This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2021. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films
edit| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acts of Love | Isidore Bethel, Francis Leplay | France, United States | Documentary | [1] | ||
| After America | Jake Yuzna | United States | Drama | Yvonne Freese, Theresa McConnon, Daniel Nies, Ahmed Yusuf, Dan Fox, Eli Anthony, Robert Dante | [2] | |
| Ahead of the Curve | Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow | United States | Documentary | Franco Stevens, Kim Katrin, Denice Frohman, Amber Hikes, Andrea Pino-Silva, Melissa Etheridge, Jewelle Gomez, Lea DeLaria, Kate Kendell | [3] | |
| Ailey | Jamila Wignot | United States | Documentary | [4] | ||
| All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu) | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel | Drama | [5] | ||
| Alone (Seuls) | Paul Tom | Canada | Documentary | [6] | ||
| Anaïs in Love (Les Amours d'Anaïs) | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | France | [7] | |||
| Ayuda Babes | Joven Tan | Philippines | Comedy | Gardo Versoza, Ate Gay, Joey Paras, Iyah Mina, Marlo Mortel, Marc Logan | [citation needed] | |
| Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | France, Netherlands | Drama | Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling, Hervé Pierre | [8] | |
| Between Them (Toutes les deux) | Noël Mitrani | Canada | Romantic comedy | Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Mélanie Elliott, Vitali Makarov, Daniel Murphy, Laurent Lucas | [9] | |
| Billy Boy | Sacha Amaral | Argentina | [7] | |||
| Bliss (Glück) | Henrika Kull | Germany | Drama | [5] | ||
| Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer | Vincent Le Port | France | [7] | |||
| Brutalia, Days of Labour | Manolis Lavris | Greece, Belgium | [7] | |||
| Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur | James Buddy Day | Canada | Documentary | [10] | ||
| Celts (Kelti) | Milica Tomovic | Serbia | Drama | [11] | ||
| Cicada | Yoon Daewoen | South Korea | [7] | |||
| Cinderella | Kay Cannon | United States | Romantic comedy | Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan | [citation needed] | |
| Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) | Juho Kuosmanen | Russia, Finland | [7] | |||
| Cruella | Craig Gillespie | United States, United Kingdom | Crime, comedy | Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, John McCrea, Kirby Howell-Baptiste | [citation needed] | |
| Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor | Shelley Thompson | Canada | Drama | Maya Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening, Reid Price | [12] | |
| The Divide (La Fracture) | Catherine Corsini | France | Drama | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï | [7] | |
| Down in Paris | Antony Hickling | France | Drama | Antony Hickling, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Manuel Blanc, Dominique Frot | [13] | |
| Esquí | Manque La Banca | Argentina, Brazil | Documentary | [citation needed] | ||
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | United States | Superhero | Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie | [citation needed] | |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | United Kingdom | Musical Drama | Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Lancashire, Sharon Horgan, Lauren Patel, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Adeel Akhtar | [14] | |
| Everything Went Fine (Tout s'est bien passé) | François Ozon | France | Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Hanna Schygulla, Éric Caravaca, Grégory Gadebois | [7] | ||
| The Fall of the Swift (La Caída del vencejo) | Gonzalo Quincoces | Spain | [7] | |||
| Fanny: The Right to Rock | Bobbi Jo Hart | Canada | Documentary | Fanny | [15] | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | Leigh Janiak | United States | Slasher | Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman | [16] | |
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | Supernatural horror | |||||
| Firebird | Peeter Rebane | United Kingdom, Estonia | Drama, romance, war | Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya | [17] | |
| Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark | Documentary | [4] | ||
| Fresh Water | David Kalinauskas | Canada | Documentary | Antonio Lennert | [18] | |
| Frida | Aleksandra Odić | Germany | [7] | |||
| Genderation | Monika Treut | Germany | Documentary | [5] | ||
| Ghost Song | Nicolas Peduzzi | France | [7] | |||
| The Girl and the Spider (Das Mädchen und die Spinne) | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland | Drama | Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat | [5] | |
| Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) | Sebastian Meise | Germany | [7] | |||
| The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (Luaneshat e kodrës) | Luàna Bajrami | France, Kosovo | [7] | |||
| How to Fix Radios | Emily Russell, Casper Leonard | Canada | Drama | James Rudden, Dimitri Watson, Willa Crowder, Hector Jenkins | [19] | |
| Human Factors (Der menschliche Faktor) | Ronny Trocker | Germany | Drama | Mark Waschke, Hassan Akkouch, Marthe Schneider, Spencer Bogaert | [5] | |
| If from Every Tongue It Drips | Sharlene Bamboat | Canada, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka | Documentary | [20] | ||
| Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze | Georgia | Documentary | [5] | ||
| International Dawn Chorus Day | John Greyson | Canada | Documentary | Shady Habash, Sarah Hegazi | [21] | |
| Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | United States | Adventure | Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemmons, Paul Giamatti | [citation needed] | |
