One of the things that annoys me is the dearth of happiness for gay couples in movies and books. I can’t really speak to television, since I don’t watch that much of it. At any rate, I asked my friends on Facebook and Twitter to help me compile a list of movies and books where the same-sex couple gets to stay together and be happy at the end. If there’s a movie based on a book, I’m going to list the book (unless they have different endings). Here’s what we came up with:
Books:
- Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- Curious Wine by Katherine V Forrest
- Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
- The Complete Wendel by Howard Cruse
- Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon
- Lynn Flewelling’s Nightrunner books
- My Most Excellent Year
- “Peanuts” in David Ebenbach’s collection, Into the Wilderness
- Stephen McCauley’s books
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Movies:
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Beautiful Thing
- Better Than Chocolate
- Big Eden
- Bound
- But I’m a Cheerleader
- Chutney Popcorn
- D.E.B.S.
- Desert Hearts
- Elena Undone
- The Family Stone
- Fire
- Happy Texas
- Home For The Holidays
- Imagine Me & You
- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
- Kiss Me
- La Cage Aux Folles (and the remake The Birdcage)
- Latter Days
- Maurice (E.M. Forster’s version; different from the book)
- My Beautiful Laundrette
- Peking Opera Blues
- Saving Face
- Show Me Love
- When Night Is Falling
- November Moon
Web series:
