Movies TOO Gay Reviews [R]


Radio Days

In this Woody Allen film about his youth there is a date between a woman and a man but the twist is that the man is trying to get over his breakup with another man.

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Ragazzi fuori

1990

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: A gay and a prostitute who is in drag.

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Ragazzo come tanti, Un

1983

A guy who deals in drugs meets a gay artist and thinks that this guy could change his life.

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Rag 'n Bone Man

2003

A nasty father torments his gay son.

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Raider in Canada: Portrait of Sean Martin

1998

This is the story of Doc and Raider who are two Gay men in a committed relationship .They have to deal with Aids and homophobia and everyday life in the 1990´s and thrown in is the Calgary Gay rodeo .

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Rainbow Serpent, The

Director: Philippe Vallois
France: 1983: 90 Mins: Gay:

This is a very interesting film about a bodybuilder who is the suspect in a murder case. There is a rookie cop who must do the investigation which leads him into the world of gyms and body builders. During the investigation he enters into a strange relationship with his suspect but I wont tell what happens - see the film !

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Raising Heroes

Director: Douglas Gangway
USA: 1996: 85 Mins:
With: Henry White, Troy Sistillo and Constantine Nikos:

This film is about a gay couple who are living in a very happy relationship until one day one of the lovers see a Mob related killing. They talk about the problem and decide they have to hide from the hit man. Running away and being on the look-out all the time does nothing for their relationship so they decide not to do it anymore and to face the problem head on.
Note: Interesting story line.

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Raspberry Reich

(Brazilian Title: Reich Framboesa)
Directed by: Bruce La Bruce
Germany: 2004: 90 min
With: Susanne Sachsse, Daniel Bätscher, Andreas Rupprecht, Dean Stathis, Daniel Fettig

A very strange movie about a Baader-Meinhof inspired guerilla-group led by a woman, Gudrun. She believes the world must be sexually liberated before the final revolution will be possible. Her 5 male helpers are commanded to have sex with each other. They are supposed to be straight, but they don't seem too worried about it. Then they kidnap the son of a rich financier. Gudrun and the boys read political pamphlets and shouts propaganda throughout every scene, while having sex or playing with guns. The actors don' really act, it's like watching the cast of PINK FLAMINGOS all over again!
If you don't want to offended by hard-core gay sex scenes, don't watch this. It's not a porno flick, but
la Bruce uses a lot of close ups of sex, which would qualify this film as porn. There is a funny scene in a parking lot at the end, and it all ends in a Hamburg night-club. Funny but very dirty!

Alternative review:
Patrick, son of one of the richest bankers in Germany, is kidnapped by a group that calls itself the Raspberry Reich. The group is led by Gudrun, a charismatic young leader who obliges Reich members to have homosexual relationships with each other. She does this as a way of reaching her revolutionary goals and destroying the bourgeois logic of monogamous, heterosexual marriages. Patrick falls in love with one of his kidnappers and starts robbing banks while the Raspberry Reich is falling apart. Selected for the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and exhibited in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival 2004.
A polemic movie from the polemic director The Raspberry Reich has some hetero and lots of homosexual sexual explicit scenes.

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Ready To Wear
(Aka: Prêt-à-Porter)

Director: Robert Altman
USA: 1994: 127 Mins:
With: Kim Basinger, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Cassel and others:

This is a wonderful look into the behind scenes of the fashion industry!
I have listed it here as it has three Gay / Lesbian characters in it.
1 & 2 are gay male fashion designers Cort Romney (Richard Grant) and Cy Bianco (Forest Whitaker)
3. Is the lesbian beat reporter Fiona Ulrich (Lili Taylor).
Note: Tons of stars - good story lines and a great direction by Robert Altman.

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Real Women II

1999 : Made for TV

A woman is trying to find the right man but it seems they are all gay, psycho-pathetic or married.

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Rear Window

Director: Jeff Bleckner
USA: 1998: 89 Mins: made for TV:

In this remake thriller, Christopher Reeve as Jason Kemp is paralyzed and spends a lot of time checking out the neighbors among them are Marc Holzman as Gay Man and David Pittu as his Gay Mate.


