Heath Ledger’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ tops ‘Best Gay Films’ poll

Heath Ledger’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ has topped a new poll of ‘Best Gay Films’. The 2005 flick has beaten ‘Beautiful Thing’ to the top the online poll compiled by website AfterElton.com.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) is a romantic-drama film that depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983.

The film was directed by Taiwanese director Ang Lee from a screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry, which they adapted from the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams.

Brokeback Mountain won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was honored with Best Picture and Best Director accolades from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globe Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards among many other organizations and festivals. Brokeback Mountain had the most nominations (eight) for the 78th Academy Awards, where it won three: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. The film was widely considered to be a front runner for the Academy Award for Best Picture, but lost to Crash.At the end of its theatrical run, Brokeback Mountain ranked eighth among the highest-grossing romantic dramas of all time.

Third on the list was ‘Shelter’ followed by Latter Days, reports Contactmusic.

Rounding off the top five was ‘Maurice’.

The top 10 Gay Films are:

1. Brokeback Mountain

2. Beautiful Thing

3. Shelter

4. Latter Days

5. Maurice

6. Trick

7. Get Real

8. Big Eden

9. The Broken Hearts Club

10. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (ANI)

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