Beautiful Thing (1996)

Name: Beautiful Thing (1996)
Duration: 1 h 30 min

1hr 30m

1hr 30m
3.9/5 (9.1K)
93%

Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them… More Details »

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Director:

Hettie Macdonald

Producer:

Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter

Writer:

Jonathan Harvey

Release Date:

Oct 11, 1996

Runtime:

1hr 30m

Synopsis

Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.

Cast

Linda Henry
Glen Berry
Scott Neal
Tameka Empson
Ben Daniels
John Benfield
Daniel Bowers
Garry Cooper
Terry Duggan
Jeillo Edwards

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.9

RATINGS 1.1K FANS

3.9

Jamie: Scared of being called "queer"? Ste: Are you? Jamie: Maybe... maybe not. Ste: And are ya? Jamie: Queer? Ste: Gay. Jamie: Very happy. I'm happy when I'm with you...

1.8K Likes

foxinthesnow

Apr 14, 2020

there's a moment where two gays who've just admitted their feelings to each other run playfully through a forrest as 'make your own kind of music' plays and i've not stopped crying since

1.5K Likes

nathan

Sep 7, 2018

I love a british gay film with a happy ending.

1.0K Likes

Junior
Apr 16, 2020

tell me why this twink is the spit of tom holland

974 Likes

leo

Nov 13, 2022

Justice for Tony, he did nothing wrong

812 Likes

⚡️Billy⚡️

Sep 12, 2018

Can we talk about Leah's LEWKS??!

623 Likes

rober👾
Jul 8, 2022

Wears Keith Haring merch, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Hollywood actresses, discovers queerness from his childhood bedroom. Representation does matter.

593 Likes

Will Steele

Aug 24, 2022

i can excuse being gay but i draw the line at being british

481 Likes

Jeff

Jun 23, 2021

The title IS the review.

451 Likes

Darryl James

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Top Reviews

Kaitlyn Clay loved

Beautiful Thing

I swear it was Tom holland 🤣

😂 😭 2 3Y

Milk liked

Beautiful Thing

7.5/10 I love queer love, and this movie was definitely sweet. Some of the characters were unlikeable though, and it’s a bit of a product of it’s time. Still a good watch!

1Y

Dxmi . loved

Beautiful Thing

BEST LGBTQ TEEN MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN, the story is so great honestly and I always live for a good ending. Most lgbtq movies have these bad horrible endings 100000/10.

7M
Dxmi . loved

Beautiful Thing

6.75 - my favorite 90s lgbtq film ever I definitely recommend to anyone trying to deal with self discovery.

6M

Alice williams loved

Beautiful Thing

So cute and heartwarming I LOVE Jamie and a good ending would definitely recommend

2Y

Corey Howard loved

Beautiful Thing

Love this coming of each story with music by Mama Cass Elliot.

2Y
Tillicci liked

Beautiful Thing

Not so much happening but very beautiful :)

3Y

Annabel Blackmore liked

Beautiful Thing

It was alr but some parts were questionable

3Y

AK loved

Beautiful Thing

this movie lifted my spirits def recommend

1Y