Oliver is a handsome doctoral student working for Elio’s father, and within the next six weeks, they fall in love. Elio is a Jewish Italo-French teenage prodigy spending time with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. Despite their marriage to women, both men manage to keep their secret romance going for two decades.Ĭall Me By Your Name: Set in the 1980s, this coming-of-age story features Timothée Chalamet as Elio Perlman and Armie Hammer as Oliver, exploring their feelings for each other. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) ends up marrying his longtime sweetheart, Alma ( Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider ( Anne Hathaway). Set in the early 60s, the movie tells the story of a cowboy and a ranch hand who fall in love but attempt to hide who they are from the world throughout their lives. Brokeback Mountain: At the time of its release in 2005, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger were commended for their bravery and decision to “go gay”.
