Jude Dry and Kate Erbland contributed to this story. South African director Oliver Hermanus (“Moffie”) is set to make waves with his forthcoming WWI romance “The History of Sound,” starring Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal, and Italian provocateur Luca Guadagnino recently told IndieWire that his next film “Challengers,” starring Zendaya and O’Connor, will have queer themes.īelow is a sampling of some of the best international LGBTQ cinema out there - including alternative entries from popular filmmakers you may have missed. More recently, a director like Sciamma constructed a bracing picture of an intimate female relationship with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” though looking back at her career, she’s long explored the nuances of female sexuality.įoreign filmmakers are often the ones to push the envelope when it comes to queer film, and they bring their liberated sensibility when they make movies on American soil. From Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Pier Paolo Pasolini, the fluidity of human sexuality has long fascinated international filmmakers unafraid to bust taboos. It has been updated on June 22, 2022.Īmerican movies and TV have made major strides in LGBTQ representation of late, but storytellers abroad have always been ahead of the curve, exploring sexuality and relationships with groundbreaking technique, and in ways often coded and ahead of their time. Straight Pornstars Gays Shemales Tag Cloud.

Editor’s Note: This list was originally posted on February 27, 2021.