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French LGBT : Gay and Lesbian movies from France

by chris2012bcn • Created 5 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
A Cinematographic Anthology 1932-2025
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  • The Blood of a Poet (1932)

    1. The Blood of a Poet

    193255mNot Rated67Metascore
    7.2 (7.7K)
    Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
    DirectorJean CocteauStarsEnrique RiveroLee MillerPauline Carton
  • Zero for Conduct (1933)

    2. Zero for Conduct

    193347mNot Rated
    7.2 (9.7K)
    In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
    DirectorJean VigoStarsJean DastéRobert le FlonLouis Lefebvre
  • Club de femmes (1936)

    3. Club de femmes

    19361h 21m
    6.2 (146)
    A 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.
    DirectorJacques DevalStarsDanielle DarrieuxJosette DayValentine Tessier
  • Song of Love (1950)

    4. Song of Love

    195026mNot RatedShort
    7.5 (3.9K)
    Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
    DirectorJean GenetStarsBravoJean GenetJava
  • Olivia (1951)

    5. Olivia

    19511h 28m
    6.9 (911)
    Late 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.
    DirectorJacqueline AudryStarsEdwige FeuillèreSimone SimonMarie-Claire Olivia
  • Adam est... Ève (1954)

    6. Adam est... Ève

    19541h 32m
    6.2 (22)
    In this comedy, a man gets a sex change to fulfil his wish to become a cabaret artiste.
    DirectorRené GaveauStarsMichèle CarvelJean CarmetThérèse Dorny
  • The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)

    7. The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

    19571h 22m
    5.4 (51)
    A 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.
    DirectorDenys de La PatellièreStarsPierre FresnaySimone RenantGeorges Poujouly
  • Brigitte Bardot in Come Dance with Me! (1959)

    8. Come Dance with Me!

    19591h 31m
    6.3 (803)
    Handsome 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.
    DirectorMichel BoisrondStarsBrigitte BardotHenri VidalDawn Addams
  • Didier Haudepin and Francis Lacombrade in This Special Friendship (1964)

    9. This Special Friendship

    19641h 39mTV-14
    7.7 (3.2K)
    A 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.
    DirectorJean DelannoyStarsFrancis LacombradeDidier HaudepinFrançois Leccia
  • Liselotte Pulver, Anna Karina, and Micheline Presle in The Nun (1966)

    10. The Nun

    19662h 14mGP
    7.5 (3.4K)
    Suzanne 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.
    DirectorJacques RivetteStarsAnna KarinaLiselotte PulverMicheline Presle
  • Stéphane Audran, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Jacqueline Sassard in Les Biches (1968)

    11. Les Biches

    19681h 40mR
    6.9 (3.7K)
    Architect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.
    DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsJean-Louis TrintignantJacqueline SassardStéphane Audran
  • Therese and Isabelle (1968)

    12. Therese and Isabelle

    19681h 58mNot Rated
    6.1 (664)
    Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...
    DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsEssy PerssonAnna GaëlBarbara Laage
  • L'homme de désir (1970)

    13. L'homme de désir

    19701h 40m
    6.3 (132)
    One 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.
    DirectorDominique DeloucheStarsEmmanuelle RivaFrançois TimmermanEric Laborey
  • Les amis (1971)

    14. Les amis

    19711h 33m
    7.0 (239)
    Teenager Paul has an affair with the older Philippe.
    DirectorGérard BlainStarsPhilippe MarchJean-Claude DauphinNathalie Fontaine
  • Absences répétées (1972)

    15. Absences répétées

    19721h 18m
    6.7 (186)
    Young 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...
    DirectorGuy GillesStarsDanièle DelormeNathalie DelonPatrick Penn
  • I, You, He, She (1974)

    16. I, You, He, She

    19741h 26m
    6.6 (3.5K)
    'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
    DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanNiels ArestrupClaire Wauthion
  • Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs (1974)

    17. Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs

    19741h 42m
    5.5 (25)
    Pierre 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.
    DirectorSamy PavelStarsMartine KellyRichard LeducNiels Arestrup
  • 18. Don't Change Hands

    19751h 32mX
    5.4 (278)
    A 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.
    DirectorPaul VecchialiStarsMyriam MézièresFrançoise GiretHélène Surgère
  • Jane Birkin and Joe Dallesandro in Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)

    19. Je t'aime moi non plus

    19761h 29mR
    5.9 (2.5K)
    Petite 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.
    DirectorSerge GainsbourgStarsJane BirkinJoe DallesandroHugues Quester
  • Johan (1976)

    20. Johan

    19761h 21mUnrated
    5.6 (407)
    While 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.
    DirectorPhilippe ValloisStarsMarie-Christine WeillPatrice PascalPhilippe Vallois
  • La meilleure façon de marcher (1976)

    21. La meilleure façon de marcher

    19761h 25mNot Rated
    7.1 (1.8K)
    Summer 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.
    DirectorClaude MillerStarsPatrick DewaerePatrick BouchiteyChristine Pascal
  • Why Not! (1977)

    22. Why Not!

    19771h 33m
    7.2 (330)
    The eventful life of a three-way household in a suburban pavilion arouses the curiosity of those around them, including that of a police inspector.
    DirectorColine SerreauStarsSami FreyChristine MurilloMario Gonzales
  • Dossier 51 (1978)

    23. Dossier 51

    19781h 45m
    7.3 (1.1K)
    An unnamed French intelligence service spies on and analyzes a French diplomat code name '51' to identify a method to control him.
    DirectorMichel DevilleStarsFrançois MarthouretClaude MarcaultPhilippe Rouleau
  • Michel Galabru, Michel Serrault, and Ugo Tognazzi in La Cage aux Folles (1978)

    24. La Cage aux Folles

    19781h 37mR61Metascore
    7.2 (12K)
    The 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.
    DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire Maurier
  • Catherine Albin, Serge Avedikian, and Piotr Stanislas in Nous étions un seul homme (1979)

    25. Nous étions un seul homme

    19791h 31mUnrated
    6.3 (670)
    During 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.
    DirectorPhilippe ValloisStarsSerge AvedikianPiotr StanislasCatherine Albin

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