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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender -related filmsreleased in 2017. 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 | Ref |
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| Abu | Arshad Khan | Canada | Documentary | [1] | ||
| Alifu, the Prince/ss | Wang Yu-lin | Taiwan | Drama | Utjung Tjakivalid | ||
| Allure | Carlos and Jason Sanchez | Canada | Thriller drama | Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Denis O'Hare, Maxim Roy | ||
| Anything | Timothy McNeil | United States | Romantic drama | John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham, Michael Boatman, Tanner Buchanan, Micah Hauptman | [2] | |
| Axolotl Overkill | Helene Hegemann | Germany | Drama | Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Mavie Hörbiger | Based on Hegemann's novel of the same name | |
| Battle of the Sexes | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | United States | Comedy-drama, Sport | Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, Natalie Morales, Jessica McNamee, Fred Armisen, Lewis Pullman, Martha MacIsaac, Mickey Sumner, Bridey Elliott, Eric Christian Olsen, Wallace Langham, Matt Malloy, James Mackay | Loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs | [3] |
| Bayard & Me | Matt Wolf | United States | Documentary, Short | Bayard Rustin, Walter Naegle | [4] | |
| Beach Rats | Eliza Hittman | United States | Drama | Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff | [4] | |
| Believer | Don Argott | United States | Documentary | Dan Reynolds, Aja Volkman, Ben McKee | [5] | |
| Bones of Contention | Andrea Weiss | United States | Documentary | Miguel Ángel Muñoz (Narrator), Laura García Lorca, Emilio Silva, Antoni Ruiz, Isabel Franc, Empar Pineda, Fernando Valverde, Silvia Reyes, Miguel Caballero | Stories of LGBT people during Spain's fascist regime | [6] |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) | Robin Campillo | France | Drama | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Felix Marituad, Médhi Touré, Aloïse Sauvage, Simon Bourgade, Catherine Vinatier, Saadia Ben Taieb, Ariel Borenstein, Théophile Ray, Simon Guélat, Jean François Auguste | [7] | |
| The Cakemaker | Ofir Raul Grazier | Israel Germany | Drama | Sarah Adler, Zohar Strauss, Tim Kalkhof, Roy Miller, Tamir Ben-Yehuda | [8] | |
| Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | Drama | Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois | Based on the novel by André Aciman | [4] |
| The Carmilla Movie | Spencer Maybee | Canada | Drama | Natasha Negovanlis, Elise Bauman, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Annie M. Briggs (credited as Annie Briggs), Kaitlyn Alexander, Nicole Stamp, Grace Lynn Kung, Cara Gee | Based on the web series Carmilla , which itself is loosely based on the Gothic novella of the same name by Sheridan Le Fanu | |
| Casa Roshell | Camila José Donoso | Mexico Chile | Documentary | Roshell Terranova, Liliana Alba, Lia García, Diego Alberico, Cristian Aravena | Casa Roshell is a place where men who want to be women in secret | [6] |
| Casting | Nicolas Wackerbarth | Germany | Comedy, Drama | Toby Ashraf, Susanne Beier, Milena Dreißig, Judith Engel, Stephan Grossmann, Tim Kalkhof, Corinna Kirchhoff, Ursina Lardi, Andreas Lust | [6] | |
| The Chances | Anna Kerrigan | United States | Drama | Josh Feldman, Shoshonnah Stern | [4] | |
| Chavela | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi Hauptsächlich | United States | Documentary | Chavela Vargas | [6] | |
| Close-Knit ( 彼らが本気で編むときは、) | Naoko Ogigami | Japan | Drama | Toma Ikuta, Kenta Kiritani, Rinka Kakihara, Rie Mimura (credited as Mimura), Eiko Koike, Mugi Kadowaki, Shuji Kashiwabara | [6] | |
| Coby | Christian Sonderegger | France | Documentary | Coby, Jacob Hunt, Sara Mound, Ellen Richards-Hunt | Story of a transgender person and family in Ohio | [7] |
| The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson | David France | United States | Documentary | Explores the activism and death of Marsha P. Johnson | [9] | |
| Discreet | Travis Mathews | United States | Drama | Jonny Mars, Atsuko Okatsuka, Joy Cunningham, Jordan Elsass, João Federici, Ed Hattaway | [6] | |
| Disobedience | Sebastián Lelio | United Kingdom | Drama | Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser | Based on the novel by Naomi Alderman | [3] |
| Dream Boat | Tristan Ferland Milewski | Germany | Documentary | Michael A., Amit, Michael Anastasio, Ansgar, Daniel B. | On a cruise only for gay men promising seven days of sunshine, love and freedom, appear five men from five countries | [6] |
| Dressed for Pleasure (Je fais où tu me dis) | Marie de Maricourt | Switzerland | Short | Angélique Bridoux, Nathalie Cuenet, Naëlle Dariya, Vincent Chaumont, Raphaël Tschudi | 17 mins long | [6] [10] |
