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List of feature films with gay characters

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The following is a list of feature films with fictional and factual gay characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network).

Films are in alphabetical order by year of release. Titles beginning with determiners "A", "An", and "The" are alphabetized by the first significant word.

1900s–1950s

List
Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1916 The Wings Claude Zoret Egil Eide Love triangle drama between a countess, a gay sculptor, and his bisexual model and lover. Sweden [1]
1919 Different from the Others Paul Körner Conrad Veidt
Karl Giese (young)		 The first film supportive of homosexuality. Germany [2][3]
1924 Michael Claude Zoret Benjamin Christiensen Claude is a painter who falls in love with his assistant, Michael. Michael eventually leaves Claude for a woman. Germany [4]
1941 The Maltese Falcon Joel Cairo Peter Lorre In the novel upon which the film is based, Cairo is referred to as "queer" and a "fairy" but, in the film, his sexuality is not directly addressed, likely a decision by filmmakers to comply with the Hays Code, which banned the depiction of homosexuality in American films. United States [5][6][7]
1948 Rope Phillip Morgan Farley Granger Because of the Hays Code, the word "homosexual" could not be stated outright and was referred to as "it".
Adapted from the 1929 British play Rope's End, which is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case.		 United States [8][9][10]
Brandon Shaw John Dall
1950 All About Eve Addison DeWitt George Sanders Addison is a gossip columnist who engages in loveless relationship predation.
(The constraints of the Motion Picture Production Code did not allow homosexuality to be portrayed overtly.)		 United States [11][12]
1955 Rebel Without a Cause John "Plato" Crawford Sal Mineo Plato was brought in for killing a litter of puppies. United States [13][14]
1959 North by Northwest Leonard Martin Landau Leonard is Vandamm's right-hand man. United States [15]
1959 Suddenly, Last Summer Sebastian Venable (Uncredited) The film centers on Catherine Holly, a young woman who was evaluated by a psychiatric doctor to receive a lobotomy after the events surrounding her cousin Sebastian's death United Kingdom, United States [16]

1960s

List
Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1960 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Robert Morley The film is a biography of poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. United Kingdom [17]
1960 Spartacus Crassus Laurence Olivier In a deleted scene, Crassus attempts to seduce his slave Antoninus. United States [18]
1961 A Taste of Honey Geoffrey Ingham Murray Melvin Ingham is Jo's friend. United Kingdom [19]
1961 Victim Melville Farr Dirk Bogarde Melville is a barrister threatened with blackmail.
The film is credited for being important in the decriminalization of homosexuality in Britain. It is also the first British film to use the word "homosexual" in the narrative.		 United Kingdom [20][21]
1962 Advise & Consent Senator Brigham "Brig" Anderson Don Murray Anderson is a Senator in Utah. United States [19]
1962 The L-Shaped Room Johnny Brock Peters Johnny is a resident in a run down boarding house in Notting Hill, London. United Kingdom [19]
1962 The Trial Josef K. Anthony Perkins A closeted homosexual. France, Italy, West Germany [22]
1963 Scorpio Rising Scorpio Bruce Byron The film follows a group of bikers preparing for a night out. United States [19]
1964 The Leather Boys Pete Dudley Sutton Pete is Reggie's fellow biker friend. United Kingdom [23]
1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town Spencer Crahan Denton Spencer is the boss of a customer of Bus's. United States [19]
1965 Darling Robert Gold Dirk Bogarde Gold is a literary interviewer/director for television arts programmes United Kingdom [19]
1965 Inside Daisy Clover Wade Lewis Robert Redford An extremely intoxicated Melora Swan reveals to Daisy that she had an affair with closet homosexual Wade. United States [24]
1965 King Rat Stevens Michael Lees Stevens is a hospital staff. United States [19]
1965 The Loved One Mr. Starker Liberace Mr. Joyboy is Whispering Glade's chief embalmer. United States [19]
Mr. Joyboy Rod Steiger
1965 The Pawnbroker Rodriguez Brock Peters Rodriguez is a racketeer who uses Nazerman's pawnshop as a front. United States [19]
1967 Bedazzled Envy Barry Humphries Envy and Vanity are Stanley's staff of seven deadly sins, who are helping him with minor acts of vandalism and spite to be readmitted to Heaven. United Kingdom [19]
Vanity Alba
1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers Herbert von Krolock Iain Quarrier Krolock is a local vampire lord in Transylvania. United States [19]
1967 The Incident Kenneth Otis Robert Fields Otis is a homosexual who earlier made an unsuccessful attempt at befriending McCann. United States [19]
1967 Portrait of Jason Himself Jason Holliday Documentary about American hustler and nightclub performer Jason Holliday. United States [19]
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye Major Weldon Pendertis Marlon Brando Penderton is a closeted homosexual army Major and husband to Leonora. United States [19]
1967 Tony Rome Rood Lloyd Bochner Rood is a drug dealer. United States [19]
1968 The Anniversary Henry Taggart James Cossins Henry is a transvestite. United Kingdom [19]
1968 Boom! The Witch of Capri Noël Coward The Witch of Capri is Mrs. Goforth's wickedly gossipy friend. United Kingdom [19]
1968 The Boston Strangler Terence Huntley Hurd Hatfield Huntley is a rich murder suspect who is interrogated by Detective Bottomly in a gay bar. United States [19]
1968 Deadfall Richard Eric Portman Fé and Clarke begin a romantic affair, which Fé's husband Richard, who has a young male lover, does not discourage. United Kingdom [25]
1968 The Detective Teddy Leikman James Inman Teddy, the son of a powerful businessman, is found murdered. United States [19]
Colin MacIver William Windom
1968 The Fixer Boris Bibikov Dirk Bogarde Boris is a prosecutor. United Kingdom [26]
1968 Flesh The Artist Maurice Braddell The Artist wishes to draw Joe, a hustler working on the streets of New York City. United States [27]
David Louis Waldon
Joe's Customer John Christian
1968 if.... "Wally" Wallace Richard Warwick Wallace is Mick Trav's fellow non-conformist friend in the lower sixth form, their penultimate year at a traditional British public school for boys in the late 1960s. United Kingdom [19]
Bobby Philips Rupert Webster
1968 Inadmissible Evidence John Montague Maples John Normington Maples is a distraught client of Barrister, Bill Maitland. United Kingdom [28]
1968 Joanna Lord Peter Sanderson Donald Sutherland Sanderson has a terminal illness and sponsors an exhibit of Hendrik's paintings. United Kingdom [19]
1968 Lady in Cement Danny Yale Frank Raiter Danny is the owner of Jilly's Nightclub and Maria's boss. United States [29]
1968 The Lion in Winter Philip II of France Timothy Dalton Philip reveals he had been caballing with Richard separately, and that he and Richard may once have been lovers. United States, United Kingdom [19]
Richard the Lionheart Anthony Hopkins
1968 The Mercenary Ricciolo (Curly) Jack Palance Curly is Kowalski's flamboyant American rival. Italy, Spain, United States [30][31]
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady Christopher Gill Rod Steiger Gill is a serial killer fixated on his late mother, a noted stage actress. United States [19]
1968 P.J. Shelton Quell Severn Darden Quell is the family butler. United States [19]
1968 The Queen Himself Flawless Sabrina Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies for the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. United States [19]
1968 The Sergeant Albert Callan Rod Steiger Callan is a dedicated and decorated war veteran, posted in France at a fuel supply depot in 1952. United States [32][33]
1968 Star! Noël Coward Daniel Massey Biopic about Gertrude Lawrence who, besides collaborating with him in theater productions, also had a close friendship with Coward off stage. United States [34][35][36]
1969 Angel, Angel, Down We Go Willy Steele Charles Aidman Willy is a wealthy airplane manufacturer and the closeted father of Tara. United States [37]
1969 The Damned Konstantin von Essenbeck Reinhard Kolldehoff Part of a wealthy industrialist family, Konstantin is an SA officer who is part of homosexual orgy in Wiesee. Italy, West Germany [38][39][40]
1969 Fellini Satyricon Ascyltus Hiram Keller Encolpius and his friend Ascyltus to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. Italy, France [41]
1969 The Gay Deceivers Malcolm Michael Greer Malcolm is Danny and Elliot's landlord, who has a husband. United States [19]
Colonel Dixon Jack Starrett
1969 Justine "Toto" Cliff Gorman The film centers around Justine, who is working against the British government to send weapons to Jews in Palestine. Toto is among the film's casualties. United States [19]
1969 Listen, Let's Make Love Baron von Tummler Amerigo Tot Lallo's presence arouses the sexual interest of Baron von Tummler, an old homosexual, and Flavia, a steel heiress. Tummler competes with her at an auction for a pair of antique cufflinks that interest Lallo. Italy, France [42]
