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

This article is about theatrically released films. For made-for-television films, see List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters.

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films by storyline. It contains theatrically released cinema 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.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films are also sorted alphabetically and by year. The production year should conform to each film's IMDb entry.

Relationship themes

Lesbian relationships

All About Love, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Way, Hungary (1982)
Ashley, US (2013)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Better Than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Germany (1972)
Bloomington, US (2011)
Blue Is the Warmest Colour, France (2013)
Bound, US (1996)
Carol, UK, US (2015)
Chloe, US, France and Canada (2009)
Cloudburst, Canada (2011)
D.E.B.S., US (2003)
D.E.B.S., US (2004)
Drifting Flowers, Taiwan(2008)
Desert Hearts, US (1985)
Elena Undone, US (2010)
Fingersmith, UK (2005)
Fire, India & Canada (1996)
Fucking Åmål, Sweden (1998)
The Girl, France & US (2000)
Gray Matters, US (2006)
Go Fish, US (1994)
I Can't Think Straight, US & UK (2008)
If These Walls Could Talk 2, US (2000)
Imagine Me & You, UK (2005)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007)
Jack and Diane, US (2012)
Joe + Belle, Israel (2011)
Kissing Jessica Stein, US (2001)
Lianna, US (1983)

Lost and Delirious, Canada (2001)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Love My Life, Japan (2006)
The Kids Are All Right, US (2010)
Loving Annabelle, US (2006)
Mädchen in Uniform, Germany (1931)
My Summer of Love, UK (2004)
Nina's Heavenly Delights UK (2006)
Personal Best, US (1982)
Rent, US (2005)
Rome and Juliet, Philippines (2006)
Room in Rome, Spain (2010)
Yes or No, Thailand (2010)
Saving Face, US (2004)
Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, Nepal (2012)
Spider Lilies, Taiwan (2007)
The Four-Faced Liar, US (2010)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, US (1995)
The Killing of Sister George, UK (1968)
The Truth About Jane,US (2000)
Tipping the Velvet, UK (2002)
The Watermelon Woman, US (1996)
Two Weddings and a Funeral (film), South Korea (2012)
When Night Is Falling, Canada (2005)
Water Lilies, France (2007)
The World Unseen, UK & South Africa (2007)
A Woman Like Eve, Netherlands (1979)
With Every Heartbeat (original title: Kyss Mig), Sweden (2011)

With tragedy

Another Way, Hungary (1982)
April's Shower, US (2003)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, US (1993)
Affinity, UK (2008)
Aimée and Jaguar, Germany (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)
The Children's Hour US (1961)
The Edge of Heaven, Germany (2007)
Gia, US (1998)
High Art, US (1998)
Lost & Delirious, Canada (2001)

Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Heavenly Creatures, New Zealand (1994)
V for Vendetta, US (2006)
Mulholland Drive, US (2001)
The Hours, US (2002)
Memento Mori, South Korea (1999)
Monster, US (2003)
Spike, US (2008)
Je te mangerais, France (2009)
Producing Adults, Finland (2004)

With conversion therapy

But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)

Gay male relationships

Adam & Steve, US (2005)
Amen, India (2012)
Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Ang Lihim ni Antonio, Philippines (2008)
Another Gay Movie, US (2006)
Antique, South Korea (2008)
Bad Education, Spain (2004)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Beautiful Thing, UK (1996)
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Philippines (2005)
Borstal Boy, UK/Ireland (2000)
Boy, Philippines (2009)
The Boys in the Band, US (1970)
Boys Love, Japan (2006)
Brokeback Mountain, US (2005)
Broken Sky, Mexico (2006)
The Bubble, Israel (2006)
Bugis Street, Singapore/Hong Kong (1995)
Capital Games, US (2013)
Clandestinos, Spain (2007)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
Chaaya Chobi, India 2009
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Clapham Junction, UK (2007)
Coffee Date, US (2006)
The Curiosity of Chance, US (2006)
The Crying Game", UK (1992)
Desire Street, Spain, China, USA (2010)
Do Começo ao Fim, Brazil (2009)
Edge of Seventeen, US (1998)
Ernesto, Italy (1979)
Eternal Summer, Taiwan (2006)
The Flavor of Corn Italy (1986)
For a Lost Soldier, Netherlands (1992)
Formula 17, Taiwan (2004)
Get Real, UK (1998)
Goa, India (2010)
Gohatto (Taboo), Japan (1999)
Gone But Not Forgotten, US (2003)
Grande École, France (2004)
Hamam, Italy/Turkey/Spain (1997)
Happy Together, Hong Kong (1997)
Hawaii, Argentina (2013)
Hold You Tight, Hong Kong (1997)
Holding Trevor, US (2007)
I Love You Phillip Morris, US (2009)
I'm The Only One Who Love You, Malaysia (2012)
Jeffrey, US (1995)
Just a Question of Love, France (2000)
La Cage aux Folles, France (1978)
Latter Days, US (2003)
Lost in Paradise, Vietnam (2011)
La Otra Familia, Mexico (2011)
Lan Yu, China (2001)
Law of Desire, Spain (1986)
Like It Is, UK (1998)

Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Love of Siam, Thailand (2007)
Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour), France (2007)
Lucky Blue, Sweden (2007)
Make the Yuletide Gay, US (2009)
Mala Noche, US (1986)
Mambo Italiano, Montreal, Québec, Canada (2003)
Maurice, UK (1987)
Memories In March, Calcutta, India (2010)
Mentiras y Gordas, Spain (2009)
Mulligans, Canada (2008)
My Beautiful Laundrette, UK (1985)
My Fair Son, China (2005)
No Regret, South Korea (2006)
North Sea Texas, Belgium (2011)
Penis In The Bottle, Malaysia (2011)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
The Pillow Book, France/UK/Netherlands/Luxembourg (1995)
Pit Stop, US (2013)
Pleasure Factory, Thailand/Singapore (2007)
Presque Rien, France (2000)
Private Lessons, Belgium, France (2008)
Private Romeo, US (2011)
Quick Change, Philippines (2013)
Triple Crossed US (2013)
The River, Taiwan (1997)
Road Movie, South Korea (2002)
Romeos, Germany (2011)
Running with Scissors, US (2006)
Shelter, US (2007)
Shortbus, US (2006)
Sibak: Midnight Dancers, Philippines (1994)
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Taiwan (2009)
Soundless Wind Chime, Hong Kong/Switzerland/China (2009)
Speechless, Hong Kong/China (2012)
Star Appeal, China (2004)
Summer Storm, Germany
Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK (1971)
Taxi zum Klo, Germany (1981)
Toast (film), UK (2010)
The Toilers and the Wayfarers, US (1996)
Torch Song Trilogy, US (1988)
Total Eclipse, UK / France / Belgium / Italy (1995)
Touch of Pink, UK/ Canada / (2004)
Trick, US (1999)
Two Weddings and a Funeral (film), South Korea (1999)
The Trip, US (2002)
Under One Roof, US (2002)
Voyage, Hong Kong (2013)
The Wedding Banquet, Taiwan (1993)
Were the World Mine, US (2008)
You Are Not Alone, Denmark (1978)

Parenting

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia (1994)
Bear Cub, Spain (2004)
Breakfast with Scot, Canada (2007)
The Birdcage, US (1996)
Chef's Special, Spain (2008)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
La Otra Familia, Mexico (2011)

Make the Yuletide Gay, US (2009)
The Next Best Thing, US (2000)
Sasha, Germany (2010)
Shelter, US (2007)
Patrik 1,5, Sweden (2008)
Transamerica, US (2005)

With tragedy

A Frozen Flower, South Korea (2008)
A Home at the End of the World, US (2004)
A Single Man, US (2009)
A Love to Hide (Un amour à taire), France (2005)
Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Country, UK (1984)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Bangkok Love Story , Thailand (2007)
Brokeback Mountain, US (2005)
Brotherhood, Denmark (2009)
The Bubble, Israel (2006)
Bungee Jumping of Their Own, South Korea (2001)
Ciao US (2008)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cloud Atlas (film), US (2012)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
The Crying Game", UK (1992)
Daybreak, Philippines (2008)
De-Lovely, US (2004) see also Biographical
Der Einstein des Sex, German (2000) released subtitled as the Einstein of Sex in the US
Hate Crime, US (2006)
House of Boys, Luxembourg/German (2009)
In a Glass Cage, Spain (1987)
In My Life, Philippines (2009)
It's My Party, US (1996)
Lost in Paradise, Vietnam (2011)
L.I.E., US (2001)

