Hamlet (Asta Nielsen) is a woman pretending to be a man in the 1921 German silent classic HAMLET, which results in some very queer situations.

Holliday Grainger and Anna Paquin star in the romantic period-drama TELL IT TO THE BEES, Annabel Jankel’s 2018 adaptation of out author Fiona Shaw’s 2009 novel of the same name.

James Ivory’s 1987 gay period drama MAURICE was adapted from the 1914 novel of the same name by gay author E.M. Forster (which wasn’t published until 1971).

Alice (Sherry Cola) is Ben’s (Justin H. Min) gay best friend in director Randall Park’s 2023 film adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s 2007 graphic novel “Shortcomings.”

Devery Jacobs, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Evan Rachel Wood star in nonbinary director D.W. Waterson’s film BACKSPOT – which opens in theatres in Canada/USA on Friday, May 31, 2024.

Historian Shane Brown’s 2020 documentary “A Queer Romance: Gay Characters and Male Bonding in Early Film (silent film and pre-code),” based on his book “Queer Sexualities in Early Film: Cinema and Male-Male Intimacy.”

Delphine Seyrig seduces as “glampire” Countess Elizabeth Bàthory in Harry Kümel’s 1971 queer Belgian horror classic DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS.

Leigh Janiak’s 2021 film series, THE FEAR STREET TRILOGY is based on the horror novels by R.L. Stein, which were popular with teens between 1989 and 1999, and is centred on a lesbian romance.

The 2020 series, CHERRY MAGIC! THIRTY YEARS OF VIRGINITY CAN MAKE YOU A WIZARD?! is based on the 2018 “Boys’ Love” (Yaoi) manga of the same name by writer/illustrator Yuu Toyota.

Sandy Dennis and Anne Heywood star in the 1967 Canadian film adaptation of queer author D.H. Lawrence’s 1923 novella THE FOX.

Lesbian filmmaker Zero Chou’s 2008 film DRIFTING FLOWERS (Piao lang qing chun) is made up of three different stories about queer women.

Heather Graham stars in writer/director Sue Kramer’s 2006 romantic “coming out” comedy GRAY MATTERS.

See what Global Queer Cinema had to say about writer/director Maryam Touzani’s 2022 film THE BLUE CAFTAN.

Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec & Joan Chen star in queer filmmaker Alice Wu’s pioneering 2004 lesbian rom-com SAVING FACE.

Phillip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick star in Two-Spirit writer/director Bretten Hannam’s 2021 Canadian romantic drama WILDHOOD.