List of LGBT-related films of 1999 explained

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotes
$30 United States Short, comedy A father buys his closeted son a night with a prostitute
24 Nights United States Comedy
After Stonewall United States Documentary
Aimée & Jaguar Germany Romance, war, drama
All About My Mother Spain
France
Drama
American Beauty United States Drama This film won the Academy Award for best picture.
Atomic Saké Canada Short drama
Greece Comedy, sci-fi Yannis Aggelakis, Myriam Vourou, Christos Mantakas. Gregory Patrikareas, Eugene Dimitriou and Themis Bazaka
Beau travail France Drama Based on the novella Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Being John Malkovich United States Fantasy, comedy, drama John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen appear as themselves
Belle maman France Comedy
Beloved/Friend (Amic/Amat) Spain Drama a.k.a. Beloved/Friend; based on the book Testament by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
Below the Belt Canada Short drama Nathalie Toriel, Cara Pifko, Tanja Jacobs
Better Than Chocolate Canada Romance, comedy
United States Drama The film's script was heavily rewritten by Hickenlooper and F. X. Feeney from a previous screenplay written in the early 1980s by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar
United States Crime, drama
Boys Don't Cry United States Crime, drama Based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena
Burlesk King Philippines Drama 2nd part of a trilogy about strippers in Manila's gay bars
But I'm a Cheerleader United States Comedy, drama
Chutney Popcorn United States Comedy, drama
Chill Out Germany Drama Tatjana Blacher, Sebastian Blomberg and Werner Heinrichmöller
Creature United States Documentary Stacey "Hollywood" Dean, Filberto Ascencio, Butch Dean, Dusty Dean Documentary by Parris Patton about trans woman Stacey Hollywood; a four-year chronicle of Stacey's transformation into womanhood, life in the West Hollywood LGBT nightclub scene, and her journey from Los Angeles back home to visit her conservative Christian family in North Carolina.[1]
Cruel Intentions United States Drama, thriller Modern adaptation of the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Deep Inside Clint Star Canada Documentary
Le derrière France Comedy Valérie Lemercier, Claude Rich, Dieudonné, Marthe Keller and Patrick Catalifo
An Early FrostFrance Short, drama Amandine Sroussi, Serpentine Teyssier and Laurent Manzoni a.k.a. Gelée précoce
Germany
Netherlands
History, drama
Election United States Comedy, drama Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta
External Affairs Peter Moss Canada Drama TV movie
Fight Club United States Drama, thriller Based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, it explores themes of homoeroticism.[2]
The Five Senses Canada Drama
Flawless United States Comedy, drama
Floating William Roth United States Romance, drama
United States Exploitation Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Gallo, María Celedonio
Friends & Lovers United States Romance, drama
Full Blast Canada Drama, musical David La Haye, Martin Desgagné, Louise Portal, Marie-Jo Thério, Patrice Godin Based on the novel L'Ennemi que je connais by Martin Pitre
Gendernauts - Eine Reise durch die Geschlechter Germany
United States
Documentary a.k.a. Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
Go United States Comedy, crime
The Green Elephant Russia Horror
Happy, Texas United States Crime, comedy
Hit and Runway Christopher Livingston United States Comedy
I Know a Place Roy Mitchell Canada Short documentary Bob Goderre
Je vois déjà le titre France Short, drama aka I already see the title
Just One Time United States Comedy
Laugh in the Dark Canada Documentary Gary Colwell, Don Morden, Doris Mehegan
Lola and Billy the Kid Germany
Turkey
Drama Gandi Mukli, Baki Davrak, Erdal Yıldız, Murat Yılmaz, Inge Keller and Michael Gerber Known in German as Lola und Bilidikid
Love in the Mirror (Amor nello specchio) Italy Drama
L'un dans l'autreFrance Short Gérald Broclawik, François Revaclier and Isabelle Malin aka In and Out
The MatrixUnited States Science-fiction, Action Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe PantolianoThe film was confirmed by Lilly to be an allegory for transgender themes, with the Matrix being a transformation. One of the characters was intended to be male in the real world and female in the Matrix.[3]
Memento Mori South Korea Horror, romance, drama
My Gentleman Friends Canada Docudrama Aron Tager, David Gardner, François Klanfer, Christina Collins
Oi! Warning Benjamin Reding, Dominik Reding Germany Drama Sascha Backhaus, Sascha Goerts, Sandra Borgmann and Jens Veith
Piglets Germany Short, comedy Andreja Schneider, Christoph Marti and Tobias Bonn aka Ferkel
The Pinco Triangle Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston Canada Drama
Rites of Passage United States Drama, thriller
Second Skin Spain Romance, drama
See You in Hell, My Darling Greece Drama Vicky Harris, Valeria Christodoulidou, Paschalis Tsarouhas, Nikos Kordinos and Panos Vourlamis
Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) Switzerland
Canada
France
Drama Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Miki Manojlovic and Alexandre Mérineau
The Sex Monster United States Comedy Mariel Hemingway, Mike Binder, Renee Humphrey (credited as Renée Humphrey)
Skin Gang Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Drama, adult Steve Masters, Eden Miller, Slava Mogutin, Ralph Steel and Daniel Bätscher a.k.a. Skin Flick
Sleeping Beauties United States Short
Speedway Junky United States Drama
Taboo France
United Kingdom
Japan
Drama a.k.a. Gohatto
United States Crime, drama, thriller Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith
Three to Tango United States Comedy, Romance
Trick United States Comedy, romance, musical
The Velocity of Gary United States Drama, comedy a.k.a. The Velocity of Gary* *(Not His Real Name)
Where Lies the Homo? Jean-François Monette Canada Documentary
Why Not Me? Spain
France
Switzerland
Comedy

Notes and References

  1. News: Glatzer. Richard. Creature (review). https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213424/http://business.highbeam.com/4892/article-1G1-60021918/creature. dead. February 1, 2014. 12 January 2014. The Advocate. March 14, 2000.
  2. "Fight Club'"s Queer Representations. 20866451. Peele. Thomas. Jac. 2001. 21. 4. 862–869.
  3. Web site: The Matrix Was a Trans Allegory, Confirms Lilly Wachowski. . 4 August 2020.