Mysterious Skin (2004)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet star in queer writer/director Gregg Araki’s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim’s 1995 novel “Mysterious Skin.”
LAURA (1944)
Gay star Clifton Webb plays the queer-coded villain Waldo Lydecker in the 1944 film-noir classic LAURA.
Golden Delicious (2022)
Cardi Wong and Chris Carson star in out Canadian filmmaker Jason Karman’s 2022 coming-of-age film GOLDEN DELICIOUS. Now streaming.
SET IT OFF (1996)
Out actress Queen Latifah plays the lesbian character Cleo Simms in SET IT OFF (1996).
Return to Oz (1985)
Disney loves a queer-coded villain, and their classic 1985
film RETURN TO OZ features two of them.
The Secret of the River (2024)
Trans and Muxe identity is explored in the 2024 Mexican series THE SECRET OF THE RIVER (El secreto del río) – now streaming on Netflix!
Xenia (2014)
Stefanos (Konstantinos Georgopoulos) asks Dany (Kostas Nikouli) out in writer/director Panos H. Koutras’ 2014 film XENIA.
The Royal Road (2015)
Queer filmmaker and historian Jenni Olson’s 2015 film THE ROYAL ROAD.
AVANT-DRAG! (2024)
Ten drag artists in Greece are featured in director Fil Ieropoulos’ 2024 documentary AVANT-DRAG!
VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
Julie Andrews masquerades as a gay man in drag in writer/director Blake Edwards’ 1982 gender-bending musical comedy VICTOR/VICTORIA.
The Man with the Answers (2021)
Anton Weil and Vasilis Magouliotis star in Stelios Kammitsis’ 2021 road movie THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS.
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
Gay director Joe Mantello’s 1997 film adaptation of gay playwright Terrence McNally’s Tony award winning Broadway play, “Love! Valour! Compassion!” (1994).
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Mark Patton stars in the 1985 queer cult classic A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE.
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Katharine Hepburn finds herself in some queer situations while disguised as a young man in gay director George Cukor’s 1935 film SYLVIA SCARLETT.
Palmy Days (1931)
The 1931 pre-code Hollywood film PALMY DAYS features a “Pansy” buying a cake, drag, and two queer-coded leads