List of LGBT-related films of the 1930s

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in the 1930s. 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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1930s
Title Year Director Country Genre Cast Notes
Borderline1930Kenneth MacPhersonUnited KingdomDrama, avant-gardePaul Robeson, Eslanda Goode Robeson (credited as Eslanda Robeson), H.D. (credited as Helga Doorn)
Morocco1930Josef von SternbergUnited StatesDramaGary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt, Francis McDonald, Eve Southern, Paul PorcasiBased on the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny
Sunny Skies1930Norman TaurogUnited StatesComedyBenny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease, Marjorie Lane, Harry Lee, Wesley Barry, Greta Granstedt, Robert Livingston (credited as Robert Randall), Eddy Chandler (credited as Eddie Chandler)
Way Out West1930Fred NibloUnited StatesComedy, westernStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn (credited as Sharon Lynne), James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields, Vivien Oakland, The Avalon Boys
Mädchen in Uniform1931Leontine SaganGermanyDrama, romanceHertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia UndaCo-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her stage play Gestern und huete (Then and Now)
The Maltese Falcon1931Roy Del RuthUnited StatesCrimeBebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matieson, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell McDonaldBased on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett
Manhattan Parade1931Lloyd BaconUnited StatesComedyWinnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth
The Public Enemy1931William A. WellmanUnited StatesAction, crimeJames Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan BlondellBased on the unpublished novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon
The Blood of a Poet1932Jean CocteauFranceDrama, fantasyEnrique Riverosa.k.a. Le sang d'un poète
The Old Dark House1932James WhaleUnited StatesHorrorBoris Karloff (credited as KARLOFF), Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Brember WillsBased on the novel Benighted by J. B. Priestley
Call Her Savage1932John Francis DillonUnited StatesDramaClara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd, Monroe Owsley, Estelle Taylor, Weldon Heyburn, Willard RobertsonOne of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen
Hell's Highway1932Rowland BrownUnited StatesDramaRichard Dix, Tom Brown, Rochelle Hudson, C. Henry Gordon, Oscar Apfel, Stanley Fields, John Arledge, Warner Richmond
Diplomaniacs1933William A. SeiterUnited StatesComedyBert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie White, Phyllis Barry, Louis Calhern, Hugh Herbert, Edgar Kennedy, Richard Carle, William Irving, Neely Edwards, Billy Bletcher
Lot in Sodom1933James Sibley Watson, Melville WebberUnited StatesDramaFriedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorothea Haus, Lewis Whitbeck
Ladies They Talk About1933Howard Bretherton, William KeighleyUnited StatesDrama, romanceBarbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Lillian Roth, Maude Eburne, Ruth Donnelly, Harold Huber, Robert McWadeBased on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles
Myrt and Marge1933Al BoasbergUnited StatesComedyMyrtle Vail
Our Betters1933George CukorUnited StatesComedy, drama, romanceConstance Bennett, Anita Louise, Gilbert Roland, Violet Kemble-Cooper, Charles Starrett, Grant Mitchell, Minor Watson, Hugh Sinclair, Alan Mowbray, Tyrell Davisbased on the play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham
Queen Christina1933Rouben MamoulianUnited StatesDrama, biographyGreta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone
Stage Mother1933Charles BrabinUnited StatesDrama, musical, romanceAlice Brady, Maureen O'Sullivan, Franchot Tone, Phillips Holmes, Ted Healy, Russell Hardie, C. Henry Gordon, Alan Edwards, Ben Alexander, Jay Eaton, Larry FineBased on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes
Zero for Conduct1933Jean VigoFranceShort, comedy, dramaa.k.a. Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège
Victor and Victoria1933Reinhold SchünzelGermanyMusical, comedyRenate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Anton Walbrook, Hilde Hildebrand, Fritz Odemar, Friedel Pisetta, Aribert Wäschera.k.a. Viktor und Viktoria
Wonder Bar1934Lloyd BaconUnited StatesMusical, crime, dramaAl Jolson, Kay Francis
First a Girl1935Victor SavilleUnited KingdomMusical, comedyJessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee, Griffth Jones, Alfred DraytonAn English version of Viktor und Viktoria
Sylvia Scarlett1935George CukorUnited StatesComedy, drama, romanceKatharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn, Dennie MooreBased on the novel The Early Life of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton Mackenzie
Top Hat1935Mark SandrichUnited StatesComedy, musical, romanceFred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
Dracula's Daughter1936Lambert HillyerUnited StatesDrama, fantasy, horrorOtto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel, Gilbert Emery, Edward Van Sloan, Halliwell Hobbes, Billy Bevan, Nan Grey, Hedda Hopper, Claud Allister, Edgar Norton, E. E. Clive
La Garçonne1936Jean de LimurFranceDramaMarie Bell, Arletty, Henri Rollan, Maurice Escande, Jaque Catelain, Pierre Etchepare, Philippe Hersent, Jean Worms, Marcelle Praince, Vanda Gréville, Suzy Solidor, Édith Piaf, Jean Tissier, Marcelle Géniat, Junie Astor, Jane Markena.k.a. The Bachelor Girl; based on the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte
Rangle River1936Clarence G. BadgerAustraliaAction, adventure, mysteryVictor Jory, Robert CooteBased on a story by Zane Grey
Lady Killer1937Jean GrémillonFrance
Germany		Drama, romance, warJean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare, Henri Poupon, Jean Aymé, Pierre Magnier, Marguerite Deval, René Lefèvre, Jane Marken (credited as Jeanne Markin), Paulette Noizeux, André Siméon (credited as Siméon), Pierre Labry, Lucien Dayle, Louis Florencie (credited as Florencie), Paul Fournier, André Carnège, Maurice Baquet, Frédéric Mariotti (credited as Mariotti)a.k.a. Gueule d'amour
Hôtel du Nord1938Marcel CarnéFranceDramaAnnabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost, Andrex, André Brunot, Henri Bosc, Marcel André, Bernard Blier, Jacques Louvigny, Armand Lurville (credited as Lurville), Jane Marken, Génia Vaury, François Périer, René Bergeron
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