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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related filmsreleased in 2009. 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 You Need Is Love – Meine Schwiegertochter ist ein Mann | Edzard Onneken | Germany | Comedy, drama | Saskia Vester, Jürgen Tonkel, Andreas Helgi Schmid, Jenny Elvers, Manuel Witting, Franziska Traub, Johannes Herrschmann | |
| An Englishman in New York | Richard Laxton | United Kingdom | Drama | John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker, Swoosie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon | Based on the years that writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City |
| And Then Came Lola | Ellen Seidler , Megan Siler | United States | Comedy, drama, romance | Ashleigh Sumner, Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono, Jessica Graham, Angelyna Martinez, Candy Tolentino and Linda Ignazi | |
| The Armoire | Jamie Travis | Canada | Short drama | William Cuddy, Ricardo Hoyos, Penelope Corrin | |
| Berdella | Paul South, William Taft | United States | Horror | Seth Correa, Steve Williams, Marc Saleme, Vito Spino and Elmer Parker | Based on the crimes of serial killer Robert Berdella |
| Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride | Bob Christie | Canada | Documentary | Interviewees; Gilbert Baker, Sahran Abeysundara (Director of Equal Ground Sri Lanka), Tomasz Baczkowski (President, Warsaw Equality Parade), Dean Nelson (Director, Vancouver Pride Society), Libby Davies, Fatima Amarshi (Executive Director, Pride Toronto), Scott Long - Human Rights Watch, Rev. Brent Hawkes, Gareth Henry - J-FLAG Jamaica, Franco Reinado - President, Gay & Lesbian Travel Assoc of Brazil, Nikolai Alekseev and Cleve Jones | Follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen at various international Pride events [1] |
| The Big Gay Musical | Casper Andreas , Fred M. Caruso | United States | Musical | Lena Hall, Daniel Robinson, Joey Dudding, Jeff Metzler and Michael Schiffman | |
| Black Dynamite | Scott Sanders | United States | Action, blaxploitation, comedy | Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson | |
| Boy | Auraeus Solito | Philippines | Drama | Aeious Asin, Aries Pena | |
| Brotherhood | Nicolo Donato | Denmark | Drama | Thure Lindhardt, David Dencik, Nicolas Bro | |
| The Brotherhood V | David DeCoteau | United States | Horror | Maria Aceves, Preston Davis | |
| Brüno | Larry Charles | United States | Comedy | Sacha Baron Cohen, Harrison Ford, Ron Paul | |
| The Butch Factor | Christopher Hines | United States | Documentary | ||
| Cheila | Eduardo Barberena | Venezuela | Drama | Endry Cardeño, José Manuel Suárez, Violeta Alemán and Aura Rivas | |
| Chloe | Atom Egoyan | United States Canada France | Drama, thriller | Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson | Remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie... |
| The Consul of Sodom | Sigfrid Monleón | Spain | Drama | Jordi Mollà, Bimba Bosé, Àlex Brendemühl, Josep Linuesa, Isaac de los Reyes, Isabelle Stoffel and Marc Martínez | a.k.a. El cónsul de Sodoma |
| Cracks | Jordan Scott | United Kingdom Ireland Spain France Switzerland | Drama, romance, thriller | Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen Poots, Sinéad Cusack | |
| Çürüğüm, Askerim, Reddediyorum | Aydın Öztek | Turkey | Short Documentary | Interviewees; Pınar Selek (Sociologist), Lambdaistanbul, Perihan Mağden (Author) and Mehmet Tarhan (Author) | a.k.a. My caries, soldier, I refuse [2] |
| David's Birthday | Marco Filiberti | Italy | Drama | Alessandro Gassmann, Massimo Poggio, Maria de Medeiros, Michela Cescon | |
