Best movies with LGBTQIAP+ characters (Part 1) 3y6jj

From major documentaries to dramas, comedies, experimental works and films that have gained prominence on screen, this movie guide with LGBTQIAP+ characters is a comprehensive list of productions that have stories, protagonists and even secondary representation about the community. That is, it will have both acclaimed and important films for the history of diverse cinema and those that did a terrible job – either because of ignorance at the time, because of the purpose or because it was just a bad idea even if it was worse in execution. 651618

It is important to point out that there are many films beyond the western core of cinema, so the idea that we do not have enough representative films is wrong. The biggest problem is the lack of visibility that these productions suffer in the process. But here, at least, you will find romance stories with sugar water, plots with tricksters, investigation, science fiction, sexuality x religion and many other genres with characters that raise the flag – even if in a timid way.

As there are many productions, this guide will be divided into two parts, this being with films before the 2000s and the second after. Following the chronological order, follow the first list of the complete guide to movies with LGBTQIAP+ characters!

Unlike Others (1919) 4d2n26

Original title: Anders als die Andern

7,0 on IMDB 

Set in in the 1920s, in “Different from others”, Paul Korner (Conrad Veidt) is a musician who ends up falling in love with student Kurt Sivers (Fritz Schulz). But even though they are careful to preserve their privacy, the couple is seen by the blackmailer Franz Bollek (Reinhold Schünzel) and everything gets complicated from there.

Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) 4s6628

Original title: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

7,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in , after becoming pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown out of her home and sent to a girls' reformatory. The silent film works with nuances of homoerotic tension and at the same time complex dramas.

Pandora's Box (1929) 4y1o3h

Original title: Pandora's Box

7,8 on IMDb | 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

"Pandora's Box” is yet another German silent film that, this time, has as its protagonist the first openly lesbian character in cinema. The film focuses entirely on female strength and its awakening beyond oppressive society. 

In the plot, Lulu (Louise Brooks) is an extremely charming and seductive young woman, making everyone interested in her. Among the hypnotized men are the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, Ludwig Schön (Fritz Kortner), his music producer son Alwa (Franz Lederer), circus artist Rodrigo Quast (Krafft-Raschig) and Lulu's oldest friend, Schigolch (Carl Goetz). That is the downfall of them all.

Morocco (1930) 434b12

Original title: Morocco

7,0 on IMDb | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

Arriving in Morocco on the same ship as playboy La Bessiere (Adolphe Menjou), Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) lands a job at the local club and attracts the attention of womanizing soldier Tom Brown (Gary Cooper).  

It's a typical love triangle but with a slightly off-the-curve detail. In the film, there is an emblematic scene in which the singer appears beautiful in a suit using all her power of seduction for everyone in the environment until she takes the initiative to kiss one of the women in the audience. 

Ladies in Uniform (1931) 2a454d

Original title: Mädchen in Uniform

7,6 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, after the death of her mother, teenager Manuela von Meinhardis (Hertha Thiele) is sent to a boarding school that has Fräulein von Nordeck (Emilia Unda) under command. At the beginning, Manuela is very sensitive to the pain and anger at being kicked out of the house after this painful event, but, little by little, she is instigated to open up more because of the caring way of the beautiful and friendly teacher Elizabeth von Bernburg (Dorothea Wieck ). 

It doesn't take long for this exchange of affection to turn into a romantic attachment. And this ends up causing a huge scandal throughout the school.

Blood of a Poet (1932) 6u6y5p

Original title: Le sang d'un poete

7,3 on IMDb | 95% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is an abstract collection of images by filmmaker Jean Cocteau representing the first part of the Orphic Trilogy. It is a work associated with the poet's obsession with life and death based on the feelings he carries in his soul.

Queen Christina (1933) 1c5u3a

Original title: queen christina

7,5 on IMDb | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this intriguing story, Christina (Greta Garbo) needs to deal with a great responsibility at just six years old: assuming the throne of Sweden due to her father's death during a battle. Amid the pressure to marry for interest and produce an heir, she decides to dodge this mission and starts to disguise herself as a man. At this stage, she meets Antonio (John Gilbert), a Spanish emissary with whom she ends up falling in love.

The Women (1939) 3m3j4f

Original title: The women

7,7 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) refuses to believe that her husband is having an affair with saleswoman Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford). But when friends Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) and Edith (Phyllis Povah) share the gossip convincingly, Mary decides to file for divorce. On the way, she meets the Countess de Lave (Mary Boland) and Miriam (Paulette Goddard), who, in turn, is having an affair with Sylvia's husband. 

This is a non-feminist film that focuses on all possible stereotypes that are placed on women. That's because it involves betrayals, gossip, eye piercing and a hint of female rivalry. But, however, however and yet, in the middle of the dispute between the group of friends, among them is a lesbian woman who couldn't care less about this whole circus. 

Rebecca, the Unforgettable Woman (1940) 2g7y

Original title: Rebecca

8,1 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is the story of a young woman from humble beginnings who marries a widowed English nobleman only to discover that she must live in the shadow of his ex-wife, Rebecca. In the midst of this turbulent situation, she discovers an even bigger secret from her husband, Max de Winter (Laurence Olivier).

Fireworks (1947) 6jk4q

7,0 on IMDB 

Fireworks is an experimental production that focuses on homoerotic content. This is a film by Kenneth Anger that features himself in the cast and addresses themes involving homoaffective romance and sexual issues.

Devil's Feast (1948) 4o5g2e

Original title: Rope

7,9 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

Just before having a dinner, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, in order to experiment with philosophical exercise inspired by Nietzsche. Afterwards, the pair (who have an ambiguous pending relationship for a same-sex couple) receive the evening's guests, including the victim's fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart).

Orpheus (1950) 621p6b

Original title: Orpheus

7,9 on IMDb | 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by Jean Cocteau, an openly gay filmmaker, “Orpheus” uses homoerotic elements to drive the plot. Set at the Café des Poètes, in Paris, a fight arises between the poet Orphée (Jean Marais) and a group. 

In this, a rival poet, Cègeste (Edouard Dermithe), is killed, and a mysterious woman (María Casares) insists on taking Orpheus and the body away in her Rolls-Royce. Suddenly, Orphée soon finds herself in the Underworld, where she announces her true identity: Death. 

The Wicked One (1950) 231n1b

Original title: All About Eve 

8,2 on IMDb | 99% on Rotten Tomatoes

Ambitious aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) infiltrates the dressing room of established star Margo Channing (Bette Davis), who, after hearing her sad story, decides to help her. But in fact, Eve's intentions are far from pure.

Over time, scholars of cinematographic works concluded that Eve was encoded as a lesbian woman through a series of dialogues and scenic cues. Even though Joseph Mankiewicz is talented at writing interesting female characters, he had homophobic behaviors – a contributing factor to why Eve, in her position as a lesbian, is the villain. 

Love Song (1950) 5e6e18

Original title: A chant d'amour

7,5 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Directed in 1950, “Love song” is the only film by French writer Jean Genet. In it, two prisoners totally isolated from each other are desperately in need of human in the face of so much loneliness. Therefore, they decide to plan a common type of communication.

Because it was content with explicit homoaffective romance, the almost 30-minute film was banned for a long time.

The Voices (1953) 17f60

5,5 on IMDB 

Considered a queer work, “The Voices” is a more subtle version of “Canção de Amor”. It leans more towards an experimental film, in which the protagonist, in the middle of a night's sleep, brings symbols related to the reflection of his own sexuality.

Johnny Guitar (1954) 6n4k2b

7,6 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

Here it is the women who dominate the westerns. And the entire plot offers an almost explicit lesbian reading. So much so that renowned critic Roger Ebert, when talking about the film, described it as “one of the most blatant psychosexual melodramas disguised in the simplest genre, the western".

In the premise, Vienna (Joan Crawford), the owner of a bar in Arizona, has the help of an old love, the guitar player Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), to face the local sheriff and the henchmen of her mortal enemy: Emma Small. (Mercedes McCambridge) a farmer who wants her out of town.

Transviated Youth (1955) 1x3f27

Original title: Rebel Without a Cause

7,6 on IMDb | 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

In 1955 Los Angeles, Jim Stark (James Dean) is a troubled young man who ends up in jail for causing property damage. In the meantime, he meets other young people with the same reality as him and, from there, makes alliances, arranges conflicts and gets involved in love affairs with the potential to result in tragedies.

One of the characters in the film is coded as gay. Throughout the plot, John Plato Crawford (Sal Mineo) is often spotted iring Jim, in addition to having a photo of Hollywood heartthrob Alan Ladd inside the locker at school – these details contribute to his title as one of the first gay teenage characters in history. cinematic.

And to top it off, although Jim reinforces the heterosexual stereotype, his affectionate friendship with John Plato spills over into small flirtations, making the possibility that he is bisexual a strong theory. 

Strange Compulsion (1959) z3o3f

Original title: compulsion

7,4 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

"strange compulsion” follows the same dynamic as “Festim Diabólico”: a homoaffective couple committing murders. This time, based on the 1924 Leopold and Loeb case, sociopathic students Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) used a philosophical thesis to commit the perfect murder.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) 74ii

Original title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7,9 on IMDb | 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this story, Paul Newman is Brick Pollitt, a former footballer who found alcoholism a means of hiding his frustrated homosexuality from himself and his family. He and his wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) attend their father Big Daddy's (Burl Ives) 65th birthday party. Even with poor health, Big questions the couple about why they have not yet given him a grandchild, since Brick's brother, Gooper (Jack Carson), and his wife already have children. 

Some Like It Hot (1959) 3h1c1w

Original title: Some Like It Hot

8,2 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

Synopsis: After witnessing a mob murder, saxophonist Joe (Tony Curtis) and his old friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) improvise a quick plan to escape Chicago alive. Disguised as women, they an all-female jazz band and take a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), the band's sexy singer, Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire.

Besides being one of the funniest movies, “The Hotter the Better” was instrumental in ing the LGBTQIAP+ community. Even if it does not speak in all letters other more appropriate definitions besides heteronormativity, the film hits the key on the fight for equal rights including people from the LGBTQIAP+ community and women during the civil movements throughout the 1960s.

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) 2p4l38

Original title: Suddenly, Last Summer

7,5 on IMDb | 68% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play, young socialite Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is traumatized after witnessing the death of her cousin. In this, her aunt tries to bribe a doctor to perform a lobotomy on her niece, with the aim of keeping the circumstances of her son's death a secret.

Spartacus (1960) 1zo57

7,9 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

The rebel Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), born and raised a slave, is sold to trainer and gladiator Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov). After weeks of being trained to kill in the arena, Spartacus rebels against his masters and leads the other slaves in an escalating rebellion. 

