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

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This article lists theatrically released films. For made-for-TV movies, 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 by alphabetically and by year. The production year should conform to each movie's IMDb entry.

[edit] Relationship themes

[edit] Lesbian relationships

All About Love, Hong Kong (2010)
Better Than Chocolate, Canada (1999)
Bloomington,US (2011)
Bound, US (1996)
Chloe, US, France and Canada (2009)
D.E.B.S., US (2003)
D.E.B.S., US (2004)
Drifting Flowers, Taiwan(2008)
Desert Hearts, US (1985)
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 (2008)
If These Walls Could Talk 2,US (2000)
Imagine Me and You, UK (2005)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007)
Kissing Jessica Stein, US (2001)
Lianna, US (1983)

Lost and Delirious, US (2001)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Love My Life, Japan (2006)
The Kids Are All Right, US (2010)
Loving Annabelle, US (2006)
My Summer of Love, UK (2004)
Personal Best, US (1982)
Rent (film), US (2005)
Yes or No (film), Thailand (2010)
Saving Face, US (2004)
Spider Lilies, Taiwan (2007)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, US (1995)
The Killing of Sister George, US/UK (1968)
The Truth About Jane,US (2000)
Tipping the Velvet, UK (2002)
The Watermelon Woman, US (1996)
When Night is Falling, CAN (2005)

Water Lilies, France (2007)
The World Unseen, (2007)
With Every Heartbeat(original title: Kyss Mig), Sweden (2011)

[edit] With tragedy

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, US (1993)
Affinity, UK (2008)
Aimée and Jaguar, Germany (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)
The Edge of Heaven, Germany (2007)
Gia, US (1998)
High Art, US (1998)
Lost & Delirious, Canada (2001)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)

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)

[edit] With conversion therapy

But I'm a Cheerleader, US (1999)

[edit] Gay male relationships

Mala Noche, US (1986)
Adam & Steve, US (2005)
Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Gay Movie, US (2006)
Antique, South Korea (2008)
Bad Education, Spain (2004)
Beautiful Thing, UK (1996)
Borstal Boy (film), UK/Ireland (2000)
Boy, Philippines (2009)
Boys Love, Japan (2006)
Brokeback Mountain, US (2005)
Broken Sky, Mexico (2006)
The Bubble, Israel (2006)
Bugis Street, Singapore/Hong Kong (1995)
Clandestinos, Spain (2007)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
Chaaya Chobi, India 2009
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Clapham Junction (film), UK (2007)
The Curiosity of Chance, US (2006)
Do Começo ao Fim, Brazil (2009)
Edge of Seventeen, US (1998)
Eternal Summer, Taiwan (2006)
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)
Happy Together, Hong Kong (1997)
Hold You Tight, Hong Kong (1997)
Holding Trevor, US (2007)
I Love You Phillip Morris, US (2009)
Jeffrey, US (1995)
Just a Question of Love, France (2000)
La Cage aux Folles, France (1978)

Latter Days, US (2003)
La Otra Familia, Mexico (2011)
Lan Yu, China (2001)
Law of Desire, Spain (1986)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Love of Siam, Thailand (2007)
Lucky Blue, Sweden (2007)
Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour), France (2007)
Mambo Italiano, Montreal, Québec, Canada (2003)
Make the Yuletide Gay, US (2009)
Maurice, UK (1987)
Mentiras y Gordas, Spain (2009)
Mulligans (film), Canada (2008)
My Beautiful Laundrette, UK (1985)
No Regret, South Korea (2006)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
The Pillow Book, France/UK/Netherlands/Luxembourg (1995)
Pleasure Factory, Thailand/Singapore (2007)
Presque Rien, France (2000)
The River, Taiwan (1997)
Road Movie, South Korea (2002)
Running with Scissors, US (2006)
Shelter, US (2007)
Shortbus, US (2006)
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Taiwan(2009)
Summer Storm, Germany
Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK (1971)
Taxi zum Klo, Germany (1981)
Torch Song Trilogy, US (1988)
Total Eclipse, UK / France / Belgium / Italy (1995)
Touch of Pink, UK/ Canada / (2004)
Trick, US (1999)
The Trip, US (2002)
Under One Roof, US (2002)
Were the World Mine, US (2008)
Like It Is, UK (1998)

[edit] Parenting

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia (1994)
Bear Cub, Spain (2004)
Breakfast with Scot, Canada (2007)
The Birdcage, US (1996)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
The Kids Are All Right, US (2010)

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)

[edit] 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)
Bangkok Love Story , Thailand (2007)
Borstal Boy (film), UK/Ireland (2000)
Brokeback Mountain, US (2005)
The Bubble, Israel (2006)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
C.R.A.Z.Y., Canada (2005)
Ciao (film) US (2008)
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)
In My Life (film), Philippines (2009)
It's My Party, US(1996)

L.I.E., US (2001)
Longtime Companion, US (1990)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
Madame Satã (film), Brazil (2002)
Miller's Crossing, US (1990)
Mysterious Skin, US (2004)
Permanent Residence, Hong Kong (2009)
Philadelphia, US (1993)
Prayers for Bobby US (2009)
Proteus, Canada / South Africa (2003)
Rent (film), US (2005)
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Taiwan (2009)
Soundless Wind Chime, China (2009)
The King and the Clown, South Korea (2005)
The Trip, US (2002)
Weekend, UK (2011)
The Yacoubian Building (film),Egypt(2009)
Yossi & Jagger, Israel (2002)

