The finest LGBT+ films of 2021

The year 2021 has already brought many alluring queer movies. That’s why we are making a list of The finest LGBT+ films for you. So, let’s check them out.

“Parallel Mothers” (by Pedro Almodóvar)

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they will give birth. Also, both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it, and she is ecstatic. But Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant, and traumatized. Janis encourages her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange during these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and decisively changes their lives.

The Power of the Dog

One of the most talked-about films of the year is Jane Campion’s The Power of The Dog. It explores the fragility of masculinity and how queerness can either counteract or amplify this. Also, the western received rave reviews and a few Oscar nominations. In our opinion, the film stands out for the year and represents a fresh take on queer cinema.

Great Freedom

In postwar Germany, Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. The steady relationship in his life becomes his long-time cellmate, Viktor, a convicted murderer. What starts in revulsion grows into something called love.
The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. Additionally, it was the Austrian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards on 22 December 2021.

Minyan

In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, which seem uncompromising until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather’s senior housing complex.

“Titane”

Blatantly violent and full of big ideas, this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, directed by Julia Ducournau (“Raw”), has stunned its way into becoming one of 2021’s most notable films.

While “Titane” boasts an abundance of body horror (pregnant breasts engorged with motor oil, metal tearing through the skin, cranial fluid frothing out of a punctured ear), it’s the lead character, Alexia, who is the most unsettling part of the film. What’s more, Alexia is a gender-bending psychopath with a dangerous attraction to motor vehicles and an unemotional view of human life. Also, she’s ruthless and tender together. Ultimately, the film delivers a catharsis that will linger well beyond 2021.

“Flee”

The animated documentary centers on a man identified as Amin Nawabi. He is a refugee from Afghanistan who left his country for a new life in Denmark, as he shares a painful hidden past ahead of marrying his soon-to-be husband.

More importantly, it received universal acclaim, with Sundance juror Kim Longinotto calling it “an instant classic” at the festival’s awards ceremony. It holds a 98% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

Firebird

Firebird is a touching love story set in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Sergey, a troubled young private, counts the days until his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when a daring fighter pilot, Roman, arrives at the base. Driven by curiosity, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship as a dangerous love triangle forms between them and Luisa, the secretary to the base Commander. Sergey is forced to face his past as Roman’s career is endangered, and Luisa struggles to keep her family together. Amid the fears of the all-seeing Soviet regime, they risk their freedom and lives in the face of an escalating KGB investigation. Based on a true story.

Benedetta

The Dutch provocateur strikes again. Discovered by the historian Judith C. Brown in the mid-1980s, Benedetta Carlini was a 17th-century mystic who had visions of Christ, claiming he wanted to marry her and even received the stigmata. She was eventually stripped of her rank and imprisoned due to her sexual relationship with fellow Sister Bartolemea. An erotic satire and a scathing critique of Catholicism and patriarchy, “Benedetta” is a political farce with sex appeal.

Swan song

Legendary actor Udo Kier stars as retired hairstylist Pat Pitsenbarger, who escapes the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio, nursing home after learning of his former client’s dying wish for him to style her final hairdo. Soon, Pat embarks on an odyssey to face the ghosts of his past and collects the beauty supplies essential for the job. Ultimately, it is a comical and bittersweet journey about rediscovering one’s sparkle and looking gorgeous.

The conclusion of the article, The finest LGBT+ films of 2021

We are sensing that there are more and more films about LGBT+ topics from year to year. That’s a good thing, right! This all leads us to the following questions. Why do you think it is so? And which are your favorite LGBT+ movies?