'The final list was culled from a longlist of hundreds, after which the films were ranked according to the Adjusted Tomatometer, which acts as a kind of inflation adjustment, taking into consideration the Tomatometer score, as well as the number of reviews a film received relative to the average number of reviews for films released that same year, ' RT said about their process. With titles like Love, Simon and Paris Is Burning to Tangerine and Brokeback Mountain, the list has a wide range of genres and moods, but they all have something in common: they all 'prominently feature gay, lesbian, trans, or queer characters concern itself centrally with LGBTQ+ themes present its LGBTQ+ characters in a fair and realistic light and/or be seen as a touchpoint in the evolution of queer cinema.' And perhaps most importantly, they have to be certified fresh on RT's Tomatometer.
In honor of Pride Month, film and TV review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has released its yearly list of the top 200 best LGBTQ+ films of all time, and it is chock-full of excellent queer films that stand the test of time and span almost the past 100 years!