List of LGBT-related films of 1984
This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related films released in 1984. 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
Angel
Robert Vincent O'Neill
United States
Action, thriller
Cliff Gorman , Susan Tyrrell , Dick Shawn
Another Country
Marek Kanievska
United Kingdom
Romance, drama
Rupert Everett , Colin Firth , Cary Elwes , Michael Jenn, Robert Addie , Rupert Wainwright , Tristan Oliver, Piers Flint-Shipman (credited as Frederick Alexander), Adrian Ross Magenty, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Guy Henry , Jeffry Wickham , John Line, Gideon Boulting, Nicholas Rowe , Anna Massey and Betsy Brantley
Screenplay by Julian Mitchell , based on his stage play of the same name
Before Stonewall
John Scagliotti , Greta Schiller
United States
Documentary
Ann Bannon , Lisa Ben , Gladys Bentley , George Buse, Carroll Davis, Martin Duberman , Allen Ginsberg , Barbara Gittings , Barbara Grier , Mabel Hampton , Harry Hay , Evelyn Hooker , Jim Kepner , Audre Lorde , Bruce Nugent and Craig Rodwell
The Bostonians
James Ivory
United Kingdom United States
Drama, romance
Christopher Reeve , Vanessa Redgrave , Jessica Tandy , Madeleine Potter , Nancy Marchand , Wesley Addy , Barbara Bryne , Linda Hunt , Charles McCaughan , Nancy New, John Van Ness Philip and Wallace Shawn
Based on the novel of the same name by Henry James
Bright Eyes
Stuart Marshall
United Kingdom
Documentary
Michael Callen and Stuart Marshall
One of the first films about the AIDS epidemic. Produced for Channel 4 .
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
Georges Lautner
France Italy
Comedy
Michel Serrault , Ugo Tognazzi , Antonella Interlenghi , Saverio Vallone, Michel Galabru , Benny Luke, Stéphane Audran , Gianluca Favilla and Umberto Raho
Dune
David Lynch
United States
Action, adventure, fantasy, sci-fi
Francesca Annis , Leonardo Cimino , Brad Dourif , José Ferrer , Linda Hunt , Freddie Jones , Richard Jordan , Kyle MacLachlan , Virginia Madsen , Silvana Mangano , Everett McGill , Kenneth McMillan , Jack Nance , Sian Phillips , Jürgen Prochnow , Paul Smith , Patrick Stewart , Sting , Angélica Aragón , Dean Stockwell , Max von Sydow , Alicia Roanne Witt , Sean Young , Honorato Magalone, Judd Omen and Molly Wryn
Based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert
Horror Vacui
Rosa von Praunheim
West Germany
Drama
Lotti Huber , Joaquin La Habana, Folkert Milster, Friedrich Steinhauer, Günter Thews, Ingrid van Bergen and Tom Vogt (as Thomas Vogt)
The Hotel New Hampshire
Tony Richardson
Canada United Kingdom United States
Comedy, drama
Jodie Foster , Beau Bridges , Rob Lowe , Nastassja Kinski , Wilford Brimley , Paul McCrane , Wallace Shawn , Lisa Banes , Jennifer Dundas , Seth Green , Anita Morris , Amanda Plummer , Matthew Modine , Robert Thomas, Lorena Gale and Joely Richardson
Based on the novel of the same name by John Irving
Improper Conduct
Néstor Almendros , Orlando Jiménez Leal
France
Documentary
a.k.a. Mauvaise Conduite [ 1]
La Muerte de Mikel
Imanol Uribe
Spain
Drama
Imanol Arias , Monserrat Salvador, Amaia Lasa, Fama (Fernando Telletxea), Martín Adjermián, Alicia Sánchez and Xabier Elorriaga
A Man Like E.V.A. [de ]
Radu Gabrea
West Germany
Biography, drama
Eva Mattes , Lisa Kreuzer , Werner Stocker , Charles Regnier , Charles M. Huber , Carola Regnier, Albert Kitzl, Towje Kleiner, Lothar Borowsky, Maria Mettke, Loek Dikker , Frank Büssing, Heinz Kowalczyk, Sibylle Rauch and Frederike Wilde
Mass Appeal
Glenn Jordan
United States
Drama, comedy
Jack Lemmon , Željko Ivanek
Based on play of the same name by Bill C. Davis
Mike's Murder
James Bridges
United States
Drama
Debra Winger , Mark Keyloun, Darrell Larson
Monaco Forever
William A. Levey
United States
Comedy, short
Charles Pitt
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh
Demetrios Estdelacropolis
Canada
Comedy-drama
George Agettees, Pierre Bastien, Christian Dufault, Demetri Estdelacropolis (credited as Demetri Demetrios), Michel Gagnon, Lawrence Joseph, Harry Karagopian, W.A. MacGregor, Marjorie Morton, Claire Nadon, E.J. Sullivan, Michelle Tardif, Rick Trembles and Esther Vargas
Poppers
José María Castellví II
Spain
Drama
Giannina Facio , Agustín González (credited as Agustín Gonzalez), Conrado San Martín (credited as Conrado San Martin), Alfredo Mayo , Manuel de Blas , Luis Suárez (credited as Luis Suarez), Andrés Mejuto, José Luis de Vilallonga , Miguel Ortiz, Bruna Calderón (credited as Bruna Calderon), Miguel Lobato, Teresa Nieto and Clara González (credited as Clara Gonzalez)
Secret Places
Zelda Barron
United Kingdom
Drama
Marie Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger , Jenny Agutter , Cassie Stuart, Ann-Marie Gwatkin, Pippa Hinchley , Sylvia Coleridge , Klaus Barner, Rosemary Martin , Amanda Grinling, Veronica Clifford, Adam Richardson, Zoe Caryl, Erika Spotswood, Bill Ward, Rosamund Greenwood , Maurice O'Connell, Margaret Lacey, Marissa Dunlop , Mike Heywood, Andrew Byatt, Tony London, Georgia Slowe , John Henson, Robert Kelly, Paul Ambrose, Francisco Morales, Stewart Guidotti, Mark Lewis, Jessica Walter, Sian Dunlop, Alan Berry, Lala Lloyd and John Segal
Based on a novel by Janice Elliott
The Sprinter [de ]
Christoph Böll
West Germany
Short, drama
Wieland Samolak, Gerhard Olschewski , Renate Muri, Dieter Eppler , Miriam Spoerri, Wichard von Roell and Jürgen Mikol
The Times of Harvey Milk
Rob Epstein
United States
Documentary
Harvey Fierstein (narrator), Anne Kronenberg , Tom Ammiano , Sally Gearhart , Allan Baird, Harvey Milk , Dan White , George Moscone , Dianne Feinstein , Jimmy Carter and Bill Kraus
La triche
Yannick Bellon
France
Thriller
Victor Lanoux , Anny Duperey , Valérie Mairesse , Xavier Deluc , Michel Galabru , Roland Blanche , Michèle Simonnet, Patrick Raynal, Gérard Hérold , Guy Tréjan, Jacky Laurent, Guillaume Boisseau, Jean Boissery, Franck Capillery and Patrick Catalifo
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
Comedy, drama
Carmen Maura , Ángel de Andrés López , Juan Martínez, Miguel Ángel Herranz, Chus Lampreave , Verónica Forqué , Kiti Manver , Sonia Hohmann, Gonzalo Suárez , Amparo Soler Leal , Katia Loritz , Luis Hostalot, Javier Gurruchaga, Cecilia Roth , Pedro Almodóvar , Tinín Almodóvar and Carlitos
Wiener Brut
Hans Fädler
Austria
Drama
Herbert Adamec, Georg Biro, Gerhard Bornitsch, Franz Brendinger, Carola Coca Cola, Marie Therese Escribano, Kurt Freimüller, Erna Frühgeburth, Clemens Fürtler, Georg Heinke, Michi Jürs, Rudi Katzer, Kosilo, Kurt Kröpfl and Hansi Lang
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