List of LGBT-related films of 2020

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

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes	Ref
A Secret Love	Chris Bolan	United States	Documentary	Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan		[1]
Ahead of the Curve	Jen Rainin, Rivka Beth Medow	United States	Documentary			[2]
Always Amber	Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen	Sweden	Documentary			[3]
Ammonite	Francis Lee	United Kingdom Australia	Drama	Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan		[4]
Automotive	Jonas Heldt	Germany	Documentary			[3]
Babydyke (Babylebbe)	Tone Ottilie	Denmark	Short drama			[3]
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall	Alex Timbers Sam Wrench	United States	Concert film	Ben Platt, Crystal Monee Hall, Kojo Littles, Allen René Louis	Live recording of Ben Platt's September 29, 2019 concert at Radio City Music Hall, as part of his Sing to Me Instead Tour	[5]
Benedetta	Paul Verhoeven	France Netherlands	Biographical drama	Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Hervé Pierre	Based on the life of Benedetta Carlini	[6]
Berlin Alexanderplatz	Burhan Qurbani	Germany	Drama	Welket Bunguê, Jella Haase	Adaptation of the 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin	[3]
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets	Bill Ross	United States	Documentary			[3]
The Boys in the Band	Joe Mantello	United States	Drama	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	[7]
Breaking Fast	Mike Mosallam	United States	Romantic comedy	Haaz Sleiman, Michael Cassidy, Veronica Cartwright		[8]
Charlatan	Agnieszka Holland	Czech Republic	Drama	Ivan Trojan	Based on the life of healer Jan Mikolášek	[3]
The Christmas Setup	Pat Mills	Canada United States	Romantic comedy, Christmas	Ben Lewis, Blake Lee, Fran Drescher		[9]
Cicada	Matthew Fifer	United States	Drama	Matthew Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Scott Adsit, Cobie Smulders		[10]
Cowboys	Anna Kerrigan	United States	Drama	Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Sasha Knight, Ann Dowd		[2]
Cured	Bennett Singer, Patrick Sammon	United States	Documentary			[11]
Dance of the 41 (El baile de los 41)	David Pablos	Mexico	Drama	Alfonso Herrera, Mabel Cadena, Emiliano Zurita, Fernando Becerril, Paulina Álvarez Muñoz	[12]
Dashing in December	Jake Helgren	United States	Romantic comedy, Christmas	Peter Porte, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Andie MacDowell, Caroline Harris, Carlos Sanz, Katherine Bailess
Dating Amber	David Freyne	Ireland	Drama	Fionn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew		[2]
Days	Tsai Ming-liang	Taiwan	Drama	Lee Kang-sheng
Dear Leo	Emma Rappold	United States	Drama			[2]
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen	Sam Feder	United States	Documentary			[13]
Divinely Evil (Vil, má)	Gustavo Vinagre	Brazil	Documentary			[3]
Dry Wind (Vento Seco)	Daniel Nolasco	Brazil	Drama			[3]
Dustin	Naïla Guiguet	France	Short drama	Dustin Muchwitz, Félix Maritaud		[14]
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)	Monica Zanetti	Australia	Romantic comedy	Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Julia Billington		[2]
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines	Theola Ross	Canada	Documentary			[15]
Falling	Viggo Mortensen	United States Canada United Kingdom	Drama	Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney	Mortensen's directorial debut	[16]
Flowers of the Field	Andrew Stanley	Canada	Drama	Alex Crowther, Ryan Hollyman, Kristopher Turner, Sharon McFarlane, Jesse Lavercombe		[17]
Funny Boy	Deepa Mehta	Canada	Drama	Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas	Adaptation of the 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai	[18]
