Movies mentioned in The Celluloid Closet

Andy 2022-07-07 21:43:58

In the order mentioned in the photos:

Dixon's Experimental Sound Film (1894)

Dixon's Experimental Sound Film (1894)
7.4
1894 / USA / Short Film / William K.L. Dixon / William K.L. Dixon

"The Charm of Florida" (1914)

The Charm of Florida (1914)
No ratings yet
1914 / USA / Sidney Drew / Edith Storey Grace Stevens

Algy the Miner (1912)

Algie the Miner (1912)
No ratings yet
1912 / USA / Short Comedy Love / Harry Schenck Edward Warren Alice Guy

The Miner (1923)

Miner (1923)
No ratings yet
1923 / USA / Short Comedy / Ralph Ceder / Stan Laurel

The Wanderer of the West (1927)

The Wanderers of the West (1927)
No ratings yet
1927 / USA / West / Robin Williamson / Kermit Maynard

Behind the Screen (1916)

Behind the Screen (1916)
7.4
1916 / USA / Short Comedy Love / Charlie Chaplin / Charlie Chaplin Eric Campbell

The High Man (1933)

High People (1933)
No ratings yet
1933 / USA / Comedy Drama Romance / George Cukor / Constance Bennett Violet Kemble Cooper

"The Willows and Flowers" (1934)

Willows and Flowers (1934)
7.4
1934 / USA / Comedy Musical Love / Mark Sandridge / Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers

"Broadway Melody" (1929)

Broadway Melody (1929)
6.1
1929 / USA / Song and Dance Love / Harry Beaumont / Charles Kim Bessie Love

Mott and Maggie (1933)

Mott and Maggie (1933)
No ratings yet
1933 / USA / Comedy / Al Boasberg / Myrtle Vail Donna Damerel

"She's a Savage" (1932)

She's a Savage (1932)
No ratings yet
1932 / USA / John Francis Dillon / Clara Bow Gilbert Roland

Morocco (1930)

Morocco (1930)
7.4
1930 / USA / Romance Drama / Joseph von Sternberg / Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich

The Queen of Sweden (1933)

Queen of Sweden (1933)
8.3
1933 / United States / Biography Drama History / Ruben Marmorian / Greta Garbo John Gilbert

"Tarzan is Beautiful" (1934)

The Beauty of Tarzan (1934)
7.4
1934 / USA / Action Adventure / Cedric Gibbonson Jack Conway James C. McKay / Maureen O'Sullivan Neil Hamilton

Manslaughter (1922)

Manslaughter (1922)
No ratings yet
1922 / United States / Drama / Cecil B. DeMille / Literis Joy Thomas Megan

"Lost Weekend" (1945)

Lost Weekend (1945)
7.8
1945 / USA / Drama Noir / Billy Wilder / Ray Milland Jane Wyman

Two Heroes Fighting Wisdom (1947)

Fight of Wisdom (1947)
7.1
1947 / United States / Crime Drama Noir / Edward Dimetrik / Robert Mitchum Robert Young

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)
6.6
1936 / USA / Drama Horror / Lambert Hillier / Otto Kruger Gloria Holden

Butterfly Dream (1940)

Butterfly Dream (1940)
8.3
1940 / United States / Drama Love Mystery / Alfred Hitchcock / Lawrence Oliver Joan Fontaine

The Falcon of Malta (1941)

The Maltese Eagle (1941)
7.5
1941 / USA / Crime Noir Mystery / John Huston / Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor

Reaper of Souls (1948)

Reaper (1948)
8.1
1948 / USA / Crime Mystery Thriller / Alfred Hitchcock / John Dolfrey Granger

"Red Tears" (1950)

Red Tears behind bars (1950)
8.0
1950 / United States / Drama Crime Noir / John Cromwell / Eleanor Parker Agnes Moorehead

"Double Phoenix" (1950)

Two Phoenixes Conquer Luan (1950)
7.5
1950 / USA / Biographical Drama Music / Michael Curtiz / Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall

Tea and Compassion (1956)

Tea and Compassion (1956)
7.5
1956 / United States / Drama / Vincent Minnelli / Deborah Kerr John Kerr

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Rebellion Without a Cause (1955)
8.0
1955 / United States / Drama / Nicholas Ray / James Dean Natalie Wood

Ben Hur (1959)

Ben Hur (1959)
8.7
1959 / United States / Action History / William Wheeler / Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins

Wild Girl Jayne (1953)

Wild Girl Jayne (1953)
7.3
1953 / USA / Biographical Comedy Song and Dance / David Butler / Doris Day Howard Gere

"Desert Stranger" (1954)

Desert Strangers (1954)
7.9
1954 / USA / Drama West / Nicholas Ray / Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden

The Red River (1948)

Red River (1948)
8.2
1948 / USA / Western Action Adventure / Howard Hawks Arthur Rosen / Montgomery Clift John Wayne

"Blood of Lan Girl" (1950)

Lan Guiyan Blood (1950)
8.0
1950 / United States / Drama Noir Mystery / Nicholas Ray / Humphrey Bogart Gloria Graham

Gilda (1946)

