Boys on the Side
This movie caught me a little off guard. I didn't understand how I would answer this question before I saw the film, and I'm still not exactly sure. I enjoyed that this film made subtle statements without being "A Movie About the Issues" In theatre and film, ultimately I believe that the goal is to tell a story, the story is usually about the most important events in people's lives, and this definitely fulfilled that for me personally.
I think that this movie started to make sense once they made a Thelma & Louise reference. That put my brain in the right place to understand that this movie is one about the friendship of the women. Thelma & Louise is just the straight, white-washed version of it. This movie leaves the race and sexuality issues below the surface, and doesn't let them directly influence the tangible events of the story. I think it is very important to allow this to happen, because I think there are more important issues with these women that needed to be addressed, and I believe they did that very quietly and effectively. They told a story. Which is the point, isn't it?