Subgenre Sampler
Lesbian: 160 Films to Buy & Rent
Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux
- Dir. David Lynch returns to the defiantly enigmatic mode of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Lost Highway’ with an absurdist Tinseltown satire that probably…
Treading Water (2001)
- Dir. Lauren Himmel
Feat. Angie Redman, Nina Landey
- Refreshing, at ease lesbian drama conveys a universal scenario of familial tensions between a mother and daughter over the latter’s choice of…
101 Reykjavik (2000)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
- An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
Better Than Chocolate (2000)
- Dir. Anne Wheeler
Feat. Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox
- An everybody–gets–laid portrayal of lesbian culture in late 80s Vancouver that’s no GO FISH, but still better than the usual…
Common Ground (2000)
- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Edward Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein…
- Compassionate, quality trilogy of short stories dealing with gay issues over three different eras.
"A Friend of Dorothy" concerns a woman…
Gendernauts (2000)
- Dir. Monika Treut
- Prolific lesbian director Monika Treut takes a tour of San Francisco’s transgender community.
Aided by the likes of queer luminaries Annie…
History Lessons (2000)
- Dir. Barbara Hammer
- A "revisionist" archival doco from militant experimentalist, Barbara Hammer, that montages (and modifies) esoteric lesbiana as a clarion call for…
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge, Jane Anderson, Anne Heche
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloe Sevigny…
- Critically well–received compendium of three tales charting the lesbian experience in 20th century America. Among the prestigious cast, Vanessa…
Bedrooms and Hallways (1999)
- Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle…
- Utterly delightful relationship comedy about men, and gay men in particular, but appealing to human beings of any of the three sexual orientations…
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Brendon Sexton III
- Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…