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TLA Releasing is a US film distribution and production company owned by
TLA Entertainment Group TLA Entertainment Group is a privately held corporation based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1981. Originally formed to operate a repertory movie theater, the company subsequently moved into catalog and online sales, retail store ...
. In March 2011, a new LLC was formed for the operation. Its primary output is
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-related films from all over the world under the "TLA Releasing" label, as well as
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
s under the label "Danger After Dark". Since 2000, they have released over 200 films on DVD and various VOD platforms. In 2005, they opened a branch in the UK. In June 2011, they announced "TLA Select", a line of
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s of TLA Releasing's the most popular films, including ''
Latter Days ''Latter Days'' is a 2003 American Romance film, romantic comedy drama film about the relationship between a Coming out#Closeted, closeted Mormon missionary and his openly gay neighbor. The film was written and directed by C. Jay Cox and stars ...
'', '' Another Gay Movie'' and '' Another Gay Sequel'', '' Make the Yuletide Gay'', and '' Boy Culture''. In July 2011, the UK division lost its entire inventory of DVDs when rioters in London burnt down a
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warehouse. Sony rapidly worked to replenish the lost stock.


Select films released through TLA Releasing

* '' 29th and Gay'' (2005) * '' 800 Balas'' (2002) * '' Absolut Warhola'' (2001) * ''
Adam & Steve ''Adam & Steve'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Craig Chester, who also wrote the screenplay. It deals with the lives of two gay men, played by Craig Chester and Malcolm Gets. The film had its UK premiere on N ...
'' (2005) * '' A Little Lust'' (Italy, "Né Romeo, Né Giulietta") * '' Another Gay Movie'' (2006) * '' Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!'' (2008) * '' Bear City'' (2010) * '' Bear City 2: The Proposal'' (2012) * ''
Beautiful Boxer ''Beautiful Boxer'' () is a 2003 Thai biographical sports film produced, directed and co-written by Ekachai Uekrongtham. It tells the life story of Parinya Charoenphol (a.k.a. Nong Toom), a famous kathoey, Muay Thai fighter, actress and model. ...
'' (2003) * '' Blackmail Boys'' * '' Bloomington'' (2010) (UK) * '' Blue and Not So Pink'' (2012) (Venezuela) * '' Boy Culture'' (2006) * ''
Boys in the Sand ''Boys in the Sand'' is a landmark American Gay pornography, gay pornographic film, released early in the Golden Age of Porn. The 1971 film was directed by Wakefield Poole and stars Casey Donovan (actor), Casey Donovan.
'' (1971) * ''
Cachorro ''Bear Cub'' () is a 2004 Spanish comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Albaladejo. The plot follows a bearish gay man who ends up looking after his nephew while his sister goes away to India and in turn makes him develop a fa ...
'' (2004) * '' Children of God'' (2010) * '' Circuit'' (2002) * '' Conspiracy of Silence'' (2003) * '' David's Birthday'' (2009) (UK) * '' Death of a Dynasty'' (2003) * '' Down in Paris'' (2021) (USA & UK) * ''
Dog Tags "Dog Tags" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on October 28, 1995. Plot Ren and Stimpy (characters), Ren and Stimpy live in a house built over a cliff ...
'' (2008) * '' Dorian Blues'' (2004) * ''
Edge of Seventeen "Edge of Seventeen" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from her debut solo studio album '' Bella Donna'' (1981), released as the third single from the album on February 4, 1982. The lyrics were written by Nicks to express the ...
'' (1998) * '' Eighteen'' (2005) * '' Ethan Mao'' (2004) * ''
Far Side of the Moon The far side of the Moon is the hemisphere of the Moon that is facing away from Earth, the opposite hemisphere is the near side. It always has the same surface oriented away from Earth because of synchronous rotation in the Moon's orbit. C ...
'' (2003) * '' Finding Me'' (2009) * '' Finding Me: Truth'' (2011) * '' Five Dances'' (2013) * ''
The Fluffer ''The Fluffer'' is a 2001 American independent film that focuses on the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his husband Richard Glatzer.Gary M. Kramer, ''Independent Queer Cinema: Reviews and I ...
'' (2001) * '' From Beginning to End'' (2009) * '' Fruit Fly'' (2009) * ''
Godforsaken ''Godforsaken'' () is a 2003 Dutch drama film directed by Pieter Kuijpers from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Jan Nelissen. It stars Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf, and Egbert Jan Weeber. The film received a Golden Film (100,000 visitors), an ...
'' (2003) * '' Gone But Not Forgotten'' (2003) * '' La Primera Noche'' (2003) * ''
Latter Days ''Latter Days'' is a 2003 American Romance film, romantic comedy drama film about the relationship between a Coming out#Closeted, closeted Mormon missionary and his openly gay neighbor. The film was written and directed by C. Jay Cox and stars ...
'' (2003) * ''Leo's Room'' (UK) * ''Locked Up'' * '' Love, Spells and All That'' (2019) * '' Luster'' (2002) * '' Make the Yuletide Gay'' (2009) * '' Metrosexuality'' (2001) * '' Mom + Mom'' (2018) * ''
Mysterious Skin ''Mysterious Skin'' is a 2004 coming-of-age drama film written, produced, and directed by Gregg Araki, adapted from Scott Heim's 1995 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of two pre-adolescent boys who both experienced sexual abuse ...
'' (2004) * ''
Naked Boys Singing ''Naked Boys Singing!'' is a musical revue that features traditional American vaudeville-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, Californi ...
'' (2007) * '' Naked Fame'' (2005) * '' O Homem Que Copiava'' (2003) * '' Old Men in New Cars'' (2002) * '' One Kiss'' (2016) (Italy, "Un Bacio") * '' P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'' (2002) * '' Pervert!'' (2005) * ''
Say Uncle "Say 'uncle'!" is a chiefly North American expression demanding that the opponent in a contest submit. The response "Uncle!" is equivalent to "Mercy!", "Please!", "I give up!" or similar sentiment, and indicates submission. Definition In the Un ...
'' (2005) * '' Shiner'' (2004) * ''
Sleeper Cell A clandestine cell system is a method for organizing a group of people, such as resistance fighters, spies, mercenaries, organized crime members, or terrorists, to make it harder for police, military or other hostile groups to catch them. In ...
'' (2005) (Series 1, Region 2 only) * '' Soundless Wind Chime'' (2009) * '' Speechless'' (2012) * '' Straight-Jacket'' (2004) * '' The Stranger in Us (UK)'' (2010) * '' Stratosphere Girl'' (2004) * ''Street Bangaz'' * '' Surrender Dorothy'' (1998) * '' Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)'' (2004) * '' Under One Roof'' (2002) * '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000) * '' The Wedding Video'' (2003) * '' When Boys Fly'' (2002) * '' The Wooden Camera'' (2003) * '' Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon'' (2008) * ''
You Are Not Alone "You Are Not Alone" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album, ''HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I'' (1995). It was released on August 15, 1995, by Epic Records, Epic and Sony Music, Sony, as the second s ...
'' (1978) * ''
Zerophilia ''Zerophilia'' is a 2005 romantic comedy film with speculative-fiction elements directed by Academy of Motion Pictures' Student Academy Award-winning director Martin Curland and produced by Microangelo Entertainment. It is about a young man who d ...
'' (2005)


