A ranking of the most impactful LGBTQ+ films I’ve seen. These works explore identity, love, struggle, and joy through a wide range of perspectives.
There are some disclaimers I need to do here. Not all the movies I include in this list are explicitly LGBTQ+, with this I mean not all the characters or stories include an open and out of the closet characters.
A lot of these movies were made during the Hays code era, where the depiction of same-sex relationships, eroticism and romanticism was censored. Therefore, a lot of directors used subtle ways to portray same-sex couples on screen. I will elaborate further on each movie note.
Other movies do not include explicitly queer stories, but have become…
A ranking of the most impactful LGBTQ+ films I’ve seen. These works explore identity, love, struggle, and joy through a wide range of perspectives.
There are some disclaimers I need to do here. Not all the movies I include in this list are explicitly LGBTQ+, with this I mean not all the characters or stories include an open and out of the closet characters.
A lot of these movies were made during the Hays code era, where the depiction of same-sex relationships, eroticism and romanticism was censored. Therefore, a lot of directors used subtle ways to portray same-sex couples on screen. I will elaborate further on each movie note.
Other movies do not include explicitly queer stories, but have become canon movies for the LGBTQ+ community, like Mulan because of its exploration of gender in a kids movie.
In addition, a few movies include drag queen characters that are not necessarily LGBTQ+. Some of these movies like Some like it Hot, include characters that are heterosexual and use drag as a tool for their storylines apart from looking for their own identity or in a sexual way. I'm still debating if I'll keep these movies in this list or if I'm deleting them.
I intend to limit this list to 100 films, so this is still a work in progress.
