This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in the 1950s. 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.
1950
| Title
|
Director
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Country
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Genre
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Cast
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Notes
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| Caged |
John Cromwell |
United States |
Crime, drama |
Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde, Sheila MacRae, Lee Patrick, Jane Darwell |
Parker plays a woman sent to prison for attempted armed robbery. In prison, she meets several lesbian characters.[1]
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| In a Lonely Place |
Nicholas Ray |
United States |
Drama, film-noir |
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks |
Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes
|
| Un chant d'amour |
Jean Genet |
France |
|
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a.k.a. A Song of Love
|
| Young Man with a Horn |
Michael Curtiz |
United States |
Drama |
Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez, Jerome Cowan, Mary Beth Hughes, Nestor Paiva, Walter Reed |
Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker, which itself is based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke; an example of film noir with Bacall playing a central female character who is bisexual.
|
| Girl with Hyacinths |
Hasse Ekman |
Sweden |
Film-noir, crime, Drama |
Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Anders Ek, Birgit Tengroth, Marianne Lofgren, Gösta Cederlund, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Keve Hjelm, Anne-Marie Brunius |
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1951
| Title
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Director
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Country
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Genre
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Cast
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Notes
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| Olivia |
Jacqueline Audry |
France |
Drama |
Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly, Marina de Berg, Lesly Meynard, Danièle Delorme, Rina Rhéty, Tania Soucault, Elly Norden, Nadine Olivier |
a.k.a. The Pit of Loneliness; based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy
|
| Strangers on a Train |
Alfred Hitchcock |
United States |
Film-noir, crime, mystery |
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll |
Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith
|
1953
| Title
|
Director
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Country
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Genre
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Cast
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Notes
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| Calamity Jane |
David Butler |
United States |
Musical, comedy |
Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Francis McDonald, Monte Montague, Bess Flowers |
Explores an alleged romance between American frontierswoman of the same name and Wild Bill Hickok
|
| Glen or Glenda |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
United States |
Drama |
Ed Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi |
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| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
Howard Hawks |
United States |
Musical, comedy |
Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, George Winslow, Steven Geray |
Based on the musical of the same name by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, which itself is based on Loos' novel of the same name
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| I Vitelloni
|
Federico Fellini
|
Italy
|
Drama, comedy
|
Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
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1954
| Title
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Director
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Country
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Genre
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Cast
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Notes
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| Adam is Eve
|
René Gaveau
|
France
|
Comedy
|
Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet, Thérèse Dorny, Mireille Perrey, Antoine Balpêtré, Anouk Ferjac
|
Lead's name is sometimes listed as Micheline Carvel[2]
|
| Air of Paris |
Marcel Carné |
France
Italy |
Drama |
Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre |
Implicit homosexuality in the relation between the characters played by Lesaffre and Gabin
|
| Huis clos |
Jacqueline Audry |
France |
Drama |
Arletty, Gaby Sylvia, Frank Villard, Yves Deniaud, Nicole Courcel, Danièle Delorme, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Chabassol, Arlette Thomas |
a.k.a. No Exit; co-written by Jean-Paul Sartre, based on his stage play of the same name
|
| Johnny Guitar |
Nicholas Ray |
United States |
Western |
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson, Paul Fix, Rhys Williams, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh |
Based on the novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor
|
| Miss Hanafi |
Fatin Abdel Wahab |
Egypt |
Comedy |
Ismail Yassine (credited as Ismail Yasseen) |
a.k.a. El Anesa Hanafy; based on an actual news article
|
1955
1956
1957
1958
| Title
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Director
|
Country
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Genre
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Cast
|
Notes
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| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
Richard Brooks |
United States |
Drama |
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor |
Based on the play on the same name by Tennessee Williams; homosexual subtext
|
| Les Tricheurs |
Marcel Carné |
France
Italy |
Drama |
Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Dany Saval |
|
| Mädchen in Uniform |
Géza von Radványi |
West Germany
France |
Drama |
Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda |
Co-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her play of the same name
|
1959
| Title
|
Director
|
Country
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Genre
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Cast
|
Notes
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| Ben-Hur |
William Wyler |
United States |
Action, drama |
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe |
Based on the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
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| Come Dance with Me
|
Michel Boisrond
|
France
|
Drama, crime
|
Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Darío Moreno, Serge Gainsbourg
|
Based on the novel The Blonde Died Dancing by Kelley Roos
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| Compulsion |
Richard Fleischer |
United States |
Crime, drama |
Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman |
Based on the novel of the same name by Meyer Levin
|
| Pillow Talk |
Michael Gordon |
United States |
Romance, comedy |
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter |
|
| Some Like It Hot |
Billy Wilder |
United States |
Romance, comedy |
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon |
|
| Suddenly, Last Summer |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
United States |
Drama, horror |
Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift |
Based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams
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