List of LGBT-related films of 2020 explained

Films

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes	Ref
Ahead of the Curve	Jen Rainin, Rivka Beth Medow	United States	Documentary			^[1]
Always Amber		Sweden	Documentary			^[2]
Ammonite		United Kingdom Australia	Drama			^[3]
Are We Lost Forever		Sweden	Drama	Björn Elgerd, Jonathan Andersson, Micki Stoltt, Nemanja Stojanovic
Automotive		Germany	Documentary
Babydyke (Babylebbe)		Denmark	Short drama
	Alex Timbers Sam Wrench	United States	Concert film	Ben Platt, Crystal Monee Hall, Kojo Littles, Allen René Louis	Live recording of Ben Platt's September 29, 2019 concert at Radio City Music Hall, as part of his Sing to Me Instead Tour	^[4]
Berlin Alexanderplatz		Germany	Drama
Bloodthirsty		Canada	Horror			^[5]
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets	Bill Ross	United States	Documentary
The Boys in the Band		United States	Drama			^[6]
Breaking Fast		United States	Romantic comedy			^[7]
Charlatan		Czech Republic	Drama		Based on the life of healer Jan Mikolášek
The Christmas Setup		Canada United States	Romantic comedy, Christmas			^[8]
Cicada		United States	Drama			^[9]
Cowboys	Anna Kerrigan	United States	Drama
Cured		United States	Documentary			^[10]
Dance of the 41 (El baile de los 41)		Mexico	Drama	Alfonso Herrera, Mabel Cadena, Emiliano Zurita, Fernando Becerril, Paulina Álvarez Muñoz		^[11]
Dating Amber		Ireland	Drama
Days		Taiwan	Drama
Dear Leo		United States	Drama
		United States	Documentary			^[12]
Divinely Evil (Vil, má)		Brazil	Documentary
Dry Wind (Vento Seco)		Brazil	Drama
Dustin		France	Short drama			^[13]
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)		Australia	Romantic comedy	Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Julia Billington
		Canada	Documentary			^[14]
Falling		United States Canada United Kingdom	Drama	Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross	Mortensen's directorial debut	^[15]
Flowers of the Field	Andrew Stanley	Canada	Drama			^[16]
Friend of the World		United States	Sci-fi horror	Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond Ricco	Two-character stage play-like drama with a gay protagonist	^[17]
Funny Boy		Canada	Drama			^[18]
Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit)		Canada	Short drama			^[19]
Good Joe Bell		United States	Drama			^[20]
Gossamer Folds		United States	Drama
Happiest Season		United States	Romantic comedy			^[21]
The House of Love (La Casa Dell'Amore)		Italy	Documentary
I Am Samuel		Kenya	Documentary
If It Were Love (Si c'était de l'amour)		France	Documentary
Jesse Jams		Canada	Documentary	Jesse Jams		^[22]
Jump, Darling		Canada	Comedy-drama
Kajillionaire		United States	Comedy-drama
Kokon		Germany	Drama
The Last City (Die Letzte Stadt)		Germany	Drama
Little Girl (Petite fille)		France	Documentary
Luz	Jon Garcia	United States	Drama	Ernesto Reyes, Jesse Tayeh		^[23]
Milkwater		United States	Comedy-drama
Minyan		United States	Drama
My Best Part (Garçon chiffon)		France	Comedy-drama			^[24]
My Little Sister (Schwesterlein)		Switzerland	Drama
My Name Is Baghdad (Meu nome é Bagda)		Brazil	Drama
My Tender Matador (Tengo miedo, torero)	Rodrigo Sepúlveda	Chile	Drama			^[25]
The New Mutants		United States	Superhero / Horror
No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)		Germany	Drama	Benjamin Radjaipour, Eidin Jalali
No Ordinary Man		Canada	Documentary			^[26]
One in a Thousand (Las mil y una)		Argentina	Drama
Out	Steven Hunter	United States	Animated short			^[27]
Panthers (Panteres)		Spain	Short drama
Passage		Canada	Documentary	Gabrielle Goupil, Yoan Duchesne		^[28]
Playdurizm	Gem Deger	Czechia	sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, drama, comede^[29] ^[30]	Austin Chunn, Gem Deger, Issy Stewart		^[31]
The Prom		United States	Musical comedy			^[32]
