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* ''Film/LesbianVampireKillers'': Two slackers, while on holiday, come to a town where all the woman are under the curse of turning into {{lesbian vampire}}s whom they then start killing with the aid of the vicar.
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* ''Film/Heatwave2022'': Claire, the protagonist, is a lesbian. After she begins a relationship with Eve, Claire learns Eve's married to her boss, and soon gets sucked into danger.
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* ''Film/{{Castaways}}'': Cara and Emily, the film's protagonists, get washed up onto a DesertedIsland in the wake of their boat going down. They discover a mutual attraction and become lovers.
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* ''Film/TheBlackening'': Dewayne is the GayBestFriend of the main characters' group.
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* ''Film/ALAventure'': Two of the main characters, Sophie and Mina, are both bisexual women. Sophie has a BDSM relationship with Mina [[{{Polyamory}} and Mina's husband]] Jérôme.
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* ''Film/{{Attachment}}'': The film's protagonists, Leah and Maja, are both lesbians who are in a relationship. Leah goes home to London with Maja, where it soon transpires that she's suffering from a very serious affliction. Namely, [[spoiler:Leah's been [[DemonicPossession possessed by a dybbuk]], a demon in Jewish folklore]].
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* ''Film/{{Anna}}'': The title character appears to be a bisexual woman, as she dates Maude but also gets involved with two different men. Maude is a main character and clearly a lesbian, while Anne's sexual orientation [[AmbiguouslyBi has some ambiguity]] as their relationship may only be part of her cover working for the KGB.

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* ''Film/{{Anna}}'': The title character appears to be a bisexual woman, as she dates Maude but also gets involved with two different men. Maude is a main character and clearly a lesbian, while Anne's Anna's sexual orientation [[AmbiguouslyBi has some ambiguity]] as their relationship may only be part of her cover working for the KGB.
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* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'': One of the main characters is Prudence, a young lesbian who initially has anxiety about her sexuality. With help from her friends, Prudence comes out, accepts herself and dates a woman.
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* ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin'': Film based on the novel ''Literature/TheCabinAtTheEndOfTheWorld'' about a gay couple and their child vacationing at a remote cabin where they are beset by a group of mysterious strangers who claim the apocalypse is coming. There is greater emphasis on the homophobia and challenges Andrew and Eric have faced in being gay and trying to start a family through flashbacks.
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* ''Film/StrangerByTheLake'': All of the main characters are gay men.
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* ''Film/StrangerByTheLake'': All of the main characters are gay men.
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* ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': The protagonist is a lesbian android and she becomes involved with a female mechanic in the film. Additionally one of the villains, a woman, lusts after her, wanting her for {{sexbot}}.

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* ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': The protagonist is a lesbian android and she becomes involved with a female mechanic in the film. Additionally one of the villains, a woman, lusts after her, wanting her for her {{sexbot}}.
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* ''Film/Stonewall1995'': A fictional account of the Stonewall riots.
* ''Film/Stonewall2015'': An account of the Stonewall riots that drew controversy due to focus on a WhiteMaleLead.
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* ''Film/InFromTheSide'': Mark and Warren are gay male rugby players who begin an affair with one another.
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* ''Film/InFromTheSide'': Mark and Warren are gay male rugby players who begin an affair with one another.
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* ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin'': Film [[Literature/TheCabinAtTheEndOfTheWorld based on the novel]] about a gay couple and their children vacationing at a remote cabin where they are beset by a group of mysterious strangers who claim the apocalypse is coming.
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* ''Film/{{Foxfire}}'': Legs, one of the main characters, is a ButchLesbian. One of the other main characters is implied to be a lesbian as well.

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* ''Film/{{Foxfire}}'': ''Film/Foxfire1996'': Legs, one of the main characters, is a ButchLesbian. One of the other main characters is implied to be a lesbian as well.



* ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': The protagonist is a lesbian android and she becomes involved with a female mechanic in the film. Additionally one of the villains, a woman, lusts after her.

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* ''Film/JaggedMind'': Billie, the lead character, is a lesbian. She's still having sex with her ex-girlfriend Christine when the film begins. Before long, she gets into a new relationship with another woman, Alex, which sparks the plot. However, this turns out to be [[DomesticAbuse very bad]] for Billie. Another character, Rose, also turns out to be a lesbian who helps Billie.
* ''Film/Jailbait2014'': While in prison, the main character is sexually assaulted by several of the female inmates. This is portrayed as sexy instead of traumatizing, with copious lesbian sex scenes in the movie.



