Best LGBTQ movies of 1970s

Actors : Ian McShane, Donald Sinden, Richard Burton, Nigel Davenport,
Directors : Michael Tuchner,

Murderous, sadistic London gang leader Vic Dakin, a mother-obsessed homosexual modeled on real-life gangster Ronnie Kray, is worried about potential stool pigeons that may bring down his ...

Actors : Ken Howard, Robert Moore, James Coco, Liza Minnelli,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

Junie Moon's face has been disfigured by ill-gotten burns, and depends on her friends and her with to cope. She, Warren, and Arthur leave the hospital - they yearn for independence - and ...

Actors : Slim Pickens, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Willie Nelson,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Willie Nelson is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Actors : Sudie Bond, Richard McConnell, Olga Bellin, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Joseph Anthony,

A lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy strikes.

Actors : Michael Sullivan, Luana Anders, George Morgan, Albert Henderson,
Directors : Robert Downey Sr.,

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Heidelinde Weis, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Harold Prince,

Konrad, a handsome country boy in post-war Austria, charms his way into a butler position at the castle of a widowed countess that lost her fortune. Before long the opportunistic boy is ...

Actors : Paola Morra, Anita Ekberg, Alida Valli, Massimo Serato,
Directors : Giulio Berruti,

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, whilst presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital,...

Actors : Perry King, Peter Donat, Meg Foster, Valerie Curtin,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.

Actors : Paul Muller, Roger Darton, Monica Swinn, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Actors : Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Redd Foxx, Michael Warren,
Directors : George Schlatter,

A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right.

Actors : Curt Gareth, Anthony McKay, Robert McLane, Bo White,
Directors : Christopher Larkin,

A poignant romantic drama examines the life of gay 26 year old, ex-monk, school teacher living in Manhattan. When he meets a man at a gay bar, they connect and are soon living together. Unfortunately their views on monogamy don't match.

Actors : Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld,
Directors : Frank Perry,

A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.

Actors : Martin Potter, Koo Stark, Lydia Lisle, Katherine Kath,
Directors : Chris Boger,

Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one ...

Actors : Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Ken Robertson, Maureen Dolan,
Directors : Ron Peck,

A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Massimo Ranieri, Mario Scarpetta, Renato Pozzetto,
Directors : Steno,

A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers' rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helping a young gay man.

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, Jan Miner,
Directors : Paul Mazursky,

Remake of Jules et Jim following the experiences over a decade of two friends who fall in love with the same woman, enjoyably satirising the 70's through the search by the three ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Richard Widmark, Vito Scotti, Luana Anders,
Directors : Stuart Millar,

A young, rebellious Ute Indian joins the rodeo circuit and falls in with a drunken mentor who teaches him the ways of the ring and the world.

Actors : Lynn Lowry, George Shannon, Monique van Vooren, Mary Woronov,
Directors : Theodore Gershuny,

A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.

Actors : Nanda Van Bergen, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Susan arrives in Haiti to live with her husband Jack, who lives with a lesbian housekeeper and Olga, a nymphomaniac platinum blonde, introduced to her as Jack's sister. Susan begins to have...

Actors : Joe Cortese, Elizabeth Ashley, Talia Shire, Kay Medford,
Directors : Gordon Willis,

Shire is the subject of a perverse obsession by a Lesbian neighbor, Andrea, who not only is in lust with her but hires a rapist in order to get audio tapes of her moaning. Ashley turns ...