French LGBT : Gay and Lesbian movies from France
A Cinematographic Anthology 1932-2025
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- DirectorJean CocteauStarsEnrique RiveroLee MillerPauline CartonTold in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsJean DastéRobert le FlonLouis LefebvreIn a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
- DirectorJacques DevalStarsDanielle DarrieuxJosette DayValentine TessierA hotel for women-only and catering to working girls is the setting for not being able to get a USA PCA seal-of-approval for this French-film, but New York City's 55th Playhouse played it anyway. Along the way the audience meets the girl who sneaked her lover into her no-men-allowed room and her patch soon turns blue; a young lady with a passionate intensity who chooses another young lady as the object of her affections; the blindly-misguided director of the hotel, another lady of real easy virtue who is not the one who smuggled her lover into her room; and a girl who is only there as a procurer for a slavery ring.
- DirectorJean GenetStarsBravoJean GenetJavaTwo prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
- DirectorJacqueline AudryStarsEdwige FeuillèreSimone SimonMarie-Claire OliviaLate nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.
- DirectorRené GaveauStarsMichèle CarvelJean CarmetThérèse DornyIn this comedy, a man gets a sex change to fulfil his wish to become a cabaret artiste.
- DirectorDenys de La PatellièreStarsPierre FresnaySimone RenantGeorges PoujoulyA father discovers one day that one of his sons is a homosexual and the other, is the "gigolo" of a Japanese countess. He is first horrified, but finally accepts the situation because it brings him economical advantages.
- DirectorMichel BoisrondStarsBrigitte BardotHenri VidalDawn AddamsHandsome dentist Herve Dandieu, temporarily separated from his new, delectable wife Virginie by a lovers' tiff, is picked up by sexy dance teacher Anita Flores...object blackmail. Sensing trouble, Virginie follows him to the dance school, only to find him circumstantially incriminated in murder. Soon, the school has a gorgeous new instructress, whose slightly scatterbrained attempts to clear her husband confuse both police and suspects...and bring potential danger.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsFrancis LacombradeDidier HaudepinFrançois LecciaA tale of the tender relationship between a 12-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire in the rigid atmosphere of their Jesuit-run school.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsAnna KarinaLiselotte PulverMicheline PresleSuzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsJean-Louis TrintignantJacqueline SassardStéphane AudranArchitect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.
- DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsEssy PerssonAnna GaëlBarbara LaageTwo young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...
- DirectorDominique DeloucheStarsEmmanuelle RivaFrançois TimmermanEric LaboreyOne day, Etienne, a christian writer, picks up a young hitchhiker. The gloomy young man, reluctant to tell about himself, puzzles him. Etienne thinks he is miserable and immediately feels like helping him. Also, the boy's physique does not leave him unmoved. To try and get him on the right path, Etienne invites Rudy to stay at his country house. The young man agrees and is kindly welcomed by Valentine, Etienne's wife. But, restless as he is, he can't put up with home peace very long. He runs away.
- DirectorGérard BlainStarsPhilippe MarchJean-Claude DauphinNathalie FontaineTeenager Paul has an affair with the older Philippe.
- DirectorGuy GillesStarsDanièle DelormeNathalie DelonPatrick PennYoung man Francois Nole works in a Bank. Often skips a walk, and one day he never comes to work. He goes to bed and refuses stand. Francois is a heroin addict, who has lost the joy of life. Nothing could bring him back from the darkness and despair no mother, no friends, no holidays, no love. One day, he suddenly changes,it becomes cheerful and calm...
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanNiels ArestrupClaire Wauthion'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
- DirectorSamy PavelStarsMartine KellyRichard LeducNiels ArestrupPierre and Yves, two homosexuals, live a cozy love in a small Breton village until the arrival of Anne, the ex-girlfriend of Pierre, who will try to separate them.
- DirectorPaul VecchialiStarsMyriam MézièresFrançoise GiretHélène SurgèreA well-known politician woman receives a tape showing her son in a porno movie. She decides to hire a female detective to figure out who is trying to black-mail her.
- DirectorSerge GainsbourgStarsJane BirkinJoe DallesandroHugues QuesterPetite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on garbage-truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
- DirectorPhilippe ValloisStarsMarie-Christine WeillPatrice PascalPhilippe ValloisWhile Philipe waits for Johan to come out of jail he starts recreating several moments of their relationship with the help of several friends during the summer of 1975.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsPatrick DewaerePatrick BouchiteyChristine PascalSummer 1960: Marc and Philippe work as counselors at a camp in Auvergne. Marc discovers Philippe's secret homosexual tendencies and uses this to bully him.
- DirectorColine SerreauStarsSami FreyChristine MurilloMario GonzalesThe eventful life of a three-way household in a suburban pavilion arouses the curiosity of those around them, including that of a police inspector.
- DirectorMichel DevilleStarsFrançois MarthouretClaude MarcaultPhilippe RouleauAn unnamed French intelligence service spies on and analyzes a French diplomat code name '51' to identify a method to control him.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire MaurierThe manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
- DirectorPhilippe ValloisStarsSerge AvedikianPiotr StanislasCatherine AlbinDuring the final days of World War II, a simple French peasant rescues a wounded German soldier and nurses him back to health. As their playful camaraderie grows, two young men who should be enemies begin to bond in ways neither thought possible.