This film is indeed a product of its times, with very little actual gay interactions between Becket and his lover.
With the help of Joe Miller, an initially homophobic lawyer played brilliantly by Denzel Washington, he takes his old employer to court for discrimination. PhiladelphiaĪ 1993 drama starring Tom Hanks as Andrew Becket, a lawyer with AIDS who ends up fired from his law firm. In no particular order, here are 28 gay movies you should watch. Some of these movies are funny, others are tragic, and a few are even cringe-worthy - but they're all worth watching. For the purpose of this list, I've regarded a movie as LGBT if it has LGBT primary characters or LGBT themes or plots.
This list of 28 gay movies will give you something to watch on those rainy nights, whether chilling alone with a glass of wine or beer, or with a friend or lover.
