# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1993

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1993. 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 |
| And the Band Played On | Roger Spottiswoode | United States | Drama | Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Ian McKellen, Glenne Headly, Richard Masur, Saul Rubinek, Lily Tomlin, Jeffrey Nordling, Donal Logue, B. D. Wong, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye, Phil Collins, Steve Martin, Richard Gere, David Marshall Grant, Ronald Guttman, Anjelica Huston, Ken Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Tchéky Karyo, Peter McRobbie, Charles Martin Smith, Christian Clemenson, Rosemary Murphy, Stephen Spinella, David Clennon, Swoosie Kurtz and Lawrence Monoson | Based on non-fiction book of the same name by Randy Shilts |
| Anthem | Marlon Riggs | United States | Short | Bernard Branner, Brian Freeman, Jesse Harris, David Kirkland, Willi Ninja, Tim Riera, Marlon T. Riggs and The Bella Boys | |
| Belle | Irma Achten | Netherlands | Romance | Wivineke van Groningen, Nelleke Zitman, Rosa Herzberg, Ulf-Maria Kuehne, Reinout Bussemaker, Do van Stek, Wim de Haas, Guusje van Tilborgh, Peter Noland, Corina Van Eijk, Rita Veth, Ilse Roest, Ilse Vocking, Coos van Eijk and Pamela Teves | |
| Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema | Mark Christopher, Stephen Cummins, Laurie Lynd, Michael Mayson, Chris Newby, Marlon Riggs | United Kingdom Canada Australia United States | Drama | | Six short gay films about general aspects of gay life |
| Blue | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | Drama | John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton | Jarman's final film; he died of AIDS-related complications four months after its release |
| Cap Tourmente | Michel Langlois | Canada | Drama | Roy Dupuis, Élise Guilbault | |
| Desperate Remedies | Stewart Main, Peter Wells | New Zealand | Drama | Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst, Kiri Mills, Bridget Armstrong, Timothy Raby, Helen Steemson and Geeling Ng | |
| Dönersen Islık Çal | Orhan Oğuz | Turkey | Drama | Derya Alabora, Mevlüt Demiryay, Fikret Kuskan and Menderes Samancilar | a.k.a. Whistle If You Come Back |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Gus Van Sant | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Tom Robbins (narrator), Uma Thurman, Treva Jeffryes, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Roseanne Arnold, Ed Begley Jr., Crispin Glover, Buck Henry, Carol Kane, Sean Young, Victoria Williams, Grace Zabriskie, Ken Kesey, Heather Graham, Udo Kier, Lin Shaye, William Burroughs, Edward James Olmos and River Phoenix | Based on Robbins' novel of the same name |
| Farewell My Concubine | Kaige Chen | China Hong Kong | Romantic, drama | Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Ge You, Lü Qi, Ying Da, Yidi, Zhi Yitong, Lei Han, Li Dan and Wu Dai-wai | |
| Feed Them to the Cannibals! | Fiona Cunningham-Reid | Australia | Documentary | | History of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras |
| Frank's Cock | Mike Hoolboom | Canada | Short | Callum Keith Rennie | |
| Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar | Atıf Yılmaz | Turkey | Drama | Derya Arbas, Deniz Türkali, Uzay Hepari, Deniz Atamtürk, Kaan Girgin, Mehmet Teoman, Mustafa Suphi, Candan Erçetin, Ceylan Çapli, Cengiz Sezici, Nurettin Sen, Ayten Uncuoglu, Bennu Yildirimlar, Serdar Bostanci (credited as Serdar Bordanaci) and Ceyhan Firat | aka The Night, Angel and Our Children |
| Greetings from Out Here | Ellen Spiro | United States | Documentary | | |
| Grief | Richard Glatzer | United States | Comedy | Craig Chester, Kent Fuher (also as Jackie Beat), Illeana Douglas, Alexis Arquette, Carlton Wilborn, Lucy Gutteridge, Robin Swid, William L. Rotko (credited as Bill Rotko), Shawn Hoffman, Frank Rehwaldt, Greg Bennett, Mickey Cottrell, Katherine Connella (credited as Catherine Connella), Mary Woronov and Mauri Bernstein | |
| I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney | Ben Affleck | United States | Short, satire | Jay Lacopo, Karla Montana | Affleck's directorial debut |
| Kika | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain France | Drama, comedy | Verónica Forqué, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril, Àlex Casanovas (credited as Àlex Casanova), Rossy de Palma (credited as Rossy de Palma), Santiago Lajusticia, Anabel Alonso, Bibiana Fernández (credited as Bibí Andersen), Jesús Bonilla, Karra Elejalde, Manuel Bandera, Charo López, Francisca Caballero, Mónica Bardem, Joaquín Climent, Blanca Li and Claudia Aros | |
| Last Call at Maud's | Paris Poirier | United States | Documentary | Rikki Streicher, Gwenn Craig, Jo Daly, Sally Gearhart, Judy Grahn, Joann Shirley, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon | About Maud's, a San Francisco lesbian bar which closed in 1989 after 23 years in business |
