Tanner Cohen uses a magical pansy to turn homophobes gay in director/co-writer Tom Gustafson’s 2008 musical film Were the World Mine.

The classic 1985 lesbian romance film Desert Hearts, directed and produced by out filmmaker Donna Deitch.

Bisexual icon Greta Garbo stars in gay director George Cukor’s 1936 adaptation of Camille, a very queer production.

Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd star in the 2004 musical biopic “De-Lovely,” based on the life of gay American composer, and songwriter, Cole Porter.

Queer relationships and sexual attraction among samurai men is explored in acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima’s 1999 film GOHATTO (Taboo).

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, and George Macready star in Director Charles Vidor’s 1946 film noir classic GILDA, which features a (barely) subtextual bisexual love triangle between its three lead characters.

River Gallo and Indya Moore spar over the differences and similarities of the trans and intersex experience in the neo-noir intersex coming of age story, PONYBOI. 

Would it surprise you to learn that the 1949 musical ON THE TOWN, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin, has some very queer roots? Given that it’s a musical featuring sailors on leave, probably not.

Black queer writer/director Bill Gunn’s 1973 vampiric horror classic GANJA & HESS, starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark.

The 1941 Disney animated short THE RELUCTANT DRAGON features a gay (technically queer-coded) dragon who is a reclusive pacifist living in the mountains, avoiding conflict by spending his time conducting songbirds and writing poetry.

Gemma Arterton and Lucas Bond star in writer/director Jessica Swale’s 2020 period drama SUMMERLAND.

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey star in out filmmaker Luca Guadagnino's 2024 film QUEER, an adaptation of the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs.

Jack Hazan’s 1973 semi-fictional documentary A BIGGER SPLASH takes a look at gay artist David Hockney.

Julianne Moore stars in out writer/director Jane Anderson’s 2005 adaptation of lesbian author Terry "Tuff" Ryan’s 2001 memoir THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

Nicholas Galitzine, Julianne Moore, and Tony Curran star in the 2024 historical drama series MARY & GEORGE.