Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

This story of a gay man in Savannah, Georgia who shot his working-class lover focuses on the murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey). He is a self made man, art collector, antiques dealer, and semi-closeted homosexual. John Kelso (John Kusack), a magazine reporter, is in Savannah to write a feature on one of Williams' famous Christmas parties. He is intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent and sexy young lover, Billy Hanson (Jude Law). Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial. Along the way he encounters Lady Chablis (Chablis Deveau), a drag queen, Sonny Seiler (Jack Thompson), lawyer to Williams, and Minerva (Irma P. Hall), a spiritualist. Becoming Jim's friend, cuddling up to a torch singer, meeting every eccentric in Savannah, participating in midnight graveyard rituals, and helping solve the mysteries surrounding Billy's murder, makes Kelso very busy.

The movie is loosely based on the first book by John Berendt, which became a New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks. Fans of the book are generally disappointed with the film, largely because of changes made by screenwriter John Lee Hancock and director Clint Eastwood. Lennie Niehaus composed the original music.

Le Fate ignorante (2001)

Antonia (Margherita Buy) is an AIDS doctor, has a stable marriage, and lives happily with her husband Massimo (Andrea Renzi) in an upscale district of Rome. But when he dies in a car accident, she falls into a depression and begins to recover when she finds out that Massimo had been unfaithful to her in a gay relationship. Massimo had a secret lover for 7 of their 15 years together. She's also surprised to discover that he and his lover Michele (Stefano Accorsi) were part of an extended "family" of gays, transgenders, and other social outcasts. As Antonia begins to understand her husband's secret, she becomes accepted into the commune. This film puts love and understanding before judgment or disapprobation. The Italian title means "The Ignorant Fairies" and refers to a painting that was given to Massimo by Michele. Andrea Guerra composed the original music. Gianni Roli and Ferzan Özpete wrote the screnplay, and Ferzan Özpetek. directed. The American title is "His Secret Life" and the international title is "The Ignorant Fairies". This Turkish-Italian production has Italian dialogue with various subtitles.