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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Paula van der Oest
Year: Y2001
Country: Netherlands
Language: Dutch , English , French , Portuguese
Cast: Sylvia Poorta,Anneke Blok,Monic Hendrickx,Jacob Derwig,Halina Reijn




In this Dutch comedy, the inheritance of a family vacation home causes a big stir between three sisters and their gay brother. While the sisters insist that the home be kept between them, their brother is the direct recipient of the estate. The only stipulation that may help these determined women get their way is that their brother must be married in order to receive the home. Little do they suspect, he has his own unique solution in mind.



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Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Berkowitz
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Ben Redgrave,Ben Berkowitz,Rachel Tomlinson,Butch Jerinic,Joaquin de la Puente



Jack and David are good friends, so when both are dumped by their girlfriends, they move into an apartment together. David looks forward to their shared bachelor life. Then Jack works up the courage to come out to his friend. Things change. How these two different but similar men deal with that change and how their friendship and their other relationships fare in the midst of it all is the heart of this authentic and sharp humored film. No trailer... Keywords:Coming Out,Closeted



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Stanley Kwan
Year: Y2001
Country: China, Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin , Russian
Cast: Ye Liu,Jun Hu,Bin Li,Huatong Li,Shuang Li



LAN YU is based on the controversial, anonymously published Internet novel “Beijing Story,” which chronicles the turbulent gay relationship between a closeted middle-aged businessman and a young college student amid the violent uprising of Tiananmen Square. Filmed entirely underground on location in China, the much-honored LAN YU was an Official Selection at the Cannes, Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals. Keywords:Student



Genre: Drama
Director: Michael O. Gallant
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Jason Stuart,Jim J. Bullock,Christopher Cowan,Fritz Greve,Mitch Hara



Josh is a sensitive, Jewish, thirty-something, who just found out that his boyfriend of 10 years is a cheater. Spurred on by a bet from his best friend Brandon with encouragement from his sister Josh sets out to find true love in the shallow pools of West Hollywood. If he fails, the lonely solitude of Cleveland, Ohio awaits him. Yikes! Refashioned by Jim J. Bullock, Josh sets out on the prowl. During the search for Mr. Right, Josh meets a bevy of attitudes: Bryce the only remaining Marky Mark fan, Billy the straight guy indulging his girlfriend’s boy on boy fetish, a faux film maker and Judy Tenuta with some estranged love advice. Keywords:Caterer,Dating



Genre: Romance, Comedy
Director: Julie Davis
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Dan Bucatinsky,Richard Ruccolo,Sasha Alexander,Adam Goldberg,Andrea Martin



All Over the Guy centers on an unlikely pair of two twenty-somethings, Eli (Dan Bucatinsky) and Tom (Richard Ruccolo), who are thrown together by their respective best friends. They're both looking for 'the one,' but don't recognize it when they find it. They do everything they can to not fall for each other, stumbling over their own fears, family dysfunctions and foolish bouts of self-sabotage. Their comedy of errors rolls on, with the two oblivious to what everyone else can clearly see is in their hearts. Ultimately its' in the small moments of truth-the talk among trusted friends and the fear between new lovers-that the two find their way to a love that will last. Keywords:Best Friend



Genre: Biography
Director: Paul Cox
Year: Y2001
Country: Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
Language: English
Cast: Derek Jacobi,Delia Silvan,Chris Haywood,Hans Sonneveld,Oliver Streeton



Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Italian wife. Keywords:Ballet,Diary,Dance



Genre: Documentary
Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Year: Y2001
Country: France, Israel, USA
Language: English , Hebrew , Yiddish
Cast: Shlomo Ashkinazy,Steve Greenberg,Nathan Lopes Cardozo,Naomi Mark,Shlomo Riskin



Trembling Before G-d, a look at gays and lesbians in Hasidic and Orthodox Judaism. Made over several years in New York, California, Israel, Britain, and Florida, the film follows the lives of several people struggling to express both their faith and their sexuality. In L.A., pianist David is an Orthodox gay man who has been through over ten years of therapy to supposedly "cure" his homosexuality. He visits the Chabad rabbi whom he first came out to over 20 years before. Michelle is a Hasidic lesbian who lives in Brooklyn. Having married only to please her family, she's been ostracized from her community ever since the divorce. Also in Brooklyn, Israel is a gay man who's abandoned much of his Hasidic life and hasn't seen his father in over 20 years. In London, twentysomething Mark is a the son of an Orthodox rabbi. He came out during a trip to Israel, which was supposed to rid him of his sexual questioning. Some participants prefer to remain anonymous or at least slightly obscured, including a lesbian couple who met in Hebrew school and an ultra-Orthodox closeted lesbian. Keywords:Jew,Lesbian,Love,Orthodox Jew



Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Director: Larry Clark
Year: Y2001
Country: France, USA
Language: English
Cast: Brad Renfro,Bijou Phillips,Rachel Miner,Nick Stahl,Michael Pitt



Acclaimed director Larry Clark delivers his most powerful film since KIDS. Marty (Brad Renfro) is a tormented surfer who, despite vicious abuse, relies on his longtime pal, Bobby (Nick Stahl), for rides to the beach and local South Florida bars. When Bobby turns his unwanted attention to Marty's new girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) and her best friend Ally (Bijou Phillips), Lisa decides Bobby's reign of terror must end. Assembling a crew of alienated suburban teens, she forms a deadly plan to get Bobby out of the way once and for all. As the conspiracy unfolds, friends turn into enemies and casual acquaintances become co-defendants to a murder that rocked America to its core. Keywords:Friend,Florida,Teenager



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Scott Gurney,Michael Cunio,Roxanne Day,Taylor Negron,Richard Riehle



Johnny Rebel is the stuff dreams are made of: a chiseled Adonis and the biggest star in gay porn - even though he is straight.The fact the he's "gay-for-pay" matters little to Julie, his lap-dancer girlfriend who dreams of having his children. It matters even less to Johnny himself, who lives for the money, the drugs and the attention...from both women and men Keywords:Stripper,Porn Star,Sex Trade,Pornography,Straight



Genre: Romance, Crime, Drama
Director: Harriet Dodge, Silas Howard
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Silas Howard,Harriet Dodge,Stanya Kahn,Carina Gia,James Cotner



Shy (Howard) is a small-town loner who dumps a diner job and thumbs to San Francisco to pursue a life of petty crime. Along the way, Shy stumbles into the off-kilter Valentine (Dodge). An unexpected and magical friendship sparks, as they steal and grift their way towards understanding themselves and the crazy world around them. Keywords:Hitchhiker,Drag King,Friend,Kansas,Butch,Transexual,Transgender,Trans



Genre: Drama
Director: Evans Chan
Year: Y2001
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Cast: Bernardo Chow,Victor Ma,Cheri Ho,Lindzay Cha



A young Chinese-American filmmaker returns to Hong Kong to make a documentary about the imminent opening of a new Disney theme park. He meets two people - a gay dancer haunted by a childhood secret, and a young woman who was traumatized during a visit to Belgrade. The filmmaker and the dancer slowly fall in love while the woman watches from the outside trying to reconcile the tragic events she has seen. Eventually all three travel to Macau to discover the filmmakers family history. Keywords:



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: John Henry Davis
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Brendan Hines,Elizabeth Banks,Kris Park,A Martinez,Peter Onorati



Three college students struggle to find their place in a violent and profane world. When a gay friend is murdered, they set out to find the killer, encountering small-town violence and bigotry, while trying to maintain their friendship … Keywords:College,Murder



Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director: Kristen Coury
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Greg Lauren,Christopher Gartin,Rebecca Creskoff,Edward Hibbert,Allison Mackie



Danny and Stephen are openly gay mob enforcers who masquerade as caterers. They don’t hide anything of their lives, even to their parents, except their profession. When Stephen’s parents ask them to cater an elaborate party, the boys are forced into the ultimate cover-up situation. Everyone associated with the mobsters must get in on the act to throw the parents off. Not since La Cage aux Folles has a film about role reversal been so hilarious. Keywords:Catholic,Mafia,Couple,Sicilian



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Year: Y2001
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Cast: Ana López Mercado,Diego Luna,Gael García Bernal,Nathan Grinberg,Verónica Langer





"Two thumbs way up" ("Ebert Roeper and the Movies")! From world-renowned director Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Great Expectations) comes this "provocatively and unapologetically sexual" (Los Angeles Times) coming-of-age tale. Nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, this sizzling box-office sensation is not only "raucously funny" (New York Post) but also "one of the most compellingly sexy movies ever made" (The San Diego Union-Tribune). Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormones and a mission to consume exotic substances. But one summer, the boys learn more about life than they bargain for when they set off on a wild, cross-country road trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Both boys taste forbidden fruit as Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?

http://www.mgm.com/view/movie/2351/Y-Tu-Mama-Tambien/
Keywords:Road Trip,Friendship,Bisexual



Genre: Romance, Comedy
Director: Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes
Year: Y2001
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Cast: Jorge Sanz,Tiaré Scanda,Santiago Magill,Verónica Forqué,Marilyn Torres