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Rebel Without A Cause

With: Sal Mineo as Plato, James Dean as Jim Stark and Natalie Wood as Jim´s girlfriend:

I love this movie as it was filmed at a time when gay love stories never made it to the screen and also because sexy hunk James Dean is in the film along with Sal Mineo (who claimed to love both men and women - but i suspect the men got the most out of him). It is a teenage film and revolves around the fact that Plato is lonely and in love with Jim and Jim is in love with his girlfriend a lot and possibly with Plato a little. The film is filmed so that you can write any story line you like in your mind! and then you are sure your version is the correct one ! For me Plato loved Jim and Jim loved him a little back.
Note: all three stars of this film died tragically.

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Red Dirt

Griffith is a 20 year old guy who has to care for his sick aunt. He wants nothing better than to leave the small town in Mississippi where he lives. His life is filled with fears and one of them is the fear of change. Then comes to town a stranger called Lee and suddenly Griffith´s life is in for a BIG change!

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Red Doors

Director / Writer: Georgia Lee

In this first film from Georgia Lee we are treated to a look at a family from New York City – the Wongs. They have many issues that they have to come to terms with and Lesbianism is one of them.

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Redneck Zombies

Director: Pericles Lewnes
USA: 1987: 90 Mins:

In this horror film everyone who drinks a radioactive drink becomes a zombie but even in this film there is a place for a gay character: Jim Bellistri as Loren (The gay soldier).

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Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
(Original title: Pao Da Shuang Deng)

China: 1994: 111 Mins:

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: Containing transvestitism.

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Red Ribbon Blues

Director: Charles Winkler
USA 1995, 94 Mins:
With: RuPaul, Paul Mercurio, John Epperson and Darcy Debi Mazar:

OH my my, this film is complicated but good ! It also has drag star RuPaul in it as a man (?) It is about a new Aids drug which extends the lives of people living with Aids, but the bad part is the Drug company has put the price so high that most people can not afford it. Then a group of friends come up with a plan. They will rob pharmacies to get the medication and distribute it to the people who can not afford it. The police are hot on their trail and things go bad.
Note: this is really a comedy about aids and contains a Gay Robin Hood story- line.

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Reflections in a Golden Eye

Director: John Huston
USA: 1967: 108 Mins:
With: Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Forster (as the male love interest)

Maj. Weldon Penderton ( Marlon Brando ) is married to Leonora Penderton (Elizabeth Taylor). Maj. Penderton suddenly becomes aware that he is having homosexual feelings for Private Williams (Robert Forster), where as Private Williams is stalking Leonora Penderton (mostly when she sleeps) - Private William takes midnight nude horse rides (which Maj. Penderton is very interested in seeing . Leonora Penderton is very nasty to her husband and she seems to know that he is not the man she thought he was. What happens to them all you will have to find out and see the film.
Note: The part where Marlon Brando picks up Roberts gum wrapper and saves it - was a very good way to say he was gay... without getting the censors to change it...

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Relax... It's Just Sex

Director: P. J. Castellaneta
USA: 1998: 110 Mins:Gay Content
With: Jennifer Tilly, Mitchell Anderson and others:

This comedy is about a group of friends (in the 90s) who experience romance amongst themselves - see the film to find out who goes with who !
Note: The casts includes Vincey (who was Anderson of "Party of Five") as gay playwright.

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Rendezvous

Director: Greenwood Cooper
Soft erotic: 65 Mins:

Bo and Matt are a couple, who have a rendezvous at a Bed & Breakfast called "The Golden Gate" who live out their sexual fantasies. Plus 6 other hunkies that also have lots to do and show!!!
Note: Quite nicely filmed and with nice hunkie guys....

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Rennie's Landing

2001

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: Who is listed as a Gay Cowboy #1 and is played by Michael Garrity.

