Shuayb Ganatra Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Related Films Playlist
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender related films. 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.
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- DirectorAng LeeStarsJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerMichelle WilliamsEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsTom CullenChris NewJonathan RaceAfter a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsNicholas JacobMichael AloniJameel KhouryA drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.
- DirectorAluizio AbranchesStarsJúlia LemmertzFábio AssunçãoJean Pierre NoherTwo brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
- DirectorDesiree AkhavanStarsDesiree AkhavanRebecca HendersonHalley FeifferShirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
- DirectorBen CotnerRyan WhiteStarsTed OlsonChristopher D. DusseaultJeffrey J. ZarrilloA behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsCogie DomingoSid LuceroRocky SalumbidesAn ex-seminarian/Communist runs a hotel in Baguio and meets a handsome, up-and-coming lawyer. An annual trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotelier develop into an affair that encompasses decades of sociopolitical changes in the country.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsSandra Kwan Yue NgVivian ChowEddie Cheung"All About Love" depicts the lives of two early 40s women Macy (Sandra Ng) & (Vivian Chow) Anita, who were once lovers. The women cross paths again when they both of them attend a counseling service for pregnant mothers. Macy is a lawyer who is pregnant with the child of a married man (Eddie Cheung), who also is her client. Anita is a bank clerk who is carrying the child of a teenager named Mike (William Chan), whom she had one night stand with from chatting via internet. Both of the women are carrying babies from one night flings. Will the two women reunite?
- DirectorScudStarsByron PangThomas PriceWinnie LeungOpenly gay banker Daniel debates whether to return to Australia or stay in Hong Kong when he meets Kafka, a straight swimming instructor. The young men fall in love, believing that their love can bridge anything, despite their difference in sexuality and Kafka's increasing drug use. Daniel does not regret his love for Kafka, who tries to love him back against his nature. But a flashback memory from Kafka's past makes it difficult for their relationship to work.
- DirectorPierre ThorettonStarsYves Saint-LaurentPierre BergéBetty CatrouxA documentary on the relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and his lover, Pierre Berge.
- DirectorJerome Elston ScottStarsMichael WarrenJoanna CassidyJoyce GuyNick Anderson, Kevin Daniels, and Tracey Green do everything together. They are the best of friends, and yet they couldn't be more different. Neighbors from adolescence, they finish each other's thoughts and sentences, joys and pains, happiness and tears. Using Nick's house as their own members only clubhouse, they escape into their own world of contentment. Yet the inevitable intrusion of others tests their stability in ways never imagined.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsGuy MarchandFrançoise FabianSabrina SeyvecouWhen Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, Frédérick's reasons and the painful secret Charles harbored for years threaten the foundations of the entire family.
- DirectorRikki Beadle BlairStarsArnie HewittCole DinesDonovan Christian-CaryJ. J. an aspiring M. C. newly arrived on London's exciting outlaw urban music scene. He's got the skills, he's got the rhymes, he's got the drive. One Problem - not only is J. J. a white boy from the sticks - he's also gay.
- DirectorJames RasinStarsCandy DarlingAndy WarholHolly WoodlawnA documentary on Candy Darling, The Life and Times of the Andy Warhol Superstar.
- DirectorDouglas LangwayStarsAlex Di DioKevin E. SmithJoe ContiSet in New York's gay "bear" scene and taking a cue from the popular HBO franchise "Sex and the City," BearCity follows a tight-knit pack of friends experiencing comical mishaps, emotionally sweet yet lusty romantic encounters and a cast of colorful, diverse characters as they gear up for a big party weekend.
- DirectorMike MillsStarsEwan McGregorChristopher PlummerMélanie LaurentA young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.
- DirectorFernanda CardosoStarsAllison McAteeSarah StoufferKatherine Ann McGregorA coming-of-age drama about a former child actress attending college in search of independence and who ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor.
- DirectorSteve AntinStarsCherChristina AguileraAlan CummingA small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
- DirectorKareem MortimerStarsJohnny FerroStephen Tyrone WilliamsMargaret Laurena KempThe story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society.
- DirectorMalu De MartinoStarsAna Paula ArósioMurilo RosaNatália LageJulia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life. It is impossible for her to disguise her pain when she attempts to narrate emotions.
- DirectorAbe SylviaStarsJuno TempleJeremy DozierMilla JovovichIt's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
- DirectorSanjay SharmaStarsZeenat AmanKabir BediHazel CroneyTwo men fall in love but struggle to be in a relationship openly in society.
- DirectorNicole ConnStarsNecar ZadeganThunderbird DinwiddieGary WeeksFate brings two diversely different women together, and sets them on a collision course that will shatter their preconceived notions about love, life and the power of one's soul.
- DirectorMarcelo LaffitteStarsSimone SpoladoreIgor CotrimSérgio BezerraIn Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transvestite hairdresser Lady Madonna.
- DirectorAmor HakkarStarsMarina VladyAmor HakkarSamir GuesmiThe meeting between two clandestine homosexuals and Iranian and a single woman
- DirectorJacob ChaseStarsDaniel CarlisleTodd KubrakEmily PeckTwo couples in their twenties, who are struggling to find substance and meaning in their lives and relationships, meet by happenstance in a New York City Irish tavern called The Four-Faced Liar.
- DirectorTova MagnussonStarsBjörn KjellmanEric EricsonTova MagnussonPolitical leader David falls in love with Martin from rival party. Their forbidden relationship risks career-ending scandal if exposed. Navigating mistakes and misunderstandings, they fight to keep love alive against all odds.
- DirectorLaure CharpentierStarsLou DoillonEduardo NoriegaMarie KremerSet in the risque world of 1960's Paris, Gigola is a witty and desirable young girl who explores the lesbian underworld of the city and soon becomes a high-priced escort.
- DirectorJulio MedemStarsElena AnayaNatasha YarovenkoEnrico Lo VersoA hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsXavier DolanMonia ChokriNiels SchneiderThe story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsJonathan GroffFrankie J. AlvarezMurray BartlettPatrick returns to San Francisco in search of closure and resolution regarding his relationships with Richie and Kevin.
- DirectorSergio Tovar VelardeStarsAntonio VelázquezAlejandro de la MadridCesar RamosFour stories of love and disgust between men of different generations facing their conflicts and their fears
- DirectorDominic LeclercStarsNaveed ChoudhryElliott TittensorSaleem is an Asian student from Bradford. He meets Daz in a gay cruising spot, and they have a night of mutually enjoyable sex. Saleem is nonetheless ashamed of what he has done, but on leaving the next day he turns around to smile at Daz.
- StarsAmanda BarkerAdrian ProszowskiRobert WatsonA period comedy following the escapades of Lord Reginald and Lady Vanessa Favershum, a gay man and lesbian woman in a marriage of convenience that allows them to hide their proclivities from society while indulging in them in private.