Movie List: The Good, the Bad, the Worth Watching

The stereotype of "Gay Movies" is that they are all coming out stories and are ALL terrible. Out of curiosity I've started three lists of movies that I have covered here on the blog. Again, not every movie ever, but only those I've written about here. Also, only ten per category (otherwise the list of bad would just go on and on and on). The categories being:

• Good - by which I mean great movies although given that my tastes don't always match popular opinion, includes movies other people would think of as boring)
• Bad - and by bad I mean really terrible (rather than so dull it's bad) 
• Worth Watching - that is the movie is neither great nor bad, but for one reason or another I think is worth seeing

Again, this is all obviously personal opinion:

"Good"movies:

• Bear Cub (Cachorro) (Spain 2004): HIV, bears, and a kid makes for a interesting story
• Between Something and Nothing (US 2008): The only way to deal with art school is drink, drugs, and hustlers
• Hawaii (Argentina 2013): A great movie about falling in love as two childhood friends reconnect as adults
• The Man of My Life (L'homme de sa vie)(France 2006): Two middle aged men, one straight and married, the other gay, make a connection one summer in Provence
• Plan B (Argentina 2009): A story of two men coming together in friendship and more
• Patrik, Age 1,5 (Sweden 2008): A very well done "gays plus a kid make a family" movie
• Romeos (Romeos ...anders als du denkst!) (Germany 2011): A young FTM transexual man deals with life and possible love
• Shelter (U.S. 2007): Very sweet and well done love story
• Speechless (Wu yan)(Hong Kong / China 2012): A mystery story that expands into love and pain as the truth becomes clear
• The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) (Brazil 2014): An extremely good story of two teenage boys falling for each other

"Bad" movies:

• Altitude Falling (US 2010): Bad acting and pretending that having sex with your best friend's barely legal, estranged son is not creepy
• An Angel Named Billy (U.S. 2007): Bad acting as a man hires a barely legal teen to take care of his invalid father because he wants into the teen's pants
• Be Mine (US 2009): Lots of low budgets issues and an overly complicated plot hobbling what should be a simple story of a first kiss
• Issues 101 (U.S. 2002): Filling a movie to overflowing with low budget movie clichés results in a movie so bad it may actually be worth watching just to see how wrong a movie can get
• Pooltime (US 2010): A man tries to find a husband by re-looking at his boring ex-boyfriends 
• Saltwater (U.S. 2012): Would be romance crushed by low budget issues and a story that loses steam and stalls before finally ending 
• Sister Mary (U.S. 2011): A badly written comedy where someone is killing gays fails to be funny
• SoulMaid (U.S. 2007): bad acting and bizarre story 
• Vampire Boys (US 2011): Sexy vampires + flaccid penises + dull story = bad
• Visions of Sugar Plums (US 2001): Camcorder holiday video as movie

Worth Watching:

• Can't Stop The Music (U.S. 1980): Camp made campier by pretending the Village People are straight
• Fruit fly (U.S. 2009): A raw "gorilla" style filmed musical that while I love, may annoy musical purists
• The Gay Deceivers (U.S. 1969): Pretending to be gay in the 60's to avoid the draft can be dangerous to your dating life. If nothing worth seeing as a "historical" piece
• Guys and Balls (Männer wie wir) (Germany 2004): While a dopey comedy, it is the definitive "Gay Athlete Joins a Gay Team To Victory" movie. See this and you've essentially seen the entire sub-genre
• The Last Straight Man (U.S. 2014): A married straight man and his gay best friend have a decade long affair. It has problems, but remains an interesting story of love and identity, though some find it dull and dislike its use of sex and nudity
• Outrageous! (Canada 1977): Even if a story of a drag performer in 1970's Toronto does not sound interesting, the drag show performances are worth seeing
• Some Of My Best Friends Are... (US 1971): Christmas eve in a gay bar in 1971. While the story is not exactly positive, it is an interesting look at history, and also stars a herd of 1970's TV stars
• Vegas in Space (US 1991): A Drag Queen Sci Fi adventure that borders between insane and amazing