| King Max | Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | France | [7] | |||
| Language Lessons | Natalie Morales | United States | Drama | Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry | [5] | |
| The Last Chapter (La dernière séance) | Gianluca Matarrese | France, Italy | Documentary | Bernard Guyonnet | Winner of the Queer Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival | [22] |
| The Laureate | William Nunez | United Kingdom | Drama | Tom Hughes, Dianna Agron, Laura Haddock, Fra Fee | [citation needed] | |
| Leo by Night (Léo la nuit) | Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | France | Short drama | Nans-Laborde-Jourdàa, Cyusa Ruzindana Rukundo Marcou, Marie-Sohna Condé | [23] | |
| Leynilöggan | Hannes Þór Halldórsson | Iceland | Action, comedy | Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir | [citation needed] | |
| Ma Belle, My Beauty | Marion Hill | France | Drama, romance | [24] | ||
| Madalena | Madiano Marcheti | Brazil | Drama | Natalia Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pamella Yule | [25] | |
| Mayor Pete | Jesse Moss | United States | Documentary | Pete Buttigieg | [26] | |
| La Mif | Fred Baillif | Switzerland | Drama | [citation needed] | ||
| Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Lebanon, Germany, Spain | Documentary | [27] | ||
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda | United States | Science fiction, comedy | Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman | [28] | |
| Moneyboys | C. B. Yi | Austria, Belgium, France, Taiwan | Kai Ko, Chloe Maayan, J.C. Lin, Bai Yufan, Sun Qiheng | [7] | ||
| Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis) | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece, France | Drama | Sofia Kokkali, Lazaros Georgakopoulos | [29] | |
| Mouth Congress | Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson | Canada | Documentary | Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald | [30] | |
| My Girlfriend Is the Revolution | Marcelino Islas Hernández | Mexico | Coming-of-age, Romance | Sofía Islas, Ana Valeria Becerril, Flor Edwarda | [31] | |
| My Name Is Pauli Murray | Betsy West, Julie Cohen | United States | Documentary | [4] | ||
| Neptune Frost | Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda, United States | Elvis Ngabo, Cheryl Isheja, Kaya Free | [7] | ||
| No Fags (Tunten zwecklos) | Mirek Balonis, Jutta Riedel | Germany | Documentary | [citation needed] | ||
| North by Current | Angelo Madsen Minax | United States | Documentary | [5] | ||
| On Solid Ground (Über Wasser) | Jela Hasler | Switzerland | [7] | |||
| Operation Hyacinth (film) | Piotr Domalewski | Poland | Drama, Crime | Tomasz Ziętek, Hubert Miłkowski, Marek Kalita, Adrianna Chlebicka, Tomasz Schuchardt | [32] [33] | |
| Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Jacques Audiard | France | Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth, Noémie Merlant | [7] | ||
| Pat Rocco Dared | Morris Chapdelaine, Bob Christie | Canada | Documentary | Pat Rocco | [34] | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada | Drama | Benedict Cumberbatch,Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy | [citation needed] | |
| The Retreat | Pat Mills | Canada | Horror | Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen | [35] | |
| Returning to Reims (Fragments) | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France | [7] | |||
| Ride or Die | Ryūichi Hiroki | Japan | Thriller | Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Sato, Yoko Maki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Anne Suzuki, Shinya Niiro, Tetsushi Tanaka, Setsuko Karasuma | [36] | |
| The Right Words (Haut les cœurs) | Adrian Moyse Dullin | France | [7] | |||
| Scarborough | Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | Canada | Drama | Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel | [37] | |
| The Scary of Sixty-First | Dasha Nekrasova | United States | Horror, thriller | Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn, Dasha Nekrasova | [5] | |
| Simone Is Gone (Simone est partie) | Mathilde Chavanne | France | [7] | |||
| Softie (Petite Nature) | Samuel Theis | France | [7] | |||
| Some Women | Quen Wong | Singapore | Documentary | [38][39] | ||
| Someone Like Me | Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor | Canada | Documentary | [40] | ||
| Stillwater | Tom McCarthy | United States | Drama | Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin | [citation needed] | |
| Stop-Zemlia | Kateryna Gornostai | Ukraine | Drama | Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov, Andrii Abalmazov | [citation needed] | |
| The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night | Fawzia Mirza | Canada, United States | Short comedy | Kausar Mohammed, Vico Ortiz | [41] | |
| Titane | Julia Ducournau | Belgium, France | Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh | [7] | ||
| Venus by Water | Lin Wang | China | [7] | |||
| We're All Going to the World's Fair | Jane Schoenbrun | United States | Horror | Anna Cobb, Michael J. Rogers | [4] | |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Drama | Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai | [5] | |
| Wildhood | Bretten Hannam | Canada | Drama | Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Michael Greyeyes, Joel Thomas Hynes | [42] | |
| Women Do Cry (Zhenite plachat) | Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva | Bulgaria | Drama | Maria Bakalova | [7] |
References
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- ^ Bradley Gibson, "After America". Film Threat, February 14, 2021.