* ''Film/Jailbait2014'': While in prison, the main character is sexually assaulted by several of the female inmates. This is portrayed as sexy instead of traumatizing, with copious lesbian sex scenes in the movie.
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* ''Film/Scream2022'': This film introduces Mindy Meeks-Martin, a queer GenreSavvy horror film fan, much like her late uncle, Randy.
** ''Film/ScreamVI'': Mindy appears in this film as well, along with her girlfriend Anika.
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* ''Film/FemmeFatale2002'': Laure is the title woman, and it appears she's bisexual. Early on she easily seduces Veronica, a model, to [[HoneyTrap steal the jewels]] on the outfit Veronica's wearing. Later, she also seduces male reporter Bardo to get his help. Given she does it to get something from them however, this could be [[PragmaticPansexuality solely for practical reasons]], while that also might be true of [[spoiler:Veronica, given they are really accomplices]].
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* ''Film/RebelMoon'': One of the main characters, Milius, is non-binary.
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* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'': In this modern reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', initially Juliet is with another woman, Ness, until she meets and falls for Tromeo.

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* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'': In this modern reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', initially Juliet is with another woman, Ness, until she meets and falls for Tromeo. Murray's LastRequest is also that Tromeo kiss him, which he does, leading Benny to conclude with surprise that Murray was gay.
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* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'': In this modern reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', initially Juliet is with another woman, Ness, until she meets and falls for Tromeo.

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* ''Film/Jailbait2014'': While in prison, the main character is sexually assaulted by several of the female inmates. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot This is portrayed as sexy instead of traumatizing, with copious lesbian sex scenes in the movie.]]

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* ''Film/Jailbait2014'': While in prison, the main character is sexually assaulted by several of the female inmates. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot This is portrayed as sexy instead of traumatizing, with copious lesbian sex scenes in the movie.]]
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* ''Film/HeartsBeatLoud'': Sam is a lesbian with a girlfriend named Rose; her father Frank is very supportive.

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* ''Film/HeartsBeatLoud'': Sam Sam, the female lead, is a lesbian with a girlfriend named Rose; her father Frank is very supportive.
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* ''Film/SideEffects'': It turns out that Emily and Veronica Siebert were previously lovers, with them both becoming accomplices in a criminal plot too.
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* ''Film/TheresaAndAllison'': The lead character Theresa is a lesbian who's made into a vampire by a woman whom she slept with. After this she meets Allison, a bisexual vampire, with the two eventually becoming lovers. Prior to this Theresa seduced, had sex with and killed several women by feeding on them too. They are depicted far more realistically than most [[LesbianVampire sapphic vampires]] overall, being very ordinary aside from this.
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* ''Film/FrightNight2NewBlood'': Gerri, a main character who's the antagonist, is a [[LesbianVampire bisexual vampire]] who seduces men and women to feed on.
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* ''Film/HolySmoke'': Ruth sleeps with/makes out with other women in order to show the audience how 'wild' she is due to the New Age cult she'd joined.

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* ''Film/HolySmoke'': Ruth sleeps with/makes makes out with other another women in order to show the audience how 'wild' after she is due to the New Age cult she'd joined.also had sex with PJ, who's watching as she does [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lustfully]].
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Live-action films with a prominent focus on UsefulNotes/{{LGBT|Community}}QIA ([[UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual}} lesbian, gay]], UsefulNotes/{{bisexual}}, UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}, queer, intersex, and UsefulNotes/{{asexual}} and/or UsefulNotes/{{aromantic}}) characters and people. The subject/theme of these works may or may not be about LGBTQIA+ culture and identities and can be highly varied. To be listed here, the work must contain either a main or recurring LGBTQIA+ character, or there must be a high frequency of LGBTQIA+ figures appearing rather than limiting it to one or two offhanded/one-off appearances. WordOfGay examples do not go here: the character's identity must be established within the work itself. See LGBTFanbase for works that do not have unambiguous LGBTQIA+ subject matter, but attract a significant LGBTQIA+ fandom.

Some of these works have characters coming out or being shown to be LGBTQIA+ as reveals, beware of spoilers.

See LGBTRepresentationInMedia for a list of works in other mediums with prominent LGBTQIA+ representation.

See also LGBTPlusCreators for a list of artists/media creators who are LGBTQIA+.
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* ''Film/Adam2019'': The plot is about a cisgender boy who pretends to be a trans boy in order to date a lesbian, who eventually comes to identify as bisexual instead. Nearly all of the cast besides him are somehow LGBT+ (queer women, nonbinary, trans men, trans women etc).
