Vote for AfterElton.com's 50 Greatest Gay Movies

Looking back over the past twelve months since we last surveyed our readers as to which are the Greatest Gay/Bi Movies of all time, it's hard not to feel at least some dismay at how little gay cinema seems to have progressed since the high water mark of 2005's Brokeback Mountain (which has topped our poll two years running).

In fact, if not for the critical success of A Single Man last fall, the entire past year might be considered the worst in some time when it comes to high profile gay movies garnering mainstream attention. But even the critical success of A Single Man is tempered by the fact it only earned $9 million in the U.S. and another $15 million overseas. Meanwhile, Milk, the year's previous big gay movie, not only earned two Academy Awards, but pulled in more than $50 million dollars worldwide. 

Throw in the fact that Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey's I Love You Philip Morris has languished in distribution hell with its release being pushed back numerous times (it's now set for early December), reportedly due to concern over its graphic portrayal of gay male sex, and it's hard not to wonder if things might not be going backward.

At least us gay and bi guys can take heart in the fact that the lesbian-themed The Kids Are All Right has been one of the most acclaimed movies of the year, thus far earning nearly $20 million dollars and hopefully multiple Oscar nominations next year. 

Hollywood did release some movies with gay content over the past twelve months, but much of it was hugely disappointing including Valentine's Day, the remake of Fame, and Sex and the City 2, all of which either promised more gay than they delivered (Valentine's Day, Fame) or got savaged at the box office (SATC2). On the plus side, Scott Pilgrim vs the World was very gay friendly and the character of Wallace Wellswas one of the better onscreen gays in quite some time. That being said, the movie wasn't nearly gay enough to have much of a chance to make this list. 

Independent gay films did produce some worthy entrants this year including the South American film Undertow, the Argentinean movie Plan B, the Swedish film Patrik, Age, 1.5, and the American movie Redwoods. Outright misses included the Danish film The Brotherhood, the Brazilian movie From Beginning to End, and Eating Out 3. (All of our movie reviews can be found here.)

Our perhaps readers will feel differently and one of those movies will make the list anyway. Their fate is now in your hands!

Below, you'll find a ballot where you can enter your top five choices. Cast your votes by midnight Friday, September 10th and we’ll tally and post the results for you on Monday, September 20th. 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.

If you need a little something to jog your memory, you can peruse the lists for 2008 and 2009, or visit our movie forums where there are several threads about gay/bi movies. 

VOTING HAS CLOSED. CHECK BACK MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20th FOR RESULTS.