In 2018, the British Film Institute argued that bisexuals are often not explored in cinema, with the worse examples of films being "downright squeamish about their characters’ bisexuality." They noted this was the case in flms such as Alexander (2004), Caligula (1978), and Skyfall (2012), and added that bisexual women are "even less visible in Hollywood films," apart from Young Man with a Horn (1950). Apart from My Own Private Idaho, which GLAAD had listed in their report, the site listed nine other films: Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), De-Lovely (2004), Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2004), Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Kinsey (2004), Cabaret (1972), Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), and Midnight Express (1978).
In 2005, the site Out Films, listed 10 Hollywood films which they felt had the best bisexual representation. However, the film Basic Instinct (1992) was described as "one of the worst examples of biphobia ever put on a screen" while Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and Spartacus (1960) were criticized for their removal of scenes with "bisexual content." Basic Instinct also received controversy from the bisexual community for portraying a bisexual as a psychopathic killer. This report praised the films Flirting With Disaster (1996), My Own Private Idaho (1991), The Color Purple (1985), French Twist (1995), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Henry & June (1990) for being "fair, accurate and inclusive" when it came to bisexual characters.
In a 2002 report analyzing bisexuality in various mediums, specifically movies, television, and music, GLAAD criticized the track record of the movie industry in the United States, when it came to representation, and inclusion, of bisexuality, stating that often bisexual content is either "removed from novels that films are based on," removed from original screenplays when filminy begins, or is taken out on the cutting room floor. See also: List of feature films with LGBT characters