Good Joe Bell	Reinaldo Marcus Green	United States	Drama	Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton	Based on the suicide of Jadin Bell	[19]
Gossamer Folds	Lisa Donato	United States	Drama	Alexandra Grey		[2]
Happiest Season	Clea DuVall	United States	Romantic comedy	Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie		[20]
The House of Love (La Casa Dell'Amore)	Luca Ferri	Italy	Documentary			[3]
I Am Samuel	Peter Murimi	Kenya	Documentary			[2]
If It Were Love (Si c'était de l'amour)	Patric Chiha	France	Documentary			[3]
Jump, Darling	Philip J. O'Connell	Canada	Comedy-drama	Thomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Tynomi Banks		[2]
Kokon	Leonie Krippendorff	Germany	Drama			[3]
The Last City (Die Letzte Stadt)	Heinz Emigholz	Germany	Drama			[3]
Little Girl (Petite fille)	Sébastien Lifshitz	France	Documentary			[3]
Milkwater	Morgan Ingari	United States	Comedy-drama	Molly Bernard		[2]
Minyan	Eric Steel	United States	Drama			[3]
My Best Part (Garçon chiffon)	Nicolas Maury	France	Comedy-drama	Nicolas Maury, Nathalie Baye, Arnaud Valois		[21]
My Little Sister (Schwesterlein)	Véronique Reymond	Switzerland	Drama	Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger		[3]
My Name Is Baghdad (Meu nome é Bagda)	Caru Alves de Souza	Brazil	Drama			[3]
The New Mutants	Josh Boone	United States	Superhero / Horror
No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)	Faraz Shariat	Germany	Drama	Benjamin Radjaipour, Eidin Jalali		[3]
No Ordinary Man	Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt	Canada	Documentary		Documentary film about Billy Tipton	[22]
One in a Thousand (Las mil y una)	Clarisa Navas	Argentina	Drama			[3]
Out	Steven Hunter	United States	Animated short			[23]
Panthers (Panteres)	Erica Sánchez	Spain	Short drama			[3]
The Prom	Ryan Murphy	United States	Musical comedy	Meryl Streep, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Nicole Kidman	Based on the stage musical of the same name	[24]
Queen of the Andes	Jillian Acreman	Canada	Drama	Bhreagh MacNeil, Hailey Chown		[25]
Rurangi	Max Currie	New Zealand	Drama	Elz Carrad		[2]
Saint-Narcisse	Bruce LaBruce	Canada	Drama	Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuck, Andreas Apergis		[26]
Sheer Qorma	Faraz Arif Ansari	India	Drama	Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar
Shiva Baby	Emma Seligman	United States	Comedy	Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Fred Melamed, Dianna Agron		[27]
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	Hitesh Kewalya	India	Romantic comedy	Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao	spin-off of the 2017 film Shubh Mangal Saavdhan	[28]
Stage Mother	Thom Fitzgerald	Canada	Comedy	Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier		[29]
Summer of 85 (Été 85)	François Ozon	France	Drama	Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty	Adaptation of the 1982 novel Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers	[30]
Summer of Mesa	Josh Cox	United States	Romance	Molly Miles, Andrea Granera		[31]
The Surrogate	Jeremy Hersh	United States	Drama	Jasmine Batchelor, Chris Perfetti, Sullivan Jones		[32]
The Thing About Harry	Peter Paige	United States	Romantic comedy	Jake Borelli, Niko Terho, Karamo Brown, Britt Baron		[33]
Transhood	Sharon Liese	United States	Documentary			[34]
Uncle Frank	Alan Ball	United States	Drama	Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi		[35]
Welcome to Chechnya	David France	United States	Documentary			[36]
Wildland (Kød & Blod)	Jeanette Nordahl	Denmark	Drama			[3]
Your Name Engraved Herein	Patrick Kuang-Hui Liu	Taiwan	Drama

