List of LGBT-related films of 2018

This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender -related filmsreleased in 2018. 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	Ref
1985	Yen Tan	United States	Drama	Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, Jamie Chung	Expansion of Tan's short film of the same name from 2016
5 Weddings	Namrata Singh Gujral	United States India Canada	Drama	Nargis Fakhri, Rajkummar Rao, Bo Derek
Alex Strangelove	Craig Johnson	United States	Comedy	Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marizale, Madeline Weinstein		[1]
Andið eðlilega	Ísold Uggadóttir	Iceland Sweden Belgium	Drama	Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Babetida Sadjo, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson
El Angel (El Ángel)	Luis Ortega	Argentina	Drama	Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco, Peter Lanzani, Cecilia Roth, Malena Villa	Inspired by the true story of Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puch	[2]
L'Animale	Katharina Mückstein	Austria	Drama	Sophie Stockinger, Kathrin Resetarits, Dominik Warta, Julia Franz Richter, Jack Hofer, Dominic Marcus Singer, Simon Morzé, Stefan Pohl		[3]
Assassination Nation	Sam Levinson	United States	Comedy, Thriller	Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgård, Joel McHale, Maude Apatow, Colman Domingo, Anika Noni Rose, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lukas Gage, Cody Christian, Danny Ramirez, Noah Galvin, Jennifer Morrison, J. D. Evermore, Cullen Moss, Susan Misner, Joe Chrest, Kathryn Erbe		[4]
Believer	Don Argott	United States	Documentary	Dan Reynolds (singer with Imagine Dragons), Aja Volkman (Dan Reynolds wife), Ben McKee (Bassist with Imagine Dragons), Daniel Platzman (Drummer with Imagine Dragons), Wayne Sermon (Lead guitarist with Imagine Dragons), Tyler Glenn (singer with band Neon Trees), Savannah Skyler	Dan helped organize the charity LOVELOUD Festival in Orem, Utah in support of Utah LGBTQ youth, to stop teen suicides	[5]
Benjamin	Simon Amstell	United Kingdom	Comedy-drama	Colin Morgan, Anna Chancellor, Jack Rowan
Blowin' Up	Stephanie Wang-Breal	United States	Documentary	Susan Liu and Toko Serita (first Japanese American female judge in New York)	A group of women are trying change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted in the US	[6]
Bohemian Rhapsody	Dexter Fletcher	United States United Kingdom	Drama	Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello (credited as Joe Mazzello), Allen Leech, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker	Biopic of Freddie Mercury
Boy Erased	Joel Edgerton	United States	Drama	Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan	Released on November 2	[7]
Bulbul Can Sing	Rima Das	India	Drama	Arnali Das, Bonita Thakuriya, Manoranjoan Das		[8]
Call Her Ganda	PJ Raval	United States	Documentary	Naomi Fontanos, Jennifer Laude (archive footage), Julita Laude (Jennifer's Mother), Virginia Lacsa Suarez, Meredith Talusan	Follows the Death of Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, who was brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine and subsequent trial	[6]
Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Marielle Heller	United States	Drama	Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant	Based on the confessional memoir of the same name by Lee Israel	[8]
Carmen & Lola (Carmen y Lola)	Arantxa Echevarria	Spain	Drama	Moreno Borja, Carolina Yuste, Rosy Rodríguez, Zaira Morales, Rafaela León		[2]
Cassandro the Exotico!	Marie Losier	France	Documentary	Saúl Armendáriz		[2]
Colette	Wash Westmoreland	United States United Kingdom Hungary	Drama	Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, Aiysha Hart, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Robert Pugh, Rebecca Root, Jake Graf, Julian Wadham	based upon the life of the French novelist of the same name	[8]
Consequences (Posledice)	Darko Štante	Slovenia	Drama	Matej Zemljič, Timon Šturbej, Gašper Markun		[9]
Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033	Zach Blas	United States United Kingdom	Drama, Short	Susanne Sachße (billed as Susanne Sachsse), Dany Naierman, Lindsay Hicks, Fusako Shiotani, Cassils	29 mins long	[3]
Daddy Issues	Amara Cash	United States	Drama	Madison Lawlor, Montana Manning, Andrew Pifko
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan	Xavier Dolan	Canada	Drama	Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Jacob Tremblay, Susan Sarandon		[8]
Diamantino	Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt	Portugal	Drama	Carloto Cotta		[2]
Disobedience	Sebastián Lelio	United Kingdom Ireland United States	Drama	Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser	Based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman; released on April 28 (Premiered at 2017 Toronto International Film Festival)	[6]
Duck Butter	Miguel Arteta	United States	Comedy-drama	Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, Mae Whitman, Hong Chau, Kate Berlant, Lindsay Burdge, Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Jenny O'Hara		[6]
Euphoria (Euforia)	Valeria Golino	Italy	Drama	Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea		[2]
Evening Shadows	Sridhar Rangayan	India	Drama	Mona Ambegaonkar, Anant Mahadevan (credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan)		[10]
Every Day	Michael Sucsy	United States	Romance, fantasy	Angourie Rice	A teenager boy falls in love with a traveling spirit who experiences every day in the body of a different teenager.
