I may have seen some of them – most of them with traction but not all – let alone queer films.
I am, personally, queasy with the term ‘best’ because I have not watched all of the films out there. Even there the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, or that the two are different is difficult to grasp and hold onto.
Rarely does an advertisement get released about who an intersex person is, even by UN Free and Equal or other equal rights crusader, forget alone a feature film or documentary on their lives, feelings, and mess. As far as LGBT films of 2020 are concerned, this spread is still limited to gay, bi, and lesbian films, with a smattering of trans films.īut a whole lot of people who identify are intersex, questioning, asexual, pansexual, and others are yet to be explored in the film even two decades into the 21 st century. Trans films had trans characters mostly played by straight men in costumes with a few exceptions. You could argue that these were mostly gay or lesbian films, and you would not be wrong. ‘ Beats per Minute’ (2017) was a huge hit, internationally and so did ‘ Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ (2019). ‘ Brokeback Mountain’ (2005) was a gamechanger that missed the Oscar ‘Blue Is the Warmest Colour’ was laden with issues but won the Palme d’Or ‘ Carol’ won critical acclaim ‘ Moonlight’ (2016) won the Oscar for Best Picture in a rather dodgy way in the history of the award show even if its Black director did not. LGBTIQA+ films have become somewhat mainstream in the 21 st century.