References

A Secret Love Update: What Happened to Pat Henschel After Terry Donahue Passed Away. E!.
Dino-Ray Ramos, "Inside Out LGBT Film Festival To Feature ‘The Boys In The Band’, ‘The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson’, ‘Cowboys’ And More For Virtual Edition". Deadline Hollywood, September 9, 2020.
"Teddy Awards Program 2020". Teddy Awards.
Herridge, Tori; Sykes, Becky Wragg (20 March 2019). "Behind a lesbian furore over a famous palaeontologist lies a deeper truth". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
https://thequeerreview.com/2020/05/18/tv-review-ben-platt-live-from-radio-city-music-hall-concert-special-netflix/
Goodfellow, Melanie (29 August 2018). "Pathé, SBS unveil first image of Verhoeven's newly titled nun drama 'Benedetta'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
Dry, Jude (17 April 2019). "Ryan Murphy to Bring Controversial Gay Play 'The Boys in the Band' to Netflix". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
Andre Hereford, "Film Review: ‘Breaking Fast’ is an engaging gay rom-com". Metro Weekly, June 26, 2020.
Hank Stuever, "TV’s gay Christmas movies are as benign, charming and cliche as we always hoped they’d be". The Washington Post, December 9, 2020.
Angela Morrison, "VQFF Review: 'Cicada' Bravely Explores the Messy, Nonlinear Process of Healing and Romance". Exclaim!, August 20, 2020.
Dino-Ray Ramos, "‘Cured’ Trailer: Outfest Docu Chronicles Battle To Declassify Homosexuality As Mental Illness". Deadline Hollywood, August 11, 2020.
""El baile de los 41": una película sobre Ignacio de la Torre y Mier, el yerno homosexual de Porfirio Díaz" (in Spanish). México Desconocido. January 7, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
July, Beandrea (January 30, 2020). "'Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
Paolo Kagaoan, "TIFF 2020: Our Review of ‘Short Cuts 3’". In the Seats, September 11, 2020.
Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.
McNary, Dave (October 15, 2018). "Viggo Mortensen to Star, Make Directorial Debut in Family Drama 'Falling'". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
"Flowers of the Field". Vancouver International Film Festival.
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Kevin Slane, "Mark Wahlberg got ‘as thin as possible’ for new movie". Boston.com, November 22, 2019.
Fleming Jr, Mike (April 20, 2018). "TriStar To Distribute 'Happiest Season' Comedy From Clea DuVall & Mary Holland". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
Melanie Goodfellow, "Les Films du Losange launches Nicolas Maury’s solo directorial debut ‘My Best Part’". Screen Daily, February 21, 2020.
Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.
Welk, Brian (May 22, 2020). "Pixar's New Short Film 'Out' Features Studio's 1st Gay Main Character". TheWrap. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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Barry Hertz, "Ambitious Canadian drama Queen of the Andes goes to Mars on the budget of a bus ride to New Brunswick, give or take". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2020.
Nick Vivarelli, "Venice Days to Premiere Bruce LaBruce’s ‘Saint-Narcisse,’ Chile’s ‘My Tender Matador,’ Mati Diop Short". Variety, July 23, 2020.
Jude Dry, "‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Sugar Daddy Crashes a Jewish Funeral in This Lively Queer Comedy". IndieWire, March 24, 2020.
"Bollywood's first gay romcom is a game-changer for LGBTQ+ representation". South China Morning Post. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
Dennis Harvey, "‘Stage Mother’: Film Review". Variety, July 2, 2020.
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Fleming Jr., Mike (January 25, 2020). "Before Today's Sundance Premiere, 'American Beauty' Scribe Alan Ball Talks About His Film 'Uncle Frank'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
Mike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.

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[1] A Secret Love Update: What Happened to Pat Henschel After Terry Donahue Passed Away. E!.

[insideout-2] Dino-Ray Ramos, "Inside Out LGBT Film Festival To Feature ‘The Boys In The Band’, ‘The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson’, ‘Cowboys’ And More For Virtual Edition". Deadline Hollywood, September 9, 2020.

[teddyspiel-3] "Teddy Awards Program 2020". Teddy Awards.

[4] Herridge, Tori; Sykes, Becky Wragg (20 March 2019). "Behind a lesbian furore over a famous palaeontologist lies a deeper truth". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[5] ttps://thequeerreview.com/2020/05/18/tv-review-ben-platt-live-from-radio-city-music-hall-concert-special-netflix/

[6] Goodfellow, Melanie (29 August 2018). "Pathé, SBS unveil first image of Verhoeven's newly titled nun drama 'Benedetta'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[TheBoysIndie-7] Dry, Jude (17 April 2019). "Ryan Murphy to Bring Controversial Gay Play 'The Boys in the Band' to Netflix". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[8] Andre Hereford, "Film Review: ‘Breaking Fast’ is an engaging gay rom-com". Metro Weekly, June 26, 2020.

