List of LGBT-related films of the 1940s

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in the 1940s. 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.

LGBT films
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1896–1959
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2020s

1940s
Title Year Director Country Genre Cast Notes
The Seventh Victim1943Mark RobsonUnited StatesHorror, film-noirTom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, Evelyn Brent, Erford Gage, Ben Bard, Hugh Beaumont
Children of Paradise1945Marcel CarnéFranceDrama, romanceArletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Renoir, María Casares, Louis Salou, Gaston Modot, Fabien Loris, Marcel Pérès, Pierre Palau, Étienne Decroux, Jane Marken (credited as Jeanne Marken), Marcelle Monthil, Louis Florencie, Raymond Rognoni, Jacques Castelot, Paul Frankeur, Albert Rémy, Robert Dhéry, Auguste Bovério (credited as Auguste Boverio), Paul Demangea.k.a. Les Enfants du Paradis
The Lost Weekend1945Billy WilderUnited StatesFilm-noir, dramaRay Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Sharp-Bolster (credited as Anita Bolster), Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis RussellAlthough Billy Wilder's adaptation hews closely to Charles R. Jackson's novel, the novel differed in one respect: Birnam, played by Ray Milland in the movie, is described in the novel as being tormented by a homosexual incident in college. That is omitted from the film.
Crossfire1947Edward DmytrykUnited StatesFilm-noir, crimeRobert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly, Sam Levene, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie, George Cooper, Richard Benedict, Tom Keene (credited as Richard Powers), William Phipps, Lex Barker, Marlo DwyerBased on the novel The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks
Fireworks1947Kenneth AngerUnited StatesDrama
Germany, Year Zero1948Roberto RosselliniItalyDrama
Red River1948Howard HawksUnited StatesWesternJohn Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Chief Yowlachie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Ray Hyke, Wally Wales, Mickey Kuhn, Robert M. Lopez
Rope1948Alfred HitchcockUnited StatesCrime, dramaJames Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Cedric Hardwicke (credited as Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Constance Collier, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson, Dick HoganBased on the play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton
Words and Music1948Norman TaurogUnited StatesMusical, biographyTom Drake, Mickey Rooney, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Betty Garrett, Jeanette Nolan, Ann Sothern, Perry Como, Cyd Charisse, Richard Quine, Emory ParnellLorenz Hart (1895–1943) was a homosexual in an era when such was flatly unacceptable; the pressures of the closet drove him into a wildly self-destructive alcoholism that ultimately killed him. None of this is in the movie.
The Trip to Marrakesh1949Richard EichbergWest GermanyDramaLuise Ullrich, Maria Holst, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Paul Dahlke, Grethe Weiser, Ludwig Linkmann, Michael Korrontay, Günther Evers, Viktor Afritsch, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Thirst1949Ingmar BergmanSwedenDramaEva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman, Mimi Nelson, Bengt Eklund, Gaby Stenberg, Naima Wifstrand, Verner Arpe, Calle Flygare, Sven-Eric Gamble, Helge Hagerman, Else-Merete Heiberg, Estrid Hesse, Gunnar Nielsen, Sif Ruud, Monica WeinzierlBased on the novel of the same name by Birgit Tengroth
Entre onze heures et minuit1949Henri DecoinFranceDrama, MisteryLouis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Monique Mélinand, Léo Lapara, Robert Vattier, Yvette Etiévant, Gisèle CasadesusThere are two homosexual guns-for-hire
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