List of feature films with LGBT characters
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The following is a list of films with fictional and factual lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender characters. The films were released theatrically, as direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform.
For queer characters ("Q" in LGBTQ), see lists for asexual, intersex, non-binary, and pansexual characters.
Film franchises[]
Film franchises share common universes. The following film series collectively feature LGBT characters in a leading or supporting role.
Franchise | Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
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Austin Powers | 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Frau Farbissina | Bisexual | Mindy Sterling | Frau has a girlfriend named Una Brau in the second film who she met on the LPGA tour and fell in love. Later, in the film, when Dr. Evil and Past Frau have sex, she comments that she'll never love another man.[1] Dr. Evil remembers her, responding "Yes, that's true". The sex between Dr. Evil and Frau results in their "love child," Scott. | United States |
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | ||||||
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | ||||||
Bridget Jones | 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Tom | Gay | James Callis | Tom is Bridget's flamboyant 'gay best friend'.[2] | United Kingdom, United States, France |
2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Tom | Gay | James Callis | Rebecca is Mark Darcy's colleague who Bridget thinks is enamoured with him; it turns out her affections lie with Bridget.[3] | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, United States | |
Rebecca Gillies | Lesbian | Jacinda Barrett | |||||
2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Tom | Gay | James Callis | United Kingdom, United States, France | ||
Child's Play | 1998 | Bride of Chucky | David Collins | Gay | Gordon Michael Woolvett | [citation needed] | United States |
2013 | Curse of Chucky | Jill | Lesbian | Maitland McConnell | [citation needed] | ||
DC Extended Universe | 2016 | Suicide Squad | Harley Quinn | Bisexual | Margot Robbie | [citation needed] | United States |
2020 | Birds of Prey | Harley Quinn | Bisexual | Margot Robbie | In the film's first 10 minutes, it is established that Harley is bisexual, with Harley saying she is unlucky with love, with her first two partners as men and the third one a woman.[4] At the beginning of the film, it shows that one of Harley's failed relationships was with a woman.[5] Renee and Ellen are exes.[6] | United States | |
Renee Montoya | Lesbian | Rosie Perez | |||||
Ellen Yee | Ali Wong | ||||||
Deadpool | 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Negasonic Teenage Warhead | Lesbian | Brianna Hildebrand | Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio are in a relationship.[citation needed] | United States |
Yukio | Shioli Kutsuna | ||||||
The Hangover | 2009 | The Hangover | Leslie Chow | Bisexual | Ken Jeong | [citation needed] | United States |
2011 | The Hangover Part II | Leslie Chow | Bisexual | Ken Jeong | [citation needed] | ||
Kimberly "Kimmy" | Transgender | Yasmin Lee | |||||
2013 | The Hangover Part III | Leslie Chow | Bisexual | Ken Jeong | [citation needed] | ||
Harry Potter | 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Albus Dumbledore | Gay | Richard Harris | Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts. Although Dumbledore's sexual orientation is not portrayed or explicitly mentioned in the films and books they are based on, J. K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series of fantasy novels) revealed in 2007 that he is gay.[7][8] | United Kingdom, United States |
2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | ||||||
2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Michael Gambon | |||||
2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | ||||||
2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | ||||||
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||||||
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | ||||||
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | ||||||
How To Train Your Dragon | 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Gobber the Belch | Gay | Craig Ferguson | Voice actor Craig Ferguson ad-libbed a line in the second film in which he mentions that he never got married for an undisclosed reason. Ferguson and director Dean DeBlois have confirmed that this was in reference to the character's homosexuality.[9][10] His sexuality was also hinted at again in the third film, where he seems to fall for Eret. | United States |
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | ||||||
It | 2017 | It | Richie Tozier | Gay | Finn Wolfhard (young) Bill Hader (adult) |
It is revealed that when Richie was younger, he struggled with his sexuality and feelings for his best friend Eddie Kaspbrak, and was bullied for it. When he returns to Derry 27 years later, we find out Richie had been in love with Eddie, who dies, which devastates Richie, but leads him to accept who he is and re-carve his and Eddie's initials on the kissing bridge that he had carved when he was 13. He loved James Ransone as an adult.[11] Director Andy Muschietti stated that he had planned for Richie to be gay from the start.[citation needed] | United States |
2019 | It Chapter Two | ||||||
Mannequin | 1987 | Mannequin | Hollywood Montrose | Gay | Meshach Taylor | [citation needed] | United States |
1991 | Mannequin Two: On the Move | ||||||
Marvel Cinematic Universe | 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Valkyrie | Bisexual | Tessa Thompson | While the Valkyrie is canonically bisexual in the comics the movie was based on, the scene confirming the character's bisexuality was deleted from the movie and her sexual orientation is instead just alluded to. [12] | United States |
2018 | Black Panther | Ayo | Lesbian | Florence Kasumba | Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name who has a lesbian lover in the Dora Milaje.[citation needed] | ||
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Valkyrie | Bisexual | Tessa Thompson | [citation needed] | ||
Pitch Perfect | 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Cynthia Rose Adams | Lesbian | Esther Dean | She reveals to the Barden Bellas that she is a lesbian and was in a relationship with Denise.[citation needed] | United States |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | ||||||
2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | ||||||
The Producers | 1968 | The Producers | Carmen Ghia | Gay | Andreas Voutsinas | [citation needed] | United States |
Roger De Bris | Gay | Christopher Hewett | |||||
2005 | The Producers | Carmen Ghia | Gay | Roger Bart | [citation needed] | ||
Roger De Bris | Gay | Gary Beach | |||||
Scary Movie | 2000 | Scary Movie | Bobby Prinze | Gay | Jon Abrahams | [citation needed] | United States |
2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Ray Wilkins | Bisexual | Shawn Wayans | [citation needed] | ||
Shrek | 2004 | Shrek 2 | Doris | Transgender | Larry King | [13] | United States |
2007 | Shrek the Third | ||||||
Star Trek | 2009 | Star Trek | Hikaru Sulu | Gay | John Cho | [14] | United States |
2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | ||||||
2016 | Star Trek Beyond |
Stand-alone films[]
20th century[]
1900–1959[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
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1919 | Different from the Others | Paul Körner | Gay | Conrad Veidt Karl Giese |
The first film supportive of homosexuality.[15][16] | Germany |
1924 | Michael | Claude Zoret | Gay | Benjamin Christiensen | Claude is a painter who falls in love with his assistant, Michael. Michael eventually leaves Claude for a woman.[17] | Germany |
Michael | Bisexual | Walter Slezak | ||||
1929 | Pandora's Box | Countess Geschwitz | Lesbian | Alice Roberts | Countess Geschwitz is often cited as cinema's first explicit lesbian character.[18] | Germany |
1931 | Mädchen in Uniform | Manuela von Meinhardis | Lesbian | Hertha Thiele | The first film about a lesbian coming out.[19][20][21] | Germany |
1936 | Dracula's Daughter | Countess Marya Zaleska | Lesbian | Gloria Holden | Dracula's daughter, Countess Marya Zaleska, pursues and seduces women.[22] | United States |
1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Joel Cairo | Gay | Peter Lorre | In the novel upon which the film is based, Joel Cairo is referred to as "queer" and a "fairy" but, in the film, his sexuality is not directly addressed, likely a decision by filmmakers in order to comply with the Hays Code, which banned the depiction of homosexuality in American films.[23][24][25] | United States |
1948 | Rope | Phillip Morgan | Gay | Farley Granger | [citation needed] | United States |
Brandon Shaw | John Dall | |||||
1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | John "Plato" Crawford | Gay | Sal Mineo | [citation needed] | United States |
1960–1979[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
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1961 | Victim | Melville Farr | Gay | Dirk Bogarde | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
1964 | Goldfinger | Pussy Galore | Lesbian | Honor Blackman | Although the film does not make her sexual orientation explicit, hints are made in the dialogue. When Bond is flirting with her in one scene, she tells him "You can turn off the charm. I'm immune." In another scene he asks her "What would it take for you to see things my way?" and she replies "A lot more than you've got."[26][27][28] | United Kingdom, United States |
1968 | The Mercenary | Ricciolo (Curly) | Gay | Jack Palance | [citation needed] | Italy, Spain, United States |
1968 | The Sergeant | Albert Callan | Gay | Rod Steiger | [citation needed] | United States |
1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Joe Buck | Bisexual | Jon Voight | Joe is a gigolo who has sex with men and women in an attempt to make money.[29] This film is based on the 1965 novel of the same name.[30] His character was later parodied by Zapp Brannigan in the Brannigan, Begin Again episode of Futurama, which even uses the film's theme, "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson.[31][32] | United States |
1970 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell | Trans man | John LaZar | [citation needed] | United States |
1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Irving "Blaggot" Amadeus | Gay | Calvin Lockhart | [citation needed] | United States |
Myra Breckinridge | Trans woman | Raquel Welch | ||||
1971 | The Last Picture Show | Coach Popper | Gay | Bill Thurman | [citation needed] | United States |
1972 | Cabaret | Baron Maximilian Von Heune | Bisexual | Helmut Griem | This film is based on the musical Cabaret, with Maximilian as a rich playboy baron who befriends Sally and takes her and Brian to his country estate where they are both spoiled and courted.[33] | United States |
