Genre: Romance

Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid play a privileged 1950s Connecticut couple in this modern melodramatic masterpiece that is another ode to All That Heaven Allows. Amidst the racial tensions and anti-gay rhetoric of the 1950s, scandal erupts and the couple’s marriage fractures. 

This watermark of 1970s German New Wave films is a tribute to All That Heaven Allows — and remains moving and relevant almost 50 years after its release. When a lonely working class widow enters a whirlwind bi-racial romance with a younger man, they face backlash from both of their families.

Social classes collide in Douglas Sirk’s visually stunning technicolor drama. When a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener (Rock Hudson), she faces disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

Kirk Douglas stars as a ruthless film producer clawing his way to the top of Hollywood. Told in flashback form, he is seen through the eyes of various acquaintances and people he’s wronged — including a talented writer, a fabulous movie star, and a rising director.

Saim Sadiq’s film explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider lives with his wife Mumtaz(, his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, he finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager, when in actuality, he is a backup dancer. As he acclimates to the new job, Haider becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman Biba who runs the show—an unforeseen partnership that opens his eyes and ultimately his worldview, in ways both unexpected and intimate.

Céline Sciamma’s slow burning love story is a rich period piece about a female painter On an isolated island in Brittany who is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Stunning cinematography and a heartbreaking plot make it one of the best modern pieces of queer cinema.