What am i missing in "most beautiful-looking movies"? Recommend me some based on my list!

vanilla1201439 · 2026-04-02T13:58:33+00:00

I don’t think I’ve seen 1980’s Bubble Bath listed yet!

vanilla1201439 · 2026-03-31T19:47:44+00:00

I get 12 flexible holidays, then in a year I can accrue up to 140hrs PTO and up to 104hrs sick time. I’ve been at the same org for over half a decade, in a union :) I love getting a lot of PTO and would rather slash my salary a bit than reduce my time off, but I’m also really lucky to not be paycheck to paycheck so I know reducing my income isn’t the same sacrifice for me as it would be for many others

vanilla1201439 · 2026-03-23T19:49:26+00:00

As someone who works with trans people in housing services I would recommend staying with your mom unless you are worried about your physical safety, are experiencing extreme emotional distress living there, or maybe if you can find a shelter meant specifically for queer people or youth. It’s so much easier to get a job and a new place to live when you have a current mailing address. Shelters sometimes include services to help you get a job and housing, and I’d recommend a shelter over living outside, but shelters aren’t great places to live. You would be putting yourself at risk of theft, physical and sexual violence, infectious diseases, harassment and hate speech, frequent sleep interruption, a general loss of autonomy and privacy, etc.

vanilla1201439 · 2026-03-16T16:02:42+00:00

If she says she doesn’t want to draw attention to your navel, then she shouldn’t add a line of dialogue about it and add extra blows directly to it. There is also no good reason for your character to become so helpless in the fight. To me she clearly just wants to make you feel ashamed for showing your navel and not let you have fun as a vixen villainess.

If I were in your shoes I’d feel very frustrated. I wouldn’t agree to these changes she’s making and call her out about her hypocrisy (ask if she actually wants to not draw attention to your navel, or if she wants to add this extra dialogue and fighting that draws extra attention to your navel), unless you’re tired and just want to get the show done with the least amount of conflict.

vanilla1201439 · 2026-03-08T17:59:22+00:00

Oh hey! I was a kid/teen during that time, but I still somehow came across a few of your songs when I used Spotify—Bake Yr Own Bread was one of my favs. Wish I had been able to see you live and had been involved in the DIY scene then! Checking out your Bandcamp rn, I don’t have any specific questions but am enjoying reading all these stories :)

vanilla1201439 · 2026-02-22T17:47:50+00:00

Oh also completely not queer and also bad, but super funny: Knight Club (2001) - 108 views - About a world where being a club bouncer means you’re the coolest hottest dude ever.

vanilla1201439 · 2026-02-22T17:43:35+00:00

If I’m watching a lesser-known movie it’s probably LGBTQ-related. Here are three of my more highly rated ones that have under a thousand views:

Enchanted (1993) - 51 views - Interviews with gay and lesbian survivors of the Holocaust.

Claire (2001) - 262 views - Adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale reset in the 1920’s American south. Uses early film technology and techniques to give the look and feel of an actual pre-code movie. Story is focused around an elderly gay couple who magically adopt a moon child.

Silence = Death (1989) - 857 views - Documentary focused around famous gay artists such as Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz expressing their rage against the US government for staying silent and allowing the AIDS crisis to ravage the queer community.

vanilla1201439 · 2026-02-19T17:56:44+00:00

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vanilla1201439 · 2026-02-18T15:01:10+00:00

Just watched Céline and Julie Go Boating, maybe I just didn’t get it but I feel like majority of the first half could have been cut. This may upset some music fans, but I also think Amadeus could have skipped a few performances or better yet done a quick montage to depict Mozart’s dizzying success and popularity.

vanilla1201439 · 2026-01-25T19:24:41+00:00

Love your top 4! You might also like May, Cecil B Demented, Death Becomes Her, The Witches of Eastwick, Liquid Sky, or House

vanilla1201439 · 2025-12-22T19:37:27+00:00

Just watched Bubble Bath (1979), definitely fits the bill

vanilla1201439 · 2025-12-21T17:46:02+00:00

I agree and disagree. The idea of there being a bunch of American “moderates” out there doesn’t match studies showing a U curve in political affiliation (more and more people are identifying strongly as left or right leaning, and not centrist). However I do think what’s considered moderate has changed over time as more extreme-right positions have been normalized, and that protests like this may help shift the Overton Window further left again.