Les amitiés particulières, France (1964)
Longtime Companion, US (1990)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Madame Satã, Brazil (2002)
Miller's Crossing, US (1990)
Mysterious Skin, US (2004)
No Night Is Too Long, UK (2002)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
Philadelphia, US (1993)
Prayers for Bobby, US (2009)
Proteus, Canada / South Africa (2003)
Rent, US (2005)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Italy (1975)
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Taiwan (2009)
Soundless Wind Chime, Hong Kong/Switzerland/China (2009)
The Normal Heart, US (2014)
The King and the Clown, South Korea (2005)
The Trip, US (2002)
Toto Forever, Spain, US (2009)
Undertow, Peru (2009)
Voyage, Hong Kong (2013)
Weekend, UK (2011)
The Yacoubian Building, Egypt (2009)
Yossi & Jagger, Israel (2002)

With conversion therapy

Latter Days, US (2003)
Save Me, US (2007)

Bisexual relationships

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Way, Hungary (1982)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Borstal Boy (film), UK/Ireland (2000)
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cloud Atlas (film) US (2012)
Cold Showers, France (2004)
The Dying Gaul, US (2005)
Floating Skyscrapers, Poland (2013)
Head On, Australia (1998)
Kinsey, US (2004) see also Historical - Study of Sex
Kissing Jessica Stein, US (2001)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
The Man Who Loved Yngve, Norway (2008)

Nowhere, US (1997)
Puccini for Beginners, US (2006)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
The Pillow Book, France/UK/Netherlands/Luxembourg (1995)
Pleasure Factory, Singapore/Thailand
See You in Hell, My Darling, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, Greece (1999)
Shortbus, US (2006)
Singapore Sling, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, Greece (1990)
Speechless, Hong Kong/China (2012)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, US/Spain (2008)
Sex of Angels, Spain (2012)
Three, Germany (2010)
Nymphomaniac, Denmark (2013)

With Tragedy

El diputado, Spain, 1979

Transgender

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia (1994)
Better Than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, US (1997)
Rent, US (2005)
Romeos, German (2011)
Laurence Anyways, Canada (2012)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, US (1995)
Bugis Street, Hong Kong/Singapore (1995)
Transamerica, US (2005)
Pariah, US (2011)

With tragedy

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story US (2006)
Cheila: Una Casa Pa' Maita Venezuela (2010)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, US (2001)
Soldier's Girl US (2004)

Strella, Greece (2009)
Yellow Hair 2, South Korea (2001)
Boys Don't Cry, US (1999)
Deep inside Kyle:A Chenault love story, US (2013)

Films with LGBT characters

Lesbian character(s)

8 Women, France (2002)
Across the Universe, US (2007)
All About Love, Hong Kong (2010)
And Then Came Lola, US (2009)
Another Gay Movie, US (2006)
Another Way, Hungary (1982)
April's Shower, US (2003)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Bar Girls, US (1994)
Basic Instinct, US (1992)
The Berlin Affair, Italo-German (1985)
Better Than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
Boys on the Side, US (1995)
But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)
Caramel (سكر بنات), Lebanon (2007)
Chasing Amy, US (1997)
Chutney Popcorn, US (1999)
D.E.B.S., US (2004)
Elena Undone, US (2010)
Fire, Canada/India (1996)
Flick's Chicks, US (2010)
The Four-Faced Liar, US (2010)
The Fox, US (1967)
Freeway, US (1996)
Gia, US (1998)
I Can't Think Straight, UK (2007)

