Simone Simon plays the queer-coded character Irena in the 1942 classic horror film Cat People, which features a script penned by gay screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen.

The 1928 (partially) silent film OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS features two quick kisses, and a surprising amount of queer-coding, between Joan Crawford and Dorothy Sebastian’s characters.

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.

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

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.

Out actress Queen Latifah plays the lesbian character Cleo Simms in SET IT OFF (1996).

Disney loves a queer-coded villain, and their classic 1985

film RETURN TO OZ features two of them.

Queer filmmaker and historian Jenni Olson’s 2015 film THE ROYAL ROAD.

Katharine Hepburn finds herself in some queer situations while disguised as a young man in gay director George Cukor’s 1935 film SYLVIA SCARLETT.

The 1931 pre-code Hollywood film PALMY DAYS features a “Pansy” buying a cake, drag, and two queer-coded leads

Agnes Moorehead and Lenita Lane are “roommates” in the 1959 thriller THE BAT.

Director Amy Holden Jones’ 1982 slasher flick THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE features a screenplay by queer author and activist Rita Mae Brown.

If you’re looking for something spooky to watch this Halloween, check out this list of lesbian vampire classics from the 1960s/70s.

Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant star as two law-breaking gay best friends in the 2018 film CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?