This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 2006. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 Statements | Tori Foster | Canada | Documentary | Interviews with young Canadian lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals | [1] it premiered at the 2006 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it was co-winner with Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma of the award for 'Best Canadian Feature Film'.[2] |
| Les Amants du Flore | Ilan Duran Cohen | France | Biopic | Anne Mouglais, Lorànt Deutsch, Caroline Sihol, Kal Weber, Clémence Poésy | Film about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, which depicts the latter's lesbian relationships as well. [3] |
| Another Gay Movie | Todd Stephens | United States | Comedy | Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase, Mitch Morris, Ashlie Atkinson and Scott Thompson | |
| Antônia – O Filme | Tata Amaral | Brazil | Musical, drama | Negra Li, Cindy Mendes and Leilah Moreno | |
| Art School Confidential | Terry Zwigoff | United States | Comedy, drama | Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee and Joel David Moore | Screenplay by Daniel Clowes, based on his black-and-white comic of the same name |
| Azuloscurocasinegro | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Spain | Drama | Quim Gutiérrez, Marta Etura, Antonio de la Torre and Raúl Arévalo | a.k.a. Dark Blue Almost Black |
| Big Bang Love, Juvenile A | Takashi Miike | Japan | Drama | Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Andō, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Jo Kanamori, Kenichi Endō, Renji Ishibashi, Ryo Ishibashi and Shirō Kazuki | a.k.a. 46-okunen no koi |
| Boy Culture | Q. Allan Brocka | United States | Drama | Derek Magyar, Darryl Stephens and Patrick Bauchau | Based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Rettenmund |
| Boys Love | Kôtarô Terauchi | Japan | Drama | Yoshikazu Kotani, Takumi Saitoh (credited as Takumi Saito), Hiroya Matsumoto and Masahi Taniguchi | |
| Broken Sky | Julián Hernández | Mexico | Drama | Miguel Ángel Hoppe, Fernando Arroyo, Alejandro Rojo, Ignacio Pereda, Klaudia Aragon and Clarissa Rendón | a.k.a. El cielo dividido |
| The Bubble | Eytan Fox | Israel | Drama | Ohad Knoller, Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer, Alon Friedman, Zohar Liba, Ruba Blal and Shredy Jabarin | a.k.a. Ha-Buah |
| Bugcrush | Carter Smith | United States | Short, horror | Josh Caras, Donald Cumming, Eleonore Hendricks, David Tennent, Alex Toumayan, Billy P. and Harlan Baker | 36 mins long |
| Coffee Date | Stewart Wade | United States | Comedy | Jonathan Bray, Wilson Cruz, Jonathan Silverman, Sally Kirkland and Elaine Hendrix | Expanded from Wade's short film of the same name |
| Colma: The Musical | Richard Wong | United States | Musical, drama | Jake Moreno, H.P. Mendoza, L.A. Renigen, Sigrid Sutter, Larry Soriano, Brian Raffi, Gigi Guizado, Paul Kolsanoff, Allison Torneros, Kat Kneisel and David Scott Keller | |
| Container | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden | Drama | Jena Malone, Peter Lorentzon and Mariha Åberg | |
| Cruel and Unusual | Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams | United States | Documentary | focuses on five trans women, three incarcerated and two recently released from prison | |
| The Curiosity of Chance | Russell P. Marleau | Belgium United States |
Comedy | Tad Hilgenbrink and Brett Chukerman | |
| Dasepo Naughty Girls | E J-yong | South Korea | Animation, comedy | Kim Ok-vin (credited as Kim Ok-bin), Park Jin-woo, Lee Kyeon, Lee Eun-sung and Yoo Gun | a.k.a. Dasepo sonyo; based on the webtoon of the same name by B-rate Dalgung |
| Dirty Laundry | Maurice Jamal | United States | Comedy, drama | Rockmond Dunbar, Loretta Devine, Jenifer Lewis, Terri J. Vaughn, Maurice Jamal, Sommore, Joey Costello, Aaron Grady Shaw and Rainey Matthews | |
| East Side Story | Carlos Portugal | United States | Comedy | René Alvarado, Steve Callahan, Gladise Jimenez, David Berón, Irene DeBari, Yelyna De Leon and Luis Raúl | |
| Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds | Phillip J. Bartell | United States | Comedy, romance | Jim Verraros, Emily Brooke Hands, Rebekah Kochan, Brett Chukerman, Marco Dapper, Scott Vickaryous, Mink Stole, Adrián Quiñonez, Jessie Gold and Joseph Morales | |
| Eternal Summer | Leste Chen | Taiwan | Drama | Joseph Chang, Ray Young and Kate Yeung | a.k.a. Sheng xia guang nian |
| The Fall of '55 | Seth Randal | United States | Documentary | Recounts the Boise homosexuality scandal | |
| Les filles du botaniste | Sijie Dai | France Canada |
Drama, romance | Mylène Jampanoï, Li Xiaoran and Dongfu Lin | a.k.a. The Chinese Botanist's Daughters |
| Four Minutes | Chris Kraus | Germany | Drama | Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig and Richy Müller | a.k.a. Vier Minuten |
| Further Off the Straight and Narrow | Katherine Sender | United States | Documentary | Looks at LGBT people on TV [4] | A sequel to Off the Straight and Narrow in 1998[5] |
| A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Agnieszka Holland | United States | Drama | J. D. Pardo, Mercedes Ruehl, Leela Savasta, Avan Jogia, Lupe Ontiveros, Henry Darrow and Corey Stoll | |
| Glue | Alexis Dos Santos | Argentina United Kingdom |
Drama | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale and Inés Efron | a.k.a. Glue – Historia adolescente en medio de la nada |
| Gray Matters | Sue Kramer | United States | Romantic, comedy | Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh, Molly Shannon, Rachel Shelley, Bill Mondy, Warren Christie, Alan Cumming and Sissy Spacek | |
| The Gymnast | Ned Farr | United States | Drama | Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, David De Simone, Allison Mackie and Mam Smith | |
| The History Boys | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Samuel Anderson, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Sacha Dhawan, Andrew Knott, Jamie Parker and Russell Tovey | Screenplay by Alan Bennett, based on play of the same name |
| The House of Adam | Jorge Ameer | United States | Drama, mystery, suspense | John Shaw, Jared Cadwell, Felipe Munoz, Alexis Karriker, Thomas Michael Kappler, Thomas Michael Kappier | [6] |
| I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Tsai Ming-liang | Malaysia China Taiwan France Austria |
Comedy, drama | Lee Kang-sheng, Norman Atun and Chen Shiang-chyi | a.k.a. Hei yan quan |
| Like a Virgin | Lee Hae-jun, Lee Hae-young | South Korea | Drama | Ryu Deok-hwan, Baek Yoon-sik and Lee Eon | a.k.a. Cheonhajangsa madonna |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | United States | Comedy, drama | Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston and Dean Norris | |
| Love My Life | Kôji Kawano | Japan | Romance | Rei Yoshii, Asami Imajuku, Ira Ishida, Issey Takahashi, Kami Hiraiwa, Takamasa Suga, Chiharu Kawai, Ken Teraizumi, Naomi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Miyoko Asada and Kyōko Koizumi | |
| Love and Other Disasters | Alek Keshishian | France United Kingdom |
Comedy | Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Santiago Cabrera, Catherine Tate, Elliot Cowan, Adam Rayner, Jamie Sives and Will Keen | |
| Love Sick | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania France |
Drama | Maria Popistașu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea, Mircea Diaconu, Virginia Mirea, Tora Vasilescu, Valentin Popescu, Mihai Dinvale, Carmen Tănase, Puya, Mihaela Rădulescu and Robert Paschall Jr. | a.k.a. Legaturi bolnavicioase |
| Loving Annabelle | Katherine Brooks | United States | Drama | Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Gustine Fudickar, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn, Ilene Graff, Markus Flanagan, Leslie Andrews, Kevin McCarthy and Wendy Schaal | |
| The Man of My Life | Zabou Breitman | France | Drama | Bernard Campan, Charles Berling and Léa Drucker | a.k.a. L'Homme de sa vie |
| Maple Palm | Ralph Torjan | United States | Comedy, drama | Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman and Lynda Lefever | |
