List of LGBT-related films of 2015

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2015. 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
3 Generations	Gaby Dellal	United States	Drama	Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan, Linda Emond, Jordan Carlos, Sam Trammell, Maria Dizzia, Tessa Albertson		^[1]
4th Man Out	Andrew Nackman	United States	Comedy	Evan Todd, Parker Young, Chord Overstreet, Jon Gabrus, Jennifer Damiano, Jordan Lane Price, Kate Flannery		^[2]
Absence	Chico Teixeira	Brazil	Drama	Matheus Fagundes, Irandhir Santos, Gilda Nomacce, Thiago de Matos		^[3]
All About Them (À trois on y va)	Jérôme Bonnell	France	Romantic comedy	Anaïs Demoustier, Félix Moati, Sophie Verbeeck
The Amina Profile	Sophie Deraspe	Canada	Documentary	Sandra Bagaria	Documentary about the Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari hoax.	^[4]
Angry Indian Goddesses	Pan Nalin	India	Drama	Sandhya Mridul, Tannistha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias
Arianna	Carlo Lavagna	Italy	Drama	Ondina Quadri, Massimo Popolizio
Bare	Natalia Leite	United States	Drama	Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Zylka
Bizarre	Étienne Faure	France	Drama	Pierre Prieur, Adrian James, Raquel Nave, Charlie Himmelstein		^[3]
The Blue Hour	Anucha Boonyawatana	Thailand	Drama	Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang, Atthaphan Poonsawas, Duangjai Hirunsri, Panutchai Kittsatima, Nithiroj Simkamtom		^[3]
Blush	Michal Vinik	Israel	Drama	Sivan Noam Shimon, Jade Sakori, Dvir Benedek
Butterfly	Marco Berger	Argentina	Drama	Javier De Pietro, Ailín Salas, Malena Villa, Jorge Díez, María Laura Cali, Justo Calabria, Julian Infantino		^[3]
Carol	Todd Haynes	United Kingdom United States	Drama	Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Carrie Brownstein	Based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Chance	Jake Graf	United Kingdom	Short, drama, romance	Clifford Hume, Abs, Amale Mohamed, Jake Graf	Later added to Boys on Film 16: Possession (compilation)	^[5]^[6]^[7]
Chemsex	William Fairman and Max Gogarty	United Kingdom	Documentary		About the consumption of drugs (including poppers) to facilitate or enhance sexual activity	^[8]^[9]
Closet Monster	Stephen Dunn	Canada	Drama	Connor Jessup, Isabella Rossellini, Joanne Kelly, Aaron Abrams
Clouds of Sils Maria	Olivier Assayas	United States	Drama	Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Flynn, Lars Eidinger, Hanns Zischler, Brady Corbet
Daddy	Gerald McCullouch	United States	Drama	Gerald McCullouch, Dan Via, Jaime Cepero, Mackenzie Astin, Leslie Easterbrook	Screenplay by Dan Via, based on his play of the same name
The Danish Girl	Tom Hooper	United States	Drama	Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, Sebastian Koch, Pip Torrens, Nicholas Woodeson, Emerald Fennell, Adrian Schiller	Based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, loosely inspired by the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener
Downriver	Grant Scicluna	Australia	Drama	Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse
Driving Not Knowing	Benjamin R. Davis, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner, Dane Mainella, Jay Jadick	United States	Musical, drama	Dane Mainella, Jay Jadick, Emily Rea
Eisenstein in Guanajuato	Peter Greenaway	Netherlands Mexico	Drama	Elmer Bäck, Stelio Savante		^[3]
Fire Song	Adam Garnet Jones	Canada	Drama	Andrew Martin, Derek Miller, Jennifer Podemski
F(l)ag Football	Seth Greenleaf	United States	Documentary	Wade Davis, Jared Garduno, Brenton Metzler, Cyd Zeigler	Documentary about National Gay Flag Football League	^[10]
Floating Melon	Roberto F. Canuto, Xu Xiaoxi	China Spain	Short Drama	Vincent Chen Xi, Celia Yu Yinmeng, Wen Sirui
