List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films. It contains theatrical films that deal with or feature important gay, lesbian or bisexual or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as an important plot device.

Entries are sorted alphabetically and by year:

Contents: Top – 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1900–1939, 1940–1949, 1950–1959, 1960–1969, 1970–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000 and after

A

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia (1994)
• Aimée and Jaguar, Germany (1999)
• AKA, UK (2002)
• All About Eve, US (1950)
• All Over the Guy, US (2001)
• Alexander, US (2004)
• All That Jazz, US (1979)
• Another Country, UK (1984)
• Anthem, US (1991)
• As Good As It Gets, US (1997)

B

• Bad Education, Spain (2004)
• Beautiful Thing, UK (1995)
• Beau travail, France (1999)
• Bedrooms and Hallways, UK (1998)
• Beefcake, US (1999)
• Before Night Falls, US (2000)
• Being John Malkovich, US (1999)
• Ben-Hur, US (1959)
• Bent, US (1997)
• Better than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
• Der bewegte Mann, Germany (1994)
• Billy Elliot, UK (2000)
• Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, US (1998)
• The Birdcage, US (1996)
• Bishonen, Hong Kong (1998)
• Bombay Boys, India (1998)
• Boogie Nights, US (1997)
• Boondock Saints, US (1999)
• Born in Flames, US (1983)
• Brokeback Mountain, US (2005)
• Bound, US (1996)
• Boys Don't Cry, US (1999)
• The Boys In The Band, US (1970)
• The Boys of San Francisco, US (1980)
• Broken Hearts Club, US (2000)
• Buffering, Hong Kong (2003)
• Bully, US (2001)
• But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)

C

• Cabaret, US (1972)
• La Cage aux Folles, France (1978)
• Caged, US (1950)
• Camp, US (2003)
• Carmelita Tropicana, US (1993)
• Caravaggio, UK (1986)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, US (1958)
• Chasing Amy, US (1997)
• Chelsea Girls, US (1967)
• Chicken, Ireland (2001)
• Chinese Characters, US (1986)
• A Chorus Line, US (1985)
• Circuit, US (2001)
• The Closet, France (2001)
• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, US (1982)
• Coming Out, East Germany (1990)
• Cruising, US (1980)
• The Crying Game, UK (1992)

D

• Dakan, Guinea (1997)
• Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World, US (2005)
• Deathtrap, US (1982)
• Death in Venice, Italy, (1971)
• Defying Gravity, US (1997)
• De-Lovely, US (2004)
• Die Mommie Die, US (2003)
• Different For Girls, UK (1996)
• Drôle de Félix, France (2001)
• Du er ikke alene, Denmark (1978)

E

• East Palace West Palace, China (1996)
• Eban and Charley, US (2000)
• Edge of Seventeen, US (1998)
• Edward II, UK (1991)
• En malas compañías, Spain (2000)
• Enter the Phoenix, HK (2004)

F

• Far From Heaven, US (2003)
• Fast Trip, Long Drop, US (1993)
• Female Trouble, US (1974)
• 54, US (1998)
• Finding North, US (1998)
• Fire (film), India (1996)
• Fireworks, US (1947)
• A Florida Enchantment, US (1914)
• A Friend of Dorothy, US (1994)
• The Fluffer, US (2001)
• Food of Love, Germany/Spain (2002)
• For a Lost Soldier, Netherlands, (1992)
• Fucking Åmål, Sweden (1998)
• Formula 17, Taiwan (2004)

G

• Gates to Paradise, UK/Yugoslavia (1968)
• Gayniggers from Outer Space, Denmark (1992)
• Get Real, UK (1998)
• Get Your Stuff, US (2000)
• Gia, US (1998)
• Gods and Monsters, US (1998)
• Goldfish Memory, Ireland (2003)
• Gone But Not Forgoteen, US (2003)

H

• Hamam, Italy/Turkey/Spain (1997)
• The Hanging Garden, UK/Canada (1997)
• Happy, Texas, USA (1999)
• Happy Together, Hong Kong (1997)
• HARD, USA (1999)
• Head On, Australia (1998)
• Heavenly Creatures UK/Germany/New Zealand (1994)
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch, US (2001)
• L'Homme blessé, France (1983)
• The Hours and Times, US (1992)
• Hustler White, Canada (1996)

I

• I Am Not What You Want, Hong Kong (2002)
• In & Out, US (1997)
• The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls In Love, US (1995)
• I'm the One That I Want, US (2000)
• It's My Party, US (1996)
• I've Heard The Mermaids Singing, Canada (1987)

