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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related filmsreleased in 1994. 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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| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Australia | Musical, comedy, drama | Terence Stamp, Daniel Kellie, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Leighton Picken, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick, Mark Holmes, Julia Cortez and Ken Radley | |
| Apart From Hugh | Jon Fitzgerald | United States | Drama | David Merwin, Steve Arnold, Jennifer Reid | Screenplay by Jon Fitzgerald |
| Bar Girls | Marita Giovanni | United States | Drama | Nancy Allison Wolfe, Liza D'Agostino, Camila Griggs, Michael Harris, Justine Slater, Lisa Parker, Pam Raines, Paula Sorge, Cece Tsou, Caitlin Stansbury, Patti Sheehan, Lee Everett, Betsy Burke, Laurie Jones and Chaz Bono (credited as Chastity Bono) | Screenplay by Lauran Hoffman, adapted from her stage play of the same name |
| Belle al Bar | Alessandro Benvenuti | Italy | Comedy | Alessandro Benvenuti, Eva Robin's | |
| Color of Night | Richard Rush | United States | Thriller | Bruce Willis, Jane March | |
| Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation | Robert Lee King , Raoul O'Connell, Brian Sloan | United States | Drama | James Andrews, Mary Beth Aylesworth, Mike Barbour, Steve Bilich, Wendy Brokaw, Bojesse Christopher, Dennis Christopher, Adrian Davey, Kimberly Flynn, Richard Foster, Will Gorgess, Terry Herrington, Nick Kokotakis, Russell Scott Lewis and Matt Nolan | |
| Coming Out Under Fire | Arthur Dong | United States | Documentary | narrator Salome Jens | Based on Allan Bérubé's book examining the attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States Armed Forces during World War II, it won a Teddy Award and Peabody Award. [1] |
| Eclipse | Jeremy Podeswa | Canada | Drama | Von Flores, Pascale Montpetit, Manuel Aranguiz, Maria del Mar, Matthew Ferguson, Earl Pastko, Daniel MacIvor | |
| Ed Wood | Tim Burton | United States | Comedy, drama | Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Jeffrey Jones, Max Casella, Brent Hinkley, Bill Murray, George "The Animal" Steele, Juliet Landau, Ned Bellamy, Mike Starr, Stanley DeSantis, Rance Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Korla Pandit, Gregory Walcott and Conrad Brooks | |
| Fast Trip, Long Drop | Gregg Bordowitz | United States | Documentary | An autobiographical film of a 29-year-old bisexual activist/filmmaker, finding out he is HIV-positive. [2] | |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Mike Newell | United Kingdom | Romance, comedy, drama | Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Bower, Charlotte Coleman, Timothy Walker, Sara Crowe, Rowan Atkinson, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, Corin Redgrave and Anna Chancellor | |
| A Friend of Dorothy | Raoul O'Connell | United States | Short, drama | Raoul O'Connell, Ann Russo (credited as Ann Zupa), Kevin McClatchy, Greg Lauren, Steven Brinberg, Thomas Lennon (credited as Tom Lennon), Tom Hickey, Jerry Haggerty, Bianca, Reggie Cabico, Aimee Cummins, Sara Goodman, Matt Kapp, Ross Kennett and Drew Lee | |
| Go Fish | Rose Troche | United States | Romance, drama | Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, T. Wendy McMillan, Anastasia Sharp, Migdalia Melendez, Scout and Dave Troche | |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | United Kingdom Germany New Zealand | Crime, drama | Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Gilbert Goldie and Elizabeth Moody | Based on the Parker-Hulme murder case |
| I Like It Like That | Darnell Martin | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Lauren Vélez, Jon Seda, Tomas Melly, Desiree Casado, Isaiah Garcia (credited as Isiah Garcia), Jesse Borrego, Lisa Vidal, Griffin Dunne, Rita Moreno, Vincent Laresca, Elvis Nolasco (credited as E.O. Nolasco), Sammy Melendez, Jose Soto, Gloria Irizarry, Emilio Del Pozo and Jerry Rivera | |
| I Like You, I Like You Very Much | Hiroyuki Oki | Japan | Drama | Chano, Hisanori Kitakaze, Naoya Matsumae, Kazufumi Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Oki, Kazunori Shibuya, Tomoko Taka and Yoji Tanaka | |
| Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan | United States | Drama, horror | Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea, Domiziana Giordano, Thandie Newton, George Kelly, Marcel Iureş, Sara Stockbridge and Indra Ové | Screenplay by Anne Rice, based on her novel of the same name |
| The Last Supper | Cynthia Roberts | Canada | Drama | Daniel MacIvor, Ken McDougall and J.D. Nicholsen | |
