List of LGBT-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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

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, 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 (2003)
• 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)
• Jet Boy, US, Canada (2001)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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 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)
• 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)

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

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)

See also

• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films - sorted alphabetically
• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films by year