This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1973. 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
edit| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Nudity Shall Be Punished | Arnaldo Jabor | Brazil | Drama | Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio, Isabel Ribeiro, Henriqueta Brieba, Sérgio Mamberti, Orazir Pereira, Abel Pera, Waldir Onofre, Teresa Mitota, Paulo Sacks and Hugo Carvana | |
| Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina | Italy France |
Horror | Carroll Baker, Isabelle De Funès, George Eastman | Based on the comic strip Valentina by Guido Crepax |
| Cleopatra Jones | Jack Starrett | United States | Blaxploitation' | Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters | |
| Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Roger Vadim | Italy France |
Drama | Brigitte Bardot, Mathieu Carrière, Michèle Sand, Robert Walker Jr., Jane Birkin and Maurice Ronet | |
| The Holy Mountain | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico United States |
Fantasy | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
| I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse | Fernando Arrabal | France | Drama | Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk | a.k.a. J'irai comme un cheval fou |
| Immoral Tales | Walerian Borowczyk | France | Drama, romance | Lise Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini, Florence Bellamy, Pascale Christophe and Marie Forså | |
| Invasion of the Bee Girls | Denis Sanders | United States | Science Fiction | William Smith, Victoria Vetri | |
| Ludwig | Luchino Visconti | Italy France West Germany |
Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider | About the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria | |
| The Nun and the Devil | Domenico Paolella (credited as Paolo Domenici) | Italy | Nunsploitation | Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti | |
| Some Call It Loving | James B. Harris | United States | Drama | Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow | a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty; co-written by John Collier, based on his short story of the same name |
| Story of a Cloistered Nun | Domenico Paolella | Italy France West Germany |
Nunspoitation | Catherine Spaak, Eleonora Giorgi, Suzy Kendall | |
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Gilbert Cates | United States | Drama | Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney | |
| Thriller – A Cruel Picture | Bo Arne Vibenius | Sweden | Crime, drama, thriller | Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius, Solveig Andersson, Björn Kristiansson, Marie-Louise Mannervall, Hildur Lindberg, Marshall McDonagh, Pamela Pethö-Galantai, Hans-Eric Stenborg, Stig Ström, Gunnel Wadner and Bo Arne Vibenius | |
| The Tenderness of Wolves | Ulli Lommel | West Germany | Crime, horror, thriller | Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven, Wolfgang Schenck, Brigitte Mira, Rainer Hauer, Barbara Bertram, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Heinrich Giskes, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius, Karl von Liebezeit, Walter Kaltheuner, El Hedi ben Salem and Rainer Will | aka Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe |