List of LGBT-related films of 2021

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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related filmsreleased in 2021. 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
Acts of Love Isidore Bethel, Francis Leplay France, United StatesDocumentary [1]
After America Jake Yuzna United StatesDrama Yvonne Freese, Theresa McConnon, Daniel Nies, Ahmed Yusuf, Dan Fox, Eli Anthony, Robert Dante [2]
Ahead of the Curve Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth MedowUnited StatesDocumentary Franco Stevens, Kim Katrin, Denice Frohman, Amber Hikes, Andrea Pino-Silva, Melissa Etheridge, Jewelle Gomez, Lea DeLaria, Kate Kendell [3]
Ailey Jamila Wignot United StatesDocumentary [4]
All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu)Hadas Ben AroyaIsraelDrama [5]
Alone (Seuls) Paul Tom CanadaDocumentary [6]
Anaïs in Love (Les Amours d'Anaïs) Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet France [7]
Ayuda Babes Joven TanPhilippinesComedy Gardo Versoza, Ate Gay, Joey Paras, Iyah Mina, Marlo Mortel, Marc Logan [ citation needed ]
Benedetta Paul Verhoeven France, NetherlandsDrama Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling, Hervé Pierre [8]
Between Them (Toutes les deux) Noël Mitrani CanadaRomantic comedyVeronika Leclerc Strickland, Mélanie Elliott, Vitali Makarov, Daniel Murphy, Laurent Lucas [9]
Billy BoySacha AmaralArgentina [7]
Bliss (Glück)Henrika KullGermanyDrama [5]
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port France [7]
Brutalia, Days of LabourManolis LavrisGreece, Belgium [7]
Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur James Buddy Day CanadaDocumentary [10]
Celts (Kelti)Milica TomovicSerbiaDrama [11]
CicadaYoon DaewoenSouth Korea [7]
Cinderella Kay Cannon United StatesRomantic comedy Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan [ citation needed ]
Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) Juho Kuosmanen Russia, Finland [7]
Cruella Craig Gillespie United States, United KingdomCrime, comedy Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, John McCrea, Kirby Howell-Baptiste [ citation needed ]
Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor Shelley Thompson CanadaDrama Maya Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening, Reid Price [12]
The Divide (La Fracture) Catherine Corsini FranceDrama Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï [7]
Down in Paris Antony Hickling FranceDrama Antony Hickling, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Manuel Blanc, Dominique Frot [13]
EsquíManque La BancaArgentina, BrazilDocumentary[ citation needed ]
Eternals Chloé Zhao United StatesSuperhero Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie [ citation needed ]
Everybody's Talking About Jamie Jonathan Butterell United KingdomMusical Drama Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Lancashire, Sharon Horgan, Lauren Patel, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Adeel Akhtar [14]
Everything Went Fine (Tout s'est bien passé) François Ozon France Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Hanna Schygulla, Éric Caravaca, Grégory Gadebois [7]
The Fall of the Swift (La Caída del vencejo)Gonzalo QuincocesSpain [7]
Fanny: The Right to Rock Bobbi Jo Hart CanadaDocumentary Fanny [15]
Fear Street Part One: 1994 Leigh JaniakUnited StatesSlasher Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman [16]
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 Supernatural horror
Firebird Peeter Rebane United Kingdom, EstoniaDrama, romance, war Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya [17]
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Norway, DenmarkDocumentary [4]
Fresh Water David Kalinauskas CanadaDocumentaryAntonio Lennert [18]
FridaAleksandra OdićGermany [7]
Genderation Monika Treut GermanyDocumentary [5]
Ghost Song Nicolas Peduzzi France [7]
The Girl and the Spider (Das Mädchen und die Spinne)Ramon Zürcher, Silvan ZürcherSwitzerlandDrama Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat [5]
Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) Sebastian Meise Germany [7]
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (Luaneshat e kodrës) Luàna Bajrami France, Kosovo [7]
How to Fix Radios Emily Russell, Casper LeonardCanadaDramaJames Rudden, Dimitri Watson, Willa Crowder, Hector Jenkins [19]
Human Factors (Der menschliche Faktor) Ronny Trocker GermanyDrama Mark Waschke, Hassan Akkouch, Marthe Schneider, Spencer Bogaert [5]
If from Every Tongue It DripsSharlene BamboatCanada, United Kingdom, Sri LankaDocumentary [20]
Instructions for Survival Yana UgrekhelidzeGeorgiaDocumentary [5]
International Dawn Chorus Day John Greyson CanadaDocumentary Shady Habash, Sarah Hegazi [21]
Jungle Cruise Jaume Collet-SerraUnited StatesAdventure Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemmons, Paul Giamatti [ citation needed ]
