This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1992. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Instinct | Paul Verhoeven | United States France |
Drama, mystery, thriller | Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Daniel von Bargen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Benjamin Mouton, Jack McGee, Bill Cable and James Rebhorn | |
| Being at Home with Claude | Jean Beaudin | Canada | Drama | Roy Dupuis, Jacques Godin, Jean-François Pichette, Gaston Lepage, Hugo Dubé, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Nathalie Mallette and Lothaire Bluteau | Based on a play by René-Daniel Dubois |
| Claire of the Moon | Nicole Conn | United States | Romantic, drama | Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt, Craig Damen (credited as Damon Craig), Caren Graham, Sheila Dickenson (credited as Sheila Dickinson), Patricia Blem, Melissa Mitchell, Gathering Marbet, Sherilyn Lawson, Doug Rouhier and Misty Cooper | |
| The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom Japan |
Romance, drama, thriller | Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker, Jaye Davidson, Adrian Dunbar, Tony Slattery, Jim Broadbent, Birdy Sweeney and Ralph Brown | |
| Doing Time on Maple Drive | Ken Olin | United States | Drama | James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara | TV movie |
| Evil Toons | Fred Olen Ray | United States | Comedy, horror | David Carradine, Monique Gabrielle, Madison (credited as Madison Stone) | |
| The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore | Laurie Lynd | Canada | Short, comedy, drama | Daniel MacIvor, Holly Cole, Micah Barnes, John Turner and Michael Kennard | |
| Flaming Ears | Ursula Puerrer, A. Hans Scheirl, Dietmar Schipek | Austria | Fantasy, sci-fi | Susana Helmayr, Ursula Puerrer (as Ursula Pürrer), A. Hans Scheirl (as Angela Hans Scheirl), Margarete Neumann, Gabriele Szekatsch, Anthony Escott, Luise Kubelka, Dietmar Schipek, Heiderose Hildebrand, Sabine Perthold, Norbert Gmeindl, Bella Gmeindl, Billa Gmeindl, Karin Melton and Monika Bernold | a.k.a. Rote Ohren fetzen durch Asche |
| For a Lost Soldier | Roeland Kerbosch | Netherlands | Romance, war, drama | Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbé, Andrew Kelley, Freark Smink, Elsje de Wijn, Derk-Jan Kroon, Wiendelt Hooijer, Iris Misset, Gineke de Jager, Tatum Dagelet, Marie-José Kouwenhoven, Valerie Valentine, William Sutton, Andrew Butling and Andrew Cassani | a.k.a. Voor een Verloren Soldaat; based on Rudi van Dantzig's autobiographical novel of the same name |
| Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives | Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman | Canada | Documentary | In 1994, it won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Documentary).[1][2] | |
| Gayniggers from Outer Space | Morten Lindberg | Denmark | Short, sci-fi | Coco P. Dalbert, Sammy Saloman, Gerald F. Hail, Gbatokai Dakinah, Konrad Fields, Johnny Conny and Tony Thomas | |
| I Am My Own Woman | Rosa von Praunheim | Germany | Documentary, drama | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn and Robert Dietl | a.k.a. Ich bin meine eigene Frau; based on Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's biography of the same name |
| A Kind of Family | Andrew Koster | Canada | Documentary | Glen Murray and Mike his adopted son | It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 13th Genie Awards.[3] |
| The Living End | Gregg Araki | United States | Comedy, drama | Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov, Johanna Went, Darcy Marta, Scot Goetz, Bretton Vail, Nicole Dillenberg, Stephen Holman, Magie Song, Peter Lanigan, Jon Gerrans, Jack Kofman, Chris Mabli, Michael Now, Michael Haynes, Peter Grame, Jordan Beswick, Paul Bartel, Craig Lee and Torie Chickering | |
