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Here are some of the pre-AIDS era movies you probably haven't heard of, but are more than worthy of your Netflix queue -- even if just to see how far we've come. A must-see. This British film, cowritten by a woman Janet Green with John McCormickwas a repudiation of that nation's harsh antigay laws.

Even though a movie about a gay man is up for multiple Academy Awards on Sunday, depictions of LGBT life remain rare in mainstream film. But as the doctor probes deeper into her psyche, he discovers things aren't what they seem.

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These were few and far between. A blackmailer is targeting London's gays, demanding money in exchange for keeping secret their same-sex affairs; many financially strapped victims commit suicide rather than face prison or humiliation. Though a box office flop, the movie opened to critical acclaim, and received five Academy Award nominations and three Golden Globe nodsincluding one for MacLaine for Best Actress.

The insidiousness of government-sponsored homophobia is at the forefront of the movie, which is revolutionary for its depiction of a bisexual protagonist not to be messed with; he's the furthest thing from a victim. A few filmmakers were brave enough to feature gay characters that weren't cautionary tales.

Take a step back in time to the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s with a queer throwback of decades past. Hepburn is Violet, Sebastian's wealthy mother and Catherine's aunt, who is determined to hide the truth behind her beloved son's demise -- even if that means giving Catherine a lobotomy courtesy of Dr.

John Cukrowicz Clift.

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As you can guess, it doesn't end well. At the time, the release of a film depended on whether it met the standards of the Production Code this was before the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system and the film was approved to depict Sebastian as gay only "since the film illustrates the horrors of such a lifestyle, it can be considered moral in theme even though it deals with sexual perversion.

It follows a group of people asked to spend a few nights in a haunted house, and stars Julie Harris as Eleanor, the character most sensitive to the paranormal activity going on around her. Check out a. By all accounts a happy family man, the senator apparently had a gay ol' time in Hawaii that's now come back to bite him in the butt.

But if you think it's dismal now, imagine growing up in the middle of the 20th century, when queer characters were either invisible or typically depicted as suicidal or psychotic. Amid the political wrangling is a blackmail plot involving a Utah senator played by Don Murray.

Spoiler alert: Sebastian used Catherine to lure attractive young men for him to have sex with, and a group of them killed Sebastian in an especially barbaric gay-bashing. This classy psychological horror movie was one of the first films to feature a lesbian story line, though it was subtle and implied.

Spoiler alert: One of the women is indeed gay and in love with her coworker, and things don't end well for her. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Dear millennials, the generation born during the '80s, these are the gay-themed movies — some wonderful, some wonderfully terrible — worth your time.

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. Taylor plays Catherine, a young woman recently institutionalized after her cousin Sebastian died while the pair traveled abroad in Spain. A mystery and thriller at heart, Victim follows a successful, married lawyer avenging the death of his young male lover.

Chaos ensues after a disgruntled student accuses the pair of being lesbian lovers.