Evidentiary Bodies	Barbara Hammer	United States	Short drama		9 mins long	[3] [11]
The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos	Ireland United Kingdom United States	Drama	Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn
Flawless	Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon	Israel	Drama	Stav Strashko, Netsanet Mekonnen, Noam Lugasy, Asi Levi		[12]
Frig (film)	Antony Hickling	France	French art film	Biño Sauitzvy, Gaëtan Vettier, Christine Mingo, Thomas Laroppe		[13]
The Fruit Machine	Sarah Fodey	Canada	Documentary	Interviewees: Michelle Douglas, John Ibbitson, John Sawatsky, Gary Kinsman	film profiles the "fruit machine", a controversial device used by the Canadian government in the 1950s and 1960s in an attempt to identify LGBT employees and disqualify them from the civil service	[14]
Game Girls	Alina Skrzeszewska	France Germany	Documentary	Teri Rogers and her girlfriend Tiahna	Follows a relationship in Los Angeles' Skid Row, aka the "homeless capital of the U.S."	[3]
Garbage	Q	India	Drama	Trimala Adhikari		[3]
Genesis (Genèse)	Philippe Lesage	Canada	Drama	Théodore Pellerin, Noée Abita, Pier-Luc Funk		[15]
Giant Little Ones	Keith Behrman	Canada	Drama	Kyle MacLachlan, Maria Bello, Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Hailey Kittle, Kiandra Madeira, Carson MacCormac, Taylor Hickson, Niamh Wilson		[8]
Girl	Lukas Dhont	Belgium	Drama	Victor Polster		[2]
The Gospel of Eureka	Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher	United States	Documentary	Archive footage of Anita Bryant and narrator Mx Justin Vivian Bond	About the lives of LGBT individuals and evangelical Christians in Eureka Springs, Arkansas	[16] [17]
The Happy Prince	Rupert Everett	United Kingdom	Drama	Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Edwin Thomas, Béatrice Dalle, Julian Wadham, John Standing	Biopic of Oscar Wilde
Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta)	Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher	Brazil	Drama	Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes, Guega Peixoto, Sandra Dani, Frederico Vasques		[3]
The Harvesters	Etienne Kallos	South Africa	Drama	Alex van Dyk, Brent Vermeulen, Juliana Venter, Morné Visser, Erika Wessels, Benre Labuschachne, Danny Keough, Roxana Kerdachi		[2]
Hearts Beat Loud	Brett Haley	United States	Drama	Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Toni Collette, Sasha Lane, Ted Danson, Blythe Danner
The Heiresses (Las Herederas)	Marcelo Martinessi	Paraguay	Drama	Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Ana Ivanova, María Martins, Alicia Guerra, Yverá Zayas		[3]
House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae)	Kim Bo-ra	South Korea	Drama	Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Lee Seung-yeon, Jung In-gi, Son Sang-yeon, Bak Su-yeon		[18]
Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate	Matt Kugelman	United States	Comedy	Bianca Del Rio, Rachel Dratch, Katya Zamolodchikova		[19]
Ideal Home	Andrew Fleming	United States	Comedy-drama	Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Alison Pill
I Am Jonas (Jonas)	Christophe Charrier	France	Drama	Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy-Lee Baïk, Aure Atika
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life	Tomer Heymann	Israel	Documentary	Jonathan Agassi, Michael Lucas
JT Leroy	Justin Kelly	United States	Drama	Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love		[8]
