List of LGBT-related films of 2020

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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related filmsreleased in 2020. 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.

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotesRef
Ahead of the Curve Jen Rainin, Rivka Beth MedowUnited StatesDocumentary [1]
Always Amber Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen SwedenDocumentary [2]
Ammonite Francis Lee United Kingdom
Australia		Drama Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, Fiona Shaw [3]
Are We Lost Forever David Färdmar SwedenDramaBjörn Elgerd, Jonathan Andersson, Micki Stoltt, Nemanja Stojanovic
Automotive Jonas Heldt GermanyDocumentary [2]
Babydyke (Babylebbe) Tone Ottilie DenmarkShort drama [2]
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall Alex Timbers
Sam Wrench		United StatesConcert film Ben Platt, Crystal Monee Hall, Kojo Littles, Allen René LouisLive recording of Ben Platt's September 29, 2019 concert at Radio City Music Hall, as part of his Sing to Me Instead Tour [4]
Berlin Alexanderplatz Burhan Qurbani GermanyDramaWelket Bunguê, Jella Haase Adaptation of the 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin [2]
Bloodthirsty Amelia Moses CanadaHorror Lauren Beatty, Greg Bryk, Katharine King So [5]
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill RossUnited StatesDocumentary [2]
The Boys in the Band Joe Mantello United StatesDrama Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tuc Watkins Screenplay by Mart Crowley, based on his stage play of the same name [6]
Breaking Fast Mike Mosallam United StatesRomantic comedy Haaz Sleiman, Michael Cassidy, Veronica Cartwright [7]
Charlatan Agnieszka Holland Czech RepublicDrama Ivan Trojan Based on the life of healer Jan Mikolášek [2]
The Christmas Setup Pat Mills Canada
United States		Romantic comedy, Christmas Ben Lewis, Blake Lee, Fran Drescher [8]
Cicada Matthew Fifer United StatesDramaMatthew Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Scott Adsit, Cobie Smulders [9]
Cowboys Anna KerriganUnited StatesDrama Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Sasha Knight, Ann Dowd [1]
Cured Bennett Singer, Patrick Sammon United StatesDocumentary [10]
Dance of the 41 (El baile de los 41) David Pablos MexicoDrama Alfonso Herrera, Mabel Cadena, Emiliano Zurita, Fernando Becerril, Paulina Álvarez Muñoz [11]
Dating Amber David Freyne IrelandDrama Fionn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew [1]
Days Tsai Ming-liang TaiwanDrama Lee Kang-sheng
Dear Leo Emma Rappold United StatesDrama [1]
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen Sam Feder United StatesDocumentary [12]
Divinely Evil (Vil, má) Gustavo Vinagre BrazilDocumentary [2]
Dry Wind (Vento Seco) Daniel Nolasco BrazilDrama [2]
Dustin Naïla Guiguet FranceShort dramaDustin Muchwitz, Félix Maritaud [13]
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) Monica Zanetti AustraliaRomantic comedySophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Julia Billington [1]
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Theola Ross CanadaDocumentary [14]
Falling Viggo Mortensen United States
Canada
United Kingdom		Drama Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross Mortensen's directorial debut [15]
Flowers of the Field Andrew StanleyCanadaDrama Alex Crowther, Ryan Hollyman, Kristopher Turner, Sharon McFarlane, Jesse LaVercombe [16]
Friend of the World Brian Patrick Butler United StatesSci-fi horror Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond Ricco Two-character stage play-like drama with a gay protagonist [17]
Funny Boy Deepa Mehta CanadaDramaArush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas Adaptation of the 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai [18]
Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit) Katerine Martineau CanadaShort drama Amaryllis Tremblay, Nahéma Ricci [19]
Good Joe Bell Reinaldo Marcus Green United StatesDrama Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton Based on the suicide of Jadin Bell [20]
Gossamer Folds Lisa Donato United StatesDrama Alexandra Grey [1]
Happiest Season Clea DuVall United StatesRomantic comedy Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, Mary Steenburgen [21]
The House of Love (La Casa Dell'Amore) Luca Ferri ItalyDocumentary [2]
I Am Samuel Peter Murimi KenyaDocumentary [1]
If It Were Love (Si c'était de l'amour) Patric Chiha FranceDocumentary [2]
Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson CanadaDocumentaryJesse Jams [22]
Jump, Darling Philip J. Connell CanadaComedy-dramaThomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Tynomi Banks [1]
Kajillionaire Miranda July United StatesComedy-drama Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins
Kokon Leonie Krippendorff GermanyDrama [2]
The Last City (Die Letzte Stadt) Heinz Emigholz GermanyDrama [2]
Little Girl (Petite fille) Sébastien Lifshitz FranceDocumentary [2]
Luz Jon GarciaUnited StatesDramaErnesto Reyes, Jesse Tayeh [23]
Milkwater Morgan Ingari United StatesComedy-drama Molly Bernard [1]
Minyan Eric Steel United StatesDrama [2]
My Best Part (Garçon chiffon) Nicolas Maury FranceComedy-dramaNicolas Maury, Nathalie Baye, Arnaud Valois [24]
My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) Véronique Reymond SwitzerlandDrama Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger [2]
My Name Is Baghdad (Meu nome é Bagda) Caru Alves de Souza BrazilDrama [2]
My Tender Matador (Tengo miedo, torero)Rodrigo SepúlvedaChileDrama Alfredo Castro, Leonardo Ortizgris, Amparo Noguera based on the book [25]
The New Mutants Josh Boone United StatesSuperhero / Horror Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga
No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei) Faraz Shariat GermanyDramaBenjamin Radjaipour, Eidin Jalali [2]
No Ordinary Man Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt CanadaDocumentaryDocumentary film about Billy Tipton [26]
One in a Thousand (Las mil y una) Clarisa Navas ArgentinaDrama [2]
Out Steven HunterUnited StatesAnimated short [27]
Panthers (Panteres) Erica Sánchez SpainShort drama [2]
Passage Sarah Baril Gaudet CanadaDocumentaryGabrielle Goupil, Yoan Duchesne [28]
Playdurizm Gem DegerCzechiasci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, drama, comede [29] [30] Austin Chunn, Gem Deger, Issy Stewart [31]
The Prom Ryan Murphy United StatesMusical comedy Meryl Streep, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Chamberlin, Mary Kay Place, Kerry Washington, Jo Ellen Pellman Based on the stage musical of the same name [32]
P.S. Burn This Letter Please Michael Seligman, Jennifer TiexieraUnited StatesDocumentaryCorrespondence among the 1950s New York City drag community
Queen of the Andes Jillian Acreman CanadaDrama Bhreagh MacNeil, Hailey Chown [33]
Rūrangi Max CurrieNew ZealandDramaElz Carrad [1]
Saint-Narcisse Bruce LaBruce CanadaDrama Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuck, Andreas Apergis [34]
A Secret Love Chris Bolan United StatesDocumentary Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan [35]
Sheer Qorma Faraz Arif Ansari IndiaDrama Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar
Shiva Baby Emma Seligman United StatesComedy Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Fred Melamed, Dianna Agron Based on Seligman's short film of the same name; the short film was not LGBT-related. [36]
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Hitesh KewalyaIndiaRomantic comedy Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao spin-off of the 2017 film Shubh Mangal Saavdhan [37]
Sometimes I Wish I Was on a Desert Island (Y’a des fois où j’aimerais me trouver sur une île déserte) Eli Jean Tahchi CanadaShort documentary [38]
Stage Mother Thom Fitzgerald CanadaComedy Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier [39]
Summer of 85 (Été 85) François Ozon FranceDramaFélix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty Adaptation of the 1982 novel Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers [40]
Summer of Mesa Josh Cox United StatesRomanceMolly Miles, Andrea Granera [41]
The Surrogate Jeremy Hersh United StatesDramaJasmine Batchelor, Chris Perfetti, Sullivan Jones [42]
The Thing About Harry Peter Paige United StatesRomantic comedy Jake Borelli, Niko Terho, Karamo Brown, Britt Baron [43]
Tove Zaida Bergroth Finland
Sweden		Drama Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna HaarttiBased on the life of Finnish author Tove Jansson
Transhood Sharon Liese United StatesDocumentary [44]
Uncle Frank Alan Ball United StatesDrama Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root, Colton Ryan [45]
Welcome to Chechnya David France United StatesDocumentary [46]
Wildland (Kød & Blod) Jeanette Nordahl DenmarkDrama [2]
Your Name Engraved Herein Patrick Kuang-Hui Liu TaiwanDrama Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai

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