* ''Film/AgnesAndHisBrothers'': One of the main characters is Agnes, a transgender woman, and part of the plot revolves around her strained relationship with her dysfunctional family after transitioning.
* ''Film/{{Alexander}}'': The film is a fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great and depicts him as bisexual, being shown in romantic relationships with several men as well as the woman he eventually marries. This attracted significant controversy when the film was released in 2004.
* ''Film/AllAboutE'': The lead and titular character E is a lesbian DJ who runs off with a bag of money alongside her CampGay best friend Matt as her angry boss pursues her to get it back. She takes refuge in her ex-girlfriend's home, where it's soon clear they still have a strong attraction for each other.
* ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'': The lead character, Maddy, dated Leena before the events of the film and seduces Tracy early on (who says she's a far better lover to her than her JerkJock boyfriend, the antagonist).
* ''Film/AllMyFriendsAreDead'': [[spoiler:Marek and Rafal]] are revealed to be in a relationship, but are closeted to everyone else.
* ''Film/AmericanNightmare1983'': Eric's neighbor Dolly is a trans woman.
* ''Film/{{Anna}}'': The title character appears to be a bisexual woman, as she dates Maude but also gets involved with two different men. Maude is a main character and clearly a lesbian, while Anne's sexual orientation [[AmbiguouslyBi has some ambiguity]] as their relationship may only be part of her cover working for the KGB.
* ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'': One of the main characters is Steph, a teenage ButchLesbian who gets established as such early on. [[spoiler:She's [[PreserveYourGays among those who survive]] at the end.]]
* ''Film/{{Anon}}'': The Girl, aka Anon, is a bisexual woman with two past female lovers shown. She's one of the two protagonists.
* ''Film/TheArcher'': The lead character is a lesbian, and she and another girl at the juvenile reform camp she's sent to end up falling for each other while they plan their escape.
* ''Film/AtomicBlonde'': The main character is a bisexual woman, and enters a relationship with a female French agent.
* ''Film/BasicInstinct'': The VillainProtagonist Catherine is a bisexual woman who enjoys manipulating her lovers against each other for her amusement, with the plot being kick-started by her getting her boyfriend to kill her girlfriend.
* ''Film/BattleOfTheSexes'': A subplot in the film is the protagonist, Billie, coming to terms with being a lesbian.
* ''Film/{{Benedetta}}'': The title character and Bartholomea, a novice, become secret lovers, which later gets them tried by the Church.
* ''Film/BetterThanChocolate''
* ''Film/{{Bit}}'': The main character is a transgender lesbian, who is drawn into a group of lesbian vampires who are being threatened by a ruthless group of {{Vampire Hunter}}s.
* ''Film/BitterMoon'': Mimi, the female lead, is a bisexual woman who is involved in a passionate DestructiveRomance with her husband Oscar, and seduces Fiona to spite him.
* ''Film/TheBlackDahlia'': Madeleine, a major character, hangs out in a lesbian nightclub and has been in relationships with both men and women. She previously dated Elizabeth, the woman whose murder that Bucky, the protagonist, is attempting to solve, and gets into a relationship with him.
* ''Film/{{Blockers}}'': One of the main characters is Sam, who's an initially closeted teenage lesbian, with her character arc being embracing her sexuality and coming out to her loved ones (they all accept her at once), before beginning to pursue a girl she likes.
* ''Film/BloodRayne'': The lead character is Rayne, a {{dhampyr}} who is shown as attracted to a female vampire early on, kissing and then feeding on her. Later on she also has sex with Sebastian.
* ''Film/{{Bloodthirsty}}'': The lead character is a lesbian in a committed relationship with her girlfriend, which gets a lot of focus.
* ''Film/BodiesBodiesBodies'': Lesbian couple Sophie and Bee are the very first characters introduced (while making out actually), while later Jordan ([[GenderBlenderName another girl]]) turns out to be a lesbian or bi too. Though not the main theme, the two's relationship (and difficulties like [[spoiler:Sophie having cheated on Bee with Jordan]]) is explored. Emma, who's involved with a guy, also kisses Sophie once, but it's left unclear whether she's a closeted lesbian, bi/pansexual or just DesperatelyCravesAffection.
* ''Film/Bombshell2019'': A major subplot in the film surrounds Kayla, a Republican woman who works for Creator/FoxNewsChannel, being in denial over being a lesbian despite sleeping with and secretly dating women and having no interest in men.
* ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'': Amy, one of the two protagonists, is a lesbian who CannotSpitItOut about her crush on her classmate Ryan, and spends much of the movie both unsure if Ryan is into girls and how to confess to her if she is.
* ''Film/BoyMeetsGirl'': Ricky, a young trans woman living in a small town, ends up in some major TransRelationshipTroubles. Her new female friend Francesca falls for her and they end up having sex (and unbeknownst to Francesca, [[spoiler:Ricky also had sex with Francesca's male fiance]]). Ricky's best male friend also is in love with her. Refreshingly, there's little fretting over GayPanic and much more mature discussion and passionate affection.
* ''Film/BoysOnTheSide'': The protagonist, Jane, is a lesbian who is in unrequited love with Robin, who is one of her best friends. At the end of the movie Robin confesses that she loves Jane too, though [[spoiler:her diagnosis of HIV means that the two of them won't have much time together. Robin is herself bisexual]].
* ''Film/TheBridesOfSodom'': EveryoneIsBi, and the plot is kicked off by a male vampire falling in love with a man who is one of the last remaining humans.
* ''Film/ButcherBakerNightmareMaker'': Tom Landers is a coach whose boyfriend's murder is dismissed by the bigoted detective in charge of the case as being the result of a gay lover's quarrel when his sexuality comes to light. He helps the protagonist find the actual culprit.
* ''Film/{{Butter}}'': As part of her plot to get revenge on Bob, Brooke seduces his daughter Kaitlen and breaks her heart the same way Bob broke hers.
* ''Film/{{Catfight}}'': Ashley, one of the two protagonists, is a lesbian whose marriage to her wife Lisa eventually dissolves due to their differing political views.
* ''Film/{{Caveman}}'': Two supporting characters, Ruck and Flok, are gay cavemen in a relationship. It's implied they were outcast by other cavepeople, and join protagonist Atouk's tribe that acts as a safe haven for rejects.
* ''Film/{{Chloe}}'' (bisexual female main characters; subject matter includes queer female romance)
* ''Film/{{Climax}}'': The majority of the cast is bisexual.
* ''Film/TheCloset'': The main character is a straight man who pretends to be gay; there is an ArmouredClosetGay supporting character.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Robert, one of the protagonists, is a bisexual man in a relationship with Sixsmith, a man that he calls 'the sole love of [his] life'.
* ''Film/ComeSunday'': Reggie, an organist at a Tulsa megachurch, struggles with his internalized homophobia after realizing that he's gay.
* ''Film/Compulsion2013'': The film's protagonists Amy and Saffron had sex prior to the latter [[spoiler:being killed at her request, then eaten]], after Amy's intense attraction toward her for some time.
* ''Film/Compulsion2016'': American novelist Sadie becomes involved with Italian Francesca after leaving her boyfriend, with this being a driver of the plot although not the main focus.
* ''Film/Concussion2013'': A lesbian housewife reevaluates her life after suffering a concussion and ends up becoming a sex worker serving other women to relieve her boredom.
* ''Film/TheConIsOn'': Irina, the main villain, is a PsychoLesbian gangster who is still in love with Harry and wants to kill her current partner in crime so that she'll return to her.
* ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'': The main cast includes Lourdes, a transgender girl, and Timmy, a bisexual boy, is a supporting character whose struggles with homophobia and coming out are shown.
* ''Film/{{Cthulhu}}'': Russel is a gay man who rejects his close-minded small town and its lifestyle and values. In his case, the town's lifestyle includes membership in an apocalyptic sea cult, and its values oblige him to impregnate a local women, his sexuality nonwithstanding.
* ''Film/Cursed2005'': Bo, Jimmy's bully, is an ArmoredClosetGay, and at the start of the third act comes out to him, becoming an ally to the main characters.
* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': The two main female characters turn out to both be bisexual women who were in a relationship, which is a key plot point.
* ''Film/{{DEBS}}'': College superspy Amy and the supervillainess Lucy are lesbians who end up falling for each other over the course of the film.
* ''Film/DearWhitePeople'': Film focusing on the Black students attending a prestigous university and the racial micro- and marcoagressions they deal with; Lionel, one of the main characters, is gay and coming to terms with his sexuality while navigating his racial identity.
* ''Film/TheDisappearanceOfAliceCreed'': Vic is gay and Danny is bi; the two of them are in a relationship, which is made complicated when the woman they kidnap turns out to be Danny's ex-girlfriend.
* ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'': Sonny is a bisexual man whose motivation for robbing the bank is to get money so that his wife (a transgender woman) can have the GRS surgeries she needs. BasedOnATrueStory.
