# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1984

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1984. 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 |
| Angel | Robert Vincent O'Neill | United States | Action, thriller | Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn | |
| Another Country | Marek Kanievska | United Kingdom | Romance, drama | Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Rupert Wainwright, Tristan Oliver, Piers Flint-Shipman (credited as Frederick Alexander), Adrian Ross Magenty, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Guy Henry, Jeffry Wickham, John Line, Gideon Boulting, Nicholas Rowe, Anna Massey and Betsy Brantley | Screenplay by Julian Mitchell, based on his stage play of the same name |
| Before Stonewall | John Scagliotti, Greta Schiller | United States | Documentary | Ann Bannon, Lisa Ben, Gladys Bentley, George Buse, Carroll Davis, Martin Duberman, Allen Ginsberg, Barbara Gittings, Barbara Grier, Mabel Hampton, Harry Hay, Evelyn Hooker, Jim Kepner, Audre Lorde, Bruce Nugent and Craig Rodwell | |
| The Bostonians | James Ivory | United Kingdom United States | Drama, romance | Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Barbara Bryne, Linda Hunt, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, John Van Ness Philip and Wallace Shawn | Based on the novel of the same name by Henry James |
| Bright Eyes | Stuart Marshall | United Kingdom | Documentary | Michael Callen and Stuart Marshall | One of the first films about the AIDS epidemic. Produced for Channel 4. |
| La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | Georges Lautner | France Italy | Comedy | Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi, Saverio Vallone, Michel Galabru, Benny Luke, Stéphane Audran, Gianluca Favilla and Umberto Raho | |
| Dune | David Lynch | United States | Action, adventure, fantasy, sci-fi | Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Richard Jordan, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Silvana Mangano, Everett McGill, Kenneth McMillan, Jack Nance, Sian Phillips, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Smith, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Angélica Aragón, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Alicia Roanne Witt, Sean Young, Honorato Magalone, Judd Omen and Molly Wryn | Based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert |
| Horror Vacui | Rosa von Praunheim | West Germany | Drama | Lotti Huber, Joaquin La Habana, Folkert Milster, Friedrich Steinhauer, Günter Thews, Ingrid van Bergen and Tom Vogt (as Thomas Vogt) | |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | Canada United Kingdom United States | Comedy, drama | Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Paul McCrane, Wallace Shawn, Lisa Banes, Jennifer Dundas, Seth Green, Anita Morris, Amanda Plummer, Matthew Modine, Robert Thomas, Lorena Gale and Joely Richardson | Based on the novel of the same name by John Irving |
| Improper Conduct | Néstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal | France | Documentary | | a.k.a. Mauvaise Conduite |
| La Muerte de Mikel | Imanol Uribe | Spain | Drama | Imanol Arias, Monserrat Salvador, Amaia Lasa, Fama (Fernando Telletxea), Martín Adjermián, Alicia Sánchez and Xabier Elorriaga | |
| A Man Like E.V.A. [de] | Radu Gabrea | West Germany | Biography, drama | Eva Mattes, Lisa Kreuzer, Werner Stocker, Charles Regnier, Charles M. Huber, Carola Regnier, Albert Kitzl, Towje Kleiner, Lothar Borowsky, Maria Mettke, Loek Dikker, Frank Büssing, Heinz Kowalczyk, Sibylle Rauch and Frederike Wilde | |
| Mass Appeal | Glenn Jordan | United States | Drama, comedy | Jack Lemmon, Željko Ivanek | Based on play of the same name by Bill C. Davis |
| Mike's Murder | James Bridges | United States | Drama | Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Darrell Larson | |
| Monaco Forever | William A. Levey | United States | Comedy, short | Charles Pitt | |
| Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh | Demetrios Estdelacropolis | Canada | Comedy-drama | George Agettees, Pierre Bastien, Christian Dufault, Demetri Estdelacropolis (credited as Demetri Demetrios), Michel Gagnon, Lawrence Joseph, Harry Karagopian, W.A. MacGregor, Marjorie Morton, Claire Nadon, E.J. Sullivan, Michelle Tardif, Rick Trembles and Esther Vargas | |
| Poppers | José María Castellví II | Spain | Drama | Giannina Facio, Agustín González (credited as Agustín Gonzalez), Conrado San Martín (credited as Conrado San Martin), Alfredo Mayo, Manuel de Blas, Luis Suárez (credited as Luis Suarez), Andrés Mejuto, José Luis de Vilallonga, Miguel Ortiz, Bruna Calderón (credited as Bruna Calderon), Miguel Lobato, Teresa Nieto and Clara González (credited as Clara Gonzalez) | |
| Secret Places | Zelda Barron | United Kingdom | Drama | Marie Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger, Jenny Agutter, Cassie Stuart, Ann-Marie Gwatkin, Pippa Hinchley, Sylvia Coleridge, Klaus Barner, Rosemary Martin, Amanda Grinling, Veronica Clifford, Adam Richardson, Zoe Caryl, Erika Spotswood, Bill Ward, Rosamund Greenwood, Maurice O'Connell, Margaret Lacey, Marissa Dunlop, Mike Heywood, Andrew Byatt, Tony London, Georgia Slowe, John Henson, Robert Kelly, Paul Ambrose, Francisco Morales, Stewart Guidotti, Mark Lewis, Jessica Walter, Sian Dunlop, Alan Berry, Lala Lloyd and John Segal | Based on a novel by Janice Elliott |
| The Sprinter [de] | Christoph Böll | West Germany | Short, drama | Wieland Samolak, Gerhard Olschewski, Renate Muri, Dieter Eppler, Miriam Spoerri, Wichard von Roell and Jürgen Mikol | |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | Rob Epstein | United States | Documentary | Harvey Fierstein (narrator), Anne Kronenberg, Tom Ammiano, Sally Gearhart, Allan Baird, Harvey Milk, Dan White, George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein, Jimmy Carter and Bill Kraus | |
| La triche | Yannick Bellon | France | Thriller | Victor Lanoux, Anny Duperey, Valérie Mairesse, Xavier Deluc, Michel Galabru, Roland Blanche, Michèle Simonnet, Patrick Raynal, Gérard Hérold, Guy Tréjan, Jacky Laurent, Guillaume Boisseau, Jean Boissery, Franck Capillery and Patrick Catalifo | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Comedy, drama | Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Juan Martínez, Miguel Ángel Herranz, Chus Lampreave, Verónica Forqué, Kiti Manver, Sonia Hohmann, Gonzalo Suárez, Amparo Soler Leal, Katia Loritz, Luis Hostalot, Javier Gurruchaga, Cecilia Roth, Pedro Almodóvar, Tinín Almodóvar and Carlitos | |
| Wiener Brut | Hans Fädler | Austria | Drama | Herbert Adamec, Georg Biro, Gerhard Bornitsch, Franz Brendinger, Carola Coca Cola, Marie Therese Escribano, Kurt Freimüller, Erna Frühgeburth, Clemens Fürtler, Georg Heinke, Michi Jürs, Rudi Katzer, Kosilo, Kurt Kröpfl and Hansi Lang | |