| Love and Human Remains | Denys Arcand | Canada | Drama | Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft, Mia Kirshner, Joanne Vannicola, Matthew Ferguson and Aidan Devine | Screenplay by Brad Fraser, based on his stage play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love |
| M. Butterfly | David Cronenberg | United States | Romance, drama | Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa | Screenplay by David Henry Hwang, based on his stage play of the same name |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Chris Columbus | United States | Comedy | Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Prosky | |
| One Nation Under God | Teodoro Maniaci, Francine Rzeznik | United States | Documentary | | This film is about how lesbians and gay men try to become "ex-gay". |
| Paris, France | Jerry Ciccoritti | Canada | Erotic drama | Leslie Hope, Peter Outerbridge, Dan Lett | |
| Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | United States | Drama | Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, Robert W. Castle, Ann Dowd, Charles Napier, Roberta Maxwell, Karen Finley, Robert Ridgely, Bradley Whitford, Ron Vawter and Anna Deavere Smith | |
| Prinz in Hölleland [de] | Michael Stock | Germany | Drama | Wolfram Haack, Stefan Laarmann (credited as Stefan Laarmannn), Michael Stock, Andreas Stadler, Nils-Leevke Schmidt, Simone Spengler, Harry Baer, Alexander Schröder, Olivier Picot, Henry Fenrich, Dirk Ludigs, Stefan Bielefeld, Marius Zekri, Else Elsterhof and Susanne Held | aka Prince in Hell |
| Sex Is... | Marc Huestis | United States | Documentary | | Interviews with 15 gay men, living in or near San Francisco. |
| The Sex of the Stars | Paule Baillargeon | Canada | Drama | Marianne Coquelicot Mercier, Denis Mercier, Tobie Pelletier, Sylvie Drapeau, Luc Picard, Gilles Renaud and Jean-René Ouellet | |
| Silverlake Life: The View from Here | Peter Friedman, Tom Joslin | United States | Documentary | Tom Joslin and Mark Massi | It shared the 1993 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival with the film Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family. |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Fred Schepisi | United States | Drama, mystery | Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen, Mary Beth Hurt, Heather Graham, Bruce Davison, Richard Masur, Anthony Michael Hall, Eric Thal, Anthony Rapp, Oz Perkins (credited as Osgood Perkins II), Catherine Kellner, J. J. Abrams (credited as Jeffrey Abrams) and Kitty Carlisle | Screenplay by John Guare, based on his stage play of the same name |
| Three of Hearts | Yurek Bogayevicz | United States | Romance, comedy | William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Joe Pantoliano, Cec Verrell, Claire Callaway, Marek Johnson, Monique Mannen, Timothy Stickney, Frank Ray Perilli, Tony Amendola, Keith MacKechnie, Ann Ryerson and Gloria Gifford | |
| Todos a la cárcel | Luis García Berlanga | Spain | Comedy | José Sazatornil, José Sacristán, Agustín González, Manuel Alexandre, Rafael Alonso, Inocencio Arias, José Luis Borau, Gaspar Cano, Luis Ciges, Joaquín Climent, Marta Fernández Muro. Juan Luis Galiardo, Antonio Gamero, Chus Lampreave and Eusebio Lázaro | aka Everyone Off to Jail |
| A Touch of Fever | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Japan | Romance, drama | Yoshihiko Hakamada, Reiko Kataoka, Masashi Endô, Sumiyo Yamada, Kôji Satô, Bunmei Harada, Kôta Kusano, Yôichi Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Ohkôchi, Tarô Ishida and Wakaba Irie | aka Hatachi No Binetsu |
| Totally Fucked Up | Gregg Araki | United States | Drama | James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill, Gilbert Luna, Lance May, Alan Boyce, Craig Gilmore and Nicole Dillenberg | |
| Verzaubert | Jörg Fockele, Jens Golombek, Dirk Hauska, Sylke Jehna, Claudia Kaltenbach, Ulrich Prehn, Johanna Reutter, Katrin Schmersahl, Dorothee Van Diepenbroick | Germany | Documentary | | Stories of 12 gay and lesbian survivors of the Holocaust and German Fascism |
| The Wedding Banquet | Ang Lee | Taiwan United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Winston Chao, Gua Ah-leh, Sihung Lung, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Vanessa Yang, Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang, Michael Gaston and Ang Lee | |
| Wittgenstein | Derek Jarman | Japan United Kingdom | Drama | Clancy Chassay, Karl Johnson, Nabil Shaban, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Kevin Collins and Lynn Seymour | Based on the life story of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Zero Patience | John Greyson | United Kingdom Canada | Musical | John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington, Richardo Keens-Douglas, Charlotte Boisjoli, Brenda Kamino, Michael Callen, Marla Lukofsky, Von Flores, Scott Hurst and Duncan McIntosh | Examines and refutes the urban legend of the alleged introduction of HIV to North America by Gaëtan Dugas |