For Which We Stand	Sean Robinson	United States	Documentary	Michael Musto, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge, Frenchie Davis, Diana King, Chely Wright
Freeheld	Peter Sollett	United States	Drama	Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, Luke Grimes, Josh Charles, Mary Birdsong, Kelly Deadmon, Gabriel Luna, Anthony DeSando	Based on the 2007 documentary film directed by Cynthia Wade
From Afar	Lorenzo Vigas	Venezuela	Drama	Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva	Won the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival	^[11]^[12]
Gayby Baby	Maya Newell	Australia	Documentary		Follows four children raised by same-sex parents, originated from a short documentary, Growing Up Gayby, filmed by Newell for ABC2 in 2013	^[13]
The Girl King	Mika Kaurismäki	Finland Canada Sweden Germany France	Biography, drama	Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist	Biopic of Christina, Queen of Sweden
He Hated Pigeons	Ingrid Veninger	Canada Chile	Drama	Pedro Fontaine, Cristobal Tapia Montt		^[14]
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party	Stephen Cone	United States	Drama	Cole Doman, Pat Healy
Holding the Man	Neil Armfield	Australia	Drama	Ryan Corr, Craig Stott	Based on the memoir of the same name by Timothy Conigrave
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)	Josh Kim	Thailand Indonesia	Drama	Toni Rakkaen, Ingkarat Damrongsakkul, Thira Chutikul, Jinna Navarat (credited as Arthur Navarat), Natarat Lakha, Bell Nuntita (credited as Nuntita Khampiranon), Michael Shaowanasai, Anawat Patanawanichkul, Vatanya Thamdee		^[3]^[2]
I Am Michael	Justin Kelly	United States	Drama	James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver, Avan Jogia, Devon Graye, Leven Rambin, Daryl Hannah, Lesley Ann Warren, Blake Lee, Kevin Cahoon	Dramatization of a New York Times Magazine article about ex-gay activist Michael Glatze	^[4]
I Kissed a Girl	Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare	France	Comedy	Pio Marmaï, Franck Gastambide, Adrianna Gradziel
In the Grayscale (En la Gama de los Grises)	Claudio Marcone	Chile	Drama	Francisco Celhay, Emilio Edwards, Sergio Hernández, Daniela Ramirez
Inner Jellyfishes (Les Méduses)	Marc-Antoine Lemire	Canada	Short drama	Rudi Duperré, Samuel Brassard, Jade Hassouné
Jenny's Wedding	Mary Agnes Donoghue	United States	Comedy, drama	Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, Grace Gummer, Matthew Metzger
The Last Summer of the Rich	Peter Kern	Austria	Drama	Amira Casar, Nicole Gerdon, Winfried Glatzeder, Helmut Berger		^[3]
The Little Deputy	Trevor Anderson	Canada	Short Documentary	Luke Oswald, Shannon Blanchet, Rob Chaulk, Fish Griwkowsky, Jenny McKillop, Trevor Schmidt	9 mins long, recreating a cowboy photo from 1880s	^[15]
The Lives We Lead	Davo Hardy	Australia	Drama	Sally Williams, Georgina Neville, Josh Wiseman
Loev	Sudhanshu Saria	India	Romantic drama	Dhruv Ganesh, Shiv Panditt, Siddharth Menon, Rishabh J. Chaddha
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List	Kristin Hanggi	United States	Comedy, drama	Victoria Justice, Pierson Fodé, Matthew Daddario	Based on the book of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Nasty Baby	Sebastián Silva	United States	Drama	Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig, Denis O'Hare		^[4]
Naz & Maalik	Jay Dockendorf	United States	Drama	Curtiss Cook Jr., Kerwin Johnson Jr.
North Mountain	Bretten Hannam	Canada	Action/thriller	Justin Rain, Glen Gould, Meredith MacNeill
Out to Win	Malcolm Ingram	United States	Documentary	John Amaechi, Billy Bean, Jason Collins, Wade Davis, Brittney Griner, Billie Jean King, David Kopay, Martina Navratilova	Documentary on history of LGBT people in professional sports	^[16]
Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson	Michelle Boyaner	United States	Documentary		Documentary about deceased lesbian artist Edith Lake Wilkinson
The Pedophile (Le Pédophile)	Ara Ball	Canada	Short drama	Kennedy Brodeur, Valérie Fortin, Patrick Renaud, Lesley Marie Reade, Monia Chokri	A lesbian who was sexually abused in childhood exacts revenge on her abuser	^[17]
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist	John Mitchell Christina Zeidler	Canada	Romance, comedy	Diane Flacks, Carolyn Taylor
Reel in the Closet	Stu Maddux	United States	Documentary		Home movies and other archival footage from the 1930s to '80s
The Royal Road	Jenni Olson	United States	Documentary	voiceover cameo appearance by Tony Kushner	Experimental documentary about butch lesbian desire, nostalgia and California history
The Saint of Dry Creek	Julie Zammarchi	United States	Short, animation	Patrick Haggerty	Adaptation of an oral recording made for StoryCorps	^[18]
The Sea Is Behind	Hicham Lasri	Morocco	Drama	Malek Akhmiss, Hassan Badida, Yassine Sekkal		^[3]
A Sinner in Mecca	Parvez Sharma	United States India Saudi Arabia	Documentary		Documentary about Parvez Sharma's pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia as an openly gay Muslim.
Stonewall	Roland Emmerich	United States	Drama	Jeremy Irvine, Ron Perlman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Summertime	Catherine Corsini	France Belgium	Drama	Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky, Kévin Azaïs, Lætitia Dosch, Sarah Suco
Sworn Virgin	Laura Bispuri	Italy	Drama	Alba Rohrwacher, Flonja Kodheli, Lars Eidinger		^[3]
The Summer of Sangailė	Alantė Kavaitė	France Lithuania	Drama	Julija Steponaitytė, Aistė Diržiūtė		^[4]
Tangerine	Sean Baker	United States	Drama	Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor	Shot with three iPhone5S smartphones	^[4]
Take Me to the River	Matt Sobel	United States	Drama	Logan Miller, Richard Schiff, Robin Weigert		^[4]
Thanatos, Drunk	Chang Tso-chi	Taiwan	Drama	Lee Hong-chi, Cheng Jen-shuo, Huang Shang-ho, Lu Hsueh-feng, Ching-Ting Wang, Chang Ning, Lin Chin-yu, Andrew Chen, Chin Tzu-yen		^[3]
Tchindas	Pablo García Pérez de Lara Marc Serena	Spain Cape Verde	Documentary	Tchinda Andrade, Elvis Tolentino, Edinha Pitanga	An award-winning feature documentary with Tchinda Andrade, the most respected trans woman from Cape Verde (West Africa) as main character.	^[3]
Those People	Joey Kuhn	United States	Drama	Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman
Tig	Kristina Goolsby Ashley York	United States	Documentary	Tig Notaro	Documentary about comedian Tig Notaro's battle with cancer
Tough Love	Rosa von Praunheim	Germany	Drama	Hanno Koffler, Katy Karrenbauer, Oliver Sechting, Luise Heyer, Sascia Haj, Udo Lutz, Stefan Kuschner, Luise Schnittert		^[3]
ToY	Patrick Chapman	United States	Drama	Brianna Evigan, Kerry Norton, Daniel Hugh Kelly	A young LA artist changes mediums to accommodate her illness, eventually filming interviews of prostitutes, one of whom she falls for.
Utopians	Scud	Hong Kong Taiwan China	Drama	Adonis He Fei, Jackie Chow, Fiona Wang	Sexually-explicit story about a young male student, Hins Gao, who falls in love with his professor, Antonio Ming. Features frequent full-frontal male nudity	^[19]
Vanity (La Vanité)	Lionel Baier	France Switzerland	Drama	Patrick Lapp, Carmen Maura, Ivan Georgiev		^[20]
Ville-Marie	Guy Édoin	Canada	Drama	Monica Bellucci, Aliocha Schneider, Pascale Bussières
Viva	Paddy Breathnach	Ireland	Drama	Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría
What He Did (Det han gjorde)	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Denmark	Documentary		Documentary about the murder of writer Christian Kampmann by his partner Jens Michael Schau	^[21]
Wonderful World End	Daigo Matsui	Japan	Drama	Ai Hashimoto		^[3]

