FIRST A GIRL (1935)
The 1935 British drag comedy FIRST A GIRL, Victor Saville’s adaptation of VIKTOR UND VIKTORIA (1933).
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s 2024 lesbian road movie DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (aka DRIVE-AWAY DYKES).
Zdeněk Koubek Newsreel (1936)
Newsreel footage of transgender athlete Zdeněk Koubek, filmed during his trip to America, on August 12, 1936.
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Lauren Bacall is Amy, a queer-coded heiress, in the 1950 Michael Curtiz film YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, based on Dorothy Baker’s popular 1938 novel of the same name.
DRAGNET GIRL (1933)
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).
MISS CONGENIALITY (2000)
Michael Caine is Sandra Bullock’s gay beauty pageant coach in the 2000 comedy MISS CONGENIALITY.
BOY CULTURE (2006)
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).
UN CHIEN QUI RAPPORTE (1932)
The French film UN CHIEN QUI RAPPORTE (1932) features a coded lesbian character in the Countess of Noyant, played by Laure Diana.
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
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).
CAGED! (1950)
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.
Banana Club: The Documentary (2024)
A Botswana based queer art collective featured in BANANA CLUB: The Documentary (2024), which is now available on YouTube!
LEAVING METROPOLIS (2002)
Queer Canadian writer/director Brad Fraser’s 2002 drama LEAVING METROPOLIS is an adaptation of his 1994 hit play “Poor Super Man.”