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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2012. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films

Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes Ref
The Adored Carl Medland and Amarjeet Singh United Kingdom Drama, Mystery, Romance Laura Martin-Simpson, Ione Butler, Caroline Burns Cook, Jake Maskall psychological lesbian thriller
Amen Judhajit Bagchi, Ranadeep Bhattacharyya India Drama, Biography Karan Veer Mehra, Jitin Gulati Based on activist Harish Iyer's life
Any Day Now Travis Fine United States Drama Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Gregg Henry, Jamie Anne Allman, Chris Mulkey, Don Franklin, Kelli Williams, Alan Rachins, Frances Fisher, Isaac Leyva, Mindy Sterling, Miracle Laurie, Michael Nouri, Jeffrey Pierce
Ardhanaari Santhosh Souparnika India Drama Manoj K. Jayan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Thilakan, Sukumari
Ballroom Rules Nickolas Bird, Eleanor Sharpe Australia Documentary Anny Salerni and Eleanor Sharpe Same-sex ballroom dancers pursuing dreams of competing at the Gay Games in Germany
BearCity 2: The Proposal Doug Langway United States Comedy Gerald McCullouch, Stephen Guarino, Brian Keane, Gregory Gunter, James Martinez
Beyond the Hills Cristian Mungiu Romania Drama Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur
Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs) David Lambert Belgium
Canada
France		 Drama Guillaume Gouix, Matila Malliarakis, David Salles, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Flonja Kodheli, Carmela Locantore
Blue and Not So Pink Miguel Ferrari Venezuela Drama Guillermo García, Ignacio Montes, Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Alexander Da Silva, Sócrates Serrano, Elba Escobar, Beatriz Valdés Won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014.
Call Me Kuchu Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright United States Documentary David Kato (Founder, Sexual Minorities Uganda), Gilles Muhame (Managing Editor, Rolling Stone), John "Longjones" Abdallah Wambere (Journalist), Naome Ruzindana (Founder, Coalition of African Lesbians), Pastor Solomon Male, David Bahati (Ugandan Politician), Pastor Martin Ssempa and Bishop Christopher Senyonjo
Cloud Atlas Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer United States
Germany		 Science fiction, drama Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant Based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell
Common Gender Noman Robin Bangladesh Drama Dolly Zahur, Chitralekha Guho, Dileep Chakraborty and Saju Khadem
Do Not Disturb Yvan Attal France Comedy François Cluzet, Yvan Attal, Laetitia Casta, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Asia Argento, Joeystarr
Farewell, My Queen (Les adieux à la reine) Benoît Jacquot France
Spain		 Drama Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Grégory Gadebois Based on the novel of the same name by Chantal Thomas
For Dorian Rodrigo Barriuso Canada Short drama Ron Lea, Dylan Harman
Fourplay Kyle Henry United States Comedy, drama, romance Christeene, Gary Chason, Danielle Rene, Atticus Rowe, Sara Sevigny, Paul Soileau, Jose Villarreal premiered at Outfest 2010
Gayby Jonathan Lisecki United States Comedy, drama Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Jonathan Lisecki Based on the 2010 short film of the same name
Girlfriend, Boyfriend Ya-che Yang Taiwan Comedy, romance Gwei Lun-mei, Joseph Chang, Rhydian Vaughan, Bryan Chang, Serena Fang
The Guest House Michael Baumgarten United States Romance Ruth Reynolds, Madeline Merritt
How to Survive a Plague David France United States Documentary Interviews with; Bill Bahlman, David Barr (HIV/AIDS activist) Gregg Bordowitz, Spencer Cox, Jim Eigo, Susan Ellenberg, Anthony S. Fauci, Mark Harrington, Garance Franke-Ruta, Larry Kramer, Mathilde Krim, Ed Koch, Iris Long, Ray Navarro, Ann Northrop, Bob Rafsky, Peter Staley and archive footage of George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jesse Helms About the early years of the AIDS epidemic. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in the 85th Academy Awards.
I Do Glenn Gaylord United States Drama David W. Ross, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Grant Bowler, Maurice Compte, Mike C. Manning Festival circuit; general release in 2013.
I Want Your Love Travis Mathews United States Drama Jesse Metzger, Brontez Purnell, Ben Jasper Feature expansion of a short film made by Mathews in 2010
The Invisibles (Les Invisibles) Sébastien Lifshitz France Documentary Bernard, Catherine, Christian, Thérèse Clerc, Elisabeth, Monique Isselé, Jacques, Pierre, Pierrot and Yann
It's Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n'est pas un film de cowboys) Benjamin Parent France Short, comedy Malivaï Yakou, Finnegan Oldfield, Leïla Choukri, Garance Marillier, Damien Gomes Queer Palm winner for short film
Jack and Diane Bradley Rust Gray United States Drama, horror, romance Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Dane DeHaan, Haviland Morris, Cara Seymour, Kylie Minogue, Lou Taylor Pucci, Neal Huff, Michael Chernus
Jaurès Vincent Dieutre France Docudrama Eva Truffaut and Vincent Dieutre Named after the Parisian métro station Jaurès and won the Teddy Award Jury Prize in 2012.
Jobriath A.D. Kieran Turner United States Documentary Interviews with; agent Jerry Brandt, singer Jayne County, actor Dennis Christopher, singer Joe Elliott, singer Kristian Hoffman, singer Gloria Jones, artist Ann Magnuson, Miss Mercy (singer with The GTOs), singer Jake Shears, singer Will Sheff, singer Marc Almond, artist Joseph Arias, Michael Butler, record label boss Lisa Fancher and Jim Fouratt Features Jobriath, first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label, treated as the 'next' David Bowie, but was trashed
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Matthew Mishory United States Drama James Preston, Dan Glenn, Clare Grant, Erin Daniels, Rafael Morais, Edward Singletary, Darri Ingolfsson, Edgar Morais, Dalilah Rain
K-11 Jules Stewart United States Drama Goran Višnjić, Kate del Castillo, D. B. Sweeney, Portia Doubleday, Jason Mewes, Tom Lister Jr. (credited as Tommy "Tiny" Lister), Sonya Eddy
Keep the Lights On Ira Sachs United States Drama Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Paprika Steen
Last Chance (Une derniere chance) Paul-Émile d'Entremont Canada Documentary Five LGBT people seeking the right of asylum in Canada in order to escape persecution or homophobic violence in their homelands including; a transgender woman who was institutionalized by her family in Lebanon, an LGBT person jailed in Egypt and as Trudi, a corrective raped Jamaican lesbian
Laurence Anyways Xavier Dolan Canada
France		 Drama, romance Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri
Look at Me Again (Olhe pra mim de novo) Kiko Goifman, Claudia Priscilla Brazil Documentary (Sillvyo Lucio), born female, searching to find a doctor in Brazil who will perform gender re-assignment surgery. Also interviewed Lucio's mother and daughter Screened at BAFICI, and Berlinale in 2012
Love Free or Die: How the Bishop of New Hampshire is Changing the World Macky Alston United States Documentary About Gene Robinson, who is widely known for being the first priest in an openly gay relationship to be consecrated a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate Shown at Sundance Film Festival
Love Is Not Perfect (L'amore è imperfetto) Francesca Muci Italy Romance Anna Foglietta, Giulio Berruti
Mapa Para Conversar (A Map for a Talk) Constanza Fernández Chile Drama Moro Andrea, Francisca Bernardi, Romano Kottow, Francisco Pizarro Saenz de Urtury and Mariana Prat Sometimes translated as 'A Map For Love'
Margarita Laurie Colbert, Dominique Cardona Canada Comedy-drama Nicola Correia-Damude, Patrick McKenna, Christine Horne, Maya Ritter
The Master Paul Thomas Anderson United States Drama Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Ambyr Childers, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, Kevin J. O'Connor, Christopher Evan Welch, Madisen Beaty, Lena Endre, Amy Ferguson, Patty McCormack, Jillian Bell, Joshua Close, Fiona Dourif, David Warshofsky, Steven Wiig, W. Earl Brown Homoerotic subtext
Men to Kiss (Männer zum knutschen) Robert Hasfogel Germany Comedy Frank Christian Marx, Udo Lutz, Alexandra Starnitzky, Sascia Haj, Marcel Schlutt, Marcus Lachmann Winner of FilmOut Audience Award San Diego, US
Mississippi I Am Harriet Hirshorn, Katherine Linton United States Documentary Lance Bass, Constance McMillen
Mixed Kebab Guy Lee Thys Belgium
Turkey		 Drama Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Gamze Tazim, Karlijn Sileghem, Lukas De Wolf
Mommy Is Coming Cheryl Dunye Germany Comedy, romance Lil Harlow, Papi Coxx, Maggie Tapert, Wieland Speck, Cheryl Dunye, Stefan Kuschner, Jiz Lee, Judy Minx
Mosquita y Mari Aurora Guerrero United States Drama Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso
My Brother the Devil Sally El Hosaini United Kingdom Drama James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche Maya Gallus Canada Docudrama Severn Thompson, Deborah Hay
On the Road Walter Salles France
United Kingdom
Brazil
United States
Canada		 Adventure, drama Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart Based on the novel by Jack Kerouac
Out in the Dark (Alata) Michael Mayer Israel Drama Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury, Alon Pdut, Loai Nofi, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Maysa Daw, Shimon Mimran
ParaNorman Sam Fell
Chris Butler		 United States Animation Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Bernard Hill, Jodelle Ferland
A Perfect Ending Nicole Conn United States Drama Jessica Clark, Barbara Niven, John Heard, Morgan Fairchild
Revealing Mr. Maugham Michael House United Kingdom
