List of LGBT Black films
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This article lists Black queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-binary, polyamory, or transgender-related films. The list includes movies, documentaries, and TV/web series that deal with or feature significant Black queer characters or issues as an important plot device. The English-language film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed.
Movies[edit]
| Title | Country | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White | Nigeria | 2023 | [1] |
| Anything's Possible | United States | 2022 | [2] |
| As I Am | United States | 2019 | |
| Blackbird | United States | 2014 | [3] |
| Black Aura on an Angel | United States | 2004 | [4] |
| Being 17 (Quand on a 17 ans) | France | 2016 | [5] |
| Bessie | United States | 2015 | [6] |
| Blind Faith | United States | 1998 | [7] |
| Braids on a Bald Head | Nigeria | 2010 | [8] |
| Brother | Canada | 2022 | [9] |
| Brother to Brother | United States | 2004 | [10] |
| Brooklyn’s Bridge to Jordan | United States | 2005 | |
| bwoy | United States, Jamaica | 2016 | [11] |
| Change | United States | 2011 | |
| Children of God | Bahamas | 2010 | [12] |
| The Color Purple | United States | 1985 | [13] |
| The Color Purple | United States | 2023 | [14] |
| Country Love | Nigeria | 2022 | [15] |
| Dakan | Guinea | 1997 | [16] |
| Dear White People | United States | 2014 | [17] |
| Dirty Laundry | United States | 2006 | [18] |
| Everything Will Be Fine (Alles Wird Gut) | Germany | 1998 | [19] |
| Family | United States | 2008 | |
| Finding Me | United States | 2009 | [20] |
| Friend of the World | United States | 2020 | |
| From Zero to I Love You | United States | 2019 | |
| Get on the Bus | United States | 1996 | |
| A Girl Like Grace | United States | 2015 | [21] |
| God Loves Uganda | United States | 2013 | |
| Green Book | United States | 2018 | |
| Gun Hill Road | United States | 2011 | |
| The Happy Sad | United States | 2013 | |
| Hearts Beat Loud | United States | 2013 | |
| Hell or High Water | Nigeria | 2017 | [22] |
| Henry Gamble's Birthday Party | United States | 2015 | |
| Holiday Heart | United States | 2000 | |
| I Don't Know Who You Are | Canada | 2023 | |
| Ìfé | Nigeria | 2020 | |
| Karmen Geï | Senegal, Canada, France | 2001 | |
| KickOff | United Kingdom | 2011 | |
| Kinky Boots | United Kingdom | 2005 | |
| Looking for Langston | United Kingdom | 1989 | |
| Lost In The World | South Africa | 2015 | [23] |
| Madame Sata | Brazil | 2002 | |
| Mississippi Damned | United States | 2009 | |
| Moonlight | United States | 2016 | |
| Naz & Maalik | United States | 2015 | |
| Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | United States | 2008 | |
| Parallel Sons | United States | 1995 | |
| Pariah | United States | 2011 | |
| Play the Devil | Trinidad and Tobago | 2018 | |
| Punks | United States | 2001 | [24] |
| Rag Tag | United Kingdom, Nigeria | 2018 | |
| Rafiki | Kenya | 2018 | |
| The Reception | United States | 2005 | |
| Reluctantly Queer | Ghana | 2016 | |
| Rent | United States | 2005 | |
| Rivers Wash Over Me | United States | 2009 | |
| Rude | Canada | 1995 | |
| Rustin | United States | 2023 | |
| Sarang Song | United States | 2006 | |
| Saturday Church | United States | 2017 | |
| Savage Roses: Locas 4 Life | United States | 2002 | |
| Set It Off | United States | 1996 | [25] |
| She Hate Me | United States | 2004 | |
| Single Man Problems | United States | 2023 | [26] |
| The Skinny | United States | 2012 | [27] |
| Slow | United States | 2011 | |
| Starrbooty | United States | 2007 | |
| Stories of Our Lives | Kenya | 2014 | |
| Strange Fruit | United States | 2004 | |
| Stud Life | United States | 2012 | |
| Tangerine | United States | 2015 | [28] |
| Tchindas | Spain, Cape Verde | 2015 | |
| The Things You Think I'm Thinking | Canada | 2017 | |
| Walking with Shadows | Nigeria | 2019 | [29] |
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | Nigeria | 2018 | |
| While You Weren't Looking | South Africa | 2015 | |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | United States | 1995 | |
| The Watermelon Woman | United States | 1996 | |
| The Women of Brewster Place | United States | 1989 | |
| The Wound | South Africa | 2017 | |
| Young Soul Rebels | United Kingdom | 1991 |
Documentaries[edit]
| Title | Country | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Abominable Crime | Jamaica | 2013 | |
| The Aggressives | United States | 2005 | |
| All God’s Children | United States | 1996 | |
| The Art of Sin | Norway, Sudan | 2020 | [30] |
| Black is... Black Ain't | United States | 1995 | [31] |
| Black Nations/Queer Nations? | United States | 1995 | |
| Black./Womyn: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent | United States | 2008 | |
| Born in Flames | United States | 1983 | |
| Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin | United States | 2002 | |
| Butch Mystique | United States | 2003 | |
| Call Me Kuchu | Uganda | 2012 | |
