The following is a list of feature films with fictional and factual gay characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network). Films are in alphabetical order by year of release. Titles beginning with determiners "A", "An", and "The" are alphabetized by the first significant word.

1900s–1950s

+ List Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country 1916 The Wings Claude Zoret Egil Eide Love triangle drama between a countess, a gay sculptor, and his bisexual model and lover. Sweden 1919 Different from the Others Paul Körner Conrad Veidt Karl Giese (young) The first film supportive of homosexuality. Germany 1924 Michael Claude Zoret Benjamin Christiensen Claude is a painter who falls in love with his assistant, Michael. Michael eventually leaves Claude for a woman. Germany 1941 The Maltese Falcon Joel Cairo Peter Lorre In the novel upon which the film is based, Cairo is referred to as "queer" and a "fairy" but, in the film, his sexuality is not directly addressed, likely a decision by filmmakers to comply with the Hays Code, which banned the depiction of homosexuality in American films. United States 1948 Rope Phillip Morgan Farley Granger Because of the Hays Code, the word "homosexual" could not be stated outright and was referred to as "it". Adapted from the 1929 British play Rope's End, which is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case. United States Brandon Shaw John Dall1950 All About Eve Addison DeWitt George Sanders Addison is a gossip columnist who engages in loveless relationship predation. (The constraints of the Motion Picture Production Code did not allow homosexuality to be portrayed overtly.) United States 1955 Rebel Without a Cause John "Plato" Crawford Sal Mineo Plato was brought in for killing a litter of puppies. United States 1959 North by Northwest Leonard Martin Landau Leonard is Vandamm's right-hand man. United States 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer Sebastian Venable (Uncredited) The film centers on Catherine Holly, a young woman who was evaluated by a psychiatric doctor to receive a lobotomy after the events surrounding her cousin Sebastian's death United Kingdom, United States

