List of LGBT-related films of 2020 explained

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotesRef
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 GrossMortensen'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 RiccoTwo-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]
PlaydurizmGem DegerCzechiasci-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 QormaFaraz Arif AnsariIndiaDramaShabana 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 MesaJosh CoxUnited StatesRomanceMolly Miles, Andrea Granera[40]
The SurrogateJeremy HershUnited StatesDramaJasmine 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.