The Sun by Witness (1960) 145g4x

Original title: Purple Noon

7,7 on IMDb | 95% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "The Sun by Witness”, Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) travels to Italy to visit his wealthy friend Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) and his fiancée, Marge Duval (Marie Laforêt). What Phillippe doesn't know is that his father paid Tom to convince him to leave Europe and return to family responsibilities in San Francisco. 

Infamy (1961) 1z1c3f

Original title: The Children's Hour

7,8 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Infamy”, the duo of friends Martha Doble (Audrey Hepburn) and Karen Wright (Shirley MacLaine) run a boarding school together. After being reprimanded for lying, a troubled student tries to turn the tables by telling her grandmother that the two have a secret same-sex romance. When the rumor spreads, the educators' lives are turned upside down forever.

My Past Condemns Me (1961) 1r262t

Original title: Victim

7,7 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in London in the early 1960s, after his lover's suicide, lawyer Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) decides to put his career and marriage at risk to confront a blackmail network against homosexuals. 

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 6o225r

Original title: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

8,0 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, the sisters Blanche and Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) are former movie stars who live together. The last employee of the family's decaying mansion is finally fired and Blanche (Joan Crawford) finds herself increasingly at her sister's mercy.

The Created (1963) 1e30q

Original title: The Servant

7,8 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the film, Posh Tony (James Fox) hires the seemingly straight-laced and thoughtful Barrett as his employee. But something causes Tony's friend Susan (Wendy Craig) to disapprove of the boy, creating friction in their friendship. To top it off, when Vera (Sarah Miles) arrives at the house to stay, the situation gets worse and worse. 

Blow job (1964) 21p2w

4,6 on IMDB 

Even though it was directed by the unforgettable and talented Andy Warhol, let's face it, this one is pretty... tough. Always with highly sexual content, most of Warhol's audiovisual projects involve men and sex.

This time, a camera remains still and focused on a young man's head to observe his facial expressions while receiving sexual stimuli.

Love Rally (1964) 24rc

Original title: Love Meetings

7,5 on IMDB

In "love rallies”, director Pier Paolo Pasolini walks around Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.

My Hustler (1965) 171p5o

6,0 on IMDB 

Another Andy Warhol film. In it, an older man looks for a young drug dealer to be his partner.

King of Hell (1965) 1p6814

Original title: king rat

7,5 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is an adaptation of James Clavell's best seller about a group of Americans, Australians and Englishmen in a POW camp in Singapore during World War II.

As soon as an American officer bribes camp commanders in order to obtain better living conditions, slight tension arises between him and the other prisoners.

Young Törless (1966) 3s4m1d

Original title: Young Torless

7,3 on IMDB 

Set in a boarding school in Austria, in 1900, the bullies Beineberg (Bernd Tischer) and Reiting (Fred Dietz) do everything to humiliate, shame and dehumanize the classmate named Anselm von Basini (Marian Seidowsky), who in turn does not takes no action regarding the violence he suffers, nor does Törless (Mathieu Carrière), a boy from the same group who remains neutral.

When Two Women Sin (1966) 4d5q3o

Original title: Persona

8,1 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

A successful theater actress suffers an emotional breakdown and stops talking. A nurse is assigned to take care of her in a secluded house, near the beach, where the two remain alone. To break the silence, the nurse starts talking incessantly, narrating several relevant episodes of her life, but when she discovers that the actress uses her testimonies as a source of analysis, the complicity between the two turns into a clash.

The Religious (1966) 3o6126

Original title: The nun

7,5 on IMDb | 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

Against her will, Suzanne (Anna Karina) is forced to take vows as a nun and deal with three mother superiors who treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster and miscellaneous questions to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a denouncement of religious abuse.

The Chelsea Girls (1966) 4b6v2t

5,7 on IMDb | 50% on Rotten Tomatoes

The experimental film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey follows several residents of the Chelsea Hotel in New York City in 1966. 

The Sins of Us All (1967) 1p5a4v

Original title: Reflections in a Golden Eye 

6,7 on IMDb | 55% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "The Sins of Us All”, Weldon Penderton (Marlon Brando) is a major who hides his homosexuality under lock and key. In real life, he has to deal with a troubled marriage with Leonora (Elizabeth Taylor) — who is constantly cheating on him. Upon discovering that she is having an affair with a young recruit he has a crush on, he is furious.

Spring for Hitler (1967) 4e361c

Original title: The Producers

7,5 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "spring for hitler”, Faded theater producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his partner Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) try to produce a play that is sure to be a failure.

Portrait of Jason (1967) 1z4l57

Original title: portrait of jason

7,1 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Filmed in the United States in 1960, the twelve-hour interview with Aaron Payne, better known as Jason Holiday, became a brilliant documentary through the eyes of filmmaker Shirley Clarke. In it, Holliday shares events in his life and talks about what it meant to be a gay black man at that time. 

If…. (1968) 2z6w5r

Original title: If….

7,4 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Young Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) studies at a college that is part of the traditional public education system in England. Totally unhappy with his student reality, he becomes the leader of a group of rebellious students who fight for change. Dissatisfied with the excess of conservatism and the oppressions imposed by the country's education system, a turnaround is planned.

The Queen (1968) 11546y

7,2 on IMDb | 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in New York City in 1967, Frank Simon's documentary goes behind the scenes at a drag queen contest. Jack (aka Sabrina) is the master of ceremonies while Richard (Miss Harlow) is her protégé and is entered into the competition.

Theorem (1968) 2k291i

7,0 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

Basically a true family affair. In Milan, the life of a family belonging to the bourgeoisie changes overnight when the mysterious visitor (Terence Stamp) appears. The boy simply shoots everywhere and seduces the maid, son, daughter, mother and even father of this rich family. 

The Hives (1968) 174r5k

Original title: The biches

6,9 on IMDb | 77% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this atypical romance and drama film, architect Paul Thomas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) finds himself involved in the relationship of two bisexual women who live in a summer house in St. Tropez, leading to tragic consequences.

Flesh (1968) 3a5e4x

5,7 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by filmmaker Paul Morrissey, “Flesh” is the first film in the Morrissey trilogy, produced by Andy Warhol. In this first one, a man desperate for money begins to interact with a variety of customers and dealers.

Isadora (1968) 4y1p

6,9 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

Biography of modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (Vanessa Redgrave) that details the artist's tumultuous life and recalls her homoaffective romance with writer Mercedes de Acosta, also known for having relationships with some of the most famous women of the XNUMXth century.

The Damned Gods (1969) 712u4s

Original title: The waterfall I gave (Götterdämmerung)

7,4 on IMDb | 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

Baron Von Essenbeck (Helmut Berger) announces the decline of the family clan when he announces the transfer of his empire to an unknown person. His descendants enter into a tragic power struggle, eliminating each other, during the Nazi rise in .

Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) 5h5gs

6,5 on IMDB 

This is an experimental short film that features strobe-like imagery intermingled with stills of the Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger's original soundtrack.

Fellini Satyricon (1969) 6b1n3t

6,8 on IMDb | 76% on Rotten Tomatoes

After his younger lover, Gitone (Max Born), leaves him for another man, Encolpio (Martin Potter) decides to commit suicide, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has the chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio experiences one surreal situation after another.

The Funeral of the Roses (1969) 2n6e16

Original title: Funeral Parade of Roses

7,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

"The Funeral of the Roses” brings to the screen the dazzling nocturnal world that drag queens experienced in Japan during the 1960s.

Lost in the Night (1969) 32n45

Original title: Midnight Cowboy

7,8 on IMDb | 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

In Joe Buck's (Jon Voight) mind, he has an irresistible appeal to women. With that in mind, he quits his job as a dishwasher to go in search of a rich widow in New York. However, not everything is so easy and now, with the help of his partner Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), he migrates to another type of work.

The Boys in the Band (1970) 7575k

Original title: The Boys in the Band

7,6 on IMDb | 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "The Boys in the Band”, Michael (Kenneth Nelson) was responsible for organizing a friend's birthday party. While carrying out the task, he receives an unexpected visit from Alan (Peter White), an old friend.

The biggest problem is that Alan is straight and extremely conservative, and the others at the party are all gay. Michael then hopes to be able to hide his sexuality from his friend, but the plot takes an unexpected turn. 

Trash (1970) 6k1g5s

6,1 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

A heroin addict (Joe Dallesandro) overdoses right in front of an upper-class couple. To take advantage of the situation, he tries to deceive the two by making his girlfriend, a transvestite (Holly Woodlawn), fake a pregnancy.

The Conformist (1970) 6k4h6h

Original title: The Conformist

7,9 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

In Mussolini's Italy, in a movement of desperation, the repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant (Marcello Clerici) tries to get rid of the memories of a juvenile homoaffective romance by ing the fascists in an attempt to fit in. So he was tasked with looking for an Italian professor who had fled to and killing him. There he finds a totally different universe.

Delirium of Love (1971) c1x54

Original title: The Music Lovers

7,1 on IMDb | 59% on Rotten Tomatoes

Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) struggles with all his might to repress his sexuality. For this, he decides to marry, but by the irony of chance he ends up choosing a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.

It is not the homosexual who is perverse, but the situation in which he lives (1971) 2n3530

Original title: It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

6,5 on IMDB 

This is a portrait of the lives of LGBTQIAP+ characters in the context of a Berlin at the time of secrecy and oppression. In it, we follow Daniel (Bernd Feuerhelm), a shy young man who leaves innocence behind as he immerses himself in the exploration of sexuality.

Cursed Sunday (1971) 3y51v

Original title: Sunday Bloody Sunday 

7,0 on IMDb | 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "damn sunday”, a worker and a doctor get involved with a British sculptor – who, in turn, gets involved with both without any kind of embarrassment or shame. Both the woman and the boy know of each other's existence, but pretend not to for fear of losing their lover. 

The Demons (1971) 57273z

Original title: The Devils

7,8 on IMDb | 69% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on a true story that took place in the French town of Loudun in 1604, “The demons” shows when the nuns of a monastery began to act as if they were possessed by demons, letting go of the repressed sexuality they had before. 

The Decameron (1971) 61y5y

Original title: The Decameron

7,1 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

Adapted from Boccaccio's short stories, “the Decameron” compiles a series of stories around an aspiring painter (Franco Citti), wanton nuns, a gardener, a priest and a husband.

Pink Narcissus (1971) 3g503f

6,6 on IMDB 

"Pink Narcissus” is a poem in audiovisual form that explores the daydreams of a gay man who becomes a prostitute. 

Death in Venice (1971) 703t2g

Original title: Death in Venice

7,4 on IMDb | 70% on Rotten Tomatoes

Composer Gustav Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to a resort in Venice to escape the stress he suffers in his personal and artistic life. However, peace of mind and peace dissolve when he begins to develop a disturbing attraction to Tadzio (Björn Andresen).

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) 222h2m

Original title: The bitter tears of Petra von Kant

7,6 on IMDb | 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the eponymous play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” brings the lesbian role to the screen and shows a love triangle between Karin Thimm (Hanna Schygulla), Marlene (Irm Hermann) and the stylist Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen).