* ''Film/{{Dope}}'': One of the main characters is Diggy, a teenage lesbian.
* ''Film/DoubleObsession'': The antagonist is a PsychoLesbian who kidnaps the main character because she's obsessively in love with her.
* ''Film/TheDune'': One of the main characters is Reuven, an elderly gay man who is drawn into one last case as a detective before he retires.
* ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire'': Sarah, a photographer, attempts to seduce Charlotte during their photoshoot, though she's rebuffed.
* ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire2013'': This remake of ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire'' has Charlotte kiss Sarah when drunk and possibly have sex with her too (though at first it seems like just a HomoeroticDream-it isn't clear how much they did). She isn't willing to explore things further with Sarah later though, and she's not shown as attracted to women again when sober. On the other hand, Sarah ''is'' attracted to her when sober, and also had sex with a man before, so she's probably bisexual.
* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': Phastos, one of the Eternals, is gay and married to a man.
* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': A film about Evelyn, a Chinese-American immigrant woman split in-between her humdrum life and defending TheMultiverse with her alternate selves; a significiant subplot is Evelyn trying to find common ground with her daughter Joy who has come out and is dating a girl. [[spoiler:Additionally, while Evelyn is hesitant to accept her daughter's sexuality at first, [[{{Irony}} Evelyn is married to a woman in another universe]].]]
* ''Film/TheFallout'': Two girls, Vada and Mia, bond over surviving a school shooting, eventually sleeping together (which is the first time for both). However, afterward Vada wants to just be friends, with Mia agreeing. It's left unclear what either of the girls' sexual orienation is.
* ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore'': The film confirms onscreen that Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald are both gay, having had a past relationship which heavily influences the two in the present as well since it's made clear they still love each other but have taken opposing sides in a violent conflict. Further, though it's set [[TheThirties in 1932]] no one among the wizarding world appears to care about them being gay (or at least none who's aware).
* ''Film/FeastOfLove'': Kathryn is married to Bradley, then falls for Jenny and leaves him to be with her early in the film.
* ''Film/FelliniSatyricon'': The main character, Encolpius, has sex with both men and women, though the concept of LGBTQIA+ or homosexuality didn't really exist in AncientRome.
* ''Film/Fire1996'' is the first film in Deepa Mehta's "Element Trilogy", and it centers around two women in unhappy marriages who form a close bond, culminating in a relationship. It was one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to be centered around an explicit, LGBTQIA+ romance.
* ''Film/{{Foxfire}}'': Legs, one of the main characters, is a ButchLesbian. One of the other main characters is implied to be a lesbian as well.
* ''Film/FraternityMassacreAtHellIsland'': Jack is a closeted gay man who is trying to join a fraternity as well as find the courage to come out to his friends.
* ''Film/Fresh2022'': Mollie, one of the main characters, is a bisexual woman. It's only mentioned though.
* ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': The protagonist is a lesbian android and she becomes involved with a female mechanic in the film. Additionally one of the villains, a woman, lusts after her.
* ''Film/GameOverMan2018'': Joel comes out as gay to his friends at the climax ([[EverybodyKnewAlready though it turns out that he'd gotten drunk and told them ages ago]]).
* ''Film/{{Gigli}}'': Ricki is said to be a lesbian, with the main romance between her and Larry being said to [[CureYourGays turn her straight]] (the idea of her being bisexual [[NoBisexuals isn't even mentioned]]).
* ''Film/GlassOnion'': The film reveals that lead character Benoit Blanc (who also led in the film ''Film/KnivesOut'') is gay by showing him at home with his partner during lockdown in the wake of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
* ''Film/TheHaunting1999'': Theo, one of the main characters, is a bisexual woman [[{{Polyamory}} dating a man and woman at the same time]].
* ''Film/HeadInTheClouds'': Mia and Gilda, the two main female characters, are revealed to have dated previously and are heavily implied to still have feelings for each other.
* ''Film/HeartsBeatLoud'': Sam is a lesbian with a girlfriend named Rose; her father Frank is very supportive.
* ''Film/{{Hellbent}}'': The movie follows a group of gay friends out on a Halloween night. It's generally considered to be the first gay slasher movie.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': A subplot in the film is Kristen realizing that she's developing feelings for her friend Taryn, though the film shows very little of their romance on-screen.
* ''Film/HollySleptOver'': The two female lead characters, Audra and Holly, had once been involved while they were college roommates. At first Audra says this was just [[ExperimentedInCollege experimenting on her part]], but later admits to her husband Noel that she loved Holly. The pair have a threesome with Noel, since Audra is still drawn to Holly.
* ''Film/HolySmoke'': Ruth sleeps with/makes out with other women in order to show the audience how 'wild' she is due to the New Age cult she'd joined.
* ''Film/HorrorInTheHighDesert'': The movie is a mockumentary telling the investigation regarding a missing hiker named Gary. Midway through the investigation, it's revealed that Gary had a male lover.
* ''Film/HowToBlowUpAPipeline'': Theo and Alisha, two of the female main characters, are shown to be a couple early on.
* ''Film/TheHunger'': Miriam is a bisexual vampire who dooms her lovers to an eternity of AgeWithoutYouth, with the protagonist Sarah being the latest woman she decides to seduce.
* ''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'': The main character Abram is either gay or bisexual and must deal with both discriminatory anti-gay laws and the homophobic residents of the town in which he lives.
* ''Film/{{Hypochondriac}}'': The main character of this movie is Will, a gay man that starts to lose his mind and his body while coming to terms with childhood trauma left by his mentally ill mother.
* ''Film/InsideDaisyClover'': Actor Wade Lewis turns out to be bisexual. One of the early depictions of a gay or bisexual character in American cinema who is [[AvertedTrope neither]] [[{{Gayngst}} ashamed of his sexuality]] nor [[GayngstInducedSuicide wants to commit suicide]].
* ''Film/IShotAndyWarhol'': Valerie, the protagonist, is a lesbian. That to support herself she needs to work as a sex worker and sleep with men doesn't help her mental state any.
* ''Film/JEdgar'': The film portrays Hoover as having a complicated relationship with sexuality and significant sexual tension with a male friend that eventually leads to the two of them making out.
* ''Film/Jailbait2014'': While in prison, the main character is sexually assaulted by several of the female inmates. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot This is portrayed as sexy instead of traumatizing, with copious lesbian sex scenes in the movie.]]
* ''{{Film/Kaboom}}'': The main character, Smith, is uncertain about his sexuality and experiments with men and women during the film. His friend Stella, a lesbian, is also seeing a woman during the film, with a few more gay or bi men as supporting parts.
* ''Film/{{Kajillionaire}}'': Both of the main characters are lesbians who eventually fall for each other.
* ''Film/KillerNun'': Sister Gertrude enters into a forbidden relationship with fellow nun Sister Mathieu, who subsequently becomes her partner-in-crime in a series of murders.
* ''Film/KillerUnicorn'': A horror-comedy slasher focused where a group of gay and drag queen friends are hunted down by a killer wearing nothing but sequin underwear and a unicorn mask.
* ''Film/TheKillingOfSisterGeorge'': June is a lesbian in an abusive relationship with Alice, with much of the film revolving around their relationship drama as June's career as an actress disintegrates.
* ''Film/KissKissBangBang'': Gay Perry, the secondary lead, is a gay PrivateDetective.
* ''Film/KissOfTheDamned'': Maia, one of the main characters, is a bisexual woman who's shown having a threesome with a man and woman.
* ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin'': Film [[Literature/TheCabinAtTheEndOfTheWorld based on the novel]] about a gay couple and their children vacationing at a remote cabin where they are beset by a group of mysterious strangers who claim the apocalypse is coming.
* ''Film/LetItSnow'': One of the subplots of the film is the friction between Dorrie and her girlfriend Kerry over Kerry still being in the closet and wanting to hide their relationship from her friends.
* ''Film/LifePartners'': The film is about the friendship between two women over the years-one of them is a lesbian and the other is straight. Several lesbians are also supporting characters.
* ''Film/LiquidSky'': Margaret is bisexual and in a relationship with a woman; Adrian is either lesbian or bisexual; Jimmy states that he prefers men but expresses some interest in women.
* ''Film/LizInSeptember'': The titular Liz, the lead character, is a lesbian as are all of her friends. Eva, the newcomer who befriends them, quickly gets involved with Liz while among the others several also have relationships. They make up [[CastFullOfGay most of the cast]].
* ''Film/{{Lizzie}}'': A film about UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden that posits a lesbian relationship between Borden and family housekeeper Bridget Sullivan.
* ''Film/MaRaineysBlackBottom'': A biopic of blues singer Ma Rainey, a bisexual woman. While they aren't open about it due to it taking place in the 1920s, she is depicted as being in a relationship with another woman.
* ''Film/{{Margarita}}'': The main character is a lesbian who is pressured to get a CitizenshipMarriage with someone after it is discovered that she is an undocumented immigrant. Her girlfriend and several lesbian friends of theirs are supporting characters.