Brian Roberts | Michael York | |||||
1973 | Ludwig | Ludwig II of Bavaria | Bisexual | Helmut Berger | [citation needed] | Italy, France, West Germany |
1974 | A Very Natural Thing | Jason | Bisexual | Bo White | [citation needed] | United States |
Alan | Gay | Jay Pierce | ||||
David | Robert Joel | |||||
Mark | Curt Gareth | |||||
1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Leon Shermer | Trans woman | Chris Sarandon | Leon is Sonny's partner who tries to use the robbery to pay for her sex reassignment surgery.,[34] Sonny, a first-time crook, attempts to rob a bank with his friend Salvatore "Sal" Naturale and Stevie, but the plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees, and Sonny discovers they have arrived after the daily cash pickup, finding only $1,100 in cash. Later in the film, Sonny's partner, Leon Shermer, arrives and reveals that the robbery was intended to pay for her sex reassignment surgery,[34] as she is a trans woman, and divulges that Sonny has children with his estranged wife, Angie.[35] This, and other events in the film, has led some to call Sonny a "bisexual desperado."[36] | United States |
Sonny Wortzik | Bisexual | Al Pacino | ||||
1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Brad Majors | Bisexual | Barry Bostwick | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
Rocky | Peter Hinwood | |||||
1976 | Swashbuckler | Lord Durant | Gay | Peter Boyle | [citation needed] | United States |
1977 | Desperate Living | Grizelda Brown | Lesbian | Jean Hill | [citation needed] | United States |
Muffy St. Jacques | Liz Renay | |||||
Peggy Gravel | Bisexual | Mink Stole | ||||
Mole McHenry | Transgender | Susan Lowe | ||||
1978 | In a Year of 13 Moons | Elvira Weishaupt | Trans woman | Volker Spengler | [citation needed] | West Germany |
1979 | Manhattan | Jill Davis | Lesbian | Meryl Streep | [citation needed] | United States |
1980–1989[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
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1980 | Stir Crazy | Rory Schultebrand | Gay | Georg Stanford Brown | [citation needed] | United States |
1981 | Only When I Laugh | Jimmy Perry | Gay | James Coco | [citation needed] | United States |
1981 | Zorro, the Gay Blade | Bunny Wigglesworth | Gay | George Hamilton | [citation needed] | United States |
1982 | Forbidden Zone | René Henderson | Transgender | Matthew Bright | [citation needed] | United States |
1982 | Querelle | Georges Querelle | Bisexual | Brad Davis | George, a handsome Belgian sailor, thief and murderer, visits a bar and brothel for sailors, with the head of the brothel in love with his brother, who he has a love/hate relationship with. Later on in the film, he announces that he wants to sleep with Lysiane, but he also has sex with Mario.[37] Near the end of the film, Lieutenant Seblon, Querelle's superior, tries to prove his manliness to him; despite the fact Seblon murdered his friend, he decides to protect him, and Seblon later reveals his love, leading them to kiss and embrace before returning to Le Vengeur.[38] | France, West Germany |
1982 | Victor/Victoria | Carroll "Toddy" Todd | Gay | Robert Preston | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
'Squash' Bernstein | Alex Karras | |||||
Richard DiNardo | Bisexual | Malcolm Jamieson | ||||
1982 | The World According to Garp | Roberta Muldoon | Trans woman | John Lithgow | Based on a book of the same name, Roberta is a trans woman and former player for the Philadelphia Eagles.[39] She has a gender re-assignment surgery, becoming the bodyguard of Jenny and one of the best friends of Garp. | United States |
1983 | Silkwood | Dolly Pelliker | Lesbian | Cher | [citation needed] | United States |
1984 | The Bostonians | Olive Chancellor | Lesbian | Vanessa Redgrave | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
1985 | The Color Purple | Celie Harris-Johnson | Bisexual | Whoopi Goldberg | [citation needed] | United States |
Shug Avery | Margaret Avery | |||||
1985 | Desert Hearts | Vivian Bell | Lesbian | Helen Shaver | Vivian, a professor from Columbia University, goes to Reno, Nevada to await her divorce. She meets Cay, a free-spirited lesbian who does not hide her sexual orientation. Vivian begins to discover her true nature as she and Cay grow closer.[40][41] | United States |
Cay Rivers | Patricia Charbonneau | |||||
1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Luis Molina | Gay | William Hurt | [citation needed] | Brazil, United States |
1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Omar Ali | Gay | Gordon Warnecke | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Johnny | Daniel Day-Lewis | |||||
1986 | Parting Glances | Michael | Gay | [citation needed] | United States | |
Nick | Steve Buscemi | |||||
Robert | John Bolger | |||||
1987 | Less Than Zero | Clay Easton | Bisexual | Andrew McCarthy | [citation needed] | United States |
1987 | Maurice | Clive Durham | Gay | Hugh Grant | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Maurice Hall | James Wilby | |||||
Alec Scudder | Rupert Graves | |||||
1988 | We Think the World of You | Johnny | Bisexual | Gary Oldman | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
1989 | Longtime Companion | David | Gay | Bruce Davison | [citation needed] | United States |
Sean | Mark Lamos |
1990–1999[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
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1990 | Miller's Crossing | Bernie Bernbaum | Gay | John Turturro | [citation needed] | United States |
Eddie Dane | J.E. Freeman | |||||
Mink Larouie | Steve Buscemi | |||||
1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Idgie Threadgoode | Lesbian | Mary Stuart Masterson | [citation needed] | United States |
Ruth Jamison | Bisexual | Mary-Louise Parker | ||||
1991 | JFK | Willie O'Keefe | Gay | Kevin Bacon | [citation needed] | United States |
Clay Shaw | Bisexual | Tommy Lee Jones | ||||
1991 | My Own Private Idaho | Mike Waters | Gay | River Phoenix | [citation needed] | United States |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jame Gumb / Buffalo Bill | Bisexual Trans woman |
Ted Levine | Director Jonathan Demme said about the character: "He didn't wish to be another gender...He didn't really have a sexual preference. He loathed himself — he wanted to transform himself so that there was no sense of him in the 'new' him [and] becoming a woman...that was his method of doing it...He wished he was a woman not because he always wanted to be a woman. This was another way to escape."[42] | United States |
1992 | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell | Bisexual | Sharon Stone | While the Catherine character returns in Basic Instinct 2 (2006), it is noted that she has been straightwashed.[43][44] | France, United States, United Kingdom |
Dr. Beth Garner | Jeanne Tripplehorn | |||||
Roxy | Lesbian | Leilani Sarelle | ||||
1992 | The Crying Game | Dil | Trans woman | Jaye Davidson | [citation needed] | Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom |
1993 | Philadelphia | Miguel Alvarez | Gay | Antonio Banderas | [citation needed] | United States |
Andrew Beckett | Tom Hanks | |||||
1993 | The Wedding Banquet | Wai-Tung Gao | Gay | Winston Chao | [citation needed] | Taiwan, United States |
1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Lt. Lois Einhorn / Ray Finkle | Transgender | Sean Young | [citation needed] | United States |
1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Bernadette Bassenger | Transgender | Terence Stamp | [citation needed] | Australia |
1994 | Pulp Fiction | Zed | Gay | Peter Greene | [citation needed] | United States |
1994 | The Sum of Us | Jeff Mitchell | Gay | Russell Crowe | [45] | Australia |
1995 | Billy Madison | Principal Max Anderson | Gay | Josh Mostel | [citation needed] | United States |
1995 | Bugis Street | Lian | Transgender | Hiep Thi Le | The film is set in the former transvestite area of Bugis Street (now a shopping center) in the heart of Singapore. The film features the transgender Lian and her lover, Meng.[citation needed] | British Hong Kong |
Meng | Bisexual | Michael Lam | ||||
1995 | Carrington | Lytton Strachey | Gay | Jonathan Pryce | [citation needed] | France, United Kingdom |
1995 | The Doom Generation | Xavier "X" Red | Bisexual | Johnathon Schaech | Xavier "X", a handsome drifter, is picked-up by teen lovers Jordan and Amy when coming back from a club. X accidentally kills a store owner, has sex with Amy, while Jordan becomes sexually attracted to X as well. Later in the film, Jordan, Amy and X spend the night in an abandoned warehouse, where they engage in a threesome.[46] | United States |
Jordan White | James Duval | |||||
1995 | Home for the Holidays | Tommy Larson | Gay | Robert Downey Jr. | [citation needed] | United States |
1995 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Randy Dean | Lesbian | Laurel Holloman | [citation needed] | United States |
Evie Roy | Nicole Ari Parker | |||||
1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Richard Cosway | Gay | Simon Callow | [citation needed] | France, United States |
1995 | Jeffrey | Darius | Gay | Bryan Batt | [citation needed] | United States |
Steve Howard | Michael T. Weiss | |||||
Jeffrey | Steven Weber | |||||
Sterling | Patrick Stewart | |||||
1995 | Showgirls | Cristal Connors | Bisexual | Gina Gershon | A leading character in this film, Cristal, who has a boyfriend, wants a relationship with Nomi,[47] so she can destroy her, in this film where bisexuality is "a weapon, a plot device and an arena for titillating spectacle" like in Basic Intinsct.[48] | France, United States |
Nomi Malone | Elizabeth Berkley | |||||
1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Vida Boheme | Gay | Patrick Swayze | Vida and Noxeema are drag queens. Chi-Chi wants to be seen and accepted as a woman by the local men.[citation needed] | United States |
Noxeema Jackson | Wesley Snipes | |||||
Chi-Chi Rodriguez | Transgender | John Leguizamo | ||||
1996 | Beautiful Thing | Ste Pearce | Gay | Scott Neal | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Jamie Gangel | Glen Berry | |||||
1996 | The Birdcage | Agador | Gay | Hank Azaria | [citation needed] | United States |
Albert Goldman | Nathan Lane | |||||
Armand Goldman | Robin Williams | |||||
1996 | Citizen Ruth | Diane Siegler | Lesbian | Swoosie Kurtz | [citation needed] | United States |
1996 | Fire | Sita | Lesbian | Nandita Das | The first mainstream Indian film to feature a lesbian relationship and one of the first to show homosexual love.[49] | India, Canada |
Radha | Shabana Azmi | |||||
1996 | Hollow Reed | Tom Dixon | Gay | Ian Hart | [citation needed] | Germany, United Kingdom, Spain |
1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Candy Darling | Trans woman | Stephen Dorff | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
1996 | Sling Blade | Vaughn Cunningham | Gay | John Ritter | [citation needed] | United States |
