List of LGBT-related films of the 1920s

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in the 1920s. 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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1920s
Title Year Director Country Genre Cast Notes
An Adventuress1920Fred J. BalshoferUnited StatesDrama
Manslaughter1922Cecil B. DeMilleUnited StatesDramaLeatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, John Miltern, George Fawcett, Julia Faye, Edythe Chapman, Jack Mower, Dorothy Cumming, Casson Ferguson, Mickey Moore, James Neill, Sylvia Ashton, Raymond Hatton, Mabel Van Buren, Ethel Wales, Dale Fuller, Edward MartindelBased on the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller; first film to show an erotic kiss between two members of the same sex
Salomé1923Charles BryantUnited StatesBiography, dramaAlla Nazimova, Michael Lewis, Rose Dione, Earl Schenck, Arthur Jasmine, Nigel De Brulier, Frederick Peters, Louis DumarBased on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde, which itself is a loose re-telling of the biblical story of Herod Antipas and his execution of John the Baptist
Ponjola1923Donald CrispUnited StatesDramaAnna Q. Nilsson, James Kirkwood, Tully Marshall, Joseph Kilgour, Bernard Randall, Ruth Clifford, Claire Du Brey, Claire McDowell, Charles Ray, Eddie Sturgis (credited as Edwin Sturges)Based on the novel of the same name by Cynthia Stockley
The Soilers1923Ralph CederUnited StatesShort, comedyStan Laurel, Ena Gregory, Mae Laurel, James Finlayson, Billy Engle, Eddie Baker
Leblebici Horhor1923Muhsin ErtuğrulTurkeyComedy, musical
Augusto Anibal quer casar1923Luiz de BarrosBrazilComedy
Michael1924Carl Theodor DreyerGermanyDramaWalter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison, Max Auzinger, Didier Aslan, Alexander Murski, Grete Mosheim, Karl Freunda.k.a. Mikaël: Chained, The Story of the Third Sex and Heart's Desire; based on the novel Mikaël by Herman Bang
Beverly of Graustark1926Sidney FranklinUnited StatesComedy, romanceMarion Davies, Antonio Moreno, Creighton Hale, Roy D'Arcy, Albert Gran, Paulette Duval, Max Barwyn, Charles ClaryBased on the novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon
Why Girls Love Sailors1927Fred GuiolUnited StatesShort, comedyStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Viola Richard, Anita Garvin, Malcolm Waite
A Wanderer of the West1927Robin Williamson, Joseph E. ZivelliUnited StatesWestern
Gesetze der Liebe1927Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard OswaldGermanyDocumentary
Beggars of Life1928William A. WellmanUnited StatesAdventure, dramaWallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington, Roscoe Karns
Sex in Chains1928William DieterleGermanyDramaWilliam Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs, Mary Johnson, Paul Henckels, Hans Heinrich von Twardowskia.k.a. Geschlecht in Fesseln
Pandora's Box1929Georg Wilhelm PabstGermanyCrime, dramaLouise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederera.k.a. Die Büchse der Pandora; based on the plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind
That's My Wife1929Lloyd FrenchUnited StatesShort, comedyStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
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