List of LGBTQ-related films of 2025

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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2025. 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

Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes Ref
100 Nights of Hero Julia Jackman United Kingdom, United States Drama Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli xcx, Richard E. Grant, Felicity Jones [1]
After the Hunt Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States Thriller, drama Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, Lio Mehiel [1]
April & Amanda Zackary Drucker United States Documentary April Ashley, Amanda Lear [2]
Ari Léonor Serraille France, Belgium Drama Andranic Manet, Pascal Rénéric, Théo Delezenne, Ryad Ferrad, Eva Lallier Juan, Lomane de Dietrich, Mikaël-Don Giancarli, Clémence Coullon [3]
Assembly Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons United States Documentary
At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik) Bretten Hannam Canada Drama Forrest Goodluck, Blake Alec Miranda, Glen Gould [4]
Bearcave (Arkoudotrypa) Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis Greece Drama [1]
Between Dreams and Hope Farnoosh Samadi Iran Drama [5]
Bleat! Ananth Subramaniam Malaysia, Philippines, France Comedy-drama, short [6]
Blood Lines Gail Maurice Canada Drama Dana Solomon, Derica Lafrance, Gail Maurice, Tamara Podemski [4]
Blue Moon Richard Linklater United States Drama Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale [3]
Brief Somebodies Andy Reid Canada Short drama Aldrin Bundoc, Matt O'Connor, Noor Kaur Dhandha [7]
Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda) Rohan Parashuram Kanawade India, Canada, United Kingdom Drama Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap [2]
Call Me Mother Jun Lana Philippines Comedy-drama Vice Ganda, Nadine Lustre [8]
The Captive (El cautivo) Alejandro Amenábar Spain Drama Julio Peña, Alessandro Borghi [9]
Close to September (Casi septiembre) Lucía G. Romero Spain Drama Ana Barja, Isabel Rico [10]
Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White United States Documentary Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley [11]
Constantinopoliad Sister Sylvester, Nadah El Shazly Greece, United Kingdom Immersive VR [1]
Cora (Gorgonà) Evi Kalogiropoulou Greece, France Drama [1]
Dark Rooms Mads Damsbo, Laurits Flensted Jensen, Anne Sofie Steen Sverdrup Denmark, Germany, Taiwan Immersive VR short [1]
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes Lisa Rideout Canada Documentary [4]
Departures Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Neil Ely United Kingdom Drama [12]
Dinner with Friends Sasha Leigh Henry Canada Drama Tattiawna Jones, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell, Alex Spencer, Tymika Tafari, Rakhee Morzaria, Michael Ayres, Leighton Alexander Williams [4]
Downton Abbey 3 Simon Curtis United Kingdom, United States Drama Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, Arty Froushan, Dominic West
Dreamers Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor United Kingdom Drama Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo [13]
Drunken Noodles Lucio Castro Argentina, United States Drama Laith Khalifeh, Joél Isaac, Ezriel Kornel, Céline Clermontois, John Arthur Peetz, Guillermo García Arriaza, Matthew Risch [14]
Enzo Robin Campillo France Drama Eloy Pohu, Maksym Slivinskyi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Élodie Bouchez [15]
Erupcja Pete Ohs United States, Poland Drama Charli XCX, Lena Góra [4]
Extra Life (And Decay) Stéphanie Lagarde Netherlands, France Short documentary Isabelle Lagarde, Stéphanie Lagarde, Suzanne van der Schaaf, Rachele Borghi, Teresa Castro [3]
Fatherhood August B Hanssen, Even G Benestad Norway, Iceland, Germany Documentary [12]
A Few Feet Away (A metros de distancia) Tadeo Pestaña Caro Argentina Comedy-drama Max Suen, Jazmin Carballo [12]
Heightened Scrutiny Sam Feder United States Documentary Chase Strangio [2]
Homem com H Esmir Filho Brazil Biographical musical drama Jesuíta Barbosa, Caroline Abras, Hermila Guedes [16]
Hot Milk Rebecca Lenkiewicz United Kingdom Drama [12]
Houses (Batim) Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum Israel, Germany Drama Yael Eisenberg [17]
How to Live Njoroge Muthoni Kenya Documentary [12]
Howl Domini Marshall Australia Short drama Ingrid Torelli, Kristina Bogic, Safe Shahab, Liam Mollica [3][18]