1969 Midnight Cowboy Young Student Bob Balaban The young student offers Joe money in exchange for giving Joe fellatio in a Times Square movie house and afterward confesses he has no money to pay him. United States [19]
1969 Riot Mary Sheldon Clifford David Sheldon is a tough prison queen Briston faced. United States [19]
1969 Staircase Harry C. Leeds Richard Burton An ageing couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. United Kingdom [19]
Charles Dyer Rex Harrison
1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing Marcus Ram John Holder Marcus makes a pass at Roddy. United States, United Kingdom [43]
1969 Women in Love Loerke Vladek Sheybal Loerke is a German sculptor who is befriended by Gudrun, who is also an artist. United Kingdom [19]
1969 Z Vago Marcel Bozzuffi Vago is based on Emmanouel Emmannouilidis, the man who struck Lambrakis. Algeria, France [19]

1970s

List
Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1970 Bloody Mama Kevin Dirkman Bruce Dern Kevin is Fred's older cellmate who eventually became his lover. United States [44]
1970 The Boys in the Band Michael Kenneth Nelson This was the first Hollywood film in which all of the principal characters are homosexual. United States [19]
Harold Leonard Frey
Emory Cliff Gorman
Hank Laurence Luckinbill
Donald Frederick Combs
1970 The Conformist Marcello Clerici Jean-Louis Trintignant Clerici is a mid-level Fascist functionary (Trintignant) who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an antifascist dissident in Paris. Italy, France, West Germany [45]
1970 Cover Me Babe Ronnie Floyd Mutrux Ronnie is the mutual friend of Tony and Sybil. He is ashamed of being gay. At Tony's insistence, Sybil attempts to seduce Danny while Tony films it. United States [46]
1970 Entertaining Mr Sloane Ed Harry Andrews Ed is Kath's closeted brother. United Kingdom [19]
1970 The Kremlin Letter The Warlock George Sanders "The Warlock" is a culturally sophisticated homosexual member of the group. United States [19]
1970 Little Big Man Little Horse Robert Little Star Little Horse is a native American that holds a sacred position in the tribe. United States [19][47]
1970 Loot Dennis Hywel Bennett Hal is the seaside hotel owner's son, and he robbed a bank with his boyfriend, Dennis. United Kingdom [19]
Hal Roy Holder
1970 Myra Breckinridge Irving "Blaggot" Amadeus Calvin Lockhart Blaggot is an effete man. United States [48][49]
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Robert Stephens Offering an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, and draws a distinction between the "real" Holmes and the character portrayed by Watson in his stories for The Strand magazine. United States, United Kingdom [19]
1970 The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker Oliver Riggs O'Hara Oliver is an interior decorator. United States [50]
1970 Something for Everyone Konrad Ludwig Michael York Konrad and Helmuth are star-crossed lovers. United States [19]
Helmuth von Ornstein Anthony Higgins
1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Warren Robert Moore Warren is the paraplegic friend of Junie Moon whom she meets in an institution. United States [19]
Guiles Leonard Frey
1971 The Anderson Tapes Tommy Haskins Martin Balsam Haskins is a crooked antique dealer. United States [19]
1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails Dr. Braun Horst Frank Dr. Braun is a scientist and one of the innocent leads in a murder case. Italy, France, West Germany [51]
1971 Death in Venice Gustav von Aschenbach Dirk Bogarde Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for rest, due to serious health concerns. France, Italy [19]
1971 Diamonds Are Forever Mr. Wint Bruce Glover Wint and Kidd are hit men who work for Ernst Stavro Blofeld. United Kingdom [19]
Mr. Kidd Putter Smith
1971 Fortune and Men's Eyes Queenie Michael Greer Queenie is a drag queen incarcerated for robbery.
Mona is a teenager who was arrested for flirting with boys.		 United States [19]
Mona Danny Freedman
1971 It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives Daniel Bernd Feuerhelm Daniel from the province comes to Berlin and meets Clemens. Both experience great love, move in together and try to copy the bourgeois marriage. West Germany [19]
Clemens Berryt Bohlen
1971 The Last Picture Show Coach Popper Bill Thurman Coach Popper is closeted and married to Ruth. United States [52][53]
1971 The Music Lovers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Richard Chamberlain Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. United Kingdom [19]
1971 Pink Narcissus Pan Bobby Kendall Pan is a young and attractive male escort. United States [54]
Bar Owner Charles Ludlam
1971 Shaft Rollie Rex Robbins Rollie is the bartender at a bar that Shaft frequents. United States [55]
1971 Some of My Best Friends Are... Scott Gil Gerard On Christmas Eve of 1971, in Greenwich Village, a group of gay men and lesbians meet at the Blue Jay Bar to talk about their lives and relationships. United States [19]
Jim Gary Sandy
1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Daniel Hirsh Peter Finch Hirsh is a Jewish doctor. United Kingdom [19]
1971 Vanishing Point Male hitchhiker No. 1 Anthony James The two men hitchhike while standing next to a broken-down car with a "Just Married" sign on the back. Kowalski picks them up and they attempt to rob him before he throws them out of the car. United States, United Kingdom [56]
Male hitchhiker No. 2 Arthur Malet
1971 Villain Vic Dakin Richard Burton Dakin is a ruthless and sadistic London gangster. United Kingdom [19]
1971 Whity Frank Nicholson Ulli Lommel Frank is a member of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. West Germany [57]
1972 Blacula Bobby McCoy Ted Harris Bobby and Billy are lovers and interior decorators. They purchase the coffin containing Blacula and ship it to Los Angeles, becoming his first victims. United States [19]
Billy Schaffer Rick Metzler
1972 Georgia, Georgia Herbert Thompson Roger Furman Herbert is Georgia's manager. United States [19]
1972 Pete 'n' Tillie Jimmy Twitchell René Auberjonois Jimmy is Tillie's close friend. United States [19]
1972 Play It as It Lays B.Z. Mendenhall Anthony Perkins B.Z. is a suicidal movie producer and best friend of Maria. United States [19]
1972 X Y & Zee Gordon John Standing Gordon is a close friend of Zee's. United Kingdom [58]
1973 A Bigger Splash David Hockney Himself Semi-fictionalized documentary biopic about Hockney. United Kingdom [19]
Peter Schlesinger Himself
1973 Day for Night Alexandre Jean-Pierre Aumont Alexandre is an actor whose lover is killed in a car accident. France [19]
1973 The Day of the Jackal Bernard Anton Rodgers Bernard is picked up by the Jackel at a Turkish bathhouse and murdered. United Kingdom [19]
1973 The Last of Sheila Tom Parkman Richard Benjamin Screenwriter Parkman is a guest on a one-week Mediterranean pleasure cruise aboard the yacht of movie producer Clinton Greene. United States [19]
1973 Ludwig Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger Ludwig has doubts if he can be a good husband to Sophie who loves him, and he postpones and eventually cancels the marriage. Instead, he starts having relationships with his servants, although being a devout Catholic makes him feel guilt about his homosexuality. Italy, France, West Germany [59][60]
1973 Papillon André Maturette Robert Deman Maturette is an orderly and fellow prisoner who assists Papillon in his escape plot from a labor camp in French Guiana. United States [19]
1973 Scarecrow Riley Richard Lynch Riley is an inmate who sexually assaults Lion in prison. United States [19]
1973 Sleeper Jeb Hrmthmg Spencer Milligan Jeb is a futuristic man that has a gay robot. United States [19]
1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Bobby Walden Ron Rickards Bobby comes out to his parents at 15 and later moves to Amsterdam. United States [19]
1973 The Tenderness of Wolves Fritz Haarmann Kurt Raab Based on the crimes of German serial killer and cannibal Fritz Haarmann. West Germany [19]
1973 Theatre of Blood Meredith Merridew Robert Morley Meredith is the theatre critic who wears a pink suit and has two poodles. United Kingdom [19]
1974 125 Rooms of Comfort Billie Joyce Tim Henry Billie is left with ownership of his father's hotel after he dies. Canada [61]
1974 Butley Ben Butley Alan Bates Butley, a literature professor and longtime T. S. Eliot scholar with a recently developed interest in Beatrix Potter, is a suicidal alcoholic, who loses his wife and his male lover on the same day. United States, Canada, United Kingdom [19]
1974 The Conversation Martin Stett Harrison Ford Martin is the Director's loyal assistant. United States [62]
1974 The Night Porter Bert Amedeo Amodio Bert is a German dancer. Italy [63]
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Subway passenger Gary Bolling Based on the 1973 novel of the same name United States [19]
1974 The Tamarind Seed Fergus Stephenson Dan O'Herlihy Stephenson is a conduit of state secrets. United States [19]
1974 A Very Natural Thing David Robert Joel David is a public school teacher and former monastic monk. He meets Mark at a disco. After their relationship ends he meets Jason, a photographer who came out after divorcing his wife.