1997 | As Good as It Gets | Simon Bishop | Gay | Greg Kinnear | Simon, a homosexual artist living in Manhattan, is shown to be gay by Jack Nicholson's character Melvin Udall calling him several derogatory terms for it and it is even explained in the film (by Simon) that his parents kicked him out for being homosexual and he was abused by his father for it.[citation needed] | United States |
1997 | Boogie Nights | Scotty J. | Gay | Philip Seymour Hoffman | [citation needed] | United States |
1997 | Happy Together | Ho Po-Wing | Gay | Leslie Cheung | [citation needed] | British Hong Kong |
Lai Yiu-Fai | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | |||||
1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | The Lady Chablis | Trans woman | The Lady Chablis | [citation needed] | United States |
1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | George Downes | Gay | Rupert Everett | [citation needed] | United States |
1997 | Waiting for Guffman | Corky St. Clair | Gay | Christopher Guest | [citation needed] | United States |
1998 | Get Real | Steven Carter | Gay | Ben Silverstone | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
John Dixon | Brad Gorton | |||||
1998 | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | Gay | Ian McKellen | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
1998 | High Art | Lucy Berliner | Lesbian | Ally Sheedy | Syd, who has been living with longtime boyfriend James, has desires and frustrations that seem typical and manageable until new events unfold, with Lucy Berliner opening the door to an uncharted world for Syd. Lucy, who lives with her heroin-addicted German girlfriend Greta, becomes closer to Syd as the film moves forward.[50] | Canada, United States |
Greta | Patricia Clarkson | |||||
Syd | Bisexual | Radha Mitchell | ||||
1998 | Hold You Tight | Fung Wai | Bisexual | Sunny Chan | The story of a man living in Hong Kong who is initially drawn to a young woman, but soon finds he is more attracted to her boyfriend.[citation needed] | Hong Kong |
1998 | The Object of My Affection | George Hanson | Gay | Paul Rudd | [51] | United States |
1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden | Lesbian | Kathy Bates | [citation needed] | United States |
1998 | Show Me Love | Agnes Ahlberg | Lesbian | Rebecka Liljeberg | [citation needed] | Sweden |
1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Brian Slade | Bisexual | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | At the beginning of his career, Slade is married to Mandy. But when he comes to the United States, he seeks out American rock star Curt Wild, and they become involved in each other's lives on a personal and creative level.[52] | United Kingdom, United States |
Arthur Stuart | Christian Bale | |||||
Curt Wild | Ewan McGregor | |||||
Mandy Slade | Toni Collette | |||||
1999 | Aimée & Jaguar | Lilly Wust (Aimée) | Lesbian | Juliane Köhler | Aimée (real name Lilly) is in love with Felice, but married to a Nazi. Felice is Jewish and a member of the underground resistance, known by the name "Jaguar".[53] | Germany |
Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar) | Maria Schrader | |||||
1999 | All About My Mother | Agrado | Trans woman | Antonia San Juan | [citation needed] | Spain |
Lola | Toni Cantó | |||||
Nina Cruz | Bisexual | Candela Peña | ||||
Huma Rojo | Lesbian | Marisa Paredes | ||||
1999 | American Beauty | Jim Berkley | Gay | Sam Robards | [citation needed] | United States |
Frank Fitts | Chris Cooper | |||||
Jim Olmeyer | Scott Bakula | |||||
1999 | Being John Malkovich | Lotte Schwartz | Lesbian | Cameron Diaz | Lotte is an unhappily married and confused person, and one of multiple people whose mind temporarily enters the mind of John Malkovich through a portal. Lotte becomes more confident in Malkovitch's body, enjoying how she feels when Maxine seduces Malkovich, and thinks that she's either a lesbian or a trans man. At first Maxine is specifically attracted to Lotte in John's body, and becomes pregnant when she and Lotte (in John's body) have sex. Lotte (not in John's body anymore) and Maxine end together as a lesbian couple raising their daughter, Emily. | United States |
Maxine Lund | Bisexual | Catherine Keener | ||||
1999 | Better Than Chocolate | Judy | Trans woman | Peter Outerbridge | [citation needed] | Canada |
1999 | Big Daddy | Phil D'Amato | Gay | Allen Covert | [citation needed] | United States |
Tommy Grayton | Peter Dante | |||||
1999 | Blast from the Past | Troy | Gay | Dave Foley | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | The Boondock Saints | Paul Smecker | Gay | Willem Dafoe | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena | Trans man | Hilary Swank | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader | Megan Bloomfield | Lesbian | Natasha Lyonne | Megan is the lesbian 17-year-old protagonist. Her parents send her to True Directions, a conversion therapy camp that aims to convert its campers to heterosexuality. Megan eventually starts a relationship with Graham, another camper she meets at True Directions. Sinead and Hilary are the other lesbian campers. In the True Directions orientation video which depicts homosexuality as a problem to be "fixed", Kelly is a girl shown to be a lesbian until "cured" by the institution. The orientation video shows that she eventually marries a man. Dolph, Clayton, Andre, and Joel are the male gay campers. Rock is the son of Mary Brown, the founder of True Directions. Rock is supposedly straight, but actually is a closeted gay man. Mike is supposedly an ex-gay man, who helps with the process of "curing" campers from their homosexuality. However, he is clearly shown to be still attracted to men; for example, when he stares at Rock with a lustful expression and tone of voice, he says to the campers: "Don't you see how sad and pathetic you all are, always wanting something you can't have?" Lloyd and Larry are a gay couple described as "ex, ex-gays". Before the events of the film, they were once campers at True Directions before they defected. They help the campers in the film to sneak out and go party at a gay bar, and also give advice about dealing with one's own sexuality. Lloyd and Larry let the ex-camper Dolph live with them when he is expelled from True Directions for having sex at the institution. (Jan (played by Katrina Phillips) is a girl mistaken for a lesbian because of her butch appearance, but she is actually straight.) | United States |
Graham Eaton | Clea DuVall | |||||
Sinead Laren | Katharine Towne | |||||
Hilary Vandermuller | Melanie Lynskey | |||||
Kelly | Ione Skye (uncredited) | |||||
Dolph | Gay | Dante Basco | ||||
Clayton Dunn | Kip Pardue | |||||
Andre | Douglas Spain | |||||
Joel Goldberg | Joel Michaely | |||||
Rock Brown | Eddie Cibrian | |||||
Mike | RuPaul | |||||
Lloyd Morgan-Gordon | Wesley Mann | |||||
Larry Morgan-Gordon | Richard Moll | |||||
1999 | Cruel Intentions | Kathryn Merteuil | (Ambiguous) | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Kathryn and Cecille Caldwell have an iconic kiss in the film. It is not known whether Kathryn or Cecille is lesbian, or if their kiss was part of an attempt by Kathryn to get back at her ex-boyfriend, Court Reynolds.[54][55] | United States |
1999 | Election | Tammy Metzler | Lesbian | Jessica Campbell | Tammy is a closeted lesbian. Early in the film she is dumped by her girlfriend, Lisa Flanagan, for her brother. She later runs a nihilistic campaign for class president with the intent to dismantle the student government, and get revenge on her brother. She falsely confesses to ripping down campaign posters, resulting in her expulsion and transfer to a Catholic girls school. Her story ends happily, as she meets her next love, Jennifer, at the school. (Early on in the film, Tammy gives a narration where she says, "it's not like I'm a lesbian or anything, I'm attracted to the person. It's just that all the people I've ever been attracted to happen to be girls.")[56][57][58] | United States |
1999 | Flawless | Rusty Zimmerman | Transgender | Philip Seymour Hoffman | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | Girl, Interrupted | Lisa Rowe | Bisexual | Angelina Jolie | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | The Haunting | Theodora | Bisexual | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Theodora mentions having both a boyfriend and a girlfriend. [59] | United States |
1999 | Magnolia | "Quiz Kid" Donnie Smith | Gay | William H. Macy | [citation needed] | United States |
1999 | Summer of Sam | Ritchie | Bisexual | Adrien Brody | In this film, one of the protagonists is a volatile bisexual character named Ritchie, Vinny's childhood friend who has embraced punk fashion and music, who begins a relationship with Ruby.[60] | United States |
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Tom Ripley | Bisexual | Matt Damon | [citation needed] | United States |
21st century[]
2000–2004[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | American Psycho | Luis Carruthers | Gay | Matt Ross | [citation needed] | United States |
2000 | Before Night Falls | Reinaldo Arenas | Gay | Javier Bardem | [citation needed] | United States |
Pepe Malas | Andrea Di Stefano | |||||
Tomas Diego | Santiago Magill | |||||
Bon Bon | Transgender | Johnny Depp | ||||
2000 | Best in Show | Christy Cummings | Lesbian | Jane Lynch | [citation needed] | United States |
Sherri Ann Ward Cabot | Jennifer Coolidge | |||||
Scott Donlan | Gay | John Michael Higgins | ||||
Stefan Vanderhoof | Michael McKean | |||||
2000 | Billy Elliot | Michael Caffrey | Gay cross-dresser |
Stuart Wells (young Michael) Merryn Owen (adult Michael) |
Michael is a young boy, and the best friend of the protagonist and title character, Billy Elliot. At some point, Michael is seen using a dress and makeup. He is gay and shows interest in Billy. While Billy is not gay and does not reciprocate, he is supportive of his friend.[citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2000 | Chuck & Buck | Buck O'Brien | Gay | Mike White | [citation needed] | United States |
2001 | Bungee Jumping of Their Own | Seo In-woo | Bisexual | Lee Byung-hun | A university student, Seo In-woo, falls passionately in love with a girl, Tae-hee, who is studying at the same university, within moments of first meeting her. They begin dating a short time after, but she is suddenly killed in a car crash. Almost 20 years on, married and with a daughter, he is a high school teacher. One day he spots a male student, Im Hyun-bin, who looks almost identical to his former girlfriend. Within a short time, Seo In-woo falls in love with him, even though he feels uncomfortable doing so, and both are soon bullied and taunted for being gay by the school's students. It is only gradually that Seo In-woo realises that Hyun-bin is, in fact, the reincarnation of Tae-hee. They then go to New Zealand and decide to jump off a bridge together without safety ropes, perhaps to ensure that both will be reincarnated.[citation needed] | South Korea |