United States		 Documentary Interviews with; Marnie Baxter (actress), Suanne Braun, Tianna Nicole Brown, Camilla Chandon (journalist), Richard Davenport-Hines, Alan Furst, Ronald Harwood, Selina Hastings, Pico Iyer, Armistead Maupin, Akio Namekata (journalist), Nicolas Paravicini (family member), Chris Rolls (journalist), Alexander McCall Smith Life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham
Sassy Pants Coley Sohn United States Comedy Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Jenny O'Hara, Martin Spanjers, Shanna Collins
Scenes from a Gay Marriage Matt Riddlehoover United States Comedy, romance Matt Riddlehoover, Jared Allman
She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column Kevin Hegge Canada Documentary Profile of the queer punk band Fifth Column
The Skinny Patrik-Ian Polk United States Comedy, drama, romance Jussie Smollett, Blake Young-Fountain, Anthony Burrell
Sleepless Knights Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz Germany Drama, romance Raul Godoy, Jaime Pedruelo, David Ruiz Miranda, Pepa Duran Sanchez, Ángel Muñoz Ruiz It was presented at the 62nd Berlin Festival (Berlinale)
Soongava: Dance of the Orchids Subarna Thapa Nepal Drama Saugat Malla, Deeya Maskey, Nisha Adhikari First Nepalese lesbian film
Speechless Simon Chung Hong Kong
China		 Drama, mystery, romance Pierre-Matthieu Vital, Qilun Gao, Yung Yung Yu, Jian Jiang, Yu Ting Si Tu, Shu Ling Lang, Shao Qiu Shen, Hua Li Chinese/Western gay relationship
Struck by Lightning Brian Dannelly United States Comedy, drama Chris Colfer, Allison Janney, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, Carter Jenkins, Brad William Henke, Rebel Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Polly Bergen, Dermot Mulroney
Stud Life Campbell Ex United Kingdom Drama, romance T'Nia Miller, Kyle Treslove, Robyn Kerr, Simon Savory, Doña Croll, Naechane Romeo, Manfredi Gelmetti, Mizz. Kimberley Filmed in London
Swan Lake Ross MacGibbon, Matthew Bourne United States Drama, musical Richard Winsor, Dominic North, Nina Goldman, Madelaine Brennan, Steve Kirkham, Joseph Vaughan A modern interpretation of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake, with replacing the female corps de ballet with male dancers and filmed in 3D
Ta av mig (Undress Me) Victor Lindgren Sweden Short, drama Jana Bringlöv Ekspong, Björn Elgerd
Tell No One Ivan Silvestrini Italy Comedy Josafat Vagni, Jose Dammert, Valeria Bilello, Francesco Montanari, Monica Guerritore, Ninni Bruschetta, Victoria Cabello Screenplay by Roberto Proia, based on his novel of the same name
Tennessee Queer Earl Goshorn United States Comedy, drama Christian Walker, Billie Worley, Jim Eikner, Jerre Dye, Ann Marie Hall, Lindsey Roberts, Jamie Mann, Drew Smith, Drew Paslay, David Tankersley filmed almost entirely in Memphis with a local cast and crew
This Is Not a Dream Gavin Butt, Ben Walters United Kingdom
United States
Germany		 Documentary Dickie Beau, Nao Bustamante, Dara Birnbaum, Glenn O’Brien, Vaginal Davis, Kalup Linzy, and other UK performance artists Scottee, David Hoyle, Alp Haydar and Holestar Features contemporary art and performance
Unfit: Ward vs. Ward Penny Edmiston United States Documentary Jessica Acebo, Michelle Caldwell, Charlene Carres, Beatrice Dohrn, Carla Janes, Kate Kendell, Michael Kenny, Neena Malik, Leonard Pitts Jr., Gretl Plessinger, Ted Stokes, Susan Walch, Cassey Ward, Donna Welch and Douglas White 1995 Florida case, who is more fit to raise a child: a convicted killer or a lesbian?
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP Jim Hubbard United States Documentary David Barr, Ken Bing, Gregg Bordowitz, Jim Eigo, Avram Finkelstein, Tom Kalin, Patrick Moore, Michael Nesline, Ann Northrop, Michael Petrelis, Michelangelo Signorile, Peter Staley and archive footage of Vito Russo and Larry Kramer (founder of ACT UP)
Verde verde (Green green) Enrique Pineda Barnet Cuba
Spain		 Drama Héctor Noas, Carlos Miguel Caballero, Farah Maria, Rocío García
The Weight Jeon Kyu-hwan South Korea Drama Cho Jae-hyun, Park Ji-a
Woman's Lake [fr] (Frauensee) Zoltan Paul Germany Drama Nele Rosetz, Therese Hämer, Lea Draeger, Constanze Wächter, Enrico Weidner and Thomas Thieme
Young and Wild (Joven y alocada) Marialy Rivas Chile Drama Alicia Rodríguez (credited as Alicia Luz Rodríguez), Aline Küppenheim, María Graica Omegna
Zenne Dancer Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay Turkey Drama Kerem Can, Giovanni Arvaneh

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