Pride · reception & legacy
2014 · Matthew Warchus
How Pride has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
A word-of-mouth hit out of Cannes 2014 (where it won the Queer Palm), it's only grown since — from well-liked British crowd-pleaser to an annual Pride-month ritual watch and one of Letterboxd's most beloved feel-good films.
What's debated
The recurring debate: is it a perfect crowd-pleaser or does the feel-good formula soften the radical, explicitly socialist politics of the real activists it celebrates?
Its footprint
The film jumped off the screen into the street: after its release, the real Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners re-formed and marched at London Pride 2015 alongside miners' groups, and the film remains a go-to touchstone for solidarity — 'the miners and the queers' — in political discourse.
Where it stands
A modern LGBTQ+ canon staple and certified Letterboxd comfort film — the 'films that feel like a hug' list regular that people insist you watch, then watch you watch.