Favorites: LGBTQIA+

by diedra-rater | created - 28 May 2018 | updated - 3 weeks ago | Public

Just what it says! Some titles in this list only feature lgbtq+ subplots (and sometimes the subplot is very subtle).

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1. Blush (2015)

Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Trying to escape her tumultuous home life, Naama, 17, indulges in alcohol and drugs, but everything changes when she meets a sexy, free-spirited new girl at school and the two become more than fast friends.

Director: Michal Vinik | Stars: Sivan Noam Shimon, Hadas Jade Sakori, Dvir Benedek, Irit Pashtan

Votes: 900

2. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

62 Metascore

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,179,144 | Gross: $70.51M

3. Bromance (2015– )

90 min | Drama

The romance between a woman raised as a male, and a gangster' s son who doesn't know she. Is female.

Stars: Chu-Ho Chen, Megan Lai, Bii, Katie Chen

Votes: 501

4. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.

Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 57,021

5. Other People (I) (2016)

Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

67 Metascore

A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.

Director: Chris Kelly | Stars: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow

Votes: 12,600 | Gross: $0.09M

6. Battle of the Sexes (2017)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

73 Metascore

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman

Votes: 59,911 | Gross: $12.64M

7. Becks (2017)

TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

64 Metascore

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.

Directors: Daniel Powell, Elizabeth Rohrbaugh | Stars: Lena Hall, Mena Suvari, Christine Lahti, Dan Fogler

Votes: 1,268

8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

85 Metascore

A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski

Votes: 37,342 | Gross: $3.03M

9. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.

Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles

Votes: 320,118

10. I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

65 Metascore

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 99,769 | Gross: $2.04M

11. Ma vie en rose (1997)

R | 88 min | Drama

Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 9,024 | Gross: $2.28M

12. The Kids Are All Right (2010)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

86 Metascore

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Votes: 134,430 | Gross: $20.81M

13. Mulholland Drive (2001)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

86 Metascore

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 383,756 | Gross: $7.22M

14. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,401

15. The Handmaiden (2016)

Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

85 Metascore

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri

Votes: 172,640 | Gross: $2.01M

16. Booksmart (2019)

R | 102 min | Comedy

84 Metascore

On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis

Votes: 131,060 | Gross: $22.68M

17. BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit television show "Horsin' Around" in the '80s and '90s, but now he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.

Stars: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul

Votes: 188,501

18. Dear Ex (2018)

TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover.

Directors: Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu | Stars: Roy Chiu, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Spark Chen, Joseph Huang

Votes: 7,394

19. Love O2O (2016– )

45 min | Drama, Romance

A story of two popular college students who fell in love through an online game.

Stars: Yang Yang, Shuang Zheng, Denny Huang, Junfeng Niu

Votes: 3,391

20. To Each, Her Own (2018)

TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

Simone plans to inform her conservative Jewish family that she's a lesbian, but as she proceeds with coming out she finds herself attracted to a man.

Director: Myriam Aziza | Stars: Sarah Stern, Jean-Christophe Folly, Julia Piaton, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 1,946

21. The Half of It (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

74 Metascore

When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.

Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz

Votes: 43,240

22. HIStory (2017– )

20 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful Asian girl dies and misses her boyfriend. She tries to get him back in under 7days in a boy's body. Later to find out, her boyfriend's true love is not her.

Stars: Jun-Peng An, Chia-Wei Lin, Chun-Haw Hsu, Cheng-Yang Wu

Votes: 1,396

23. Saving Face (2004)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang

Votes: 13,423 | Gross: $1.19M

24. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

R | 122 min | Drama, Romance

95 Metascore

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino

Votes: 109,565 | Gross: $3.76M

25. A Secret Love (2020)

TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

77 Metascore

Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.

Director: Chris Bolan | Stars: Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan, Kim Donahue

Votes: 4,928

26. Transamerica (2005)

R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

66 Metascore

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

Director: Duncan Tucker | Stars: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Andrea James

Votes: 42,343 | Gross: $9.02M

27. Disclosure (2020)

TV-MA | 108 min | Documentary

79 Metascore

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.

Director: Sam Feder | Stars: Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards, Alexandra Billings

Votes: 6,079

28. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

60 Metascore

Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing

Votes: 36,538 | Gross: $36.47M

29. Some Like It Hot (1959)

Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

98 Metascore

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft

Votes: 283,483 | Gross: $25.00M

30. The Fosters (2013–2018)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Teenager Callie Jacob is placed in a foster home with a lesbian couple and their blend of biological, adoptive, and foster children.

