Beyond Brokeback: 13 LGBTQ British film recommendations, from hidden gems to treasured triumphs

Ben Silverstone and Brad Gorton in Get Real (Image: United International Pictures)

There was a time when truly queer cinema in Britain was largely confined to the fringes. For many of us, our formative memories of seeing LGBTQ+ lives represented on screen came via such polite gay romances as Merchant Ivory’s Maurice, or as subplots in the straight-led likes of Four Weddings and a Funeral. (The wild queer dream worlds of Derek Jarman were a revelation to those who dared.) 

But the past 30 years have been a transformative era for queer filmmaking, incorporating an ever-expanding range of experiences and perspectives into a mainstream spotlight. 

Meanwhile, what was once a branch of cinema largely confined to the white-male end of the spectrum is diversifying all the while — a work in

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