| Check It | United States | 2016 | |
| Coming out of the Nkuta | Cameroon | 2011 | [32] |
| The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson | United States | 2017 | [33] |
| Defiance: Voices of a New Generation | Nigeria | 2020 | [34] |
| Difficult Love | South Africa | 2010 | [35] |
| Dream Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project | United States | 2008 | |
| The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde | United States | 2002 | |
| Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story | United Kingdom | 2017 | |
| Game Face | United States | 2015 | |
| Game Girls | United States | 2019 | [36] |
| How Do I Look | United States | 2006 | |
| I Am Not Your Negro | United States | 2016 | |
| Jumpin’ the Broom: The New Covenant | United States | 2006 | |
| Kiki | United States | 2016 | |
| The Legend of the Underground | United States | 2021 | |
| Leilani's Fortune | Canada | 2023 | |
| Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero | United States | 2023 | |
| The New Black | United States | 2013 | |
| My Mama Said Yo Mama's a Dyke | United States | 2010 | |
| Paris is Burning | United States | 1990 | |
| Passing | Canada | 2015 | [37] |
| The Pearl of Africa | Sweden, Thailand, Kenya Uganda | 2016 | [38] |
| Pick Up the Mic | United States | 2006 | |
| Portrait of Jason | United States | 1967 | |
| Someone Like Me | Canada | 2021 | |
| Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen | United States | 2008 | |
| Tchindas | Spain, Cape Verde | 2015 | |
| Tongues Untied | United States | 1989 | |
| Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story | United States | 2015 | |
| U People | United States | 2009 | |
| White Shadows | United States | 2007 | |
| You Are Not Alone | United States | 2012 | |
| Veil of Silence | Nigeria | 2013 | [39] |
| Voguing: The Message | United States | 1989 | |
| Woubi Cheri | France, Ivory Coast | 1998 |
TV/Web Series[edit]
| Title | Country | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Women | United States | 2011 | [40] |
| Behind Closed Doors | United States | 2017 | |
| Black Lightning | United States | 2018 | |
| Blackville | United States | 2017 | |
| The Blues Blues | United States | 2014 | |
| Bois | United States | 2013 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | United States | 2013 | |
| Brown Girls | United States | 2017 | |
| Change the Sheets | United States | 2016 | |
| Come Take a Walk With Me | United States | 2012 | |
| Conframa | United States | 2018 | |
| Crazy Sexy Cool | United States | 2014 | |
| Dear White People | United States | 2017 | |
| District Heat | United States | 2014 | |
| The DL Chronicles | United States | 2007 | [41] |
| Dyke Central | United States | 2015 | |
| Entangled With You | United States | 2013 | |
| Euphoria | United States | 2019 | |
| Femme | United States | 2015 | |
| Girl Play | United States | 2012 | |
| Girls Just Don't Do That | United States | 2016 | |
| Hollywood | United States | 2020 | |
| How To Get Away With Murder | United States | 2014 | |
| If I was your girl | United States | 2012 | |
| The Industry | United States | 2013 | |
| It's Complicated | United States | 2016 | |
| Ladies, Lust, Love | United States | 2012 | |
| Let's Talk Lesbian | United States | 2013 | |
| Lez-B-Honest | United States | 2011 | |
| Lipstick: The Series | United States | 2015 | |
| Livin' It Up'' | United States | 2015 | |
| Lovers & Friends | United States | 2008 | |
| Love, Lives, and Lesbians of Mobile | United States | 2013 | |
| Love and Lesbians NY | United States | 2015 | |
| Love of the Hustle | United States | 2014 | |
| LesBiReal | United States | 2016 | |
| The Lez Factor | United States | 2013 | |
| Master of None | United States | 2015 | |
| Momma'z Boi | United States | 2013 | |
| Noah’s Arc | United States | 2005 | |
| No Shade | United States | 2015 | |
| NYGTV | United States | 2014 | |
| Oops | United States | 2011 | |
| Pandora's Box | United States | 2015 | |
| The Peculiar Kind | United States | 2012 | |
| POSE | United States | 2018 | |
| P-Valley | United States | 2020 | |
| Queen Sugar | United States | 2016 | |
| Refracted Reflections | United States | 2013 | |
| Sex Education | United Kingdom | 2019 | [42] |
| She's Gotta Have It | United States | 2018 | |
| Social Theory | United States | 2013 | |
| Skye's The Limit | United States | 2013 | |
| StudvilleTV | United States | 2012 | |
| Sunny Reign | United States | 2012 | |
| The SideLine | United States | 2014 | |
| T.R.A.D.E. IT ALL | United States | 2014 | |
| Triangle | United States | 2014 | |
| TysonPlus' I CanTell You Anything | United States | 2021 | |
| TysonPlus' The Scars Our Parents Leave | United States | 2021 | |
| TysonPlus' Boys Hurt Too | United States | 2021 | |
| TysonPlus' My Relationship with Death | United States | 2021 | |
| Unclassified The Series | United States | 2017 | |
| Woman of Atlanta TV | United States | 2016 |
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