Three powerful films about gay marriage to celebrate ten years of the Same-Sex Marriage Act

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It’s now ten years since the UK passed the Same-Sex Marriage Act, which made same-sex marriage legal in England and Wales.

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It’s now ten years since the UK passed the Same-Sex Marriage Act, which made same-sex marriage legal in England and Wales.
Since then, there’s been an increase in LGBT+ characters onscreen, especially in television.
Here are my picks for three films that offer powerful representations of same-sex marriage, ten years on from legalisation.

Love is Strange (2014)

Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) have been together for 30 years and decide to finally get married.
It doesn’t shy away from the adversity couples may face around gay marriage, but the commitment the two characters show to each other speaks to an unshakeable faith in love.

Cloudburst (2011)

In Cloudburst, Stella (Olympia Dukakis) and Dotty (Brenda Fricker) are a lesbian couple living together in Maine.
As with Love is Strange, the small moments of tenderness in Cloudburst give us the sense of the years the two have spent together.
Cloudburst may divide people with its ending, which I will not spoil, but the mission for marriage in the film is a joy to behold.

The Kids Are Alright (2010)

It can also be seen as groundbreaking in that it is one of the first big budget films to feature a married gay couple.
Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a married couple with two children.
When their youngest, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), wants to find his biological father (Mark Ruffalo), things begin to get complicated.
), they have to look and feel good doing it.” The Kids Are Alright pushes back against this pressure.