Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "homosexual-character"

51. City Hunter (1993)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Joey Wang, Kumiko Goto

Votes: 12,431

52. Breakin' (1984)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.

Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ben Lokey

Votes: 7,266 | Gross: $38.68M

53. Cop Out (2010)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Jimmy's rare baseball card is robbed. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner Paul to track down the robber, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernández, Cory Fernandez

Votes: 90,415 | Gross: $44.88M

54. North Country (2005)

R | 126 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis

Votes: 44,995 | Gross: $18.32M

55. Perfect Stranger (2007)

R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow

Votes: 51,229 | Gross: $23.98M

56. The Pillow Book (1995)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama

A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata

Votes: 13,670 | Gross: $2.29M

57. Tightrope (1984)

R | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.

Directors: Richard Tuggle, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood

Votes: 19,235 | Gross: $48.14M

58. Guess Who (2005)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman, Theresa, brings her boyfriend, Simon, home to meet her parents and surprise them with the news of their engagement. Another surprise: Simon is white.

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott

Votes: 45,846 | Gross: $68.92M

59. Infamous (2006)

R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

While researching his novel "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Toby Jones, Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver

Votes: 18,246 | Gross: $1.15M

60. The Last of Sheila (1973)

PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coburn, James Mason, Dyan Cannon

Votes: 8,459

61. Who's That Girl (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove her innocence.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin

Votes: 11,092 | Gross: $7.31M

62. Man on Fire (1987)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former CIA agent, John Creasy, is hired as a bodyguard for a girl in Italy, who becomes the daughter he never had. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and despite being badly wounded, embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams

Votes: 3,048 | Gross: $0.52M

63. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham

Votes: 17,332 | Gross: $2.45M

64. Theater of Blood (1973)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews

Votes: 12,329

65. Three to Tango (1999)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A rich businessman's assumption that his new colleague is gay leads him to ask the man to keep an eye on his mistress. However, the man is not gay--and he begins to fall for the woman himself.

Director: Damon Santostefano | Stars: Neve Campbell, Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott, Oliver Platt

Votes: 20,108 | Gross: $10.54M

66. Law of Desire (1987)

NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina

Votes: 14,125

67. Running with Scissors (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow

Votes: 23,180 | Gross: $6.75M

68. Black & White (I) (1999)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Ben Stiller, Allan Houston, Claudia Schiffer, Scott Caan

Votes: 6,060 | Gross: $5.24M

69. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,932

70. A Cop (1972)

PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla

Votes: 10,801 | Gross: $0.05M

71. Sleuth (2007)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 33,059 | Gross: $0.34M

72. Toast (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain.

Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Colin Prockter, Ken Stott

Votes: 10,474

73. Parting Glances (1986)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Sherwood | Stars: John Bolger, Richard Ganoung, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan

Votes: 3,247 | Gross: $0.54M

74. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A fan club of die-hard James Dean fans meet on the 20th anniversary of his death and reconnect, opening old wounds and facing new ones.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis, Sudie Bond

Votes: 5,177 | Gross: $0.84M

75. Absolute Beginners (1986)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In London in 1958, a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox

Votes: 3,734 | Gross: $0.93M

76. The Incident (1967)

Approved | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Tony Musante, Martin Sheen, Beau Bridges, Brock Peters

Votes: 4,847

77. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze

Votes: 30,055 | Gross: $3.43M

78. Timecode (2000)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stellan Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 7,117 | Gross: $0.95M

79. Labyrinth of Passion (1982)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza ... See full summary »

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Marta Fernández Muro

Votes: 4,716

80. 101 Reykjavík (2000)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Will the 30 y.o. Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir

Votes: 9,944 | Gross: $0.01M

81. Partners (1982)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

A heterosexual police detective is unnerved when ordered to go undercover with a homosexual police clerk, as a couple, to solve a series of murders in the gay community.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass

Votes: 1,496 | Gross: $6.06M

82. Sit Down, Shut Up (2009)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

About the teachers at a slightly poor, non-distinguished school and their random day-to-day problems.

Stars: Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Kristin Chenoweth, Will Forte

Votes: 1,915

83. Love and Death on Long Island (1997)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock

Votes: 4,166 | Gross: $2.54M

84. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

115 min | Drama, History, War

A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau

Votes: 382

85. Clandestine Stories in Havana (1997)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Two Argentinian citizens, in short soujorn in today's Havana, meet two local Cubans, who happen to be mother and son. Accidentally, one of the couples reunite after many years, and their ... See full summary »

Directors: Luis Alberto García, Diego Musiak | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Ulises Dumont, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García

Votes: 52

86. Sign (2016)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama, Music

'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.

Director: Andrew Keenan-Bolger | Stars: John McGinty, Preston Sadleir, Maleni Chaitoo, Sydney Morton

Votes: 350

87. Reggae Rabbits (2007–2008)

8 min | Animation, Comedy

A group of rabbits living on a meadow in Park Babylon discuss various topics, including the 'taboo' ones.

Star: Jaroslaw Boberek

88. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Kostloffs Thema (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Henry Kostloff is stage manager and owner of a theater.He has come to the police station to announce that his young protege Arnold Kieler has disappeared.Henry Kostloff mentions also that ... See full summary »

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Gerd Anthoff, Nikolaus Gröbe

Votes: 54

89. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Blood in the Streets (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The group lets a family in distress board the Abigail. Strand's past begins to come to light. Nick looks for an associate of Strand's.

Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,982

90. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Captive (2016)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Alicia works toward reuniting with her family. Travis comes across a familiar face. Madison and Nick try to save their family against all odds.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,594

91. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Sicut Cervus (2016)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Conflict arises as the Abigail approaches its destination. Chris makes a staggering decision. Nick meets a new maternal figure.

Director: Kate Dennis | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,434

92. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Werking Mom (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

In search of a job, Marge gets one selling plastic food storage containers - as a drag queen; Lisa tries to make the world better.

Directors: Mike Frank Polcino, Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,128