Cabaret (1972) 2g4h5d

7,8 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Berlin in 1931, cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets academic Brian Roberts (Michael York) while he is finishing school. Despite being confused by his sexuality, Brian becomes involved with Sally. But the arrival of Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) changes everything.

Whispers and Screams (1972) 5s5j2u

Original title: Cries and Whispers

8,0 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

Even though Agnes (Harriet Andersson) is slowly dying of cancer, her sisters are unable to her as they are deeply immersed in their own personal pain. Maria (Liv Ullmann) feels guilty about her husband's suicide, provoked by the discovery of his extramarital affair. The self-deprecating and suicidal Karin (Ingrid Thulin) seems to view her sister with disgust. And only Anna (Kari Sylwan), the religious maid who lost her young son, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.

Pink Flamingos (1972) 641s27

6,0 on IMDb | 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

John Waters' best-known film explores the world of LGBTQIAP+ characters using the experimental culture of the real world. In it, an eccentric woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) for the title of dirtiest and most disgusting people, awarded by an American newspaper. 

The Canterbury Tales (1972) 4u6l6z

Original title: The Canterbury Tales

6,4 on IMDb | 60% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, four short stories by Geoffrey Chaucer are told in a humorous way through the experiences of a group of travelers. They show the social, sexual and religious patterns of 14th century England.

Lucifer Rising (1972) 6p283y

7,1 on IMDB 

Filmed in various playful locations, the film depicts a series of ceremonies, movements and rituals mixed with experimental film editing.

Dyketactics (1973) 5c602n

5,9 on IMDB 

The first film with a lesbian lead actually made by a lesbian. “Dyketactics” is an experimental film made by Barbara Hammer about lesbian couples.

Ludwig: The ion of a King (1973) 143n3f

Original title: Ludwig

7,5 on IMDb | 36% on Rotten Tomatoes

"Ludwig: The ion of a King” is a biographical drama film about King Ludwig during his rule in Bavaria between 1864 and 1886. In the midst of an unfortunate streak of personal defeats, he was tormented to death by his homosexuality and slowly came to with his madness. 

A Bigger Splash (1973) 3p5f6m

5,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

The biographical documentary with touches of fiction talks about the British artist David Hockney. After a difficult relationship breakup, Hockney feels blocked from creating new art – which worries his friends a lot. 

Butterfly (1973) 735i61

8,0 on IMDb | 77% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the 1930s, Henri Papillon (Steve McQueen) is accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Prison rules are clear and strict: anyone who tries to escape will be punished with two years in solitary confinement – ​​but that's not enough to scare Papillon.

Women's Troubles (1974) 3b1g4y

Original title: Female Trouble

7,1 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, a woman (Divina) gives birth to a nasty child and embarks on a bizarre and violent life of crime.

Penda's Fen (1974) 3v5414

5,9 on IMDB 

In the plot, the Hungarian scholar and also the son of a reverend struggles with his faith and his sexuality at the same time. He then decides to take a journey through his hometown of Pinvin, questioning the living and the dead about the pillar of his beliefs.

Something Very Natural (1974) 365g1i

Original title: A Very Natural Thing

6,7 on IMDB 

A dramatic and moving same-sex romance about the life of a 26-year-old former monk living in Manhattan. He meets the man who seems to be the love of his life, but eventually discovers that their views on monogamy do not align.

I, You, He, She (1974) 2tus

Original title: Je, tu, il, he

6,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, Julie (Chantal Akerman) is a young woman who decides to isolate herself of her own accord. After a long time in seclusion, moving furniture, painting walls and writing, she finally decides to abandon this idea and go on adventures around the city.

On the way, she ends up accepting a ride from a truck driver (Niels Arestrup) – with whom she has a brief affair during the trip. But after that she decides to go after an old girlfriend (Claire Wauthion).

Violence and ion (1974) 6i2q5z

Original title: conversation piece

7,4 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "violence and ion”, an American professor (Burt Lancaster) rents apartments in Rome to a decadent countess (Silvana Mangano), her family and her lover (Helmut Berger).

A Sweet Movie (1974) 436l29

Original title: Sweet Movie

6,0 on IMDb | 50% on Rotten Tomatoes

After winning the Miss Puritan pageant, the winner (Carole Laure) decides to run away from her marriage to experience the world around her, untying herself from the title she won. 

Blood for Dracula (1974) 325e6s

Original title: Blood for Dracula

6,1 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

In a deplorable and very sick state, Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his assistant Anton (Arno Juerging) travel through Italy in search of the blood of a virgin woman. During their search, they are welcomed at the estate of Marchese di Fiore (Vittorio de Sica), a man in debt who is desperate to marry off his daughters. But instead of finding his cure, the count comes face to face with young lesbians and the suspicious servant Mario (Joe Dallesandro).

Naked Life (1975) 4o3p37

Original title: The Naked Civil Servant

7,9 on IMDB 

"Bare Life” follows the life of Quentin Crisp, a man who made the courageous choice to come out as gay in England's most conservative times (1930s – 1940s). In an extravagant way, he lives his life dodging daily homophobia and cherishing his identity. But when he's faced with criminal charges, he must decide how willing he is to stand by his principles.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 5r6g1x

Original title: Dog Day Afternoon

8,0 on IMDb | 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

When rookie criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, everything starts to go wrong and a hostage situation arises. Sonny and his accomplice, Sal Naturile (John Cazale), desperately try to maintain control, but the media finds out about the case and the FBI arrives, creating even greater tension. Gradually, the true motives for the theft are revealed.

Manila in the Claws of Neon (1975) 523i6i

Original title: Manila in the Claws of Light

7,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Julio Madiaga (Bembol Roco) sets out to find his lost love in the capital, but along the way he witnesses life on the streets, where corruption is rife and death is routine. This experience drives Madiaga to change radically, changing from a naive boy to a furious young man with a thirst for justice.

The Right of the Strongest is Liberty (1975) 5v2x5g

Original title: Fox and His Friends

7,6 on IMDb | 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this dramatic gay romance, Fox (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) is an innocent and impressionable working-class man who wins the lottery. He ends up getting carried away by his new bourgeois boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 42342r

7,4 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

Let's agree that "The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is one of the best musical films in the world. In addition to the script and the cast, he revolutionized queer representation on screen, being controversial and, at the same time, genius. 

In this classic that became cult Over time, boyfriends Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stranded on the road with a flat tire during a storm, decide to take refuge in Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a scientist in drag.

As the couple's innocence fades, they encounter a number of quirky characters at the mansion, including biker Eddie (Meat Loaf) and Riff Raff, a creepy butler (Richard O'Brien). Through well-choreographed dances and songs that stick in your head, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man in a gold swim trunk named "Rocky Horror" (Peter Hinwood).

Picnic at Mysterious Mountain (1975) 205267

Original title: Picnic at Hanging Rock

7,4 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this plot, a group of students from a Victorian high school are taken on an excursion on Valentine's Day to a place called Hanging Rock, a rock formation of volcanic origin. 

After the picnic, a small group of students, accompanied by a teacher, separates from the rest of the class and decides to go on an expedition to the more obscure areas of the cliff. One of them is found later, but re nothing.

Sebastiane (1976) 39t

6,1 on IMDb | 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Sebastiane” a homosexual saint (Leonardo Treviglio) becomes a martyr after the emperor of Rome tries to annihilate Christianity.

The Devil's Playground (1976) 22724b

6,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Fred Schepisi's first feature film is a period drama that details a young man's coming of age at a strict Catholic seminary in Australia in 1950.

The Better Way to Walk (1976) 5f4v5s

Original title: La meilleure fazon de marcher

7,1 on IMDB 

Set in , the film shows Marc (Patrick Dewaere) and Philippe (Patrick Bouchitey), two counselors and monitors at a summer camp. While the first one is very manly, the second one is very reserved. One night, Marc catches his co-worker dressed and made up like a woman.

The Tenant (1976) 1i3i6q

Original title: The Tenant

7,6 on IMDb | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

In Paris, a Pole rents an apartment in an eccentric French building, where he becomes suspicious of his neighbors. Upon discovering that the last tenant in the apartment where he is living has tried to commit suicide by jumping out of the window, he becomes obsessed with the case and paranoid that he begins to identify with her in increasingly disturbing ways. 

Wild ion (1976) 2h7316

Original title: Je t'aime moi non plus

5,9 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "wild ion“, Johnny (Jane Birkin) is a young waitress who lives in a trailer and is enchanted by the driver of the garbage truck. However, as soon as she finally gets the boy's attention, along with it comes his boyfriend's jealousy. 

John (1976) 5712

5,6 on IMDB 

In the same-sex romance plot, while Philipe waits for Johan to get out of prison, he begins to recreate various moments of their relationship with the help of several friends during the summer of 1975.

A Very Special Day (1977) 6h3i72

Original title: A Special Day

8,1 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Rome in 1938, “A Very Special Day” depicts the day of Hitler's visit to Mussolini. Two very different neighbors meet: the housewife Antonietta (Sophia Loren), who is married to a fascist militant and mother of six children, and the homosexual radio host Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni). Throughout this day, they live a deep friendship, sharing their dramas and hopes.

Living in Desperation (1977) 6l4eb

Original title: Desperate Living

7,0 on IMDb | 70% on Rotten Tomatoes

Seen as a drama with lesbian protagonism about the revolution, “live desperate” accompanies a neurotic housewife (Mink Stole) who kills her husband with the help of the maid. After the event, they flee to Mortville, a community ruled by a fascist queen.

The Aftermath (1977) 2v1e62

Original title: The Consequence

7,3 on IMDB 

In this homoaffective novel, Thomas Manzoni (Ernst Hannawald), the jailer's son, falls in love with inmate Martin Kurath (Jürgen Prochnow) and ends up seducing him. When Martin is released from prison, they try to build a life together and deal with people who try to get in their way.

Word Is Out (1977) 265t2f

8,0 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this documentary, a group of gays and lesbians delve into a series of interviews about issues such as intolerance, stereotypes, interpersonal relationships and eventual changes that impacted their lives.

Respondents range from US workers and ex-servicemen to filmmakers. They vary in age, ethnicity and economic status.

To an Unknown God (1977) 3r4b6y

Original title: To an unknown God

6,2 on IMDB 

In history, José (Héctor Alterio) lived his childhood in Granada, Spain. His father was a gardener at the Buendía house. In one night, a fascist group murdered José's father. Years later, at the age of 50, he needs to return to the place where he lived as a child. In addition, at the same time, he has the mission to unravel Miguel, his current boyfriend (Xabier Elorriaga).