| Escape from Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith | Jerry Tartaglia | United States | Documentary | Archive footage of; Jack Smith (film director), Mario Montez, Beverly Grant, Tony Conrad, Agosto Machado, Francis Francine (actress), Irving Rosenthal (journalist), Tally Brown, Mary Waronor, | [11] | |
| A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) | Sebastián Lelio | Chile | Drama | Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes Morandé (credited as Fransisco Reyes), Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Amparo Noguera | [6] | |
| The Feels | Jenée LeMarque | United States | Comedy | Constance Wu, Angela Trimbur, Josh Fadem, Ever Mainard | [12] | |
| Final Stage | Nicolaas Schmidt | Germany | Short | Aaron Hilmer and Fynn Grossmann | 27 min (happy end) or 32 min (sad end) | [6] |
| Fluidø | Shu Lea Cheang | Germany | Science fiction | Caprice Crawford, William E. Morris | [6] | |
| For Nonna Anna | Luis De Filippis | Canada | Short drama | Maya Henry, Jacqueline Tarne | [13] | |
| Freak Show | Trudie Styler | United States | Drama | Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, Larry Pine, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Lorraine Toussaint, Laverne Cox, Willa Fitzgerald, Celia Weston | Based on the novel of the same name by James St. James | [6] |
| God's Own Country | Francis Lee | United Kingdom | Drama | Josh O'Connor, Alec Secăreanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones | [4] | |
| Golden Years | André Téchiné | France | Drama | Pierre Deladonchamps, Céline Sallette, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet | Based on the non fiction book La garconne et l'assassin (The Flapper and the Killer) by Fabrice Virgili and Daniele Voldman | [7] |
| Hello Again | Tom Gustafson | United States | Musical | Audra McDonald, Martha Plimpton, T. R. Knight, Cheyenne Jackson | Based on the musical by Michael John LaChiusa | |
| Hidden Kisses | Didier Bivel | France | Drama | Bérenger Anceaux | ||
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | John Cameron Mitchell | United States United Kingdom | Science fiction, romantic comedy | Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson, Matt Lucas | Based on the short story of the same name by Neil Gaiman | [7] |
| I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en otro idioma) | Ernesto Contreras | Mexico | Drama | Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligo Meléndez, Fátima Molina, Norma Angélica | [4] | |
| If Not Love | Rose Troche | United States | Short, Drama | Zachary Booth, Mitchell Winter | [4] | |
| In a Heartbeat | Esteban Bravo, Beth David | United States | Animated short | |||
| Just Like Our Parents (Como nossos pais) | Laís Bodanzky | Brazil | Drama | Maria Ribeiro, Paulo Vilhena, Felipe Rocha, Sophia Valverde, Jorge Mautner | [6] | |
| Marguerite | Marianne Farley | Canada | Short, Drama | Béatrice Picard, Sandrine Bisson | ||
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts | Mouly Surya | Indonesia | Drama | Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra | [7] | |
| Method | Bang Eun-jin | South Korea | Drama | Park Sung-woong, Yoon Seung-ah | [6] | |
| The Misandrists | Bruce LaBruce | Germany Canada | Drama | Susanne Sachße, Viva Ruiz, Kembra Pfahler, Caprice Crawford, Grete Gehrke | [6] | |
| A Moment in the Reeds | Mikko Mäkelä | Finland | Romantic drama | Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani | Most dialogue in English | [14] |
| Montana | Limor Shmila | Israel | Drama | Noa Biron, Netta Shpigelman, Avi Malka, Keren Tsur | [3] | |
| My Days of Mercy | Tali Shalom Ezer | United Kingdom | Drama | Elliot Page, Kate Mara, Amy Seimetz, Brian Geraghty, Elias Koteas | [3] | |
| My Gay Sister (Min Homosyster) | Lia Hietala | Sweden Norway | Short | Erika Coleman, Tina Pour Davoy, Juliette Safavi | 15 mins long | [6] |
| My Wonderful West Berlin (Mein wunderbares West-Berlin) | Jochen Hick | Germany | Documentary, Biography, History | Mabel Aschenneller, Wolfgang Cihlarz, Rolf Eden, Egmont Fassbinder, Romy Haag, Peter Hedenström (Journalist), Gerhard Hoffmann, Manuela Kay, René Koch, Patsy L'Amour LaLove, Wilfried Laule, Dirk Ludigs (Journalist), Detlef Mücke (politician), Wolfgang Müller (actor and comedian) and Aron Neubert | [6] | |
| Never Steady, Never Still | Kathleen Hepburn | Canada | Drama | Shirley Henderson, Nicholas Campbell, Theodore Pellerin | [3] | |
| The Prince of Nothingwood (also known as Nothingwood) | Sonia Kronlund | France Germany | Documentary | Qurban Ali Afzali (cross dressing actor) and Salim Shaheen (director) | Follows a film mogul in Afghanistan and his actor friend | [7] [15] [16] |
| Neruppu Da | B. Ashok Kumar | India | Thriller | Vikram Prabhu, Nikki Galrani, Sangeetha Krish, Madhusudhan Rao, Vincent Asokan | ||