2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Hedwig Robinson/Hansel | Transgender | John Cameron Mitchell | [citation needed] | United States |
Luther Robinson | Gay | Maurice Dean Wint | ||||
2001 | Ichi the Killer | Kakihara | Bisexual | Tadanobu Asano | Kakihara is a sadomasochist with an unnatural passion. He prefers mostly males over females for engaging in S&M. He inflicts pain on himself for pleasure and has no interest in sexuality, but is willing to become lovers with anyone who satisfies his pleasure (based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga of the same name).[citation needed] | Japan |
2001 | Iris | Iris Murdoch | Lesbian | Judi Dench (adult Iris) Kate Winslet (young Iris) |
[citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2001 | Kissing Jessica Stein | Helen Cooper | Bisexual | Heather Juergensen | [citation needed] | United States |
Martin | Gay | Michael Mastro | ||||
Sebastian | Carson Elrod | |||||
2001 | Lan Yu | Lan Yu | Gay | Liu Ye | The film is set in mainland China and tells the story of an affair between a young man and a middle-aged man.[61][62] | China, Hong Kong |
Chen Handong | Hu Jun | |||||
2001 | Lost and Delirious | Pauline Oster | Lesbian | Piper Perabo | [63] | Canada |
Victoria "Tori" Moller | Jessica Paré | |||||
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Creighton Tolliver | Gay | Jon Polito | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2001 | Mulholland Drive | Betty Elms | Lesbian | Naomi Watts | [citation needed] | France, United States |
Rita | Bisexual | Laura Elena Harring | ||||
2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Margot Tennenbaum | Bisexual | Gwyneth Paltrow | Margot, a strong female character, who had a previous relationship with a woman, follows three siblings who were talents when they were children but "grow up into disappointments."[64] | United States |
2002 | Bend It Like Beckham | Tony | Gay | Ameet Chana | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2002 | Dahmer | Jeffrey Dahmer | Gay | Jeremy Renner | The film depicts the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.[citation needed] | United States |
2002 | Far From Heaven | Frank Whitaker | Gay | Dennis Quaid | [citation needed] | United States |
2002 | Frida | Frida Kahlo | Bisexual | Salma Hayek | [citation needed] | United States |
2002 | The Hours | Richard Brown | Gay | Ed Harris | [65][66][67] Clarissa's long-term relationship with Sally is seemingly threatened while she pines for "a long-lost romance with Richard." As such, the plot twist at the end of the film makes Clarissa even more distraught, with sexual identities not the focus of this film. | United Kingdom, United States |
Sally Lester | Lesbian | Allison Janney | ||||
Clarissa Vaughan | Bisexual | Meryl Streep | ||||
Virginia Woolf | Nicole Kidman | |||||
2002 | The Laramie Project | Matthew Shepard | Gay | (No actor) | [68] | United States |
Cathy Connolly | Lesbian | Janeane Garofalo | ||||
2002 | May | May Dove Canady | Bisexual | Angela Bettis | [citation needed] | United States |
Ambrosia | Lesbian | Nichole Hiltz | ||||
Polly | Anna Faris | |||||
2002 | The Rules of Attraction | Paul Denton | Bisexual | Ian Somerhalder | This film follows a love triangle between Sean, Laura, and Paul, the latter of whom is the boyfriend of Laura and is attracted to Sean, who he tries to go out with, but fails.[69] | Germany, United States |
2003 | Arisan! | Nino | Gay | Surya Saputra | [citation needed] | Indonesia |
Sakti | Tora Sudiro | |||||
2003 | Beautiful Boxer | Parinya Charoenphol | Trans woman | Asanee Suwan | [citation needed] | Thailand |
2003 | Bright Young Things | Miles Maitland | Gay | Michael Sheen | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2003 | Elephant | Alex | Gay | Alex Frost | [citation needed] | United States |
Eric | Eric Deulen | |||||
2003 | Latter Days | Aaron Davis | Gay | Steve Sandvoss | [citation needed] | United States |
Christian Markelli | Wes Ramsey | |||||
2003 | A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | Trans woman | Harry Shearer | [citation needed] | United States |
2003 | Monster | Aileen Wuornos | Lesbian | Charlize Theron | [70][71] | United States |
Tyria Moore | Christina Ricci | |||||
2003 | Party Monster | Michael Alig | Bisexual | Macaulay Culkin | [citation needed] | United States |
Keoki | Wilmer Valderrama | |||||
James St. James | Gay | Seth Green | ||||
Christina | Trans woman | Marilyn Manson | ||||
2003 | Soldier's Girl | Calpernia Addams | Trans woman | Lee Pace | [citation needed] | Canada, United States |
2003 | SpiderBabe | Patricia Porker | Bisexual | Erin Brown | [citation needed] | United States |
2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun | Patti | Lesbian | Sandra Oh | [citation needed] | United States |
2004 | Bad Education | Enrique Goded | Gay | Fele Martínez | [citation needed] | Spain |
Father Manolo | Daniel Giménez Cacho | |||||
Ignacio Rodriguez | Francisco Boira | |||||
Zahara | Transgender | Gael García Bernal | ||||
2004 | D.E.B.S | Lucy Diamond | Lesbian | Jordana Brewster | [72] | United States |
Amy Bradshaw | Bisexual | Sara Foster | ||||
2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Kate Veatch | Bisexual | Christine Taylor | It's not until the film is ending that Kate mentions she has a girlfriend named Joyce, who has come to watch her play; nor has Kate previously been shown as being attracted to women. One teammate then says to the other: "I told you she was a lesbian", to which Kate replies "Hey! I'm not a lesbian! No. I'm bisexual." Then she kisses one of the men.[73][74] | United States |
2004 | Formula 17 | Chou T'ien Tsai | Gay | Tony Yang | A "feel good" gay romantic comedy film from Taiwan about a young man, Chou T'ien-Tsai, who is looking for romance as he takes a trip to the capital, Taipei, to visit an online boyfriend in person for the first time. Disappointed to find that his online friend only wants sex and has no interest in forming a romantic bond, he starts to look elsewhere, finding his internet relationship. There are many adventures as T'ien's roommate and friends also help him look for the man of his dreams. The film was banned in Singapore, because it "portrays homosexuality as normal, and a natural progression of society".[75] | Taiwan |
Bai Tieh Nan/Richard Bai | Duncan Lai | |||||
Yu | King Chin | |||||
Jun | Jason Chang | |||||
C.C. | Dada Ji | |||||
Alan | James Yun | |||||
Ray | Jeff Locker | |||||
Kevin | Ladder Yu | |||||
2004 | Grande École | Paul | Bisexual | Gregori Baquet | In this film, about education, class, race and homosexuality,[76] Paul has a girlfriend but sleeps with one of his new roommates, while Mécir, a young Arab manual worker, becomes attracted to him.[77] | France |
Mécir | Salim Kechiouche | |||||
2004 | Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey | Bisexual | Liam Neeson | [citation needed] | United States |
2004 | Mean Girls | Damian | Gay | Daniel Franzese | [citation needed] | United States |
2004 | Mysterious Skin | Neil McCormick | Gay | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | [citation needed] | Netherlands, United States |
2004 | Star Appeal | Xiao Bo | Bisexual | Yu Bo | A gay-themed science fiction film shot on static video camera, the story revolves around a young man from the planet Mars, known as 'E.T.', who arrives on Earth totally naked. He befriends a young bisexual Chinese man, Xiao Bo, who removes his own clothes to make E.T. feel more comfortable, and teaches him languages, science and a range of other subjects. The two become close, and eventually fall in love. E.T. later falls in love with Xiao Bo's girlfriend, and the two attempt to have a baby.[citation needed] | China |
E.T. | Guifeng Wang | |||||
2004 | White Chicks | Aubrey Allure | Gay | Kevin Blatch | [citation needed] | United States |
2005–2009[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Be Cool | Elliot Wilhelm | Gay | Dwayne Johnson | [citation needed] | United States |
2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick "Kitten" Braden | Trans woman | Cillian Murphy | [citation needed] | Ireland, United Kingdom |
2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Ennis Del Mar | Bisexual | Heath Ledger | Ennis and Jack are in love with each other, but they also have loving and sexual relations with their wives.[78][79][80] | United States |
Jack Twist | Jake Gyllenhaal | |||||
Randall Malone | David Harbour | |||||
2005 | Capote | Truman Capote | Gay | Philip Seymour Hoffman | [citation needed] | United States, Canada |
Jack Dunphy | Bruce Greenwood | |||||
2005 | Cold Showers | Michael | Bisexual | Johan Libéreau | The story of a ménage à trois between two young men and a young woman which results in the men becoming attracted to each other.[citation needed] | France |
Clément | Pierre Perrier | |||||
2005 | Imagine Me & You | Luce | Lesbian | Lena Headey | [citation needed] | Germany, United Kingdom |
Rachel | Bisexual | Piper Perabo | ||||
2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Perry Van Shrike/"Gay Perry" | Gay | Val Kilmer | [citation needed] | United States |
2005 | My Fair Son | Ray | Gay | Junrui Wang | [citation needed] | China |
Unnamed student | Guifeng Wang | |||||
Xiao Bo | Bisexual | Yu Bo | ||||
2005 | Rent | Thomas B. "Tom" Collins | Gay | Jesse L. Martin | [citation needed] | United States |
Angel Dumott Schunard | Wilson Jermaine Heredia | |||||
Joanne Jefferson | Lesbian | Tracie Thoms | ||||
Maureen Johnson | Bisexual | Idina Menzel | ||||
2005 | Sin City | Lucille | Lesbian | Carla Gugino | Marv's parole officer.[citation needed] | United States |
2005 | Tides of War | Frank Habley | Gay | Adrian Paul | Cmdr. Frank Habley and Lt. Cmdr. Tim Palatonio (Frank's executive officer) are partners and serving on the same submarine. Tom is killed in a battle and Frank must continue to serve on the same vessel.[81] Released in theaters as Phantom Below with the gay theme excluded. The gay version was broadcast by the Here network.[82][83][84] | United States |
Tom Palatonio | Mike Doyle | |||||
2005 | Transamerica | Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne | Trans woman | Felicity Huffman | [citation needed] | United States |
Toby | Bisexual | Kevin Zegers | ||||
2005 | V for Vendetta | Gordon Deitrich | Gay | Stephen Fry | [citation needed] | Germany, United Kingdom, United States |
Valerie Page | Lesbian | Natasha Wightman | ||||
2005 | Where the Truth Lies | Vince Collins | Bisexual | Colin Firth | [citation needed] | Canada, United Kingdom |
2006 | The Architect | Shawn | Gay | Paul James | [citation needed] | United States |
Martin Waters | Sebastian Stan | |||||
2006 | Boy Culture | Alex "X" | Gay | Derek Magyar | [citation needed] | United States |
Andrew | Darryl Stephens | |||||
Joey | Jonathon Trent | |||||
Gregory Talbot | Patrick Bauchau | |||||