J

• Jeffrey, US (1995)
• Der junge Törless, West Germany/France (1966)

K

• The Killing of Sister George, UK (1964)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman, US (1985)
• Kiss Me Guido, US (1997)
• Kissing Jessica Stein, US (2001)
• Kleine Freiheit, Germany (2003)
• Krámpack (Nico and Dani), Spain (2000)

L

• Lanyu, China mainland (2002)
• Latter Days, US (2003)
• Lawrence of Arabia, UK (1962)
• The Leather Boys, UK (1964)
• Lianna, US (1983)
• L.I.E., US (2001)
• Lie Down With Dogs, US (1995)
• Like It Is, UK (1998)
• Lilies, Canada (1995)
• Lisístrata, Spain (2002)
• The Living End, US (1992)
• Lonesome Cowboys, US (1968)
• Longtime Companion, US (1990)
• Looking For Langston, UK (1989)
• Lost and Delirious, Canada (2001)
• Love! Valour! Compassion!, US (1997)
• A Low Down Dirty Shame, US (1994)
• Luster, US (2002)

M

• Ma vraie vie à Rouen, France (2002)
• Madchen in Uniform, Germany (1931)
• Making Love,US (1982)
• Mambo Italiano, Canada (2003)
• Mandragora, Czech Republic (1997)
• Mannequin, US (1987)
• Mannequin 2, US (1991)
• Männer wie wir, Germany (2004)
• Maurice, UK (1987)
• Mercy, US (1999)
• The Mexican, US (2001)
• Midnight Cowboy, US (1969)
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, US (1997)
• Monster, US (2003)
• Morte a Venezia, Italy/France (1971)
• My Beautiful Laundrette, UK (1985)
• My Night with Reg, UK (1996)
• My Own Private Idaho, US (1991)

N

• The Naked Civil Servant, UK (1975)
• Naked Lunch, Canada/UK/Japan (1991)
• New York Minute, US (2004, gay character at a beauty salon)
• No Skin Off My Ass, Canada (1991)
• Normal, US (2003)
• Notorious C.H.O., US (2002)
• November Moon (Novembermond), Germany (1985)

O

• Okoge, Japan (1992)
• Oi! Warning, Germany (1999)
• Orlando, UK (1993)
• Olivia (Pit of Loneliness), France (1950)

P

• Paragraph 175, Germany (1999)
• Paris is Burning, US (1990)
• Party Monster, US (1998)
• Parting Glances, US (1986)
• Personal Best, US (1982)
• Philadelphia, US (1993)
• Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio, Italy (1996)
• Pink Narcissus, US (1971)
• The Pirate, US (1948)
• Plata quemada, France/Spain/Argentina/Uruguay (2000)
• Poison, US (1991)
• Poison Ivy, US (1993)
• Portrait of Jason, US (1967)
• Presque rien, France/Belgium (2000)
• Prick Up Your Ears, UK (1986)
• Priest, UK (1994)
• Proteus, Canada (2003)
• P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, US (2002)
• Psycho Beach Party, US (2000)

Q

• Queercore: A Punk-u-mentary, Canada (1996)
• Querelle, Germany/France (1982)

R

• Rebecca, US (1940)
• Rebel Without a Cause, US (1955)
• Reflections in a Golden Eye, US (1967)
• Revenge of the Nerds, US (1984)
• Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary, US (2003)
• Une robe d'été, France (1996)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show, UK (1975)
• Rope, US (1948)
• Les roseaux sauvages, France (1994)

S

• Saved!, US (2004)
• Scènes de lit, France (1998)
• Sebastian, Norway/Sweden (1995)
• Sebastiane, UK (1979)
• Second Skin, Spain (1999)
• Secret Places, UK (1984)
• The Sergeant, US (1968)
• She's Real, Worse Than Queer (1997)
• Sitcom, France (1998)
• Sommersturm, Germany (2004)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, US (1999)
• The Spanish Gardener, UK (1957)
• Spetters, Netherlands (1980)
• Strangers on a Train, US (1951)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK (1971)
• Suddenly, Last Summer, US (1959)
• Summer Vacation 1999, Japan (1988)
• The Sum of Us, Australian (1994)
• Swoon, US (1992)

T

• A Taste of Honey, UK (1961)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley, US (1999)
• Taxi zum Klo, Germany (1980)
• Tea and Sympathy, US (1956)
• The Children's Hour, US (1961)
• The Women I Love, US (1974)
• Thirteen, US
• Thundercrack, US (1972)
• The Times of Harvey Milk, USA (1984)
• To Die For, UK (1994)
• Todo sobre mi madre, Spain/France (1999)
• Tongues Untied: Black Men Loving Black Men, US (1990)
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, US (1995)
• Torch Song Trilogy, US (1988)
• Total Eclipse, US (1995)
• Totally F???ed Up, US (1993)
• Trash, US (1972)
• Trick, US (1999)

