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Amazon Prime has worked at boosting its library of LGBTQ movies. We've parsed the selection to give you the best on the streaming service.

Having a night in? Then kick back with one of the best movies on Amazon Prime

Having a night in? Then kick back with one of the best movies on Amazon Prime

If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Remembering David & Keiths Groundbreaking Relationship on Six Feet Under Between the two, David and Keith helped break down stereotypes about homosexuality and race, offering a realistic portrayal of two men in love. While it wasn’t always pretty, the couple broke down barriers and became one of the first gay families represented on TV. To his credit, Hall echoed that sentiment while ET visited the cast on set in 20...

Emmy Predictions: Best TV Movie – Amazon Prime Seem to Have a Winning Pair with ‘Sylvie’s Love’ and ‘Uncle Frank’ Variety 2 days ago Variety’s Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year’s list of contenders in all categories. Variety’s Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists o...

Full price Full price Amazon Prime Writer-director Alan Ball (screenwriter of American Beauty) helms this comedy-drama about the Bledsoe family of Creekville, South Carolina. Set mostly in the early 1970s, its the story of Frank (Paul Bettany), whos secretly gay, and his niece, Beth (Sophia Lillis), who feels most akin to Frank—a quiet, thoughtful man amid Southern rednecks. Frank escaped small-town Southern life and teaches literature at an NYC college, where Beth now attends as a freshman. ...

Let’s get one thing straight – if an actor is good enough, their sexuality shouldnt matter Russell T Davies wants only gay actors to play gay roles. But that would be bad news for all actors 12 January 2021 • 3:44pm James Cordens turn in The Prom, says Tim Robey, is more crude stereotype than deft acting Credit: Netflix I’d never used the term “gayface” until recently, when it served as shorthand for James Corden’s cringeworthy comic performance in Netflixs The Prom. That film is...

Uncle Frank - Film Review From Oscar winner Alan Ball (Source: Amazon Studios) By Craig Thornton | December 31, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST - Updated January 4 at 10:54 AM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Uncle Frank – Movie Review In 2000 Alan Ball won an Oscar for the original screenplay of “American Beauty.” He then went on to develop such iconic, dark and edgy series as “Six Feet Under,” “True Blood” and the short lived, “Here and Now.” I am a huge fan and I remember the standing ...

Adjusted Score: 77.47% Critics Consensus: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You may feel like little more than an amiable postscript to its predecessor, but fans of the original should still find this a swoonworthy sequel. Synopsis: Its a new year and Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) are no longer pretending to be a... [More]

1. The Vast of Night – Andrew Patterson announced himself as a voice to be reckoned with on this ultra-low-budget sci-fi stunner that pulls off some incredible hurdles (1950’s setting, special effects, long one-er shots, children, animals, etc) with Spielberg-ian mastery. It’s also very rare that you see an indie with performances this confident, especially leads Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz. If you’re a genre fan and you haven’t seen this one yet you owe it to yourself! 2. Co...