Beyond “Brokeback” Obscure, Lost, and Underappreciated Gay Movies

From:  The Backlot

If you liked American Beauty, you should check out…

Reflections in a Golden Eye 

1967

In the prime of her “batshit housewife” phase, Elizabeth Taylor appeared in this completely insane drama from director John Huston that had her married to a closeted gay soldier (Marlon Brando) who lusted after another military guy who liked riding horseback in the nude (Robert Forster) when he wasn't boffing Taylor. There’s tons of over-the-top domestic cruelty (including Brando at the business end of that riding crop), and – much like Beauty – the film ends in tragedy.