians.Scot
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMichael SucsyStarsDrew BarrymoreJessica LangeJeanne TripplehornThe lives of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith, aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.This movie was so much better than the documentary. Thank you Drew.
-------------------------------------------------------- - DirectorMadeleine OlnekStarsGian Maria AnnoviNuotama BodomoDiane CieslaTwo lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservative women in this buddy comedy, an homage to and riff on iconic male hustler films. Margaret is a down-on-her-luck hooker in training, who meets up with Jo, a beautiful and self-assured grifter from a wealthy family and an expert on servicing women, even as she considers herself proudly heterosexual. The film follows their adventures together on the street, through encounters with husky-voiced seductresses, mumbling erotic accessory salesmen and shopaholic swingers. Navigating the bizarre fetishes and sexual needs of their 'dates' brings into focus the hilarious and pathetic disparity between the two hookers, fellow travelers who will share the road together but only for a while.Margaret
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