Common Sense Media edors help you choose Movi wh LGBTQ+ Characters. Movi wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or other queer-intifyg characters.
Contents:
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
- WHAT 9 MOVI AND SHOWS WH GAY CHARACTERS MEANT TO ME
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life.
Crics Consens: We Were Here reviss the cris facg the gay muny the early 1980s -- and offers a powerful tribute to the spirg rolve shown at a time of turmoil.
Synopsis: In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to feat new legislatn their untry that would... Crics Consens: Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhoe performance, Milk is a triumphant acunt of Ameri's first openly gay man elected to public office.
THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
Synopsis: A recently married gay uple (John Lhgow, Aled Mola) are forced to move to separate hoeholds after they lose their... Synopsis: England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative ernment is about to pass a law stigmatizg gays and lbians, forcg Jean, a... Synopsis: Realizg that they share mon fo Margaret Thatcher, the police and the nservative prs, London-based gays and lbians lend...
Synopsis: Substance abe and emotnal and physil distance threaten the relatnship between a gay filmmaker (Thure Ldhardt) and his longtime lover...
WHAT 9 MOVI AND SHOWS WH GAY CHARACTERS MEANT TO ME
Synopsis: Universal Pictur proudly prents the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg... Synopsis: One youth (Brady Corbet) be obssed wh UFOs, while another (Joseph Gordon-Levt) be a gay htler the years followg... Advertisement - Contue Readg Below2 Simon - 'Love, Simon''Love, Simon'//20th Century StudsLove, Simon is notable as the first major stud film to center around a gay teenage romance.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below4 Damian - 'Mean Girls''Mean Girls'//ParamountThe qutsential "gay bt iend" om the 2004 high school edy classic, Mean Girls, provid some of the most quotable moments the film. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below11 Will Tman and Jack MacFarland - 'Will and Grace''Will and Grace'//NBC UniversalThe long-nng s has brought gay characters to the foreont for over 20 years. The magil Fantastic Beasts sp-off is, however, slowly explorg Dumbledore's (Ju Law) te inty–illtratg a masterful and strong gay leadg character.
Adam don't f to any stereotype prevly displayed LGBTQ+ cema, and the film also tackl the unique relatnship between a gay guy and his supportive, straight-guy pals. Y, Tman Capote was gay, y he is portrayed as such, y shows his partner, BUT the primary foc of the film was Capote's alholism and his wrg of “In Cold Blood” (and that is FINE, aga, was an EXCELLENT film, jt not a LGBT film my opn).