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Rent

Director: Chris Columbus
USA: 2005: 135 mins:
With: Anthony Rapp as Mark Cohen, Adam Pascal as Roger Davis, Rosario Dawson as Mimi Marquez, Jesse L. Martin as Tom Collins, Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Angel Dumott Schunard, Idina Menzel as Maureen Johnson, Tracie Thoms as Joanne Jefferson, Taye Diggs as Benjamin Coffin III, Julia Roth as Rent Tenant, Porscha Radcliffe as Rent Tenant, Stephen Payne as Homeless Squeegee Man, Darryl Chan as Thug, Ken Clark as Thug, R.C. Ormond as Thug, David Fine as Homeless Man on Range Rover :

This film which is a musical based on the stage play (which they say is based on Puccini's 'La Boheme'. It is basically a film about friends who are struggling to survive in NYC in spite of no money and having AIDS ( or being HIV +) but still living out their dreams played by Jesse L. Martin) who meets and moves in with an HIV-positive drag queen singing lover Angel (played by Wilson Jermain Heredia - who plays the part 150 % wonderfully). Then there is a bitch called Maureen who is trying to become a star and her Harvard-educated lawyer called Joanne who is her lesbian lover. There is more to the story line than this so If you like musicals see this one especially since it has really good gay characters in it.

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RÉPÉTITION, LA

Director: Catherine CORSINI
France: Canada: 2000: 95 Mins:
With: Emmanuelle BÉART , Pascale BUSSIÈRES , Jean-Pierre KALFON , Sami BOUAJILA , Marilu MARINI , Dani LÉVY and Marc PONETTE

Two young girls Louise et Nathalie have the same tastes in art so they become very close then both are in the theater production but Louise has a failure and they drift apart. Meanwhile Nathalie makes a career in the theatre and get married. Many years later the two meet again – what happens – I won´t tell – see the film !

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Repossessed

Director: Bob Logan
USA: 1990: 80 Mins:

In this comedy parody of the horror film “The Exorcist” and there is a gay character: Norman Large as the gay bodybuilder.

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Reservation-Mike Goes Home

Director: David Cherniak
Canada: 2004: 50 Mins:

Mike is a gay native American but he left the reservation to live in Vancouver where he can be openly gay. Then he tests positive fro AIDS and must decide if he should go home.

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Resonance

1991

Another film about a gay bashing but this time it looks at both sides, a gay man who has been bashes and the man who lead the gay bashing.

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Respect

1994: made for TV

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: An interview with a well known gay playwright.

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Résultats du bac, Les

2001

Story of a gay man who is struggling to adjust.

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Revelations

1994

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: Jessica's son Mark is gay.

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Richard's things

Directed: Anthony Harvey
UK: 1980: Lesbian drama
With: Liv Ullmann

Made for TV-movie about two women, one a widow, the other the dead husbands mistress. They find love in each other's arms, first for comfort, then for kicks. This story-line was considered quite racy back in 1980, but well, we have matured a bit, haven't we? The actresses do well with their parts, but Ullmann has certainly been in better form than this. A bit dead on the ground, but interesting as early lesbian portrayals in the movies. (pre-Desert hearts)

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Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

1999

A film about America's gay sweethearts Rick & Steve - too bad their only plastic!

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Ricordare

2004

This film tells the stories about Italian gays and lesbians.

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Rites of Passage

Director: Victor Salva
USA: 1999: 95 Minutes:
With: Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Jason Behr, Robert Glenn Keith, Jaimz Woolvett, Joseph Kell, Thomas G. Waites:

This thriller which is really a family drama looks into issues of parenthood, masculinity, homophobia, childhood hurts, and one young man's misdirected search for a father figure. Del and his young lawyer son DJ travel to their lakeside cabin to fish and talk. But when they get there, Del estranged gay son Campbell is unexpectedly there. Father and son have much to discuss but before and emotional scars are healed, two ominous strangers arrive. A riveting film with an original gay theme -- a young man's desperate search for paternal love, leads him into the arms of a sinister father figure

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Ritz, The

Director: Richard Lester
USA: 1976: 91 Minutes: Comedy / Gay /sauna:

This is a very funny film and is based on a Broadway play by Terrence McNally. The story is about a old heavy-set straight guy who is married to a mafia bosses daughter. On his dying bed the father wants the son in law to be killed - which the son in law over hears and runs for his life ! He gets a taxi and asks to be taken the place where the mafia will not find him and this turns out to be a gay bath house. What happens next is pure fun. With a chubby chaser tying to get him into bed. then Rita Moreno is about to give a kitchy show at the baths when she thinks the guy is a producer and wants him to produce her and meanwhile a detective (played by Treat Williams) is trying to find the son in law plus F. Murray Abraham's character is trying to help the straight man score a gay bed partner - yes i know it all sounds crazy and that is why you should see this great film.... no i won't tell you how it turns out - see it!

