15 Essential Movies For LGBT* Pride Month

15. Funeral Parade Of Roses

Toship Matsumoto's Funeral Parade Of Roses is one of the hidden gems of the Japanese New Wave; a refreshingly sly and transgressive work of film which stars the androgynous Japanese performer and cross-dresser, Peter exploring the gay subculture of late 60s Tokyo.

Loosely based on the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, even by today's standards it's something of an edgy piece of work, and a standout entry point for the early years of international Queer Cinema. It represents the convergence of two distinct communities - cross-dressers and gay men - with the avante garde artists of the time forming a triumvirate of creative energy, captured by Matsumoto's roving, wide angled lens.

A little known fact (or at the very least, internet rumour) about Funeral Parade Of Roses is its influence on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, although it could be argued that Kubrick's film shares little with the film beyond the desire to provoke conservative-minded audiences.