List of LGBT-related films of 2015

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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 2015. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films[edit]

Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes Ref
3 Generations Gaby Dellal United States Drama Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan, Linda Emond, Jordan Carlos, Sam Trammell, Maria Dizzia, Tessa Albertson [1]
4th Man Out Andrew Nackman United States Comedy Evan Todd, Parker Young, Chord Overstreet, Jon Gabrus, Jennifer Damiano, Jordan Lane Price, Kate Flannery [2]
Absence Chico Teixeira Brazil Drama Matheus Fagundes, Irandhir Santos, Gilda Nomacce, Thiago de Matos [3]
All About Them (À trois on y va) Jérôme Bonnell France Romantic comedy Anaïs Demoustier, Félix Moati, Sophie Verbeeck
The Amina Profile Sophie Deraspe Canada Documentary Sandra Bagaria Documentary about the Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari hoax. [4]
Angry Indian Goddesses Pan Nalin India Drama Sandhya Mridul, Tannistha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias
Arianna Carlo Lavagna Italy Drama Ondina Quadri, Massimo Popolizio
Bare Natalia Leite United States Drama Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Zylka
Bizarre Étienne Faure France Drama Pierre Prieur, Adrian James, Raquel Nave, Charlie Himmelstein [3]
The Blue Hour Anucha Boonyawatana Thailand Drama Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang, Atthaphan Poonsawas, Duangjai Hirunsri, Panutchai Kittsatima, Nithiroj Simkamtom [3]
Blush Michal Vinik Israel Drama Sivan Noam Shimon, Jade Sakori, Dvir Benedek
Butterfly Marco Berger Argentina Drama Javier De Pietro, Ailín Salas, Malena Villa, Jorge Díez, María Laura Cali, Justo Calabria, Julian Infantino [3]
Carol Todd Haynes United Kingdom
United States
Drama Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Carrie Brownstein Based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Chance Jake Graf United Kingdom Short, drama, romance Clifford Hume, Abs, Amale Mohamed, Jake Graf Later added to Boys on Film 16: Possession (compilation) [5][6][7]
Chemsex William Fairman and Max Gogarty United Kingdom Documentary About the consumption of drugs (including poppers) to facilitate or enhance sexual activity [8][9]
Closet Monster Stephen Dunn Canada Drama Connor Jessup, Isabella Rossellini, Joanne Kelly, Aaron Abrams
Clouds of Sils Maria Olivier Assayas United States Drama Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Flynn, Lars Eidinger, Hanns Zischler, Brady Corbet
Daddy Gerald McCullouch United States Drama Gerald McCullouch, Dan Via, Jaime Cepero, Mackenzie Astin, Leslie Easterbrook Screenplay by Dan Via, based on his play of the same name
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper United States Drama Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, Sebastian Koch, Pip Torrens, Nicholas Woodeson, Emerald Fennell, Adrian Schiller Based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, loosely inspired by the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener
Downriver Grant Scicluna Australia Drama Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse
Driving Not Knowing Benjamin R. Davis, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner, Dane Mainella, Jay Jadick United States Musical, drama Dane Mainella, Jay Jadick, Emily Rea
Eisenstein in Guanajuato Peter Greenaway Netherlands
Mexico
Drama Elmer Bäck, Stelio Savante [3]
Fire Song Adam Garnet Jones Canada Drama Andrew Martin, Derek Miller, Jennifer Podemski
F(l)ag Football Seth Greenleaf United States Documentary Wade Davis, Jared Garduno, Brenton Metzler, Cyd Zeigler Documentary about National Gay Flag Football League [10]
Floating Melon Roberto F. Canuto, Xu Xiaoxi China
Spain
Short