[edit] With reincarnation

Bungee Jumping of Their Own, South Korea (2001)

[edit] With conversion therapy

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

The War Boys, US (2009)

[edit] Bisexual relationships

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Borstal Boy (film), UK/Ireland (2000)
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cold Showers, France (2004)
The Dying Gaul, US (2005)
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
Shortbus, US (2006)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, US/Spain (2008)

[edit] Transgender/Drag queen relationships

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 (film), US (2005)

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

[edit] 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)
Wild Tigers I Have Known, US (2007)
Yellow Hair 2, South Korea (2001)
Boys Don't Cry, US (1999)

[edit] Films with LGBT characters

[edit] 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)
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)
I Can't Think Straight, UK (2007)
Imagine Me & You, UK (2005)

Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007)
The Haunting, US (1963)
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)
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 (2008)

[edit] Gay male character(s)

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Another Gay Movie, US (2006)
As Good as It Gets, US (1997)
Brideshead Revisited, UK (2008)
Bugis Street, Singapore/Hong Kong (1995)
Burlesque, US (2010)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
Cold Showers, France (2005)
Cowboys and Angels, Ireland (2004)
The Deep End, US (2001)
Elephant, US (2003)
Eternal Summer, Taiwan (2006)
EuroTrip, US (2004)
Far from Heaven, US (2003)
Four Weddings and a Funeral, UK (1994)
Gohatto (Taboo), Japan (1999)
Grande École, France (2004)
Happy Together, Hong Kong (1997)
Hold You Tight, Hong Kong (1997)
In & Out, US (1997)
Killer Condom, Germany (1996)
La Mission, US (2010)
Lan Yu, China (2001)
The Laramie Project, US, (2002)
Little Miss Sunshine, US (2006)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)

The Man Who Loved Yngve, Norway (2008)
Mulligans, Canada (2008
My Own Private Idaho, US (1991)
Mysterious Skin, US (2005)
No Regret, South Korea (2006)
The Object of My Affection, US (1998)
The Opposite of Sex, US (1998)
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)
The River, Taiwan (1997)
Road Movie, South Korea (2002)
Sweet Home Alabama, US (2002)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, US (2010)
Touch of Pink, Can/UK (2004)
Under One Roof, US (2002)
Valentine's Day, US (2010)
Velvet Goldmine, US/UK (1998)
Winds of September, Taiwan (2008)
Gods and Monsters, US (1998)
Happy Endings, US (2005)
Quinceañera, US (2006)
Mine Vaganti, Italy (2010)

[edit] With conversion therapy

Save Me, US (2007)

Saved!, US (2004)

[edit] Bisexual character(s)

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Basic Instinct, US (1992)
Cabaret, US (1972)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)
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)
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)
Shifting Gears US (2008)
Sunday Bloody Sunday, UK (1971)
Velvet Goldmine, UK (1998)

[edit] 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) see also Biographical films
Breakfast on Pluto, Ireland (2005)
Boys Don't Cry, US (1999)
Bugis Street, Hong Kong/Singapore (1995)
Cheerleader Queens, Thailand (2003)
Colour Blossoms, Hong Kong (2004)
The Crying Game, UK/Japan (1992)

Dasepo Naughty Girls, South Korea (2006)
Kinky Boots, UK/US (2005)
Ma Vie en Rose, France (1997)
Madame Satã, Brazil (2002)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, US (1997)
Normal, US (2003)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, UK (1975)
Tokyo Godfathers, Japan (2003)
Transamerica, US (2005)

[edit] With beating

Like a Virgin, South Korea (2006)

[edit] Biographical films

Amphetamine, Hong Kong (2010)
Beautiful Boxer, Thailand (2003) see also Transgender character(s)
Before Night Falls, US (2000) biopic on oppressed gay Cuban writer
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004) see also HIV/AIDS movies and Bissexual Relationship movies
Capote, Canada/US (2005)
City Without Baseball, Hong Kong (2008)

De-Lovely, US (2004) see also gay love - with tragedy
Gods and Monsters, UK (1998)
Love Actually... Sucks!, Hong Kong (2011)
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)

[edit] Historical fiction/non-fiction

[edit] In the Media

The Celluloid Closet, US (1995)

The Watermelon Woman, US (1996)

[edit] 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

[edit] HIV/AIDS

And the Band Played On, US (1993)
Angels in America, US (2003)
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story, US (1997)
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, Brazil (2004)
The Living End, US (1992)

Longtime Companion, US (1990)
Parting Glances, US (1986)
Philadelphia, US (1993)
Rent (film), US (2005)

[edit] Persecution

Bent, US (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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

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Contents

[edit] Relationship themes

[edit] Lesbian relationships

[edit] With tragedy

[edit] With conversion therapy

[edit] Gay male relationships

[edit] Parenting

[edit] With tragedy

[edit] With reincarnation

[edit] With conversion therapy

[edit] Bisexual relationships

[edit] Transgender/Drag queen relationships

[edit] With tragedy

[edit] Films with LGBT characters

[edit] Lesbian character(s)

[edit] Gay male character(s)

[edit] With conversion therapy

[edit] Bisexual character(s)

[edit] Transgender character(s)

[edit] With beating

[edit] Biographical films

[edit] Historical fiction/non-fiction

[edit] In the Media

[edit] Study of Sexuality

[edit] HIV/AIDS

[edit] Persecution

[edit] Historic Event

[edit] See also

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