List of LGBT-related films of 2003
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 2003. 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.
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Films
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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| Adored (Poco più un anno fia - Diario di un pornodivo) | Marco Filiberti | Italy | Drama | Marco Filiberti, Urbano Barberini | a.k.a. Little More Than a Year Ago, Adored: Diary of a Porn Star and Adored: Diary of a Porn Star |
| The Adventure of Iron Pussy | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Michael Shaowanasai | Thailand | Musical, comedy, drama | Michael Shaowanasai, Krissada Terrence, Siriyakorn Pukkavesh, Theerawat Thongjitti, Darunee Khrittabhunyalai, Krung Sriwilai and Jenjira Pongpis | |
| All Over Brazil | David Andrew Ward | United Kingdom | Short, drama | Frank Gallagher, Iain De Caestecker, Gemma Morrison, Ross Brackenridge, Cheryl-Anne Duncan, Pamela Dwyer, Christopher Gorman, James Kirk and Pete Mackenzie | 10 minutes long, part of the 'Tartan Shorts' series for the BBC[1] |
| April's Shower | Trish Doolan | United States | Comedy | Trish Doolan, Maria Cina, Joe Tabbanella, Denise Miller, Zack Ward, Samantha Lemole, Molly Cheek, Victoria Reiniger, Euan Macdonald, Lara Harris, Delaina Mitchell, Jane Booke, Randall Batinkoffl, Frank Grillo, Honey Labrador, Arly Jover, Gizelle D'Cole, Pamela Salem, Precious Chong, Jeffrey Gorman, Raymond O'Connor, Steve Portigiani and John Hardison | |
| Arisan! | Nia Dinata | Indonesia | Comedy, drama | Cut Mini Theo, Surya Saputra, Tora Sudiro, Aida Nurmala, Rachel Maryam Sayidina, Lili Harahap, Aurora Yahya, Wilza Lubis, Nico Siahaan, Tika Panggabean, Jajang C. Noer, Ria Irawan and Indra Birowo | |
| Beautiful Boxer | Ekachai Uekrongtham | Thailand | Drama | Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong, Sitiporn Niyom, Kyoko Inoue, Sarawuth Tangchit and Keagan Kang | Biography of transsexual boxer Nong Thoom |
| Bulgarian Lovers | Eloy de la Iglesia | Spain | Comedy, drama | Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Dritan Biba, Pepón Nieto, Roger Pera and Anita Sinkovic | a.k.a. Los novios búlgaros |
| Camp | Todd Graff | United States | Comedy, drama | Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesús, Anna Kendrick, Alana Allen, Vince Rimoldi, Don Dixon, Tiffany Taylor, Sasha Allen, Eddie Clark, Leslie Frye, David Perlow, DeQuina Moore, Steven Cutts and Stephen Sondheim | |
| Carandiru | Héctor Babenco | Argentina Brazil | Drama | Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Rodrigo Santoro, Milton Gonçalves, Lázaro Ramos, Caio Blat, Milhem Cortaz, Wagner Moura, Floriano Peixoto, Rita Cadillac, Gero Camilo, Ivan de Almeida, Ailton Graça, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Aida Leiner, Júlia Ianina, Sabrina Greve and Nelson Machado | Based on the book Estação Carandiru (Carandiru Station) by Drauzio Varella |
| Cheerleader Queens | Poj Arnon | Thailand | Comedy | Wongthep Khunarattanrat, Watcharachai Sataphitak | About a gay-transgender cheerleading team |
| Chouchou | Merzak Allouache | France | Comedy | Gad Elmaleh, Alain Chabat, Claude Brasseur, Julien Courbey, Catherine Frot, Catherine Hosmalin, Micheline Presle, Jacques Sereys, Roschdy Zem, Arié Elmaleh, Yacine Mesbah, Jean-Paul Comart and Anne Marivin | |
| Cowboys & Angels | David Gleeson | Germany Ireland United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Michael Legge, Allen Leech, Sean Power, Amy Shiels, David Murray and Frank Kelly | |
| D.E.B.S. | Angela Robinson | United States | Short, comedy | Alexandra Breckenridge, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Shanti Lowry, Jill Ritchie, Clare Kramer, Daryl Theirse and James Buckhammer II | 11 minutes long, a feature-length film was made in 2004 |
| Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World | John Scagliotti | United States | Documentary | Explores the lives of gay, lesbian and transgender people in developing countries[2] | |
| Die, Mommie, Die! | Mark Rucker | United States | Comedy | Charles Busch, Jason Priestley, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Stark Sands, Natasha Lyonne, Victor Raider-Wexler, Nora Dunn and Stanley DeSantis | Screenplay by Busch; based on his play of the same name |
| Doubt | Crisaldo Pablo | Philippines | Drama | Andoy Ranay, Paulo Gabriel, Larry Burns, John Lapus, Jojo Nones and Rey Pumaloy | a.k.a. Duda |
| The Dreamers | Bernardo Bertolucci | France Italy United Kingdom | Drama | Eva Green, Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Florian Cadiou, Pierre Hancisse, Valentin Merlet, Lola Peploe and Ingy Fillion | Screenplay by Gilbert Adair, based on his novel The Holy Innocents |
| Elephant | Gus Van Sant | United States | Drama | Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Timothy Bottoms, Matt Malloy, Elias McConnell, Nathan Tyson, Carrie Finklea, Kristen Hicks, Bennie Dixon, Alicia Miles, Brittany Mountain, Jordan Taylor and Nicole George | Based in part on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre |
| The Event | Thom Fitzgerald | Canada United States | Drama | Joanna Adler (billed as Joanna P. Adler), Chris Barry, Walter Borden, Ray Brimicombe, Laura Cahoot, Brent Carver, Linda Carvery, Rejean Cournoyer (billed as Réjean Joseph Cournoyer), Lucy Decoutere, Richard Donat, Chase Duffy, Olympia Dukakis, Tim Dunn, Travis Ferris, Robert Fucito, Ian Gilmore, Glen Grant (billed as Glen Michael Grant), Steven Hillyer, Celeste Jankowski, Dick Latessa, Jane Leeves, Tim Marback, Gianna Marciante, Jaclyn Markowitz, Vicky McCarty, Don McKellar, Ruth Moore, Carla Morton, Ken Nagami, Marcia Olsen, Joan Orenstein, Doug Pettigrew, Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Cynthia Preston, Walker Richards, Susan Sayle, Jamie Stevens, Darryl Tannahill and Chaz Thorne | |
| Facing Windows | Ferzan Özpetek | Italy Portugal Turkey United Kingdom | Drama | Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz, Maria Grazia Bon, Massimo Poggio, Ivan Bacchi, Chiara Andreis, Veronica Bruni, Olimpia Carlisi, Ohame-Brancy Hibuzo (billed as Ohame Brancy Chibuzo), Carlo Daniele, Rosaria De Cicco and Lucianna De Falco | a.k.a. La finestra di fronte |
| Fake ID | Gil D. Reyes | United States | Comedy | Stuart Perelmuter, Brian Gligor, Nina Burns, Mark Fisher, Michael Cyril Creighton and Jason Decker | |
| Far Side of the Moon | Robert Lepage | Canada | Drama | Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux | a.k.a. La Face cachée de la lune; based on LePage's play of the same name |
| Girls Will Be Girls | Richard Day | United States | Comedy | Jack Plotnick, Clinton Leupp, Jeffery Roberson, Ron Mathews, Eric Stonestreet, Hamilton von Watts, Dana Gould, Chad Lindsey and Sam Pancake | |
| Goldfish Memory | Elizabeth Gill | Ireland | Comedy, drama | Sean Campion, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Fiona Glascott, Peter Gaynor, Keith McErlean, Stuart Graham, Lise Hearns, Jean Butler, Justine Mitchell, Aisling O'Neill, Demien McAdam, Tony Brown and Flora Montgomery | |
| Gone, But Not Forgotten | Michael D. Akers | United States | Drama | Matthew Montgomery, Aaron Orr, Ariadne Shaffer, Joel Bryant, Brenda Lasker, Bryna Weiss, Holden Roark, Jenny Kim, Daniel Lee, Mark Fellows, Joanne Bevelaqua, Glenn Blakeslee and Brooke Hamlin | |
| The Iron Ladies 2 (Satree lek 2) | Yongyoot Thongkongtoon | Thailand | Comedy | Sujira Arunpipat, Kokkorn Benjathikoon, Anucha Chatkaew, Surapun Chawpaknam, Shiriohana Hongsopon, Hathairat Jaroenchaichana, Giorgio Maiocchi, Peter Maiocchi, Chaichan Nimpulsawasdi, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Phomsit Sitthijamroenkhun, Sutthipong Sitthijamroenkhun, Sahaphap Tor and Aphichart Vongkavee | Sequel to The Iron Ladies |