Containing documentary footage of the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York City (known today as NYC Pride March).		 United States [64][65]
Mark Curt Gareth
Jason Bo White
Alan Jay Pierce
1975 Barry Lyndon British Soldier Anthony Dawes While on the run, Barry stumbles upon two soldiers in a pond, naked and holding hands, professing their love for each other. He takes the uniform of one of the men in an attempt to steal his identity. United States, United Kingdom [19]
1975 Deep Red Carlo Manganiello Gabriele Lavia Carlo is Marucs' best friend. Italy [66]
1975 The Eiger Sanction Miles Mellough Jack Cassidy Miles is an assassin. United States [19]
1975 Fox and His Friends Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fox is a working-class man who wins the lottery. West Germany [19]
1975 Funny Lady Bobby Moore Roddy McDowall Bobby is Fanny's assistant and friend. United States [19]
1975 In Celebration Colin Shaw James Bolam Shaws' son Colin, who was a Communist party member for a year, is now a prosperous but unfulfilled industrial relations manager for a car manufacturer, dealing with negotiations with the unions. United Kingdom, United States [67]
1975 Mahogany Sean McAvoy Anthony Perkins Sean is a fashion designer who works with Tracy. United States [19]
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dale Harding William Redfield Dale is a patient at the mental institution. United States [19]
1975 Saturday Night at the Baths Scotti Don Scotti Scotti manages a bathhouse and falls in love with Michael, a bisexual piano player. United States [19]
1975 The Sunday Woman Massimo Campi Jean-Louis Trintignant Massimo is Anna's best friend. Italy, France [68]
1976 The Hunter Will Get You Gilbert ("L'Epervier") Bruno Cremer Gilbert is a killer and crook who has feelings for a young man he hires to rob a jewelry store. France [69]
1976 The Best Way to Walk Marc Patrick Dewaere In a vacation camp somewhere in the French country in 1960, Marc and Philippe are two of the counsellors. France [19]
Philippe Patrick Bouchitey
1976 Car Wash Lindy Antonio Fargas Lindy is the flamboyant, yet unashamed employee of the car wash. United States [19]
1976 Coup de Grâce Erich von Lhomond Matthias Habich Lhomond is the leader of a group of soldiers in Russian Civil War that followed the Bolshevik Revolution West Germany, France [70]
1976 Drum Bernard DeMarigny John Colicos Bernard is a villainous plantation owner in 19th century New Orleans. United States [19]
1976 Face to Face Dr. Tomas Jacobi Erland Josephson Dr. Jacobi is a close friend of Dr. Jenny. Sweden [19]
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth Oliver V. Farnsworth Buck Henry Oliver is a lawyer and Newton's business partner. United Kingdom [19]
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village Bernstein Antonio Fargas Bernstein has a Norwegian lover and becomes close friends with Larry and Sarah after they move to Greenwich Village. United States [19]
1976 Norman... Is That You? Garson Hobart Dennis Dugan Norman is Ben's only child. Garson is Norman's lover. United States [19]
Norman Chambers Michael Warren
1976 Ode to Billy Joe Billy Joe McAllister Robby Benson Billy Joe is a high school student in Mississippi who jumps off of a bridge due to the shame he feels for his sexuality. United States [19]
1976 The Ritz Chris F. Murray Abraham Chris befriends Jack, a heterosexual businessman who goes into hiding from his murderous mobster brother-in-law at a gay bathhouse in Manhattan. Chris shows him the ropes.
Claude is the "chubby chaser" who regularly patronizes the bathhouse.		 United States [19]
Claude Perkins Paul B. Price
1976 Sebastiane Sebastian Leonardo Treviglio The events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. United Kingdom [19]
1976 Swashbuckler Lord Durant Peter Boyle Durant is the tyrannical and cruel governor of Jamaica. United States [71]
1977 The Choirboys Blaney Michael MacKenzie Wills Blaney is a closeted high school student who is murdered. United States [19]
1977 Hidden Pleasures Eduardo Simón Andreu Eduardo is a middle-aged, closeted banker from a wealthy family, who falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man. Spain [19]
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Gary Tom Berenger Gary is a repressed homosexual who flies into a rage and murders Theresa when she suggests that he might be gay.
Inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.		 United States [19]
1977 Outrageous! Robin Turner Craig Russell Robin is a hairstylist who creates a drag act to earn extra money after his schizophrenic friend, Liza, becomes pregnant and needs to move in with him. Canada [19]
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover J. Edgar Hoover Broderick Crawford Fictionalized chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, from his earliest days in the FBI in the 1920s until his death in 1972. United States [19]
1977 Rituals Martin Robin Gammell Martin is one of five doctors who are targeted by a killer while they are on group camping trip for the weekend. Canada [72]
1977 A Special Day Gabriele Marcello Mastroianni Set in Rome in 1938, the narrative follows Antonietta and her neighbor, Gabriele, who stay home the day Adolf Hitler visits Benito Mussolini; the same day that Gabriele comes out to her. Italy, Canada [73][74]
1977 To an Unknown God José Héctor Alterio José is an aging man coming to terms with his homosexuality and mortality. Spain [19]
1978 The Betsy Loren Hardeman Jr. Paul Ryan Rudd Loren is the closeted son of a tycoon. United States [19]
1978 The Big Sleep Arthur Geiger John Justin Geiger is a homosexual pornographer. United States, United Kingdom [75]
1978 Bloodbrothers Paulie Bruce French Paulie is a jewelry salesman who has a strained relationship with his father. United States [19]
1978 California Suite Sidney Cochran Michael Caine Sidney is a closeted antique dealer and husband of movie star, Diane Barrie. United States [76]
1978 A Different Story Albert Walreavens Perry King A man and a lesbian who become temporary housemates end up falling in love with each other.
Film critic Janet Maslin's original review elaborates: "The movie's use of [Albert and Stella's] homosexuality is indeed exploitative, insensitive, and offensive in a variety of ways. Even worse, it is unconvincing ... Albert's homosexuality is nothing but a gimmick, something for the screenplay to coax him out of."		 United States [19]
1978 El diputado Roberto Orbea José Sacristán Roberto gets elected as Deputy and falls in love with Juanito. Spain [77]
Juanito José Luis Alonso
1978 La Cage aux Folles Renato Baldi Ugo Tognazzi Renato and Albin are a couple operating a drag nightclub in a French resort town. France, Italy [19]
Albin Mougeotte Michel Serrault
1978 Midnight Express Erich Norbert Weisser Erich is a Swedish drug smuggler. United States [19]
1978 Nighthawks Jim Ken Robertson Jim is a geography teacher who goes to gay pubs at night. His students ultimately challenge him with questions as to whether he is "bent" (i.e. homosexual). He responds that he is and answers their questions about his homosexuality calmly. United Kingdom [19]
1979 10 Hugh Robert Webber Hugh is George's best friend. United States [19]
1979 Ernesto Ernesto Martin Halm In Trieste, Austria-Hungary (Italy after the end of World War I) in 1911, Ernesto (Martin Halm) is a 17-year-old boy who lives with his widowed mother in the home of his violin-loving Jewish uncle and works in an office at a routine job. He espouses socialist views largely to cause his uncle distress. Italy, Spain, West Germany [19]
The Man / The stableman Michele Placido
1979 Hot Potato Claudio Massimo Ranieri Claudio is a frail young mana involved in a fascist gang beating. Italy [78]
1979 Saint Jack Senator George Lazenby The subplot involves a closeted and married conservative senator who flies to Singapore to pick up male prostitutes. United States [19]
1979 Savage Weekend Nicky Christopher Allport Nicky is one of the members of a friend group who go away for the weekend and are stalked by a masked killer. United States [79]
1979 To Forget Venice Nicky Erland Josephson Nicky has resided in Milan for three years with his partner Picchio. Italy [19]

1980s

List
Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1980 American Gigolo Leon James Bill Duke James is Julian's pimp. United States [19]
1980 Cruising Ted Bailey Don Scardino Ted is the next-door neighbor of undercover cop Steve. The two become friends while Steve works to track down a serial killer targeting gay men.
Gregory is Ted's boyfriend.		 United States [19][80]
Gregory James Remar
1980 Fame Montgomery MacNeil Paul McCrane Montgomery is a student in the Drama department who comes out to his peers during their second year. United States [19]
1980 Happy Birthday, Gemini Francis Geminiani Alan Rosenberg On the eve of his 21st birthday, Francis realizes that he is in love with his girlfriend's brother, Randy. United States [19]
1980 The Last Married Couple in America Donald Stewart Moss Donald and Reggie are the neighbors of Jeff and Marie. While most couples that Jeff and Marie know have crumbling relationships, Donald and Reggie are well adjusted and happy. United States [19]
Reggie Colby Chester
1980 Life and Death John [actor name N/A] A medical student. Norway [81][82]
1980 The Long Good Friday Colin Paul Freeman Colin is the underworld lieutenant whose murder triggers a bloodbath. United Kingdom [19]
1980 Nijinsky Sergei Diaghilev Alan Bates Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality.
Diaghilev is an impresario.		 United States [19]
Vaslav Nijinsky George de la Peña
1980 Serial Luckman Christopher Lee Luckman is an executive headhunter by day and the head of a motorcycle gang by night. United States [19]
1980 Squeeze Paul Paul Eady Paul is a timid young man who develops a relationship with bisexual businessman, Grant. New Zealand [83]
1980 Stir Crazy Rory Schultebrand Georg Stanford Brown Rory is a drag queen and an inmate at the prison where Skip and Harry end up after being wrongfully convicted. United States [84][85]
1980 Taxi zum Klo Frank Frank Ripploh Frank ponders whether to continue a life on anonymous sex or settle down with his eventual boyfriend, Bernd. West Germany [19]
Bernd Bernd Broaderup
1981 Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Phil Brody Caskey Swaim Landers is Billy and Eddie's basketball coach. United States [86][87]
Coach Tom Landers Steve Eastin
1981 The Fan Douglas Breen Michael Biehn Douglas is the obsessed fan of film star Sally Ross. United States [19]
1981 Knightriders Pippin Warner Shook Troupe member Pippin comes to terms with his homosexuality and finds love with Punch. United States [19]
1981 Mad Max 2 The Golden Youth Jimmy Brown The Golden Youth is a punk on a motorcycle in post-nuclear society. Australia [19]
1981 Only When I Laugh Jimmy Perry James Coco Jimmy a struggling actor and the best friend of Georgia. United States [19]
1981 The Woman Next Door Roland Duguet Roger Van Hool France [19]
1981 Zorro, the Gay Blade Bunny Wigglesworth George Hamilton Wigglesworth is Zorro's twin brother. United States [19]
1982 Angel Angelos Michalis Maniatis Michalis is a young man in Athens, Angelos, who keeps his sexual identity a secret from his family. He falls hard for a rough sailor, Mihalis, and moves in with him. Greece [88]
1982 The Clinic Dr. Eric Linden Chris Haywood Linden is a doctor at Melbourne VD (venereal disease) clinic. Australia [19]
1982 Deathtrap Sidney Bruhl Michael Caine Sidney and Clifford are lovers trying to do away with Sidney's wife. United States [19]
Clifford Anderson Christopher Reeve
1982 Drifting Robi Jonathan Sagall Robi is a young man trying to find love and break into the movie business. Israel [89]
1982 Evil Under the Sun Rex Brewster Roddy McDowall Rex is a gossip columnist in the process of writing a biography of Arlene Stuart Marshall. United Kingdom [19]
1982 Forty Deuce Ricky Kevin Bacon Ricky is a street hustler in Times Square. United States [19]
1982 Labyrinth of Passion Riza Niro Imanol Arias Niro is the son of the Emperor of Tiran (a fictional Middle Eastern country). Spain [90]
Sadec Antonio Banderas
1982 Luc or His Share of Things Luc Pierre Normandin After coming out as gay, Luc grapples with depression and suicidal thoughts but is saved by the acceptance and support of his friends, François and Louis. Canada [91]
1982 Making Love Zack Elliot Michael Ontkean Considered a Hollywood landmark film, for its portrayal of the relationship between Zack and Bart as equally valid to a heterosexual one. United States [19]
Bart McGuire Harry Hamlin
1982 Night Shift Prisoner Charles Fleischer Fleischer has a cameo as a Prisoner in the film. United States [19]
1982 Partners Kerwin John Hurt Officer Kerwin is a Records Clerk. United States [19]
1982 Privates on Parade Capt. Terri Dennis Denis Quilley Dennis is the military drag queen in the movie. United Kingdom [19]
1982 Victor/Victoria Carroll "Toddy" Todd Robert Preston Toddy is an aging performer at Club Chez Lui in Paris. United Kingdom, United States [19]
'Squash' Bernstein Alex Karras
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Wally O'Sullivan Noel Ferrier Wally is an Australian journalist. United States, Australia [19]
1983 The Dresser Norman Tom Courtenay During World War II, Norman works as a dresser who falls in love with an actor he serves. United Kingdom [19]
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Capt. Yonoi Ryuichi Sakamoto Capt. Yonoi is the commander of the POW camp in Lebak Sembada in Japanese-occupied Java in 1942. United Kingdom [19]
1983 Self Defense Daniel Terry-David Després While the police are on strike, a fascist group goes to a gay bar and begins murdering the patrons. Daniel is the sole bar patron that escapes and he takes refuge in a local apartment. Canada [19]
1983 Sleepaway Camp John Baker Dan Tursi Baker and his boyfriend, Lenny, take John's children Angela and Peter on a boating trip. United States [19][92]
Lenny James Paradise
1983 Staying Alive Butler Charles Ward Butler is replaced as the lead dancer in a Broadway show by Tony. United States [19]
1983 Streamers Richie Mitchell Lichtenstein In 1965, four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when Richie reveals his sexuality. United States [19]
1983 To Be or Not to Be Sasha James Haake Sasha is Anna's dresser. United States [19]
1983 Without a Trace Philippe Keith McDermott Philippe is Susan's housecleaner. United States [19]
1984 Another Country Guy Bennett Rupert Everett Explorating Bennett's homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery of the English public school system. United Kingdom [19]
James Harcourt Cary Elwes
1984 Beverly Hills Cop Serge Bronson Pinchot Serge is an art dealer. United States [93]
1984 Garbo Talks Bernie Whitlock Harvey Fierstein Bernie is a kindhearted man on Fire Island who helps Gilbert find reclusive Hollywood legend Greta Garbo for his mother as her dying wish. United States [19]
1984 Horror Vacui Frankie Folkert Milster Hannes attempts to save his lover, Frankie, by stopping him from joining a religious cult. West Germany [19]
Hannes Tom Vogt
1984 The Hotel New Hampshire Frank Paul McCrane Frank is one of the Berry's kid. United States, United Kingdom, Canada [19]
1984 Irreconcilable Differences Howard Kay Richard Minchenberg Howard becomes Lucy's secretary after she achieves great success as a writer. United States [19]
1984 La Muerte de Mikel Mikel Imanol Arias Mikel falls in love with a drag queen and is murdered by his mother. Spain [19]
Fama Fernando Telletxea
1984 Mass Appeal Deacon Mark Dolson Željko Ivanek Seminarian Mark Dolson questions Farley's position on the ordination of women. United States [19]
1984 Meatballs Part II Lieutenant Felix Foxglove John Larroquette Felix is the closeted assistant of Colonel Hershy. United States [19]
1984 Mike's Murder Philip Green Paul Winfield Philip is the sympathetic and straightforward record producer who was in a relationship with Mike prior to his murder. United States [19]
1984 Monaco Forever Karate Man Jean-Claude Van Damme Marking the first (although brief) appearance of Jean-Claude Van Damme United States [94]
1984 Protocol Jerry Grainger Hines Jerry and Ben are in a committed relationship and are the roommates of Sunny. United States [19]
Ben Joel Brooks
1984 Revenge of the Nerds Lamar Lutrell Larry B. Scott Lamar is an openly fraternity member. United States [95]
1985 Adiós, Roberto Marcelo Víctor Laplace Marcelo is the roommate of Roberto. Argentina [96]
1985 After Hours Mark Robert Plunket Mark is a novelist who picks up Paul. United States [19]
1985 The Boys Next Door Chris Paul C. Dancer Chris is the ill-fated gay bar patron who unknowingly invites two killers to his apartment on the evening of their murder spree. United States [19]
1985 Buddies Robert Willow Geoff Edholm David is the volunteer "buddy" from the Gay Center who is assigned to help care for Robert, who is dying of AIDS. The film explores how David copes with Robert's illness and death.
It is the first narrative film about the AIDS crisis, preceding television film, An Early Frost (also released in 1985).		 United States [19]
Steve David Rose
1985 A Chorus Line Paul San Marco Cameron English San Marco and Walter are part of the dancers auditioning for a part in a new Broadway musical. United States [19][97]
Greg Gardner Justin Ross
1985 Colonel Redl Colonel Alfred Redl Klaus Maria Brandauer Redl is head of the Austrian Imperial Secret Service who gets exposed as a spy. West Germany [19]
1985 Dona Herlinda and Her Son Ramón Arturo Meza Rodolfo, a young bachelor doctor, has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramón. Mexico [19]
1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman Luis Molina William Hurt Luis is a prisoner who survives through recreating old movie fantasies.
