List of LGBT-related films of the 1930s explained

1930s

TitleYearDirectorCountryGenreCastNotes
Borderline 1930 United Kingdom Drama, avant-garde Paul Robeson, Eslanda Goode Robeson (credited as Eslanda Robeson), H.D. (credited as Helga Doorn)
Morocco 1930 United States Drama Based on the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny
Sunny Skies 1930 United States Comedy Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease, Marjorie Lane, Harry Lee, Wesley Barry, Greta Granstedt, Robert Livingston (credited as Robert Randall), Eddy Chandler (credited as Eddie Chandler)
Way Out West 1930 United States Comedy, western
Mädchen in Uniform 1931 Germany Drama, romance Co-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her stage play Gestern und heute (Then and Now)
The Maltese Falcon 1931 United States Crime Based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett
Manhattan Parade1931 United States Comedy
The Public Enemy1931 United States Action, crime Based on the unpublished novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon
The Blood of a Poet1932 France Drama, fantasy
The Old Dark House1932 United States Horror Based on the novel Benighted by J. B. Priestley
Call Her Savage1932 United States Drama One of the first portrayals of a gay bar on screen
Hell's Highway 1932 United States Drama
Diplomaniacs1933 United States Comedy
Lot in Sodom1933 United States Drama Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorothea Haus, Lewis Whitbeck
Ladies They Talk About1933 United States Drama, romance Based on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles
Myrt and Marge1933 United States Comedy
Our Betters 1933 United States Comedy, drama, romance Based on the play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham
Queen Christina 1933 United States Drama, biography
Stage Mother 1933 United States Drama, musical, romance Based on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes
Zero for Conduct 1933 France Short, comedy, drama a.k.a.
Victor and Victoria 1933 Germany Musical, comedy a.k.a.
Wonder Bar 1934 United States Musical, crime, drama
An Actor's Revenge 1935 Japan Drama Based on the novel by Otokichi Mikami
First a Girl 1935 United Kingdom Musical, comedy An English version of
Sylvia Scarlett 1935 United States Comedy, drama, romance Based on the novel The Early Life of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton Mackenzie
Top Hat1935 United States Comedy, musical, romance
Dracula's Daughter 1936 United States Drama, fantasy, horror
La Garçonne 1936 France Drama a.k.a. The Bachelor Girl; based on the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte
Rangle River 1936 Australia Action, adventure, mystery Based on a story by Zane Grey
Women's Club1936Jacques DevalFranceComedy, dramaa.k.a. Club de Femmes
Lady Killer 1937 France
Germany
Drama, romance, war Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare, Henri Poupon, Jean Aymé, Pierre Magnier, Marguerite Deval, René Lefèvre, Jane Marken (credited as Jeanne Markin), Paulette Noizeux, André Siméon (credited as Siméon), Pierre Labry, Lucien Dayle, Louis Florencie (credited as Florencie), Paul Fournier, André Carnège, Maurice Baquet, Frédéric Mariotti (credited as Mariotti) a.k.a.
Stage Door 1937 United States Comedy, drama Adapted from a play of the same name by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
Hôtel du Nord 1938 France Drama Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost, Andrex, André Brunot, Henri Bosc, Marcel André, Bernard Blier, Jacques Louvigny, Armand Lurville (credited as Lurville), Jane Marken, Génia Vaury, François Périer, René Bergeron