| Killer Drag Queens on Dope | Lazar Saric | United States | Comedy | Eva Destruction, Omar Alexis, Clark Weaver, Macky Beltzkovsky, Mario Diaz, Don Edmonds, Don Lucas, Haji and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs | |
| Kleine Freiheit | Yüksel Yavuz | Germany | Drama | Cagdas Bozkurt, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Leroy Delmar, Sunay Girisken, Nazmi Kirik, Suzana Rozkosny, Naci Özarslan, Thomas Ebermann, Oktay Çagla and Demir Gökgöl | a.k.a. A Little Bit of Freedom |
| Latter Days | C. Jay Cox | United States | Drama | Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Rebekah Johnson, Jacqueline Bisset, Amber Benson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob McElhenney, Khary Payton, Dave Power, Erik Palladino, Mary Kay Place, Jim Ortlieb and Linda Pine | |
| Lovers' Kiss | Ataru Oikawa | Japan | Romance | Aya Hirayama, Hiroki Narimiya, Mikako Ichikawa, Aoi Miyazaki, Yuma Ishigaki, Shinnosuke Abe, Naomi Nishida and Chikako Aoyama | Based on a manga by Akimi Yoshida |
| Mambo Italiano | Émile Gaudreault | Canada | Comedy, drama | Luke Kirby, Claudia Ferri, Peter Miller, Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno, Mary Walsh, Sophie Lorain, Tim Post, Tara Nicodemo, Pierrette Robitaille, Dino Tavarone, Mark Camacho, Michel Perron, Lou Vani and Diane Lavallée | Co-written by Steve Galluccio, based on his stage play of the same name |
| Monster | Patty Jenkins | United States Germany | Crime, drama | Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Kane Hodder and Brett Rice | |
| The Mudge Boy | Michael Burke | United States | Drama | Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Zachary Knighton, Ryan Donowho, Meredith Handerhan and Beckie King | Based on Burke's 1998 short film Fishbelly White |
| Normal | Jane Anderson | United States | Drama | Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Clancy Brown, Hayden Panettiere, Joe Sikora, Richard Bull, Mary Siebel, Randall Arney and Rondi Reed | |
| Party Monster | Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato | United States Netherlands | Crime, drama | Macaulay Culkin, Brendan O'Malley, Seth Green, Dillon Woolley, Justin Hagan, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott, Wilson Cruz, Wilmer Valderrama, Chloë Sevigny, Marilyn Manson, Mia Kirshner, Daniel Franzese, Natasha Lyonne, John Stamos and Armen Ra | |
| Proteus | John Greyson | Canada South Africa | Drama | Rouxnet Brown, Shaun Smyth, Neil Sandilands, Kristen Thomson, Tessa Jubber, Terry Norton, Adrienne Pearce, Grant Swanby, Brett Goldin, A.J. van der Merwe, Deon Lotz, Jeroen Kranenburg, Andre Samuels, Johan Jacobs, Katrina Kaffer, Kwanda Malunga, Illias Moseko, Andre Lindveldt, Peter van Heerden, Jane Rademeyer, Andre Odendaal, Lola Dollimore, Robin Smith, Colin le Roux, Andre Rousseau and Edwin Angless | |
| Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary | Tracy Flannigan | United States | Documentary | Tribe 8 Band Members:Lynn Breedlove- Lead Singer, Silas Flipper Howard- Guitar, Leslie Mah- Guitar, Tantrum- Bass Player, Slade- Drums, Mama T.- Bass Player and Jen Schwartz- Drums | Follows the on stage and off stage activities of the band[3] |
| Saved by the Belles | Ziad Touma | Canada | Comedy, drama | Brian Charbonneau, Karen Simpson, Steven Turpin, Danny Gilmore, Lydia Lockett, Matt Williston, Ron Diamond, Marcelle Lapierre, Mado Lamotte, Dennis O'Brien, Varda Etienne, Terry Sigalas, Louise Bastien, Robert Horble, Driss Berki, Paul Pabello, Alessandro Mangiarotti, Bernadette Rusgal, Nohémie Renaud and John Thomas Fraser | a.k.a. Échappée belles |
| Sayew | Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Kiat Songsanant | Thailand | Comedy | Pimpaporn Leenutapong, Nuntawat Arsirapojcharnakul, Anon Saisangcharn, Phintusuda Tunphairao and Jutarat Atthakorn | 'Sayew' translates in the Thai language to Spasm or X-Rated Sex Story: Fact or Fiction |
