List of LGBTQ-related films of 2026
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List of 2026 LGBT movies
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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2026. 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.
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Moons (9 lunas) | Patricia Ortega | Spain, Belgium | Comedy | Zack Gómez-Rolls, Jorge Sanz, María León, Sara Sálamo, Fernando Guallar, Kiti Mánver | [1] | |
| Accused | Anubhuti Kashyap | India | Psychological thriller | Konkona Sen Sharma, Pratibha Ranta | [2] | |
| Adam's Apple | Amy K. Jenkins | United States | Documentary | Adam Sieswerda, Amy K. Jenkins | [3] | |
| Agentes Muito Especiais | Pedro Antônio | Brazil | Comedy, Action | Marcus Majella, Pedroca Monteiro, Dira Paes | [4] | |
| Animol | Ashley Walters | United Kingdom | Romantic drama | Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk, Sekou Diaby, Stephen Graham, Sharon Duncan-Brewster | [5] | |
| Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions | Michelle Mama | Canada | Documentary | Carole Pope | [6] | |
| Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava (Em bé đồng bóng, em bé ngạo nghễ và em bé đau lòng) | Nông Nhật Quang | Vietnam, South Korea, Switzerland | Documentary | [7] | ||
| The Ballad of Judas Priest | Sam Dunn, Tom Morello | United States | Documentary | Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Scott Travis | [5] | |
| Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story | Jyllian Gunther, Stephanie Schwam | United States | Documentary | Robin Byrd | [8] | |
| Barbara Forever | Brydie O'Connor | United States | Documentary | Barbara Hammer | [9] | |
| Big Girls Don't Cry | Paloma Schneideman | New Zealand | Drama | Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor | [9] | |
| Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Tragicomedy | Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado | [10] | |
| The Black Ball (La bola negra) | Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Spain, France | Drama | Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close | [11] | |
| Bowels of Hell (Privadas de Suas Vidas) | Gustavo Vinagre, Gurcius Gewdner | Brazil | Horror comedy | Martha Nowill, Otávio Muller, Chandelly Braz | [12] | |
| The Brittney Griner Story | Alexandria Stapleton | United States | Documentary | Brittney Griner | [9] | |
| Club Kid | Jordan Firstman | United States | Drama | Jordan Firstman, Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Reggie Absolom | [13] | |
| Coward | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, France, Netherlands | War, Drama | Valentin Campagne, Emmanuel Macchia, Jonas Wertz | [10] | |
| Cyclone | Philip Yung | Hong Kong | Drama | Yuqiao Liu, Edwynn Li, Jenny Suen | [12] | |
| A Distant Call | Andrea Suwito | Indonesia, United Kingdom, France | Documentary | [14] | ||
| Don’t Come Out (No Salgas) | Victoria Linares Villegas | Dominican Republic | Horror, Drama | Cecile van Welie, Gabriela Cortés, Camila Issa | [5][15] | |
| The Education of Jane Cumming | Sophie Heldman | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Drama | Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia, Fiona Shaw | [5][16] | |
| Elephants in the Fog | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway | Thriller | Pushpa Thing Lama, Deepika Yadav, Jasmine Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire | [17][10] | |
| Ephemera (浮浮游游) | Shan Jiang | United States, Singapore | Drama, Romance | Yvonne Shuyu Zhang, Shu-Yi | [8] | |
| Flesh and Fuel (Du Fioul dans les artères) | Pierre Le Gall | France, Poland | Drama | Alexis Manenti, Julian Świeżewski, Armindo Alves de Sa | [10] | |
| François.e | Jean-François Asselin | Canada | Comedy | Louis Morissette, Pascale Drevillon, Geneviève Schmidt | [18] | |
| Girls Like Girls | Hayley Kiyoko | United States | Romance | Maya da Costa, Myra Molloy | [19] | |
| Give Me the Ball! | Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff | United States | Documentary | Billie Jean King | [9] | |
| Gugu's World (Feito Pipa) | Allan Deberton | Brazil | Drama | Yuri Gomes, Teca Pereira, Lázaro Ramos, Carlos Francisco, Georgina Castro | [5] | |
| Heartstopper Forever | Wash Westmoreland | United Kingdom | Romantic comedy | Kit Connor, Joe Locke | [20] | |
| The Hidden Face of the Earth (La Face cachée de la Terre) | Arnaud Alain | France | Documentary | [5][16] | ||
| Hunky Jesus | Jennifer M. Kroot | United States | Documentary | George Takei, Sister Roma, Honey Mahogany, Sister Vish-Knew, Sister Bella, Donna Summer | [21] | |
| I Am Going to Miss You (Eu Vou Ter Saudades de Você) | Daniel Ribeiro | Brazil | Romantic drama | Alice Marcone, Gabriel Lodi, Luca Scarpelli | [21] | |
| I Am Mario (Soy Mario) | Sharon Kleinberg | Mexico | Drama | Oustin León, Héctor Kotsifakis, Mayra Batalla | ||
| ìfé: (The Sequel) | Pamela Adie | Nigeria | Romantic drama | Uzoamaka Power, Gbubemi Ejeye, Ozzy Agu | [21] | |
| In a Whisper (À voix basse) | Leyla Bouzid | France, Tunisia | Drama | Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass, Marion Barbeau, Feriel Chamari | [5] | |
| An Island Away From You (A una isla de ti) | Alexis Morante | Spain | Romantic comedy | Freddie Dennis, Jaime Zatarain, Julia Martínez, Toni Acosta, Carlos González | [24] | |
| I Want Your Sex | Gregg Araki | United States | Erotic thriller | Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Charli XCX, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida | [9] | |
| Iván & Hadoum | Ian de la Rosa | Spain, Germany, Belgium | Romantic drama | Silver Chicón, Herminia Loh | Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature winner | [5] |
| Jaripeo | Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig | Mexico, United States, France | Documentary | [9] | ||
| Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer | Nicolas Athane, Marco Nguyen | France, Belgium | Animation, comedy | Alex Ramirès, Jérémy Gillet | [10] | |
| Joy Boy: A Tribute to Julius Eastman | Mawena Yehouessi, Fallon Mayanja, Rob Jacobs, Victoire Karera Kampire, Paul Shemisi, Anne Reijniers | Belgium, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Julius Eastman | [5] | ||
| Julián | Louise Bagnall, Guillaume Lorin, Mark Mullery | Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom | Animation, Family | Knyght Darius Jack, Milcania Diaz-Rojas | Based on Julián is a Mermaid | [25] |
| Labrador: Autopsy of Silence | Rodrigue Jean | Canada | Drama | Christopher Angatookalook, Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle Poulin B., Jassinth Thiagarajah | [26] | |
| Lady Champagne | D’Arcy Drollinger | United States | Adventure, Action comedy | D’Arcy Drollinger, Matthew Martin, Seton Brown | [21] | |
| Last Routine (Šampión) | Jakub Cervenka | Slovakia, Czech Republic | Biographical period drama | Adam Kubala, Jana Nagyová | [27] | |
| Leviticus | Adrian Chiarella | Australia, United States | Horror | Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska | [9] | |
| The Liar’s Circle (El círculo de los mentirosos) | Nancy Cruz Orozco | Mexico | Drama | Dayane Romo, Michelle Betancourt, Argeniz Aldrete, Jaime Bernache, Gerardo Trejoluna | [22] | |
| Lone Star Bull | David Stoddart | United States, United Kingdom | Drama | Luke Macfarlane, Shangela | [28] | |
| Lunar Sway | Nick Butler | Canada | Comedy | Noah Parker, Douglas Smith, Liza Weil | [29] | |
| Madfabulous | Celyn Jones | United Kingdom | Historical comedy-drama | Callum Scott Howells, Ruby Stokes, Rupert Everett | Portrait of Henry, 5th Marquess of Anglesey | [21] |
| The Man I Love | Ira Sachs | United States, France | Musical | Rami Malek, Tom Sturridge, Luther Ford, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach | [10] | |
| Mickey | Dano García | Mexico | Documentary | Dano García | [22] | |
| Mickey & Richard | Ryan A. White, A.P. Pickle | United States | Documentary | Richard Bernstein | [12] | |
| Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders | Jeffrey Schwarz | United States | Documentary | Around William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising | [8] | |
| Mouse | Kelly O'Sullivan,Alex Thompson | United States | Drama | Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Chloe Coleman, Tara Mallen, Iman Vellani | [5] | |
| My Brother’s Killer | Rachel Mason | United States | Documentary | Billy London | [28][30] | |
| My Dearest Señorita (Mi querida señorita) | Fernando González Molina | Spain | Drama | Elizabeth Martínez, Anna Castillo, Paco León, Nagore Aranburu, Manu Ríos, Eneko Sagardoy, Lola Rodríguez, María Galiana, Delphina Bianco | Remake of the 1972 film of the same name | [31] |
| Narciso | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay | Thriller | Diro Romero, Manuel Cuenca, Mona Martinez | [5][16] | |
| The Passion According to G.H.B. (A paixão segundo G.H.B.) | Gustavo Vinagre, Vinicius Couto | Brazil | Drama | Vinicius Couto, Igor Mo, Christiane Tricerri, Luciano Falcão, Rodrigo Campos | Magical realist gay retelling of The Passion According to G.H. | [12] |
| Perfect | Millicent Hailes | United States | Drama, Romance | Julia Fox, Ashley Moore, Lío Mehiel, Micaela Wittman | [32] | |
| Public Access | David Shadrack Smith | United States | Documentary | [9] | ||
| River Dreams (Сны реки) | Kristina Mikhailova | Kazakhstan, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Documentary | [5] | ||
| A Secret heart (Coeur secret) | Tom Fontenille | France | Documentary | [10] | ||
| Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building (Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul) | Bruno Santamaría Razo | Mexico, Denmark, Brazil | Drama | Jade Reyes, Sofía Espinosa, Lázaro Gabino, Eduardo Ayala, Valeria Vanegas | [13] | |
| Shelter (Cobijo) | Adrián Silvestre | Spain | Documentary | [22] | ||
| Something You Should Know About Me | Andy Rose Fidoten | United States | Romantic comedy | Andy Rose Fidoten, Morgan Sullivan, Sydney Diaz | [8] | |
| A Song Without Home (სიმღერა სახლის გარეშე) | Rati Tsiteladze | Georgia, United States | Documentary | Adelina | [33] | |
| Stop! That! Train! | Adam Shankman | United States | Comedy, Action | Ginger Minj, Jujubee, RuPaul, Brooke Lynn Hytes | [34] | |
| A Street Named Cuba (Calle Cuba) | Vanessa Batista | Cuba, Chile, Mexico | Documentary | [22] | ||
| Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Jane Schoenbrun | United States | Horror | Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson | [35] | |
| Tell Me Everything (עצמאות) | Moshe Rosenthal | Israel, France, United Kingdom | Drama | Yair Mazor, Ido Tako, Assi Cohen, Keren Tzur | [9] | |
| This Is I (ディスイズアイ) | Yusaku Matsumoto | Japan | Drama | Haruki Mochizuki, Saitō Takumi | Based on Haruna Ai’s autobiography | [36] |
| To Dance is to Resist | Julian Lautenbacher | Ukraine, Germany | Documentary | Jay, Vol’demar Kabus | [21] | |
| Trial of Hein (Der Heimatlose) | Kai Stänicke | Germany | Drama | Paul Boche, Emilia Schüle, Philip Froissant, Jeanette Hain | [37] | |
| Tu Reina | Andrés Salgado | Colombia | Drama, Thriller | Mara Cifuentes, Lucho Velasco, Juan Palau | [38] | |
| Two Dads, And Me (Yo tengo dos papás) | Edgar Reyes | Mexico | Documentary | [22] | ||
| Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest | Viv Li | Germany, Netherlands | Documentary | [5][16] | ||
| Uchronia | Fil Ieropoulos | Greece, Netherlands | Documentary | Kristof, Flomaria Papadaki, Marlo Mortimer, Amani Cosmo, Robert Carithers | Based on Arthur Rimbaud's "Une Saison En Enfer" | [5] |
| Uncle Roy | Keri Pickett | United States | Documentary | Roy Blakey | [28][39] | |
| A Very Good Boy (Un jeune homme de bonne famille) | Sébastien Lifshitz | France | Documentary | Claude Loir | [40] | |
| What Will I Become? | Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos | United States | Documentary | Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos, Blake Brockington, Kyler Prescott | [5][15] |
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