# List of LGBTQ-related films of 2021

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2021. 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 | Ref |
| Acts of Love | Isidore Bethel, Francis Leplay | France, United States | Documentary | | | |
| After America | Jake Yuzna | United States | Drama | Yvonne Freese, Theresa McConnon, Daniel Nies, Ahmed Yusuf, Dan Fox, Eli Anthony, Robert Dante | | |
| Ahead of the Curve | Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow | United States | Documentary | Franco Stevens, Kim Katrin, Denice Frohman, Amber Hikes, Andrea Pino-Silva, Melissa Etheridge, Jewelle Gomez, Lea DeLaria, Kate Kendell | | |
| Ailey | Jamila Wignot | United States | Documentary | | | |
| All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu) | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel | Drama | | | |
| Alone (Seuls) | Paul Tom | Canada | Documentary | | | |
| Anaïs in Love (Les Amours d'Anaïs) | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | France | | | | |
| Ayuda Babes | Joven Tan | Philippines | Comedy | Gardo Versoza, Ate Gay, Joey Paras, Iyah Mina, Marlo Mortel, Marc Logan | | |
| Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | France, Netherlands | Drama | Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling, Hervé Pierre | | |
| Between Them (Toutes les deux) | Noël Mitrani | Canada | Romantic comedy | Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Mélanie Elliott, Vitali Makarov, Daniel Murphy, Laurent Lucas | | |
| Billy Boy | Sacha Amaral | Argentina | | | | |
| Bliss (Glück) | Henrika Kull | Germany | Drama | | | |
| Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer | Vincent Le Port | France | | | | |
| Brutalia, Days of Labour | Manolis Lavris | Greece, Belgium | | | | |
| Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur | James Buddy Day | Canada | Documentary | | | |
| Celts (Kelti) | Milica Tomovic | Serbia | Drama | | | |
| Cicada | Yoon Daewoen | South Korea | | | | |
| Cinderella | Kay Cannon | United States | Romantic comedy | Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan | | |
| Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) | Juho Kuosmanen | Russia, Finland | | | | |
| Cruella | Craig Gillespie | United States, United Kingdom | Crime, comedy | Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, John McCrea, Kirby Howell-Baptiste | | |
| Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor | Shelley Thompson | Canada | Drama | Maya Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening, Reid Price | | |
| The Divide (La Fracture) | Catherine Corsini | France | Drama | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï | | |
| Down in Paris | Antony Hickling | France | Drama | Antony Hickling, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Manuel Blanc, Dominique Frot | | |
| Esquí | Manque La Banca | Argentina, Brazil | Documentary | | | |
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | United States | Superhero | Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie | | |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | United Kingdom | Musical Drama | Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Lancashire, Sharon Horgan, Lauren Patel, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Adeel Akhtar | | |
| Everything Went Fine (Tout s'est bien passé) | François Ozon | France | | Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Hanna Schygulla, Éric Caravaca, Grégory Gadebois | | |
| The Fall of the Swift (La Caída del vencejo) | Gonzalo Quincoces | Spain | | | | |
| Fanny: The Right to Rock | Bobbi Jo Hart | Canada | Documentary | Fanny | | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | Leigh Janiak | United States | Slasher | Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman | | |
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | Leigh Janiak | United States | Supernatural horror | Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman | | |
| Firebird | Peeter Rebane | United Kingdom, Estonia | Drama, romance, war | Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya | | |
| Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark | Documentary | | | |
| Fresh Water | David Kalinauskas | Canada | Documentary | Antonio Lennert | | |
| Frida | Aleksandra Odić | Germany | | | | |
| Genderation | Monika Treut | Germany | Documentary | | | |
| Ghost Song | Nicolas Peduzzi | France | | | | |
| The Girl and the Spider (Das Mädchen und die Spinne) | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland | Drama | Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat | | |
| Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) | Sebastian Meise | Germany | | | | |
| The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (Luaneshat e kodrës) | Luàna Bajrami | France, Kosovo | | | | |
| How to Fix Radios | Emily Russell, Casper Leonard | Canada | Drama | James Rudden, Dimitri Watson, Willa Crowder, Hector Jenkins | | |
| Human Factors (Der menschliche Faktor) | Ronny Trocker | Germany | Drama | Mark Waschke, Hassan Akkouch, Marthe Schneider, Spencer Bogaert | | |
| If from Every Tongue It Drips | Sharlene Bamboat | Canada, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka | Documentary | | | |
| Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze | Georgia | Documentary | | | |
| International Dawn Chorus Day | John Greyson | Canada | Documentary | Shady Habash, Sarah Hegazi | | |
| Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | United States | Adventure | Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemmons, Paul Giamatti | | |
| King Max | Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | France | | | | |
| Language Lessons | Natalie Morales | United States | Drama | Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry | | |
| The Last Chapter (La dernière séance) | Gianluca Matarrese | France, Italy | Documentary | Bernard Guyonnet | Winner of the Queer Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival | |
| The Laureate | William Nunez | United Kingdom | Drama | Tom Hughes, Dianna Agron, Laura Haddock, Fra Fee | | |
| Leo by Night (Léo la nuit) | Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | France | Short drama | Nans-Laborde-Jourdàa, Cyusa Ruzindana Rukundo Marcou, Marie-Sohna Condé | | |
| Leynilöggan | Hannes Þór Halldórsson | Iceland | Action, comedy | Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir | | |
| Ma Belle, My Beauty | Marion Hill | France | Drama, romance | | | |
| Madalena | Madiano Marcheti | Brazil | Drama | Natalia Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pamella Yule | | |
| The Man with the Answers | Stelios Kammitsis | Greece, Cyprus, Italy | Romantic drama, road movie | Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil | | |
| Mayor Pete | Jesse Moss | United States | Documentary | Pete Buttigieg | | |
| La Mif | Fred Baillif | Switzerland | Drama | | | |
| Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Lebanon, Germany, Spain | Documentary | | | |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda | United States | Science fiction, comedy | Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman | | |
| Moneyboys | C. B. Yi | Austria, Belgium, France, Taiwan | | Kai Ko, Chloe Maayan, J.C. Lin, Bai Yufan, Sun Qiheng | | |
| Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis) | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece, France | Drama | Sofia Kokkali, Lazaros Georgakopoulos | | |
| Mouth Congress | Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson | Canada | Documentary | Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald | | |
| My Girlfriend Is the Revolution | Marcelino Islas Hernández | Mexico | Coming-of-age, Romance | Sofía Islas, Ana Valeria Becerril, Flor Edwarda | | |
| My Name Is Pauli Murray | Betsy West, Julie Cohen | United States | Documentary | | | |
| Neptune Frost | Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda, United States | | Elvis Ngabo, Cheryl Isheja, Kaya Free | | |
| No Fags (Tunten zwecklos) | Mirek Balonis, Jutta Riedel | Germany | Documentary | | | |
| North by Current | Angelo Madsen Minax | United States | Documentary | | | |
| On Solid Ground (Über Wasser) | Jela Hasler | Switzerland | | | | |
| Operation Hyacinth (film) | Piotr Domalewski | Poland | Drama, Crime | Tomasz Ziętek, Hubert Miłkowski, Marek Kalita, Adrianna Chlebicka, Tomasz Schuchardt | | [33] [34] |
| Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Jacques Audiard | France | | Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth, Noémie Merlant | | |
| Pat Rocco Dared | Morris Chapdelaine, Bob Christie | Canada | Documentary | Pat Rocco | | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada | Drama | Benedict Cumberbatch,Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy | | |
| The Retreat | Pat Mills | Canada | Horror | Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen | | |
| Returning to Reims (Fragments) | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France | | | | |
| Ride or Die | Ryūichi Hiroki | Japan | Thriller | Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Sato, Yoko Maki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Anne Suzuki, Shinya Niiro, Tetsushi Tanaka, Setsuko Karasuma | | |
| The Right Words (Haut les cœurs) | Adrian Moyse Dullin | France | | | | |
| Scarborough | Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | Canada | Drama | Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel | | |
| The Scary of Sixty-First | Dasha Nekrasova | United States | Horror, thriller | Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn, Dasha Nekrasova | | |
| Simone Is Gone (Simone est partie) | Mathilde Chavanne | France | | | | |
| Softie (Petite Nature) | Samuel Theis | France | | | | |
| Some Women | Quen Wong | Singapore | Documentary | | | |
| Someone Like Me | Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor | Canada | Documentary | | | |
| Stillwater | Tom McCarthy | United States | Drama | Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin | | |
| Stop-Zemlia | Kateryna Gornostai | Ukraine | Drama | Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov, Andrii Abalmazov | | |
| The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night | Fawzia Mirza | Canada, United States | Short comedy | Kausar Mohammed, Vico Ortiz | | |
| Titane | Julia Ducournau | Belgium, France | | Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh | | |
| Venus by Water | Lin Wang | China | | | | |
| We're All Going to the World's Fair | Jane Schoenbrun | United States | Horror | Anna Cobb, Michael J. Rogers | | |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Drama | Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai | | |
| Wildhood | Bretten Hannam | Canada | Drama | Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Michael Greyeyes, Joel Thomas Hynes | | |
| Women Do Cry (Zhenite plachat) | Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva | Bulgaria | Drama | Maria Bakalova | | |