Hiroshi (Kōji Mitsui) and Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka) are queer-coded characters in Yasujirō Ozu’s 1933 Japanese silent film HIJŌSEN NO ONNA (aka DRAGNET GIRL).

Michael Caine is Sandra Bullock’s gay beauty pageant coach in the 2000 comedy MISS CONGENIALITY.

Queer filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka’s 2006 film BOY CULTURE was adapted from Matthew Rettenmund's 1995 novel (of the same name) and in 2021 received a sequel series (currently streaming on Dekkoo).

The French film UN CHIEN QUI RAPPORTE (1932) features a coded lesbian character in the Countess of Noyant, played by Laure Diana.

Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox star in director Karyn Kusama and screenwriter Diablo Cody’s 2009 bisexual horror classic JENNIFER’S BODY. The film was Diablo Cody’s follow-up project after winning the Academy Award for penning JUNO in 2007 (Best Original Screenplay).

Gay writer/director Alan Brown’s 2013 romantic drama FIVE DANCES.

The 1950 women-in-prison flick CAGED! was based on notes and observations made by writer Virginia Kellogg who spent time undercover in the US prison system.

A Botswana based queer art collective featured in BANANA CLUB: The Documentary (2024), which is now available on YouTube!

Writer/director Lucky McKee’s 2002 queer horror flick MAY.

Queer Canadian writer/director Brad Fraser’s 2002 drama LEAVING METROPOLIS is an adaptation of his 1994 hit play “Poor Super Man.”

Scar (Jeremy Irons) in Disney’s 1994 animated feature THE LION KING is one in a long line of queer-coded villains in Disney films.

Lily Gladstone stars in queer filmmaker Erica Tremblay’s drama FANCY DANCE, streaming now on Apple TV +

Writer/director George A. Romero’s 1981 action film KNIGHTRIDERS features positive queer representation and a “coming out” subplot.

Julia Lester plays Hannah, a lesbian who begins her “coming out” journey, in director Kim O. Nguyen’s 2024 comedy PROM DATES, which features a screenplay by queer comedian D.J. Mausner.

Juan Minujín stars in Argentinian filmmaker Anahí Berneri’s 2005 film A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE (Un año sin amor).