2006 | The Bubble | Ashraf | Gay | Yousef 'Joe' Sweid | [citation needed] | Israel |
Noam | Ohad Knoller | |||||
Yali | Alon Friedman | |||||
2006 | Eternal Summer | Jonathan | Gay | Bryant Chang | Set in Taiwan, the story is about a studious schoolboy, Jonathan, who is asked by his teacher to look after another boy, Shane, who is rebellious and dislikes learning. Ten years on, they have developed a good friendship despite their divergent lives: Jonathan on course to go to university and Shane to become a basketball player. Jonathan is also attracted to Shane, but the attraction is not reciprocated. However, the young men's fates change when a girl, Carrie, has a secret affair with Shane (who is determined to keep it secret in order to protect Jonathan's feelings) and also does her best to persuade Shane to abandon basketball and instead work hard to try to enter university.[citation needed] | Taiwan |
2006 | The History Boys | Stuart Dakin | Bisexual | Dominic Cooper | This film is based on the play of the same name.[citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Douglas Hector | Gay | Richard Griffiths | ||||
Tom Irwin | Stephen Campbell Moore | |||||
David Posner | Samuel Barnett | |||||
2006 | In Her Line of Fire | Lynn Delaney | Lesbian | Mariel Hemingway | Sergeant Major Lynn Delaney is an openly lesbian Secret Service agent guarding the VP of the United States. She's an ex-Marine and friend of the VP, and served with him during Operation Desert Storm. Lynn and Sharon fall for each other.[85] Air Force Two, the alternate version of the film distributed outside of the United States, deleted all references to Delaney's lesbianism including the two kiss scenes between her and Sharon.[86][87] | United States |
Sharon Serrano | Jill Bennett | |||||
2006 | Let's Go to Prison | Barry | Gay | Chi McBride | [citation needed] | United States |
Nelson Biederman IV | Will Arnett | |||||
2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Frank Ginsberg | Gay | Steve Carell | [citation needed] | United States |
2006 | Loving Annabelle | Annabelle Tillman | Lesbian | Erin Kelly | Anabelle in an openly lesbian and emotionally mature student that transfers to a strict Catholic boarding school in her senior high school year after being expelled from two previous schools. She falls in love with her poetry teacher, Simone. Simone is a closeted lesbian teacher who resists Annabelle's flirtations and advances, but falls in love with her. After the suicide of her lover, Amanda, she repressed her sexual orientation; afterwards becoming involved with a male teacher from another school as a cover-up instead of dealing with the pain and loss.[88] | United States |
Simone Bradley | Diane Gaidry | |||||
2006 | No Regret | Lee Su-min | Gay | Lee Yeong-hoon | [citation needed] | South Korea |
Song Jae-min | Kim Nam-gil | |||||
2006 | Wedding Wars | Shel | Gay | John Stamos | [citation needed] | Canada, United States |
2007 | Across the Universe | Prudence | Lesbian | T.V. Carpio | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2007 | Breakfast with Scot | Eric McNally | Gay | Tom Cavanagh | [citation needed] | Canada |
Sam | Ben Shenkman | |||||
Scot | Noah Bernett | |||||
2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Fred Duncan | Gay | Ving Rhames | [citation needed] | United States |
2007 | Love Songs | Ismaël Benoliel | Bisexual | Louis Garrel | Ismaël, Julie, and Alice are in a ménage-à-trois. After a tragedy strikes and breaks them apart, the characters learn to deal with loss and mourning. Ismaël unexpectedly finds love again with a young man named Erwann.[89] | France |
Julie Pommeraye | Ludivigne Sagnier | |||||
Alice | Clotilde Hesme | |||||
Erwann | Gay | Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet | ||||
2007 | Planet Terror | Dakota Block | Bisexual | Marley Shelton | [citation needed] | United States |
Tammy Visan | Lesbian | Stacy Ferguson | ||||
2007 | Pleasure Factory | Jonathan | Bisexual | Loo Zihan | The film is set in Singapore's red-light district. Jonathan has sexual relationships with both men and women.[citation needed] | Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand |
2007 | Reign Over Me | Charlie Fineman | Bisexual | Adam Sandler | [citation needed] | United States |
2007 | Shelter | Shaun | Gay | Brad Rowe | [citation needed] | United States |
Zach | Bisexual | Trevor Wright | ||||
2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Dewey Cox | Bisexual | John C. Reilly | [citation needed] | United States |
2007 | The Walker | Carter Page III | Gay | Woody Harrelson | [citation needed] | United States, United Kingdom |
2008 | City Without Baseball | Ronnie | Bisexual | Ron Heung | In a story set in the 1990s, Ronnie, a pitcher with Hong Kong's National Baseball Team, has a steady girlfriend and appears well settled-in. But over time, he becomes increasingly attracted to one of his colleagues, and summons up the courage to kiss him in the men's changing rooms. The actors, including the protagonist, were real-life members of the National Baseball Team at the time of filming. Based on a real story, the film is the first feature produced by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker known as 'Scud'.[citation needed] | Hong Kong |
2008 | Dream Boy | Nathan Davies | Gay | Stephan Bender | [citation needed] | United States |
Roy | Maximillian Roeg | |||||
2008 | Milk | Harvey Milk | Gay | Sean Penn | [citation needed] | United States |
Scott Smith | James Franco | |||||
2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena | Bisexual | Penélope Cruz | [90] | Spain, United States |
2009 | Brüno | Brüno Gehard | Gay | Sacha Baron Cohen | [citation needed] | United States, United Kingdom |
2009 | Chloe | Chloe Sweeney | Bisexual | Amanda Seyfried | [citation needed] | Canada, France, United States |
2009 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | Gay | Ewan Mcgregor | [citation needed] | France, United States |
Steven Russell | Jim Carrey | |||||
2009 | Mundane History | Ake | Gay | Phakpoom Surapongsanuruk | The film tells the story of a young Thai man, Ake, who is bed-ridden and paralyzed from the waist down. He gradually becomes sexually attracted by his male nurse, Pun, during washing and changing.[citation needed] | Thailand |
2009 | Permanent Residence | Ivan | Gay | Sean Li | Ivan seeks a long-term relationship with a straight friend. Befriending another young man, Windson, at a public sports club, the two build up a friendly rapport. However, Windson becomes aware of his inclination, and while happy to remain his friend, is initially very reluctant to become emotionally involved with him. It is the first feature to be directed by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker known as 'Scud'.[citation needed] | Hong Kong |
Windson | Bisexual | Osman Hung | ||||
2009 | Shank | Cal | Gay | Wayne Virgo | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Olivier | Marc Laurent | |||||
Scott | Garry Summers | |||||
Jonno | Bisexual | Tom Bott | ||||
2009 | A Single Man | George Falconer | Gay | Colin Firth | [citation needed] | United States |
2009 | Soundless Wind Chime | Ricky | Gay | Lu Yulai | An interracial love story. The story, told through a linear narrative and a series of complex, interlocking flashbacks, revolves around a young man, Ricky, who has arrived in Hong Kong from mainland China, and works as a delivery boy. He is robbed by a Swiss thief, Pascal, who admits his crime and returns the stolen item. The two eventually embark on a love affair, but through several flashbacks, it eventually becomes clear that Pascal has subsequently been killed in a road accident near their flat, which Ricky had witnessed. Some years later, Ricky visits Pascal's former home in Switzerland to find it abandoned. During his time there, he meets Pascal's doppelganger in a man called Ueli, who nevertheless has a very different personality. They, too, fall in love and the contentment that Ricky finds enables him to reflect on the relationship he had with Pascal.[citation needed] | Hong Kong, Switzerland, China |
Pascal | Bernhard Bulling | |||||
Ueli | Bernhard Bulling |
2010–2014[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Amphetamine | Daniel | Gay | Thomas Price | Daniel, a wealthy Chinese Australian investment banker working in Hong Kong who is openly gay, meets and befriends Kafka, a young swimming instructor from a poor local family, who has strong religious beliefs. Kafka was sexually assaulted as a teenager by a male gang after successfully defending a young woman from being raped, and as a result, he has become impotent and a habitual user of recreational drugs. Although initially uncomfortable with Daniel's obvious sexual attraction to him, he soon sees Daniel as offering him new hope in life, and he falls deeply in love with him. But Kafka's life begins to fall apart again when his mother dies suddenly, and he attempts to end his life. Set after the 2008 financial collapse, the film is the second feature film directed by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker, 'Scud'.[citation needed] | Hong Kong |
Kafka | Bisexual | Byron Pang | ||||
2010 | Beginners | Hal | Gay | Christopher Plummer | United States | |
2010 | Kaboom | Hunter | Bisexual | Jason Olive | [citation needed] | United States |
Lorelei | Lesbian | Roxane Mesquida | [citation needed] | |||
Oliver | Gay | Brennan Mejia | [citation needed] | |||
Rex | Bisexual | Andy Fischer-Price | [citation needed] | |||
Smith | Bisexual | Thomas Dekker | [citation needed] | |||
Stella | Lesbian | Haley Bennett | [citation needed] | |||
2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Jules | Lesbian | Julianne Moore | United States | |
Nic | Annette Bening | |||||
2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Ramona Flowers | Bisexual | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Ramona describes her relationship with Roxy Richter (Mae Whitman) as her being "bi-curious".[91][64] As in the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series the film is based on, Ramona has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her lesbian ex-girlfriend Roxanne. | United Kingdom, United States, Japan |
Roxanne "Roxy" Richter | Lesbian | Mae Whitman | ||||
Stephen Stills | Gay | Mark Webber | Stephen is gay in the graphic novel series.[92] | |||
Wallace Wells | Kieran Culkin | Wallace Wells is Scott's gay roommate. | ||||
2010 | Valentine's Day | Sean Jackson | Gay | Eric Dane | [citation needed] | United States |
Holden Wilson | Gay | Bradley Cooper | [citation needed] | |||
2010 | Yes or No | Kim | Lesbian | Suppanad Jittaleela | [citation needed] | Thailand |
Pie | Bisexual | Sushar Manaying | [citation needed] | |||
2011 | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | Trans man | Glenn Close | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, Ireland |
Hubert Page | Janet McTeer | |||||
2011 | Austin Unbound: A Deaf Journey of Transgender Heroism | Austin Richey | Trans man | Austin Richey | [citation needed] | United States |
