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Perfect 10 Best Queer Travel Movies of All Time
You can't go wrong with gay travel movies--except for Boat Trip--because they have so much going on in them that they make straight ones, look positively homebound. Gay people are already outsiders and in foreign environs we're even more so, which makes for can t-miss themes of alienation, adaptation, and outfit changing. The resulting culture clashes lead to big-time climaxes as the characters eye-, thigh-, and mind-opening behavior results in either tragedy (in dramas) or triumph (in comedies) but rarely boredom. Gay road movies also include phantasmagorical encounters, comical conflicts, and ultimately some loud preaching for tolerance along with a big group lip-synch. Whatever the case, it's usually a trip worth caking, as long as you've gotten your shots first.--Michael Musto
1 Some Like It Hot, 1959, directed by Billy Wilder (United States) After witnessing a gangland murder in Chicago, two musicians tuck their privates and...
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