* ''Film/TheMillenniumTrilogy'': One of the main characters is a DepravedBisexual woman.
* ''Film/MishimaALifeInFourChapters'': A biopic about Japanese writer Creator/YukioMishima, whose experiences as a gay man are touched on, but don't make up the main focus of the film.
* ''Film/MonaLisa'': George forms a friendship and falls in (unrequited) love with Simone, a closeted lesbian call girl.
* ''Film/{{Monster}}'': Aileen is a lesbian serial killer who was forced into prostitution due to poverty and began her killing spree of men at first in self-defense when they abuse her. Her relationship with her girlfriend Shelby is portrayed as the only bright spot in her life.
* ''Film/MonsterHighTheMovie'': Musical film based on the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' toy franchise; Frankie Stein, who was previously a cisgender girl in previous iterations of the toys/media, had the AdaptationalGenderIdentity change to non-binary (they/them) and is played by trans/non-binary actor Ceci Balagot (he/they).
* ''Film/{{Monstrous}}'': Protagonists Alex and Sylvia are two lesbian girls who quickly start a fickle affair while looking investigating Bigfoot sightings.
* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'': Though it's somewhat {{played for laughs}} (like everything else the Pythons do), Loretta (formerly Stan) turns out to be a trans woman, which in spite of some initial incredulity by Reg over her desire to give birth is accepted by her comrades. More a joke than anything, but still remarkably progressive for 1979.
* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'': Betty and Ria, the two main characters, are in a relationship.
* ''Film/TheNewMutants'': In the film adaptation, Rahne (Wolfsbane) and Dani (Mirage) are a lesbian couple.
* ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist'': Both the book and movie prominently feature a queercore band called The Jerk-Offs, of which co-lead character Nick is the only straight member.
* ''Film/NightRide'': A trans woman is viciously harassed on a train.
* ''Film/NightSchool2018'': Carrie, the deutergonist, is a lesbian.
* ''Film/{{Nope}}'': Emerald, sister to Otis and deutergonist is a lesbian.
* ''Film/NothingToHide2018'': One of the movie's twists is that [[spoiler:Ben is gay and is dating a man named Julien, whom he has no interest in introducing to his friends because his friends are terribly homophobic (and just bad people, as the movie shows).]]
* ''Film/TheOldGuard'': Joe and Nicky, two of the immortals, are a gay couple who have been together for centuries.
* ''Film/ParadiseHills'': Uma and Amarna slowly develop feelings for each other deeper than friendship while working together to survive their captivity, which causes problems when Uma's boyfriend tries to rescue her.
* ''Film/Parking1985'': Orpheus has two great loves; Eurydice is a sculptress who designs his album covers, and Calais is his sound engineer. Both love him back, but Eurydice is unaware of Calais' romantic relationship with Orpheus.
* ''Film/PartyMonster'': Michael Alig is depicted as being bisexual, being shown on screen in relationships with men and women.
* ''Film/TheParty2017'': Two of the dysfunctional cast of characters are Martha and Jinny, a lesbian couple. [[spoiler:And the main character, Janet, is in a lesbian affair with her colleague.]]
* ''Film/ThePerfection'': Charlotte and Lizzie, the main characters, are extremely talented musicians who fall in love over the course of the film.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Jim struggles with his attraction to other guys.
* ''Film/PlanB2021'': The film's subplot is of Lupe trying to come out to her best friend and to her dad as queer.
* ''Film/{{Poltergay}}'': Comedy in which a straight couple settles in a house that's haunted by the ghosts of five gay {{disco}} party animals who perished in the explosion of the nightclub beneath the house in 1979.
* ''Film/PrincessCyd'': The lead character is a bisexual girl who enters a relationship with another girl, Katie, while visiting her aunt. A couple lesbian supporting characters are also in the film, and they discuss LGBT+ issues as well.
* ''Film/AReflectionOfFear'': Marguerite, the protagonist, is revealed at the end of the film to be a transgender girl.
* ''Film/RiotGirls'': The main characters, Nat and Scratch, are a lesbian couple who are trying to rescue Nat's brother after he's captured by a rival gang.
* ''Film/TheRose'': Rose, the main character, falls in love both with her childhood friend Sarah and a male fan of her music, Houston.
* ''Film/RoughNight'': Two of the main group of friends are Frankie and Blair, who had a thing together in college but have since grown apart. By the time the film ends, they've gotten back together.