The Cage of Fools (1978) 23434g

Original title: The Cage aux folles

7,2 on IMDb | 95% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "The Cage of Fools”, Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) live a successful and healthy homoaffective romance. They even have a son together, Laurent (Rémi Laurent), and are very happy with his marriage.

However, the bride's father (Michel Galabru) is an extreme conservative. So, to make sure the wedding goes off without a fuss, Albin uses her makeup skills and drag queen to act as Laurent's mother at a family gathering with the in-laws. 

Nighthawks (1978) 522b1r

6,2 on IMDb | 40% on Rotten Tomatoes

During the day, a teacher (Ken Robertson) represses his sexuality in the UK. So at night he lives in clubs and bars where he can be himself. 

In a Year of 13 Moons (1978) 3e1ex

Original title: In a Year with 13 Moons

7,4 on IMDb | 73% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, Elvira Weishaupt (Volker Spengler), once a burly working-class butcher named Erwin, decided to make a huge sacrifice for love. She underwent a sex change because of a romantic interest that dumped her, and now she must struggle to reconcile her past life with her current identity. 

California Suite (1978) 6uwc

6,2 on IMDb | 50% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis of this adaptation of Neil Simon's play, four comic scenarios take place in a hotel. Divorced couple Hannah (Jane Fonda) and Bill (Alan Alda) argue over custody of their daughter; an actress (Maggie Smith) worries about her Oscar nomination while her gay husband (Michael Caine) decides to come out of the closet; a businessman (Walter Matthau) finds a comatose prostitute in his bed, and two competitive doctors (Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby) settle their differences over a game of tennis.

Anna's Dates (1978) 3w145b

Original title: Les rendez-vous d'Anna

7,4 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

Anna Silver (Aurore Clément), a reserved director, meets many people on her trip to to show her latest film, and they all make personal revelations to her.

The Storm (1979) 6faq

Original title: The Tempest

6,4 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, the magician Prospero (Heathcote Williams) causes problems in a surreal adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Hair (1979) 6o1r1k

7,5 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

Oklahoma boy Claude Hooper Bukowski (John Savage) is recruited for the Vietnam War. He meets a group of hippies in New York, who introduce him to unconventional concepts about behavior and society.

Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Heap Girls (1980) 1n2m53

Original title: Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls of the montón

6,1 on IMDb | 43% on Rotten Tomatoes

In a housing project in Madrid, Pepi (Carmen Maura), an unemployed woman still covered by her parents, is raped by a police officer who discovers marijuana in her house. After the incident, along with her best friend, Bom (Alaska), leader of a punk group, she decides to take revenge.

Partners of the Night (1980) 5l5q60

Original title: Cruising

6,5 on IMDb | 50% on Rotten Tomatoes

A shocking and violent film in which an undercover New York City police officer infiltrates the gay men's community to investigate a series of brutal murders. As he becomes more and more involved in this case, the detective begins to lose perspective of resolution and sanity.

Taxi to the Bathroom (1980) 721z25

Original title: Taxi To The Loo

6,5 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

The semi-autobiographical film by German director and screenwriter Frank Ripploh leaves aside the idea of ​​​​ing a puritanical image enough to be accepted by heterosexual society. Acting as he truly is, Ripploh is a bearded professor with an active sex life and a big ambition to make movies. But he tries his best to separate his personal and professional life. Eventually he meets Bernd (Bernd Broaderup) and the two begin a gay romance. And so he has to decide whether to keep trying to keep his assumed sexual orientation just outside of classrooms.

Labyrinth of ions (1982) 1p671f

Original title: Labyrinth of ion

6,1 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

This story follows four very different people. Sexilia (Cecilia Roth) is a nymphomaniac, Sadec (Antonio Banderas) is an Islamic terrorist, Riza Niro (Imanol Airas) is the son of the Emperor of Tiran and Queti (Marta Fernández) is the daughter of laundry owners. When Riza discovers that he is being pursued by Sadec and his colleagues, he disguises himself in a punk style and falls in love with Sexilia - which turns out to be his first heterosexual relationship.

A Strange Woman (1982) x5j69

Original title: Trout

5,8 on IMDb | 56% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, Frédérique (Isabelle Huppert), a seductive but unattainable woman, swore to herself that she could get everything from men without giving them anything in return. Married to Galuchat (Jacques Spiesser), with whom she leads the life of an asexual couple, she meets, one night, two businessmen, Rambert (Jean-Pierre Cassel) and Saint-Genis (Daniel Olbrychski).

The Partners (1982) 5i5j21

Original title: Personal Best

6,3 on IMDb | 73% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, young sprinter Chris Cahill (Mariel Hemingway) is having a hard time reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets track and field star Tory Skinner (Patrice Donnelly). 

At first, the two young women form a friendship when Tory and her trainer (Scott Glenn) help Chris with his training. Gradually, Tory and Chris begin to have a romantic relationship and grow closer. 

Victor or Victoria? (1982) 6o5j3c

Original title: Victor/Victoria

7,6 on IMDb | 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Paris in 1934, “Victor or Victoria?” is a classic that follows Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), an unemployed lyric singer who meets Carroll Todd (Robert Preston), recently fired. Together, to get at least one of them to have a job, they hatch a plan which relies on Victoria impersonating a man, the cross-dresser Victor. 

Everything goes well until she falls in love with King Marchand (James Garner), which generates the ime of revealing herself as a fake or keeping her job. 

Hunger for Life (1983) 20223d

Original title: The Hunger

6,6 on IMDb | 56% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Hunger to Live”, John (David Bowie) is the lover of the beautiful immortal vampire Miriam (Catherine Deneuve). He has been deluded enough to believe that he, too, will live forever. But quickly, the boy ends up dying a horrible death in life. After what happened, Mirim begins her search for a new companion.

Soon, she encounters Sarah (Susan Sarandon), a young scientist who quickly falls in love with Miriam. However, she does not accept the concept of vampirism so easily and this causes the couple to have disagreements. 

Death Watch (1983) 51r5k

Original title: Random Mortelle

7,0 on IMDB 

In the synopsis, a private detective is obsessed with a beautiful woman, who seduces and kills wealthy men across Western Europe.

Liana (1983) m3d34

6,9 on IMDb | 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

Lianna (Linda Griffiths) is an unhappily married woman who begins to feel attracted to her psychology professor Ruth (Jane Hallaren). After a few dates, she realizes that she is falling more and more in love, so she decides to reveal her true identity to friends and family.

At First Sight (1983) 4t5853

Original title: Coup de foudre

7,1 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Lena (Isabelle Huppert) is a Jewish refugee who marries a soldier to avoid being sent to in the middle of World War II. Years later, she meets outgoing artist Madeleine (Miou-Miou), who was also a victim of the horrors of war. The two begin to nurture an emotional relationship that borders on homoaffective romance.

Bad Habits (1983) 1h4xp

Original title: Dark Habits

6,5 on IMDb | 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by the incredible Pedro Almodóvar, “Bad habits” accompanies nightclub singer Yolanda Bell (Cristina Sanchez) who finds herself in trouble after losing her fiance who died of an overdose. Pursued by the police, she thinks it's a good idea to take refuge in a convent. But, in the company of the nuns who welcomed her, Yolanda realizes that there is not much difference between the life she knew and the one she finds today. That's because, in addition to everything else, the institution has a mother superior who is lesbian and addicted to heroin.

The Fourth Man (1983) 9z4y

Original title: Come on man

7,2 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, it all starts when Gerard Reve (Jeroen Krabbé) has a one-night stand with his widow, Christine Halsslag (Renée Soutendijk). Afterwards, he begins to lust after her boyfriend, Herman (Thom Hoffman). But quickly the situation escalates and everything becomes much more complicated than he expected.

Archipel of love (1983) 1j6x5l

5,0 on IMDB 

There are nine short films about the anguish of fluid love that comes and goes as it pleases. The films are signed by names such as Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Claude Guiguet, Jacques Davila, Jean-Claude Biette and Michel Delahaye (in his only foray into directing).

Silkwood (1983) 2k4o1o

7,1 on IMDb | 76% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), “Silkwood” follows the protagonist, her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and her friend Dolly Pelliker (Cher) working together at a nuclear facility. 

When Karen begins to worry about the factory's safety procedures, she looks for violations that could put workers at risk. Amidst the investigation, she discovers that she has been exposed to high levels of radiation. 

Furyo: In the Name of Honor (1983) 5n3v2

Original title: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

7,2 on IMDb | 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

During World War II, in 1942, British soldier Jack Celliers (David Bowie) is captured by Japanese forces and held in a prison camp by Captain Yanoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto). Meanwhile, a translator, Lieutenant Colonel John Lawrence (Tom Conti), tries to find a happy medium between British and Japanese beliefs.

The Wounded Man (1983) 302r1t

Original title: The Wounded Man

6,7 on IMDb | 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

Henri (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is a young man who discovers his homosexuality and begins a relationship with a manipulative and criminal crook he meets at a train station.

La triche (1984) 2b1q1p

6,0 on IMDB 

Em “La Triche”, on the docks of Bordeaux, a gay man was murdered. So, when Detective Michel Verta (Victor Lanoux) starts investigating the murder, he meets Bernard Mirande (Xavier Deluc) – a young musician with whom he begins to fall in love. The problem is that this homoaffective romance can impact his family life and integrity, because in addition to being married, the boy is one of the suspects in the murder. 

Shades of Fern (1984) 282a34

Original title: stin kapradiny

6,9 on IMDB

Based on the only extensive prose work by surrealist painter Josef Capek, this film is the closest thing to the fairy tales and philosophical fables of Josef's older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek.

Before Stonewall (1984) 6m664e

Original title: Before Stonewall

7,5 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

This documentary explores cultural perceptions of homosexuality before the Stonewall riots through interviews with activists and academics.

Memoirs of a Spy (1984) 6h6q21

Original title: Another country

7,0 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this film adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play, classmates Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) find a true connection in friendship during the 1930s at an elite British public school.

Openly gay, Bennett has to deal with homophobia on a daily basis while Judd goes through an internal conflict that is divided between reconciling his studies and the expectations of the institution according to the established principles and, at the same time, sticking to his Marxist beliefs.

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) 2k336w

8,2 on IMDb | 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

This film addresses the life of Harvey Milk, an important activist and representative of the LGBTQIAP+ cause who was part of the San Francisco City Hall team. In addition, the city's reaction to Milk's murder in November 1978 by Dan White is shown.

Kiss of the Spider-Woman (1985) 5e13m

Original title: Kiss of the Spider Woman

7,3 on IMDb | 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, two imprisoned men share the same cell and learn to live together and respect each other. One of them is homosexual and, through the stories he tells, distracts his partner, a political prisoner who suffers from being away from the woman he loves.

Deserted Hearts (1985) 1w3a11

Original title: Desert Hearts

7,1 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

While waiting for divorce papers, a repressed literature professor is unexpectedly seduced by a younger lesbian woman who is carefree and witty.