| Metrosexual (Gang chanee gap ee-aep) | Yongyooth Thongkongtoon | Thailand | Romance, comedy, drama | Thianchai Chaisawatdee, Meesuk Jaengmeesuk, Patcharasri Benjamas, Ornpreeya Hunsat, Pimolwan Suphayang, Kulnadda Pajchimsawat, Michael Shaowanasai, Dawido Dorigo, Yano Khasogi and Panisara Pimpru | |
| Mirrors (Miroirs d'été) | Étienne Desrosiers | Canada | Short drama | Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers | |
| The Night Listener | Patrick Stettner | United States | Mystery | Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Bobby Cannavale, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, John Cullum, Lisa Emery, Becky Ann Baker, Rodrigo Lopresti, Guenia Lemos, Marcia Haufrecht, Nick Gregory and Ed Jewett | Co-written by Armistead Maupin, based on his novel of the same name, which he based on his interaction with Anthony Godby Johnson |
| Nina's Heavenly Delights | Pratibha Parmar | United Kingdom | Comedy | Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser, Art Malik, Ronny Jhutti, Veena Sood, Atta Yaqub, Zoe Henretty, Raji James, Elaine C. Smith, Rita Wolf, Kathleen McDermott, Kulvinder Ghir, Tariq Mullan and Francisco Bosch | |
| No Regret | Hee-il Leesong | South Korea | Drama | Lee Yeong-hoon, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Jung-hwa | a.k.a. Huhwihaji anha |
| Paper Dolls | Tomer Heymann | United States Israel Switzerland |
Documentary | follows five Filipino transsexuals; Salvador "Sally" Camatoy, Francisco "Cheska" P. Ortiz Jr., Toran "Jan" Jacob Libas, Efrenito "Nits" Manalili, Jose "Neil" T. Datinguinoo, and others Chiqui Diokno, Giorgio Diokno, Eduardo "Rika" Javar, Chaim Amir and Noa Heymann | a.k.a. Bubot Niyar |
| The Pink Mirror | Sridhhar Rangayan | India | Short, Drama | Ramesh Menon, Edwin Fernandes, Rishi Raj and Rufy Baqal | 40 mins long, aka Gulabi Aaina |
| Poltergay | Eric Lavaine | France | Comedy | Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Duquesne, Alain Fromager, Georges Gay, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Jean-Michel Lahmi and Héctor Cabello Reyes | |
| Puccini for Beginners | Maria Maggenti | United States | Comedy, romance | Elizabeth Reaser, Gretchen Mol, Justin Kirk | |
| Quinceañera | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | United States | Drama | Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, J.R. Cruz, David W. Ross, Alicia Sixtos, Jesus Castaños-Chima, Jason L. Wood and Araceli Guzman-Rico | |
| Rag Tag | Adaora Nwandu | United Kingdom Nigeria |
Drama, romance | Daniel "Danny" Parsons, Adedamola "Damola" Adelaja, Tasmin Clarke, Geoffrey Aymer, Maria Adeioye, Enor Ewere, Chuma Oraedu, Ayo Fawole, Ikenna 'Macoy' Akwari, Rachael Young, Kristian Ademola, Olivette Cole-Wilson, Lamarr Nestor-Thelwell, Chanelle Wilshire, Amanda Van Annan and Gayle Dudley | |
| Rock Pockets | Trevor Anderson | Canada | Short documentary | Trevor Anderson, Nik Kozub | |
| Running with Scissors | Ryan Murphy | United States | Comedy, drama | Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gabrielle Union, Patrick Wilson, Kristin Chenoweth, Dagmara Domińczyk and Colleen Camp | Based on the memoir of the same name by Augusten Burroughs, who makes an uncredited appearance as himself |
| The Saddest Boy in the World | Jamie Travis | Canada | Short, Black comedy | Benjamin Smith, Kirsten Robek, Babz Chula | |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Ed Blum | United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Adrian Lester, Ewan McGregor, Tom Hardy, Andrew Lincoln, Catherine Tate, Eileen Atkins, Gina McKee, Holly Aird, Hugh Bonneville, Sophie Okonedo | |
| Shock to the System | Ron Oliver | Canada | Crime, drama | Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Michael Woods, Daryl Shuttleworth, Morgan Fairchild, Anne Marie DeLuise, Rikki Gagne, Stephen Huszar, Nelson Wong, Ryan Kennedy, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Shawn Roberts, Gerry Morton, Morgan Brayton, Leanne Adachi, Jared Keeso, Shawn Reis, Robert Kaiser, Giles Panton, Levi James, Dany Papineau, Darrin Maharaj, Sibel Thrasher, Joshua Dave Tynchuh and Jon Johnson | |
| Shortbus | John Cameron Mitchell | United States | Drama | Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy | |
