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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related filmsreleased in 1973. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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| All Nudity Shall Be Punished | Arnaldo Jabor | Brazil | Drama | Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio, Isabel Ribeiro, Henriqueta Brieba, Sérgio Mamberti, Orazir Pereira, Abel Pera, Waldir Onofre, Teresa Mitota, Paulo Sacks and Hugo Carvana | |
| Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina | Italy France | Horror | Carroll Baker, Isabelle De Funès, George Eastman | Based on the comic strip Valentina by Guido Crepax |
| Cleopatra Jones | Jack Starrett | United States | Blaxploitation' | Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters | |
| Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Roger Vadim | Italy France | Drama | Brigitte Bardot, Mathieu Carrière, Michèle Sand, Robert Walker Jr., Jane Birkin and Maurice Ronet | |
| The Holy Mountain | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico United States | Fantasy | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
| I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse | Fernando Arrabal | France | Drama | Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk | a.k.a. J'irai comme un cheval fou |
| Immoral Tales | Walerian Borowczyk | France | Drama, romance | Lise Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini, Florence Bellamy, Pascale Christophe and Marie Forså | |
| Invasion of the Bee Girls | Denis Sanders | United States | Science Fiction | William Smith, Victoria Vetri | |
| Ludwig | Luchino Visconti | Italy France West Germany | Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider | About the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria | |
| The Nun and the Devil | Domenico Paolella (credited as Paolo Domenici) | Italy | Nunsploitation | Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti | |
| Some Call It Loving | James B. Harris | United States | Drama | Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow | a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty; co-written by John Collier, based on his short story of the same name |
| Story of a Cloistered Nun | Domenico Paolella | Italy France West Germany | Nunspoitation | Catherine Spaak, Eleonora Giorgi, Suzy Kendall | |
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Gilbert Cates | United States | Drama | Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney | |
| Thriller – A Cruel Picture | Bo Arne Vibenius | Sweden | Crime, drama, thriller | Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius, Solveig Andersson, Björn Kristiansson, Marie-Louise Mannervall, Hildur Lindberg, Marshall McDonagh, Pamela Pethö-Galantai, Hans-Eric Stenborg, Stig Ström, Gunnel Wadner and Bo Arne Vibenius | |
| The Tenderness of Wolves | Ulli Lommel | West Germany | Crime, horror, thriller | Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven, Wolfgang Schenck, Brigitte Mira, Rainer Hauer, Barbara Bertram, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Heinrich Giskes, Friedrich Karl Praetorius, Karl von Liebezeit, Walter Kaltheuner, El Hedi ben Salem and Rainer Will | aka Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe |