List of LGBT-related films of 2019

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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender -related filmsreleased in 2019. 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

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotesRef
1 Versus 100 Bruno Kohfield-GaleanoUnited StatesDramaAnna McClean, Charla Cochran, Walter Mecham, Jill Adler, Whitney Palmer, Danny Royce
The Acrobat (L'Acrobate) Rodrigue Jean CanadaDrama Sébastien Ricard, Yury Paulau [1]
Adam Rhys Ernst United StatesComedyNicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez (credited as India Menuez), Leo Sheng Screenplay by Ariel Schrag, based on her novel of the same name
Alice Júnior Gil BaroniBrazilComedyAnna Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Surya Amitrano [2]
And Then We Danced Levan AkinSweden
Georgia		DramaLevan Gelbakhiani, Ana Javakishvili
Before We Grow Old (Heute oder morgen) Thomas Moritz Helm GermanyDrama [3]
Before You Know It Hannah Utt United StatesComedy Mandy Patinkin, Hannah Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light [4]
Bit Brad Michael Elmore United StatesSupernatural drama [4]
The Blonde One (Un rubio) Marco Berger ArgentinaDrama [4]
The Blue Flower of Novalis (A rosa azul de Novalis)Gustavo Vinagre, Rodrigo CarneiroBrazilDrama [3]
Blue Boy Manuel AbramovichArgentinaShort, Documentary [3]
Brief Story from the Green Planet (Breve historia del planeta verde)Santiago LozaArgentina
Germany
Brazil
Spain		DramaRomina Escobar, Paula Grinszpan, Luis Sodá [3]
Booksmart Olivia Wilde United StatesComedy Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein Wilde's directorial debut
Circus of Books Rachel MasonUnited StatesDocumentary [4]
Cousins Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado BrazilDrama Thiago Cazado, Paulo Sousa, Denis Camargo [5]
A Dog Barking at the Moon Xiang ZiChinaDrama Naren Hua [3]
Docking Trevor Anderson CanadaExperimental short [6]
Downton Abbey Michael Engler United Kingdom, United StatesDrama Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton A historical drama film which continues the storyline from the series of the same name.
Drag Kids Megan Wennberg CanadaDocumentary [7]
Driveways Andrew AhnUnited StatesDrama Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy [3]
Easy Love Tamer JandaliGermanyDrama [3]
Elisa & Marcela Isabel Coixet SpainDrama Natalia de Molina, Greta FernándezBased on the first same-sex marriage in Spain [3]
End of the Century (Fin de siglo)Lucio CastroArgentinaDramaJuan Barberini, Ramon Pujol, Mía Maestro [8]
False Belief Lene Berg NorwayDocumentary [3]
From Zero to I Love You Doug Spearman United StatesDrama Scott Bailey, Darryl Stephens [4]
Fuccbois Eduardo Roy Jr. Philippines [9]
Gay Chorus Deep South David CharlesUnited StatesDocumentary [4]
Greta Armando Praça BrazilDrama [3]
The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden unter den Füßen) Marie Kreutzer AustriaDrama Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger [3]
Halston Frédéric Tcheng United StatesDocumentary [4]
Hector Victoria Giesen Carvajal ChileShort, Drama [3]
Holy Beasts Laura Amelia Guzman, Israel Cárdenas ArgentinaDrama [3]
Jim French: The Art of Masculinity Sean Boyle United StatesDocumentaryA positive look at the photographic career of Jim French, the creator and photographer behind Colt Studios [10]
Killing Patient Zero Laurie Lynd CanadaDocumentary Gaëtan Dugas [11]
Knives and Skin Jennifer Reeder United StatesDramaRaven Whitley, Ty Olwin, Marika Engelhardt [3]
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga Shelly Chopra DharIndiaRomantic comedy, drama Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sonam Kapoor
Last Ferry Jaki BradleyUSADramaRamon O. Torres, Sheldon Best, Myles Clohessy, Gabriel Sloyer, Larry Owens
Lemebel Joanna Reposi Garibaldi ChileDocumentary [3]
Lingua Franca Isabel Sandoval United States, PhilippinesDrama Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn [12]
Love, Spells and All That (Aşk, Büyü vs.) Ümit Ünal TurkeyDrama Selen Uçer, Ece Dizdar, Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu [13]
Marco Saleem Haddad United Kingdom, Lebanon, SyriaShort, DramaZed Josef, Marwan Kaabour, Amal Haddad
Matthias & Maxime Xavier Dolan CanadaDramaXavier Dolan, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas
Memories of My Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) Garin Nugroho IndonesiaDramaMuhammad Khan, Randy Pangalila [14]
Moffie Oliver Hermanus South AfricaDrama Kai Luke Brümmer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey [15]
Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly IndiaDrama Riddhi Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty [3]
A Night at Switch n' Play Cody Stickels United StatesDocumentary [4]
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson Ali LeRoi United StatesDramaSteven Silver, Nicola Peltz, Spencer Neville, Sammi Rotibi, Tembi Locke [16]
The Pit Hristiana RaykovaGermanyDocumentary [3]
Port Authority Danielle Lessovitz United StatesDrama Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) Céline Sciamma FranceDrama Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Valeria Golino
Queering the Script Gabrielle Zilkha CanadaDocumentaryDocumentary about LGBTQ representation in media [17]
Rialto Peter Mackie BurnsIrelandDrama Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney
Riot Girls Jovanka VuckovicCanadaScience fiction Madison Iseman, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Munro Chambers
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher United KingdomDrama Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard Based on the life and music of Elton John [4]
Saint Frances Alex ThompsonUnited StatesDrama [4]
Second Star on the Right Ruth Caudeli ColombiaDrama [4]
Sequin in a Blue Room Samuel van GrinsvenAustraliaThriller, drama, coming-of-age storyConor Leach, Simon Croker, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Anthony Brandon Wong [18]
Shannon Amen Chris Dainty CanadaAnimated short
The Shiny Shrimps (Les crevettes pailletées) Maxime Govare, Cédric Le Gallo FranceComedy Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, Geoffrey Couët [19]
Spiral Kurtis David Harder CanadaHorror Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Ari Cohen
Standing on the Line Paul-Émile d'Entremont CanadaDocumentary David Testo, Anastasia Bucsis, Brock McGillis Documentary about homophobia in sports [20]
The Strong Ones (Los fuertes) Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo ChileDrama Samuel González, Antonio Altamirano Theatrical release in 2020. Based in the 2015 Teddy Award winner for Best Short Film, San Cristóbal.
