List of LGBT-related films of 1991

Last updated September 24, 2024

This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender -related filmsreleased in 1991. 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.

Films

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
Absolutely Positive	Peter Adair	United States	Documentary		How 11 interviewed HIV positive people live with different stages of the disease and how they are coping with their illnesses in different ways.^[1]
The Adjuster	Atom Egoyan	Canada	Drama	Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin, Gabrielle Rose, Jennifer Dale, David Hemblen, Rose Sarkisyan, Armen Kokorian, Jacqueline Samuda, Gerard Parkes, Patricia Collins, Don McKellar, John Gilbert, Stephen Ouimette and Raoul Trujillo
Anything for Bread	Enrique Urbizu	Spain	Thriller	María Barranco, Kiti Manver, Antonio Resines, Pepo Oliva, José Amezola, Luis Ciges, Caco Senante, Maite Blasco, Klara Badiola, Pedro Díez del Corral, Pilar Bardem, Ramón Barea and Ramón Goyanes	a.k.a. Todo por la pasta
Daddy and the Muscle Academy	Ilppo Pohjola	Finland	Documentary		Subtitled "The Life and Art of Tom of Finland".^[2]
Edward II	Derek Jarman	United Kingdom	History, drama	Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton, Andrew Tiernan, Nigel Terry, John Lynch, Dudley Sutton, Jerome Flynn, Jody Graber and Annie Lennox	Based on the play of the same name by Christopher Marlowe
Frankie and Johnny	Garry Marshall	United States	Comedy, drama	Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Héctor Elizondo, Nathan Lane;
Fried Green Tomatoes	Jon Avnet	United States	Comedy, drama	Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Nancy Moore Atchison, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Danny Nelson, Jo Harvey Allen, Macon McCalman, Richard Riehle, Raynor Scheine, Grace Zabriskie, Reid Binion, Nick Searcy and Constance Shulman	Co-written by Fannie Flagg, based on her novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe ; lesbian subtext
High Heels	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain France	Comedy, drama, romance	Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Féodor Atkine, Miriam Díaz Aroca, Anna Lizaran, Bibiana Fernández, Cristina Marcos, Pedro Diez del Corral, Mayrata O'Wisiedo, Nacho Martínez, Rocío Muñoz and Javier Bardem	a.k.a. Tacones lejanos
The Hours and Times	Christopher Münch	United States	Drama	David Angus, Ian Hart, Stephanie Pack, Robin McDonald, Sergio Moreno and Unity Grimwood	Fictionalized account of what might have happened during a holiday taken by John Lennon and the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein in 1963
Khush	Pratibha Parmar	United Kingdom	Documentary
Letters of Transit (Les Sauf-conduits)	Manon Briand	Canada	Short drama	Julie Lavergne, Patrick Goyette, Luc Picard
The Lost Language of Cranes	Nigel Finch	United Kingdom	Drama	Brian Cox, Angus Macfadyen, Eileen Atkins, Corey Parker, Richard Warwick, Cathy Tyson, René Auberjonois, John Schlesinger, Ben Daniels and Nigel Whitmey	Based on the novel of the same name by David Leavitt
Madonna: Truth or Dare	Alek Keshishian	United States	Documentary	Madonna	Chronicles the entertainer's life during her Blond Ambition World Tour the previous year
The Making of Monsters	John Greyson	Canada	Musical comedy-drama	Christopher Anderson, Stewart Arnott and Lee MacDougall
Meeting Two Queens	Cecilia Barriga	Chile	Romance	Various film scenes of Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich	Re-editing and cutting various scenes from Hollywood films, in order to create a space for lesbian identity politics and identity formation.^[3]
My Father Is Coming	Monika Treut	Germany	Comedy, romance	Alfred Edel, Shelley Kästner, Annie Sprinkle, Michael Massee, Mary Lou Grailau, David Bronstein, Dominique Gaspar, Flora Gasper, Fakir Musafar, Israel Marti, Mario de Colombia, Bruce Benderson, Rebecca Lewin, Stephen Feld and Charles-John Austen
My Own Private Idaho	Gus Van Sant	United States	Drama	River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli, Michael Parker, Jessie Thomas, Grace Zabriskie, Flea, Udo Kier, Vana O'Brien, Jim Caviezel, Brian Wilson and Wade Evans	Loosely based on the history plays Henry IV, Part 1 , Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V by William Shakespeare
