# List of LGBTQ-related films of 2016

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2016. 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 |
| 1:54 | Yan England | Canada | Drama | Antoine Olivier Pilon, Lou-Pascal Tremblay, Sophie Nélisse | |
| Almost Adults | Sarah Rotella | Canada | Drama | Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis | |
| The Assignment | Walter Hill | United States | Crime thriller | Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Terry Chen, Paul McGillion, Caitlin Gerard, Zak Santiago | |
| As You Are | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | United States | Drama | Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg, John Scurti, Scott Cohen, Mary Stuart Masterson | |
| Being 17 | André Téchiné | France | Drama | Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret | |
| Below Her Mouth | April Mullen | Canada | Drama | Erika Linder, Natalie Krill, Sebastian Pigott, Mayko Nguyen | |
| Bromance (Como una novia sin sexo) | Lucas Santa Ana | Argentina | Romantic comedy | Javier De Pietro, Agustín Pardella, Marcos Ribas, Luana Pascua | |
| Center of My World | Jakob M. Erwa | Germany | Drama | Louis Hofmann, Sabine Timoteo, Jannik Schümann, Svenja Jung, Ada Philine Stappenbeck, Sascha Alexander Geršak, Inka Friedrich, Nina Proll, Thomas Goritzki, Clemens Rehbein | Based on the novel The Center of the World by Andreas Steinhöfel |
| Check It | Dana Flor, Toby Oppenheimer | United States | Documentary | | |
| Compulsion | Craig Goodwill | United Kingdom Canada Italy | Thriller | Analeigh Tipton, Jakob Cedergren, Marta Gastini | a.k.a. Sadie |
| Die Beautiful | Jun Lana | Philippines | Comedy, drama | Paolo Ballesteros, Christian Bables, Joel Torre, Gladys Reyes, Adrian Alandy (credited as Luis Alandy), Albie Casiño | |
| Don't Call Me Son (Mãe só há uma) | Anna Muylaert | Brazil | Drama | Naomi Nero, Daniel Botelho, Daniela Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele, Lais Dias, Luciana Paes, Helena Albergaria | |
| Emo the Musical | Neil Triffett | Australia | Musical | Benson Jack Anthony, Jordan Hare | Based on Triffett's 2014 short film of the same name |
| Esteros | Papu Curotto | Argentina Brazil | Drama | Ignacio Rogers | |
| Faggot (Tapette) | Olivier Perrier | Canada | Short drama | Robin L'Houmeau, Eliot Nault | |
| First Girl I Loved | Kerem Sanga | United States | Drama | Dylan Gelula, Brianna Hildebrand, Pamela Adlon, Mateo Arias, Tim Heidecker, Cameron Esposito, Jennifer Prediger, Erik Griffin | |
| Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America | Tiffany Rhynard | United States | Documentary | Moises Serrano | |
| The Gemini | Nyo Min Lwin | Malaysia | Drama | Okkar Min Maung, Nyein Chan Kyaw, Aye Myat Thu | First LGBT-related film in the history of Burmese cinema, as well as the first Burmese film shown in Hollywood |
| Halte routière | Érik Canuel | Canada | Drama | Nicolas Canuel, Maxim Gaudette | Segment of the larger collective film 9 (9, le film) |
| The Handmaiden | Park Chan-wook | South Korea | Drama | Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Tae-ri, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri | Inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters |
| Handsome Devil | John Butler | Ireland | Comedy-drama | Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Moe Dunford, Michael McElhatton, Ruairi O'Connor, Ardal O'Hanlon, Mark Lavery, Jay Duffy, Jamie Hallahan | |
| Heartstone | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Israel | Drama | Baldur Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson | |
| Henry Gamble's Birthday Party | Stephen Cone | United States | Drama | Cole Doman, Pat Healy, Tyler Ross, Francis Guinan, Hanna Dworkin, Patrick Andrews, Meg Thalken, Travis Knight, Joe Keery, Jack Ball, Grace Melon, Zoe Tyson | |
| Her Friend Adam | Ben Petrie | Canada | Short drama | Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Andrew Chown | |
| Home | Frank Lin | United States | Horror, drama | Heather Langenkamp, Samantha Mumba, Kerry Knuppe | |
| Hurricane Bianca | Matt Kugelman | United States | Comedy | Bianca Del Rio, Willam Belli | |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck | United States | Documentary | Samuel L. Jackson | Based on the unfinished manuscript Remember This House by James Baldwin |
| I Love You Both | Doug Archibald | United States | Comedy-drama | Doug Archibald, Kristin Archibald, Lucas Neff | |
