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From 1961's groundbreaking Victim to trailblazing modern romances, these are the LGBTQ films out on Criterion.

In 1961, Basil Dearden’s Victim became the first mainstream English-language drama to feature a sympathetic homosexual protagonist, played by matinee idol Dirk Bogarde. In 2011, Andrew Haigh’s boy-meets-boy romance Weekend defied expectations to become a crossover art-house hit. The fact that, fifty years after Victim, Weekend is also considered groundbreaking is evidence of how far cinema may still have to go in terms of gay representation. But between these two revelatory films, there have been plenty of other important and entertaining ones made about gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, and several of them are available in the Criterion Collection, including works by trailblazers like Robert Epstein, Derek Jarman, and Gus van Sant.

Films listed alphabetically by Criterion's title. At the end are two collections: Pasolini 101 (9 films) and The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs (7 films)

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    Roter Himmel

    2023 — a.k.a. Afire, in 1 top list
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    Todo sobre mi madre

    1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 top lists Check
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    Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant

    1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check
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    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
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    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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    Burroughs: The Movie

    1983, in 1 top list
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    La cage aux folles

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    Morte a Venezia

    1971 — a.k.a. Death in Venice, in 13 top lists Check
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    Desert Hearts

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
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    Female Trouble

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
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    Faustrecht der Freiheit

    1975 — a.k.a. Fox and His Friends, in 6 top lists Check
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    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
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    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
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    Je tu il elle

    1974 — a.k.a. Je Tu Il Elle, in 5 top lists Check
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    Jubilee

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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    Mala Noche

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    Multiple Maniacs

    1970, in 1 top list Check
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    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
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    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
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    Naked Lunch

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
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    Pariah

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
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    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
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    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
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    Polyester

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
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    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
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    Querelle

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yim ji kau

    1987 — a.k.a. Rouge, in 8 top lists Check
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    Una giornata particolare

    1977 — a.k.a. A Special Day, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Power of the Dog

    2021, in 7 top lists
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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    Weekend

    2011, in 6 top lists Check
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    W.R. - Misterije organizma

    1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check
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    Accattone

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
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    Mamma Roma

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    Comizi d'amore

    1964 — a.k.a. Love Meetings, in 1 top list Check
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    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
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    Uccellacci e uccellini

    1966 — a.k.a. The Hawks and the Sparrows, in 7 top lists Check
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    Edipo re

    1967 — a.k.a. Oedipus Rex, in 3 top lists Check
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    Teorema

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
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    Porcile

    1969 — a.k.a. Pigpen, in 2 top lists Check
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    Medea

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    Ethnic Notions

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
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    Affirmations

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Mar 16, 2024 by Fergenaprido; source