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River made to drown in

With: Richard Chamberlain, James Duval and Ute Lemper

Wow first a coming out book by Richard and now a staring role as Thaddeus Mackenzie, a gay lawyer who is dying of AIDS. He decides to visit an ex of his called Allen Hayden (who is now almost straight. He was a hustler before and therefor lived with Thaddeus. He is now a struggling almost straight artist and having an affair with EVA played by Ute Lemper.
Thaddeus has one thing to do before dying he wants to find another street hustler who he was involved with. He asks/ begs Allen to help him find this youth called Jamie.
Rather dark, lonely and sad film but Richard does a great job and pulls the whole thing off plus manages to keep you interested - see the film..

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Road Movie

2002

The story of a gay homeless man and a failed suicidal ex-financier. One is gay and one is not. They team up and strange feelings come about.

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Road to Love, The
(Original title): Tarik El Hob

Director: Rémi Lange
France: 2003: 70 mins: In French with English subtitles:
With: Karim Tarek, Mustapha Khadar, Riyad Echahi, Zakariya Gouram, Farid Tali :

In this French film there is a difficult story line, Karim is a guy who thinks he is a straight man and who is from an Algerian – French background decides to do a study of Islamic homosexuality and make a documentary film about gay Muslims.
He travels near and far to get the interviews and meets Farid (an openly gay flight attendant). The two become “friends” and Farid seems to see through the “straightness” of Karim. His girlfriend discovers their “friendship” and leaves him. He is then free to see if Farfid fits into his life and if he really could love him. They explore each other and the relationship on camera making this a must see film if you like to discover what it is like to be from other cultures and what those cultures are like.
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Rock, The

USA: 1996: 135 Mins: sissy character:

What can i say about this popular film except it contains again a gay sissy hairdresser who is soooooo limped wristed that he can not even speak his lines without screeching like a woman or lisping like a sissy. The character should be just left out as it has no value to the film or to "US" !

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Rock Hudson's Home Movies

Director: Mark Rappaport
USA: 1992: 63 Mins:Gay Main Character
With: Eric Farr and others:

This film is billed as a comedy and has an actor playing Rock and taking us though various stages of Rocks life and career - looking for the gay part of his life and using clips from the real Rock´s life. It was interesting enough for me to watch the whole thing ;-)

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Rock Star

Director: Stephen Herek
USA: 2001: 105 Mins:
With: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olyphant, Dominic West and Timothy Spall,

This film has my “liebling” Mark Wahlberg playing Izzy who get hired to be the leader of a heavy metal band after the previous leader gets thrown out for his being gay.
Note: lots of chest being shown by Mark - smile...

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Rocky Horror Picture Show, The

Director: Jim Sharman
UK: 1975: 100 Minutes: Bisexual / transvestite - Horror / Comedy and a musical all at the same time
With: Tim Curry as Doctor Frank-N-Furter, Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss, Barry Bostwick as Brad Majors, Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff , Patricia Quinn as Magenta, Nell Campbell as Little Nell , Jonathan Adams as Dr. Everett Scott Peter Hinwood as Rocky, Meat Loaf as Eddie, Charles D. Gray .as Criminologist (Narrator):

You already know the story about this young innocent couple who end up at Dr. Frank 'n' Furter castle and get to meet and both have sex with him. He is after all the sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania and can make you a man in just seven days - hum I didn't know anyone could knit that fast ;-) - all kidding aside this is a great fun film... If you are one of the two people in the world who has not seen it - rush out and do so !!!!