Imagine Me & You, UK (2005)
In the Realm of the Senses, Japan (1976)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007)
The Haunting, US (1963)
The Hours, US/UK (2002)
The Jane Austen Book Club, US (2007)
The Kids are All Right, US (2010)
The Killing of Sister George, US/UK (1968)
Kissing Jessica Stein, US (2001)
Losing Chase, US (1996)
Lost and Delirious, Canada (2001)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Mona Lisa, UK (1986)
Kommt Mausi raus?!, Germany (1995)
Personal Best, US (1982)
The Runaways, US (2010)
Saving Face, US (2004)
Set It Off, US (1996)
Showgirls, US (1995)
Silkwood, US (1983)
Spike, US (2008)
Tea with Mussolini, UK/Italy (1999)
Under the Tuscan Sun, US (2003)
Viola Di Mare, Italy (2009)
The Watermelon Woman, US (1996)
The World Unseen, US/Germany (2008)
Monster, US (2003)

Gay male character(s)

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Anatomy of Hell, France (2004)
Another Gay Movie, US (2006)
Antique, South Korea (2008)
As Good as It Gets, US (1997)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Brideshead Revisited, UK (2008)
Bugis Street, Singapore/Hong Kong (1995)
Burlesque, US (2010)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cloud Atlas, Germany (2012)
Cold Showers, France (2005)
Cowboys and Angels, Ireland (2004)
The Damned, Italy (1969)
The Deep End, US (2001)
Elephant, US (2003)
Eternal Summer, Taiwan (2006)
EuroTrip, US (2004)
Far from Heaven, US (2002)
Four Weddings and a Funeral, UK (1994)
From the Edge of the City, Greece (1998)
Gods and Monsters, US (1998)
Gohatto (Taboo), Japan (1999)
Grande École, France (2004)
Happy Endings, US (2005)
Happy Together, Hong Kong (1997)
Hold You Tight, Hong Kong (1997)
In & Out, US (1997)
James, Ireland (2008)
Killer Condom, Germany (1996)
L.I.E., US (2001)
La Mission, US (2010)
Lan Yu, China (2001)
The Laramie Project, US, (2002)
Little Miss Sunshine, US (2006)
Loose Cannons, Italy (2010)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)

The Man Who Loved Yngve, Norway (2008)
Maurice, UK (1987)
Milk, US (2008)
The Mudge Boy, US (2003)
Mulligans, Canada (2008)
My Fair Son, China (2005)
My Own Private Idaho, US (1991)
Mysterious Skin, US (2005)
The Night Porter, Italy (1974)
No Regret, South Korea (2006)
The Object of My Affection, US (1998)
The Opposite of Sex, US (1998)
ParaNorman, US (2012)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, US (2012)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
The Pillow Book, France/UK/Netherlands/Luxembourg (1995)
Pixote, Brazil (1981)
Pleasure Factory, Singapore/Thailand (2007)
The Producers, US (2005)
Proteus, Canada / South Africa (2003)
Quinceañera, US (2006)
Ready? OK!, US (2008)
The River, Taiwan (1997)
Road Movie, South Korea (2002)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, US (2010)
Soundless Wind Chime, Hong Kong/Switzerland/China (2009)
Speechless, Hong Kong/China (2012)
Star Appeal, China (2004)
Sweet Home Alabama, US (2002)
Touch of Pink, Can/UK (2004)
Trevor, US (1994)
Under One Roof, US (2002)
Valentine's Day, US (2010)
Velvet Goldmine, US/UK (1998)
Voyage, Hong Kong (2013)
Wild Tigers I Have Known, US (2006)
Winds of September, Taiwan (2008)

With conversion therapy

Save Me, US (2007)

Saved!, US (2004)

Bisexual character(s)

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Way, Hungary (1982)
Bad Romance, China (2011)
Basic Instinct, US (1992)
Cabaret, US (1972)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cloud Atlas (film) US (2012)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story US (2004)
Gods of the Plague, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany, 1970
Kaboom, US (2010)
La Confusion des Genres, France (2000)
Les Nuits fauves, France (1992)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Notorious C.H.O., US (2002)
Nowhere, US (1997)

Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
Persona, Sweden (1966)
The Color Purple , US (1985)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest , Swedish (2009)
The Girl Who Played with Fire , Swedish (2009)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , Swedish (2009)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , US (2011)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, UK (1975)
The Rules of Attraction , US (2002)
Shifting Gears US (2008)
Speechless, Hong Kong/China (2012)
Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK (1971)
Velvet Goldmine, UK (1998)