I Only Rest in the Storm (O Riso e a Faca) Pedro Pinho Portugal Drama Sérgio Coragem, Cleo Diára, Jonathan Guilherme, Jorge Biague, João Lopes, Hermínio Amaro, Paulo Leal [19]
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile (Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst) Marie Luise Lehner Austria Short drama Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Alessandro Scheibner, Alperen Köse, Kathrin Resetarits, Daniel Sea Teddy Award jury prize winner at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival [20]
If You Should Leave Before Me Boyd and J. Markus Anderson United States Drama Shane P. Allen, John Wilcox Tom Noga, Merrick McCartha, Susan Louise O'Connor [21]
Janine Moves to the Country (Janine zieht aufs Land) Jan Eilhardt Germany Documentary Janine Lear, Maximilian Brauer, Adrian Wenzel, Kathrin Angerer, Pierre Emö [3]
Jimpa Sophie Hyde Australia, Finland, Netherlands Drama John Lithgow, Olivia Colman [2]
Jone, Sometimes (Jone, batzuetan) Sara Fantova Spain Coming-of-age Olaia Aguayo, Josean Bengoetxea [22]
Joy (La Gioia) Nicolangelo Gelormini Italy Drama [1]
Julian Cato Kusters Belgium, Netherlands Drama Nina Meurisse, Laurence Roothooft [23]
Kiss of the Spider Woman Bill Condon United States Musical Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez [2]
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Anoche conquisté Tebas) Gabriel Azorín Spain, Portugal Drama [1]
Lesbian Space Princess Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese Australia Comedy Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature winner [24]
The Little Sister (La Petite Dernière) Hafsia Herzi France, Germany Drama Nadia Melliti, Park-ji Min, Louis Memmi, Mouna Soualem Winner of the Queer Palm at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival [25]
Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je deklica) Urška Djukić Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia Drama Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Saša Tabaković, Nataša Burger, Staša Popović [3]
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished Lesley Loksi Chan Canada Short documentary Teddy Award winner for Best Short Film at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival [3]
Love Letters (Des preuves d’amour) Alice Douard France Drama Ella Rumpf, Monia Chokri, Noémie Lvovsky, Emy Juretzko [26]
Love Me Tender Anna Cazenave Cambet France Drama Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Vigo Ferrera-Redier, Aurélia Petit, Féodor Atkine [27]
Magic Farm Amalia Ulman United States, Argentina Comedy Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, Simon Rex [3]
Manok Yu-jin Lee South Korea Drama [12]
Maspalomas Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi Spain Drama Jose Ramon Soroiz, Nagore Aranburu Sebastiane Award winner at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival [28][29]
Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon Alison Duke Canada Documentary Michelle Ross [30]
Modern Whore Nicole Bazuin Canada Documentary Andrea Werhun [4]
Monk in Pieces Billy Shebar United States, Germany, France Documentary Meredith Monk, Björk, David Byrne, Ping Chong, John Schaefer [3]
Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle) Xiaodan He Canada Drama Joan Chen, Charlotte Aubin [31]
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Elegance Bratton United States Documentary [2]
The Mud Under My Window (Sous ma fenêtre, la boue) Violette Delvoye France, Belgium Animated short Gabriella Zola, Jasmina Douieb, Stéphanie Coerten [3]
Mudrasta: Ang Beking Ina! Julius Ruslin Alfonso Philippines Family, Comedy Roderick Paulate, Elmo Magalona, Tonton Gutierrez, Carmi Martin, Awra Briguela, Celia Rodriguez [32]
My Boyfriend, the Fascist (My Boyfriend, el fascista) Matthias Lintner Italy Documentary [33]
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco) Diego Céspedes Chile, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany Drama Tamara Cortés, Matías Catalán, Paula Dinamarca, Claudia Cabezas, Luis Dubó [34]
The Nature of Invisible Things (A natureza das coisas invisíveis) Rafaela Camelo Brazil, Chile Drama Laura Brandão, Serena, Larissa Mauro, Camila Márdila, Aline Marta Maia [3]
A Night Like This Liam Calvert United Kingdom Drama [12]