U

• Un Chant d'Amour, France (1950)
• The Uninvited, US (1944)
• Under one Roof, US (2002)

V

• Velvet Goldmine, US (1998)
• Victim, UK (1961)
• La virgen de los sicarios, Spain/France/Colombia (2000)
• The Virgin Machine, US (1988)
• Voor een verloren soldaat, Netherlands (1992)

W

• The Wedding Banquet, Taiwan/US (1993)
• Wilde, UK (1997)
• Withnail & I, UK (1987)
• Wittgenstein, UK (1992)
• Women In Revolt US (1973)
• Wonder Boys, US (2000)
• Woubi Chebi, Côte d'Ivoire (1998)

Y

• Yossi & Jagger, Israel (2002)
• Young Soul Rebels, UK (1991)
• Y tu mamá también, US/Mexico (2001)

1900-1939

• A Florida Enchantment, US (1914)
• Madchen in Uniform, Germany (1931)

1940-1949

• Rebecca, US (1940)
• The Uninvited, US (1944)
• Fireworks, US (1947)
• The Pirate, US (1948)
• Rope, US (1948)

1950-1959

• All About Eve, US (1950)
• Olivia (Pit of Loneliness), France (1950)
• Caged, US (1950)
• Un Chant d'Amour, France (1950)
• Strangers on a Train, US (1951)
• Rebel Without a Cause, US (1955)
• Tea and Sympathy, US (1956)
• The Spanish Gardener, UK (1957)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, US (1958)
• Ben-Hur, US (1959)
• Suddenly, Last Summer, US (1959)

1960-1969

• The Children's Hour, US (1961)
• A Taste of Honey, UK (1961)
• Victim, UK (1961)
• Lawrence of Arabia, UK (1962)
• The Leather Boys, UK (1964)
• The Killing of Sister George, UK (1964)
• Der junge Törless, West Germany/France (1966)
• Chelsea Girls, US (1967)
• Portrait of Jason, US (1967)
• Reflections in a Golden Eye, US (1967)
• Gates to Paradise, UK/Yugoslavia (1968)
• Lonesome Cowboys, US (1968)
• The Sergeant, US (1968)
• Midnight Cowboy, US (1969)

1970

• The Boys In The Band, US

1971

• Morte a Venezia, Italy/France
• Pink Narcissus, US
• Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK

1972

• Cabaret, US
• Thundercrack, US
• Trash, US (1972)

1973

• Women In Revolt, US

1974

• Female Trouble, US
• The Women I Love, US

1975

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show, UK
• The Naked Civil Servant, UK

1976

1977

1978

• La Cage aux Folles, France
• Du er ikke alene, Denmark

1979

• All That Jazz, US
• Sebastiane, UK

1980

• The Boys of San Francisco, US
• Cruising, US
• Spetters, Netherlands
• Taxi zum Klo, Germany

1981

1982

• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, US
• Deathtrap, US
• Making Love, US
• Personal Best, US
• Querelle, Germany/France

1983

• Born in Flames, US
• L'Homme blessé, France
• Lianna, US

1984

• Another Country, UK
• Revenge of the Nerds, US
• The Times of Harvey Milk, USA
• Secret Places, UK

1985

• A Chorus Line, US
• Kiss of the Spider Woman, US
• My Beautiful Laundrette, UK
• November Moon (Novembermond), Germany

1986

• Chinese Characters, US
• Parting Glances, US
• Prick Up Your Ears, UK
• Caravaggio, UK

1987

• Mannequin, US
• Maurice, UK
• Withnail & I, UK
• I've Heard The Mermaids Singing, Canada

1988

• Torch Song Trilogy, US
• The Virgin Machine, US
• Summer Vacation 1999, Japan

1989

• Looking for Langston, UK

1990

• Coming Out, East Germany
• Longtime Companion, US
• Paris is Burning, US
• Tongues Untied: Black Men Loving Black Men, US

1991

• Anthem, US
• Edward II, UK
• Mannequin 2, US
• My Own Private Idaho, US
• Naked Lunch, Canada/UK/Japan
• No Skin Off My Ass, Canada
• Poison, US
• Young Soul Rebels, UK

1992

• The Crying Game, UK
• Gayniggers from Outer Space, Denmark
• The Hours and Times, US
• The Living End, US
• Okoge, Japan
• Swoon, US
• Voor een verloren soldaat, Netherlands
• Wittgenstein, UK

