List of LGBT-related films of 1970
This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related films released in 1970. 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
Title
Director
Country
Genre
Cast
Notes
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Russ Meyer United States
Comedy
Dolly Read , Cynthia Myers
The Boys in the Band William Friedkin United States
Drama
Kenneth Nelson , Leonard Frey , Cliff Gorman , Laurence Luckinbill , Frederick Combs , Keith Prentice , Robert La Tourneaux , Reuben Greene and Peter White Screenplay by Mart Crowley , based on his play of the same name ; one of the first major American motion pictures to revolve around gay characters
The Christine Jorgensen Story Irving Rapper United States
Drama
Joan Tompkins , John Hansen
The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
Drama
Jean-Louis Trintignant , Pasquale Fortunato, Stefania Sandrelli , Gastone Moschin , Dominique Sanda , Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti , José Quaglio , Pierre Clémenti , Yvonne Sanson , Milly , Giuseppe Addobbati , Antonio Maestri and Christian AlignyBased on the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia
Daddy, Darling Joseph W. Sarno Denmark
Sexploitation
Helli Louise , Gio Petré , Ole Wisborg
The Dark Side of Tomorrow Jack Deerson Barbara Peeters United States
Drama, romance
Elizabeth Plumb, Alicia Courtney, John Aprea , Marland Proctor and Wayne Want
Re-released in 1975 as Just the Two of Us
Dorian Gray Massimo Dallamano Italy
Horror, thriller
Helmut Berger , Richard Todd , Herbert Lom , Marie Liljedahl , Margaret Lee , Isa Miranda , Eleonora Rossi Drago , Maria Rohm , Stewart Black and Beryl Cunningham Based on the novel of the same name by Oscar Wilde
Entertaining Mr Sloane Douglas Hickox United Kingdom
Comedy
Beryl Reid , Peter McEnery , Harry Andrews and Alan Webb Based on the play of the same name by Joe Orton
Gods of the Plague Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
Drama
Hanna Schygulla , Margarethe von Trotta , Harry Baer , Günther Kaufmann , Carla Egerer, Ingrid Caven , Jan George, Marian Seidowsky and Yaak Karsunke
Golden Eagle Mitr Chaibancha Thailand
Action
Mitr Chaibancha , Petchara Chaowarat , Ling Fan, Chuen Chan, Chat Chayaphum, Chuan Chen, Hao Chen, Ti-Ko Chen and Yi-Hsiung ChiSub-plot features a gang of kathoey as criminals, with a cross-dressing police detective trying to infiltrate them; Chaibancha fell to his death while filming the stunt for the final scene
The Kremlin Letter John Huston United States
Crime, drama
Based on the novel by Noel Behn
Monique John Bown
United Kingdom
Drama
David Sumner, Joan Alcorn, Sibylla Kay, Nicola Bown, Jacob Fitz-Jones, Davilia O'Connor, Carol Hawkins and Howard Rawlinson
Multiple Maniacs
John Waters
United States
Comedy, horror
Divine , David Lochary , Mary Vivian Pearce , Mink Stole , Cookie Mueller , Edith Massey
Myra Breckinridge Michael Sarne United States
Comedy
Raquel Welch , Rex Reed , John Huston , Mae West , Farrah Fawcett , Roger C. Carmel , Roger Herren, George Furth , Calvin Lockhart , Jim Backus , John Carradine , Andy Devine , Grady Sutton , Robert Lieb, Skip Ward, Kathleen Freeman , B.S. Pully , Buck Kartalian, Monte Landis , Tom Selleck , Toni Basil , Dan Hedaya and William Hopper Based on the novel of the same name by Gore Vidal
No desearás al vecino del quinto Ramón Fernández Spain
Comedy
Alfredo Landa , Jean Sorel , Princess Ira von Fürstenberg , Isabel Garcés , Margot Cottens , Adrián Ortega, Annabella Incontrera , Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro , Franco Balducci and Malisa Longo
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Billy Wilder United Kingdom, United States
Adventure, comedy, crime
Robert Stephens , Colin Blakely , Geneviève Page , Christopher Lee , Irene Handl , Clive Revill , Tamara Toumanova , Stanley Holloway , Mollie Maureen , Catherine Lacey , James Copeland , Jenny Hanley and Alex McCrindle
Something for Everyone Harold Prince United States
Comedy, crime
Angela Lansbury , Michael York , Anthony Higgins , Jane Carr , Heidelinde Weis , Wolfried Lier, Despo Diamantidou , John Gill, Eva Maria Meineke , Klaus Havenstein and Walter Janssen
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Otto Preminger United States
Comedy, Drama, romance
Liza Minnelli , Ken Howard , Robert Moore , James Coco , Kay Thompson , Fred Williamson , Ben Piazza , Emily Yancy, Leonard Frey , Clarice Taylor , James Beard, Julie Bovasso , Gina Collens, Barbara Logan and Nancy Marchand Based on the novel of the same name by Marjorie Kellogg
Trash Paul Morrissey United States
Drama
Joe Dallesandro , Holly Woodlawn , Jane Forth , Michael Sklar , Geri Miller , Andrea Feldman , Johnny Putnam, Bruce Pecheur and Diane Podlewski
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Jaromil Jireš Czechoslovakia
Drama
Jaroslava Schallerová , Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek, Jan Klusák , Libuse Komancová, Karel Engel , Alena Stojáková and Otto HradeckýBased on the novel of the same name by Vítězslav Nezval
The Vampire Lovers Roy Ward Baker United Kingdom
Horror
Ingrid Pitt , Peter Cushing , George Cole , Dawn Addams , Pippa Steel , Madeline Smith , Kate O'Mara , Douglas Wilmer , Jon Finch , Ferdy Mayne , Kirsten Lindholm , John Forbes-Robertson , Shelagh Wilcocks, Janet Key , Harvey Hall and Charles Farrell Based on the novella Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu
Estranho Triângulo [ 1] Pedro Camargo
Brazil
Drama
Carlo Mossy, Leila Santos, José Augusto Branco, José Wilker , Lúcia Alves and Dinorah Brillanti
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