P.S. Burn This Letter Please	Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera	United States	Documentary		Correspondence among the 1950s New York City drag community
Queen of the Andes		Canada	Drama			^[33]
Rūrangi	Max Currie	New Zealand	Drama	Elz Carrad
Saint-Narcisse		Canada	Drama	Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuck, Andreas Apergis		^[34]
A Secret Love		United States	Documentary	Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan		^[35]
Sheer Qorma	Faraz Arif Ansari	India	Drama	Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar
Shiva Baby		United States	Comedy		Based on Seligman's short film of the same name; the short film was not LGBT-related.	^[36]
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	Hitesh Kewalya	India	Romantic comedy		spin-off of the 2017 film Shubh Mangal Saavdhan	^[37]
Sometimes I Wish I Was on a Desert Island (Y’a des fois où j’aimerais me trouver sur une île déserte)	Eli Jean Tahchi	Canada	Short documentary
Stage Mother		Canada	Comedy			^[38]
Summer of 85 (Été 85)		France	Drama	Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty		^[39]
Summer of Mesa	Josh Cox	United States	Romance	Molly Miles, Andrea Granera		^[40]
The Surrogate	Jeremy Hersh	United States	Drama	Jasmine Batchelor, Chris Perfetti, Sullivan Jones		^[41]
The Thing About Harry		United States	Romantic comedy			^[42]
Tove		Finland Sweden	Drama	Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna Haartti
Transhood		United States	Documentary			^[43]
Uncle Frank		United States	Drama			^[44]
Welcome to Chechnya		United States	Documentary			^[45]
Wildland (Kød & Blod)		Denmark	Drama
Your Name Engraved Herein		Taiwan	Drama

Notes and References

1. Dino-Ray Ramos, "Inside Out LGBT Film Festival To Feature ‘The Boys In The Band’, ‘The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson’, ‘Cowboys’ And More For Virtual Edition". Deadline Hollywood, September 9, 2020.
2. http://teddyaward.tv/en/program/ "Teddy Awards Program 2020"
3. Web site: Herridge. Tori. Sykes. Becky Wragg. Behind a lesbian furore over a famous palaeontologist lies a deeper truth. The Guardian. 20 March 2019. 20 March 2019.
4. Web site: TV Review: Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall concert special ★★★★1/2. May 18, 2020. The Queer Review.
5. Rebecca Rubin, "See an Exclusive Clip of Werewolf Thriller ‘Bloodthirsty’". Variety, October 1, 2020.
6. Web site: Jude. Dry. Ryan Murphy to Bring Controversial Gay Play 'The Boys in the Band' to Netflix. IndieWire. April 17, 2019. April 19, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417203217/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/boys-in-the-band-ryan-murphy-showtime-1202059745/. April 17, 2019. dmy-all.
7. Andre Hereford, "Film Review: ‘Breaking Fast’ is an engaging gay rom-com". Metro Weekly, June 26, 2020.
8. Hank Stuever, "TV's gay Christmas movies are as benign, charming and cliche as we always hoped they'd be". The Washington Post, December 9, 2020.
9. Angela Morrison, "VQFF Review: 'Cicada' Bravely Explores the Messy, Nonlinear Process of Healing and Romance". Exclaim!, August 20, 2020.
10. Dino-Ray Ramos, "‘Cured’ Trailer: Outfest Docu Chronicles Battle To Declassify Homosexuality As Mental Illness". Deadline Hollywood, August 11, 2020.
11. News: "El baile de los 41": una película sobre Ignacio de la Torre y Mier, el yerno homosexual de Porfirio Díaz . February 23, 2020 . January 7, 2020 . México Desconocido . es.
12. News: July . Beandrea . 'Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen': Film Review . February 3, 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter . January 30, 2020.
13. Paolo Kagaoan, "TIFF 2020: Our Review of ‘Short Cuts 3’". In the Seats, September 11, 2020.
14. Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.
