List of LGBT-related films of the 1970s

LGBTQ films

By decade
1896–1959 1895–1919 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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LGBT-related films released in the 1970s are listed in the following articles:

v t e Film genres
By style	Action Heroic bloodshed Hong Kong action Adventure Art Biographical Christian Comedy Action Black Commedia all'italiana Sexy Dramedy Gross out Horror Parody Mo lei tau Thriller Remarriage Romantic Sex Screwball Silent Slapstick Cyberpunk Japanese Documentary Animated City symphony Docudrama Mockumentary Mondo Pseudo Semi Travel Video essay Drama Calligrafismo Dramedy Historical Legal Melodrama Korean Erotic Commedia sexy all'italiana Pink Sexploitation Thriller Educational Social guidance Epic Sword-and-sandal Experimental Exploitation see Exploitation film template Fantasy Comedy Contemporary Fantastique High Historical Magic realism Science Film noir Neo-noir Pulp noir Tech noir Gothic Romance Southern Space Suburban Urban Horror Arthouse Body Cannibal Chinese horror Christmas horror Comedy Eco Fantastique Found footage German underground Ghost Giallo List of films Holiday Japanese horror Korean horror Lovecraftian Natural New French Extremity Psycho-biddy Psychological Science fiction Slasher Splatter Satanic Maximalist film Minimalist film Mumblecore Musical Arthouse Backstage Jukebox Musicarello Operetta Sceneggiata Mystery Detective Occult detective Whodunit Giallo Crossover Pornographic Hardcore pornography Softcore pornography (Malayalam) Propaganda Reality Romantic Comedy Bromantic Fantasy Gothic Paranormal Thriller Science fiction Art Comedy Fantastique Fantasy Gothic Horror Military New Wave Space opera Steampunk Tokusatsu Western Slice of life Slow cinema Survival Thriller Comedy Erotic Financial Giallo Legal New French Extremity Political Psychological Romantic Techno Transgressive Cinema of Transgression Extreme cinema New French Extremity Trick
By theme	Animals Beach party Body swap Buddy Buddy cop Female Cannibal Chicano Colonial Coming-of-age Concert Crime Detective Gangster Gentleman thief Gokudō Gong'an Heist Heroic bloodshed Hood Mafia Mafia comedy Mumbai underworld Poliziotteschi Yakuza Dance Disaster Apocalyptic Drug Psychedelic Stoner Dystopian Ecchi Economic Ethnographic Exploitation Blaxploitation Mexploitation Turksploitation Extraterrestrial Food and drink Gendai-geki Ghost Goona-goona epic Gothic Romance Space Suburban Girls with guns Harem Hentai Lolicon Shotacon Tentacle erotica Homeland Isekai Jidaigeki Samurai Kaitō LGBTQ Yaoi Yuri Luchador Magical girl Martial arts Bruceploitation Chopsocky Gun fu Kung fu Ninja Wuxia Mecha Anime Monster Giant monster Kaiju Mummy Vampire Zombie Zombie comedy Mountain Mouth of Garbage Muslim social Nature Environmental issues Opera Outlaw biker Ozploitation Partisan film Prison Women Race Rape and revenge Road Rubble Rumberas Sexploitation Bavarian porn Commedia sexy all'italiana Mexican sex comedy Nazi exploitation Pornochanchada Nunsploitation Sex report Shoshimin-eiga Slavery Slice of life Snuff South Seas Sports Spy Eurospy Superhero Surfing Swashbuckler Sword-and-sandal Sword and sorcery Travel imaginary voyage Trial Vigilante War Anti-war Euro War Submarine Western Acid Contemporary Western Dacoit Western Fantasy Florida Horror Meat pie Northern Ostern Revisionist Science fiction Singing cowboy Space Spaghetti Weird Western Zapata Western
By movement or period	Absolute American eccentric cinema New Objectivity Australian New Wave Auteur films Berlin School Bourekas Brighton School British New Wave Kitchen sink realism Budapest school Calligrafismo Cannibal boom Cinéma du look Cinema Novo Cinema of Transgression Cinéma pur Commedia all'italiana Czechoslovak New Wave Documentary Film Movement Dogme 95 Erra Cinema European art cinema Film d'art Film gris Free Cinema French New Wave German Expressionist German underground horror Nigerian Golden Age Grupo Cine Liberación Heimatfilm Hollywood on the Tiber Hong Kong New Wave Indiewood Iranian New Wave Italian futurist Italian neorealist Japanese New Wave Kammerspielfilm L.A. Rebellion Lettrist Modernist film Mumblecore Neorealist New French Extremity New German New generation New Hollywood New Nollywood New Queer No wave Nuevo Cine Mexicano Pan-Indian film Parallel cinema Persian Film Poetic realist Polish Film School Poliziotteschi The Prague film school Prussian film Pure Film Movement Remodernist Romanian New Wave Slow cinema Spaghetti Western Socialist realist Social realist Kitchen sink realism Soviet parallel Structural Surrealist Sword-and-sandal Telefoni Bianchi Third Cinema Toronto New Wave Vulgar auteurism Yugoslav Black Wave
By demographic	Adult Black Children and family Anime Men Seinen Stag Teen Shōnen Shōjo Women Chick flick Josei
By format, technique, approach, or production	3D Actuality Animation Anime Art Cartoon Computer Stop-motion Traditional Anthology Art B movie Behind-the-scenes Black-and-white Blockbuster Cinéma vérité Classical Hollywood cinema Collage Color Compilation Composite Computer screen Cult midnight movie Database cinema Docufiction Ethnofiction Experimental Abstract Feature Featurette Film à clef Film-poem Found footage Hyperlink cinema Independent Guerrilla filmmaking List of American independent films Interstitial art Live action animation Low-budget Major film studios Masala Maximalist film Message picture Meta-film Minimalist film Mockbuster Modernist film Musical short Mythopoeia Neorealist No-budget One-shot Paracinema Participatory Poetry Postmodernist Reverse motion Satire Sceneggiata Semidocumentary Serial Shinpa Short Silent Slow cinema Socialist realist Sound Underground Video nasty Vulgar auteurism Z movie
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Action Martial arts Mixed martial arts Ninja Adventure Pirate Swashbuckler Animation Avant-garde Biographical Blaxploitation Children's Animation Christian Comedy Parody Crime Disaster Documentary Drama Economics Historical Slavery Erotic Fantasy Sword and sorcery Horror Comedy horror Disaster Eco Ghosts Mummy Natural Vampire Zombie LGBTQ Melodrama Mockumentary Monster Giant-monster Musical Live musical Mystery Noir Neo-noir Prison Religious Romance Romantic comedy Satire Science fiction Apocalyptic Body swap Dystopia Extraterrestrials Sci-fi action Sci-fi comedy Sci-fi horror Superhero Time travel Spy Sports Teen Thriller Erotic War Anti-war Western Euro Spaghetti