To Cor Purple (1985) o73u

Original title: The Color Purple

7,7 on IMDb | 77% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker, “The Color Purple” is a story that spans forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a black woman living in the South who has dealt with painful abuse and bigotry. After her abusive father forces her into a marriage to Albert Johnson (Danny Glover), things take a turn for the worse. But she remains hopeful of one day meeting her sister again. 

This information may probably shock some people, but “The Color Purple” is a lesbian novel. Although more codified in movies than in books, Celie and Shug have a love relationship. 

My Lovely Laundry Room (1985) 3x373z

Original title: My Beautiful Laundrette

6,8 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

In a humbler neighborhood of London, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Pakistani, inherits a laundry from his uncle (Saeed Jaffrey) – who places high expectations on the business to prosper. 

On the same day, Omar is attacked by a group of racist punks, but soon gets out of the situation when he notices that their leader is his ex-boyfriend, Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). In the midst of this bizarre situation, the two boys decide to resume their relationship and take care of the laundry together, while they have to deal with social prejudice.

After Hours (1985) 1c5c1l

Original title: After Hours

7,6 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne), a computer operator in Manhattan, hates his job as much as his totally lonely private life. Tired of the monotony, he decides to visit a cafe, where he meets the charming Marcy Franklin (Rosanna Arquette).

Later, Paul decides to meet the girl at a friend's house in SoHo, and has to face a sequence of unexpected, embarrassing and even dangerous events.

Mishima: A Life in Four Times (1985) 4pc11

Original title: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7,9 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

"Mishima: A Life in Four Times” is illustrated by events that happened in the life of the controversial author-militarist Yukio Mishima.

Lives in Conflict (1985) 2ih54

Original title: Trouble in Mind

6,4 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, the lives of an ex-convict, a coffee shop owner and a young couple who want to get rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.

Angelic Dialogues (1985) 6i1b6f

Original title: The Angelic Conversation

6,1 on IMDB 

Filmmaker Derek Jarman's screenplay and film center on a same-sex romance with an unseen narrator who recites 14 Shakespearean love sonnets. 

Alger la blanche (1986) 5m3d66

5,9 on IMDB 

Farid (Ali Baouche) is a teenager of Algerian descent who, because of some attitudes and choices, begins to arouse disagreements in the family and social environment, including Jean (Frédéric Deban), the boy he is in love with.

My Lipstick Husband (1986) 2i5n

Original title: Couple

6,9 on IMDb | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the middle of a fight in a bar between the couple Monique (Miou-Miou) and Antoine (Michel Blanc), the bisexual thief Bob (Gérard Depardieu) interrupts the situation unexpectedly. Upon learning that they need money, Bob teaches them various methods of robbing houses.

In this, Monique begins to feel attracted to the charismatic thief, but the problem is that he is more interested in Antoine – which feeds the reciprocal attraction. As the three begin to live under the same roof, the woman becomes increasingly unhappy at being ignored by the two men.

Matador (1986) 32859

7,0 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, the matador Diego Montez (Nacho Martínez) is forced to retire, so he invests in his teaching career. Among the students is Angel (Antonio Banderas), a boy desperate to impress others and with a perverse mentality – which he even uses to try to harass Diego's girlfriend, Eva (Eva Cobo).

He fails, but turns himself in anyway and confesses to other crimes. A lawyer (Assumpta Serna) intervenes to defend him, and the police do not see him as the real culprit.

Parting Glances (1986) 202a21

Original title: Parting Glances

7,2 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

As Robert (John Bolger), a successful young gay man, prepares to leave New York City to work abroad, his boyfriend, Michel (Richard Ganoung), must learn to deal with his absence and the impacts that distance has on him. will have in the relationship.

In the meantime, Michel takes care of his ex-boyfriend, Nick (Steve Buscemi), who is struggling with HIV. “Parting Glances – Farewell Glances”, including, it is one of the first American films to directly address AIDS. 

Suitcase Night (1986) 5j223q

6,5 on IMDb | 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Bad night”, Walt (Tim Streeter) is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny (Doug Cooeyate). 

Even though Walt has nothing in common with Johnny, his interest in the boy results in eccentric encounters and a love triangle. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Walt Curtis.

Love Has No Sex (1987) 364z4a

Original title: Prick Up Your Ears

7,1 on IMDb | 95% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on a true story, the film follows the life and tragic death of British playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman). When young boy Orton meets older, introverted man Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) at a drama school, they soon form a friendship and it doesn't take long for them to start a homoaffective romance.

While Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and gains prominence in his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly jealous, which leads to dangerous attitudes.

The Law of Desire (1987) 3w50

Original title: Law of Desire

7,1 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Pablo (Eusebio Poncela), a homosexual film director, meets Antonio Benítez (Antonio Banderas), a handsome young man with whom he spends a night together. The next day, Pablo explains to the boy that it had been a chance meeting because he was still in love with his ex-boyfriend. Antonio doesn't take this information well and starts to show a dangerous side taken by jealousy and obsession.

Maurice (1987) 2o44r

7,7 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses that he is sexually attracted to Maurice, which he realizes is reciprocated when he begins to reciprocate Clive's feelings. 

The two embark on an intense but low-key affair to avoid tarnishing Clive's reputation. As the story goes on, their relationship comes to an end and Clive marries Anne (Phoebe Nicholls). While visiting her ex-boyfriend, Maurice ends up being attracted to Alec Scudder (Rupert Graves), one of the house's employees.

Male Dancer (1988) a5p6h

6,6 on IMDB 

Abandoned by his American boyfriend, a teenager travels to Manila in order to find a way to his family. With a popular call boy as a mentor, he enters the universe of strippers and all the danger that is in that package. 

male dancer it is a true denunciation of the system, police corruption and the social regime.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) 682f4i

Original title: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

7,5 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, when Pepa Marcos' (Carmen Maura) boyfriend, Ivan (Fernando Guillén), decides to end the relationship for no apparent reason, she embarks on a strange journey to find out why.

Along the way, she meets several rather eccentric characters. Among them are Ivan's son (Antonio Banderas) from a previous relationship, his fiancée Marissa (Rossy de Palma) and a terrorist who secretly holds her best friend Candela (María Barranco) hostage.

That Strange Attraction (1988) ll4d

Original title: Torch Song Trilogy

7,8 on IMDb | 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the Broadway play of the same name, “This Strange Attraction” follows the love life of Arnold Beckoff (Harvey Fierstein), a New York artist who performs as a drag queen. In search of love and acceptance, Arnold goes through disappointments and grief over the death of his boyfriend, in addition to having to deal with his controlling mother (Anne Bancroft).

Hairspray: And We Were All Young (1988) 4u2n1e

Original title: Hairspray

7,0 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

When Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) auditions for a spot on a popular dance show, she beats the spiteful Amber von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick) and even toasts her boyfriend (Michael St. Gerard) in the process. 

After meeting some black students at her school, Tracy starts a social movement for more racial integration in dance.

Apartment Zero (1988) 462p2o

Original title: Apartment Zero

6,8 on IMDb | 74% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in the 1980s in a seedy neighborhood of Buenos Aires, “Apartment Zero” follows Adrian LeDuc (Colin Firth), the owner of a struggling movie theater and a building full of eccentric tenants.

To be able to pay the bills, Adrian receives Jack Carney (Hart Bochner), who becomes his roommate. But he soon begins to suspect that the man is involved in political assassinations.

Looking for Langston (1989) 372x6b

6,7 on IMDb | 78% on Rotten Tomatoes

Biographical film set in the 1920s that tells the story of African-American poet and novelist Langston Hughes, known for his connection to the Harlem Renaissance. 

Tongues Untied (1989) 1b1h2y

7,1 on IMDB 

Filmmaker Marlon Riggs gives a voice to communities of black gay men, presenting their cultures and perspectives on the world as they face racism, homophobia and marginalization.

Coming Out of the Closet (1989) 536fj

Original title: Coming Out

7,0 on IMDB 

In "Coming out of the closet”, a young professor in East Berlin struggles to accept his homosexuality.

6,3 on IMDb | 60% on Rotten Tomatoes

In Paris, in the early 1930s, writer Henry Miller (Fred Ward) forms a love triangle with his wife and her mistress. Although the wife is attracted to both, she is not very interested in her husband.

I, the Worst of All (1990) 1gm5l

Original title: Yo, the worst of all

7,1 on IMDB

Based on facts, this film follows the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself as an important philosopher, poet and writer, be considered as a true feminist.

When Sor Juana feels threatened by the archbishop (Lautaro Murúa) for not agreeing with his ideology, she turns to a powerful political connection – the viceroy's wife (Dominique Sanda).

My Dear Companion (1990) 3b5s2x

Original title: Longtime Companion

7,6 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

During the 1980s, a group of gay friends and a straight woman face the spread of AIDS. Personal trainer Willy (Campbell Scott) watches the epidemic grow as he fights for awareness. Willy's friend John (Dermot Mulroney) is the first to be infected, but it soon becomes clear that this is a pandemic. Willy's boyfriend Fuzzy (Stephen Caffrey) and his adopted sister Lisa (Mary-Louise Parker) watch as their friends and loved ones succumb to the disease.

Paris Is Burning (1990) 5c1736

8,2 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is one of the most popular films in the LGBTQIAP+ cultural scene. Being a chronicle of the drag queen universe in New York in the 1980s, the production focuses on the dances, ambitions, difficulties and dreams of all these artists who are a milestone in history. 

The Garden (1990) 2s1567

Original title: The Garden

6,4 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

"The garden” is a project that was born out of director Derek Jarman's anger and outrage over the ongoing discrimination against the gay community and the slow pace of action to solve the AIDS epidemic.

The Hours and Times (1991) 64436r

6,3 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is a fictionalized of what may have happened when John Lennon (Ian Hart) and Beatles manager Brian Epstein (David Angus) went on vacation together to Spain in 1963.

Edward II (1991) 1g3g1c

Original title: Edward II

6,8 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Adapted from a play by Christopher Marlow, “Edward II” follows the fate and unfolding life of a gay king (Steven Waddington) of England.

Call Boys (1991) 41x73

Original title: My Own Private Idaho

7,0 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's “Henry IV”, Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay drug dealer who suffers from narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of an important political figure.

Together they travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy on a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way, they grow closer as Mike begins to have platonic feelings for Scott.

Arthur Rimbaud, A Biography (1991) 3d2y14

Original title: Arthur Rimbaud – A biographie

8,1 on IMDB

This is a fiction plot with documentary elements about the life and death of the poet Arthur Rimbaud.

Amid interviews and eyewitness s, the film paints a picture of Rimbaud's turbulent career, his drug addiction and consequent premature death. Everything is filmed in a poetic way, including accessing the poet's favorite places. 