2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Graham Dashwood | Gay | Tom Wilkinson | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2011 | Cloudburst | Stella | Lesbian | Olympia Dukakis | Stella and Dot are an elderly couple in Maine who have been together for decades. Dot is in poor health and Stella has been taking care of her. The only one who is clueless that they are lesbians in a relationship is Dot's granddaughter. After she convinces the frail Dot to sign a power-of-attorney and relocate to an assisted living facility, Stella breaks into the home and she and Dot flee to Nova Scotia where same-sex marriage is legal.[93] | Canada, United States |
Dot | Brenda Fricker | |||||
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | Bisexual | Rooney Mara | [citation needed] | United States, Sweden, United Kingdom |
Miriam "Mimi" Wu | Elodie Yung | |||||
2011 | Just Go With It | Ian Maxtone-Jones | Gay | Dave Matthews | [citation needed] | United States |
2011 | Love Actually... Sucks! | Bridegroom | Bisexual | Jackie Chow | The film tells a series of interconnected stories, several with LGBT relationships. It was inspired by real-life events. The opening wedding banquet reveals a sex affair between the bridegroom and a bridesman. Other stories include a married painter who falls in love with his young male life model, a dance school teacher who becomes involved with his senior student and a role-playing lesbian couple. The film celebrates the belief that life is love.[94][95] It is the third feature film directed by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker, 'Scud'. | Hong Kong |
Bridesman | Gay | Ryo van Kooten | ||||
Model | Gay | Tang Wei | ||||
Painter | Gay | John Tai | ||||
Policewoman | Lesbian | Lareine Xu | ||||
Policewoman's girl | Lesbian | Celia Chang | ||||
2011 | North Sea Texas | Pim | Gay | Jelle Florizoone | [citation needed] | Belgium |
Gino | Bisexual | Mathias Vergels | [citation needed] | |||
2011 | The Skin I Live In | Cristina | Lesbian | Bárbara Lennie | [citation needed] | Spain |
2012 | Cloud Atlas | Robert Frobisher | Bisexual | Ben Whishaw | Robert, living in 1930s Britain, is a budding composer, an apprentice to a musical genius, Vyvyan Ayrs, while Robert has a lover, Rufus Sixsmith, as well.[96] | Germany, United States |
Rufus Sixsmith | Gay | James D'Arcy | [citation needed] | |||
2012 | Jack & Diane | Diane | Lesbian | Juno Temple | [citation needed] | United States |
Jack | Lesbian | Riley Keough | [citation needed] | |||
2012 | Laurence Anyways | Laurence Alia | Trans woman | Melvil Poupaud | [citation needed] | Canada |
2012 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Brad | Gay | Johnny Simmons | [citation needed] | United States |
Patrick | Gay | Ezra Miller | [citation needed] | |||
2012 | Skyfall | Raoul Silva | Bisexual | Javier Bardem | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2012 | Speechless | Luke | Gay | Pierre-Matthieu Vital | [citation needed] | Hong Kong, China |
Han Dong | Bisexual | Jian Jiang | ||||
2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Adèle | Bisexual | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Adèle meets Emma in a lesbian bar, and they later enter a relationship and start to live with each other. [97] Eventually, Emma finds out that Adèle cheated with Antoine, a male colleague, and their relationship ends. Afterwards, Emma enters a relationship with Lise. | France |
Emma | Lesbian | Léa Seydoux | ||||
Lise | Lesbian | Mona Walravens | ||||
2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Rayon | Trans woman | Jared Leto | [citation needed] | United States |
2013 | Free Fall | Marc Borgmann | Bisexual | Hanno Koffler | [citation needed] | Germany |
Kay Engel | Gay | Max Riemelt | [citation needed] | |||
2013 | G.B.F. | Tanner Daniels | Gay | Michael J. Willett | [citation needed] | United States |
Brent Van Camp | Gay | Paul Iacono | ||||
2013 | Horns | Eric Hannity | Gay | Michael Adamthwaite | [citation needed] | Canada, United States |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Insect-Man | Gay | Robert Emms | The film Kick-Ass 2 is based on the graphic novel of the same name. In both the comics and the film, Insect-Man is an insect-themed superhero and a member of the Justice Forever team, which consists of people who became superheroes inspired by Kick-Ass. In the comics, Insect-Man wears a mask. He claims to be a policeman who uses his secret identity to do things being a policeman does not allow him to do. His sexuality is not addressed. Conversely, in the film, Insect-Man is gay and was bullied when he was younger because of this. He claims this inspired him to become a superhero to stand up for the defenseless. He does not wear a mask because it would feel like going back into the closet.[citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2013 | Kill Your Darlings | Lucien Carr | Gay | Dane DeHaan | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Allen Ginsberg | Bisexual | Daniel Radcliffe | [citation needed] | |||
2013 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Alec Lightwood | Gay | Kevin Zegers | [citation needed] | Canada, Germany |
Magnus Bane | Bisexual | Godfrey Gao | [citation needed] | |||
2013 | Tom at the Farm | Tom Podowski | Gay | Xavier Dolan | Tom travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother named Francis.[98] | Canada |
Francis Longchamp | Bisexual | Pierre-Yves Cardinal | ||||
2013 | Voyage | Ryo | Gay | Ryo van Kooten | Filmed in the English language across Asia and Europe, the story follows the journey of a young Hong Kong psychiatrist (played by Chinese-German film actor Ryo van Kooten), who is accompanied by his male lover as he visits former patients in neighbouring countries of South East Asia by travelling to see them on his large luxury sailing yacht. Several of his clients are themselves in LGBT relationships. The film is the fourth commercially released film directed by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker known as 'Scud', and features frequent full-frontal male nudity.[99] | Hong Kong |
Jip | Gay | Jason Poon | ||||
2014 | Girltrash: All Night Long | Misty Monroe | Lesbian | Mandy Musgrave | This film is based on the Girltrash! series.[citation needed] | United States |
Daisy Robson | Lisa Rieffel | |||||
Colby Robson | Gabrielle Christian | |||||
Sid | Kate French | |||||
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Monsieur Gustave H. | Bisexual | Ralph Fiennes | [100][101] | United States, Germany |
2014 | The Imitation Game | Alan Turing | Gay | Benedict Cumberbatch (adult) Alex Lawther (young) |
This historical drama film about the life of Alan Turing depicts his work on the cryptanalysis of the Enigma, an encryption machine used by Germany during the World War II. After the war is over, Alan Turing is convicted of indecency because he is gay. He undergoes chemical castration and later commits suicide.[citation needed] | United States |
Christopher Morcom | Gay | Jack Bannon | The young Alan Turing in school is shown being close to his classmate Christopher Morcom. They pass encoded notes to each other on paper. The messages include "see you in two long weeks, dearest friend" and "I love you". Their friendship comes to an end when the young Christopher dies from bovine tuberculosis. The adult Alan Turing names the Enigma-breaking machine "Christopher" after him.[citation needed] | |||
2014 | Life Partners | Sasha Weiss | Lesbian | Leighton Meester | A struggling musician.[citation needed] | United States |
2014 | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner | Lesbian | Julia Roberts | [citation needed] | United States |
Felix Turner | Gay | Matt Bomer | [citation needed] | |||
Alexander "Ned" Weeks | Gay | Mark Ruffalo | [citation needed] | |||
2014 | Predestination | Jane/John | Transgender | Sarah Snook | [citation needed] | Australia |
2014 | Pride | Mark Ashton | Gay | Ben Schnetzer | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Mike Jackson | Gay | Joe Gilgun | [citation needed] | |||
Steph Chambers | Lesbian | Faye Marsay | [citation needed] | |||
Jonathan Blake | Gay | Dominic West | [citation needed] | |||
Gethin Roberts | Gay | Andrew Scott | [citation needed] | |||
Jeff Cole | Gay | Freddie Fox | [citation needed] | |||
Reggie | Gay | Chris Overton | [citation needed] | |||
Ray | Gay | Joshua Hill | [citation needed] | |||
Joe "Bromley" Cooper | Gay | George Mackay | [citation needed] | |||
Stella | Lesbian | Karina Fernandez | [citation needed] | |||
Zoe | Lesbian | Jessie Cave | [citation needed] | |||
Cliff Barry | Gay | Bill Nighy | [citation needed] | |||
Tim | Gay | Russel Tovey | [citation needed] | |||
2014 | The Way He Looks | Leonardo | Gay | Ghilherme Lobo | Leonardo is a blind high school student who falls in love with the new kid, Gabriel.[citation needed] Gabriel is the new kid who falls in love with Leo, the blind student. He was once aroused when he saw Leo naked in the showers. | Brazil |
Gabriel | Fabio Audi |
2015–2019[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 3 Generations | Ray | Transgender | Elle Fanning | [citation needed] | United States |
Maggie | Lesbian | Susan Sarandon | ||||
2015 | 4th Man Out | Adam | Gay | Evan Todd | [citation needed] | United States |
2015 | Carol | Carol Aird | Lesbian | Cate Blanchett | Carol was always attracted to females, but married as was expected of her social status and the post-World War II era. While in divorce proceedings, she meets Therese and comes out publicly after her love affair with her is exposed. Therese realizes she is gay after she meets Carol and falls in love with her.[102][103] (The film is based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith.) | United States |
Therese Belivet | Rooney Mara | |||||
2015 | The Danish Girl | Lili Elbe | Transgender | Eddie Redmayne | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2015 | Dope | Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews | Lesbian | Kiersey Clemons | Diggy can be seen in male clothing.[citation needed] | United States |
2015 | Grandma | Deathy | Transgender | Laverne Cox | [citation needed] | United States |
Elle Reid | Lesbian | Lily Tomlin | ||||
2015 | Aritz | Gay | Jorge Clemente | [citation needed] | Spain | |
2015 | Holy Mess | Oscar | Gay | Anton Lundqvist | [citation needed] | Sweden |
Simon | Anastasios Soulis | |||||
2015 | Legend | Ronnie Kray | Gay | Tom Hardy | [citation needed] | France, United Kingdom |
Teddy Smith | Taron Egerton | |||||
2015 | Tangerine | Alexandra | Trans woman | Mya Taylor | [citation needed] | United States |
Sin-Dee Rella | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | |||||
2015 | Those People | Charlie | Gay | Jonathan Gordon | Charlie has always been in love with his best friend Sebastian. Both of them are gay and too afraid to admit their love for each other. But after some life changing events happen in both of their lives, they try to figure out what their relationship really is.[citation needed] | United States |
