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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related filmsreleased in 2013. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | Ref |
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52 Tuesdays | Sophie Hyde | Australia | Drama | Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane | Coming of age story about a teenage girl dealing with a transgender mother who is transitioning to become a man. | |
Adult World | Scott Coffey | United States | Comedy | Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Evan Peters, Armando Riesco, Shannon Woodward, Chris Riggi, Scott Coffey | [1] | |
Age 17 (17 anni) | Filippo Demarchi | Switzerland | Short, drama | Fabio Foiada, Ignazio Oliva, Laura Minazzi, Kevin Martinetti | ||
Aleksandr's Price | Pau Masó | United States | Drama | Pau Masó, Josh Berresford, Anatoli Grek | ||
American Vagabond | Susanna Helke | Finland | Documentary | James Temple, Tyler Johnson | [2] | |
Ashley | Dean Ronalds | United States | Drama | Nicole Fox, Nicole Buehrer, Jennifer Taylor, Michael Madsen, Tom Malloy | ||
Bambi | Sébastien Lifshitz | France | Documentary | Marie-Pierre Pruvot | Winner of the 2013 Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | [3] |
Before You Know It | PJ Raval | United States | Documentary | Dennis Creamer, Ty Martin, Robert Mainor, Dixie Monroe, Carly Davin Nation | Follows 3 Gay American senior citizens | |
Behind the Candelabra | Steven Soderbergh | United States | Drama | Matt Damon, Michael Douglas | Aired as a television film in the United States, but was screened theatrically in Europe. | |
Black Box | Stephen Cone | United States | Drama | Josephine Decker, Austin Pendleton | ||
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2) | Abdellatif Kechiche | France Belgium Spain | Drama | Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | [4] |
Boygame | Anna Nolskog | Sweden | Short, comedy, drama, romance | Charlie Gustafsson, Joakim Lang, Sophie Adolfsson, Palmira Koukkari Mbenga, Felicia Löwerdahl | 15 mins long and was on the Iris Prize Shortlist in 2014 | [5] [6] |
Breaking the Girls | Jamie Babbit | United States | Crime, thriller | Agnes Bruckner, Madeline Zima, Shawn Ashmore, Kate Levering, Shanna Collins | ||
Bridegroom | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | United States | Documentary | Shane Bitney Crone, Tom Bridegroom | Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival | [7] |
Burger | Magnus Mork | United Kingdom Norway | Short, drama | Zaman Ahmadi, Akram Akbari, Matthew Ashford | 11 mins long | [8] [9] |
Cal | Christian Martin | United Kingdom | Drama | Wayne Virgo, Tom Payne, Emily Corcoran, Lucy Russell, Simon Cook | [10] | |
Caged (Uitgesproken) | Dylan Tonk, Lazlo Tonk | Netherlands | Short, drama | Joël Mellenberg, Josha Stradowski, Yldau de Boer, Leendert de Ridder | 13 mins long | [11] [12] |
Coming Out | Dénes Orosz | Hungary | Comedy | Sándor Csányi, Kátya Tompos | ||
Concussion | Stacie Passon | United States | Drama | Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff | Winner of the 2013 Teddy Award Jury Prize. | [13] |
Continental | Malcolm Ingram | United States | Documentary | Jaye P. Morgan, Holly Woodlawn, Michael Musto, Frankie Knuckles, Sarah Dash | [14] | |
Contracted | Eric England | United States | Horror | Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Alice Macdonald | ||
Cruise Patrol | Bobby de Groot, Arjan van Meerten | Netherlands | Animation, short, action, fantasy, sci-fi | 8 mins long, Won awards at Sydney Film Festival 2015, New Media Film Festival 2014, ShortCutz Amsterdam 2015 | [15] [16] | |
Dallas Buyers Club | Jean-Marc Vallée | United States | Drama | Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn, Michael O'Neill, Dallas Roberts, Griffin Dunne, Kevin Rankin, Bradford Cox, Scott Takeda | Based on the life of Ron Woodroof | |
The Dog | Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren | United States | Documentary | John Wojtowicz, Carmen Bifulco, Jeremy Bowker | Documentary about John Wojtowicz, whose story inspired the fiction film Dog Day Afternoon | |
Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo | France | Drama | Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev | ||
Exposed | Beth B | United States | Documentary | Julie Atlas Muz, Mat Fraser, Bunny Love, Dirty Martini, James Habacker, Bambi the Mermaid and Rose Wood | eight women and men (including disabled, transgender) using their naked bodies for burlesque | |
Facing Fear | Jason Cohen | United States | Short Documentary | Matthew Boger, Tim Zaal | former neo-Nazi and his gay victim meet 25 years later, was a nominee for the 86th Academy Awards | [17] |
