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Biographical films about LGBTQ people

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The Imitation Game

2014 film directed by Morten Tyldum

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018 film directed by Bryan Singer

2008 film directed by Gus Van Sant

2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry

The Danish Girl

2015 film by Tom Hooper

2018 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

2003 film directed by Patty Jenkins

2002 film directed by Julie Taymor

2005 film directed by Bennett Miller

1999 film by Kimberly Peirce

2019 film directed by Dexter Fletcher

Gia is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard. The film premiered on January 31, 1998, on HBO.

Prayers for Bobby

2009 television film directed by Russell Mulcahy

Kill Your Darlings

2013 film directed by John Krokidas

2023 film directed by Bradley Cooper

Battle of the Sexes

2017 film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020 film by George C. Wolfe

2004 film by Bill Condon

I Love You Phillip Morris

2009 film directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra

Gods and Monsters

1998 film directed by Bill Condon

2018 film directed by Joel Edgerton

1997 British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert

2006 film by Douglas McGrath

2021 film by Paul Verhoeven

Behind the Candelabra

2013 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2025 film directed by Richard Linklater

2023 film by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

2014 film by Bertrand Bonello

1985 film by István Szabó

2010 film directed by Floria Sigismondi

1986 film directed by Derek Jarman

Yves Saint Laurent

2014 film directed by Jalil Lespert

1990 film by Philip Kaufman

2018 film by Wash Westmoreland

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996 film by Mary Harron

The Happy Prince

2018 film by Rupert Everett

2023 film directed by George C. Wolfe

My Friend Dahmer

2017 film directed by Marc Meyers

2002 film by David Jacobson

Vita and Virginia

2018 film directed by Chanya Button

2016 film directed by Justin Kelly

2017 film by Dome Karukoski

De-Lovely is a 2004 American musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with his wife, Linda Lee Thomas, until his death. It is the second biopic about the composer, following 1946's Night and Day.

2015 film directed by Justin Kelly

Beautiful Boxer

2003 film by Ekachai Uekrongtham

2018 film directed by Craig Macneill

2003 film directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

2010 film by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Christy (2025 American film)

Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film directed by David Michôd, written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, and Chad L. Coleman. The film chronicles the rise of former professional boxer Christy Martin (Sweeney) to becoming America's best-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her coach-turned-husband's 2010 attempted murder of her.

Elisa & Marcela

2019 film directed by Isabel Coixet

2003 film directed by Frank Pierson

2010 film directed by S. J. Clarkson

Christopher and His Kind

2011 television film directed by Geoffrey Sax

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

2006 Film by Agnieszka Holland

2018 film directed by Justin Kelly

Caravaggio's Shadow

2022 film directed by Michele Placido

1980 film by Herbert Ross

Wild Nights with Emily

2018 film directed by Madeleine Olnek

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960 film by Ken Hughes