Take Me to Prom Andrew Moir CanadaDocumentary [21]
Tremors (Temblores) Jayro Bustamante Guatemala
France		DramaJuan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa [22]
The Two Lives of Li Ermao Jia Yuchuan ChinaDocumentaryReleased in 2019, it tells the story of a trans migrant worker named Li Ermao who "transitions from male to female, then back to male." [23]
Variações João MaiaPortugalDrama, BiographySérgio Praia, Victória Guerra, Filipe Duarte
Velvet Buzzsaw Dan Gilroy United StatesHorror Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Daveed Diggs, Nitya Vidyasagar, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Billy Magnussen, Mig Macario, John Malkovich
Village of the Missing Michael Del Monte CanadaDocumentary
We Are the Radical Monarchs Linda Goldstein Knowlton United StatesDocumentary [4]
White Lie Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas CanadaDrama Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson, Martin Donovan
Your Turn (Espero tua (re)volta)Eliza CapaiBrazilDocumentary [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Marc-André Lussier  [ fr ], "FNC : La Presse a vu… L’acrobate". La Presse , October 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ Julia Harumi Morita (25 October 2020). "Divertido e cheio de representatividade, Alice Júnior é o filme adolescente que você precisa assistir hoje". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Films 2019". Teddy Awards, February 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Inside Out Film and Video Festival program, 2019.
  5. ↑ Carlos Aguilar, "Review: Artistically awkward, Brazilian gay teen romance ‘Cousins’ still charms". Los Angeles Times , October 29, 2019.
  6. ↑ Peter Knegt, "Like Star Wars, but with giant penises: This Canadian film is awakening an uncut force at Sundance". CBC Arts, January 24, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hot Docs review: Drag Kids". Now , April 23, 2019.
  8. ↑ Glenn Kenny, "‘End of the Century’ Review: A Vacation Veers Into Existential States". The New York Times , August 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Eduardo Roy's Fuccbois, other LGBT films to screen at CCP for Pride month". Rappler . 4 Jun 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "'Jim French: The Art of Masculinity". letterboxd.com . 28 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic". Toronto Star , April 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ Angela Morrison, "VQFF Review: 'Lingua Franca' Captures the Understated Nuance of Real Life". Exclaim! , August 20, 2020.
  13. ↑ Drew Burnett Gregory, "Newfest 2021: 'Love, Spells and All That' is a Lesbian Romance Both Magical and Real". Autostraddle , 21 October 2021.
  14. ↑ Widianto, Stanley (February 20, 2019). "'Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku', poetic ode to the human body". Jakarta Post . Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  15. ↑ "'Moffie': First Trailer for Venice Buzz Title About Homosexuality in Apartheid South Africa, 'Ida' Producer Among Team". Deadline Hollywood . 4 September 2019.
  16. ↑ Beandrea July, "'The Obituary of Tunde Johnson': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter , September 8, 2019.
  17. ↑ "New Documentary Examines 'Xena: Warrior Princess' As Lesbian Icon For The Ages". Huffington Post , May 27, 2019.
  18. ↑ Tara Brady, "Sequin in a Blue Room: LGBTQ drama casts an otherworldly spell". The Irish Times , April 9, 2021.
  19. ↑ "« Les Crevettes pailletées » opte pour un éloge convenu de la différence". Le Monde , May 8, 2019.
  20. ↑ Nathan Caddell, "DOXA 2019 review: Standing on the Line". The Georgia Straight , May 6, 2019.
  21. ↑ Oliver Skinner, "What does it mean to be queer at the prom? This new film explores seven decades of answers". CBC Arts, May 3, 2019.
  22. ↑ Devika Girish, "‘Temblores’ Review: Torn Between His Faith and His Sexuality". The New York Times , November 28, 2019.
  23. ↑ Knotts, Joey. "German, Queer, and Animated: Beijing's Film Festivals This Month". The Beijinger. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
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