Lists of films by genre and themes

Action
- Martial arts
- Mixed martial arts
- Ninja
Adventure
- Pirate
- Swashbuckler
Animation
Avant-garde
Biographical
Blaxploitation
Children's
- Animation
Christian
Comedy
- Parody
Crime
Disaster
Documentary
Drama
- Economics
- Historical
- Slavery
Erotic
Fantasy
- Sword and sorcery
Horror
- Comedy horror
- Disaster
- Eco
- Ghosts
- Mummy
- Natural
- Vampire
- Zombie
LGBTQ
Melodrama
Mockumentary
Monster
- Giant-monster
Musical
- Live musical
Mystery
Noir
Neo-noir
Prison
Religious
Romance
Romantic comedy
Satire
Science fiction
- Apocalyptic
- Body swap
- Dystopia
- Extraterrestrials
- Sci-fi action
- Sci-fi comedy
- Sci-fi horror
- Superhero
- Time travel
Spy
Sports
Teen
Thriller
- Erotic
War
- Anti-war
Western
- Euro
- Spaghetti

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) media

By genre
LGBTQ+ themes	African diasporic mythologies American mainstream comics Anime and manga Chinese mythology Comics Greek and Roman mythology Hindu mythology Horror Mythology Speculative fiction list Western animation
Subgenres	Bara BL/yaoi List of dramas List of anime and manga Class S Danmei Gay teen fiction LGBTQ romance Slash fiction Femslash Omegaverse Single-gender world Yuri

By medium

LGBTQ+ figures in fiction and myth

Literature

By country	Argentina Colombia Dutch-language area Ecuador El Salvador Iceland Mexico Singapore Spain

Festivals/Awards	Blue Metropolis Violet Award Bisexual Book Awards Dayne Ogilvie Prize Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Lambda Literary Awards Naked Heart Saints and Sinners Stonewall Book Award Triangle Awards

Film

Related films	Directed by women By storyline By year
LGBTQ+ characters	Animated Made-for-television Feature Franchises

American TV episodes with LGBTQ+ themes	Pre-Stonewall 1970s 1980s 1990s

By network	Cartoon Network Disney Netflix Nickelodeon

Characters

Dramatic series	1960s-2000s 2010-2015 2016-2019 2020s
Animated series	1960–1980s 1990s 2000–04 2005–09 2010–14 2015–19 2020–present

Other

By subgroup
Media portrayal	Lesbian Bisexual Pansexual Transgender Asexual
Fiction	Lesbian Gay List Bisexual Pansexual Transgender Non-binary List Intersex List Asexual List of fictional aromantic characters Polyamorous
Literature	Lesbian List Poets portraying sexual relations between women Pulp fiction Gay Pulp fiction Bisexual Transgender Intersex
Animation	Lesbian Gay Bisexual Cross-dressing
Film	Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender List of transgender characters List of feature films with transgender characters Intersex
TV	Lesbian Lesbian kiss episode Gay Bisexual List of bisexual characters List of series with bisexual characters Transgender Intersex
Pornography	Lesbian Gay Actors Bisexual Transgender
Nonfiction	List of nonfiction books about homosexuality List of transgender publications

