The Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Times
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The Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Times

Jamie: Scared of being called queer?
Ste: Are you?
Jamie: Maybe… maybe not.
Ste: And are ya?
Jamie: Queer?
Ste: Gay.
Jamie: Very happy. I’m happy when I’m with you…
Beautiful Thing (1996)

LGBT movement has gained their civil right in many countries, after many centuries of persecution, shame, suppression, and secrecy. We have entered a time which there is plenty of LGBT movies are releasing in the mainstream. Starting from the 2010s, queer cinema's influence evolved towards a more universal audience.

The film list that we compiled consists of many really good LGBT+ movies. Some of are the love stories between the same-sex people, some of them shed light on LGBT+ people's life. We also included many great movies from the list of the British Film Institute's best LGBT films of all time.

Also, It is not easy to distinguish queer cinema and LGBT+ cinema for us because queer cinema already existed before such specific genre labelled as queer cinema. Considering this we have decided to give LGBT+ name to this movie list. 

 

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire poster

8.3/10

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman'..

drama

history

romance

Mulholland Dr. poster

8.3/10

IMDb Page

Mulholland Dr. (1999)

After a car wreck, an amnesiac woman sets out to learn what happened to her with the help of a wannabee actress.

art house

drama

golden palm

The Handmaiden  poster

8.1/10

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The Handmaiden (2016)

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heire..

artistic

bdsm

crime

drama

erotic

love story

Three Colors: Red  poster

8.1/10

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Three Colors: Red (1994)

Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his..

golden palm

life & death

melancholy

Paris Is Burning  poster

8.1/10

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Paris Is Burning (1990)

This is a documentary of 'drag nights' among New York's underclass. Queens are interviewed and observed preparing f..

documentary

lgbt

queer

Persona  poster

8.1/10

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Persona (1966)

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but..

art house

artistic

black and white

golden palm

melancholy

psychological

All About My Mother  poster

7.9/10

IMDb Page

All About My Mother (1999)

Manuela is a hard-working single mom who has raised her son Esteban by herself since the time he was born. On his 1..

drama

family drama

golden palm

queer

social commentary

tragedy

Call Me by Your Name poster

7.9/10

IMDb Page

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a su..

lgbt

romance

Blue Is the Warmest Color poster

7.8/10

IMDb Page

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

Adèle is a high school student who is beginning to explore herself as a woman. She dates men but finds no satisfact..

artistic

drama

erotic

golden palm

lgbt

love story

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant  poster

7.8/10

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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (he..

golden palm

lgbt

Victim  poster

7.8/10

IMDb Page

Victim (1961)

A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer, against a blac..

film noir

lgbt

queer

social commentary

Happy Together poster

7.8/10

IMDb Page

Happy Together (1997)

Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and t..

black and white

golden palm

independent film

love story

melancholy

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