A Kid Like Jake	Silas Howard	United States	Drama	Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra	Screenplay by Daniel Pearle, based on his stage play of the same name
Kingsway	Bruce Sweeney	Canada	Comedy, drama	Gabrielle Rose, Jeff Gladstone, Camille Sullivan
Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le cœur)	Yann Gonzalez	France	Drama	Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury, Noé Hernández		[2]
Lizzie	Craig William Macneill	United States	Biography, thriller	Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jay Huguley	Based on the true story of Lizzie Borden
Love Blooms (L'Amour debout)	Michaël Dacheux	France	Drama	Paul Delbreil, Adèle Csech, Samuel Fasse, Jean-Christophe Marti, Thibaut Destouches, Shirley Mirande, Pascal Cervo, Françoise Lebrun		[2]
Love, Scott	Laura Marie Wayne	Canada	Documentary	Scott Jones		[20]
Love, Simon	Greg Berlanti	United States	Drama	Nick Robinson, Keiynan Lonsdale, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel	Based on the young adult novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli	[21]
Making Montgomery Clift	Robert Clift Hillary Demmon	United States	Documentary	Jack Larson, Patricia Bosworth		[22]
M/M	Drew Lint	Canada Germany	Drama	Antoine Lahaie, Nicolas Maxim Endlicher
Marilyn	Martín Rodríguez Redondo	Argentina Chile	Drama	Walter Rodríguez, Catalina Saavedra, Germán de Silva		[3]
Mario	Marcel Gisler	Switzerland	Romance, drama	Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec
McQueen	Ian Bonhôte	United States	Documentary	Alexander McQueen		[20]
The Miseducation of Cameron Post	Desiree Akhavan	United States	Drama	Chloë Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, Emily Skeggs	Based on the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth	[23]
Mom + Mom (Mamma + Mamma)	Karole Di Tommaso	Italy	Drama	Linda Caridi, Maria Roveran		[24]
Mr. SOUL!	Sam Pollard Melissa Haizlip	United States	Documentary	Ellis Haizlip		[20]
My Best Friend (Mi Mejor Amigo)	Martín Deus	Argentina	Drama	Angelo Mutti Spinetta, Lautaro Rodríguez		[25]
The Night of All Nights (Die Nacht der Nächte)	Yasemin Samderelli	Germany	Documentary	Hildegard Rotthäuser, Heinz Rotthäuser, Kamala Nagarayya, Hampana Nagarayya, Shigeko Sugihara, Isao Sugihara, Norman MacArthur, Bill Novak		[20]
Njan Marykutty	Ranjith Sankar	India	Comedy, Drama	Jayasurya, Jewel Mary	The first Malayalam film to feature a trans woman as a protagonist.	[26] [27]
Obscuro Barroco	Evangelia Kranioti	France Greece	Documentary	Luana Muniz		[3]
Octavio Is Dead!	Sook-Yin Lee	Canada	Supernatural drama	Sarah Gadon, Rosanna Arquette, Raoul Trujillo
One of the Guys (Ti-Gars)	Doris Buttignol	Canada France	Documentary	Vincent Lamarre		[28]
The Orphan (O Órfão)	Carolina Markowicz	Brazil	Short drama	Kauan Alavrenga		[29]
Papi Chulo	John Butler	Ireland United States	Comedy-drama	Matt Bomer, Alejandro Patino		[8]
A Paris Education	Jean Paul Civeyrac	France	Drama	Andranic Manet, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Corentin Fila		[3]
The Pillar of Salt (Tuzdan Kaide)	Burak Çevik	Turkey	Drama	Zinnure Türe, Dila Yumurtaci, Esme Madra, Banu Fotocan, Elit Iscan, Nihal G. Koldas, Reyhan Özdilek, Ayse Demirel, Bahar Çevik, Nazan Kesal, Nalan Kuruçim		[3]
Postcards from London	Steve Mclean	United Kingdom	Drama	Harris Dickinson, Richard Durden, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadmore, Leonardo Salerni, Raphael Desprez, Silas Carson