Danger After Dark films

*'' 2LDK'' (2003) *''
Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for ' Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...
'' (USA, 2007) *''
Epitaph An epitaph (; ) is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. Some epitaphs are specified by the person themselves be ...
'' (South Korea, 2007) *'' Evilenko'' (Italy, 2005) *'' Feed'' (Australia, 2005) *'' Gutterballs'' (Canada, 2008) *'' Hell's Ground (Zibahkhana)'' (Pakistan, 2007) *'' The Living and the Dead'' (UK, 2006) *''
Meatball Machine is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu horror film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto based on a film by Yamamoto from 1999. Special effects and makeup effects were by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It was followed by a sequel, ''Meatball Machine: Ko ...
'' (Japan, 2005) *'' Moon Child (Gackt)'' (Japan, 2003) *'' Next Door (Naboer)'' (Norway, 2005) *'' Satan Hates You'' (USA, 2010) *''
Storm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstor ...
'' (Sweden, 2005) *''
Strange Circus is a 2005 Japanese Horror film, horror drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. A narrated fiction presents the story of school principal Ozawa Gozo, who rapes his daughter, Mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Her mother Sayuri ...
'' (Japan, 2005) *'' Suicide Club'' (Japan, 2002) *'' Summer Scars'' (USA, 2007) *''Danger After Dark Collection'' (Japan, 2002) *''Evil (To Kako)'' (Greece, 2005) *''Pistoleros'' (Denmark, 2006) *''Rapturious'' (USA, 2007) *''The Wedding Party'' (Belgium, 2005)


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External links

* Culture of Philadelphia Film distributors of the United States LGBTQ arts organizations LGBTQ-related film {{LGBT-media-stub