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Movies That Made Us Gay

On the air since May 2019 · moviesthatmadeusgay.libsyn.com/website

336Films
360Episodes
609Hours of talk
31 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

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A Nightmare on Elm StreetOct 30, 2026345. A Nightmare on Elm Street with special guest Gabe Muñoz
An American Werewolf in LondonOct 23, 2026344. An American Werewolf in London with special guest Billy Roach
CoralineOct 16, 2026343. Coraline directed by Henry Selick and ParaNorman directed by Chris Butler
ParaNormanOct 16, 2026343. Coraline directed by Henry Selick and ParaNorman directed by Chris Butler
High SpiritsOct 9, 2026342. High Spirits with special guest Hiko Mitsuzka
TremorsOct 2, 2026341. Tremors with special guest Ashley Casseday from Keep It Weird

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Milestones

First filmRomy and Michele's High School ReunionMay 3, 2019
50th filmBack to the BeachJul 3, 2020
100th filmMatildaJul 2, 2021
250th filmThe Rocky Horror Picture ShowNov 22, 2024
LatestA Nightmare on Elm StreetOct 30, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

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BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 6.8 out of 10 · 334 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 3 films344.5 to 5.0: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 9 films955.5 to 6.0: 28 films286.0 to 6.5: 62 films6266.5 to 7.0: 92 films927.0 to 7.5: 85 films8577.5 to 8.0: 43 films438.0 to 8.5: 9 films988.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 3 films344.5 to 5.0: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 9 films955.5 to 6.0: 28 films286.0 to 6.5: 62 films6266.5 to 7.0: 92 films927.0 to 7.5: 85 films8577.5 to 8.0: 43 films438.0 to 8.5: 9 films988.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King★ 8.5 / 10 · 2003
Fight Club★ 8.4 / 10 · 1999
Sunset Boulevard★ 8.3 / 10 · 1950

Lowest rated on TMDB

Jaws: The Revenge★ 4.1 / 10 · 1987
Batman & Robin★ 4.4 / 10 · 1997
Jaws 3-D★ 4.5 / 10 · 1983

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$39.6BWorldwide gross
$9.0BCombined budgets
62% hits14% flops · 24% in between

Biggest hits

Titanic$2.3B on a $200M budget
Barbie$1.4B on a $145M budget
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$1.1B on a $94M budget

Biggest flops

Empire Records$0.3M on a $10M budget
Wet Hot American Summer$0.3M on a $5.0M budget
Party Monster$0.7M on a $5.0M budget

THE MIX

96% of the films are American and 50 are from the United Kingdom. 9 aren't in English, mostly German and Spanish. 10 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Comedy167
Drama132
Romance87
Fantasy70
Horror66
Thriller64
Adventure52

Release decades

1920s: 1 film1'20s1930s: 2 films2'30s1940s: 4 films4'40s1950s: 5 films5'50s1960s: 8 films8'60s1970s: 20 films20'70s1980s: 94 films94'80s1990s: 114 films114'90s2000s: 66 films66'00s2010s: 10 films10'10s2020s: 12 films12'20s

Franchises

Scream4 of 7 films covered
A Nightmare on Elm Street3 of 7 films covered
Batman3 of 4 films covered
I Know What You Did Last Summer3 of 4 films covered
Friday the 13th2 of 11 films covered
Halloween2 of 11 films covered
Jaws2 of 4 films covered
Jurassic Park2 of 7 films covered

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