The Firefly (La Luciérnaga) | Ana Maria Hermida | Colombia United States | Drama, romance, fantasy | Olga Segura, Carolina Guerra, Manuel José Chávez, Andrés Aranburo | After the sudden death of her estranged brother, Lucia accidentally meets his fiancée and falls in love with her. | [18] [19] |
Floating Skyscrapers | Tomasz Wasilewski | Poland | Drama | Mateusz Banasiuk, Bartosz Gelner | ||
Free Fall | Stephan Lacant | Germany | Drama | Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, Katharina Schüttler | a.k.a. Freier Fall | |
Fuoristrada | Elisa Amoruso | Italy | Documentary | Marioara Dadiloveanu Giuseppe Della Pelle | Italian documentary, also known as "Off Road", about the transgender mechanic and a rally rides champion Beatrice, her relationship with Marianna and their common life. | |
Five Dances | Alan Brown | United States | Drama | Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller | ||
G.B.F. | Darren Stein | United States | Comedy | Sasha Pieterse, Natasha Lyonne. Evanna Lynch, Megan Mullally, Andrea Bowen, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Xosha Roquemore, Horatio Sanz, Paul Iacono, and Michael J. Willett | ||
Geography Club | Gary Entin | United States | Comedy | Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Meaghan Martin, Allie Gonino, Nikki Blonsky, Andrew Caldwell, Marin Hinkle, Ana Gasteyer, Scott Bakula | Based on the young adult novel of the same name by Brent Hartinger | |
Gerontophilia | Bruce LaBruce | Canada | Drama | Walter Borden, Pier-Gabriel Lajoie, Marie-Hélène Thibault, Katie Boland | [20] | |
Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy | Wenn V. Deramas | Philippines | Comedy | Vice Ganda, Maricel Soriano | [21] | |
The Happy Sad | Rodney Evans | United States | Drama | Leroy McClain, Sorel Carradine, Charlie Bennett | Screenplay by Ken Urban, based on his stage play of the same name | |
Harmonica's Howl | Bruno Safadi | Brazil | Drama | Leandra Leal, Jiddú Pinheiro, Mariana Ximenes | ||
Hawaii | Marco Berger | Argentina | Romance | Manuel Vignau, Mateo Chiarino | [22] | |
Human Warmth (Chaleur humaine) | Christophe Predari | Belgium | Short, drama, romance | Thomas Coumans, Adrien Desbons | 11 mins long | [23] [24] |
I Do | Glenn Gaylord | United States | Drama | David W. Ross, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Grant Bowler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte | General release; premiered on festival circuit in 2012. | [25] |
I Love Hooligans | Jan-Dirk Bouw | Netherlands Belgium | Animation, short, biography | 13 min long, later added to Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide (2016) | [26] [27] | |
I'm So Excited | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Comedy | Javier Cámara, Antonio de la Torra, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces, Hugo Silva, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth, Guillermo Toledo, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Laya Marti, José María Yazpik | ||
In Bloom | Chris Michael Birkmeier | United States | Drama | Kyle Wigent, Tanner Rittenhouse, Adam Fane | [28] [29] | |
In the Name of | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland | Drama | Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maria Maj, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Łukasz Simlat | Winner of the 2013 Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. | |
Interior. Leather Bar. | James Franco, Travis Mathews | United States | Docudrama | Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, James Franco, Travis Mathews | Reimagining of the 40 minutes of deleted footage from the 1980 film Cruising | [30] |
Kill Your Darlings | John Krokidas | United States | Drama | Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Olsen, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster, Jack Huston, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Cullum, David Rasche, Kyra Sedgwick, Zach Appelman | Fictionalized account of the killing in Riverside Park | |
Kissing Darkness | James Townsend | United States | Horror, thriller | Ronnie Kroell, Sean Paul Lockhart | ||
Kissing Drew | Philip J. Connell | Canada | Short, drama | Eden Ocean Sanders, Ben Hargreaves, Chris Handfield | 9 mins long | [31] [32] |
A Last Farewell (Ett sista farväl) | Casper Andreas | Sweden | Short, drama, family | Tomas von Brömssen, Iwar Wiklander, Liv Mjönes | 13 mins long | [33] |
Little Gay Boy | Antony Hickling | France | Drama | Gaëtan Vettier, Manuel Blanc, Amanda Dawson | [34] | |
Love U Man | B.B Phuyal | Nepal | Drama, horror | Raz Aryan, Sures Chaudhary and Pranisha Silwal | Also called 'Love You Man', first Nepalese gay film | [35] [36] |
Me, Myself and Mum | Guillaume Gallienne | France | Comedy | Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian | Based on Gallienne's autobiographical stage show Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! | |