(Hurt won an Academy Award for his performance.)		 United States [19]
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Yukio Mishima Ken Ogata Depicting the life and work of the eponymous writer and activist. United States [19]
1985 My Beautiful Laundrette Omar Ali Gordon Warnecke Focusing on Omar, a young Pakistani man living in London, and his reunion and eventual romance with his childhood friend Johnny. United Kingdom [19]
Johnny Daniel Day-Lewis
1985 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Coach Schneider Marshall Bell Jesse is caught by Schneider ordering a drink in a gay bar and is made to run laps at school as punishment. United States [19]
1985 Once Bitten Sebastian Cleavon Little Sebastian is the flamboyant, stereotypically servant to the Countess. The film contains a running gag of Sebastian continuously "coming out" of the Countess' closet. United States [19]
1985 Spies Like Us Russian Rocket Crew Member No. 1 Bjarne Thomsen The two Russian crew members go off arm in arm into the woods. United States [19]
Russian Rocket Crew Member No. 2 Sergei Rousakov
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Ron Dellasandro Matthew Laurance Dellasandro is Jules' neighbor. United States [19]
1985 Westler Felix Sigurd Rachman Felix and Thomas are lovers who are divided by the Berlin Wall. West Germany [19]
Thomas Rainer Strecker
1986 Absolute Beginners Henley of Mayfair James Fox Suzette plans to marry the middle-aged, homosexual Henley for her career. United Kingdom [98]
1986 Caravaggio Caravaggio Nigel Terry Fictionalised retelling of the life of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. United Kingdom [19]
Jerusaleme Spencer Leigh
1986 The Decline of the American Empire Claude Yves Jacques Claude speaks about pursuing men reckless of fear of STDs, while secretly being fearful of having one to his friends. Canada [99]
1986 Mala Noche Walt Curtis Tim Streeter Walt falls in love with Mexican migrant, Johnny. United States [19]
1986 The Morning After Frankie James Haake Frankie is the drag queen friend of Alex, who lets her borrow clothing while she is on the run from the police for suspicion of murder. United States [19]
1986 Parting Glances Michael Richard Ganoung One of the first motion pictures to deal frankly and realistically with the subject of AIDS and the impact of the relatively new disease on the gay community in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the pandemic. United States [19]
Nick Steve Buscemi
Robert John Bolger
1986 Tough Guys Bar Patron Matthew Faison Long was asked by the bar patron for a dance in a gay bar. United States [19]
1987 Beyond Therapy Bob Christopher Guest Bob is Bruce's jealous live-in lover who decides to assert himself and do everything possible to maintain his status quo. United States [100]
1987 Friends Forever Patrick Thomas Sigsgaard Partrick is the best friend of the main protagonist, Kristian, and develops a relationship with Mads, the captain of the soccer team. Denmark [101]
Mads Morten Stig Christensen
1987 The Heart Exposed Jean-Marc Gilles Renaud Jean-Marc and Mathieu fall in love despite a ten-year age difference and the complication that Mathieu is the father of a five-year-old son. Canada [102]
Mathieu Michel Poirier
1987 Law of Desire Pablo Quintero Eusebio Poncela Focusing on a complex love triangle between three men. Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director, and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire. Spain [103]
Antonio Benítez Antonio Banderas
Juan Miguel Molina
1987 Maurice Clive Durham Hugh Grant Hall struggles to fit into society, and ultimately united with his life partner. United Kingdom [19]
Maurice Hall James Wilby
Alec Scudder Rupert Graves
1987 A Month in the Country James Moon Kenneth Branagh Moon is an archaeologist and a war veteran who forms a close friendship with Birkin. United Kingdom [104]
1987 No Way Out Scott Pritchard Will Patton Pritchard is the general counsel to Brice. United States [105]
1987 Prick Up Your Ears Joe Orton Gary Oldman Playwright Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell are lovers. United Kingdom [19]
Kenneth Halliwell Alfred Molina
1987 Radio Days Fred Robert Joy Fred's coming out is treated with compassion and understanding by his girlfriend, Bea, when he bursts into tears after hearing "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", a song which reminds him of his departed lover. United States [19]
1987 Stage Fright Brett Giovanni Lombardo Radice Brett is one of the actors in a theater troupe being targeted by a killer wearing an owl mask. Italy [106]
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance Lonnie Pangborn R. Patrick Sullivan Pangborn is Pond's effete husband United States [107]
1987 Withnail and I Monty Richard Griffiths Monty is Withnail's Uncle. United Kingdom [108]
1988 The Fruit Machine Eddie Emile Charles Eddie and Michael are best friends who are on the run from a killer after they witness him murdering a drag queen at a gay club called "The Fruit Machine." United Kingdom [109]
Michael Tony Forsyth
1988 Madame Sousatzka Mr. Cordle Geoffrey Bayldon Mr. Cordle is an osteopath who obsessively creates color-coded maps of the human body United Kingdom, Canada [110]
1988 Once More Louis Jean-Louis Rolland Following Louis' life through the span of 10 years. France [111]
1988 Salome's Last Dance Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas Douglas Hodge Douglas is Oscar Wilde's lover. United Kingdom, United States [112]
1988 Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff Harvey Fierstein Arnold Beckoff is a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. United States [113]
Alan Simon Matthew Broderick
David Eddie Castrodad
1988 We Think the World of You Frank Meadows Alan Bates Frank is a middle-aged man who helps support the younger and bisexual Johnny and his family. United Kingdom [114]
1989 Apartment Zero Adrian LeDuc Colin Firth LeDuc is the British owner of a revival house in Buenos Aires. United Kingdom, Argentina [115]
1989 Coming Out Philipp Klarmann Matthias Freihof Klarmann is a high school teacher who is "coming out" and accepting himself as gay. East Germany [116]
Matthias Dirk Kummer
1989 Fun Down There Buddy Fields Michael Waite Fields is a young man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City. United States [117]
Joseph Nickolas B. Nagourney
1989 Getting It Right Harry Richard Huw Harry is the best friend of the protagonist, Gavin. Winthrop is Harry's boyfriend. United Kingdom, United States [118]
Winthrop Kevin Drinkwater
1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn Harry Black Stephen Lang Black is a union strike overseer trying to hide his homosexuality in a bitter marriage. West Germany, United States [119]
1989 Longtime Companion David Bruce Davison Bruce, a wealthy man, becomes the caregiver of his lover, Sean, a soap opera writer, after he is infected with the HIV virus. The film depicts the increasing effect of HIV/AIDS on a group of gay men during eight-years, between 1981 and 1989.
