List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-related films by storyline

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

("Note": Made-for-TV movies are listed separately.)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films are also sorted by alphabetically and by year

The production year should conform to each movie's IMDb entry).

Lesbian love

*"Better Than Chocolate", Canada (1999)
*"Bound", US (1996)
*"D.E.B.S. (2003 film)", US (2003)
*"D.E.B.S. (2004 film)", US (2004)
*"Desert Hearts", US (1985)
*"Fire", India & Canada (1996)
*"Fucking Åmål", Sweden (1998)
*"The Girl", France & US (2000)
*"Go Fish", US (1994)
*"Imagine Me and You", UK (2005)
*"The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love", US (1995)
*"The Killing of Sister George", US/UK (1968)
*"Lianna", US (1983)
*"Spider Lilies", Taiwan (2007)
*"When Night is Falling", US (2005)
* "My Summer of Love", UK (2004)
*"Tipping the Velvet", UK (1998)
*"Fingersmith", UK (2005)

With tragedy

*"Aimée and Jaguar", Germany (1999)
*"Gia", US (1998)
*"High Art", US (1998)
*"The Hours", US (2002)
*"Lost and Delirious", US (2001)
*"Memento Mori", South Korea (1999)

With conversion therapy

*"But I'm a Cheerleader", US (1999)

Gay love

*"Gone But Not Forgotten", US (2003)
*"Happy Together", China (1997)
*"Latter Days", US (2003)
*"Maurice", UK (1987)
*"Law of Desire", Spain (1986)
*"Bad Education", Spain (2004)
*"Presque Rien", France (2000)
*"Gohatto (Taboo)", Japan (1999)
*"Shèng Xià Guāng Nián" (Eternal Summer), Taiwan (2006)
*"Shelter", US (2007)

Parenting

*"The Birdcage", US (1996)
*"The Next Best Thing", US (2000)

With tragedy

*"Another Country", UK (1984)
*"Brokeback Mountain", US (2005)
*"De-Lovely", US (2004) see also Biographical
*"Der Einstein Des Sex", German (2000) released subtitled as the Einstein of Sex in the US
*"A Home at the End of the World", US (2004)
*"The King and the Clown", South Korea (2005)
*"Philadelphia", US (1993)

Bisexual love

*"Kinsey", US (2004) see also Historical - Study of Sex
*"Shortbus", US (2006)

Transgender love

*"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", Australia (1994)
*"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar", US (1995)

With tragedy

*"Boys Don't Cry", US (1999)
*"Hedwig and the Angry Inch", US (2001)
*"Soldier's Girl US (2004)
*"Yellow Hair 2", South Korea (2001)

Gay character(s)

*"Cowboys and Angels (movie)", Ireland (2004)
*"Far From Heaven", US (2003)
*"In & Out", US (1997)
*"The Laramie Project", US, (2002)
*"The Object of My Affection", US (1998)
*"Mysterious Skin", US (2005)

With conversion therapy

*"Latter Days", US (2003)
*"Saved!", US (2004)

Lesbian character(s)

*"The Jane Austen Book Club", US (2007)
*"8 Women", France (2002)
*"Kissing Jessica Stein", US (2001)
*"Chasing Amy", US (1997)
*"Chutney Popcorn", US (1999)
*"Set It Off", US (1996)
*"Showgirls", US (1995)
*"Freeway", US (1996)
*"But I'm a Cheerleader", US (1999)
*"The Killing of Sister George", US/UK (1968)
*"The Fox", US (1967)
*"Basic Instinct", US (1992)
*"Across the Universe", US (2007)

Bisexual character(s)

*"Cabaret", US (1972)
*"Notorious C.H.O.", US (2002)
*"Sunday Bloody Sunday", UK (1971)

Transgender character(s)

*"Colour Blossoms", Hong Kong (2004)
*"The Crying Game", UK/Japan (1992)
*"Dasepo Naughty Girls", South Korea (2006)
*"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", US (1997)
*"Normal", US (2003)
*"Transamerica (film)", US (2005)

With beating

*"As Good As It Gets", US (1997)
*"Like a Virgin", South Korea (2006)

Biographical

*"De-Lovely", US (2004) see also gay love - with tragedy

Historical

In the Media

*"The Celluloid Closet", US (1995)

tudy of Sexuality

*"Der Einstein Des Sex", German (2000) released subtitled as the Einstein of Sex in the US, see also gay love - with tragedy
*"Kinsey", US (2004) see also Bisexual love

HIV/AIDS

*"And the Band Played On", US (1993)
*"", US (1997)
*"The Living End (film)", US (1992)
*"Longtime Companion", US (1990)
*"Philadelphia (film)", US (1993)

Persecution

*"Bent", US (1997)
*"Paragraph 175", Germany (1999)
*"", US (1995)