List of LGBT-related films of 2019

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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 2019. 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[]

Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes Ref
1 Versus 100 Bruno Kohfield-Galeano United States Drama Anna McClean, Charla Cochran, Walter Mecham, Jill Adler, Whitney Palmer, Danny Royce
The Acrobat (L'Acrobate) Rodrigue Jean Canada Drama Sébastien Ricard, [1]
Adam Rhys Ernst United States Comedy Nicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez (credited as India Menuez), Leo Sheng Screenplay by Ariel Schrag, based on her novel of the same name
Alice Júnior Gil Baroni Brazil Comedy Anna Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Surya Amitrano [2]
And Then We Danced Levan Akin Sweden
Georgia
Drama Levan Gelbakhiani, Ana Javakishvili
(Heute oder morgen) Germany Drama [3]
Before You Know It United States Comedy Mandy Patinkin, Hannah Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light [4]
Bit United States Supernatural drama [4]
(Un rubio) Marco Berger Argentina Drama [4]
(A rosa azul de Novalis) Gustavo Vinagre, Rodrigo Carneiro Brazil Drama [3]
Manuel Abramovich Argentina Short, Documentary [3]
Brief Story from the Green Planet (Breve historia del planeta verde) Santiago Loza Argentina
Germany
Brazil
Spain
Drama Romina Escobar, Paula Grinszpan, Luis Sodá [3]
Booksmart Olivia Wilde United States Comedy Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein Wilde's directorial debut
Circus of Books Rachel Mason United States Documentary [4]
, Brazil Drama , Paulo Sousa, Denis Camargo [5]
A Dog Barking at the Moon Xiang Zi China Drama Naren Hua [3]
Docking Trevor Anderson Canada Experimental short [6]
Drag Kids Canada Documentary [7]
Driveways Andrew Ahn United States Drama Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy [3]
Tamer Jandali Germany Drama [3]
Elisa & Marcela Isabel Coixet Spain Drama Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández Based on the first same-sex marriage in Spain [3]
End of the Century (Fin de siglo) Lucio Castro Argentina Drama Juan Barberini, Ramon Pujol, Mía Maestro [8]
Lene Berg Norway Documentary [3]
From Zero to I Love You Doug Spearman United States Drama Scott Bailey, Darryl Stephens [4]
Gay Chorus Deep South David Charles United States Documentary [4]
Greta Brazil Drama [3]
The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden unter den Füßen) Austria Drama Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger [3]
Halston Frédéric Tcheng United States Documentary [4]
Chile Short, Drama [3]
Holy Beasts , Israel Cárdenas Argentina Drama [3]
United States Documentary A positive look at the photographic career of Jim French, the creator and photographer behind Colt Studios [9]
Killing Patient Zero Laurie Lynd Canada Documentary Gaëtan Dugas [10]
Knives and Skin Jennifer Reeder United States Drama Raven Whitley, Ty Olwin, Marika Engelhardt [3]
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga Shelly Chopra Dhar India Romantic comedy, drama Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sonam Kapoor
Last Ferry Jaki Bradley USA Drama Ramon O. Torres, Sheldon Best, Myles Clohessy, Gabriel Sloyer, Larry Owens
Lemebel Chile Documentary [3]
Lingua Franca Isabel Sandoval United States, Philippines Drama Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn [11]
Matthias & Maxime Xavier Dolan Canada Drama Xavier Dolan, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas
Memories of My Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) Garin Nugroho Indonesia Drama Muhammad Khan, Randy Pangalila [12]
Moffie Oliver Hermanus South Africa Drama Kai Luke Brümmer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey [13]
Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly India Drama Riddhi Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty [3]
A Night at Switch n' Play United States Documentary [4]
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson Ali LeRoi United States Drama Steven Silver, Nicola Peltz, Spencer Neville, Sammi Rotibi, Tembi Locke [14]
Hristiana Raykova Germany Documentary [3]
Port Authority Danielle Lessovitz United States Drama Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) Céline Sciamma France Drama Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Valeria Golino
Queering the Script Canada Documentary Documentary about LGBTQ representation in media [15]
Rialto Peter Mackie Burns Ireland Drama Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney
Riot Girls Jovanka Vuckovic Canada Science fiction Madison Iseman, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Munro Chambers
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher United Kingdom Drama Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard Based on the life and music of Elton John [4]
Saint Frances Alex Thompson United States Drama [4]
Colombia Drama [4]
Sequin in a Blue Room Samuel van Grinsven Australia Thriller, drama, coming-of-age story Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Anthony Brandon Wong [16]
Shannon Amen Chris Dainty Canada Animated short
The Shiny Shrimps (Les crevettes pailletées) , France Comedy Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, Geoffrey Couët [17]
Spiral Canada Horror Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Ari Cohen
Standing on the Line Paul-Émile d'Entremont Canada Documentary David Testo, Anastasia Bucsis, Brock McGillis Documentary about homophobia in sports [18]
The Strong Ones (Los fuertes) Chile Drama , Theatrical release in 2020. Based in the 2015 Teddy Award winner for Best Short Film, San Cristóbal.
Take Me to Prom Andrew Moir Canada Documentary [19]
Tremors (Temblores) Jayro Bustamante Guatemala
France
Drama Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa [20]
The Two Lives of Li Ermao China Documentary Released in 2019, it tells the story of a trans migrant worker named Li Ermao who "transitions from male to female, then back to male." [21]
Velvet Buzzsaw Dan Gilroy United States Horror Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette
Village of the Missing Michael Del Monte Canada Documentary
We Are the Radical Monarchs United States Documentary [4]
White Lie Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas Canada Drama Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson, Martin Donovan
(Espero tua (re)volta) Eliza Capai Brazil Documentary [3]