Night Stage (Ato noturno) Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher Brazil Erotic thriller Gabriel Faryas, Cirillo Luna [35]
Old Guys in Bed Jean-Pierre Bergeron Canada Romantic comedy-drama Paul James Saunders, Duff MacDonald, Joan Hart, Vlasta Vrana [36]
On the Road (En el camino) David Pablos Mexico Thriller drama Victor Prieto, Osvaldo Sanchez [37]
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) Isaac Julien United Kingdom Documentary [3]
Outerlands Elena Oxman United States Drama Asia Kate Dillon, Ridley Asha Bateman, Louisa Krause, Daniel K. Isaac, Lea DeLaria [38]
Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance Noam Gonick Canada Documentary [39]
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs United States Drama Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall [2]
Pillion Harry Lighton United Kingdom Drama Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Jake Shears, Anthony Welsh [40]
Plainclothes Carmen Emmi United States Drama Russell Tovey, Tom Blyth, Amy Forsyth, Christian Cooke [2]
Queer As Punk Yihwen Chen Malaysia, Indonesia Documentary [3]
Queerpanorama Jun Li United States, Hong Kong Drama Jayden Cheung, Erfan Shekarriz, Sebastian Mahito Soukup, Arm Anatphikorn, Zenni Corbin [3]
Rains Over Babel (Llueve sobre Babel) Gala del Sol Colombia, Spain, United States Comedy-drama Santiago Pineda, Celina Biurrun, Roman Escobar, Johan Zapata
Saray Rebolledo		 [41]
The Richest Woman in the World (La femme la plus riche du monde) Thierry Klifa France, Belgium Drama Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Marina Foïs, Raphaël Personnaz, André Marcon, Mathieu Demy, Joseph Olivennes, Micha Lescot, Paul Beaurepaire [42]
Rumble (Pidikwe) Caroline Monnet Canada Documentary Joséphine Bacon, Catherine Boivin, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Émilie Monnet, Aïcha Bastien N'Diaye [3]
Sally Cristina Costantini United States Documentary Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride [2]
Sandbag Dam (Zečji nasip) Čejen Černić Čanak Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania Drama Lav Novosel, Andrija Žunac, Leon Grgić, Franka Mikolaci, Tanja Smoje, Alma Prica, Filip Šovagović [43]
Sauna Mathias Broe Denmark Drama Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange [2]
Sirens Call Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann Germany, Netherlands Documentary Gina Rønning, Moth Rønning-Bötel, Rei Spider Barnes, Jason Bötel, Mark Ginsberg [3][44]
Skin Side Up Robert Ten Eyck Australia Horror [45]
Stars Stars Collective United Kingdom, Germany Animated short [3]
Starwalker Corey Payette Canada Musical drama Dillan Chiblow, Jeffrey Michael Follis, Stewart Adam McKensy, Jason Sakaki, Jennifer Lines [46]
Strange River (Estrany riu) Jaume Claret Muxart Spain, Germany Drama [1]
Summer's Camera Divine Sung South Korea Drama Kim Si-a [12]
Talk Me Joecar Hanna Spain, United States Short drama [47]
That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-vous d'été) Valentine Cadic France Comedy-drama Blandine Madec, India Hair, Arcadi Radeff, Matthias Jacquin, Lou Deleuze [3]
The Trio Hall Su Hui-yu Taiwan Drama Hsiao Kurt, Chen Ching, Lai Hao-zhe, Liao Yuan-ching, Yang Chia-en [3]
Two Times João Liberada (Duas vezes João Liberada) Paula Tomás Marques Portugal Drama June João, André Tecedeiro, Jenny Larrue, Caio Amado, Eloísa d'Ascensão [3]
Unlabelled Colette Johnson-Vosberg Canada Documentary [46]
A Useful Ghost Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Thailand, Singapore, France, Germany Black comedy Davika Hoorne, Witsarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wanlop Rungkumjud, Wisarut Homhuan [48]
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson United States Mystery, comedy Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church [4]
We'll Find Happiness (On sera heureux) Léa Pool Canada Drama Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer, Céline Bonnier, Sascha Ley, Jérôme Varanfrain, Joël Delsaut [49]
The Wedding Banquet Andrew Ahn United States Drama Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung [2]
Where the Night Stands Still (Come la notte) Liryc Dela Cruz Italy, Philippines Drama Jenny Llanto Caringal, Tess Magallanes, Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr. [3]
Where You Find Me Willi Andrick, Juan Bermúdez, Isis Rampf, Anna Schröder Germany Drama [12]

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