King MaxAdèle Vincenti-CrassonFrance [7]
Language Lessons Natalie Morales United StatesDramaNatalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry [5]
The Last Chapter (La dernière séance)Gianluca MatarreseFrance, ItalyDocumentaryBernard GuyonnetWinner of the Queer Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival [22]
The Laureate William Nunez United KingdomDrama Tom Hughes, Dianna Agron, Laura Haddock, Fra Fee [ citation needed ]
Leo by Night (Léo la nuit) Nans Laborde-Jourdàa FranceShort dramaNans-Laborde-Jourdàa, Cyusa Ruzindana Rukundo Marcou, Marie-Sohna Condé [23]
Leynilöggan Hannes Þór Halldórsson IcelandAction, comedy Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir [ citation needed ]
Ma Belle, My BeautyMarion HillFranceDrama, romance [24]
Madalena Madiano MarchetiBrazilDramaNatalia Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pamella Yule [25]
The Man with the Answers Stelios KammitsisGreece, Cyprus, ItalyRomantic drama, road movieVasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil [26]
Mayor Pete Jesse Moss United StatesDocumentary Pete Buttigieg [27]
La MifFred BaillifSwitzerlandDrama[ citation needed ]
Miguel's War Eliane Raheb Lebanon, Germany, SpainDocumentary [28]
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda United StatesScience fiction, comedy Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman [29]
Moneyboys C. B. YiAustria, Belgium, France, Taiwan Kai Ko, Chloe Maayan, J.C. Lin, Bai Yufan, Sun Qiheng [7]
Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis)Jacqueline LentzouGreece, FranceDrama Sofia Kokkali, Lazaros Georgakopoulos [30]
Mouth Congress Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson CanadaDocumentaryPaul Bellini, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald [31]
My Girlfriend Is the Revolution Marcelino Islas HernándezMexicoComing-of-age, RomanceSofía Islas, Ana Valeria Becerril, Flor Edwarda [32]
My Name Is Pauli Murray Betsy West, Julie CohenUnited StatesDocumentary [4]
Neptune Frost Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman Rwanda, United StatesElvis Ngabo, Cheryl Isheja, Kaya Free [7]
No Fags (Tunten zwecklos)Mirek Balonis, Jutta RiedelGermanyDocumentary[ citation needed ]
North by Current Angelo Madsen Minax United StatesDocumentary [5]
On Solid Ground (Über Wasser)Jela HaslerSwitzerland [7]
Operation Hyacinth (film) Piotr Domalewski PolandDrama, Crime Tomasz Ziętek, Hubert Miłkowski, Marek Kalita, Adrianna Chlebicka, Tomasz Schuchardt [33] [34]
Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) Jacques Audiard FranceLucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth, Noémie Merlant [7]
Pat Rocco Dared Morris Chapdelaine, Bob Christie CanadaDocumentary Pat Rocco [35]
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, CanadaDrama Benedict Cumberbatch,Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy [ citation needed ]
The Retreat Pat Mills CanadaHorror Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen [36]
Returning to Reims (Fragments) Jean-Gabriel Périot France [7]
Ride or Die Ryūichi Hiroki JapanThriller Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Sato, Yoko Maki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Anne Suzuki, Shinya Niiro, Tetsushi Tanaka, Setsuko Karasuma [37]
The Right Words (Haut les cœurs)Adrian Moyse DullinFrance [7]
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson CanadaDrama Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel [38]
The Scary of Sixty-First Dasha NekrasovaUnited StatesHorror, thrillerBetsey Brown, Madeline Quinn, Dasha Nekrasova [5]
Simone Is Gone (Simone est partie)Mathilde ChavanneFrance [7]
Softie (Petite Nature) Samuel Theis France [7]
Some WomenQuen WongSingaporeDocumentary [39] [40]
Someone Like Me Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor CanadaDocumentary [41]
Stillwater Tom McCarthy United StatesDrama Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin [ citation needed ]
Stop-Zemlia Kateryna Gornostai UkraineDramaMaria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov, Andrii Abalmazov[ citation needed ]
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night Fawzia Mirza Canada, United StatesShort comedy Kausar Mohammed, Vico Ortiz [42]
Titane Julia Ducournau Belgium, France Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh [7]
Venus by Water Lin WangChina [7]
We're All Going to the World's Fair Jane SchoenbrunUnited StatesHorrorAnna Cobb, Michael J. Rogers [4]
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryusuke Hamaguchi JapanDramaKotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai [5]
Wildhood Bretten Hannam CanadaDrama Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Michael Greyeyes, Joel Thomas Hynes [43]
Women Do Cry (Zhenite plachat) Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva BulgariaDrama Maria Bakalova [7]

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