# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1986

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1986. 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 |
| Anne Trister | Léa Pool | Canada | Drama | Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Lucie Laurier, Guy Thauvette, Hugues Quester, Nüvit Özdogru, Kim Yaroshevskaya, Carl Boileau, Elizabeth Briand, Pierre Plante, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, Michael Schneider, Gilbert Sicotte, Rosalie Thauvette and Rena B. Wasserman | |
| Another Love Story | Américo Ortiz de Zárate | Argentina | Romance, drama | Arturo Bonín, Mario Pasik, Carlos Muñoz, María José Demare, Daniel Galarza, Nelly Prono, Héctor Bidonde, Alicia Aller, Roxana Berco, Susana Cart, Alejandro Vanelli, Patricio Gago, Óscar Ortiz, Alejandro Triguero and José María Carballo | |
| As Is | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | United States | Drama | Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary, Doug Annear, Joanna Miles, Alan Scarfe, Julie Whitfield (credited as Julie Ganton), Samantha Langevin, Reg Drager, Gerald Lenton, Tonya Lee Williams, Jeremy Ratchford, Chris Owens, Andrew Lewarne and Tedd Dillon | TV movie |
| Between Two Women | Jon Avnet | United States | Drama | Farrah Fawcett, Colleen Dewhurst, Michael Nouri, Bridgette Andersen, Danny Corkill, Steven Hill, Terry O'Quinn, Kenneth Danziger and Carmen Argenziano | |
| Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | Historical, drama | Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean, Jack Birkett, Sadie Corre, Una Brandon-Jones, Imogen Claire, Robbie Coltrane, Garry Cooper, Lol Coxhill, Nigel Davenport, Vernon Dobtcheff, Terry Downes, Dexter Fletcher, Michael Gough, Jonathan Hyde, Spencer Leigh, Emile Nicolaou, Gene October, Cindy Oswin, John Rogan, Zohra Sehgal, Tilda Swinton, Lucien Taylor, Nigel Terry and Simon Fisher Turner | Fictionalized re-telling of the life of the Baroque painter of the same name |
| Chinese Characters | Richard Fung | United States | Short | Lloyd Wong, Lim Cheung, Paul Cheung | |
| The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | Canada | Drama | Rémy Girard, Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi, Yves Jacques, Geneviève Rioux, Daniel Brière, Gabriel Arcand and Ariane Frédérique | |
| Dress Gray | Glenn Jordan | United States | Crime Drama | Alec Baldwin, Lloyd Bridges, Hal Holbrook | |
| The Flavor of Corn | Gianni Da Campo | Italy | Coming-of-age, romance, drama | Lorenzo Lena, Marco Mestriner, Alba Mottura, Egidio Termine, Mattia Pinoli, Paolo Garlato, Elena Barbalich, Elisabetta Barbini and Marina Vlady | |
| In a Glass Cage | Agustí Villaronga | Spain | Drama | Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisèle Echevarría, Imma Colomer, Ricardo Carcelero and Alberto Manzano | a.k.a. Tras el cristal; inspired by the history of Gilles de Rais |
| Mala Noche | Gus Van Sant | United States | Drama | Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Nyla McCarthy, Don Chambers and Walt Curtis | a.k.a. Bad Night; based on the autobiographical novel Mala Noche: And Other "Illegal" Adventures by Walt Curtis |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom | Crime, drama | Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine | |
| Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers | John Greyson | Canada | Short, documentary | | About the 10 days the director spent in Moscow, during the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1985 |
| My Two Loves | Noel Black | United States | Romance, drama | Mariette Hartley, Lynn Redgrave, Barry Newman | TV movie |
| Parting Glances | Bill Sherwood | United States | Drama | Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan, Kathy Kinney, Patrick Tull, Yolande Bavan, Andre Morgan, Richard Wall, Jim Selfe, Kristin Moneagle, John Siemens, Bob Koherr (credited as Bob Kohrherr), Theodore Ganger and Nada | |
| Project A-ko | Katsuhiko Nishijima | Japan | Animation, sci-fi | Miki Itō, Michie Tomizawa, Emi Shinohara, Asami Mukaidono | |
| The Rose King [fr] | Werner Schroeter | West Germany Portugal France Netherlands | Drama, musical | Magdalena Montezuma, Mostefa Djadjam, Antonio Orlando, Karina Fallenstein, Sintra and Montijo | a.k.a. Der Rosenkönig |
| Second Serve | Anthony Page | United States | Biographical Drama | Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, Richard Venture | TV movie |
| Tenue de soirée | Bertrand Blier | France | Comedy, crime, drama | Michel Blanc, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Michel Creton, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Bruno Cremer, Caroline Sihol, Mylène Demongeot, Jean-François Stevenin, Dominique Besnehard and Bernard Farcy | a.k.a. Ménage |
| The Truth About Alex | Paul Shapiro | United States | Drama | Scott Baio, Peter Spence | |
| Vera | Sérgio Toledo | Brazil | Drama | Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Norma Blum, Raul Cortez, Carlos Kroeber | Based on the life of Anderson Bigode Herzer |
| A Virus Knows No Morals | Rosa von Praunheim | West Germany | Comedy, drama, sci-fi | Dieter Dicken, Maria Hasenäcker, Christian Kesten, Eva-Maria Kurz (credited as Eva Kurz), Rosa von Praunheim, Ina Blum, Thilo von Trotha, Holger Klotzbach, Arnulf Rating, Günter Thews, Craig Russell, Hella von Sinnen, Gisela Dreyer (credited as Gisela Dryer), Nadja Reichardt (credited as Nadja Patricia Reichardt) and Ellen Reichhardt (credited as Ellen F. Reichhardt) | a.k.a. Ein Virus kennt keine Moral |
| Welcome Home, Bobby | Herbert Wise | United States | Drama | Timothy Williams, Tony Lo Bianco, Adam Baldwin | TV movie |
| Working Girls | Lizzie Borden | United States | Drama | Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff | |