Feels absolutely wild that it's my sixth year putting together this challenge originally created by the brilliant Zā.
As always I've kept it to 40 criteria, many of which can be shorts if you choose to ensure that it's a doable year long challenge.
Also as always, I would love it if people created their own fun bonus criteria!
Tag all of your reviews with Queerchallenge25 so we can read each others' reviews and post the link to your list in the comments below! I won't be creating a master list of participants but we can all find and like each others' lists in the comments.
If you have any trouble finding a movie to meet any of the criteria…
Feels absolutely wild that it's my sixth year putting together this challenge originally created by the brilliant Zā.
As always I've kept it to 40 criteria, many of which can be shorts if you choose to ensure that it's a doable year long challenge.
Also as always, I would love it if people created their own fun bonus criteria!
Tag all of your reviews with Queerchallenge25 so we can read each others' reviews and post the link to your list in the comments below! I won't be creating a master list of participants but we can all find and like each others' lists in the comments.
If you have any trouble finding a movie to meet any of the criteria or simply don’t want to do that criteria (this is supposed to be fun not homework!), you can swap it out for a criteria from a past challenge. Past challenges:
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
And without further ado, here are the criteria for the 2025 Queer Film Challenge:
1. A film directed by Andrew Fleming
2. A film featuring Susan Stryker
3. A film directed by or starring Lizzie Borden
4. A film directed by Curtis Harrington
5. A film based on a play by, written by, or featuring Edward Albee
6. A film starring Niecy Nash-Betts
7. A film based on a book or short story by Cornell Woolrich
8. A film directed by Terence Davies
9. A film directed by Catherine Gund
10. A film directed by Alice Maio Mackay
11. A queer silent/early film
some things to help:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQJgrjZzSJsGyayoqY-qxl49b1_-ekop7
nerdist.com/article/earliest-queer-movies-film-history/
12. Watch a queer Film in theaters! (Repertory showings absolutely allowed and if you can’t see something in a theater based on availability, watch a 2025-release queer film at home)
13. A film directed by Takashi Miike
14. A film directed by Bertrand Mandico
15. A film directed by Bill Condon
16. A film directed by Shamim Sarif
17. A film directed or co-directed by Kasia Adamik
18. A film starring Lizabeth Scott
19. A film starring Montgomery Clift
20. A queer experimental film
A list to help: boxd.it/cdyOY
21. A queer documentary
22. A film directed by a trans woman
23. A film directed by a trans man
24. A film by a non-binary or genderqueer director
25. A lesbian/WLW/sapphic film directed by a woman.
26. A lesbian/WLW/sapphic film directed by a man.
27. A gay/mlm film directed by a woman
28. A gay/mlm film directed by a man
29. A film featuring an asexual character, or one theorized to be asexual since it's not something that really gets as much identity in film.
Some lists to help:
letterboxd.com/windyblue/list/asexual
letterboxd.com/vonnepat/list/asexuality-on-screen
letterboxd.com/holdenreviews/list/asexuality-on-film
letterboxd.com/revvydot/list/good-asexual-aromantic-films-confirmed-or
30. A film featuring an actual bisexual character.
A list to help:
letterboxd.com/gdw/list/films-with-actually-bisexual-characters
31. An African queer film
32. A Latin American queer film
33. A European queer film
34. A Middle Eastern queer film
35. An Asian queer film
36. A queer comedy
37. A queer horror movie
38. A sci fi movie with queer characters or directed by a queer person
39. An action movie with queer characters or directed by a queer person
40. An animated queer movie