Sebastian | Jason Ralph | |||||
2015 | Utopians | Hins Gao | Bisexual | Adonis He Fei | Hins Gao is in a relationship with his female classmate Joy, but gradually becomes attracted to his professor, Antonio Ming.[104] | Hong Kong |
Antonio Ming | Gay | Jackie Chow | ||||
2016 | Being 17 | Damien Delille | Gay | Kacey Mottet Klein | The movie follows the romantic and sexual awakening of Damien and Thomas as their initial animosity, expressed in violence, morphs into love.[105] | France |
Thomas Chardoul | Corentin Fila | |||||
2016 | Center of My World | Nicholas | Bisexual | Jannik Schümann | [citation needed] | Germany |
Pascal | Lesbian | Nina Proll | ||||
Tereza | Inka Friedrich | |||||
Phil | Gay | Louis Hofmann | ||||
2016 | The Handmaiden | Lady / Izumi Hideko | Lesbian | Kim Min-hee | [citation needed] | South Korea |
Maid / Nam Sook-hee | Kim Tae-ri | |||||
2016 | Handsome Devil | Conor Masters | Gay | Nicholas Galitzine | [citation needed] | Ireland |
Dan Sherry | Andrew Scott | |||||
2016 | Heartstone | Kristján | Gay | Blær Hinriksson | [citation needed] | Iceland |
2016 | King Cobra | Brent Corrigan | Gay | Garrett Clayton | [citation needed] | United States |
Harlow Cuadra | Keegan Allen | |||||
Joe Kerekes | James Franco | |||||
Bryan Kocis | Christian Slater | |||||
Mikey | Spencer Lofranco | |||||
2016 | Moonlight | Chiron Harris ("Little"/"Black") | Gay | Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Alex Hibbart | [citation needed] | United States |
Kevin Jones | Bisexual | André Holland | ||||
2016 | Mother's Day | Gabi | Lesbian | Sarah Chalke | [citation needed] | United States |
Max | Cameron Esposito | |||||
2016 | Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Pete Regazolli | Gay | Dave Franco | [citation needed] | United States |
2016 | The Neon Demon | Ruby | Lesbian | Jena Malone | [citation needed] | Denmark, France, United States |
2016 | Eden | Lesbian | Sophia Disgrace | Eden and Matila are a lesbian couple trying to get by.[106] | United Kingdom | |
Matilda | Rahel Kapsaski | |||||
The Diva | Trans woman | Jeff Kristian | ||||
2016 | Their Finest | Phyl Moore | Lesbian | Rachael Stirling | Phyl is the Ministry of Information liaison keeping an eye on the screenwriters and coordinating the development of the film script. She wears button-down shirt and tie, jacket and tailored pants. She says to Catrin Cole, "I've never much seen the point in men"; and when one of the screenwriters asks who else the girls in the story are going to fall in love with she answers, "each other?"[107][108] | United Kingdom |
2017 | Alien: Covenant | Carl Lope | Gay | Demián Bichir | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
Hallett | Nathaniel Dean | |||||
2017 | Atomic Blonde | Lorraine Broughton | Bisexual | Charlize Theron | Lorraine, a secret agent for MI6, does not fall in love with her male counterpart, but she has "sex with another female spy," Delphine Lasalle, entering into a romantic relationship with her. Theron confirmed Lorraine as a bisexual.[109][110][111] [112][113] (Some reviewers noted that the lesbian romance subplot of the film is not in the original graphic novel.) | United States |
Delphine Lasalle | Lesbian | Sofia Boutella | ||||
2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Billie Jean King | Lesbian | Emma Stone | Based on the real-life champion tennis player of the same name.[citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
Marilyn Bennett | Andrea Riseborough | |||||
2017 | Call Me by Your Name | Oliver | Bisexual | Armie Hammer | [citation needed] | Brazil, France, Italy, United States |
Elio Perlman | Timothée Chalamet | |||||
2017 | The Carmilla Movie | Carmilla Karnstein | Lesbian | Natasha Negovanlis | [citation needed] | Canada |
Laura Hollis | Elise Bauman | |||||
Elle Sheridan | Dominique Provost-Chalkley | |||||
Danny Lawrence | Sharon Belle | |||||
2017 | Disobedience | Ronit Krushka | Bisexual | Rachel Weisz | Ronit is the daughter of a rabbi and community authority; she had a forbidden romance with Esti when they were teenagers and was sent away by her father after he discovered their relationship. When Ronit left the community, Esti married due to Orthodox religious expectations and obligations, but always remained sexually attracted to females. Years later, when Ronit returns after her father's death, Esti comes to terms with her sexual orientation and separates from her husband.[citation needed] | United States, Ireland, United Kingdom |
Esti Kuperman | Lesbian | Rachel McAdams | ||||
2017 | A Fantastic Woman | Marina Vidal | Trans woman | Daniela Vega | [citation needed] | Chile |
2017 | God's Own Country | Gheorghe Ionescu | Gay | Alec Secareanu | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Johnny Saxby | Josh O'Connor | |||||
2017 | Lady Bird | Danny O'Neill | Gay | Lucas Hedges | [citation needed] | United States |
2017 | Power Rangers | Trini Kwan | Lesbian | Becky G | First LGBT superhero in a high-budget film.[citation needed] | United States |
2017 | Princess Cyd | Cyd | Bisexual | Jessie Pinnick | [citation needed] | United States |
Katie | Lesbian | Malic White | ||||
2017 | Rough Night | Blair | Bisexual | Zoë Kravitz | [citation needed] | United States |
Frankie | Lesbian | Ilana Glazer | ||||
2017 | The Shape of Water | Giles | Gay | Richard Jenkins | Elisa's next door neighbor who helps her and the Amphibian Man.[citation needed] | United States |
2018 | Alex Strangelove | Alex Truelove | Gay | Daniel Doheny | [citation needed] | United States |
Elliott | Antonio Marziale | |||||
2018 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Lucas Krapf | Gay | Trezzo Mahoro | Lucas was one of Lara Jean Covey's crushes who she wrote a letter to. He told Lara Jean he was gay after receiving the letters, sent by Lara Jean's younger sister Kitty.[citation needed] | United States |
2018 | Blockers | Sam | Lesbian | Gideon Adlon | Comes out to her father and friends. Kisses Angelica at their senior prom.[citation needed] | United States |
2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Freddie Mercury | Bisexual | Rami Malek | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
Jim Hutton | Gay | Aaron McCusker | ||||
2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Lee Israel | Lesbian | Melissa McCarthy | [citation needed] | United States |
Jack Hock | Gay | Richard E. Grant | ||||
2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Donnie | Gay | Jonah Hill | [citation needed] | United States |
Martingale | Ronnie Adrian | |||||
2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Albus Dumbledore | Gay | Jude Law (adult Albus) Toby Regbo (young Albus) |
[citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2018 | The Favourite | Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Lesbian | Olivia Colman | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
Abigail Masham | Emma Stone | |||||
Sarah Churchill | Bisexual | Rachel Weisz | ||||
2018 | Love, Simon | Simon Spier | Gay | Nick Robinson | [citation needed] | United States |
Bram Greenfeld | Keiynan Lonsdale | |||||
Cal Price | Bisexual | Miles Heizer | ||||
2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | Lord Darnley | Gay | Jack Lowden | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
David Rizzio | Ismael Cruz Córdova | |||||
2018 | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Cameron Post | Lesbian | Chloë Grace Moretz | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2018 | Rafiki | Kena | Lesbian | Samantha Mugatsia | [114] | Kenya |
Ziki | Sheila Munyiva | |||||
2018 | Ready Player One | Helen "H" Harris | Lesbian | Lena Waithe | [citation needed] | United States |
2018 | School's out | Pierre Hoffman | Gay | Laurent Lafitte | Pierre is a substitute teacher who becomes obsessed with his students' strange behavior. He is in love with his male best friend who just had a child. He also has a crush on one of his male colleagues who appears to be straight.[115] | France |
2018 | Vice | Mary Cheney | Lesbian | Alison Pill | [citation needed] | United States |
2019 | Booksmart | Amy Antsler | Lesbian | Kaitlyn Dever | Amy has a crush on a girl named Ryan, and later has a sexual encounter with Hope, another female classmate. George and Alan are openly gay classmates of Amy and her best friend Molly.[citation needed] | United States |
Hope | Diana Silvers | |||||
George | Gay | Noah Galvin | ||||
Alan | Austin Crute | |||||
2019 | Despite Everything | Sofía | Lesbian | Amaia Salamanca | Sofía and Marta are a couple, but Sofía has commitment issues.[116] | Spain |
Marta | Ariana Martinez | |||||
2019 | Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga | Sweety Chaudhary | Lesbian | Sonam Kapoor Ahuja | Sweety is a closeted lesbian who comes out to her traditional Punjabi father and family. Kuhu is Sweety's love interest. They are in a relationship that is kept secret.[117] | India |
Kuhu | Regina Cassandra | |||||
2019 | Elisa & Marcela | Elisa | Lesbian | Natalia de Molina | True story of two Spanish women who posed as a heterosexual couple in 1901 so that they could marry, with Marcela assuming the identity of "Mario Sánchez".[118] | Spain |
Marcela | Greta Fernández | |||||
2019 | The Gentlemen | Fletcher | Gay | Hugh Grant | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Captain Klenzendorf | Gay | Sam Rockwell | Set in 1945 in Nazi Germany, Klenzendorf and Freddy are in a secret relationship.[citation needed] | United States |
Freddy Finkel | Alfie Allen | |||||
2019 | Matthias & Maxime | Maxime | Bisexual | Xavier Dolan | Matthias and Maxime are lifelong friends who discover they might have romantic feelings for each other.[119] | Canada |
Matthias | Gabriel D'Almeida | |||||
2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Héloïse | Lesbian | Noémie Merlant | Set in the 18th century, Héloïse is a painter commissioned to unobtrusively do the portrait of Marianne, who has been reluctant to pose for one because the painting was meant to be presented to her prospective husband, but Marianne did not want to marry. Héloïse and Marianne fall in love.[120] | France |
Marianne | Adèle Haenel | |||||
2019 | Rocketman | Elton John | Gay | Taron Egerton | Tells of the story of a famous singer's journey dealing with drug addiction and accepting his sexual identity.[citation needed] | United Kingdom, United States |
2019 | Twilight's Kiss (Suk Suk) | Hoi | Gay | Ben Yuen | [citation needed] | Hong Kong |
Pak | Tai Bo |
2020[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Ammonite | Mary Anning | Lesbian | Kate Winslet | [citation needed] | United Kingdom, Australia |
Charlotte Murchison | Bisexual | Saoirse Ronan | ||||
2020 | The Boys in the Band | Michael | Gay | Jim Parsons | [121] | United States |
Harold | Zachary Quinto | |||||
Donald | Matt Bomer | |||||
Larry | Andrew Rannells | |||||
Cowboy | Charlie Carver | |||||
Emory | Robin de Jesús | |||||