Gilda (1946)
7.4
1946 / USA / Drama Noir Love / Charles Victor / Rita Hayworth Glenn Ford

Gentleman Prefers Beauty (1953)

A Gentleman Prefers Beauty (1953)
7.9
1953 / United States / Comedy Drama Song and Dance / Howard Hawks / Jane Russell Marilyn Monroe

"Jiaofeng and Luan" (1961)

Jiaofeng and Luan (1961)
7.3
1961 / USA / Comedy Love / Delbert Mann / Rock Hudson Doris Day

"Pillow Whispers" (1959)

Pillow Whispers (1959)
7.7
1959 / USA / Comedy Love / Michael Gordon / Rock Hudson Doris Day

Passionate Like Fire (1959)

Passionate (1959)
8.9
1959 / USA / Comedy / Billy Wilder / Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis

Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus (1960)
8.1
1960 / United States / Action-Adventure Biography / Stanley Kubrick / Kirk Douglas Lawrence Oliver

"The Wonderful Woman of the Zhu Family" (1958)

The Wonderful Woman of Zhu Family (1958)
8.1
1958 / USA / Drama / Richard Brooks / Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman

"Summer Soul" (1959)

Summer Insane (1959)
7.6
1959 / United States / Drama Mystery Thriller / Joseph L. Mankiewicz / Elizabeth Taylor Katharine Hepburn

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
7.7
1935 / USA / Horror Science Fiction / James Wheel / Boris Karloff Colin Cliff

The Victim (1961)

Victim (1961)
8.3
1961 / United Kingdom / Same-sex crime drama / Basil Dearden / Dirk Bogard Sylvia Sims

"Double Resentment" (1961)

The Two Grudges (1961)
8.1
1961 / United States / same-sex drama / William Wheeler / Audrey Hepburn Shirley MacLaine

"Washington" (1962)

Washington , D.C. (1962)
8.3
1962 / USA / Drama Thriller / Otto Preminger / Charles Laughton Henry Fonda

"Goddess's Life Was a Dream" (1962)

Goddess's Life Was a Dream (1962)
6.7
1962 / USA / Drama / Edward Dimetrik / Lawrence Harvey Capucini

The Great Detective (1968)

The Great Detective (1968)
No ratings yet
1968 / USA / Crime Drama / Gordon Douglas / Frank Sinatra Li Remick

"The Fox" (1967)

Male Fox (1967)
No ratings yet
1967 / Canada / Drama / Mark Rydell / Kyle Dura Sandy Dennis

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Band Boys (1970)
8.2
1970 / United States / same-sex drama / William Friedkin / Kenneth Nelson Frederick Combs

Cabaret (1972)

Cabaret (1972)
8.8
1972 / USA / Drama Love Song and Dance / Bob Fosse / Lisa Minnelli Michael York

Next Stop Greenwich Village (1976)

Next stop Greenwich Village (1976)
No ratings yet
1976 / USA / Comedy Drama / Paul Mazursky / Shelley Winters

"Car Wash" (1976)

Car Wash (1976)
No ratings yet
1976 / USA / Comedy Drama Romance / Michael Schultz / Franklin Ajais Libreville

"Break to Heart" (1971)

Shattered (1971)
8.2
1971 / United States / United Kingdom / Action Drama / Richard C. Sarafian / Barry Newman Cleven Little

"Double Police" (1974)

Ghost Horse Double Police (1974)
No ratings yet
1974 / USA / Action Comedy Crime / Richard Rush / James Caan Alan Arkin

"Night Love" (1982)

Nocturnal Love (1982)
7.0
1982 / USA / Comedy / Ron Howard / Henry Winkler Michael Keaton

Eighteen-Year-Old Wolf (1985)

Eighteen-Year-Old Wolf (1985)
6.3
1985 / USA / Comedy Family Fantasy / Rod Daniel / Michael J. Fox James Hampton

"Tiger's Mouth Cruise" (1980)

Tiger's Mouth Cruise (1980)
6.6
1980 / West German America / Drama Crime Mystery / William Friedkin / Al Pacino Paul Sorvino

The Window (1980)

Window (1980)
No ratings yet
1980 / USA / Drama Thriller / Gordon Willis / Talia Shire Joseph Cortese

The Deadly Fan (1981)

Deadly Fans (1981)
6.6
1981 / United States / Drama Horror Thriller / Ed Bianchi / Lauren Bacall Michael Biehn

"Show Love" (1982)

Showing Love (1982)
7.4
1982 / USA / Gay Drama / Arthur Shearer / Michael Ontkean Kate Jackson

Wings (1927)

Wing (1927)
7.9
1927 / United States / Drama Love War / William A. Wellman / Clara Bowes Charles Bud Rogers

The Sergeant (1968)

Sergeant (1968)
No ratings yet
1968 / USA / Drama / John Flynn / Rod Steiger John Phillip Law

"Under the Bridge" (1962)

Under the Bridge (1962)
No ratings yet
1962 / France Italy / Drama / Sidney Lumet / Leif Valente Jean Sorel

Thunderbolt and Scud (1974)

Thunderbolt and Scud (1974)
6.3
1974 / USA / Adventure Comedy Crime / Michael Cimino / Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges

"Bloody Sunday" (1971)

Bloody Sunday (1971)
7.1
1971 / England / Drama / John Schlesinger / Peter Finch Granda Jackson

Personal Best (1982)

Personal Best (1982)
7.1
1982 / USA / Drama Sports / Robert Towne / Mariel Hemingway Scott Glenn

"Purple" (1985)

Purple (1985)
8.6
1985 / USA / Drama / Steven Spielberg / Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg

The Endless Flower (1991)

Endless Flowers (1991)
8.9
1991 / United States United Kingdom France / Crime Drama Thriller / Ridley Scott / Geena Davis Susan Sarandon

Tiger and Leopard (1969)

Tiger and Leopard (1969)
8.6
1969 / United States / Adventure Crime Drama / George Roy Hill / Paul Newman Robert Redford

After a Thousand Years of Blood (1983)

After Millennium Blood (1983)
6.8
1983 / England / Horror of Love / Tony Scott / Katherine Deneuve David Bowie

Midnight Express (1978)

Midnight Express (1978)
7.7
1978 / United Kingdom United States / Biographical Crime Drama / Alan Parker / Brad Davis Erin Miraco

"Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
8.6
1991 / USA / Drama / Jon Avignay / Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy

The Philadelphia Story (1993)

The Philadelphia Story (1993)
8.7
1993 / USA / Gay Drama / Jonathan Demme / Tom Hanks Denzel Washington

Same-Sex Trinity (1988)

Same-sex threesomes (1988)
8.9
1988 / United States / Drama Comedy Gay / Paul Bogart / Anne Bancroft Matthew Broderick

The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Wedding Banquet (1993)
9.0
1993 / China Taiwan America / Drama Comedy Love / Ang Lee / Lang Xiong Zhao Wenxuan

Soul Retreat (1992)

Soulless (1992)
7.8
1992 / USA / Biography Crime / Tom Carlin / Daniel Schlachet Craig Chester

"Poison" (1991)

Poison (1991)
7.3
1991 / USA / Drama Love Horror / Todd Hines / Edith Meeks Millie White

"Go Fishing" (1994)

Go Fishing (1994)
6.9
1994 / USA / Drama Love Gay / Rose Troche / VS Brodie Guinevere Turner

Hours and Hours (1991)

Hours and Times (1991)
7.1
1991 / USA / Drama Music / Christopher Munch / David Angus Ian Hart

Edward II (1991)

Edward II (1991)
7.5
1991 / United Kingdom / Drama History Same Sex / Derek Jarman / Stephen Widdington Andrew Tieman

The Last of Us (1992)

The Last Chronicles (1992)
7.6
1992 / USA / Drama Comedy Gay / Greg Araki / Mike Dytri Craig Gilmour

The Crying Game (1992)

Crying Game (1992)
7.8
1992 / UK Japan / Drama Thriller / Neil Jordan / Forest Whitaker Miranda Richardson

"My Own Idaho" (1991)

My Own Idaho (1991)
8.3
1991 / United States / Drama Love Gay / Gus Van Sant / River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves

The Silkwood Incident (1983)

Silkwood Incident (1983)
7.4
1983 / USA / Biographical Drama Thriller / Mike Nichols / Meryl Streep Kurt Russell

"Desert Enchantress" (1994)

Desert Enchantress (1994)
8.3
1994 / Australia / same-sex drama comedy / Stephen Elliott / Hugo Weavingay Pierce

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Silence of the Lambs (1991)
8.9
1991 / United States / Drama Crime Thriller / Jonathan Demme / Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins

Instinct (1992)

Instinct (1992)
7.9
1992 / American France / Drama Mystery Thriller / Paul Verhoeven / Michael Douglas Sharon Stone

"Love is the Promise of Life and Death" (1989)

Love is the promise of life and death (1989)
7.4
1989 / USA / Drama Love Gay / Norman Rene / Campbell Scott Patrick Cassidy

"My Beautiful Laundry" (1985)

My Beautiful Laundry (1985)
7.2
1985 / United Kingdom / Drama Comedy Romance / Stephen Frears / Daniel Day-Lewis Saeed Jeffrey

Liana (1983)

Liana (1983)
6.9
1983 / USA / Drama / John Sells / Linda Griffiths Jane Hararon

"Smooth and Love" (1995)

Chic and Affectionate (1995)
8.1
1995 / American France / Comedy Drama / Herbert Ross / Whoopi Goldberg Marie-Louise Parker

"Farewell" (1986)

Goodbye (1986)
8.2
1986 / United States / Drama Love Gay / Bill Sherwood / Richard Gannon John Bolger

"Nectar of Love" (1985)

Love's Nectar (1985)
7.9
1985 / USA / Drama Love Gay / Donna Deitch / Patricia Charbonneau Helen Shaver

View more about The Celluloid Closet reviews

Extended Reading

The Celluloid Closet quotes

  • Susan Sarandon: You wouldn't have to get drunk to bed Catherine Deneuve, I don't care what your sexual history to that point had been.

  • Tom Hanks: There is this constant desire on the part of the studios to make characters likable.