Willy and Fuzzy begin a relationship and move in together.		 United States [120][121]
Fuzzy Stephen Caffrey
Sean Mark Lamos
Willy Campbell Scott
1989 Looking for Langston James Akim Mogaji James and Beauty fall in love in 1920s Harlem. United Kingdom [122]
Beauty Matthew Baidoo

1990s

List
Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1990 Europa Europa Robert Kellerman André Wilms Robert and Solek (a Jew) hold each other's secret in solidarity while fighting in the German Army during World War II. Germany, France, Poland [123]
1990 Miller's Crossing Bernie Bernbaum John Turturro Bernbaum is Verna's bookie brother, who is skimming off the match fixing scheme of Leo's rival United States [124]
Eddie Dane J.E. Freeman
Mink Larouie Steve Buscemi
1990 Q & A Josè Malpica International Chrysis Malpica is Montalvo's lover United States [125]
Roger Montalvo Paul Calderón
1991 The Adjuster Larry Stephen Ouimette Larry is The Butterfly Collector. Canada [126]
1991 Edward II Edward II Steven Waddington Based on the play of the same name by Christopher Marlowe, the film revolves around Edward II of England's infatuation with Piers Gaveston, which proves to be the downfall of both of them United Kingdom [127]
Piers Gaveston Andrew Tiernan
1991 The Fisher King Homeless Cabaret Singer Michael Jeter Jack first meets a homeless cabaret singer in a hospital, and who talks to him about losing his friends. United States [128]
1991 Frankie and Johnny Tim Nathan Lane Tim is Frankie's friend and neighbor and is in a relationship with Bobby. United States [129]
1991 The Hours and Times Brian Epstein David Angus Epstein was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles. United States [130]
1991 JFK Willie O'Keefe Kevin Bacon Willie is a male prostitute serving five years in prison for soliciting. He was romantically involved with Clay. United States [131][132]
Clay Shaw Tommy Lee Jones
1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare Himself Salim "Slam" Gauwloos The documentary film chronicles the life of entertainer Madonna during her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour. United States [133]
Himself Gabriel Trupin
1991 My Own Private Idaho Mikey Waters River Phoenix Waters is a street hustler. He embarks on a journey of personal discovery with his friend Scott Favor that takes them from Portland, Oregon, to Mike's hometown in Idaho, and then to Rome in search of Mike's mother. United States [134]
1991 Naked Lunch Yves Cloquet Julian Sands Cloquet is an attractive young Swiss gentleman. Canada, United Kingdom, Japan [135]
1991 The Prince of Tides Eddie Detreville George Carlin Detreville is Savannah's neighbor. United States [129]
1991 Queens Logic Eliot John Malkovich Eliot is a later friend who roomed with a group of working-class, now-thirtysomething childhood neighborhood friends in a two-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens as adults and is lonely but dislikes "camp" men. United States [136]
1991 Young Soul Rebels Caz Mo Sesay Caz is a soulboy and is in a relationship with punk Billibud. United Kingdom [137]
1992 Being at Home with Claude Yves Roy Dupuis Yves is a man who has just murdered his lover Claude, and is attempting to explain his reasons to the police investigator Canada [138]
Claude Jean-François Pichette
1992 Inside Monkey Zetterland Brent Zetterland Tate Donovan Brent is Monkey's brother, who is a hairdresser. United States [139]
1992 The Living End Jon Craig Gilmore Luke is a restless and reckless drifter and Jon is a relatively timid and pessimistic film critic. Both are HIV positive. United States [140][141]
Luke Mike Dytri
1992 The Long Day Closes Bud Leigh McCormack Concerning a shy twelve-year-old boy, Bud, and his loving mother and siblings in Liverpool in the mid-1950s United Kingdom [142]
1992 Passed Away Boyd Pinter Tim Curry Pinter is Terry's former husband. United States [143]
1992 Peter's Friends Peter Stephen Fry Peter has inherited the family estate, and invites his friends up for the 1992-1993 New Year's weekend. United Kingdom [144]
1992 Single White Female Graham Knox Peter Friedman Knox is Allie's neighbor and an aspiring actor. United States [129]
1992 Swoon Richard Loeb Daniel Schlachet Recount of the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case, focusing more on the homosexuality of the killers than other films based on the case. United States [145]
Nathan Leopold Jr. Craig Chester
1992 When the Party's Over Banks Kris Kamm Banks is an actor who is best friends with Amanda. United States [146]
1993 Blue Himself Derek Jarman This was Jarman's final experimental film and documents his last years while living with AIDS. It was released four months before his death. United Kingdom [147]
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues The Countess John Hurt The Countress is a femine hygiene products mogul. United States [148]
1993 Farewell My Concubine Cheng Dieyi Leslie Cheung Retelling the troubled relationship between Peking opera actors Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou, and Xiaolou's wife Juxian. British Hong Kong [149]
1993 Grief Mark Craig Chester Mark is a writer who contemplates suicide on the one year anniversary of his lover's death. United States [150]
1993 Love and Human Remains David McMillan Thomas Gibson McMillan and his heterosexual, female roommate try to find love and sexual gratification in Edmonton, as a serial killer is loose in the city. Canada [151]
1993 M. Butterfly René Gallimard Jeremy Irons Loosely based on true events which involved French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Chinese opera singer Shi Pei Pu. United States [152]
Song Liling John Lone
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Frank Harvey Fierstein "Uncle Frank" is Daniel's brother. He and his partner "Aunt Jack" are makeup artists. United States [153][154]
Jack Scott Capurro
1993 Naked in New York Chris Ralph Macchio Chris is Jake's best friend who kisses him during a party. United States [155]
1993 Philadelphia Andrew Beckett Tom Hanks Beckett was fired from his employment as a senior associate attorney at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia after they found out he had AIDS.
Alvarez is Beckett's partner.
Philadelphia is the first major Hollywood film to deal with the subject of AIDS.		 United States [156][157][158]
Miguel Alvarez Antonio Banderas
1993 Six Degrees of Separation Paul Will Smith Paul is a skillful con-artist, who mysteriously appears at Kittredges' door one night, injured and bleeding United States [159][160]
1993 Strawberry and Chocolate Diego Jorge Perugorría Diego is an artist unhappy with the Castro regime's attitude toward the homosexual community as well as the censored conceptualization of culture.
This is the first Cuban film to feature an unambiguously gay character.		 Cuba, Mexico [161]
1993 This Boy's Life Arthur Gayle Jonah Blechman Gayle is a misfit classmate of Toby at school whom he befriends. United States [162]
1993 Tombstone Billy Jason Priestley Billy is an outlaw in the Old West nicknamed "Sister Boy." United States [163]
1993 The Wedding Banquet Wai-Tung Gao Winston Chao Gao marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card, while hiding the truth from his partner Simon. Taiwan, United States [164][165]
Simon Mitchell Lichtenstein
1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra Hugo Weaving Bernadette is shocked to learn that Anthony/Mitzi was not only once married to a woman but also has a son. Australia [166]
1994 Der bewegte Mann Norbert Brommer Joachim Król Walter is a crossdresser using the name "Waltraud". Germany [167]
Horst/Metzger Armin Rohde
Walter/Waltraud Rufus Beck
1994 Double Happiness Andrew Chau Johnny Mah While on the date, Chau reveals his sexuality to a relieved Jade as he describes hiding his identity and managing to only be set up once a year. Canada [168]
1994 Drunken Master III Gay bus passenger Simon Yam Yam played a gay bus passenger who wants to steal Sum-yuk's jade thumb ring. Hong Kong [169]
1994 Ed Wood John "Bunny" Breckinridge Bill Murray Bunny is Ed's drag queen friend. United States [170]
1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral Gareth Simon Callow Gareth and Matthew are romantic partners. United Kingdom [171]
Matthew John Hannah
1994 A Man of No Importance Alfred Byrne Albert Finney Byrne is a closeted homosexual bus conductor in 1963 Dublin. His sister tries to find him a suitable woman, but his real passion is putting on amateur theatre productions of Oscar Wilde plays, particularly Salome. The film deals with his struggle, temptation, and friendships, and how they are affected by his homosexuality. United Kingdom, Ireland [172]
1994 Oh! My Three Guys Ching Yu-hoi Lau Ching-wan Good friends Kau, Hoi and Fa are homosexual men. Hoi works in an advertising firm while Kau and Fa have not found a suitable job yet. Hoi's new female colleague Mei became interested in him. British Hong Kong [173]
Fa Dayo Wong
Kau Ku-neung Eric Kot
1994 Prêt-à-Porter Cy Bianco Forest Whitaker Bianco and Romney are fashion designers. United States [174]
Cort Romney Richard E. Grant
1994 Priest Father Greg Pilkington Linus Roache Concerning a Roman Catholic priest (Pilkington) as he struggles with two difficulties that precipitate a crisis of faith. He meets Graham at a local gay hangout and the two embark on a physical relationship. United Kingdom [175]
Graham Robert Carlyle
1994 Pulp Fiction Zed Peter Greene Zed rapes Marsellus Wallace. United States [176][177]
1994 Reality Bites Sammy Gray Steve Zahn Gray is Vickie's friend who remains celibate, not due to a fear of AIDS, but because forming a relationship would force him to come out to his conservative parents. United States [178]
1994 The Sum of Us Jeff Mitchell Russell Crowe Widower Harry Mitchell lives with his son Jeff, with both men struggling in their searches for true love. Australia [179]
1994 Threesome Eddy Josh Charles Alex falls in love and tries unsuccessfully to seduce; Eddy falls in love with Stuart; Stuart is in love with Alex. United States [180]
1994 Trevor Trevor Brett Barsky Following what happens to 13-year-old Trevor, a Diana Ross fan, when his crush on a schoolmate named Pinky Faraday gets discovered. United States [181]
1994 Uncovered César John Wood César is Julia's guardian. United Kingdom [182]
1994 Wagons East Julian Rogers John C. McGinley In the 1860s Wild West, Rogers is a bookseller. United States [183]
1994 Wild Reeds François Forestier Gaël Morel Forestier is a shy young man from the lower middle class in southwest France in 1962, is working towards his high school diploma. France [184]
1995 An Awfully Big Adventure Meredith Potter Hugh Grant Meredith is a manager, actor and director of a troupe. United Kingdom [185]
1995 The Basketball Diaries Swifty Bruno Kirby Swifty is Jim's coach. United States [186]
1995 Billy Madison Max Anderson Josh Mostel The principal of the elementary school, and a former masked wrestler known as the "Revolting Blob". United States [187]