Transgender character(s)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia (1994)
All About My Mother, Spain (1999)
Better Than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
Beautiful Boxer, Thai (2003)
Breakfast on Pluto, Ireland (2005)
Boys Don't Cry, US (1999)
Bugis Street, Hong Kong/Singapore (1995)
Cheerleader Queens, Thailand (2003)
The Christine Jorgensen Story, US (1970)
Colour Blossoms, Hong Kong (2004)
The Crying Game, UK/Japan (1992)
Dasepo Naughty Girls, South Korea (2006)
Different for Girls, UK (1996)

I Am My Own Woman, Germany (1992)
Kinky Boots, UK/US (2005)
Like a Virgin, South Korea (2006)
Ma Vie en Rose, France (1997)
Madame Satã, Brazil (2002)
Man on High Heels, South Korea (2014)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, US (1997)
Normal, US (2003)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, UK (1975)
Sleepaway Camp, US (1983)
Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, US (2010)
Tokyo Godfathers, Japan (2003)
Tomboy, France (2011)
Transamerica, US (2005)
The World According to Garp, US (1982)

Biographical films

Amen, India (2012) Biopic based on Child Sexual Abuse survivor and noted gay rights activist Harish Iyer ^[1]
Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Beautiful Boxer, Thailand (2003) see also Transgender character(s)
Before Night Falls, US (2000) biopic on oppressed gay Cuban writer
Caravaggio, UK (1986)
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004) see also HIV/AIDS films and Bissexual Relationship films
Capote, Canada/US (2005)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
The Christine Jorgensen Story, US (1970)
De-Lovely, US (2004) see also gay love - with tragedy
Gods and Monsters, UK (1998)
I Am My Own Woman, Germany (1992)

Infamous, US (2006)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, UK (1998)
Madame Satã (film), Brazil (2002) see also gay love - with tragedy
Milk, US (2008) American biographical film directed by Gus Van Sant. It is based on the life of the late American politician, Harvey Milk.
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
Soundless Wind Chime, Hong Kong/Switzerland/China (2009) is a semi-autobiographical film based on the life of its Hong Kong-born director, Hung Wing Kit, who is openly gay.
Tarnation, US (2003)
The Imitation Game, US/UK (2014)
Wilde, UK (1997)

Historical fiction/non-fiction

In the media

The Celluloid Closet, US (1995)

The Watermelon Woman, US (1996)

Study of sexuality

Der Einstein des Sex, German (2000) released subtitled as the Einstein of Sex in the US, see also gay love - with tragedy

Kinsey, US (2004) see also Bisexual love

Plata Quemada, Argentina (2000) released subtitled as Burnt Money in the US. See also tragedy

HIV/AIDS

Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004)
The Living End, US (1992)
Longtime Companion, US (1990)
Parting Glances, US (1986)

Philadelphia, US (1993)
Red Ribbon Blues, US (1996)
Rent, US (2005)
Zero Patience, Canada (1993)

Persecution

Bent, UK/Japan (1997)
Coming Out Under Fire, US (1994)
Paragraph 175, Germany (1999)

Proteus, Canada / South Africa (2003)
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, US (1995)
Small Town Gay Bar, US (2006)

Historic event

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita, Philippines (2004)
Dog Day Afternoon, US (1975)
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)

Stonewall, US (1995)
Stonewall Uprising, US (2010)
Taking Woodstock, US (2009)

References

↑ Prabhakaran, Mahalakshmi (24 Feb 2012). "Amen — A gay rights activist’s life on 70mm". Daily News & Analysis (DNA). Retrieved 8 December 2012.

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

Relationship themes

Lesbian relationships

With tragedy

With conversion therapy

Gay male relationships

Parenting

With tragedy

With conversion therapy

Bisexual relationships

With Tragedy

Transgender

With tragedy

Films with LGBT characters

Lesbian character(s)

Gay male character(s)

With conversion therapy

Bisexual character(s)

Transgender character(s)

Biographical films

Historical fiction/non-fiction

In the media

Study of sexuality

HIV/AIDS

Persecution

Historic event

See also

References