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- Before Night Falls
- As Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, Javier Bardem received his first Oscar nomination.
- Boys Don't Cry- Hilary Swank won her first Academy Award as hate crime victim Brandon Teena.
- Capote
- Philip Seymour Hoffman won his Oscar as author Truman Capote, also the subject of Infamous.
- De-Lovely- Kevin Kline's songwriting Cole Porter hewed more to the truth then Cary Grant's in Night and Day.
- Gods and Monsters
- In the role of film director James Whale, Ian McKellen became the first out gay actor to receive an Oscar nomination for playing a gay character.
- Kinsey
- Although historians are in dispute over Alfred Kinsey's bisexuality, the film (starring Liam Neeson) doesn't shy away from the subject.
- Monster
- As convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Charlize Theron won her Academy Award.
- Prick Up Your Ears
- Gary Oldman played English playwright Joe Orton, with Alfred Molina as his lover/murderer Kenneth Halliwell.
- Running With Scissors
- Joseph Cross starred as author Augusten Burroughs in the adaptation of his best-selling memoir.
- Wilde
- Stephen Fry received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance of legendary writer Oscar Wilde.
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