1995 Braveheart Prince Edward Peter Hanly Edward II was the fourth son of Edward I. United States [129]
1995 Carrington Lytton Strachey Jonathan Pryce Lytton is the sadomasochistic lover of Roger.
Lytton was a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group. His homosexuality was well known.		 France, United Kingdom [188][189]
1995 Clueless Christian Stovitz Justin Walker Stovitz is a fashion-conscious new student Christian Stovitz attracts Cher's attention and becomes her target for a boyfriend. United States [190]
1995 Deathmaker Fritz Haarmann Götz George Haarmann is a serial killer who murdered 24 young men. Germany [191]
1995 Home for the Holidays Tommy Larson Robert Downey Jr. Tommy married his boyfriend Jack in a beach wedding. United States [192]
Jack Sam Slovick
1995 Jefferson in Paris Richard Cosway Simon Callow Richard is the husband of Maria Cosway, a beautiful Anglo-Italian painter and musician. France, United States [193]
1995 Jeffrey Darius Bryan Batt Based on the play of the same name by Paul Rudnick, United States [194]
Steve Howard Michael T. Weiss
Jeffrey Steven Weber
Sterling Patrick Stewart
1995 Nixon J. Edgar Hoover Bob Hoskins Hoover was first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). United States [195]
1995 Party Girl Derrick Anthony DeSando Derrick is a gal bestie of Nary. United States [196]
1995 Stonewall La Miranda Guillermo Díaz Fictionalized account of the weeks leading up to the Stonewall riots, a seminal event in the modern American gay rights movement. United Kingdom, United States [197]
Matty Dean Frederick Weller
Vinnie Bruce MacVittie
Bostonia Duane Boutte
Ethan Brendan Corbalis
1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Vida Boheme Patrick Swayze Vida and Noxeema are drag queens. United States [198][199]
Noxeema Jackson Wesley Snipes
1995 Total Eclipse Arthur Rimbaud Leonardo DiCaprio Presenting a historical account of the passionate and violent relationship between 19th-century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, at a time of soaring creativity for both men. United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, United States [200]
1995 Waiting to Exhale David Matthews Giancarlo Esposito Matthews is Gloria's ex-husband and father of Tarik. United States [201]
1996 Beautiful Thing Ste Pearce Scott Neal Set in Thamesmead, a working class area of South East London dominated by post-war council estates, teenager Jamie is in love with his classmate, Ste United Kingdom [202][203]
Jamie Gangel Glen Berry
1996 The Birdcage Agador Hank Azaria A same-sex couple whose son is set to marry the daughter of a conservative senator. United States [204][47]
Albert Goldman Nathan Lane
Armand Goldman Robin Williams
1996 Dream for an Insomniac Rob Michael Landes Rob is apprehensive about coming out to his father. United States [205]
1996 Flirting with Disaster Paul Harmon Richard Jenkins Tony and Paul are ATF agents who are in a relationship with each other. United States [206]
Tony Kent Josh Brolin
1996 Get on the Bus Kyle Isaiah Washington Kyle is an ex-Marine who is the midst of breaking up with his lover Randall. United States [207]
Randall Harry Lennix
1996 Hollow Reed Martyn Wyatt Martin Donovan Martyn, a family doctor, married Hannah to hide his homosexuality, and they divorced after he finally came out.
Tom is Martyn's lover.		 Germany, United Kingdom, Spain [208][209]
Tom Dixon Ian Hart
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Andy Warhol Jared Harris The life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with the artist Andy Warhol. United Kingdom, United States [210]
1996 Indian Summer Tonio Jason Flemyng Tonio is a rising young star of a London ballet company. Ramon is the former star-turned-choreographer of the company, who is dying of AIDs. Jack is an older Therapist who falls in love with Tonio. United Kingdom [211]
Jack Antony Sher
Ramon Anthony Higgins
1996 It's My Party Nick Stark Eric Roberts Stark, an architect who hosted a two-day party after being diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, will fall into a state of mental lapse lasting for months until his death. He decides to host a party for his family and friends, at the end of which he will commit suicide by taking Seconal. United States [212]
1996 Johns Donner Lukas Haas Donner is a fellow hustler who's new to the streets and has fallen for John. United States [213]
1996 Killer Condom Luigi Mackeroni Udo Samel Mackeroni is a detective investigating the case of a murderous condom. Germany, Switzerland [214]
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne Paco Miguel Sandoval Paco is the loyal chauffeur of the Winterbournes. United States [215]
1996 Mulholland Falls Jimmy Fields Andrew McCarthy Allison's friend, Jimmy Fields, admits that he and Allison made numerous such films, including one with Hoover in it. United States [216]
1996 Sling Blade Vaughn Cunningham John Ritter Cunningham is Linda's friend and boss. United States [217][218]
1996 Stealing Beauty Alex Parrish Jeremy Irons Parrish is a dying English writer and a guest at the Tuscan villa of the Graysons. United Kingdom [219]
1996 When the Cat's Away Michel Olivier Py Michel is a friend of Chloé who she shares an apartment with. France [220][221]
1996 Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? Auntie Eric Tsang Auntie is Sam's manager. Hong Kong [222]
1997 All Over Me Luke Pat Briggs Jesse is Claude's co-worker at the pizzeria.
Luke is a musician who has just moved into Claude's apartment building.		 United States [223][224]
Jesse Wilson Cruz
1997 As Good as It Gets Simon Bishop Greg Kinnear Simon is an artist living in Manhattan. We learn that his parents kicked him out for being homosexual and was abused by his father because of it. Homophobic neighbor Melvin Udall uses derogatory terms when referring to Simon, but after Simon is brutally attacked he becomes the caretaker of Simon's dog, Verdell. United States [225]
1997 Bent Max Clive Owen Max is a promiscuous man living in 1930s Berlin. He is at odds with his wealthy family because of his homosexuality. United Kingdom, Japan [226]
Ruby Brian Webber II
1997 Best Men Sergeant Buzz Thomas Dean Cain Thomas is a former soldier and a groomsman. United States [227]
1997 Black Rose II Dan Blackie Ko Dan is Chi-Mo's co-worker and a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual. Hong Kong [228]
1997 Boogie Nights Scotty J. Philip Seymour Hoffman Scotty is a boom operator who is in love with Dirk. United States [229]
1997 Chasing Amy Hooper Dwight Ewell Hooper is a black cartoonist, an African-American writer and activist who masks his flamboyantly personality with a militant image to promote his comic White-Hating Coon. United States [230]
1997 The Fifth Element Baby Ray Ian Beckett Baby Ray is a background character accompanied by a male significant. United States [231]
1997 The Full Monty Lomper Steve Huison Lomper is a security guard at the steel mill where Dave and Gaz once worked. United Kingdom [232]
Guy Hugo Speer
1997 The Hanging Garden William Chris Leavins Hinging on a fateful incident from William's teenage years, when his grandmother caught him attempting to have sex with his friend Fletcher, involuntarily outing him to his dysfunctional family. United Kingdom, Canada [233]
Fletcher Joel Keller
1997 Happy Together Ho Po-Wing Leslie Cheung Ho Po-Wing and Lai Yiu-Fai are a couple from Hong Kong with a tumultuous relationship marked by frequent separations and reconciliations. They visit Argentina together but break up after they become lost while traveling to visit the Iguazu Falls. British Hong Kong [234]
Lai Yiu-Fai Tony Leung Chiu-wai
1997 In & Out Howard Brackett Kevin Kline Inspired by Tom Hanks's tearful speech when he accepted his 1994 Oscar (for his role in Philadelphia), in which he mentioned his high-school drama coach Rawley Farnsworth, and his former classmate John Gilkerson, "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with." United States [235]
Peter Malloy Tom Selleck
1997 The Jackal Douglas Stephen Spinella Douglas is a man who the Jackal encountered earlier in a bar and pretends to date with. United States [236]
1997 Kiss Me, Guido Warren Anthony Barrile Warren is an actor who's recently broken up with his director boyfriend. United States [237]
1997 L.A. Confidential Ellis Loew Ron Rifkin Ellis is a closeted District Attorney . United States [238]
1997 Love! Valour! Compassion! Gregory Mitchell Stephen Bogardus Revolving around eight gay men who gather for three summer weekends at a lakeside house in Dutchess County, New York, where they relax, reflect, and plan for survival in an era plagued by AIDS. United States [239]
James Jeckyll John Glover
Perry Sellars Stephen Spinella
Buzz Hauser Jason Alexander
Ramon Fornos Randy Becker
Arthur Pape John Benjamin Hickey
Bobby Brahms Justin Kirk
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Jim Williams Kevin Spacey Williams is an antiques dealer. United States [240][241]
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding George Downes Rupert Everett George is Julianne's friend and confidante. He agrees to pose as her fiancé so that she can make Michael, the college friend she thought would marry her, jealous. United States [242][243]
1997 Nowhere Cowboy Guillermo Diaz Cowboy and Bart are bandmates as well as boyfriends. United States [244]
Bart Jeremy Jordan
1997 Spice World Himself Elton John John, who is a world-renowned musician and a homosexual, has a role as himself in the film. United Kingdom [245]
1997 Swept from the Sea Dr. James Kennedy Ian McKellen Local doctor Dr. Kennedy's compassion towards Yanko marks the beginning of a devoted friendship. United Kingdom, United States [246]
1997 'Til There Was You Gregory Ken Olin Gregory is a college professor and an architect. United States [247]
1997 Waiting for Guffman Corky St. Clair Christopher Guest In the fictional small town of Blaine, Missouri, a few residents prepare to put on a community theater production led by eccentric director Corky St. Clair. United States [248][249]
1997 Wilde Oscar Wilde Stephen Fry Oscar loves his wife and children, but is sexually attracted to men. He becomes obsessed with Alfred.