1993

• Carmelita Tropicana, US
• Fast Trip, Long Drop, US
• Philadelphia, US
• Totally F???ed Up, US
• The Wedding Banquet, Taiwan/US
• Orlando, UK

1994

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia
• Der bewegte Mann, Germany
• A Friend of Dorothy, US
• Heavenly Creatures UK/Germany/New Zealand
• A Low Down Dirty Shame, US
• Priest, UK
• Les roseaux sauvages, France
• The Sum of Us, Australian
• To Die For, UK

1995

• Beautiful Thing, UK
• The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls In Love, US
• Jeffrey, US
• Lie Down With Dogs, US
• Lilies, Canada
• Sebastian, Norway/Sweden
• Total Eclipse, US
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, US

1996

• The Birdcage, US
• Bound, US
• Different For Girls, UK
• East Palace West Palace, China
• Hustler White, Canada
• It's My Party, US
• My Night with Reg, UK
• Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio, Italy
• Queercore: A Punk-u-mentary, Canada
• Une robe d'été, France

1997

• As Good As It Gets, US
• Bent, US
• Boogie Nights, US
• Chasing Amy, US
• Dakan, Guinea
• Defying Gravity, US
• Hamam, Italy/Turkey/Spain
• The Hanging Garden, UK/Canada
• Happy Together, Hong Kong
• In & Out, US
• Kiss Me Guido, US
• Love! Valour! Compassion!, US
• Mandragora, Czech Republic
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, US
• She's Real, Worse Than Queer. UK/US
• Wilde, UK

1998

• 54, US
• Bedrooms and Hallways, UK
• Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, US
• Bishonen, Hong Kong
• Bombay Boys, India
• Edge of Seventeen, US
• Finding North, US
• Fucking Åmål, Sweden
• Get Real, UK
• Gia, US
• Gods and Monsters, US
• Head On, Australia
• Like It Is, UK
• Scènes de lit, France
• Sitcom, France
• Velvet Goldmine, US
• Woubi Chebi, Côte d'Ivoire

1999

• Aimée and Jaguar, Germany
• Beau travail, France
• Beefcake, US
• Being John Malkovitch, US
• Better than Chocolate, Canada
• Boondock Saints, US
• Boys Don't Cry, US
• But I'm a Cheerleader, US
• Oi! Warning, Germany
• Paragraph 175 (Movie), Germany
• Second Skin, Spain
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, US
• The Talented Mr. Ripley, US
• Todo sobre mi madre, Spain/France
• Trick, US
• Happy, Texas, US

2000

• Before Night Falls, US
• Billy Elliot, UK
• Broken Hearts Club, US
• Eban and Charley, US
• En malas compañías, Spain
• Get Your Stuff, US
• I'm the One That I Want, US
• Krámpack (Nico and Dani), Spain
• Plata quemada, France/Spain/Argentina/Uruguay
• Presque rien, France/Belgium
• Psycho Beach Party, US
• La virgen de los sicarios, Spain/France/Colombia
• Wonder Boys, US

2001

• All Over the Guy, US
• Bully, US
• Chicken, Ireland
• Circuit, US
• Drôle de Félix, France
• The Fluffer, US
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch, US
• Kissing Jessica Stein, US
• L.I.E., US
• Lost and Delirious, Canada
• The Mexican, US
• Y tu mamá también, US/Mexico

2002

• AKA, UK
• Food of Love, Germany/Spain
• I Am Not What You Want, Hong Kong
• Lanyu, China mainland
• Lisístrata, Spain
• Ma vraie vie à Rouen, France
• Notorious C.H.O., US
• P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, US
• Under one Roof, US
• Yossi & Jagger, Israel

2003

• Buffering, Hong Kong
• Camp, US
• Die Mommie Die, US
• Goldfish Memory, Ireland
• Gone But Not Forgotten, US
• Far From Heaven, US
• Kleine Freiheit, Germany
• Latter Days, US
• Mambo Italiano, Canada
• Monster, US
• Normal, US
• Proteus, Canada
• Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary, US
• The School of Rock, US/Germany
• Thirteen, US

2004

• Alexander, US
• Bad Education, Spain
• De-Lovely, US
• Enter the Phoenix, HK
• Formula 17, Taiwan
• Männer wie wir, Germany
• Saved!, US
• Sommersturm, Germany

2005

• Brokeback Mountain, US
• Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World, US

See also

• Queer culture
• Homoeroticism
• List of television shows with gay characters

External links

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