| Dance Flick | Damien Dante Wayans | United States | Musical, comedy | Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, Shawn Wayans, Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier, Chelsea Makela, Chris Elliott | |
| Dare | Adam Salky | United States | Drama | Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer, Rooney Mara, Sandra Bernhard, Alan Cumming, Cady Huffman | Based on Salky's short film of the same name released in 2005 |
| The Disappearance of Alice Creed | J Blakeson | United Kingdom | Neo-noir, thriller | Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan | |
| Dorian Gray | Oliver Parker | United Kingdom | Drama | Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood | Based on the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
| Drool | Nancy Kissam | United States | Comedy | Laura Harring, Jill Marie Jones, Oded Fehr | |
| Duas Mulheres | João Mário Grilo | Portugal | Drama | Beatriz Batarda, Débora Monteiro, Virgilio Castelo | |
| Eating Out: All You Can Eat | Glenn Gaylord | United States | Romance, drama, comedy | Rebekah Kochan, Chris Salvatore, Mink Stole, Leslie Jordan | |
| Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement | Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir | United States | Documentary | Edith Windsor, Thea Spyer | |
| El niño pez | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina France Spain | Drama, romance, thriller | Inés Efron, Mariela Vitale, Ailín Salas, Pep Munné, Diego Velázquez, Carlos Bardem | a.k.a. The Fish Child; loosely adapted from Puenzo's novel of the same name |
| Eloïse's Lover | Jesús Garay | Spain | Drama, romance, thriller | Diana Gómez, Ariadna Cabrol | a.k.a. Eloïse |
| Eyes Wide Open | Haim Tabakman | Israel Germany France | Drama | Ran Danker, Zohar Strauss | a.k.a. Einaym Pkuhot |
| Fig Trees | John Greyson | Canada | Documentary | follows South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat and Canadian AIDS activist Tim McCaskell as they fight for access to treatment for HIV/AIDS | it won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary [3] |
| From Beginning to End | Aluizio Abranches | Brazil | Drama | Rafael Cardoso, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Júlia Lemmertz, Fabio Assunção, Jean Pierre Noher | a.k.a. Do Começo ao Fim |
| Fruit Fly | H.P. Mendoza | United States | Musical, drama | L. A. Renigen, Ivan de Guzman and Mike Curtis | |
| Hannah Free | Wendy Jo Carlton | United States | Drama | Sharon Gless, Maureen Gallagher, Kelli Strickland, Ann Hagemann, Taylor Miller | Written and co-produced by Claudia Allen, based on her play of the same name |
| House of Boys | Jean-Claude Schlim | Germany Luxembourg | Drama, musical, romance | Layke Anderson, Benn Northover, Udo Kier | |
| I Killed My Mother | Xavier Dolan | Canada | Drama | Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, François Arnaud, Niels Schneider | a.k.a. J'ai tué ma mère |
| I Love You Phillip Morris | Glenn Ficarra , John Requa | United States | Comedy, drama | Ewan McGregor, Jim Carrey, Rodrigo Santoro, Leslie Mann, Antoni Corone, Brennan Brown, Michael Showers, Marc Macaulay, Annie Golden | |
| I Saw the Sun | Mahsun Kırmızıgül | Turkey | Drama | Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Cemal Toktaş, Yıldız Kültür, Sarp Apak, Buğra Gülsoy, Ali Sürmeli, Altan Erkekli, Erol Günaydın, Demet Evgar, Cezmi Baskın, Şerif Sezer, Itır Esen | |
| In My Life | Olivia Lamasan | Philippines | Drama | Vilma Santos, John Lloyd Cruz, Luis Manzano, Vice Ganda, Nikki Valdez, Dimples Romana, Rafael Rosell, Tirso Cruz III, Paw Diaz | |
| Je te mangerais | Sophie Laloy | France | Drama, music | Judith Davis, Isild Le Besco, Édith Scob, Johan Libéreau, Marc Chapiteau, Fabienne Babe, Alain Beigel, Denis Ménochet | a.k.a. You Will Be Mine |
