To save you the trouble of flipping through a pageview-inflating “slideshow,” here are the “50” essential gay films as nomimated by gay celebrities in the March 2011 Out:
- John Cameron Mitchell: Entertaining Mr. Sloane
- Christopher Landon: Rope
- Gregg Araki: Mala Noche
- Simon Doonan: X, Y & Zee
- Chris Benz: The House of Yes
- Michael Kors: The Last of Sheila
- Lee Daniels: Shaft
- Michael Sucsy: Midnight Cowboy
- Amanda Palmer: The Hotel New Hampshire
- Neil Bartlett: The Angelic Conversation
- Our Lady J (no relation): Torch Song Trilogy
- Tony Kushner: Happy Together
- Matt Tyrnauer: The Killing of Sister George
- Tim Gunn: Another Country
- Dustin Lance Black: Pink Narcissus
- Catherine Opie: Personal Best
- Kate Bornstein: The Ballad of Little Jo
- Christine Vachon: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
- John Waters: Two Moon Junction
- Jack Pierson: The Laziest Girl in Town
- Dale Peck: Parting Glances (yes)
- Margaret Cho: Velvet Goldmine
- Edmund White: Strangers on a Train
Five other thematic groups of five are listed, none of interest.