References[]

  1. ^  [fr], "FNC : La Presse a vu… L’acrobate". La Presse, October 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Julia Harumi Morita (25 October 2020). "Divertido e cheio de representatividade, Alice Júnior é o filme adolescente que você precisa assistir hoje". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Films 2019". Teddy Awards, February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Inside Out Film and Video Festival program, 2019.
  5. ^ Carlos Aguilar, "Review: Artistically awkward, Brazilian gay teen romance ‘Cousins’ still charms". Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Peter Knegt, "Like Star Wars, but with giant penises: This Canadian film is awakening an uncut force at Sundance". CBC Arts, January 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "Hot Docs review: Drag Kids". Now, April 23, 2019.
  8. ^ Glenn Kenny, "‘End of the Century’ Review: A Vacation Veers Into Existential States". The New York Times, August 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "'Jim French: The Art of Masculinity". letterboxd.com. 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic". Toronto Star, April 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Angela Morrison, "VQFF Review: 'Lingua Franca' Captures the Understated Nuance of Real Life". Exclaim!, August 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Widianto, Stanley (February 20, 2019). "'Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku', poetic ode to the human body". Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "'Moffie': First Trailer for Venice Buzz Title About Homosexuality in Apartheid South Africa, 'Ida' Producer Among Team". Deadline Hollywood. 4 September 2019.
  14. ^ Beandrea July, "'The Obituary of Tunde Johnson': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, September 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "New Documentary Examines 'Xena: Warrior Princess' As Lesbian Icon For The Ages". Huffington Post, May 27, 2019.
  16. ^ Tara Brady, "Sequin in a Blue Room: LGBTQ drama casts an otherworldly spell". The Irish Times, April 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "« Les Crevettes pailletées » opte pour un éloge convenu de la différence". Le Monde, May 8, 2019.
  18. ^ Nathan Caddell, "DOXA 2019 review: Standing on the Line". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2019.
  19. ^ Oliver Skinner, "What does it mean to be queer at the prom? This new film explores seven decades of answers". CBC Arts, May 3, 2019.
  20. ^ Devika Girish, "‘Temblores’ Review: Torn Between His Faith and His Sexuality". The New York Times, November 28, 2019.
  21. ^ Knotts, Joey. "German, Queer, and Animated: Beijing's Film Festivals This Month". The Beijinger. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
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