[1] Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father.
[2] Jude Law as Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas in Wilde (1997)
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie's father, the mad Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labour by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.
[3] Leonardo DiCaprio as Arthur Rimbaud in Total eclipse (1995)
Total Eclipse is a 1995 film directed by Agnieszka Holland, based on a 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, who also wrote the screenplay. Based on letters and poems, it presents a historically accurate account of the passionate and violent relationship between the two 19th century French poets Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio), at a time of soaring creativity for both of them.
[4] Jim Carrey as Steven Jay Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 comedy-drama film based on the real life events of con artist, impostor, and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his cell mate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times in order to be reunited with Morris.
[5] Ryuhei Matsuda as Samurai Sozaburo Kano in Taboo (1999)
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
[6] Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Set against the sweeping vistas of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, this film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.
[7] Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes (2008)
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Bu?uel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. Luis Bunuel watches helplessly as the friendship between Salvador Dali and the poet Federico Garcia Lorca develops into a love affair.
[8] Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk (2008)
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black.
[9] Gael Garcia Bernal as Angel/Juan/Zahara in La mala educacion (2004)
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends. Sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality, drug abuse, and a metafiction are also important themes and devices in the plot, which gave the film an NC-17 rating.
[10] Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil in Mysterious Skin (2004)
Mysterious Skin is a 2004 drama film directed by American filmmaker Gregg Araki, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Scott Heim. A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
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