Bernard | Michael Benjamin Washington | |||||
Hank | Tuc Watkins | |||||
2020 | Falling | John Peterson | Gay | Viggo Mortensen | [citation needed] | United States |
Eric Peterson | Terry Chen | |||||
2020 | The Half of It | Ellie Chu | Lesbian | Leah Lewis | [122] | United States |
2020 | Happiest Season | Abby | Lesbian | Kristen Stewart | [123] | United States |
Harper | Mackenzie Davis | |||||
Riley | Audrey Plaza | |||||
John | Gay | Dan Levy | ||||
2020 | I Care a Lot | Marla Grayson | Lesbian | Rosamund Pike | Marla and Fran are romantic and business partners.[124] | United States |
Fran | Eiza González | |||||
2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | Bisexual | Viola Davis | [citation needed] | United States |
2020 | The New Mutants | Danielle Moonstar / Mirage | Lesbian | Blu Hunt | [125][126] | United States |
Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane | Maisie Williams | |||||
2020 | The Old Guard | Yusuf Al-Kaysani / Joe | Gay | Marwan Kenzari | [127] | United States |
Niccolò di Genova / Nicky | Luca Marinelli | |||||
2020 | The Prom | Emma Nolan | Lesbian | Jo Ellen Pellman | [128][129] | United States |
Alyssa Greene | Ariana DeBose | |||||
Barry Glickman | Gay | James Corden | ||||
2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Kartik Singh | Gay | Ayushmann Khurrana | Kartik is an out young gay man in love with Aman, who is closeted. It is the first Bollywood feature film to show two men kissing passionately.[130] | India |
Aman Tripathi | Jitendra Kumar | |||||
2020 | Summer of 85 | Alexis Robin | Gay | Félix Lefebvre | The movie is centered around the intense friendship and romance of teenagers Alexis and David during a summer in Normandy in 1985.[131] | France |
David Gorman | Bisexual | Benjamin Voisin | ||||
2020 | Summer of Mesa | Mesa | Lesbian | Andrea Granera | [132] | United States |
Molly Miles | Bisexual | Lily Peony | ||||
2020 | Supernova | Sam | Gay | Colin Firth | [citation needed] | United Kingdom |
Tusker | Stanley Tucci | |||||
2020 | The Thing About Harry | Sam Baselli | Gay | Jake Borelli | [133] | United States |
2020 | Uncle Frank | Frank Bledsoe | Gay | Paul Bettany | [citation needed] | United States |
2020 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | Bisexual | Andra Day | [citation needed] | United States |
2021[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Benedetta | Benedetta Carlini | Lesbian | Virginie Efira | Benedetta, a novitiate in a 17th-century Italian convent, begins a love affair with another nun.[134] | France |
2021 | Cruella | Artie | Gay | John McCrea | Artie is the first openly gay character in a live-action Disney film.[citation needed] | United States |
2021 | Fear Street Part One: 1994 | Deena Johnson | Lesbian | Kiana Madeira | Denna and Samantha are a young couple.[135] | United States |
Samantha Fraser | Olivia Scott Welch | |||||
2021 | Jungle Cruise | McGregor Houghton | Gay | Jack Whitehall | McGregor is the heroine's brother and reluctant assistant. He turned down three engagements with women because of his sexual orientation.[136] | United States |
2021 | The Power of the Dog | Phil Burbank | Gay | Benedict Cumberbatch | Phil Burbank is a repressed gay man, and a charismatic rancher who likes to torment his brother's wife and step-son.[137] | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
2021 | Sentinelle | Klara | Lesbian | Olga Kurylenko | The first hint that Klara is lesbian is her observing the nude body of a female soldier in their locker room. Later, she dances with a woman in a nightclub and has a one-night stand with her.[138] | France |
Unsorted films[]
1950–1989[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | Glen or Glenda | Glenda | Transgender | Ed Wood | United States | |
Anne | Tommy Haynes | |||||
1961 | The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | Lesbian | Shirley MacLaine | This film is based on the 1934 play of the same name. | United States |
1969 | The Damned | Konstantin von Essenbeck | Gay | Reinhard Kolldehoff | ||
1970 | The Vampire Lovers | Carmilla Karnstein | Lesbian | Ingrid Pitt | ||
1971 | Daughters of Darkness | Countess Bathory | Lesbian | Delphine Seyrig | ||
1976 | L'Alpagueur | Gilbert ("L'Epervier") | Gay | Bruno Cremer | ||
1978 | Midnight Express | Erich | Gay | Norbert Weisser | ||
1979 | Life of Brian | Loretta | Transgender | Eric Idle | ||
1982 | Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Joanne | Trans woman | Karen Black | ||
1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Lamar | Gay | Larry B. Scott | ||
1984 | Sleepaway Camp | Angela Baker | Transgender | Felissa Rose | United States | |
1986 | Blue Velvet | Frank Booth | Bisexual | Dennis Hopper | United States |
1990–1999[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Soapdish | Montana Moorehead | Trans woman | Cathy Moriarty | ||
1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter Morton | Gay | Stephen Fry | ||
1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Gareth | Gay | Simon Callow | [citation needed] | |
Matthew | John Hannah | |||||
1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Louis de Pointe du Lac | Bisexual | Brad Pitt | ||
1996 | Camping Cosmos | Harry / Arno | Gay | Arno Hintjens | ||
1996 | Chacun Cherche son Chat | Michel | Gay | Olivier Py | ||
1996 | Don't Be a Menace... | Loc Dog | Bisexual | Marlon Wayans | ||
1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Paul Harmon | Gay | Richard Jenkins | ||
1996 | Johns | Donner | Gay | Lukas Haas | ||
1997 | All Over Me | Claude | Lesbian | Alison Folland | ||
Lucy | Leisha Hailey | |||||
Luke | Pat Briggs | |||||
1997 | Chasing Amy | Banky Edwards | Gay | Jason Lee | ||
1997 | In and Out | Howard Brackett | Gay | Kevin Kline | United States | |
Peter Malloy | Tom Selleck | |||||
1997 | Ma Vie en Rose | Ludo Fabre | Transgender | Georges Du Fresne | ||
1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Leo | Bisexual | Kevin McKidd | ||
1998 | Edge of Seventeen | Eric Hunter | Gay | Chris Stafford | ||
1998 | Head On | Ari | Gay | Alex Dimitriades | Australia | |
1999 | East is East | Nazir Khan | Gay | Ian Aspinall | ||
1999 | Trick | Gabriel | Gay | Christian Campbell | ||
Mark | John Paul Pitoc |
2000–2009[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Bring It On | Leslie "Les" | Gay | Huntley Ritter | ||
2000 | Common Ground | Dorothy Nelson | Lesbian | Brittany Murphy | ||
2000 | Wonder Boys | Terry "Crabs" Crabtree | Bisexual | Robert Downey Jr. | ||
James Leer | Gay | Tobey Maguire | ||||
2001 | Blow | Derek Foreal | Gay | Paul Reubens | ||
2001 | Gypsy 83 | Clive Webb | Gay | Kett Turton | ||
2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Brodie Bruce/Banky Edwards | Gay | Jason Lee | ||
2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | McKinley | Gay | Michael Ian Black | ||
Ben | Bradley Cooper | |||||
2002 | May | Polly | Lesbian | Anna Faris | ||
2003 | Hamlet 2 | Rand Posin | Gay | Skylar Astin | [139] | |
2003 | Normal | Ruth Applewood | Transgender | Tom Wilkinson | ||
2004 | A Home at the End of the World | Jonathan Glover | Gay | Harris Allan / Dallas Roberts | ||
2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Alistair Hennessey | Bisexual | Jeff Goldblum | ||
2004 | Saving Face | Willhelmina Pang | Lesbian | Michelle Krusiec | ||
2005 | C.R.A.Z.Y. | Zachary Beaulieu | Bisexual | Marc-André Grondin | Canada | |
2005 | Cursed | Bo | Gay | Milo Ventimiglia | United States | |
2005 | Kinky Boots | Simon / Lola | Gay / Drag Queen | Chiwetel Ejiofor | ||
2005 | Saved! | Dean | Gay | Chad Faust | ||
Mitch | Kett Turton | |||||
2005 | Sin City | Lucille | Lesbian | Carla Gugino | ||
2006 | Another Gay Movie | Jarod | Gay | Jonathan Chase | ||
2006 | Crank | Kaylo | Gay | Efren Ramirez | ||
2006 | Infamous | Truman Capote | Gay | Toby Jones | ||
2006 | The Night Listener | Gabriel Noone | Gay | Robin Williams | ||
2006 | Shortbus | James | Gay | Paul Dawson | ||
Jamie | PJ DeBoy | |||||
2008 | Mamma Mia! | Harry Bright | Gay | Colin Firth | Harry says that the only woman he ever loved was Donna. | |
2008 | RocknRolla | Handsome Bob | Gay | Tom Hardy | ||
2008 | Sunshine Cleaning | Lynn | Lesbian | Mary Lynn Rajskub | ||
2009 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | Rich Munsch | Bisexual | Jack Carpenter | ||
2009 | Jennifer's Body | Jennifer Check | Bisexual | Megan Fox | ||
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki | Amanda Seyfried | |||||
2009 | The Joneses | Mick Jones | Gay | Benjamin Hollingsworth | ||
2009 | Prayers for Bobby | Bobby Griffith | Gay | Ryan Kelley | ||
2009 | Woman on Top | Monica Jones | Trans woman | Harold Perrineau Jr. |
2010–2019[]
Year | Title | Character(s) | Identity | Actor | Notes | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Death at a Funeral | Frank Lovett | Gay | Peter Dinklage | [citation needed] | United States, United Kingdom |
2010 | Easy A | Brandon | Gay | Dan Byrd | [citation needed] | United States |
2010 | The Last Exorcism | Logan | Gay | Logan Craig Reid | [citation needed] | United States |
2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Erin | Lesbian | Alice Eve | [citation needed] | United States |
2011 | Dear Santa | Pete Kennedy | Gay | Patrick Creery | His sexuality is not stated in the film; however, he is depicted as stereotypically gay.[citation needed] | Canada |
2011 | J. Edgar | J. Edgar Hoover | Gay | Leonardo DiCaprio | [citation needed] | United States |
2012 | Foodfight! | Vlad Chocul | Gay | Larry Miller | [citation needed] | United States |
2013 | The Bling Ring | Marc Hall | Gay | Israel Broussard | [citation needed] | United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan |
2013 | Geography Club | Russell Middlebrook | Gay | Cameron Deane Stewart | [citation needed] | United States |
2013 | Palo Alto | Fred | ? | Nat Wolff | [citation needed] | United States |
2014 | Dear White People | Lionel Higgins | Gay | Tyler James Williams | [citation needed] | United States |
2014 | Jongens | Marc | Gay | Ko Zandvliet | [citation needed] | Netherlands |
Sieger | Gijs Blom | |||||
2014 | Obvious Child | Joey | Gay | Gabe Liedman | [citation needed] | United States |
2014 | The Taking of Deborah Logan | Sarah Logan | Lesbian | Anne Ramsay | [citation needed] | United States |
2015 | Most Likely to Die | Jade | Lesbian | Tess Christiansen | [citation needed] | United States |
2017 | F the Prom | TJ | Gay | Luke Bilyk | [citation needed] | United States |
See also[]
- List of animated films with LGBT characters
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
- List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters
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- GLAAD Media Institute
- Cook, Carson (May 2018). "A History of LGBT Representation on TV". A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television streaming television (Honors). University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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