In this delightful, irreverent romantic comedy, where boy meets boy who then meets girl and all become more confused than ever, sexually ambiguous Marcos arrives in Madrid looking for love. He soon meets a struggling actor named Daniel, and the two start a whirlwind romance. One night, the lovers head off to a local bar for a spot of karaoke. While dueting on “I Can't Take My Eyes Off You,” Marcos is struck, quite literally, by a falling disco ball. Recovering from this bizarre accident, he starts to question his newfound sexuality and begins to date the fiery female Marisol, who has had her eye on Marcos for awhile. Unable to be consoled, Daniel, in a moment of Boy George inspired behavior, dyes his hair, applies lipstick and frocks up, determined to win back the confused Marcos. Keywords:Amnesia



Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward J. Fasulo
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Mark W. Hardin,Edward J. Fasulo,Mary Jean Feton,Vincent Wares,Kevin Joseph



Joey and Bruce, the happy New York gay couple, donned their gay apparel and are anticipating the Christmas holidays until Bruce's right wing off the wall religious parents announce an unexpected holiday visit. Shhhh!!! They don't know about Bruce loving Joey. Will Bruce "de-gay" their apartment and "de-Joey" his life?? Will Joey be forced to spend Christmas with a neighborly but overprotective drag queen, or will he seek solace in the arms of a hunky one-night stand? Keywords:



Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Stephens
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Sara Rue,Kett Turton,Karen Black,John Doe,Anson Scoville



Two misfit Goths, dressed head-to-toe in black velvet… Gypsy-25, stunning but chronically overweight. She wraps herself in shawls and sequins just like her lifelong idol, rock goddess Stevie Nicks. There's a brilliant song inside Gypsy, but years of fear and anger choke her voice. Clive-18, a beautiful skinny boy who powders his face and paints his lips death-black. Full of drive, talent and youthful dreams. He adores Gypsy but believes one day he'll find true, deep love in the arms of a guy. Two outcasts who feel small-town Sandusky, Ohio closing in on them, Gypsy and Clive lose themselves in Gothic fantasies, soothed by the retro sounds of The Cure, Siouxie and the Banshees, and Bauhaus. Their daydreams help them escape daily abuse from a town that takes great exception to those who don't fit in. When Gypsy and Clive learn about the annual "Night of 1000 Stevies" in New York City, their deep-seeded dreams are unleashed. With Clive's encouragement, Gypsy crushes her fears and vows to be the best Stevie Nicks impersonator Gotham has ever seen. They pile into a '79 Trans Am and begin a journey for acceptance. In five hundred miles they will reach New York, but not before colliding head-on with the judgments of both society and themselves. Mile-marker 110. High-Ball Cocktail Lounge...featuring the vocal stylings of Miss Bambi LeBleau, a wearily fabulous lounge singer frozen in a time gone by. In Bambi, Gypsy finds both a kindred spirit and a dark vision of her possible fate... Mile-marker 165. Hitchhiker Zechariah Peachey...a handsome Amish runaway. He longs for fast food and a different life. Feeling a deep connection to Gypsy, he seduces her, and for a moment she feels beautiful... Mile-marker 368. Roadside rest area...rowdies Troy, Ash and their fraternity pledges. Clive finally faces his sexuality with studly frat boy Troy, who shatters his idealist dream of romance... Destination - New York City. It's a full moon as Gypsy and Clive finally complete their pilgrimage to "Night of 1000 Stevies." Tonight, face to face with their deepest fears, their lives will be changed forever. Keywords:Gay Teenager,Amish,Undressing,Sex In Public



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Sandra Werneck
Year: Y2001
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Cast: Murilo Benício,Carolina Ferraz,Emílio de Melo,Beth Goulart,Irene Ravache



Julia is a beautiful young university student who stands up Carlos at a Rio movie theater.5 years later, the would-be lovers bump into each other. What happened in the ensuing years? The ingenious story follows three different scenarios of Carlos' life: one as a married man, one as a gay man, and one as a hopeless romantic. Aka:Possible Loves Keywords:Marriage,Smother Mother



Genre: Drama
Director: Rémi Lange
Year: Y2001
Country: France
Language: Arabic , French
Cast: Karim Tarek,Riyad Echahi,Sihem Benamoune,Abdellah Taia,Mustapha Khaddar





French-Algerian sociology student Karim is having trouble finding interviewees for his term project, a video documentary on homosexual relationships in Islamic cultures. As his research progresses, he meets Farid, a handsome flight attendant. In Farid, Karim believes he has found an ideal subject for his film...but he soon begins to admire more than just Farid's insight. When Karim learns that some cultures have accepted and encouraged same-sex unions, he finally begins to face his own sexuality.





Aka: Road to Love, The
The Path to Love
Keywords:Coming Out,Muslim,Film Maker



Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Tilda Swinton,Goran Visnjic,Jonathan Tucker,Peter Donat,Josh Lucas



With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop? Keywords:Investigation,Murder Investigation,Murder