Prisoner of Society	Rati Tsiteladze	Georgia	Documentary, short	Adelina (transgender woman)	16 mins long	[30]
Rafiki	Wanuri Kahiu	Kenya	Drama	Charlie Karumi, Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva		[2]
Red Cow (Para Aduma)	Tsivia Barkai	Israel	Drama	Avigail Kovari		[3]
River's Edge	Isao Yukisada	Japan	Drama	Fumi Nikaidō, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shūhei Uesegi, Sumire, Shiori Doi, Aoi Morikawa	Based on a manga of the same name by Kyoko Okazaki	[3]
Sauvage (Savage or Wild)	Camille Vidal-Naquet	France	Drama	Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Pavle Dragas, Mehdi Boudina, Azir Mustafic, Hassim Mohamed Saleh		[2]
Shakedown	Leilah Weinraub	United States	Documentary	Egypt, Jazmyne, Junior, Mahogany, Ronnie-Ron, Slow-Wine, Keyonna Taylor		[3]
The Silk and the Flame	Jordan Schiele	United States	Documentary	Yao, Yao's father and Yao's mother		[3] [31]
Skies Are Not Just Blue	Lysandre Cosse-Tremblay	Canada	Short, Documentary			[32]
Sorry Angel (Plaire aimer et courir vite)	Christophe Honoré	France	Drama	Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès		[2]
Splinters	Thom Fitzgerald	Canada	Drama	Sofia Banzhaf, Shelley Thompson, Callum Dunphy, Mary-Colin Chisholm	Adaptation of the play of the same name by Lee-Anne Poole	[8]
Studio 54	Matt Tyrnauer	United States	Documentary	Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell		[6]
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	Sam Liu	United States	Animation, Action, Fantasy	(Voices); Christian Slater, Billy Brown, Liam McIntyre, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Gideon Emery, Tara Strong, Vanessa Williams
T.R.A.P.	Manque La Banca	Argentina	Short		16 mins long	[3] [33]
Tell It to the Bees	Annabel Jankel	United Kingdom	Drama	Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott, Kate Dickie	Based on the novel of the same name by Fiona Shaw	[8]
Third Wedding (Troisièmes noces)	David Lambert	Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada	Comedy-drama	Bouli Lanners, Rachel Mwanza, Eric Kabongo		[34]
Touch Me Not	Adina Pintilie	Romania	Drama	Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Dirk Lange		[3]
Tranny Fag (Bixa Travesty)	Claudia Priscilla, Kika Goifman	Brazil	Documentary	Linn da Quebrada (transgender Brazilian musician and activist)		[3]
Vice	Adam McKay	United States	Biography	Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Justin Kirk, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons	Biopic of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
Vita and Virginia	Chanya Button	United Kingdom	Drama	Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Ferdinando	Co-written by Eileen Atkins, based on her stage play of the same name	[23]
We the Animals	Jerimiah Zagar	United States	Drama	Evan Rosado, Raúl Castillo, Sheila Vand	Based on the novel by Justin Torres
What Keeps You Alive	Colin Minihan	Canada	Thriller	Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac
Where the Summer Goes (Onde o verão vai)	David Pinheiro Vicente	Portugal	Drama, short	Miguel Amorim, Joana Peres, Rodrigo Tomás, Joana Petiz, André Simões, Rodolfo Major	21 mins long	[3] [35]
Yours in Sisterhood	Irene Lusztig	United States	Documentary	Various women		[3] [36]

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