Walking a Tightrope (1991) 6k5g3d

Original title: Les equilibristes

6,8 on IMDB 

A famous and relentless writer starts dating a young man with aspirations of becoming a rope artist, but he ends up suffering major consequences when he is later dumped by another boy.

Feline Nights (1992) 5s352z

Original title: Savage Nights

6,9 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

Jean (Cyril Collard) is a sexually active bisexual man who discovers he is HIV+. From this premise, the film shows the boy dealing with the disease, the new and troubled love for the young Laura (Romane Bohringer), his eventual desire for Samy (Carlos López) and the desire to explore the sexual diversity that he carries with him. 

Live to the End (1992) 1y1z4u

Original title: The Living End

6,5 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

Luke (Mike Dytri) is a gay drug dealer. Jon (Craig Gilmore) is a film critic. Both are HIV positive. They set out on a hedonistic and dangerous journey with the motto that you only live once. 

The Secret Films of Rock Hudson (1992) 1t134j

Original title: Rock Hudson's Home Movies

5,9 on IMDb | 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

Documentary filmmaker Mark Rappaport uniquely portrays the life of legendary Hollywood icon Rock Hudson, an actor who kept his sexual orientation a secret for much of his life. Point-of-view narration from a posthumously created memoir read by Hudson himself s the actor's classic footage.

Basic Instinct (1992) 6v5y1h

Original title: Basic Instinct

7,0 on IMDb | 57% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, the mysterious Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), a beautiful crime novelist, becomes a suspect when she is linked to the brutal death of a rock star. Investigated by homicide detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), Catherine seduces him into an intense relationship. Meanwhile, the case becomes increasingly complicated when related deaths occur. Nick's psychologist and lover, Beth Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn), is considered as another suspect.

This film was probably one of the worst in of representation. Both Catherine and Beth are bisexual, and rightfully so they are portrayed as characters who are psychologically unstable.

The End of a Long Day (1992) 5xf60

Original title: The Long Day Closes

7,3 on IMDb | 81% on Rotten Tomatoes

A shy young man deals with the pressures of school and home life in 1950s Britain through the medium of local cinema.

Fag Hag (1992) h475o

Original title: okoge

7,1 on IMDB 

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

For the Rest of Our Lives (1992) 4ra6t

Original title: Peter's Friends

7,0 on IMDb | 65% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, after inheriting a large rural property from his late father, Peter (Stephen Fry) invites his friends from college: the couple Roger (Hugh Laurie) and Mary (Imelda Staunton), the lonely Maggie (Emma Thompson), the elegant Sarah (Alphonsia Emmanuel) and writer Andrew (Kenneth Branagh), who brings along his famous wife, Carol (Rita Rudner). Sarah's new boyfriend Brian (Tony Slattery) is also tagging along. It's been 10 years since college and they discover that their lives are very different.

Nitrate Kisses (1992) 2d4p4q

7,2 on IMDB 

Filmmaker Barbara Hammer investigates culture through the eyes of real-life LGBTQIAP+ characters from four couples. 

Betrayed by Desire (1992) 4j2a6

Original title: The Crying Game

7,2 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a British soldier kidnapped into his custody, despite warnings from fellow IRA Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire ( Adrian Dunbar). Jody makes Fergus promise that he will visit his girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson), in London, and when Fergus flees into the city, he seeks her out. 

Orlando, the Immortal Woman (1992) 152r6r

Original title: Orlando

7,1 on IMDb | 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, “Orlando the Immortal Woman” begins in the 1600s. Noble Orlando (Tilda Swinton) inherits his parents' home, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp), who orders the young man never to change. 

After a failed affair with Russian princess Sasha (Charlotte Valandrey), Orlando seeks solace in the arts before being appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1700, where war is raging. One morning, Orlando was surprised to wake up as a woman and return home, fighting now in a female body to maintain his property through the centuries.

Swoon – Collapse of Desire (1992) 6ms4k

Original title: Swoon

6,6 on IMDb | 73% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on facts, teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. (Craig Chester) and Richard Loeb (Daniel Schlachet) enter into a dangerous gay romance and a peculiar outlook on life. They spend their afternoons breaking into stores and committing petty crimes, until calculating Nathan decides to make matters worse by kidnapping and murdering a young boy. When the body is found, all evidence points to the couple, whose relationship makes the case one of the most talked about trials of the 1920s.

Farewell, My Concubine (1993) s6n

Original title: Farewell My Concubine

8,1 on IMDb | 87% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Farewell, My Comcubine”, Douzi (Leslie Cheung) goes to an opera school at the behest of his mother. The boy Shitou (Fengyi Zhang), also a student at the school, becomes his friend. As they develop their talents, Douzi begins to have romantic feelings for Shitou, but unfortunately it is unrequited. 

Totally F***ed Up (1993) 5o6f5w

6,4 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Six LGBTQIAP+ characters struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of various obstacles.

Wedding Banquet (1993) 4r1v3t

Original title: The Wedding Banquet

7,6 on IMDb | 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Wedding Banquet”, Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) and her boyfriend (Mitchell Lichtenstein) live a happy gay romance in New York City. Until then, Wai-Tung hadn't told his Taiwanese parents (Sihung Lung, Ah-Leh Gua) about his sexuality and so he decided to keep their desire to realize a traditional Chinese union by marrying Wei-Wei (May Chin), an artist desperate for green card. What was supposed to be a simple affair turns into a major disaster when Wai-Tung's parents decide to plan an extravagant wedding feast. 

Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993) 4a3d

8,1 on IMDB

In this heartwarming documentary, having both been diagnosed with AIDS, UCLA film professor Tom Joslin and his partner, Mark Massi, set out to document the most intimate details of their daily lives. As the physical and mental toll of the disease begins to take hold, Joslin's former student Peter Friedman takes over producing the film, providing the final, bittersweet postscript about the enduring love between two people who have decided bravely face your illness together.

Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) 3m3e6z

Original title: Strawberry and Chocolate

7,4 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Cuba, in 1979, the extravagant artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) tries to seduce David (Vladimir Cruz), a heterosexual boy. Even failing with their goal, the duo develops an atypical friendship in the midst of political discussions, personal opinions and individuality in Castro's Cuba.

Philadelphia (1993) 6j6z1x

Original title: Philadelphia

7,7 on IMDb | 81% on Rotten Tomatoes

In "Philadelphia”, fearing that it would jeopardize his career, lawyer Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) hides his homosexuality and serology in a powerful Philadelphia law firm. But his secret is exposed when a colleague discovers the telltale lesions of the disease. 

Upon being fired, Beckett resolves to sue the company for discrimination, ing Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), the only lawyer willing to help. In court, they face off against one of their former employer's top litigators, Belinda Conine (Mary Steenburgen).

M. Butterfly (1993) sk4i

6,7 on IMDb | 43% on Rotten Tomatoes

René Gallimard (Jeremy Irons) is a French diplomat who has been sent to Beijing. While adjusting to life in China, Gallimard meets and falls in love with Song Liling (John Lone), an opera singer who wears traditionally ornate clothes and makeup. 

The two begin a relationship, but unfortunately for Gallimard, there's a lot about Song he doesn't know. Among the revelations Gallimard must deal with is the discovery that his girlfriend is actually a man.

Wittgenstein (1993) 3q1h5v

6,9 on IMDb | 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is Derek Jarman's portrait of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, focusing on his theories and repressed homosexuality.

Grief (1993) 636y57

5,7 on IMDB 

In an attempt to reconcile his social and professional life, a writer (Craig Chester) dedicates himself to his work on a television program called “The Love Judge”.

Maximum Adrenaline (1993) 2r503o

Original title: Sonatine

7,5 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

A yakuza officer (Beat Takeshi) lands more than he bargained for as he tries to defuse a gang war in Okinawa.

Twenty Year Fever (1993) 2pz15

Original title: Hatachi no Binetsu

6,2 on IMDB 

This is the story of two young drug dealers, Tatsuro (Yoshihiko Hakamada) and Shin (Masashi Endō), and their two friends. Everything seems to be going well for the quartet, until the day Shin reveals that he is in love with Tatsuro.

Truth or Dare (1994) 24174

Original title: action verite

6,3 on IMDB 

A group of two girls and two boys, aged between 14 and 15, play a game of truth or dare. The questions and challenges deal with relationships and the like in a naive way. But with each turn the questions escalate until Paul (Adrien Pastor) gives Rose (Aylin Argun) a challenge that results in a sudden silence. 

Three Ways to Love (1994) 572166

Original title: Threesome

6,3 on IMDb | 28% on Rotten Tomatoes

At a public college, student Eddy (Josh Charles) is forced to share a room with sloppy Stuart (Stephen Baldwin), but even with their differences, the two start a surprising friendship. When college student Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) is assigned to live with the two students because of her neutral name, an indirect love triangle ensues. Eddy secretly desires Stuart, who wants Alex, who in turn prefers Eddy. The complex situation leads to sexual experimentation and strained relationships.

Sleepless Nights (1994) 1z1w2

Original title: I Can't Sleep

6,9 on IMDb | 64% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Paris in the 1980s, “sleepless nights” against the backdrop of a series of murders that call the attention of residents. At the same time, Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) moves to from Lithuania, immigrant musician Theo (Alex Descas) struggles to raise his son, and Theo's brother, a transvestite named Camille (Richard Courcet), sings and dances in a cabaret.

The three struggle with isolation and the problems of modern life, but one of them may be so alienated that he ends up having a hand in the serial murders.

Interview with the Vampire (1994) 595a3y

Original title: Interview with the vampire

7,5 on IMDb | 64% on Rotten Tomatoes

A biographer journalist interviews a young man who claims to be a vampire. Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), a man who lost everything, recounts his experiences over the past 200 years and recounts his encounter with Lestat de Lioncourt, a creature of the night.

A Love Affair (1994) 1j4a4z

Original title: The Sum of Us

7,3 on IMDb | 63% on Rotten Tomatoes

Harry (Jack Thompson) is a widowed father who now feels ready to start dating again. He shares the house with his son Jeff (Russell Crowe), who is gay and is also looking for a serious relationship. In this mutual between father and son, Jeff finds a boyfriend who is not yet assumed, while Harry starts dating Joyce (Deborah Kennedy) – who, incidentally, is extremely homophobic. 

A Friend of Dorothy (1994) 1a576f

7,2 on IMDB

In a water with sugar tone, Winston (Raoul O'Connell) enters a college as a freshman already sure of his sexuality. There, he falls in love with Tom (Kevin McClatchy), his temporary roommate who is soon to move to Los Angeles.

Twin Souls (1994) 1a4a2k

Original title: Heavenly Creatures

7,3 on IMDb | 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

With the wonderful Kate Winslet in the cast, “Perfect soulmates” depicts the story of two teenage girls who share a unique bond. Their parents, worried that their friendship is too intense, separate them, but the girls run away and plan revenge.

