Indian films about LGBT people

List of the best Indian films about LGBT people according to visitors: Margarita with a Straw, Unfreedom, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Loev, Aligarh, Fire, Maurice, Brokeback Mountain, A Single Man, Tom at the Farm.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Country
Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryIndia
Duration01:40

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, India

A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist bisexual lover with intent to marry. The resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against unfreedom.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

Sweety has to contend with her over-enthusiastic family that wants her to get married but the ultimate truth is that her love might not find acceptance in her family and society.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia

When hot shot, Wall Street dealmaker Jai thinks of putting some pleasure into his 48 hour business trip to Mumbai, Sahil, his young, music-producer friend, drops everything, including his reckless boyfriend Alex, to help him execute the perfect getaway. Hiking the hills and canyons of Maharashtra, amidst half-attempted conversations and sudden silences, business calls and old jokes, the friends discover there is more than just time-zones keeping them apart. Things take another turn when Alex shows up with a new male-companion at his side, throwing up old conflicts and bringing unanswered questions to the fore.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, military
CountryIndia, Canada

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:20

After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, western
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:14

Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of close friend Charley who is struggling with her own questions about life.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration01:43

A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountryLuxembourg
Duration02:12

Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Canada

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:45

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young manā€™s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryItaly, France, USA, Brazil
Duration02:09

Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium, Spain
Duration02:59

AdĆØle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama, musical
CountryUSA

After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryEstonia, United Kingdom

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:49

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
Duration02:35

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:10

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:31

Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryNorway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Duration02:16

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryFrance, USA, Canada, Russia
Duration02:05

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryCanada, France
Duration02:48

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Cliftonā€”who has always harbored a secret crush on herā€”he does his best to get in the way.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:01

    1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryChile, Spain, Germany
    Duration02:36

    Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountrySweden, Georgia, France

    Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In this conservative setting Merab finds himself having to break free and risk it all.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, musical, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
    Duration01:53

    The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    An idealistic attractive young couple acquires a stunning, life-like robot for guilt free help, but as the three grow closer, their perception of humanity will be altered forever.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:18

    A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaƫl.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryCanada

    Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:36

    Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryIndia

    Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration01:53

    A young photographer from Mumbai uses her mind to play games with a prominent Hindu rightist leader.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:17

    A safe cracker claims he has lost his memory when two criminals come calling for their cut of the bank heist loot.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:06

    Aisha is a girl with a simple diktat - everyone's business is her business. Arjun is a boy with even a simpler set of beliefs - Aisha should mind her own business. Caught in the Delhi upper class world with its own set of social rules, Aisha navigates her world with a great sense of style and even greater optimism. Caught in her web are her best friend Pinky, the small town girl Shefali, the west Delhi boy Randhir and the hunk Dhruv. Aisha will make sure everyone dances to her tune. And all Arjun wants to do is disentangle that web and get Aisha out of an impending sticky mess. Who will succeed and who will succumb? Welcome to Aisha's fabulous world where playing cupid is as easy as 123...if only that Arjun would stay out of her way!

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryIndia

    Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for IIT aspirants in Patna.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, biography, sport
    CountryIndia

    Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.




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