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Rock the Boat

Director: Bobby Houston
84 Minutes :

It is 1997 and there are a Get Challenged crew (all with HIV+)who take on a TransPacific Yacht Race which is a 2250 mile trip.It is their story filled with human problems, and their will to stay in the race and win it. Very Interesting..Phillip

Note : This film was an Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary.


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Rome Désolée

Director : Vincent Dieutre
France : 1995 : 68 Minutes:

This is the story of a young gay man who takes drugs and lives in Rome. It is a sad story which is beautifully filmed and is an interesting portrait of this young man and his life. This film is really worth seeing.

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Roommates

Director: Alan Metzger
USA: Made for TV: 1994: 100 Mins:gay main character / aids
With: Randy Quaid as Jim Flynn, Eric Stoltz as Bill Thomas, Charles Durning as Barney, Frank Buxton as Mr. Thomas, Jill Teed as Barbara Thomas and others:

This made for TV film has a unique situation: two men have aids and need a place to live their last days and both have aids. Jim is a heterosexual who is loud and hates gays and Bill is a well educated gay man who wants to be alone to die but not at his parents. They are assigned a room together and all sparks fly, until they discover that despite their differences they are becoming friends and need each other. A very moving film. Watch it when you get the chance.

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Room With A View, A

UK: 1996: 117 Mins:
With: Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Callow:

This film is listed for two reasons:
1. It is based on the writing of E.M. Forster
2. It has a great performance by actor Simon Callow.

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Rope

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
USA: 1948: 81 Mins:with hidden Gay Main Characters ( a little hidden but there)
With: James Stewart, Farley Granger and others

This is based on a real life crime and is the Hitchcock filming about two friends (they are really gay but it is a little hard to be sure from this 1948 filming) who set out to do the perfect murder of a boy. It is well filmed but if you want to see a more true to life version see "Swoon" made much later and able to tell it like it happened.

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Rosalie Goes Shopping

Director: Percy Adlon:

This is not a gay film but it has Brad Davis in it (From Fassbinder´s Querelle) and the wonderfully funny Marianne Sägebrecht.


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ROSEAUX SAUVAGES, LES

Director: André TÉCHINÉ
France: 1994: 110 Mins:
With: Élodie BOUCHEZ , Gaël MOREL , Stéphane RIDEAU , Frédéric GORNY , Michèle MORETTI , Jacques NOLOT , Nathalie VIGNES and Michel RUHL:

Its 1962 and it takes place at a college where a young Algerian comes to school. There is hate of foreigners there. It has homosexual content.

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Rossa del bar, La

1987

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: A gay gigolo.

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Rugger Buggers

Director: Mark Loughlin
UK: 2005: 45 Minutes

This is again a collection of interesting shorts including:
1. The Colonel about a service announcement.
2. Teddy Bear is about looking for your true love but this time in a musical.
3. Open Secrets takes a peak at gay Canadian Soldiers at the time of WWII.
4. Rugger Buggers includes great bodies and the story of gay in rugby if for nothing else watch this for the nice players.

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Rules of Attraction, The

Director: Roger Avary
USA: 2002: 110 Mins:
With: James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Swoosie Kurtz, Faye Dunaway, Eric Stoltz, Kate Bosworth :

This film is based on the best seller book of the same name. It is about the lives of very well to do students and their loves and conquests. The main reason it is listed here is that there is a gay story line. Paul is a bisexual who is very attracted to Sean (played by James Van der Beek from Dawson's Creek). Sean is a drug dealer who is a straight guy proud of his sexual conquests but none the less Paul sees Sean as his object of desire (maybe because he can not have him ?) There is a scene where the two guys dance in their underwear to a George Michael song. OH well he can always hope to get his man but it is highly unlikely and the relationship will have to stay in his dreams.

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Runt

Director: Michael Edwards :
USA / Jamaica : 2005

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: Who is listed as a Gay man in Paris.

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Run Ronnie Run!

2002

Gay Interest: Contains gay character: Lance Bangs as Gay Conspiracy Technician

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Ryan's Life

Director: Nick Wauters
USA: 2004: 24 Mins:

Is there a test Ryan (who is a high school student) can take to find out if he is gay or straight??

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