| Jolly Fellows | Felix Mikhailov | Russia | Comedy, drama | Ville Haapasalo, Danila Kozlovsky | |
| The Joneses | Derrick Borte | United States | Comedy, drama | Demi Moore, David Duchovny, Amber Heard, Ben Hollingsworth, Gary Cole, Glenne Headly, Lauren Hutton, Chris Williams, Christine Evangelista | |
| Lesbian Vampire Killers | Phil Claydon | United Kingdom | Action, Comedy, Horror | James Corden, Mathew Horne, Paul McGann, Emer Kenny, Lucy Gaskell | |
| Life Blood | Ron Carlson | United States | Horror | Sophie Monk, Anya Lahiri, Scout Taylor-Compton, Electra Avellan, Patrick Renna, Charles Napier, Angela Lindvall, Danny Woodburn | |
| Little Ashes | Paul Morrison | United Kingdom Spain | Drama | Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell | |
| The Little White Cloud That Cried | Guy Maddin | Canada Germany | Experimental short | Breanna Rose Taylor, Marcia Ferreira, Eric Wood, Lexi Tronic, Teresa Braun, Zsa Zsa LaBitche, Sex Party Marty | |
| Lucky Bastard | Everett Lewis | United States | Drama | Patrick Tatten, Dale Dymkoski, Johnny Kostrey and Timothy Cole | |
| Make the Yuletide Gay | Rob Williams | United States | Comedy | Keith Jordan, Adamo Ruggiero, Hallee Hirsh, Kelly Keaton, Derek Long, Alison Arngrim, Ian Buchanan, Gates McFadden | |
| Mark | Mike Hoolboom | Canada | Documentary | Mark Karbusicky, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Kristyn Dunnion | |
| The Mouth of the Wolf | Pietro Marcello | Italy | Documentary, drama | Mary Monaco and Vincenzo Motta | a.k.a. La bocca del lupo |
| The New Tenants | Joachim Back | Denmark United States | Short, drama | Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Corrigan, Liane Balaban, Jamie Harrold, David Rakoff and Helen Hanft | 21 minutes long and won the 2009 Oscar for Best Live Action Short. [4] |
| Out in the Silence | Dean Hamer , Joe Wilson | United States | Documentary | Residents of Oil City, Pennsylvania; C.J. Bills, Diane Granley, Linda Henderson, Roxanne Hitchcock, Reverend Mark Micklos and Kathy Springer | |
| Outrage | Kirby Dick | United States | Documentary | Subjects; Ed Koch, Ken Mehlman and Larry Craig Interviews; (openly gay politicians) Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, David Catania, Jim Kolbe, James McGreevey (others) Wayne Barrett, Elizabeth Birch, Kirk Fordham, Patrick Guerriero, Dan Gurley, Jim Hormel, Larry Kramer, Tony Kushner, Rodger McFarlane, Kevin Naff, Michael Rogers, Hilary Rosen, Michelangelo Signorile, Andrew Sullivan and Rich Tafel | |
| Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! | Evgeny Afineevsky | United States | Comedy | Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Pastore, John Lloyd Young, Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch, Carmen Electra, Fred Swink | |
| Permanent Residence | Scud | Hong Kong | Drama | Sean Li, Osman Hung, Jackie Chow Tak Bong, Lau Yu Hong, Eva Lo | Yong jiu ju liu |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | David DeCoteau | United States | Horror, Erotic | Lorielle New, Stephen Hansen, Bart Voitila, Danielle Demski, Amy Paffrath, Tom Sandoval, Greg Sestero, Michael King, Jason-Shane Scott, Andrew Bowen, Jason Stuart | |
| Pornography: A Thriller | David Kittredge | United States | Suspense | Matthew Montgomery, Pete Scherer, Jared Grey, Walter Delmar, Dylan Vox | |
| Prince of Tears | Yonfan | Hong Kong Taiwan | Drama | Fan Zhiwei, Océane Zhu, Joseph Chang, Terri Kwan, Kenneth Tsang | a.k.a. Lei wangzi |
| Purple Sea | Donatella Maiorca | Italy | Drama, romance | Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini, Giselda Volodi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Marco Foschi, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Corrado Fortuna | a.k.a. Viola di mare; based on the non-fiction novel Minchia di re by Giacomo Pilati |