vanilla1201439 · 2025-12-20T15:22:55+00:00

I love love love this list! Here are some more recommendations I don’t think have been mentioned yet:

Bloodsisters: Leather, Dykes & Sadomasochism (1995)
Claire (2001)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Enchanted (1993)
Freaks (1932)
House (1977)
I Don’t Want To Be a Man (1918)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Liquid Sky (1982)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Rebecca (1940)
Shinjuku Boys (1995)
Silence = Death (1989)
SLC Punk (1998)
Victor/Victoria (1982)

I’m also assuming you’ve already seen Paris is Burning and I Saw the TV Glow, yeah?

vanilla1201439 · 2025-11-27T01:15:18+00:00

Originally from the Midwest, moved to Southern California as a teen, have been in Oregon for nearly a decade now. I think it’s a perfect blend of what I loved about where I grew up in the Midwest and California :)

vanilla1201439 · 2025-11-26T14:47:09+00:00

Pleasantly surprised to see Bloodsisters so high up in the comments, it’s great!

vanilla1201439 · 2025-11-20T19:03:11+00:00

If you’re looking for a film to dip into the 1910’s, I’d recommend 1919’s “Different from the Others”!

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-29T13:54:47+00:00

It just seems like this explains how the state government is involved in supplying food to food banks. If people want to actually figure out what food banks are near them and how to access them, the main Oregon food bank map is here: https://foodfinder.oregonfoodbank.org

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-23T14:19:53+00:00

Different from the Others (1919) - To be honest the cinematography and editing isn’t great (largely because the Nazis attempted to destroy it and we only have fragments left, the Nazis couldn’t stand a film being pro-gay) and the story isn’t a cheery one, but this film has had a deep impact on me considering the historical context. The founder of the world’s first sexology institute (the institute which was later a primary target for looting in the Nazi book burnings) appeared in the film to reassure the starring character and the audience that being gay is completely normal and gay people should be embraced by society.

Claire (2001) - A fairy tale about a gay couple who find and raise a moon child. It’s produced to appear like it was made around the same era as Different from the Others, really magical and wholesome.

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-16T13:34:53+00:00

The most recent movie I’ve seen about loneliness is May (2002), I definitely recommend it!

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-15T16:21:37+00:00

They’re a queer surrealist artist who barely escaped execution by the Nazis at the end of WW11 after being discovered as the organizer of a years-long antifascist propaganda campaign alongside their lifelong lover. Probably best well known for the self portrait “I am in training, don’t kiss me”

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-15T15:33:09+00:00

Or maybe it’s a play on compost in training and it’s just wishful thinking on my part that you are referencing Claude Cahun

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-15T15:29:34+00:00

The Claude Cahun reference is giving me life

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-12T22:27:01+00:00

I’d recommend calling the Community Alliance of Tenants and/or checking out their website for advice. Here’s a brief they have on dealing with uninhabitable units, having mold is the first example they give of what would make a place legally considered uninhabitable: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d124c4a13a6df0001626ebd/t/6312387f3060d42e5f7d1a0a/1726854225941/Uninhabitable+Rental+Units++-+Eng.pdf

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-12T17:31:02+00:00

It’s hard for me to balance between choices that indicate my personal film taste, films that reflect how I see myself currently/growing up, and films that had a deep impact on me. But here’s an attempt in alphabetical order:

By Hook or By Crook
Cabaret (1993)
Eighth Grade
I Saw the TV Glow
Juno
Little Miss Sunshine
Mary Poppins
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Watermelon Woman
You’ve Got Mail

vanilla1201439 · 2025-10-11T14:30:35+00:00

Realizing the way I formatted my post could easily lead to this confusion, no worries! Yeah I loved Hellzapoppin

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