| A Man of No Importance | Suri Krishnamma | Ireland United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, David Kelly, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, Mick Lally, Anna Manahan, Joe Pilkington, Brendan Conroy, Joan O'Hara, Eileen Reid, Eileen Conroy, Maureen Egan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Enda Oates, Maureen Mc Arthur and Paudge Behan | |
| Maybe, Maybe Not | Sönke Wortmann | Germany | Comedy | Til Schweiger, Katja Riemann, Joachim Król, Rufus Beck, Armin Rohde, Martina Gedeck, Kai Wiesinger, Monty Arnold, Martin Armknecht and Mike Reichenbach | a.k.a. The Most Desired Man |
| Oh! My Three Guys | Derek Chiu | Hong Kong | Comedy, drama | Eric Kot, Sean Lau (credited as Ching Wan Lau), Dayo Wong | |
| Pigalle | Karim Dridi | France | Crime, drama, musical | Véra Briole, Francis Renaud, Raymond Gil, Bobby Pacha, Blanca Li, Philippe Ambrosini, Younesse Boudache, Jean-Michel Fête, Christian Saunier, Christian Auger, Olindo Cavadini and Patrick Chauvel | |
| Prêt-à-Porter | Robert Altman | United States | Comedy, drama | Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Anouk Aimée | Released in the U.S. as Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) |
| Priest | Antonia Bird | United Kingdom | Drama | Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson, Christine Tremarco, Robert Pugh and Lesley Sharp | |
| Reality Bites | Ben Stiller | United States | Comedy, drama | Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Steve Zahn, Renée Zellweger, Andy Dick, Keith David and Pat Crawford Brown | |
| Sissy Boy Slap Party | Guy Maddin | Canada | Experimental short | Lost film; recreated by Maddin in 2004 with a new cast. | |
| Sister My Sister | Nancy Meckler | United Kingdom | Drama | Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Sophie Thursfield, Amelda Brown, Lucita Pope, Kate Gartside, Aimee Schmidt and Gabriella Schmidt | Screenplay by Wendy Kesselman, based on her stage play My Sister in This House |
| Straight from the Heart | Dee Mosbacher, Frances Reid | United States | Documentary, short | ||
| Strawberry and Chocolate | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea , Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba Mexico Spain | Comedy, drama | Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno, Joel Angelino, Marilyn Solaya, Andrés Cortina and Antonio Carmona | a.k.a. Fresa y chocolate; screenplay by Senel Paz, based on Paz's short story El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo (The Wolf, the Forest and the New Man) |
| The Sum of Us | Geoff Burton , Kevin Dowling | Australia | Comedy, drama | Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy, Joss Moroney, Mitch Mathews, Julie Herbert, Des James, Mick Campbell, Donny Muntz, Jan Adele, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Lola Nixon, Sally Cahill and Bob Baines | Screenplay by David Stevens, based on his stage play of the same name |
| Super 8½ | Bruce La Bruce | Canada Germany United States | Drama, adult | Bruce La Bruce, Stacy Friedrich, Mikey Mike, Nicholas Davies, Christeen Martin, Kate Ashley and Scott Thompson | |
| Threesome | Andrew Fleming | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Josh Charles, Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, Robert Arquette, Martha Gehman, Mark Arnold, Michele Matheson and Joanne Baron | |
| To Die For | Peter Mackenzie Litten | United Kingdom | Romance, drama | Thomas Arklie, Ian Williams, Tony Slattery, Dillie Keane, John Altman, Jean Boht, Caroline Munro and Ian McKellen | |
| Tout le monde est parfait | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | France | Short, drama | Corine Blue, Olivier Pajot, Denis D'Arcangelo, Jean-Philippe Maran, Georges Pinto, Zidine Boudaoud and Danièle Gain | |
| Trevor | Peggy Rajski | United States | Short, comedy, drama | Brett Barsky, Judy Kain, John Lizzi, Jonah Rooney, Stephen Tobolowsky, Cory M. Miller (credited as Corey Miller), Allen Dorane, Lindsay Pomerantz, Alicia Anderson and Courtney Dornstein | |
| Unschuldsengel | Rainer Kaufmann | Germany | Drama, mystery, thriller | Christian Näthe, Jürgen Vogel, Nicolette Krebitz, Richy Müller, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Claudia Demarmels, Florian Heiden, Wilfried Dziallas, Pamela Großer, Aram Coen, Werner Eichhorn, Peter Franke, Kolja Hosemann and Jürgen Janza | TV movie |
| Wasaga | Judith Doyle | Canada | Drama | Louise Lilliefeld, Tracy Wright, Daniel MacIvor | |
| Wild Reeds | André Téchiné | France | Drama | Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti, Jacques Nolot, Eric Kreikenmayer, Nathalie Vignes, Michel Ruhl and Fatia Maite | a.k.a. Les Roseaux sauvages |
| World and Time Enough | Eric Mueller | United States | Comedy, drama | Gregory Giles, Matt Guidry, Kraig Swartz |
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