Vote for AfterElton.com's 50 Greatest Gay Movies

Earlier this week, in a special "Monkey Uncaged" column, our own Brent Hartinger addressed a reader's question as to which gay-related movies that he, as a young gay man, should be acquainted with.

Brent shared the ten gay-related movies he found most influential and then threw open the doors for readers to add their choices. And answer they did! The article already has 85 comments with folks vigorously debating which movies they would pick. 

How fortunate then that today we are opening voting in our second Greatest Gay Movies poll. This is our chance to put our collective noggins together to determine which gay movies we, as gay and gay-friendly people, believe standout as the most important, influential and beloved gay films of all time. 

When we published the results of our first poll last year, a certain movie about two cowboys claimed the top spot. But in the ensuing year, another little movie named Milk came along and nabbed eight Oscar nominations, two wins and the undying gratitude of millions of gay men. 

In the twelve months since those first poll results were published, we've seen the release of other gay-themed movies such as Bruno, Little Ashes, Outrage, Humpday, Taking Woodstock and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. (Or perhaps that last one is just really homoerotic.) 

Perhaps one or two of those movies might claim spots on this year's list. And it's hard not to wonder if certain movies that ranked highly on last year's list, might not have faded a bit in viewer's minds over time. Additionally, AfterElton.com is roughly twice as large as we were last year, meaning this year's poll should have quite a few more votes and that might shake things up. 

As for what makes a movie "gay" enough to make this list, that is subjective in nature. The aforementioned Humpday doesn't actually have any major gay characters, but it definitely addresses issues concerning sexual orientation and is of interest to some gay readers. Meanwhile, Bruno couldn't have been anymore gay and yet it wasn't exactly embraced by much of the gay community. This is your list, so you get to decide what's gay enough.

Below, you'll find a ballot where you can enter your top five choices. Cast your votes by midnight Friday, August 28th and we’ll tally the results for you by September 14th. We're going to ask everyone to play nicely, so please no ballot stuffing. Ballots that have the same movie more than once only get counted as one vote for that movie. And note, only one vote allowed per IP address.

Also, this list is only meant to encompass movies about, or of interest to, gay and bisexual men. If you happen to be interested in movies about lesbians and bisexual women, please visit our sister site AfterEllen.com.

Finally, to help whet your appetite for the list, Logo is running a special gay movie marathon this weekend including showings of Burnt Money, East Side Story, Oh Happy Day, Coffee Date, Jeffrey and a whole slew of other flicks!

Vote has closed.