1960s

+ List Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country 1960 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Robert Morley The film is a biography of poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. United Kingdom 1960 Spartacus Crassus Laurence Olivier In a deleted scene, Crassus attempts to seduce his slave Antoninus. United States 1961 A Taste of Honey Geoffrey Ingham Murray Melvin Ingham is Jo's friend. United Kingdom 1961 Victim Melville Farr Dirk Bogarde Melville is a barrister threatened with blackmail. The film is credited for being important in the decriminalization of homosexuality in Britain. It is also the first British film to use the word "homosexual" in the narrative. United Kingdom 1962 Advise & Consent Senator Brigham "Brig" Anderson Don Murray Anderson is a Senator in Utah. United States 1962 The L-Shaped Room Johnny Brock Peters Johnny is a resident in a run down boarding house in Notting Hill, London. United Kingdom 1962 The Trial Josef K. Anthony Perkins A closeted homosexual. France, Italy, West Germany 1963 Scorpio Rising Scorpio Bruce Byron The film follows a group of bikers preparing for a night out. United States 1964 The Leather Boys Pete Dudley Sutton Pete is Reggie's fellow biker friend. United Kingdom 1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town Spencer Crahan Denton Spencer is the boss of a customer of Bus's. United States 1965 Darling Robert Gold Dirk Bogarde Gold is a literary interviewer/director for television arts programmes United Kingdom 1965 Inside Daisy Clover Wade Lewis Robert Redford An extremely intoxicated Melora Swan reveals to Daisy that she had an affair with closet homosexual Wade. United States 1965 King Rat Stevens Michael Lees Stevens is a hospital staff. United States 1965 The Loved One Mr. Starker Liberace Mr. Joyboy is Whispering Glade's chief embalmer. United States Mr. Joyboy Rod Steiger 1965 The Pawnbroker Rodriguez Brock Peters Rodriguez is a racketeer who uses Nazerman's pawnshop as a front. United States 1967 Bedazzled Envy Barry Humphries Envy and Vanity are Stanley's staff of seven deadly sins, who are helping him with minor acts of vandalism and spite to be readmitted to Heaven. United Kingdom Vanity Alba 1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers Herbert von Krolock Iain Quarrier Krolock is a local vampire lord in Transylvania. United States 1967 The Incident Kenneth Otis Robert Fields Otis is a homosexual who earlier made an unsuccessful attempt at befriending McCann. United States 1967 Portrait of Jason Himself Jason Holliday Documentary about American hustler and nightclub performer Jason Holliday. United States 1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye Major Weldon Pendertis Marlon Brando Penderton is a closeted homosexual army Major and husband to Leonora. United States 1967 Tony Rome Rood Lloyd Bochner Rood is a drug dealer. United States 1968 The Anniversary Henry Taggart James Cossins Henry is a transvestite. United Kingdom 1968 Boom! The Witch of Capri Noël Coward The Witch of Capri is Mrs. Goforth's wickedly gossipy friend. United Kingdom 1968 The Boston Strangler Terence Huntley Hurd Hatfield Huntley is a rich murder suspect who is interrogated by Detective Bottomly in a gay bar. United States 1968 Deadfall Richard Eric Portman Fé and Clarke begin a romantic affair, which Fé's husband Richard, who has a young male lover, does not discourage. United Kingdom 1968 The Detective Teddy Leikman James Inman Teddy, the son of a powerful businessman, is found murdered. United States Colin MacIver William Windom 1968 The Fixer Boris Bibikov Dirk Bogarde Boris is a prosecutor. United Kingdom 1968 Flesh The Artist Maurice Braddell The Artist wishes to draw Joe, a hustler working on the streets of New York City. United States David Louis Waldon Joe's Customer John Christian 1968 if.... "Wally" Wallace Richard Warwick Wallace is Mick Trav's fellow non-conformist friend in the lower sixth form, their penultimate year at a traditional British public school for boys in the late 1960s. United Kingdom Bobby Philips Rupert Webster 1968 Inadmissible Evidence John Montague Maples John Normington Maples is a distraught client of Barrister, Bill Maitland. United Kingdom 1968 Joanna Lord Peter Sanderson Donald Sutherland Sanderson has a terminal illness and sponsors an exhibit of Hendrik's paintings. United Kingdom 1968 Lady in Cement Danny Yale Frank Raiter Danny is the owner of Jilly's Nightclub and Maria's boss. United States1968The Lion in Winter Philip II of France Timothy Dalton Philip reveals he had been caballing with Richard separately, and that he and Richard may once have been lovers. United States, United Kingdom Richard the Lionheart Anthony Hopkins 1968 The Mercenary Ricciolo (Curly) Jack Palance Curly is Kowalski's flamboyant American rival. Italy, Spain, United States 1968 No Way to Treat a Lady Christopher Gill Rod Steiger Gill is a serial killer fixated on his late mother, a noted stage actress. United States 1968 P.J. Shelton Quell Severn Darden Quell is the family butler. United States 1968 The Queen Himself Flawless Sabrina Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies for the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. United States 1968 The Sergeant Albert Callan Rod Steiger Callan is a dedicated and decorated war veteran, posted in France at a fuel supply depot in 1952. United States 1968 Star! Noël Coward Daniel Massey Biopic about Gertrude Lawrence who, besides collaborating with him in theater productions, also had a close friendship with Coward off stage. United States 1969 Angel, Angel, Down We Go Willy Steele Charles Aidman Willy is a wealthy airplane manufacturer and the closeted father of Tara. United States 1969 The Damned Konstantin von Essenbeck Reinhard Kolldehoff Part of a wealthy industrialist family, Konstantin is an SA officer who is part of homosexual orgy in Wiesee. Italy, West Germany 1969 Fellini Satyricon Ascyltus Hiram Keller Encolpius and his friend Ascyltus to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. Italy, France 1969 The Gay Deceivers Malcolm Michael Greer Malcolm is Danny and Elliot's landlord, who has a husband. United States Colonel Dixon Jack Starrett 1969 Justine "Toto" Cliff Gorman The film centers around Justine, who is working against the British government to send weapons to Jews in Palestine. Toto is among the film's casualties. United States 1969 Listen, Let's Make Love Baron von Tummler Amerigo Tot Lallo's presence arouses the sexual interest of Baron von Tummler, an old homosexual, and Flavia, a steel heiress. Tummler competes with her at an auction for a pair of antique cufflinks that interest Lallo. Italy, France 1969 Midnight Cowboy Young Student Bob Balaban The young student offers Joe money in exchange for giving Joe fellatio in a Times Square movie house and afterward confesses he has no money to pay him. United States 1969 Riot Mary Sheldon Clifford David Sheldon is a tough prison queen Briston faced. United States 1969 Staircase Harry C. Leeds Richard Burton An ageing couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. United Kingdom Charles Dyer Rex Harrison 1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing Marcus Ram John Holder Marcus makes a pass at Roddy. United States, United Kingdom 1969 Women in Love Loerke Vladek Sheybal Loerke is a German sculptor who is befriended by Gudrun, who is also an artist. United Kingdom 1969 Z Vago Marcel Bozzuffi Vago is based on Emmanouel Emmannouilidis, the man who struck Lambrakis. Algeria, France

1970s