| Son frère | Patrice Chéreau | France | Drama | Bruno Todeschini, Eric Caravaca, Nathalie Boutefeu, Sylvain Jacques, Maurice Garrel, Catherine Ferran, Antoinette Moya, Fred Ulysse and Robinson Stévenin | a.k.a. His Brother |
| Tarnation (film) | Jonathan Caouette | United States | Documentary | An autobiographical documentary focusing on Jonathan Caouette's early life and adulthood | It won the Best Documentary Award from the National Society of Film Critics, nominated for the Spirit Awards, the Gotham Awards, as well as the L.A. and London International Film Festivals.[4] |
| Testosterone | David Moreton | Argentina United States | Comedy, drama | David Sutcliffe, Celina Font, Antonio Sabato Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Leonardo Brzezicki, Sônia Braga (billed as Sonia Braga), Dario Dukah, Jennifer Elise Cox, Davenia McFadden, Ezequiel Abeijón, Martín Borisenko, Barbara Bunge, Gustavo Chapa, Daniel Di Biase, Gabriel Dottavio, Americo Ferrari, Harry Havilio, Wolfram Hecht, Carlos Kaspar, Miriam Manfredini, Carolina Marcovsky, Luis Mazzeo, Hector Pazos, Fabrizio Perez, Luis Sabatini, Alejandro Stulchlik, Claudio Torres, Marcos Woinsky, McCaleb Burnett, Julie Fay, Sergio Gravier and Marcelo Aguilar | |
| Thirteen | Catherine Hardwicke | United States | Drama | Nikki Reed, Evan Rachel Wood | |
| A Thousand Clouds of Peace | Julián Hernández | Mexico | Drama | Juan Carlos Ortuno, Juan Torres, Perla de la Rosa, Salvador Alvarez, Rosa-Maria Gomez, Mario Oliver, Clarisa Rendón, Salvador Hernandez, Pablo Molina, Martha Gomez, Manuel Grapain Zaquelarez, Miguel Loaiza, Llane Fragoso and Pilar Ruiz | a.k.a. Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor, A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love; Your Being Love Will Never End and A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky |
| Tiresia | Bertrand Bonello | France | Drama | Laurent Lucas, Clara Choveaux, Thiago Telès, Célia Catalifo, Lou Castel, Alex Descas, Fred Ulysse, Stella, Marcelo Novais Teles, Olivier Torres, Isabelle Ungaro, Abel Nataf and Pascal Tréguy | |
| Tokyo Godfathers | Satoshi Kon | Japan | Animation, comedy, adventure | Tōru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shōzō Iizuka, Seizō Katō, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryūji Saikachi, Yūsaku Yara, Kyōko Terase, Mamiko Noto, and Satomi Kōrogi | Loosely based on the novel Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne |
| Twist | Jacob Tierney | Canada | Drama | Nick Stahl, Joshua Close, Gary Farmer, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, Tygh Runyan, Stephen McHattie, Moti Yona, Brigid Tierney, Andre Noble, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Josh Holliday, Dave Graham and Mike Lobel | Modern re-telling of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| Under the Tuscan Sun | Audrey Wells | United States Italy | Comedy, drama | Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta, Mario Monicelli, Roberto Nobile, Anita Zagaria, Evelina Gori, Kate Walsh, Pawel Szajda, David Sutcliffe, Jeffrey Tambor, Giulia Steigerwalt, Valentine Pelka, Sasa Vulicevic, Massimo Sarchielli, Claudia Gerini, Laura Pestellini, Don McManus, Matt Salinger, Elden Henson, Jack Kehler, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Nuccio Siano, Malva Guicheney and Dan Bucatinsky | Based on the memoir of the same name by Frances Mayes |
References
- "BBC - Press Office - Tartan Shorts All Over Brazil". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- Ehrenstein, David (24 May 2005), "Still Living Dangerously", The Advocate, p. 76, retrieved February 5, 2010
- Curran Nault Queercore: Queer Punk Media Subculture at Google Books
- Jane L. Chapman Issues in Contemporary Documentary, p. 60, at Google Books
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