15. Web site: Viggo Mortensen to Star, Make Directorial Debut in Family Drama 'Falling'. Variety. Dave. McNary. October 15, 2018. March 21, 2019.
16. https://viff.org/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=f42014-flowers-of-the-field "Flowers of the Field"
17. Web site: Rob. Rector. FRIEND OF THE WORLD. August 29, 2020. Film Threat. August 13, 2021.
18. Radheyan Simonpillai, "Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy to premiere on Netflix" . Now, October 15, 2020.
19. Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021.
20. Kevin Slane, "Mark Wahlberg got ‘as thin as possible’ for new movie". Boston.com, November 22, 2019.
21. Web site: Mike Jr.. Fleming. TriStar To Distribute 'Happiest Season' Comedy From Clea DuVall & Mary Holland. April 20, 2018. Deadline Hollywood. August 26, 2019.
22. Gabrielle Mulholland, "'Jesse Jams' Is a Life-Affirming Glimpse into the Life of an Edmonton Mumble Punk". Exclaim!, July 15, 2020.
23. Chad Armstrong, "Mardi Gras Film Festival 2021 Review: Luz". The Queer Review, February 13, 2021.
24. Melanie Goodfellow, "Les Films du Losange launches Nicolas Maury's solo directorial debut ‘My Best Part’". Screen Daily, February 21, 2020.
25. News: Gibson . Bradley . My Tender Matador . Film Threat . 31 August 2020.
26. Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.
27. Web site: Pixar's New Short Film 'Out' Features Studio's 1st Gay Main Character. TheWrap. Brian. Welk. May 22, 2020. May 22, 2020.
28. François Lévesque, "Sarah Baril Gaudet: l'été où tout peut changer". Le Devoir, March 12, 2021.
29. News: Playdurizm. artsploitationfilms . 10 October 2022.
30. News: Fantaspoa 2021 Review: PLAYDURIZM, Escaping Darkness Into The Neon. ScreenAnarchy. 9 October 2022.
31. News: Playdurizm. The Lab Studi9w. 10 October 2022.
32. Web site: Ryan Murphy Sets Netflix 'Prom' Musical: Streep, Corden, Kidman, Ariana Grande, Awkwafina, Key, Rannells To Star. June 25, 2019. Deadline. en. June 25, 2019.
33. Barry Hertz, "Ambitious Canadian drama Queen of the Andes goes to Mars on the budget of a bus ride to New Brunswick, give or take". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2020.
34. Nick Vivarelli, "Venice Days to Premiere Bruce LaBruce's ‘Saint-Narcisse,’ Chile's ‘My Tender Matador,’ Mati Diop Short". Variety, July 23, 2020.
35. https://www.eonline.com/news/1148456/a-secret-love-update-what-happened-to-pat-henschel-after-terry-donahue-passed-away A Secret Love Update: What Happened to Pat Henschel After Terry Donahue Passed Away
36. Jude Dry, "‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Sugar Daddy Crashes a Jewish Funeral in This Lively Queer Comedy". IndieWire, March 24, 2020.
37. Web site: Bollywood's first gay romcom is a game-changer for LGBTQ+ representation. 2020-03-10. South China Morning Post. en. 2020-03-15.
38. Dennis Harvey, "‘Stage Mother’: Film Review". Variety, July 2, 2020.
39. Peter Debruge, "François Ozon's ‘Summer of 85’: Film Review". Variety, July 14, 2020.
40. Web site: Summer of Mesa - Movie — New Movies Coming Out. newmoviescomingout.us. en. 2020-05-04.
41. Web site: The Surrogate. rogerebert.com. en. 2020-09-02.
42. Web site: 'The Thing About Harry' Team Talks LGBTQ Representation on TV for a New Generation. Variety. February 13, 2020. Breanna Bell.
43. Web site: Transhood. Film Affinity UK. June 3, 2020.
44. Web site: Before Today's Sundance Premiere, 'American Beauty' Scribe Alan Ball Talks About His Film 'Uncle Frank'. Fleming. Mike Jr.. January 25, 2020. Deadline Hollywood. en. January 26, 2020.
45. Mike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.