[stuever-9] Hank Stuever, "TV’s gay Christmas movies are as benign, charming and cliche as we always hoped they’d be". The Washington Post, December 9, 2020.

[10] Angela Morrison, "VQFF Review: 'Cicada' Bravely Explores the Messy, Nonlinear Process of Healing and Romance". Exclaim!, August 20, 2020.

[11] Dino-Ray Ramos, "‘Cured’ Trailer: Outfest Docu Chronicles Battle To Declassify Homosexuality As Mental Illness". Deadline Hollywood, August 11, 2020.

[12] ""El baile de los 41": una película sobre Ignacio de la Torre y Mier, el yerno homosexual de Porfirio Díaz" (in Spanish). México Desconocido. January 7, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

[13] July, Beandrea (January 30, 2020). "'Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

[14] Paolo Kagaoan, "TIFF 2020: Our Review of ‘Short Cuts 3’". In the Seats, September 11, 2020.

[15] Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.

[16] McNary, Dave (October 15, 2018). "Viggo Mortensen to Star, Make Directorial Debut in Family Drama 'Falling'". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[17] "Flowers of the Field". Vancouver International Film Festival.

[18] Radheyan Simonpillai, "Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy to premiere on Netflix". Now, October 15, 2020.

[19] Kevin Slane, "Mark Wahlberg got ‘as thin as possible’ for new movie". Boston.com, November 22, 2019.

[20] Fleming Jr, Mike (April 20, 2018). "TriStar To Distribute 'Happiest Season' Comedy From Clea DuVall & Mary Holland". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

[21] Melanie Goodfellow, "Les Films du Losange launches Nicolas Maury’s solo directorial debut ‘My Best Part’". Screen Daily, February 21, 2020.

[22] Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.

[23] Welk, Brian (May 22, 2020). "Pixar's New Short Film 'Out' Features Studio's 1st Gay Main Character". TheWrap. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

[:0-24] "Ryan Murphy Sets Netflix 'Prom' Musical: Streep, Corden, Kidman, Ariana Grande, Awkwafina, Key, Rannells To Star". Deadline. June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[25] Barry Hertz, "Ambitious Canadian drama Queen of the Andes goes to Mars on the budget of a bus ride to New Brunswick, give or take". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2020.

[26] Nick Vivarelli, "Venice Days to Premiere Bruce LaBruce’s ‘Saint-Narcisse,’ Chile’s ‘My Tender Matador,’ Mati Diop Short". Variety, July 23, 2020.

[27] Jude Dry, "‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Sugar Daddy Crashes a Jewish Funeral in This Lively Queer Comedy". IndieWire, March 24, 2020.

[28] "Bollywood's first gay romcom is a game-changer for LGBTQ+ representation". South China Morning Post. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

[29] Dennis Harvey, "‘Stage Mother’: Film Review". Variety, July 2, 2020.

[30] Peter Debruge, "François Ozon’s ‘Summer of 85’: Film Review". Variety, July 14, 2020.

[31] "Summer of Mesa - Movie — New Movies Coming Out". newmoviescomingout.us. Retrieved 2020-05-04.

[32] "The Surrogate". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.

[33] Breanna Bell (February 13, 2020). "'The Thing About Harry' Team Talks LGBTQ Representation on TV for a New Generation". Variety.

[34] "Transhood". FIlm Affinity UK. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[35] Fleming Jr., Mike (January 25, 2020). "Before Today's Sundance Premiere, 'American Beauty' Scribe Alan Ball Talks About His Film 'Uncle Frank'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

[36] Mike Fleming, Jr. "HBO Documentary Films Lands Sundance-Bound ‘Welcome To Chechnya’, About Harsh Plight Of LGBTQ Community In Russian Republic". Deadline Hollywood, December 12, 2019.