| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caged | United States | Crime, drama | Parker plays a woman sent to prison for attempted armed robbery. In prison, she meets several lesbian characters.[1] | |||
| In a Lonely Place | United States | Drama, film-noir | Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes | |||
| France | a.k.a. A Song of Love | |||||
| Young Man with a Horn | United States | Drama | Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker, which itself is based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke; an example of film noir with Bacall playing a central female character who is bisexual. | |||
| Girl with Hyacinths | Sweden | Film-noir, crime, Drama |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia | France | Drama | Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly, Marina de Berg, Lesly Meynard, Danièle Delorme, Rina Rhéty, Tania Soucault, Elly Norden, Nadine Olivier | a.k.a. The Pit of Loneliness; based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy | ||
| Strangers on a Train | United States | Film-noir, crime, mystery | Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calamity Jane | United States | Musical, comedy | ||||
| Glen or Glenda | United States | Drama | ||||
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | United States | Musical, comedy | ||||
| I Vitelloni | Federico Fellini | Italy | Drama, comedy | Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam is Eve | René Gaveau | France | Comedy | Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet, Thérèse Dorny, Mireille Perrey, Antoine Balpêtré, Anouk Ferjac | Lead's name is sometimes listed as Micheline Carvel[2] | |
| Air of Paris | France Italy | Drama | Implicit homosexuality in the relation between the characters played by Lesaffre and Gabin | |||
| Huis clos | France | Drama | Arletty, Gaby Sylvia, Frank Villard, Yves Deniaud, Nicole Courcel, Danièle Delorme, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Chabassol, Arlette Thomas | |||
| Johnny Guitar | United States | Western | Based on the novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor | |||
| Miss Hanafi | Egypt | Comedy | Ismail Yassine (credited as Ismail Yasseen) | a.k.a. El Anesa Hanafy; based on an actual news article |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebel Without a Cause | United States | Drama | Homosexual subtext | |||
| The Big Combo | United States | Crime | Implicit homosexual relationship between two hitmen |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | United States | Drama | Based on the play on the same name by Tennessee Williams; homosexual subtext | |||
| Les Tricheurs | France Italy | Drama | ||||
| Mädchen in Uniform | West Germany France | Drama | Co-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her play of the same name |
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Hur | United States | Action, drama | Based on the novel by Lew Wallace | |||
| Come Dance with Me | Michel Boisrond | France | Drama, crime | Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Darío Moreno, Serge Gainsbourg | Based on the novel The Blonde Died Dancing by Kelley Roos | |
| Compulsion | United States | Crime, drama | Based on the novel of the same name by Meyer Levin | |||
| Pillow Talk | United States | Romance, comedy | ||||
| Some Like It Hot | United States | Romance, comedy | ||||
| Suddenly, Last Summer | United States | Drama, horror | Based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams |