Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity).
These films are gay, explicitly or implicitly, in their texts, subtexts, performers, and target audiences.
Some films are explicitly gay because their plot is gay-themed (coming out, for instance) or they contain at least one gay character (open or latent about his/her sexuality).
Other films are perceived as gay due to their sensibility and sense of humor (gay camp) and the fact that they are embraced by mostly gay viewers who see gay or camp qualities in them that straight viewers might not.
Still others acquire a more overt gay meaning when it is revealed that their performers are or were gay, as is the case of Vincent Price, George Sanders, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Ian McKellen.
Updated: July 2019
Select films whose title begins with I
I Don’t Want (2007)
I Killed My Mother (2013)
I Love You Phillip (2010)
I, You, He, She (1975)
In and Out (1997)
In the Family (2012)
Intervention (2016)
In Year with 13 (1978)
Note:
If you want to know more about gay directors and gay films, please read my book:
Gay Directors, Gay Films? By Emanuel Levy (Columbia University Press)
I
I Am Gay and Muslim, Netherlands/Morocco (2012)
I Am Happiness on Earth (Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo), Mexico (2014) I Am My Own Woman (Ich bin meine eigene Frau), Germany (1992)
I Am Not What You Want, Hong Kong (2001)
I Am Syd Stone, Canada (2014)
I Can’t Think Straight, UK/India (2007)
I Do, US (2012)
I Don’t Care, UK (2010)
I Don’t Kiss (J’embrasse pas), France (1991)
I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone (Eu não quero voltar sozinho), Brazil (2010)
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone, Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria (2006)
I Dreamt under the Water (J’ai rêvé sous l’eau), France (2008) I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère), Canada (2009) I Like It Like That (1994)
I Like You, I Like You Very Much, Japan (1994)
I Love Hooligans, Netherlands/Belgium (2013)
I Love You Baby, Spain (2001)
I Love You, I Don’t (Je t’aime moi non plus), France (1976) I Love You Phillip Morris, US/France (2009)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, US (2007) I Shot Andy Warhol, UK/US (1996) I Shot My Love, Israel/Germany (2010)
I, the Worst of All (Yo, la peor de todas), Argentina (1990)
I Think I Do, US (1997)
I Wanna Be a Republican, US (2006)
I Want to Get Married, US (2011)
I Want Your Love, US (2010, 2012)
I Will Survive (Sobreviviré), Spain (1999)
Ice Blues, Canada (2008)
Ice Men, Canada (2004) if…., UK (1968)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) The Ignorant Fairies (Le Fate ignoranti), His Secret Life, Italy/France (2001)
Il compleanno (David’s Birthday), Italy (2009)
Il sapore del grano (The Flavor of Corn), Italy (1986)
Il Vento e le Rose, The Awakening of Love), Japan/Italy (2009) I’ll Love You Forever… Tonight, US (1992)
I’m the One That I Want, US (2000)
I’m So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros), Spain (2013)
Imaginary Heroes, US (2004)
Imagine Me & You, UK (2005)
The Imitation Game, UK (2014)
Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, Italy (1980) In & Out, US (1997)
In a Glass Cage (Tras el cristal), Spain (1986)
In a Year of 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden), West Germany (1978) In Between, Israel (2016)
In Bloom, US (2013)
¨In my end is my beginning¨,South Korea (2009, but released in 2013)
In Extremis (To the Extreme), France (2000) In Her Line of Fire, US (2005)
In My Life, Philippines (2009)
In the Blood, US (2006)
In The Closet, US (2008)
In the Family, US (2011)
In the Flesh, US (1998)
In the Gloaming, US (1997)
In the Grayscale (En la Gama de los Grises), Chile (2015)
In the Name of… Poland (2013) In the Realm of the Senses, Japan/France (1976) Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, The, US (1995)
Indian Summer (Alive & Kicking), UK (1996) Infamous, US (2006)
Inflatble Swamp, UK (2010)
Innocent, Canada/Hong Kong (2005)
Intentions, US (2002) Interior. Leather Bar., US (2013) Interview with the Vampire, US (1994)
Interviews with My Next Girlfriend, Canada (short, 2002)
An Intimate Friendship, US (2000)
Intimates, Hong Kong (1997)
The Iron Ladies, Thailand (2000)
The Iron Ladies 2, Thailand (2003)
Is It Just Me?, US (2010)
Iskandariyah… lih? (Alexandria… Why?), Egypt (1978)
The Island, Canada (2009)
Island of Death Greece (1976)
Issues 101, US (2002)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt), West Germany (1971)
It’s Consuming Me, Germany (2012)
It’s in the Water, US (1997) It’s My Party, US (1996)
It’s Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n’est pas un film de cow-boys), France (2012)
It’s Pat, US (1994)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007) I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, Canada (1987)
Izlet (A Trip), Slovenia (2011)
Gay Cinema: I–LGBTQ Films (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer)
I: List of LGBTQ+ whose titles begin with I
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity).
These films are gay, explicitly or implicitly, in their texts, subtexts, performers, and target audiences.
Some films are explicitly gay because their plot is gay-themed (coming out, for instance) or they contain at least one gay character (open or latent about his/her sexuality).
Other films are perceived as gay due to their sensibility and sense of humor (gay camp) and the fact that they are embraced by mostly gay viewers who see gay or camp qualities in them that straight viewers might not.
Still others acquire a more overt gay meaning when it is revealed that their performers are or were gay, as is the case of Vincent Price, George Sanders, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Ian McKellen.
Updated: July 2019
Select films whose title begins with I
I Don’t Want (2007)
I Killed My Mother (2013)
I Love You Phillip (2010)
I, You, He, She (1975)
In and Out (1997)
In the Family (2012)
Intervention (2016)
In Year with 13 (1978)
Note:
If you want to know more about gay directors and gay films, please read my book:
Gay Directors, Gay Films? By Emanuel Levy (Columbia University Press)
I
I Am Gay and Muslim, Netherlands/Morocco (2012)
I Am Happiness on Earth (Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo), Mexico (2014)
I Am My Own Woman (Ich bin meine eigene Frau), Germany (1992)
I Am Not What You Want, Hong Kong (2001)
I Am Syd Stone, Canada (2014)
I Can’t Think Straight, UK/India (2007)
I Do, US (2012)
I Don’t Care, UK (2010)
I Don’t Kiss (J’embrasse pas), France (1991)
I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone (Eu não quero voltar sozinho), Brazil (2010)
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone, Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria (2006)
I Dreamt under the Water (J’ai rêvé sous l’eau), France (2008)
I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère), Canada (2009)
I Like It Like That (1994)
I Like You, I Like You Very Much, Japan (1994)
I Love Hooligans, Netherlands/Belgium (2013)
I Love You Baby, Spain (2001)
I Love You, I Don’t (Je t’aime moi non plus), France (1976)
I Love You Phillip Morris, US/France (2009)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, US (2007)
I Shot Andy Warhol, UK/US (1996)
I Shot My Love, Israel/Germany (2010)
I, the Worst of All (Yo, la peor de todas), Argentina (1990)
I Think I Do, US (1997)
I Wanna Be a Republican, US (2006)
I Want to Get Married, US (2011)
I Want Your Love, US (2010, 2012)
I Will Survive (Sobreviviré), Spain (1999)
Ice Blues, Canada (2008)
Ice Men, Canada (2004)
if…., UK (1968)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
The Ignorant Fairies (Le Fate ignoranti), His Secret Life, Italy/France (2001)
Il compleanno (David’s Birthday), Italy (2009)
Il sapore del grano (The Flavor of Corn), Italy (1986)
Il Vento e le Rose, The Awakening of Love), Japan/Italy (2009)
I’ll Love You Forever… Tonight, US (1992)
I’m the One That I Want, US (2000)
I’m So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros), Spain (2013)
Imaginary Heroes, US (2004)
Imagine Me & You, UK (2005)
The Imitation Game, UK (2014)
Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, Italy (1980)
In & Out, US (1997)
In a Glass Cage (Tras el cristal), Spain (1986)
In a Year of 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden), West Germany (1978)
In Between, Israel (2016)
In Bloom, US (2013)
¨In my end is my beginning¨,South Korea (2009, but released in 2013)
In Extremis (To the Extreme), France (2000)
In Her Line of Fire, US (2005)
In My Life, Philippines (2009)
In the Blood, US (2006)
In The Closet, US (2008)
In the Family, US (2011)
In the Flesh, US (1998)
In the Gloaming, US (1997)
In the Grayscale (En la Gama de los Grises), Chile (2015)
In the Name of… Poland (2013)
In the Realm of the Senses, Japan/France (1976)
Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, The, US (1995)
Indian Summer (Alive & Kicking), UK (1996)
Infamous, US (2006)
Inflatble Swamp, UK (2010)
Innocent, Canada/Hong Kong (2005)
Intentions, US (2002)
Interior. Leather Bar., US (2013)
Interview with the Vampire, US (1994)
Interviews with My Next Girlfriend, Canada (short, 2002)
An Intimate Friendship, US (2000)
Intimates, Hong Kong (1997)
The Iron Ladies, Thailand (2000)
The Iron Ladies 2, Thailand (2003)
Is It Just Me?, US (2010)
Iskandariyah… lih? (Alexandria… Why?), Egypt (1978)
The Island, Canada (2009)
Island of Death Greece (1976)
Issues 101, US (2002)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt), West Germany (1971)
It’s Consuming Me, Germany (2012)
It’s in the Water, US (1997)
It’s My Party, US (1996)
It’s Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n’est pas un film de cow-boys), France (2012)
It’s Pat, US (1994)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, US (2007)
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, Canada (1987)
Izlet (A Trip), Slovenia (2011)