* ''Film/SheChotic'': Maxine's spit personality, the film's BigBad, is a DepravedBisexual.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': The plot revolves around the protagonist, Danielle, having an excruciatingly awkward time when she finds out that both her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend are at the shiva (Jewish funeral) service she's attending, requiring her to try to keep them away from each other.
* ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': There's a large amount of subtext between the two female leads, which culminates in the two of them sharing a kiss.
* ''Film/TheSkeletonTwins'': Milo, one of the two protagonists, is a gay man.
* ''Film/SleepawayCamp'': The villain is a boy who was forcibly RaisedAsTheOppositeGender after his sister died, and has a lot of confusion over his gender and sexuality as a result.
* ''Film/SomebodyIUsedToKnow'': Cassidy, it turns out, is estranged from her parents, as they're [[HeteronormativeCrusader opposed to her bisexuality]], calling her engagement to Sean "a step in the right direction", and she'd refused to invite them for the wedding due to this before Ally did.
* ''Film/Stonewall1995'': A fictional account of the Stonewall riots.
* ''Film/Stonewall2015'': An account of the Stonewall riots that drew controversy due to focus on a WhiteMaleLead.
* ''Film/StrangerByTheLake'': All of the main characters are gay men.
* ''Film/StrangerInside'': Brownie is a lesbian and Treasure, the protagonist, is shown involved with another female prisoner.
* ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'': Tom, the protagonist, is a bisexual man whose primary love interest is another man.
* ''Film/{{Tar}}'': The main character is a lesbian who is raising a daughter with her partner.
* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023'': Porthos is [[AdaptationalSexuality bisexual]] in this version.
* ''Film/TimeToLeave'': Romaine, the protagonist, is a gay man who finds out that he has a brain tumor that is going to kill him in a matter of months. The film focuses on how he handles this.
* ''Film/TrapForCinderella'': Do, one of the two protagonists, turns out to have been in love with Micky, her female best friend.
* ''Film/Unhinged1982'': The main villain of the movie is a transgender woman.
* ''Film/{{Unpregnant}}'': Bailey, the protagonist's former best friend who is going on the road trip with her, is a ButchLesbian.
* ''Film/VelvetBuzzsaw'': Protagonist Morf is ButNotTooBi, having as a background in the early movie a relationship with another man.
* ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'': Cristina, one of the main characters, is a bisexual woman who is torn between her feelings for Juan and his ex-wife Maria.
* ''Film/WalkOnWater'': One of the main characters is Axel, a gay man. The protagonist is initially bigoted towards him about it, but by the end of the film has grown out of it and considers Axel one of his closest friends.
* ''Film/TheWatermelonWoman'': Cheryl, the main character, is a lesbian and the investigation she goes on through the film gradually puts more and more strain on her relationship with her girlfriend.
* ''Film/WeAllDieAlone'': During an 8 way standoff, two men flirt and fantasize about what happens next.
* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'': Louise is a LesbianVampire who turns women that she falls for in hopes of having an eternal companion in her 'life' as a vampire. Charlotte and Nora, two of the women she's already turned, appear to be bisexual too. The latest woman whom she turns, Lena, ends up in a BisexualLoveTriangle with her and Tom, a human cop [[spoiler:(she later chooses him)]].
* ''Film/TheWhale'': The main character Charlie is gay.
* ''Film/WhatKeepsYouAlive'': The main characters are a lesbian couple who go to the woods to celebrate their wedding anniversary. [[spoiler:Except that one of them is a serial killer who plans to murder the other there.]]
* ''Film/WhiteFrog'': The film revolves around Nick trying to piece together his brother Chaz's life after he dies unexpectedly in a car accident, which includes his brother's boyfriend confiding in him that Chaz was gay and had planned to tell him shortly before he was killed.
* ''Film/TheWhiteOrchid'': The titular White Orchid is a murderer who seduces both men and women, then kills or robs them. Claire, the investigator trying to track her down, is shown to be very attracted to her and also hooks up with a woman.
* ''Film/WildThings'': Suzie and Kelly are both bisexual, being in a relationship with each other as well as their boyfriends.
* ''Film/YoungAndWild'': The lead character, Daniela, is a bisexual girl. She dates both a man and woman ([[BisexualLoveTriangle at the same time]]), with her girlfriend Antonia indicated to also be bisexual.
* ''Film/YourSistersSister'': Hannah, the protagonist's sister, is a lesbian. Much of the drama in the film comes from her sleeping with Jack, the main character's unrequited crush, because she wants kids.
* ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'': Julio and Tenoch both are attracted to each other, though they're firmly in denial about it until near the end of the film, where they finally hook up.
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