| Il diario | Paolo Sideri | Italy | Drama | Chiara Pasquini, Giulia Carrara, Cristina Amoroso | |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | Roland Emmerich | United States | Science fiction | Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Jessie T. Usher, Travis Tope, William Fichtner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner, Sela Ward | |
| The Intervention | Clea DuVall | United States | Drama | Clea DuVall, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Melanie Lynskey, Vincent Piazza | |
| Jesús | Fernando Guzzoni | France Chile | Drama | Nicolás Durán | |
| Jonathan | Piotr J. Lewandowski | Germany | Drama | Jannis Niewöhner, André Hennicke, Julia Koschitz, Thomas Sarbacher, Barbara Auer, Maximilian Mauff (credited as Max Mauff), Leon Seidel | |
| Kiki | Sara Jordenö | Sweden United States | Documentary | Marie Love and Izana Vidal (trans women), Loretta Coombs, Takima Coombs, Aisha Diori, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, Dorjon 'Dorjie' Hilton, TreySean Marciano, Chi Chi Mizrahi, Omari Olympus Mizrahi, Bryson Rose | Teddy Award winner for Best Documentary |
| King Cobra | Justin Kelly | United States | Drama | Garrett Clayton, James Franco, Christian Slater, Keegan Allen, Molly Ringwald, Alicia Silverstone, Spencer Lofranco, Sean Grandillo | Biopic of Brent Corrigan, based on the book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice by Andrew E. Stoner and Peter A. Conley |
| Last Men Standing | Erin Brethauer, Tim Hussin | United States | Documentary | | Follows lives of long-term AIDS survivors |
| Liebmann | Jules Herrmann | Germany | Drama | Godehard Giese, Adeline Moreau, Fabien Ara, Bettina Grahs, Alain Denizart, Denise Lecocq, Morgane Delamotte, Ashley McLellan, Richard Comte, Jean-Philippe Feiss, Jean-Brice Godet | |
| Little Men | Ira Sachs | United States | Drama | Greg Kinnear, Paulina García, Jennifer Ehle, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Talia Balsam, Alfred Molina, Clare Foley | |
| The Lives of Thérèse | Sébastien Lifshitz | France | Documentary | Thérèse Clerc | Winner of the Queer Palm |
| Lovesong | So Yong Kim | United States | Drama | Riley Keough, Jena Malone, Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Marshall Chapman, Ryan Eggold, Rosanna Arquette, Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
| Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | United States Germany | Documentary | Debbie Harry, Fran Lebowitz, Robert Mapplethorpe | |
| Memories of a Penitent Heart | Cecilia Aldarondo | United States | Documentary | Miguel Dieppa (actor and playwright who died of an AIDS-related illness) and his partner, a Roman Catholic priest called Father Aquin | |
| Miss Stevens | Julia Hart | United States | Drama | Lily Rabe, Timothée Chalamet, Lili Reinhart | |
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | United States | Drama | Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome Naomie Harris, Janelle Monáe, Mahershala Ali | Screen story by Tarell Alvin McCraney, based on his unpublished semi-autobiographical stage play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue; first LGBT-themed film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| Mother Knows Best (Mamma vet bäst) | Mikael Bundsen | Sweden | Short, drama, family, romance | Alexander Gustavsson, Karl-Erik Franzén | |
| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Nicholas Stoller | United States | Comedy | Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne | |
| The Neon Demon | Nicholas Winding Refn | France Denmark United States | Horror | Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone | |
| The Ornithologist | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | Drama | Paul Hamy | |
| Other People | Chris Kelly | United States | Comedy-drama | Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, John Early, Zach Woods, Madisen Beaty, Josie Totah (credited as J. J. Totah), June Squibb, Paul Dooley, Retta, Matt Walsh, Paula Pell, Colton Dunn, Nicole Byer, Lennon Parham, Rose Abdoo, D'Arcy Carden | Semi-autobiographical look at Kelly's family |
| Our Love Story | Lee Hyun-ju | South Korea | Romance, drama | Lee Sang-hee, Ryu Sun-young | |
| Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau) | Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau | France | Drama | François Nambot, Geoffrey Couët | a.k.a. Theo and Hugo in some territories |
| The Pass | Ben Williams | United Kingdom | Drama | Russell Tovey, Arinze Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro, Rory J. Saper | Screenplay by John Donnelly, based on his stage play |
| Political Animals | Jonah Markowitz | United States | Documentary | Carole Migden, Sheila Kuehl, Jackie Goldberg, Christine Kehoe | |