Stars: Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly, David Lambert

Votes: 30,698

31. When They See Us (2019)

TV-MA | 296 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.

Stars: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez

Votes: 137,801

32. John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search he makes a different connection here on Earth.

Director: Matthew Killip | Stars: John Shepherd, John Litrenta

Votes: 1,704

33. Given (2019)

23 min | Animation, Drama, Music

Ritsuka was ready to give up on music until he met Mafuyu Satou; now Mafuyu is taking guitar lessons from Ritsuka, who, after hearing Mafuyu's strikingly beautiful voice, hopes to make him the lead singer of his band.

Stars: Jonah Scott, Jessie James Grelle, Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida

Votes: 4,873

34. Yuri!!! On Ice (2016–2017)

TV-14 | 20 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

After suffering defeat, Yuri Katsuki hangs up his ice skates for good. But will an encounter with two top skaters reignite his passion?

Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kôki Uchiyama, Jessie James Grelle

Votes: 10,170

35. My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (2019 TV Special)

TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy

A live audience at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Torres displays his favorite shapes on a custom-made industrial conveyor belt used as a runway for the various items.

Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Julio Torres, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Votes: 670

36. Master of None (2015–2021)
Episode: Thanksgiving (2017)

TV-MA | 34 min | Comedy, Drama

Over a series of Thanksgivings from the '90s to the present, Denise settles into her sexuality and faces the challenge of coming out to her family.

Director: Melina Matsoukas | Stars: Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe, Angela Bassett, Kym Whitley

Votes: 2,999

37. Flee (2021)

PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

91 Metascore

FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz

Votes: 19,500

38. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

81 Metascore

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan

Votes: 532,682 | Gross: $72.86M

39. Kajillionaire (2020)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

78 Metascore

A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning.

Director: Miranda July | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Belcher

Votes: 22,096

40. The Last of Us (2023– )
Episode: Long, Long Time (2023)

TV-MA | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When an unknown person approaches his compound, survivalist Bill forges an unlikely connection. Later, Joel and Ellie seek Bill's guidance.

Director: Peter Hoar | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Nick Offerman

Votes: 225,474

41. Nevertheless, (2021)

TV-14 | 70 min | Drama, Romance

The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.

Stars: Han So-hee, Song Kang, Cheska Aguiluz, Yang Hye-Ji

Votes: 9,502

42. Kageki Shojo!! (2021– )

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Founded in the Taisho era, the "Red Flower Opera Company" attracts people's hearts across generations on a beautiful and gorgeous stage created only by unmarried women. The 100th generation... See full summary »

Stars: Kayleigh McKee, Kestin Howard, Keith Silverstein, Anairis Quinones

Votes: 218

43. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

39 Metascore

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille

Votes: 41,206 | Gross: $2.21M

44. Poor Things (2023)

R | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

88 Metascore

An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef

Votes: 248,614

45. Feel Good (2020–2021)

TV-MA | 315 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The series follows recovering addict and comedian Mae, who is trying to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of their life.

Stars: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie, Phil Burgers, Jack Barry

Votes: 13,818

46. I can't reach you (2023– )

20 min | Drama, Romance

Childhood best friends, Yamato and Kakeru, are vastly different, yet are two halves of a whole. Despite always being by the other's side, complicated feelings prevent them from being together in the way they truly want to be.

Stars: Kentaro Maeda, Haru Kashiwagi, Reo Matsumoto, Ayaka Konno

Votes: 729

47. Jakkufurosuto (2023)

Drama, Romance

After a fight leads Ritsu to storm out of the house and get involved in an accident, he loses all memories of Fumiya, his boyfriend. Wanting to start their rocky relationship anew, Fumiya hides the fact they were dating.

Stars: Kyoya Honda, Kôsuke Suzuki, Mori Shoot, Kilala Inori

Votes: 464

48. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (2020–2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A young girl dies and is reincarnated into a video game. But when she finds out that her role is the villainess destined for doom, she takes measures to change the game and avoid that fate.

Stars: Maaya Uchida, Tetsuya Kakihara, Shouta Aoi, Miho Okasaki

Votes: 1,317



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