| A Soap | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark | Comedy, drama | Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Frank Thiel and Elsebeth Steentoft | |
| Sons | Erik Richter Strand | Norway | Drama | Nils Jørgen Kallstad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Edward Schultheiss, Henrik Mestad, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Anna Bache-Wiig, Ronnie Baraldsnes, Christin Borge, Terje Brevik, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Marika Enstad, Henrik Fjelldal, Ane Hoel, Lars Erik Holter, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Fredrik Norrman and Joachim Rafaelsen | a.k.a. Sønner |
| Statross le Magnifique | Rémi Lange | France | Short | Jann Halexander, Pascale Ourbih, Antoine Parlebas and Illmann Bel | |
| Surrender, Dorothy | Charles McDougall | United States | Drama | Diane Keaton, Natalie Swerdlow, Tom Everett Scott, Alexa Davalos, Lauren German, Josh Hopkins, Chris Pine, Peter Riegert, Marnie Crossen, Myra McWethy, Roy Werner, Liam Lynch | |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated | Kirby Dick | United Kingdom United States |
Documentary | People interviewed:David Ansen film critic, Darren Aronofsky filmmaker, Jamie Babbit filmmaker, Maria Bello actress, Paul Dergarabedian box office analyst (Media by Numbers), Atom Egoyan filmmaker, Mary Harron filmmaker, Wayne Kramer (filmmaker), Lawrence Lessig law professor, Jon Lewis film professor (Oregon State University), Kimberly Peirce filmmaker, Bingham Ray distributor and former President United Artists), Kevin Smith filmmaker, Matt Stone cartoonist and filmmaker, Michael Tucker (director) and John Waters (filmmaker) | About the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system |
| Three Summers | Carlos Augusto de Oliveira | Denmark | Short, comedy, drama | Morten Kirkskov, Simon Munk, Stine Schrøder Jensen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Sarah Boberg | a.k.a. Tre somre |
| Times Have Been Better (Le ciel sur la tête) | Régis Musset | France | Comedy | Arnaud Binard, Bernard Le Coq, Charlotte de Turckheim | |
| Twilight Dancers | Mel Chionglo | Philippines | Drama | Tyron Perez, Allen Dizon, Lauren Novero, Cherry Pie Picache, Terence Baylon, Ana Capri, William Martinez, Joel Lamangan | |
| Vacationland | Todd Verow | United States | Drama | Brad Hallowell, Gregory J. Lucas, Hilary Mann, Jennifer Stackpole, Mindy Hofman, Charles Ard, Michael John Dion | |
| A Very Serious Person | Charles Busch | United States | Drama | Polly Bergen, Charles Busch, Dana Ivey, Julie Halston, Carl Andress, P.J. Verhoest, J. Smith-Cameron, Mick Hazen and Eric Nelsen | |
| When Darkness Falls | Anders Nilsson | Germany Sweden |
Drama | Oldoz Javidi, Lia Boysen, Reuben Sallmander, Per Graffman, Bahar Pars and Mina Azarian | a.k.a. När mörkret faller |
| Wild Tigers I Have Known | Cam Archer | United States | Drama | Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise, Fairuza Balk, Kim Dickens and Tom Gilroy | |
| The Yacoubian Building | Marwan Hamed | Egypt | Drama | Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Yousra, Hend Sabri, Somaya El Khashab, Khaled El Sawy, Issad Younis, Ahmed Bedeir, Ahmed Rateb, Khaled Saleh, Bassem Samra, Mohamed Imam and Youssef Daoud | a.k.a. Omaret yakobean; based on the novel of the same name by Alaa Al Aswany |
| Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, ze Moveeh | Joel Lamangan | Philippines | Comedy | Rustom Padilla, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Chokoleit, Alfred Vargas, Pops Fernandez, Pauleen Luna, Alwyn Uytingco, Kitkat, Say Alonzo, Giselle Sanchez, Glaiza de Castro, Joy Viado, Minnie Aguilar, Christian Vasquez and Jim Pebanco |
References
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- ^ "“Amnesia” and “533 Statements” Among Top Prize Winners at 2006 Inside Out Fest". IndieWire, June 5, 2006.
- ^ "Les Amants du Flore".
- ^ Joseph Turow Media Today: An Introduction to Mass Communication, p. 483, at Google Books
- ^ Mary Kosut Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, p. 185, at Google Books
- ^ The House of Adam (2006), retrieved 2020-01-14