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) 3c4f4m

Original title: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

7,5 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis of this classic, when drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to perform on the road, he invites transvestite Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to accompany him. In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian outback performing to enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals. But when the other two performers discover the truth about why Anthony took the job, it threatens both their acting and their friendship.

The Perfect Couple (1994) 5p1td

Original title: Go fish

5,7 on IMDb | 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

After saying goodbye to his girlfriend to go to college in Chicago, young lesbian Max West (Guinevere Turner) is introduced to Ely (VS Brodie), a slightly older woman with peculiar habits. 

While Max and Ely quickly develop a mutual attraction, a phone call with a timing Max's long-distance girlfriend's bad temper abruptly cuts things short. Meanwhile, Max's roommate, Kia (T. Wendy McMillan), helps his girlfriend, Evy (Migdalia Melendez), deal with some difficult times at home.

Wild Roses (1994) 263v40

Original title: Wild Reeds

7,3 on IMDb | 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

At a boarding school in the south of , the shy student François (Gaël Morel) discovers his homosexuality when he starts a homoaffective relationship with the farmer Serge (Jacques Nolot). 

A bizarre love triangle soon forms between François, his best friend Maetie (Élodie Bouchez) and Serge, while the French war in Algeria plays out in the backdrop, paralleling the turmoil of self-discovery that takes place at the crossroads between youth and adulthood. .

Carrington, Days of ion (1995) 4t1842

Original title: Carrington

6,8 on IMDb | 54% on Rotten Tomatoes

Based on facts, painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce).

Though Lytton identifies as a gay man, he takes a shine to the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship with an oddly romantic twist. Eventually, Lytton and Dora move in together, despite her having fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge (Steven Waddington), whom she plans to marry.

When Night Falls (1995) 6x274

Original title: When Night Is Falling

6,5 on IMDb | 53% on Rotten Tomatoes

Em "When the night falls”, Camille (Pascale Bussières) is a conservative woman who works as a literacy teacher at a large urban university. Eventually, she finds herself strangely drawn to Petra (Rachael Crawford), a totally opposite, liberal, free-spirited woman who works at an event that arrives in town.

2 Girls in Love (1995) 3p3gg

Original title: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

6,6 on IMDb | 78% on Rotten Tomatoes

Randy Dean (Laurel Holloman), a young lesbian who works at a gas station, has trouble fitting in in high school and suffers a lot of prejudice for her sexual orientation.

She strikes up an unlikely friendship with one of the popular girls at her school, wealthy Evie (Nicole Parker). But when their friendship turns into romance, the two find themselves struggling with the complexities and pitfalls of finding love, having to reveal their same-sex romance to friends and family.

Ballads in NY (1995) 33pi

Original title: Party Girl

6,5 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, although Mary (Parker Posey) has almost no income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her Aunt Judy (Sasha von Scherler) for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that she can pay back the borrowed money. 

Kiss of the Butterfly (1995) 1e43v

Original title: Butterfly kiss

6,3 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

Eunice (Amanda Plummer) wanders the roads of northern England, from one gas station to another, in search of Judith (Katy Murphy), the woman she claims to be madly in love with. 

Then, one day, she meets Miriam (Saskia Reeves), a deaf and naive young woman who sympathizes with Eunice's cause and tries to help her. But, over time, she realizes that Eunice is a very temperamental person and with that she tries to make her someone better. 

Jeffrey – With Life (1995) 6k3d3w

Original title: Jeffrey

6,8 on IMDb | 70% on Rotten Tomatoes

Jeffrey (Steven Weber), a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that remaining celibate is the only option to protect himself. 

But soon after the decision, he meets the handsome Steve Howard (Michael T. Weiss), the man of his dreams - who happens to be HIV positive. Faced with this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend (Patrick Stewart) and a priest (Nathan Lane) for guidance.

The Other Side of Hollywood (1995) 331s5n

Original title: The Celluloid Closet

7,8 on IMDb | 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

In its synopsis, this documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have occupied in the history of cinema and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions about LGBT figures. Issues addressed include secrecy – which initially defined homosexuality – as well as the demonization of the homosexual community with the advent of AIDS, and ultimately the shift towards acceptance and positivity in the modern era.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 692w3h

Original title: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

6,6 on IMDb | 43% on Rotten Tomatoes

Drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress judges at a regional competition, winning spots at the national stage in Los Angeles. 

When the two meet the transvestite Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Alberto Leguizamo), one of the disqualified of the night, the charming Vida and Noxeema decide to help the poor young woman. The three hit the road on a road trip across America and try to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Eclipse of a ion (1995) 6a6917

Original title: Total Eclipse

6,5 on IMDb | 22% on Rotten Tomatoes

Young poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his mentor Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of an insane artistic lifestyle.

Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995) 6g3y4h

Original title: N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir

6,4 on IMDB 

Benoit planned his whole life but unfortunately forgot about his military duty. After being summoned, he tries everything to dodge the mission. In the midst of this process, the story gains another dense layer: he is informed by a military doctor that he is HIV positive.

Evil of the Century (1995) 6w6j1o

Original title: Safe

7,1 on IMDb | 87% on Rotten Tomatoes

An environmental illness sends a California woman (Julianne Moore) to the clinic of a New Age guru (Peter Friedman) in New Mexico.

Just Them (1995) 4d4u5k

Original title: Boys on the Side

6,4 on IMDb | 73% on Rotten Tomatoes

After breaking up with her girlfriend, nightclub singer Jane (Whoopi Goldberg) responds to a personal ad from Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), a realtor with AIDS, looking for a cross-country partner. 

On the journey from New York to Los Angeles, the two stop in Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly (Drew Barrymore), who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help each other.

The Delta (1996) 33o6v

5,4 on IMDb | 57% on Rotten Tomatoes

A gentle Jew (Shayne Gray) and a Vietnamese immigrant (Thang Chan) living in a southern city try to deal with sexual orientation.

Fire and Desire (1996) 2w25f

Original title: Fire

7,2 on IMDb | 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, Sita (Nandita Das) and Radha (Shabana Azmi) are two Indian women trapped in loveless marriages. While Sita is trapped in an arranged relationship with her cruel and unfaithful husband, Jatin (Jaaved Jaafei), Radha is married to her brother, Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a religious fanatic who believes in the suppression of desire. 

As the two women come to with their similar situations, they grow closer and their same-sex relationship becomes far more complex than either of them could have anticipated.

The Thieves (1996) 5l2d6h

Original title: Thieves

6,7 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

The fates of four different people – a thief, a policeman, a philosophy teacher and a suicidal girl – intersect unexpectedly.

Bound by Desire (1996) 21566

Original title: Bound

7,3 on IMDb | 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

Tired of being mistreated by her husband, the Mafia boss, Violet (Jennifer Tilly) gets involved with Corky (Gina Gershon), an ex-con with whom she exchanges vows of love. But to get freedom, they need to think of a plan to kill the bandit and run away with all his money.

The Watermelon Woman (1996) 6z541g

7,1 on IMDb | 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye) is a young, black, lesbian woman who works at a video store with her best friend Tamara (Valarie Walker) and is consumed by a movie project: making a video about her pursuit of a black actress from Philadelphia, who has turned up. in films in the 1930s and became known as the “Watermelon Woman".

A film with lesbian protagonism and a touch of journalism mixed with cinema. Even though it is fiction and “Watermelon Woman” does not exist, Dunye raises important issues in a relaxed and responsible way on and off screen, as an actress and director. As I watched the film and followed Cheryl's relentless search for the story of the woman behind this character, it all seemed very familiar, and then it clicked: there is indeed someone in real life with similar descriptions. Hattie McDaniel (I recommend researching this incredible woman). She was mentioned during the feature and not by coincidence, since her life story as a black woman and lesbian in the cinematographic world, despite being painful, was a portrait of inspiration and struggle for the following generations.

Delicate Attraction (1996) 2i246u

Original title: Beautiful Thing

7,6 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

Shy Jamie (Glen Berry) and athletic Ste (Scott Neal) are teenagers who live next door to each other in London compounds. The two begin to question their sexualities and get confirmation when Ste spends time at Jamie's house. Jamie's caring mother Sandra (Linda Henry) and quirky teenage neighbor Leah (Tameka Empson) provide much-needed emotional .

The Cage of Fools (1996) 1ii2u

Original title: The Birdcage

7,2 on IMDb | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

In this remake of the French classic, engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) introduce their future in-laws. Val's father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and tries to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and club attraction, to please Val's father. Barbara, controversial Republican Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman).

Until the Last Consequences (1996) 69164e

Original title: Set it off

6,9 on IMDb | 71% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, after being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) starts working in a janitorial with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a boisterous lesbian; and Stony (Jada Pinkett), who is dealing with the recent death of her brother.

With financial difficulties, the group of friends decides to start robbing banks and succeed in doing so. But they soon catch the attention of a detective (John C. McGinley) obsessed with the cases. 

Crazy Lipstick Nights (1996) 2o2a1n

Original title: pedal douce

5,7 on IMDB

A comedic romance film about Adrien Aymar (Patrick Timsit), a successful businessman by day who is more comfortable being himself by night. 

All Over Me (1996) 48j59

6,4 on IMDb | 87% on Rotten Tomatoes

Claude (Alison Folland) is a young musician who lives in the dangerous neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, in New York. She falls in love with her best friend, Ellen (Tara Subkoff), and although the girl shows that she might be interested, Ellen is also involved in a relationship with a man named Mark (Cole Ha). What begins as a tense love triangle soon turns dangerous when Claude realizes that Mark may have had a hand in the murder of his neighbor, Luke (Pat Briggs).

A Summer Dress (1996) 6e4r3

Original title: A robe d'été

7,0 on IMDB 

Luc (Frédéric Mangenot) and Sébastien (Sébastien Charles) are a same-sex couple who enjoy spending time together at the beach. One day, Luc decides to go for a walk alone and ends up meeting Lucia (Lucia Sanchez).

The Other Side of the Forbidden City (1996) 68315n

Original title: Dong gong xi gong

6,3 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

A straight Beijing police officer (Hu Jun) and a gay youth (Si Han) challenge each other's sexuality.

Wilde – The First Modern Man (1997) 333v1i

Original title: Savage

6,9 on IMDb | 72% on Rotten Tomatoes

Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) is a married writer who occasionally gives into his true sexuality and falls in love with Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law). Due to homophobic local laws, he ends up being sent to prison. With shaken health and poetic potential, Wilde tries to survive this difficult period.

Hamam – The Turkish Bath (1997) 1a3na

Original title: Steam: The Turkish Bath

6,8 on IMDb | 82% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis ofHamam – The Turkish Bath", Italian designer sco (Alessandro Gassman) inherits a Turkish bath in Istanbul from an aunt. Frustrated with his business and his emotionally distant wife, Marta (sca D'Aloja), he discovers that the bathhouse is a beloved local institution and that his aunt was equally held in high esteem by her patrons. Deciding to stay in Turkey and run the bathhouse, sco discovers something new about himself courtesy of the young assistant caretaker (Mehmet Günsür).