References

^ Barker, Andrew (September 12, 2015). "'About Ray' Review: Elle Fanning Stars in Trans-Themed Crowdpleaser". Variety. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "‘Fourth Man Out,’ ‘How To Win at Checkers’ Lead Inside Out’s Festival Awards". Indiewire, June 1, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Outfest Los Angeles 2015 Grand Jury Award
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "What’s Gay At The 2015 Sundance Film Festival?". NewNowNext, January 5, 2015.
^ Brown, Mark (18 March 2015). "Love is ... five gay films going global in the name of human rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "Chance". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (27 June 2017). "Boys on Film 16: Possession DVD review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 December 2015). "Chemsex review – scary but valuable documentary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ Robey, Tim (3 December 2015). "Chemsex review: 'seriously sobering'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ Scheck, Frank (2017-06-19). "'F(l)ag Football': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
^ "Venezuelan film Desde Alla wins top Venice festival award". BBC News. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ "'From Afar' ('Desde alla'): Venice Review". Hollywood Reporter. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ ""Gaying up" the big screen". Star Observer. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ Philippa Hawker, "He Hated Pigeons embraces the new, says director Ingrid Veninger". Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2016.
^ "From a BDSM dominatrix to a closeted Hollywood star: LGBT flick picks at DOXA". The Georgia Straight, April 28, 2015.
^ "Helmer Malcolm Ingram Chronicles History Of LGBT Pro Athletes In ‘Out To Win’". Deadline Hollywood, May 2, 2014.
^ Danièle L. Gauthier, "Des courts metrages jettent une lumière crue sur des aspects voiles de la vie". Canadian Press, February 17, 2015.
^ A Farmer’s Powerful Advice to His Gay Son in 1959: “Don’t Sneak.”. Slate, October 12, 2015.
^ Pip Ellwood-Hughes (12 May 2017). "Utopians DVD review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ Guy Lodge, "Film Review: ‘La vanite’". Variety, October 1, 2015.
^ Willemien Sanders, "How to tell what he did". Modern Times Review, November 25, 2016.

[1] Barker, Andrew (September 12, 2015). "'About Ray' Review: Elle Fanning Stars in Trans-Themed Crowdpleaser". Variety. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

[insideout-2] "‘Fourth Man Out,’ ‘How To Win at Checkers’ Lead Inside Out’s Festival Awards". Indiewire, June 1, 2015.

[teddy-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Outfest Los Angeles 2015 Grand Jury Award

[nnn-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "What’s Gay At The 2015 Sundance Film Festival?". NewNowNext, January 5, 2015.

[5] Brown, Mark (18 March 2015). "Love is ... five gay films going global in the name of human rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[6] "Chance". Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[7] Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (27 June 2017). "Boys on Film 16: Possession DVD review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[8] Bradshaw, Peter (3 December 2015). "Chemsex review – scary but valuable documentary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[9] Robey, Tim (3 December 2015). "Chemsex review: 'seriously sobering'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[10] Scheck, Frank (2017-06-19). "'F(l)ag Football': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

[BBC-11] "Venezuelan film Desde Alla wins top Venice festival award". BBC News. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[HWR-12] "'From Afar' ('Desde alla'): Venice Review". Hollywood Reporter. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[13] ""Gaying up" the big screen". Star Observer. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[14] Philippa Hawker, "He Hated Pigeons embraces the new, says director Ingrid Veninger". Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2016.

[15] "From a BDSM dominatrix to a closeted Hollywood star: LGBT flick picks at DOXA". The Georgia Straight, April 28, 2015.

[16] "Helmer Malcolm Ingram Chronicles History Of LGBT Pro Athletes In ‘Out To Win’". Deadline Hollywood, May 2, 2014.

[17] Danièle L. Gauthier, "Des courts metrages jettent une lumière crue sur des aspects voiles de la vie". Canadian Press, February 17, 2015.

[18] A Farmer’s Powerful Advice to His Gay Son in 1959: “Don’t Sneak.”. Slate, October 12, 2015.

[19] Pip Ellwood-Hughes (12 May 2017). "Utopians DVD review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[20] Guy Lodge, "Film Review: ‘La vanite’". Variety, October 1, 2015.

[21] Willemien Sanders, "How to tell what he did". Modern Times Review, November 25, 2016.

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