Dive in, enjoy, and happy upcoming LGBTQ+ History month.īased on Matt Crowley's 1968 off-Broadway play, The Boys In The Band is a landmark in LGBTQIA cinema (co-incidentally it is also perhaps the first mainstream American film to drop the c-bomb). From landmark moments in movie history to vital new voices, it’s a cinematic banquet. Of course, ‘LGBTQ+ movies’ isn’t a genre in and of itself – here you’ll find romances, comedies, period dramas, crime thrillers, teen movies, documentaries, heartwarmers and heartbreakers, indie gems and Oscar winners. Team Empire has hand-picked a selection of the greatest films that tell LGBTQ+ stories, or that come from LGBTQ+ filmmakers – contemporary, historical, factual, fictional, fantastical, or futuristic.

And with every passing year, the rich tapestry of bold, funny and fearless queer cinema grows: we’re living a golden age of LGBTQ+ filmmakers having increasing opportunities to tell their own stories – whether specifically about the LGBTQ+ experience or not – resulting in greater on-screen representation, and allowing more people than ever before to see themselves in the movies they love. Throughout the history of cinema, there have been gripping and groundbreaking LGBTQ+ films – stories taking in the lives, history, and experiences of people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, pansexual and beyond.