I'm participating in the 2026 Queer Film Challenge by Kyle 🔪.

15/40 - 37%

John Waters will be turning 80 in 2026, so we're starting with a trifecta of criteria celebrating both him and Divine.

Here are the criteria for the 2026 Queer Film Challenge:

1. A film directed by John Waters starring Divine

2. A film directed by John Waters not starring Divine

3. A film starring Divine not directed by John Waters

4. One of the four films in which Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn costar (credit to Lollo and his dedication to this as a bonus criteria over the years, I just have one more to watch so I'm stealing it for this year!)

5. A film directed by Anucha Boonyawatana (once again credit to Lollo for including this as a bonus criteria in the past!)

6. A film directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang ✅

7. A film starring #ally Elizabeth Taylor

8. A film with costumes designed by Irene Sharaff

9. An Indigenous queer film

10. A film produced by David Lewis

11. A film directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

12. A film from Emma Tolkin’s “Be Gay Do Crime” list ✅

13. A film starring Elliot Page

14. A film starring Olivia Thirlby

15. Any film from anyone's Trans Canon list

16. A film starring or a stand up special from Wanda Sykes

17. A film starring Cynthia Erivo

18. A film based on the writing of or featuring Sarah Waters

19. A film written by, based on a book by, starring, or directed by Bret Easton Ellis

20. A queer documentary

21. A film directed by a trans woman ✅

22. A film directed by a trans man ✅

23. A film by a non-binary or genderqueer director ✅

24. A lesbian/WLW/sapphic film directed by a woman ✅

25. A lesbian/WLW/sapphic film directed by a man

26. A gay/mlm film directed by a woman

27. A gay/mlm film directed by a man ✅

28. A film featuring an asexual character, or one theorized to be asexual since it's not something that really gets as much identity in film.

29. A film featuring a bisexual character ✅

30. An Indian or Pakistani queer film

31. An African queer film

32. A Latin American queer film ✅

33. A European queer film ✅

34. A Middle Eastern queer film

35. An Asian queer film ✅

36. A queer comedy ✅

37. A queer horror movie ✅

38. A sci fi movie with queer characters or directed by a queer person ✅

39. An action movie with queer characters or directed by a queer person ✅

40. An animated queer movie