{"id":2425,"date":"2024-12-18T14:26:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2024-12-18T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:59:02","slug":"the-year-in-queer-the-best-lgbtq-films-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/the-year-in-queer-the-best-lgbtq-films-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year In Queer: The Best LGBTQ+ Films Of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2024 was a wonderfully camp and joyous year for LGBTQ cinema, with genre transcending representation across documentaries, musicals, comedy and drama, and several Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. These were the best LGBTQ+ films of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Challengers\u2019 <\/em>Bi-Baiting And Bromantic Sexual Tension<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/culture\/challengers-the-new-code-word-for-bisexual\">Bisexuals were (sort of) treated to a threeso- sorry, <em>tennis<\/em> movie<\/a>, starring three of the hottest young actors in Hollywood. Though *that* scene ended up being a little lacklustre, the simmering tension of male rivalry colliding with homoeroticism made the whole thing hotter than a sweatband at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-10-1.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2427\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kristen Stewart\u2019s Muscle Lesbian Romp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristen Stewart and Katy O\u2019Brian embark on a lust-fuelled adventure involving roid-rage, murder and organised crime.<em> <\/em>What could go wrong?<em>Love Lies Bleeding <\/em>shook up sapphic romance in 2024, replacing petticoats and gloves with muscles and gym-mania, creating one of the best Queer films of the year in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-11.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2428\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Trans Mob Movie Musical For The Cartel Girlies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many musical soundtracks have you ever heard with song titles like <em>La Vaginoplastia? <\/em>Very c**t! <em>Emilia Perez<\/em>\u2019s titular performance by Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n helped her make history, as the first openly Trans woman to win a major prize at Cannes, and the first to receive a Golden Globe nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-12.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2429\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Comedy Great Shows What True Trans Allyship Means<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some cis comedians like to make &#8216;jokes&#8217; about Trans people to an ailing audience. Others, like Will Ferrell, make beautiful documentaries about their Trans best friend to try and understand them better. <em>Will &amp; Harper<\/em> is an uplifting and moving documentary remix of <em>Transamerica,<\/em> showing resistance and love in the age of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-13.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Drive Away Dolls<\/em>: The Lesbian <em>Dumb And Dumber <\/em>We Always Wanted<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love Lies Bleeding<\/em> gave us dark and moody criminal Lesbians, but <em>Drive Away Dolls<\/em> provided the laughs. Criminal masterminds they were not, but Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) were the extremely silly buddy movie couple we needed to get us through a bleak early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-14.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2431\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel Craig Makes His Latest Gay Foray in <em>Queer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luca Guadagnino really has worked overtime for the community this year. A last minute December contender, <em>Queer<\/em> delivered a hot and sticky f*cked up love story, with plenty of impeccable mid-century fashion designed by Jonathan Anderson for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-15.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2432\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Wicked\u2019<\/em>s Sapphic Tension And Theatre Kid Weirdness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing the film promoted to death with one of the weirdest press tours ever, many were nauseated by <em>Wicked<\/em> before it even got released. However, the cast and creators redeemed themselves by making it an irresistably wholesome, campy spectacle, and leaning into the enemies to besties s*xual tension \u2013 so much so some right-wingers tried to boycott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-16.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2433\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I Saw The TV Glow<\/em>: An Artsy New Trans Allegory Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I Saw The TV Glow <\/em>gave Queer sci-fi horror fans a new obsessional world to fall into, with the story of two teenagers who may or may not be living in a 90s TV show. With typical A24 style, creator Jane Schoenbrun confirmed the film is an allegory for the \u201cegg crack\u201d moment of realising you are Trans, and the choice of whether or not to transition. <em>The Matrix<\/em>, anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-gaystarnewscouk.gmg-staging.link\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quote-17.jpg?height=1080&#038;width=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddy comedies, documentaries and musicals. 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