Alfred is Wilde's lover. Their relationship becomes a scandal resulting in Oscar's downfall.		 United Kingdom [250][251]
Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas Jude Law
John Gray Ioan Gruffudd
1998 54 Steve Rubell Mike Myers Steve Rubell is co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54. United States [252]
1998 Alice and Martin Benjamin Mathieu Amalric Martin's half-brother Benjamin is a struggling actor sharing living arrangements with his best friend Alice, a violinist in a local quintet that specializes in tango music. France, Spain [253]
1998 B. Monkey Paul Neville Rupert Everett Paul and Bruno are a couple and Beatrice's partners in crime. United States, United Kingdom [254]
Bruno Jonathan Rhys Meyers
1998 Bedrooms and Hallways Darren Tom Hollander Darren is a roommate of Leo's. United Kingdom [255]
1998 Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss Billy Collier Sean Hayes Billy is a photographer who falls in love with sexually ambiguous waiter/model Gabriel. He hires Gabriel
Perry is Billy's mentor, patron, and admirer.
Fernando is Billy's on-again, off-again lover. He has an open relationship, but frequently pursues Billy.		 United States [256]
Perry Richard Ganoung
Fernando Armando Valdes-Kennedy
1998 Bishonen Jet Stephen Fung Jet is a handsome hustler whose sex appeal seems to know no bounds. Hong Kong [257]
1998 Dark Harbor Young Man Norman Reedus David and the young man are lovers. United States [258]
1998 Das Trio Karl Christian Redl Zobel and Karl are in a relationship. Germany [259]
Zobel Götz George
1998 Edge of Seventeen Eric Hunter Chris Stafford In 1984 Sandusky, Ohio, Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. United States [260]
1998 Get Real Steven Carter Ben Silverstone Centering the coming of age of a teen while growing up in rural Britain during the Cool Britannia era of the late 1990s. United Kingdom [261]
John Dixon Brad Gorton
1998 Gods and Monsters George Cukor Martin Ferrero Recounting the partly fictionalized last days of the life of film director James Whale. United Kingdom, United States [262][263][264]
David Lewis David Dukes
James Whale Ian McKellen
1998 Head On Ari Alex Dimitriades Retelling the story of Ari, a dissolute 19-year-old Greek-Australian drug addict living in St Kilda, Victoria. Australia [265][266]
1998 Hold You Tight A-che Lawrence Ko The story of a man living in Hong Kong who is initially drawn to a young woman, but soon finds he is more attracted to her boyfriend. Hong Kong [267]
Tong Eric Tsang
1998 Illuminata Umberto Bevalaqua Christopher Walken A flamboyant theater critic. United States [268]
1998 The Impostors Mr. Sparks Billy Connolly Sparks is an aging professional tennis player. United States [269]
1998 The Object of My Affection George Hanson Paul Rudd George is a first grade teacher. United States [270]
1998 The Opposite of Sex Bill Truitt Martin Donovan Bill is Dedee's much older half-brother and a teacher in a conservative, suburban community in Saint Joseph County, Indiana. United States [271]
Matt Mateo Ivan Sergei
1998 The Velocity of Gary Valentino Vincent D'Onofrio Valentino is a former porn star.
Gary (not his real name, which is never revealed) is a hustler walking through the streets of New York City, looking for business.		 United States [272]
Gary Thomas Jane
1998 Velvet Goldmine Arthur Stuart Christian Bale Arthur is a journalist who reflects on the formative role of glam rock in his life while working on a piece about bisexual glam rocker Brian Slade. United States [273]
1999 Advice from a Caterpillar Spaz Andy Dick Spaz is Missy's best friend. United States [274]
1999 American Beauty Jim Berkley Sam Robards Frank is closeted. United States [275][276]
Jim Olmeyer Scott Bakula
Frank Fitts Chris Cooper
1999 Big Daddy Phil D'Amato Allen Covert D'Amato and Grayton are lawyer friends of Sonny's who are also in a relationship. United States [277]
Tommy Grayton Peter Dante
1999 The Big Tease Crawford Mackenzie Craig Ferguson Mackenzie is a Scottish hairdresser who, while being filmed as part of a fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary, is invited to the World Hairdresser International Federation annual contest. United States [278]
1999 Black and White Terry Donager Robert Downey Jr. Terry is the closeted husband of a documentary filmmaker. United States [279]
1999 Blast from the Past Troy Dave Foley Troy is Eve's housemate and best friend. United States [280]
1999 The Boondock Saints Paul Smecker Willem Dafoe Smecker is an FBI agent who is assigned to the murders linked to the MacManus twin brothers. United States [281]
1999 But I'm a Cheerleader Dolph Dante Basco Dolph, Clayton, Andre, and Joel are campers.
Rock is the son of Mary Brown, the founder of True Directions. Supposedly straight, he is actually closeted.
Mike is supposedly an ex-gay who helps with the process of "curing" campers of their homosexuality; however, he is clearly shown to be still attracted to men.
Lloyd and Larry are a couple described as "ex, ex-gays". Before the events of the film, they were once campers at True Directions before they defected. They help the campers sneak out and go party at a gay bar, and also give advice about dealing with one's own sexuality. They let ex-camper Dolph live with them when he is expelled from True Directions for having sex at the camp.		 United States [282][283][284]
Clayton Dunn Kip Pardue
Andre Douglas Spain
Joel Goldberg Joel Michaely
Rock Brown Eddie Cibrian
Mike RuPaul
Lloyd Morgan-Gordon Wesley Mann
Larry Morgan-Gordon Richard Moll
1999 Cruel Intentions Blaine Tuttle Joshua Jackson Tuttle is a friend of Sebastian who is struggling towards his relationship with a Football stud at his private school, Greg. United States [285]
1999 East Is East Nazir "Nigel" Khan Ian Aspinall Nigel is one the Khans' children. United Kingdom [286]
1999 Go Adam Scott Wolf Adam and Zack are soap opera actors who are in a relationship. United States [287]
Zack Jay Mohr
1999 Happy, Texas Sheriff Chappy Dent William H. Macy Dent is the sheriff of Happy, Texas. United States [288]
1999 It's the Rage Chris David Schwimmer Chris and Tim are a couple. United States [289]
Tim Andre Braugher
1999 Magnolia "Quiz Kid" Donnie Smith William H. Macy Former What Do Kids Know? champion Donnie Smith, whose parents took all his prize money, has been fired from his job due to performance issues and is in love with a male bartender with braces. United States [290]
1999 Man of the Century Tim Anthony Rapp Tim is a photographer. United States [291]
1999 Second Skin Diego Javier Bardem Diego is the handsome surgeon who Alberto has an affair with. Spain [292]
1999 Summer of Sam Bobby Del Fiore Brian Tarantina Del Fiore is a customer in the Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx United States [293]
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Peter Smith-Kingsley Jack Davenport Peter is Ripley's lover later in the story. United States [294]
1999 Three to Tango Peter Steinberg Oliver Platt Steinberg has landed a career-making opportunity to design a multimillion-dollar cultural center for wealthy businessman Charles Newman along with Novak. Australia, United States [295]
1999 Trick Gabriel Christian Campbell Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, makes eye contact with Mark, a go-go dancer at a gay bar. The two meet again in the subway the same night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. United States [296]
Mark Miranda John Paul Pitoc
1999 The Underground Comedy Movie Gay Man Ant Gay Virgin has repeatedly protested to a persistent would-be sex partner that he is saving himself for the right man. United States [297]
Gay Virgin Michael Clarke Duncan

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