Drama

Vincent Chen Xi, Celia Yu Yinmeng, Wen Sirui
For Which We Stand Sean Robinson United States Documentary Michael Musto, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge, Frenchie Davis, Diana King, Chely Wright
Freeheld Peter Sollett United States Drama Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, Luke Grimes, Josh Charles, Mary Birdsong, Kelly Deadmon, Gabriel Luna, Anthony DeSando Based on the 2007 documentary film directed by Cynthia Wade
From Afar Lorenzo Vigas Venezuela Drama Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva Won the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival [11][12]
Gayby Baby Maya Newell Australia Documentary Follows four children raised by same-sex parents, originated from a short documentary, Growing Up Gayby, filmed by Newell for ABC2 in 2013 [13]
The Girl King Mika Kaurismäki Finland
Canada
Sweden
Germany
France
Biography, drama Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist Biopic of Christina, Queen of Sweden
He Hated Pigeons Ingrid Veninger Canada
Chile
Drama Pedro Fontaine, Cristobal Tapia Montt [14]
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party Stephen Cone United States Drama Cole Doman, Pat Healy
Holding the Man Neil Armfield Australia Drama Ryan Corr, Craig Stott Based on the memoir of the same name by Timothy Conigrave
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) Josh Kim Thailand
Indonesia
Drama Toni Rakkaen, Ingkarat Damrongsakkul, Thira Chutikul, Jinna Navarat (credited as Arthur Navarat), Natarat Lakha, Bell Nuntita (credited as Nuntita Khampiranon), Michael Shaowanasai, Anawat Patanawanichkul, Vatanya Thamdee [3][2]
I Am Michael Justin Kelly United States Drama James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver, Avan Jogia, Devon Graye, Leven Rambin, Daryl Hannah, Lesley Ann Warren, Blake Lee, Kevin Cahoon Dramatization of a New York Times Magazine article about ex-gay activist Michael Glatze [4]
I Kissed a Girl Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare France Comedy Pio Marmaï, Franck Gastambide, Adrianna Gradziel
In the Grayscale (En la Gama de los Grises) Claudio Marcone Chile Drama Francisco Celhay, Emilio Edwards, Sergio Hernández, Daniela Ramirez
Inner Jellyfishes (Les Méduses) Marc-Antoine Lemire Canada Short drama Rudi Duperré, Samuel Brassard, Jade Hassouné
Jenny's Wedding Mary Agnes Donoghue United States Comedy, drama Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, Grace Gummer, Matthew Metzger
The Last Summer of the Rich Peter Kern Austria Drama Amira Casar, Nicole Gerdon, Winfried Glatzeder, Helmut Berger [3]
The Little Deputy Trevor Anderson Canada Short Documentary Luke Oswald, Shannon Blanchet, Rob Chaulk, Fish Griwkowsky, Jenny McKillop, Trevor Schmidt 9 mins long, recreating a cowboy photo from 1880s [15]
The Lives We Lead Davo Hardy Australia Drama Sally Williams, Georgina Neville, Josh Wiseman
Loev Sudhanshu Saria India Romantic drama Dhruv Ganesh, Shiv Panditt, Siddharth Menon, Rishabh J. Chaddha
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Kristin Hanggi United States Comedy, drama Victoria Justice, Pierson Fodé, Matthew Daddario Based on the book of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Nasty Baby Sebastián Silva United States Drama Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig, Denis O'Hare [4]
Naz & Maalik Jay Dockendorf United States Drama Curtiss Cook Jr., Kerwin Johnson Jr.
North Mountain Bretten Hannam Canada Action/thriller Justin Rain, Glen Gould, Meredith MacNeill
Out to Win Malcolm Ingram United States Documentary John Amaechi, Billy Bean, Jason Collins, Wade Davis, Brittney Griner, Billie Jean King, David Kopay, Martina Navratilova Documentary on history of LGBT people in professional sports [16]
Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson Michelle Boyaner United States Documentary Documentary about deceased lesbian artist Edith Lake Wilkinson
The Pedophile (Le Pédophile) Ara Ball Canada Short drama Kennedy Brodeur, Valérie Fortin, Patrick Renaud, Lesley Marie Reade, Monia Chokri A lesbian who was sexually abused in childhood exacts revenge on her abuser [17]
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist John Mitchell
Christina Zeidler
Canada Romance, comedy Diane Flacks, Carolyn Taylor
Reel in the Closet Stu Maddux United States Documentary Home movies and other archival footage from the 1930s to '80s
The Royal Road Jenni Olson United States Documentary voiceover cameo appearance by Tony Kushner Experimental documentary about butch lesbian desire, nostalgia and California history
The Saint of Dry Creek Julie Zammarchi United States Short, animation Patrick Haggerty Adaptation of an oral recording made for StoryCorps [18]
The Sea Is Behind Hicham Lasri Morocco Drama Malek Akhmiss, Hassan Badida, Yassine Sekkal [3]
A Sinner in Mecca Parvez Sharma United States
India
Saudi Arabia
Documentary Documentary about Parvez Sharma's pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia as an openly gay Muslim.
Stonewall Roland Emmerich United States Drama Jeremy Irvine, Ron Perlman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Summertime Catherine Corsini France
Belgium
Drama Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky, Kévin Azaïs, Lætitia Dosch, Sarah Suco
Sworn Virgin Laura Bispuri Italy Drama Alba Rohrwacher, Flonja Kodheli, Lars Eidinger [3]
The Summer of Sangailė Alantė Kavaitė France
Lithuania
Drama Julija Steponaitytė, Aistė Diržiūtė [4]
Tangerine Sean Baker United States Drama Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor Shot with three iPhone5S smartphones [4]
Take Me to the River Matt Sobel United States Drama Logan Miller, Richard Schiff, Robin Weigert [4]
Thanatos, Drunk Chang Tso-chi Taiwan Drama Lee Hong-chi, Cheng Jen-shuo, Huang Shang-ho, Lu Hsueh-feng, Ching-Ting Wang, Chang Ning, Lin Chin-yu, Andrew Chen, Chin Tzu-yen [3]
Tchindas Pablo García Pérez de Lara
Marc Serena
Spain
Cape Verde
Documentary Tchinda Andrade, Elvis Tolentino, Edinha Pitanga An award-winning feature documentary with Tchinda Andrade, the most respected trans woman from Cape Verde (West Africa) as main character. [3]
Those People Joey Kuhn United States Drama Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman
Tig Kristina Goolsby
Ashley York
United States Documentary Tig Notaro Documentary about comedian Tig Notaro's battle with cancer
Tough Love Rosa von Praunheim Germany Drama Hanno Koffler, Katy Karrenbauer, Oliver Sechting, Luise Heyer, Sascia Haj, Udo Lutz, Stefan Kuschner, Luise Schnittert [3]
Utopians Scud Hong Kong
Taiwan
China
Drama Adonis He Fei, Jackie Chow, Fiona Wang Sexually-explicit story about a young male student, Hins Gao, who falls in love with his professor, Antonio Ming. Features frequent full-frontal male nudity [19]
Vanity (La Vanité) Lionel Baier France
Switzerland
Drama Patrick Lapp, Carmen Maura, Ivan Georgiev [20]
Ville-Marie Guy Édoin Canada Drama Monica Bellucci, Aliocha Schneider, Pascale Bussières
Viva Paddy Breathnach Ireland Drama Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría
What He Did (Det han gjorde) Jonas Poher Rasmussen Denmark Documentary Documentary about the murder of writer Christian Kampmann by his partner Jens Michael Schau [21]
Wonderful World End Daigo Matsui Japan Drama Ai Hashimoto [3]

References[edit]

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