My Child | Can Candan | Turkey | Family, drama, documentary | LİSTAG players (Istanbul group of Families of LGBT) | [37] [38] | |
My Prairie Home | Chelsea McMullan | Canada | Documentary | Rae Spoon | ||
Nordland | Ingo J. Biermann | Germany | Drama | Odine Johne, Maren Hoff, John Sigurd Kristensen, Burri-Taka Bolalima, Ingrid Lode, Nora G. Svalheim, Olena Tretyak-Godinaud | [39] | |
Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | United Kingdom Denmark Belgium France Germany | Drama | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen, Michaël Pas, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier | ||
Open Up to Me | Simo Halinen | Finland | Drama | Leea Klemola, Peter Franzén, Ria Kataja | [40] | |
Out | Jeremy LaLonde | Canada | Short comedy-drama | David Tompa, David Huband, Rosemary Doyle, Paula Brancati, Tommie-Amber Pirie | [41] | |
The Package (O Pacote) | Rafael Aidar | Brazil | Short, drama, romance | Jefferson Brito, Victor Monteiro, Thaís Oliveira | 18 min long | [42] [43] |
Philomena | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | Drama | Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley, Barbara Jefford, Anna Maxwell Martin, Mare Winningham | Based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith | |
Pit Stop | Yen Tan | United States | Drama | Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, Alfredo Maduro | ||
Quick Change | Eduardo Roy Jr. | Philippines | Drama | Mimi Juareza, Jun-Jun Quintana, Miggs Quaderno | ||
Reaching for the Moon | Bruno Barreto | Brazil | Drama, romance | Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf | Based on the book Flores Raras e Banalíssimas (Rare and Commonplace Flowers) by Carmem Lucia de Oliveira | |
Side Effects | Steven Soderbergh | United States | Drama, thriller | Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw, Ann Dowd, Polly Draper, David Costabile, Mamie Gummer, Scott Shepherd, Marin Ireland, Elizabeth Rodriguez | ||
Spooners | Bryan Horch | United States | Short, comedy, romance, sci-fi | Walter Replogle, Ben Lerman, Richard Ballon, Nathan Tetreault | 14 min long, it was part funded on kickstarter.com | [44] |
Stranger by the Lake | Alain Guiraudie | France | Drama | Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao | Won the Queer Palm at Cannes | [45] |
Tattoo (Tatuagem) | Hilton Lacerda | Brazil | Comedy, drama | Jesuíta Barbosa, Irandhir Santos, Rodrigo García, Sylvia Prado | Best Picture at the 2013 Festival de Gramado | |
Test | Chris Mason Johnson | United States | Drama | Kevin Clarke, Kristoffer Cusick | ||
Together | James Cook | United Kingdom | Short, horror | Lucas Hansen, Ben Owora, Stuart Evans | 22 mins long, later added to Boys on Film 9: Youth in Trouble compilation | [46] [47] |
Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) | Xavier Dolan | Canada | Drama | Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Evelyne Brochu, Manuel Tadros, Lise Roy | Adaptation of a play by Michel Marc Bouchard | |
Tru Love | Shauna MacDonald, Kate Johnston | Canada | Drama | Shauna MacDonald, Kate Trotter, Christine Horne, Anna Cyzon, Peter MacNeill | ||
Truth | Rob Moretti | United States | Psychological thriller | Sean Paul Lockhart, Rob Moretti, Blanche Baker | ||
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic et Flo ont vu un ours) | Denis Côté | Canada | Drama | Marc-André Grondin, Romane Bohringer, Pierrette Robitaille | [48] | |
The Violation | Christopher Bradley | United States | Short, drama | Slade Pearce, Elaine Hendrix, Shayne Topp | 13 mins long, later added to Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide compilation | [49] [50] |
VIS-à-VIS | Dan Connolly | Australia United Kingdom | Short, comedy | Belinda Misevski, Dan Connolly, David Harrison, Amy Lehpamer | 17 mins long, later added to Boys on Film 13: trick or Treat compilation | [51] [52] |
Voyage | Scud | Hong Kong Taiwan | Drama | Adrian 'Ron' Heung, Sebastian Castro, Byron Pang | An English-language drama about a young psychiatrist from Hong Kong who travels on a luxury boat to meet with his former clients. It contains frequent full-frontal male nudity. | [53] |
We Are Animals | Dominic Haxton | United States | Short, sci-fi | Daniel Landroche, Clint Napier, Drew Droege | 13 mins long, later added to Boys on Film 11: We Are Animals compilation | [54] [55] |
What Now? Remind Me | Joaquim Pinto | Portugal | Documentary | Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel | [56] | |
Winter Journey (Зимний путь) | Lubov Lvova, Sergey Taramaev | Russia | Drama | Aleksey Frandetti, Evgeniy Tkachuk | ||
Yeah Kowalski! | Evan Roberts | United States | Short, comedy, romance | Cameron Wofford, Conor Donnelly, Chris Doubek | 10 mins long | [57] [58] |
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