Naked Lunch	David Cronenberg	Canada United Kingdom Japan	Fantasy, crime, drama	Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Roy Scheider, Joseph Scorsiani, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Michael Zelniker, Nicholas Campbell, Robert A. Silverman, John Friesen and Sean McCann	Based on the novel of the same name by William S. Burroughs
Nelligan	Robert Favreau	Canada	Drama	Marc Saint-Pierre, Luc Morissette, Lorraine Pintal	Biopic of Émile Nelligan
No Skin Off My Ass	Bruce La Bruce	Canada	Comedy, drama	Bruce LaBruce, G. B. Jones, Klaus von Brücker, Caroline Azar, Beverly Breckenridge, Laurel Pervis, Kate Ashley and Jena von Brücker
North of Vortex	Constantine Giannaris	United Kingdom Greece	Drama	Stavros Zalmas, Valda Z. Drabla, Howard Napper and Kevin Graal (voice only)
Our Sons	John Erman	United States	Drama	Ann-Margret, Julie Andrews, Hugh Grant, Zeljko Ivanek, Tony Roberts, Hal England, Loyda Ramos, Annabelle Weenick, Lisa Blake Richards, Essex Smith, Frank Whiteman, Elizabeth Austin and George Whiteman	Inspired by the 1987 documentary Too Little, Too Late by Micki Dickoff
Poison	Todd Haynes	United States	Drama	Scott Renderer, James Lyons, Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Rob LaBelle, John Leguizamo (Credited as Damien Garcia), Anne Giotta, Lydia Lafleur, Ian Nemser, Evan Dunsky, Susan Gayle Norman, Marina Lutz, Barry Cassidy, Richard Anthony, Angela M. Schreiber, Justin Silverstein, Chris Singh, Edward Allen and Larry Maxwell	Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Relax	Chris Newby	United Kingdom	Short	Philip Rosch, Timothy Keen, Grant Oatley and Joe Searby	It won the Teddy Award in 1991 for Best Short.^[4]
RSVP	Laurie Lynd	Canada	Short	Stewart Arnott, Ferne Downey, Gordon Jocelyn, London Juno, Daniel MacIvor, Ross Manson and Judith Orban
Salmonberries	Percy Adlon	Germany	Drama	Oscar Kawagley, Rosel Zech, k.d. lang, Eugene Omiak, Wayne Waterman, Jane Lind, Chuck Connors, Alvira H. Downey, Wolfgang Steinberg, Christel Merian, George Barril and Gary Albers
The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme	United States	Horror, crime	Jodie Foster, Masha Skorobogatov, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith, Diane Baker, Kasi Lemmons, Frankie Faison, Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Danny Darst, Alex Coleman, Dan Butler, Paul Lazar, Ron Vawter, Roger Corman, Chris Isaak and Harry Northup	Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris Villain is derogatory depiction of transgender woman
Soapdish	Michael Hoffman	United States	Comedy	Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Shue
Vegas in Space	Phillip R. Ford	United States	Science fiction, comedy	Doris Fish, Tippi, Miss X
Walking a Tightrope	Nikos Papatakis	France	Drama	Michel Piccoli, Lilah Dadi, Polly Walker
Young Soul Rebels	Isaac Julien	United Kingdom France Germany Spain	Drama	Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber, Sophie Okonedo, Jason Durr, Gary McDonald, Debra Gillett, Eamonn Walker (credited as Eamon Walker), James Bowers, Billy Braham, Wayne Norman, Danielle Scillitoe, Ray Shell and Nigel Harrison

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References

↑ "Absolutely Positive (1991)". moviefone.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
↑ Jan Leofstreom Scandinavian Homosexualities: Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies , p. 266, at Google Books
↑ Desjardins, Mary (Spring 1995). ""Meeting Two Queens": Feminist Film-Making, Identity Politics, and the Melodramatic Fantasy". Film Quarterly. 48 (3): 26–33. doi:10.2307/1213292. JSTOR 1213292.
↑ Warbler, Daniel (2 June 2014). "THE OUT TAKE: 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY AWARD-WINNING LGBT FILMS TO WATCH RIGHT NOW". mtv.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

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[1] "Absolutely Positive (1991)". moviefone.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[2] Jan Leofstreom Scandinavian Homosexualities: Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies , p. 266, at Google Books

[3] Desjardins, Mary (Spring 1995). ""Meeting Two Queens": Feminist Film-Making, Identity Politics, and the Melodramatic Fantasy". Film Quarterly. 48 (3): 26–33. doi:10.2307/1213292. JSTOR 1213292.

[4] Warbler, Daniel (2 June 2014). "THE OUT TAKE: 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY AWARD-WINNING LGBT FILMS TO WATCH RIGHT NOW". mtv.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

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