| My Wife's Lover | Kevin Chu | Hong Kong | Chik King Man, Maria Tung Ling, Vincent Lam | ||
| Okoge | Takehiro Nakajima | Japan | Drama | Misa Shimizu, Takehiro Murata, Takeo Nakahara, Atsushi Fukazawa, Takatoshi Takeda, Masayuki Shionoya, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Mitsuko Oka, Michiyo Yokoyama, Noriko Sengoku, Toshie Negishi, Charles Garfield, Yoshiko Kuga, Dump Matsumoto, Toshinori Omi, Casey Takamine, Guts Ishimatsu, Eriko Watanabe, Michio Kita, Asako Mori, Yoko Ogawa and Shô Ryûzanji | |
| Orlando | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | Romantic, drama | Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Wood, John Bott, Elaine Banham, Anna Farnworth, Sara Mair-Thomas, Anna Healy, Dudley Sutton, Simon Russell Beale, Matthew Sim, Charlotte Valandrey, Toby Stephens, Oleg Pogodin, Heathcote Williams, Thom Hoffman, Sarah Crowden and Billy Zane | Based on the novel Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf |
| Peter's Friends | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Rita Rudner, Tony Slattery and Phyllida Law | |
| Poison Ivy | Katt Shea | United States | Drama, thriller | Sara Gilbert, Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd, Alan Stock, Jeanne Sakata, E.J. Moore, J.B. Quon, Leonardo DiCaprio (credited as Leonardo Di Caprio), Michael Goldner, Charley Hayward, Time Winters, Billy Kane, Tony Ervolina and Mary Gordon Murray | |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Norman René | United States | Romantic fantasy | Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan | Screenplay by Craig Lucas, based on his play of the same name |
| Rock Hudson's Home Movies | Mark Rappaport | United States | Documentary | Clips from over 30 of Hudson's films that could be interpreted as gay entendres | |
| Savage Nights | Cyril Collard | France Italy |
Drama | Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Clémentine Célarié, Maria Schneider, Carlos López, Corine Blue, Claude Winter and René-Marc Bini | a.k.a. Les Nuits Fauves, based on Collard's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name |
| The Silent Thrush (Shisheng huamei) | Cheng Sheng-fu | Taiwan | Drama | Yu-Shan, Yi-Chan Lu, Ying-Chen Chang, Yuan Chia-Pei | Based on the 1990 novel by Ling Yan.[4][5] |
| Swoon | Tom Kalin | United States | Crime, drama | Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester, Ron Vawter, Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm, Valda Z. Drabla, Natalie Stanford and Glenn Backes | An account of the Leopold and Loeb murder case |
| Timothy Findley: Anatomy of a Writer | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Canada | Documentary | Timothy Findley, William Whitehead, William Hutt, Martha Henry, Susan Coyne | Blend of documentary content profiling Findley and Whitehead with acted scenes from his then in-progress theatrical play The Stillborn Lover |
| Walking After Midnight | Atıf Yılmaz | Turkey | Romance, drama | Meral Oğuz, Lale Mansur, Yaman Okay, Selçuk Özer, Sema Çeyrekbaşı, Memduh Ün, Nilüfer Aydan and Deniz Türkali | |
| The Yo-Yo Gang | G. B. Jones | Canada | Comedy, short | Caroline Azar |
References
edit- ^ "Awards for Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
- ^ "GLAAD honors 'Seinfeld,' 'Philadelphia,' 'Angels'." Daily Variety, February 1, 1994 Tuesday, Pg.7
- ^ "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.
- ^ Darren, Alison (2000). Lesbian Film Guide (1st ed.). Cassell. p. 196. ISBN 0-304-33376-X.
- ^ Martin, Fran; Jackson, Peter A.; McLelland, Mark; Yue, Audrey, eds. (2008). "Lesbianism and Taiwanese Localism in the Silent Thrush, by Teri Silvio". AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and Sexualities (1st ed.). University of Illinois Press. pp. 219–226. ISBN 978-0-252-03307-0.