| Raging Sun, Raging Sky | Julián Hernández | Mexico | Drama | Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarías | a.k.a. Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo; winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival [5] |
| Shank | Simon Pearce | United Kingdom | Drama | Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Alice Payne, Tom Bott, Garry Summers | |
| A Single Man | Tom Ford | United States | Drama | Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena | Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood |
| Somewhere I Have Never Traveled | Fu Tian-yu | Taiwan | Drama | Austin Lin, Yu Shin, Li Yung-Feng, Lin Mei-hsiu, Mei Fang, Wasir Chou | a.k.a. 帶我去遠方 |
| Soundless Wind Chime | Kit Hung | Hong Kong Switzerland China | Drama | Lu Yu Lai, Bernhard Bulling, Marie Omlin, Gilles Tschudi, Ruth Schwegler, Wella Zhang, Li Wai Foon, Wong Siu Yin, Hannes Lindenblatt, Jackie Leung | Chinese/Western gay relationship |
| Spring Fever | Lou Ye | Hong Kong France China | Drama | Qin Hao, Chen Sicheng, Tan Zhuo, Wu Wei, Jiang Jiaqi, Huang Xuan | |
| Strella | Panos H. Koutras | Greece | Drama | Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou, Akis Ioannou and Argiris Kavidas | |
| The String | Mehdi Ben Attia | France Belgium Tunisia | Drama | Claudia Cardinale, Antonin Stahly, Salim Kechiouche, Rihab Mejri, Driss Ramdi | |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | Comedy, drama | Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Adam Pally, Mamie Gummer, Dan Fogler, Skylar Astin, Adam LeFevre, Richard Thomas, Kevin Chamberlin, Darren Pettie, Katherine Waterston | Based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte |
| The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Leanne Pooley | New Zealand | Documentary | Profiles The Topp Twins, a lesbian comedy music duo from New Zealand | The film was a nominee for Outstanding Documentary at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. [6] |
| Toto Forever | Roberto F. Canuto | Spain United States | Short Drama | Kylan James, Kjord Davis, Diana Grivas, Alexander Aguila and Alexandra Smothers | a.k.a. Toto Para Siempre and Siempre Toto |
| To Die like a Man | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal France | Drama, fantasy, musical | Fernando Santos, Chandra Malatitch, Miguel Loureiro, Jenny Larue, Fernando Gomes | a.k.a. Morrer como um homem |
| Two Spirits | Lydia Nibley | United States | Documentary | the story of the hate-murder of 16-year-old Navajo Fred Martinez. In the film, Nibley "affirms Martinez' Navajo sense of being a two spirit 'effeminate male', or nádleeh". [7] : 168 Martinez' mother defined nádleeh as "half woman, half man". [7] : 169 | |
| Undertow | Javier Fuentes-León | Peru Colombia France Germany | Drama | Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo | a.k.a. Contracorriente; winner of the World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival |
| A Wake | Penelope Buitenhuis | Canada | Drama | Tara Nicodemo, Graham Abbey, Krista Sutton, Raoul Bhaneja, Martha Burns, Kristopher Turner, Nicholas Campbell | |
| The War Boys | Ron Daniels | United States | Drama | Benjamin Walker, Victor Rasuk, Brian J. Smith, Peter Gallagher, Micaela Nevárez, Teresa Yengue, Cheyenne Serano, Ross Kelly | Co-written by Naomi Wallace, based on her play of the same name |
| Wild About Harry | Gwen Wynne | United States | Drama | Tate Donovan, Adam Pascal, Danielle Savre, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Josh Peck, Corey Sevier, Susan Anspach, James Sikking | film had the original title American Primitive and a script titled Once in a Very Blue Moon. [8] |
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