| Pyotr495 | Blake Mawson | Canada Germany | Short, horror, sci-fi | Alex Ozerov, Max Rositsan, Juliana Semenova, Justin Strazzanti, Grisha Pasternak, Alanna Bale | |
| Queer Hutterite | Laura O'Grady | Canada | Documentary | Kelly Hofer | |
| Rara | Pepa San Martin | Chile Argentina | Drama | Julia Lubbert, Emilia Ossandon, Mariana Loyola, Augustina Muñoz | |
| Retake | Nick Corporon | United States | Drama | Tuc Watkins, Devon Graye, Sydelle Noel, Derek Phillips | |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | Kenny Ortega | United States | Musical, comedy | Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice, Ryan McCartan | Based on The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien |
| Rustlers (Cuateros) | Albertina Carri | Argentina | Documentary | | One womans obsession with Isidro Velázquez, the last gaucho raised in Argentina |
| Spa Night | Andrew Ahn | United States | Drama | Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, Youn Ho Cho, Tae Song, Ho Young Chung, Linda Han, Eric Jeong, Yong Kim | |
| Spidarlings | Selene Kapsaski | United Kingdom | Horror, Musical | Sophia Disgrace, Rahel Kapsaski, Jeff Kristian, Lloyd Kaufman, Rusty Goffe, Toshio Maeda, June Brown, Lee Mark Jones | |
| Strike a Pose | Ester Gould Reijer Zwaan | Belgium Netherlands | Documentary | (Dancers); Kevin Stea, Carlton Wilborn, Luis Xtravaganza Camacho, Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza, Salim Gauwloos and Oliver S Crumes III | Documentary profile of several gay dancers who performed on Madonna's 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour |
| Suicide Kale | Carly Usdin | United States | Comedy | Brittani Nichols, Lindsay Hicks, Hayley Huntley, Jasika Nicole, Brianna Baker | |
| Take Me for a Ride | Micaela Rueda | Ecuador | Drama | Samanta Caicedo, Maria Juliana Rangel, Diego Naranjo, Patricia Loor, Monserrath Astudillo, Miranda Zepeda | |
| These C*cksucking Tears | Dan Taberski | United States | Documentary, short | Patrick Haggerty | |
| Teenage Cocktail | John Carchietta | United States | Drama | Nichole Bloom, Fabianne Therese, Michelle Borth, Pat Healy, A. J. Bowen, Joshua Leonard | |
| Teenage Kicks | Craig Boreham | Australia | Drama | Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Shari Sebbens, Charlotte Best | |
| Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) | Mathieu Denis Simon Lavoie | Canada | Drama | Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Gabrielle Tremblay, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez | |
| Tomcat (Kater) | Händl Klaus | Austria | Drama | Philipp Hochmair, Lukas Turtur | Teddy Award winner as best LGBT-related feature film |
| Trouser Bar | Kristen Bjorn | United Kingdom | Short, fantasy | Denholm Spurr, Scott Hunter, Hans Berlin, Ashley Ryder, Zac Renfree, Craig Daniel | |
| Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things | Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa | Canada | Documentary | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Jack Anawak | |
| The Untamed | Amat Escalante | Mexico | Drama | Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Eden Villavicencio, Andrea Peláez, Oscar Escalante, Bernarda Trueba | |
| Uncle Howard | Aaron Brookner | United States United Kingdom | Documentary | Howard Brookner, Aaron Brookner, Jim Jarmusch, Sara Driver, Tom DiCillo, William S. Burroughs | Exploration of the legacy of filmmaker Howard Brookner |
| Weekends | Lee Dong-ha | South Korea | Documentary | About G-Voice, the one and only gay men's choir in South Korea | |
| Weirdos | Bruce McDonald | Canada | Comedy-drama | Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Allan Hawco, Molly Parker | |
| Where Horses Go to Die | Antony Hickling | France | Drame | Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Manuel Blanc | |
| Who's Gonna Love Me Now? | Tomer Heymann Barak Heymann | Israel United Kingdom | Documentary | Saar Maoz | |
| Women Who Kill | Ingrid Jungermann | United States | Comedy | Annette O'Toole, Sheila Vand, Tami Sagher, Deborah Rush | |
| You'll Never Be Alone | Álex Anwandter | Chile | Drama | Sergio Hernández, Antonia Zegers, Gabriela Hernández, Andrew Bargsted | |
| Zona Norte | Monika Treut | Germany | Documentary | About human rights activist Yvonne Bezerra de Mello and her work with street kids in Rio | |
| Swiss Army Man | Daniels (directors) | United States | Drama | Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead | |
| The Freedom to Marry | Eddie Rosenstein | United States | Documentary | Evan Wolfson, Mary Bonauto, Marc Solomon, Dana Nessel | |