hey do you have any recs for lgbt period dramas in the vein of like maurice, brideshead etc?
hello anon, that truly is the million dollar question *defeated sigh*! maurice and brideshead — and i do trust you’re referring to the 1981 miniseries, truly the epitome of adaptation cinema — are very much the paragons of those languid uni romances brimming with attractive, hedonistic(, gay) poetry enthusiasts, which is a very specific sub-sub-sub-genre i know a lot of us would like to see consciously expanded 🙃 within that specifically, i’d personally recommend…
another country (1984) dir. marek kanievska
either mädchen in uniform (i prefer the 1958 version but that is only because i saw it first)
les amitiés particulières (1964) dir. jean delannoy
the history boys (2006) dir. nicolas hytner
if… (1968) dir. lindsay anderson
dead poets society (1989) dir. peter weir**
then there are some good lgbt period dramas that, while having somewhat different dynamics or more convoluted plots than the films you’re looking for, do share a lot of their sensibilities, such as…
fingersmith (2005) dir. aisling walsh
tipping the velvet (2002)
the gold rimmed glasses (1987) dir. giuliano montaldo
dorian gray (1970) dir. massimo dallamano
orlando (1992) dir. sally potter
portrait of a marriage (1990)
wilde (1997) dir. brian gilbert
carrington (1995) dir. christopher hampton
regeneration (1997) dir. gillies mackinnon**
the talented mr. ripley (1999) dir. anthony minghella**
and if find maurice and brideshead very indicative of your interests and taste, you might also enjoy these despite their being different sub-genres within lgbt film: carol (2015) dir. todd haynes, mystère à la tour eiffel (2015) dir. léa fazer, farewell, my queen (2012) dir. benoît jacquot, yves saint laurent (2014) dir. jalil lespert, death in venice (1971) dir. luchino visconti, cambridge spies (2003), the line of beauty (2005), man in an orange shirt (2017), jeeves & wooster**; and i haven’t seen these, but they’re on my list: daphne (2007), the secret diaries of miss anne lister (2010), un amour à taire (2005), tell it to the bees (2018), oranges are not the only fruit (1990) and perhaps picnic at hanging rock, the halcyon, and anne with an e**. fingers crossed for gentleman jack and vita & virginia! you might also be interested in spring awakening as well as indecent, but theatre is a beast i won’t even pretend i know how to tackle. and this is extraordinarily random but i’ve always had a soft spot for the slowburn between ted and ralph from the fast show — god bless those who edit gay storylines and upload them to youtube! saints!
**not explicitly lgbt (my ass)
here are some of my other recs in case they interest you & you have a lot of patience for rambling:
spanish- & portuguese-language lgbt film recs
contemporary foreign lgbt recs
my general lgbt films tag
resources for discovering lgbt films