- ^ "Ahead of the Curve". www.frameline.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ a b c d Peter Knegt, "Queer cinema was alive, well and subversive as ever at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival". CBC Arts, February 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Guy Lodge, "Berlinale: Teddy Awards Lineup Offers a Surprising Cross-Section of New Queer Cinema". Variety, March 5, 2021.
- ^ Megan Durnford, "Paul Tom Animates the Stories of Child Refugees in Alone". Point of View, November 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Yves Lafontaine, "Les films du Festival de Cannes en lice pour la Queer Palm". Fugues, June 29, 2021.
- ^ Ella Kemp, "Catholic activists start petition to ban film about lesbian nun 'Benedetta'". NME, April 13, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Toutes les deux primé en Angleterre". Films du Québec, February 10, 2022.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "'Catching A Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur': New True-Crime Documentary Investigates Notorious Toronto Serial Killer". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Guy Lodge, "'Celts' Review: Grownups Misbehave at a Child's Birthday Party in This Enjoyably Chaotic Serbian Comedy". Variety, August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Feature film Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor wraps in Antigonish" Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. Pictou Advocate, September 4, 2020.
- ^ "TLA Releasing UK | Down in Paris".
- ^ 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' Feature Skips Theatrical For Amazon – Deadline
- ^ Madeline Lines, "Finding Fanny: Bobbi Jo Hart's newest documentary is poetic justice for the first women of rock and roll". Point of View, May 26, 2021.
- ^ Erbland, Kate (2021-07-02). "'Fear Street': Why Netflix's Horror Trilogy Is Built Around an 'Underrepresented' Queer Love Story". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Harvey, Amelia (March 23, 2021). "'Firebird' Is A Melodramatic True Story Of Forbidden Gay Love In The Cold War". Screen Queens. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Mackenzie Patterson, "Fresh Water documentary spotlights Brazilian native finding refuge in Great Lakes surfing community". Streets of Toronto]], July 19, 2021.
- ^ Sarah Taher, "4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Mar. 4". Xtra!, March 4, 2021.
- ^ Andrew Jeffrey, "Open City Documentary Festival unveils full program". RealScreen, July 28, 2021.
- ^ Sarah Jae Leiber, "International Dawn Chorus Day Premieres April 29". Broadway World, March 29, 2021.
- ^ Camillo De Marco, "Review: The Last Chapter". Cineuropa, 10 September 2021.
- ^ Quentin Grosset, "Nans Laborde-Jourdàa : « On travaille sur la crête entre le vrai et le faux, le noble et le mauvais goût. »". Trois couleurs, 13 December 2022.
- ^ Lang, Brett (February 19, 2021). "Queer Polyamorous Love Story 'Ma Belle, My Beauty' Sells to Good Deed". Variety. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Ide, Wendy (February 3, 2021). "'Madalena': Rotterdam Review". ScreenDaily. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Pete Buttigieg documentary 'Mayor Pete' to open LGBTQ Film Festival NewFest". NBC News, September 16, 2021.
- ^ Jay Weissberg, "'Miguel's War' Film Review: A Gay Lebanese Man Strives to Make Peace With His Past". Variety, March 12, 2021.
- ^ "The Mitchells vs. The Machines Breaks New Ground for LGBTQ Representation in Animation". CBR. April 30, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ Nick Chen, "Jacqueline Lentzou is the new romantic of Greek Weird cinema". Dazed, June 23, 2022.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini resurrect a gay punk band you've never heard of". Now, March 2, 2021.
- ^ Ges, Lucía (2021-10-17). ""Mi novia es la revolución", de Marcelino Islas Hernández: una visión sobre la feminidad". Vagabunda Mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ Daniel Tilles, "Netflix thriller set amid anti-gay operation in communist Poland'". "Notes From Poland". September 13, 2021.
- ^ Will Tizard, "Cinematographer Piotr Sobocinski Creates Trapped Characters in Murder Story ‘Hyacinth’ – Camerimage'". Variety, November 13, 2021.
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- ^ Rebecca Dyok, "Former Fort St. James resident to release first feature-length documentary film". Vanderhoof Omineca Express, April 19, 2021.
- ^ Tracy E. Gilchrist, "Queer Muslims Centered in Holiday Flick The Syed Family Xmas Game Night". The Advocate, September 22, 2021.
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