This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in the 1930s. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
1930s
Title |
Year |
Director |
Country |
Genre |
Notes |
Borderline | 1930 | Kenneth MacPherson | United Kingdom | Drama, avant-garde movie | |
Morocco | 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | United States | Drama | |
Sunny Skies | 1930 | Norman Taurog | United States | Comedy | |
Way Out West | 1930 | Fred Niblo | United States | Comedy, western | |
Mädchen in Uniform | 1931 | Leontine Sagan | Germany | Drama, romance | |
The Maltese Falcon | 1931 | Roy Del Ruth | United States | Crime | |
Manhattan Parade | 1931 | Lloyd Bacon | United States | Comedy | |
The Public Enemy | 1931 | William A. Wellman | United States | Action, crime | |
The Blood of a Poet | 1932 | Jean Cocteau | France | Drama, fantasy | a.k.a. Le sang d'un poète |
The Old Dark House | 1932 | James Whale | United States | Horror | |
Call Her Savage | 1932 | John Francis Dillon | United States | Drama | |
Hell's Highway | 1932 | Rowland Brown | United States | Drama | |
Diplomaniacs | 1933 | William A. Seiter | United States | Comedy | |
Lot in Sodom | 1933 | James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber | United States | Drama | |
Ladies They Talk About | 1933 | Howard Bretherton, William Keighley | United States | Drama, romance | |
Myrt and Marge | 1933 | Al Boasberg | United States | Comedy | |
Our Betters | 1933 | George Cukor | United States | Comedy, drama, romance | |
Queen Christina | 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian | United States | Drama, biography | |
Stage Mother | 1933 | Charles Brabin | United States | Drama, musical, romance | |
Zero for Conduct | 1933 | Jean Vigo | France | Short, comedy, drama | a.k.a. Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège |
Victor and Victoria | 1933 | Reinhold Schünzel | Germany | Musical, comedy | a.k.a. Viktor und Viktoria |
The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | United States | Musical, comedy | |
Wonder Bar | 1934 | Lloyd Bacon | United States | Musical, crime, drama | |
First a Girl | 1935 | Victor Saville | United Kingdom | Musical, comedy | An English version of Viktor und Viktoria |
Sylvia Scarlett | 1935 | George Cukor | United States | Comedy, drama, romance | |
Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | United States | Comedy, musical, romance | |
Dracula's Daughter | 1936 | Lambert Hillyer | United States | Drama, fantasy, horror | |
La Garçonne | 1936 | Jean de Limur | France | Drama | |
Rangle River | 1936 | Clarence G. Badger | Australia | Action, adventure, mystery | |
Lady Killer | 1937 | Jean Grémillon | France Germany | Drama, romance, war | a.k.a. Gueule d'amour |
Hôtel du Nord | 1938 | Marcel Carné | France | Drama | |