See also
Gay News (British underground newspaper) Homoeroticism LGBTQ marketing Lost Gay Novels Pinkwashing Queerbaiting Queer coding Queer erasure Straightwashing

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LGBTQ topics

Academic fields Discourse
LGBTQ topics in education Gender studies Lesbian feminism Linguistics Literature Gay Lesbian Transgender Psychology Queer studies Queer theory Transfeminism

Anthems Awards Literary Bars Gay Lesbian Bisexual community Businesses Coming out Community centers Cross-dressing Drag king Drag queen Events Awareness periods Film festivals Gay village Gay-friendly Icons Literature Music Media Films New queer cinema Periodicals Portrayal Organizations People Pets Pride Pride Month Pride parade Queerplatonic relationships Religious groups Rodeos Same-sex relationships Slang Slogans Sports Takatāpui Theatre Companies Tourism
Symbols	Black triangle Gaysper Labrys Lambda Pink triangle Rainbow plaque
Pride flags	Aromantic Asexual Bear Bisexual Gay flag of South Africa Gay men Intersex Leather Lesbian Non-binary Pansexual Rainbow Rainbow crossing Transgender

Gender identity

Androgyny Boi Cisgender Gender bender Gender nonconformity Khanith Man Non-binary / genderqueer Queer heterosexuality Theyby Transgender Akava'ine Trans man Transsexual Trans woman Mak nyah Woman Womxn Womyn Xenogender
Third sex / Third gender	Bakla Balkan sworn virgins Bissu Faʻafafine Fakaleitī Femminiello Hijra Kathoey Köçek Māhū Mukhannath Muxe Travesti Two-spirit Winkte

Sexual identities

Sexual orientations	Asexual Bisexual Homosexual
Aromanticism Asexuality Gray asexuality Demisexuality Attraction to transgender people Banjee Bi-curious Gay Gay men Heteroflexible Lesbian Monosexual Non-heterosexual Pansexual Queer Questioning Romantic orientation Same gender loving Sexual minority Tom / Dee

History

LGBTQ history	History of homosexuality History of gay men in the United States History of lesbianism LGBTQ history timeline Migration Social movements Students History of Christianity and homosexuality History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBTQ history
Pre-modern era	Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece pre-Columbian Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe
16th to 19th century	Molly house Section 377 First homosexual movement
20th century	Dance of the Forty-One Institut für Sexualwissenschaft Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany Cadet scandal Florida Legislative Investigation Committee Sea queens Compton's Cafeteria riot Stonewall riots Gay Liberation Front Handkerchief code Festival of Light action White Night riots Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire Florida orange juice boycott Operation Soap Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS ACT UP Section 28 Tasty nightclub raid Bar Abanicos police raid
21st century	Timeline of same-sex marriage Lawrence v. Texas Russian anti-LGBT law Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 Rainbow wave Rainbow Night 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States

Rights and legal issues

LGBTQ rights by country or territory	Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania List of LGBTQ rights articles by region
LGBTQ rights topics	Capital punishment for homosexuality Censorship of LGBT issues Civil unions and partnerships Criminalization of homosexuality decriminalization Hate crime laws Intersex human rights Military service Same-sex parenting Adoption Assisted reproduction Same-sex marriage Timeline List of couples Socialism Legal status of transgender people Transgender rights movement United Nations/Yogyakarta Principles La Francophonie Commonwealth of Nations
LGBTQ rights movements	Homophile Gay liberation LGBTQ rights groups LGBTQ rights activists Rainbow capitalism Separatism Gay Lesbian

Sexual orientation — Medicine, science and sexology
Autism and LGBTQ identities Biology Birth order Demographics Disability and LGBTQ identities Environment Homosexuality and psychology Homosexuality in the DSM Kinsey scale Klein Grid Neuroscience Prenatal hormones Sexual inversion Conversion therapy Split attraction model Sexual orientation identity Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine

Societal attitudes	Amatonormativity Heteronormativity Heteropatriarchy Homonationalism Pinkwashing Gay panic defense LGBTQ rights opposition Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric LGBT stereotypes Suicide among LGBTQ people list Monuments and memorials Queerbaiting Homosexuality and religion Transgender people and religion
Prejudice and discrimination	Arophobia Acephobia Anti-gender movement AIDS stigma Biphobia Gayphobia Grooming conspiracy theory Heterosexism Homophobia Liberal homophobia Discrimination against lesbians Discrimination against non-binary people Racism Riddle scale SPLC-designated list of anti-LGBTQ hate groups Transmisogyny Transphobia
Violence against LGBTQ people	Corrective rape Capital punishment for homosexuality Gay bashing History of violence in the UK History of violence in the US Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany Acts of violence against LGBTQ people Stop Murder Music Violence against transgender people Unlawfully killed transgender people

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