| On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi | Brandon Gross, Skyler Gross | Canada | Documentary | Ruth Blank, Roman Blank | [17] | |
| Out of Exile: Daniel's Story | Nonny de la Peña | United States | Documentary, Short | Daniel Ashley Pierce | [4] | |
| The Party | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | Comedy | Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall | [6] | |
| Paths (Ein Weg) | Chris Miera | Germany | Drama | Mike Hoffmann, Mathis Reinhardt, Cai Cohrs, Tom Böttcher, Eva Horacek | [6] | |
| Porcupine Lake | Ingrid Veninger | Canada | Drama | Delphine Roussel, Christopher Bolton, Lucinda Armstrong Hall | [3] | |
| Pre-Drink | Marc-Antoine Lemire | Canada | Short, Drama | Alex Trahan, Pascale Drevillon | ||
| Princess Cyd | Stephen Cone | United States | Drama | Rebecca Spence, Jessie Pinnick | [9] | |
| Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Angela Robinson | United States | Drama | Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, JJ Field, Oliver Platt, Connie Britton | Biopic of American psychologist William Moulton Marston | [3] |
| Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | Yony Leyser | Germany | Documentary | Bruce LaBruce, G. B. Jones, Lynn Breedlove | [18] | |
| Rebels on Pointe | Bobbi Jo Hart | Canada | Documentary | Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | [19] | |
| Retablo | Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio | Peru | Drama | Junior Béjar Roca, Amiel Cayo, Magaly Solier | ||
| Rough Night | Lucia Aniello | United States | Comedy | Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz | ||
| Saturday Church | Damon Cardasis | United States | Musical, drama | Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore | ||
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Matt Tyrnauer | United States | Documentary | Scotty Bowers | ||
| Sebastian | James Fanizza | Canada | Romantic drama | James Fanizza, Guifré Bantjes-Rafols, Alex House, Brian McCook | Expansion of the 2014 short film of the same name, which was also written by Fanizza, but directed by Ricky Bryant | |
| Signature Move | Jennifer Reeder | United States | Romantic comedy | Fawzia Mirza, Shabana Azmi, Sari Sanchez | ||
| Skins (Pieles) | Eduardo Casanova | Spain | Drama | Macarena Gómez, Carolina Bang, Jon Kortajarena, Candela Peña, Carmen Machi | [6] | |
| Small Talk (Ri Chang Dui Hua) | Hui-chen Huang | Taiwan | Documentary | Huang (director) and her lesbian mother A-nu (also a Taoist priestess) | [6] | |
| Soldiers, Story from Ferentari | Ivana Mladenovic | Romania | Drama | Vasile Pavel, Adrian Schiop, Ștefan Iancu, Dan Bursuc | [3] | |
| Speech & Debate | Dan Harris | United States | Dramedy | Liam James, Sarah Steele, Austin P. McKenzie, Roger Bart, Janeane Garofalo, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kal Penn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Skylar Astin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ryan Lee, Darren Criss, Lucy DeVito, Sarah Baker, Lester Speight, Jeremy Rowley | Screenplay by Stephen Karam, based on his play of the same name | |
| Take a Walk on the Wildside | Lisa Rideout | Canada | Documentary | Patricia Ann Aldridge | About a clothing store in Toronto, Ontario which caters to the unique needs of cross-dressing men | [20] |
| Tellin' Dad | André D Chambers | United Kingdom | Short, drama | Carl Loughlin, Michael Byron, Ricky Tomlinson | ||
| The Taste of Betel Nut (Bing lang xue) | Hu Jia | Hong Kong | Drama | Bingrui Zhao, Yue Yue, Shen Shi Yu | [6] | |
| Thelma | Joachim Trier | Norway | Supernatural drama | Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen | [21] | |
| They | Anahita Ghazvinizadeh | United States | Drama | Rhys Fehrenbacher | [7] | |
| This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous | Barbara Kopple | United States | Documentary | Gigi Gorgeous | [4] | |
| Tom of Finland | Dome Karukoski | Finland | Drama | Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky | ||
| Transformer | Michael Del Monte | Canada | Documentary | Janae Kroc | [18] | |
| Ulrike's Brain | Bruce LaBruce | Canada Germany | Drama | Susanne Sachße | [6] | |
| Venus | Eisha Marjara | Canada | Comedy-drama | Debargo Sanyal, Jamie Mayers, Zena Darawalla, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Amber Goldfarb, Gordon Warnecke | [22] | |
| We Forgot to Break Up | Chandler Levack | Canada | Short, Drama | Jesse Todd, Cara Gee, Steven McCarthy, Mark Rendall | Adapted from the novel Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess | [23] |
| Wild Mouse (Wilde Maus) | Josef Hader | Austria | Comedy | Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger | [6] | |
| The Wound | John Trengove | South Africa | Drama | Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini | [4] |
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