A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Casts Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar, McKinley Belcher III, Mark Moses, Hari Nef, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Karan Oberoi
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In the Name of the Father
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Labyrinth of Passion
Kika
Clothes & Blow
Engaged
Los Frikis
Lovely Man
Negresco
Torch Song Trilogy
Ali
The History Boys
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Requited
Revolution
Frozen Roads
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1995
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.The Wedding Banquet
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1993
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.In the Name of the Father
IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1993
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.I Am My Own Woman
IMDB 4.3 | Oct , 1992
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 1997
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.Labyrinth of Passion
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1982
An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.Kika
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1993
When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.Clothes & Blow
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2018
An American voice-over artist in London finds himself questioning his life of hookups and emotional avoidance when he receives an unexpected visit from his mother.Engaged
IMDB 1 | Mar , 2019
Darren keeps trying - and failing - to propose to his boyfriend Elliot. When their relationship is called into an uncomfortable spotlight during someone else's outrageous engagement party, Darren realizes he actually might be self-sabotaging himself due to unresolved insecurities about his sexuality.Los Frikis
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2024
Gustavo idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to live at a government-run treatment home. It's there that they create their own utopia to live and play music freely.Lovely Man
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2011
A deeply religious young woman spends one powerful evening reconnecting with a long-lost parent, who now makes a living as a sex worker in Jakarta.Negresco
IMDB 4.2 | Aug , 1968
The wife of a international spy arrives in Berlin for a holiday. While her husband is away, she falls in love with a British photographer.Torch Song Trilogy
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1988
Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.Ali
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2001
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.The History Boys
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2006
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.Synonymous With
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2021
A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.Requited
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2011
Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two had a falling out years earlier after Nicolas inexplicably kissed Aaron's girlfriend. Nicolas clings to an idealized image of his former friend, unconsciously sabotaging his own happiness in the process. The film is a realistic slice-of-life that poses the question "How do you get over something you never had?"Revolution
IMDB 4.3 | Oct , 2012
A coming-of-age story about Jack, a 16-year old Iranian boy growing up in 1989 Los Angeles. With the 1979 Iranian Revolution a distant memory, the AIDS movement as a backdrop, and a haunting score by Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij, Jack learns how to stage his own much smaller revolution within the confines of his traditional family.Frozen Roads
IMDB 3.7 | Jun , 2012
Balthazar and siblings Christian and Lyla have been friends since childhood. As the trio struggles with coming of age in a rural, conservative Canadian town, they must confront escalating desires for one another that threaten to destroy their delicate bond.Freak
IMDB 2 | Mar , 2011
Randall, a hard working yet fragile soul faces his inner demons buried behind a drag queen persona while pursuing the dream of a lifetime.