# New Queer Cinema — Haynes, Araki, Van Sant, and the 90s insurgency

> B. Ruby Rich named it in 1992. Todd Haynes made Poison (1991) for nothing. Gregg Araki made The Living End (1992) about two HIV-positive men on a crime spree. Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991) put River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves on the streets of Portland. Derek Jarman in the UK. Rose Troche's Go Fish (1994). Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman (1996). These films refused to apologise, refused to explain, and changed what independent cinema could talk about.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/new-queer-cinema/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[Mommy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mommy-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 8.2 · 2,841 votes
- **[Good Will Hunting](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/good-will-hunting-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 8.2 · 13,772 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, tender
- **[Portrait of a Lady on Fire](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-2019/)** (2019) — ★ 8.1 · 2,912 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, sexy
- **[Pride & Prejudice](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/pride-prejudice-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 8.1 · 8,729 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Before Sunrise](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/before-sunrise-1995/)** (1995) — ★ 8.0 · 4,660 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, tender
- **[Before Sunset](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/before-sunset-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.8 · 3,773 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, tender
- **[Brokeback Mountain](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/brokeback-mountain-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 7.8 · 7,521 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Mysterious Skin](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mysterious-skin-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 7.7 · 1,265 votes
- **[The Bridges of Madison County](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-bridges-of-madison-county-1995/)** (1995) — ★ 7.7 · 2,360 votes
- **[Groundhog Day](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/groundhog-day-1993/)** (1993) — ★ 7.6 · 8,848 votes · cerebral, mindfuck, tender
- **[Eat Drink Man Woman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/eat-drink-man-woman-1994/)** (1994) — ★ 7.6 · 398 votes
- **[All About My Mother](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/all-about-my-mother-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.6 · 2,060 votes
- **[10 Things I Hate About You](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/10-things-i-hate-about-you-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.6 · 8,875 votes · bittersweet, cozy, playful
- **[Love Don't Co$t a Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/love-don-t-co-t-a-thing-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.6 · 683 votes
- **[Talk to Her](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/talk-to-her-2002/)** (2002) — ★ 7.6 · 1,435 votes
- **[Gattaca](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/gattaca-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 7.6 · 6,896 votes · cerebral, outsider, slow-burn
- **[True Romance](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/true-romance-1993/)** (1993) — ★ 7.5 · 3,045 votes · playful, tender
- **[Moulin Rouge!](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/moulin-rouge-2001/)** (2001) — ★ 7.5 · 4,829 votes · bittersweet, playful, tender
- **[Carol](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/carol-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.5 · 3,944 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[The Skin I Live In](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-skin-i-live-in-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 7.5 · 4,602 votes · foreign-gem, body-horror, mindfuck
- **[Volver](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/volver-2006/)** (2006) — ★ 7.5 · 1,896 votes
- **[The Road Home](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-road-home-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.5 · 224 votes
- **[Bram Stoker's Dracula](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/bram-stoker-s-dracula-1992/)** (1992) — ★ 7.5 · 5,736 votes
- **[Pretty Woman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/pretty-woman-1990/)** (1990) — ★ 7.4 · 8,950 votes · cozy, playful
- **[I Killed My Mother](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-killed-my-mother-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.4 · 1,160 votes
- **[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-2000/)** (2000) — ★ 7.4 · 3,545 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, epic
- **[EverAfter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/everafter-1998/)** (1998) — ★ 7.4 · 1,555 votes
- **[Sense and Sensibility](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sense-and-sensibility-1995/)** (1995) — ★ 7.4 · 1,830 votes
- **[Summer of 85](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/summer-of-85-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 7.4 · 904 votes
- **[Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.4 · 996 votes

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