Road to Nowhere (1997) 3hk42

Original title: Nowhere

6,4 on IMDb | 43% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Los Angeles, a group tries to sort out their respective lives and the dilemmas that arise when they cross paths with each other. Moody Dark Smith (James Duval), his bisexual girlfriend (Rachel True), his lesbian lover (Kathleen Robertson) and his shy gay friend (Nathan Bexton) plan to attend the craziest party of the year - if they survive the chaotic road there.

Love and Death (1997) 1g3qh

Original title: Love and Death on Long Island

6,9 on IMDb | 87% on Rotten Tomatoes

Bad-tempered author Giles De'Ath (John Hurt) with an aversion to everything involving the mainstream tries to buy a ticket to see a cult movie at the cinema but ends up watching a bad teen comedy. However, when heartthrob Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley) appears on screen, Giles is automatically enchanted by the boy and begins to question his own sexuality. 

My Life in Pink (1997) f121o

Original title: Ma fri in rose

7,5 on IMDb | 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Seven-year-old Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne) announces to his parents Pierre (Jean-Philippe Écoffey) and Hanna (Michèle Laroque), that he is actually a girl. At first, they deduce that choosing clothes and toys considered feminine is a harmless phase, but as time goes by, they realize that it is a serious decision.

Is He? (1997) 6f474h

Original title: In & Out

6,4 on IMDb | 73% on Rotten Tomatoes

Upon winning an Oscar, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), who he announces, in front of millions of viewers, that he is gay.

This is news to Brackett's parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds), his director (Bob Newhart) and especially his fiancée (Joan Cusack). As the mass media flock to small-town Indiana to cover the issue, Brackett tries to convince everyone that he is the average straight American male.

Among Friends (1997) 6r3p42

Original title: Love! Valor! Comion!

7,0 on IMDb | 71% on Rotten Tomatoes

A group of gay New Yorkers – including Buzz Ha (Jason Alexander), an HIV-positive Broadway musical enthusiast; John Jeckyll (John Glover), an insightful British composer; and Gregory Mitchell (Stephen Bogardus), a Broadway choreographer, spend summer weekends together in a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to come to light, the complex relationships within the group fluctuate between tense moments and closer bonds.

Bent (1997) 603a1t

7,1 on IMDb | 72% on Rotten Tomatoes

In Nazi , Jews and homosexuals alike were persecuted, isolated and murdered. From there, a gay man struggles to survive in a concentration camp, where he faces physical and psychological challenges.

Happy Together (1997) z1l2u

Original title: Happy Together

7,7 on IMDb | 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis of this cult classic, Lai (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his boyfriend, Ho (Leslie Cheung), arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong in search of a better life. The troubled relationship becomes increasingly abusive and results in multiple separations and reconciliations. 

When Lai befriends another man, Chang (Chen Chang), he sees the futility of continuing with the promiscuous Ho. Chang, however, is on his own personal journey, and ultimately both Lai and Ho find themselves far from home and desperately lonely.

Dry Cleaning (1997) 194h4o

Original title: Dry cleaning

6,8 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, Jean-Marie (Charles Berling) and Nicole Kunstler (Miou-Miou) have been married for 15 years and make a living running a laundry service in a small French town. The monotonous routine is interrupted after seeing the duo of brothers Loic (Stanislas Merhar) and Marilyn (Mathilde Seigner) in a nightclub. When Loic arrives at the store, the couple befriends the brothers. Loic's desire for the two causes tension when he moves in with them.

Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) f3c6j

6,5 on IMDb | 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is a biopic of the painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi). The plot focuses on the artist's unlikely and tumultuous relationship with former thief George Dyer (Daniel Craig), who became involved with Bacon after an attempted break-in.

After the start of their only love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist inducts Dyer into his circle of eccentric and often cold friends, including Muriel Belcher (Tilda Swinton), while Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) 1w6t5m

6,6 on IMDb | 69% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the plot, a man (Kevin McKidd) struggles with his sexuality but ends up falling in love with another man, while still having feelings for an ex-girlfriend.

Open Bodies (1998) 4t274b

Original title: Les corps ouverts

6,8 on IMDB 

In "Open Bodies” follows a few days in the life of Rémi (Yasmine Belmadi), a mild-mannered 18-year-old Arab, as he explores his still-fluid sexuality in contemporary Paris, offering a brief, timely perspective on life in multicultural during the late 1990s.

Billy's Hollywood Kiss (1998) 554u25

Original title: Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

6,6 on IMDb | 78% on Rotten Tomatoes

Billy Collier (Sean P. Hayes) is a photographer who is working on a project featuring various recreations of movie kisses featuring drag queens playing female roles. For his male role model, he hires Gabriel (Brad Rowe), a boy he developed a huge crush on in this romance film.

Gods and Monsters (1998) 12696x

Original title: Gods and Monsters

7,3 on IMDb | 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

In 1957, James Whale (Ian McKellen), a homosexual director who was successful in the past with monster movies, feels lonely and begins to tell his gardener about his experiences. Even suspicious of the boss's interests, their friendship grows and the gardener is paid to pose for him, as now the director has become a painter. These events take place under the watchful eyes of his housekeeper, who, knowing the boss well, wants to prevent the young man from being involved by him.

The Object of My Affection (1998) y3f3i

Original title: The Object of My Affection

6,0 on IMDb | 53% on Rotten Tomatoes

New York City social worker Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston) invites her friend, George (Paul Rudd), to move into her apartment after he breaks up with her longtime boyfriend, Robert (Tim Daly). 

In the meantime, Nina becomes pregnant and decides to keep the baby – but ends her relationship with the child's father, her boyfriend Vince (John Pankow). As she and George live together and raise the baby together, the two grow closer - and Nina realizes that she is starting to fall for her friend.

Coming Out of the Closet (1998) 6f568

Original title: Get Real

7,5 on IMDb | 79% on Rotten Tomatoes

Steven (Ben Silverstone) spends his days nurturing a platonic crush on jock John (Brad Gorton). But John has a girlfriend, and Steven isn't openly gay yet. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his friend Linda (Charlotte Brittain). After a curious encounter with John in a public restroom, Steven begins to wonder if the jock is really straight. 

High Art: Sublime Portraits (1998) 16a2a

Original title: High Art

6,6 on IMDb | 76% on Rotten Tomatoes

With a lesbian lead, the dramatic romance film accompanies Syd (Radha Mitchell), a young editorial assistant, who falls in love with her neighbor Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), a once famous lesbian photographer who is dating a heroin addict. Although she lives with her boyfriend, Syd becomes involved with Lucy and discovers the glamorous but dangerous world of art.

Turning 18 (1998) 334d65

Original title: Edge of Seventeen

6,8 on IMDb | 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in 1984 in Sandusky, Ohio, the film follows the growth and maturity of a young man at a time when icons like Boy George and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics were at the height of androgynous music and style. 

High School Friends (1998) e1f37

Original title: Show me love

7,5 on IMDb | 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the dramatic romance film “college friends”, set in Sweden, Elin is a beautiful and popular young woman, while Agnes has difficulties creating social bonds and harbors a secret crush on that girl everyone covets.

Those Who Love Me Will Take the Train (1998) 3h6i1c

Original title: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

6,3 on IMDb | 59% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis, friends, former lovers and family of the painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich gather at the Paris train station for the 4-hour journey to Limoges, where he asked to be buried. On the way, the dead man's secrets and the engers' dramas are revealed.

Taboo (1999) 3u5b5f

Original title: Gohatto

6,8 on IMDb | 71% on Rotten Tomatoes

In a samurai school in medieval Japan, a beautiful and androgynous samurai in training becomes the reason for several conflicts between the other students. So, the master needs to decide whether to intervene in situations or let the young person solve it by himself. 

All About My Mother (1999) 6y6g5j

Original title: All about my mother

7,8 on IMDb | 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

Another classic by Pedro Almodóvar. In it, young Esteban (Eloy Azorín) wants to become a writer and also discover his father's identity, which his mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) has carefully hidden.

Leçons de tenèbres (1999) 3r2x8

6,6 on IMDB 

This is a travel diary by Vincent Dieutre who wanders through the streets of Utrecht, Naples and Rome, ing through bars, nightclubs and museums while reflecting on former loves of the past, issues of life and art.

The Talented Ripley (1999) 6q4o69

Original title: The Talented Mr. Ripley

7,4 on IMDb | 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

This is yet another adaptation of a novel. In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) is sent to Italy to rescue Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), a spoiled rich millionaire playboy. But when the mission fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

Boys Don't Cry (1999) 305i3l

Original title: Boys Don't Cry

7,5 on IMDb | 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Young Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) leaves his hometown under threat when his ex-girlfriend's brother discovers he is trans. So he remakes his life in the small town of Falls City, Nebraska and ends up falling in love with Lana (Chloë Sevigny), an aspiring singer. Together, they plan for the future and face the adversities that come their way.

Cold Lands (1999) c2n73

Original title: Les terres phroids

6,8 on IMDB 

Djamel (Yasmine Belmadi) is a 20-something French young man of Arab descent who is looking for his father. When he finds him and introduces himself as his son, the man rejects him and, in revenge, Djamel involves his half-brother, the man's openly gay son.

Wanna Be John Malkovich (1999) 713gi

Original title: Being John Malkovich

7,8 on IMDb | 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

In the synopsis of this cult comedy, unemployed New York puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) reluctantly takes a temporary job as a file clerk for the eccentric Dr. Lester (Orson Bean). While working, Craig discovers a portal that leads to the mind of renowned actor John Malkovich. When he lets his attractive co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener) in on the secret, they begin an unusual business scheme and a strange relationship that involves Craig's restless wife, Lotte (Cameron Diaz).

I've Never Been Santa (1999) 5j1m68

Original title: But I'm a Cheerleader

6,7 on IMDb | 42% on Rotten Tomatoes

Those ratings definitely don't do justice to what an amazing movie it is. In it, Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a girl well inserted in society's standards, being that typical American girl. That's because she excels at school as a cheerleader and has a heartthrob boyfriend who's a football player - even if she's not that into him. 

One day, she receives an intervention from her parents and is shocked to hear that they think she is a lesbian. Based on this deduction, they direct her to a training camp designed to “cure” gays and lesbians. Although she's still confused, she ends up getting to know herself even more and taking an interest in the lives of her campmates - especially the rebellious Graham (Clea DuVall).

Don't forget to check out the second part of this complete guide to movies with LGBTQIAP+ characters and all productions that were released from the 2000s onwards.

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Sources:  R, MUBI, IMDb e Rolling Stone 

Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim (28 / 03 / 23)