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Cuckoo (2024): Dir. Tilman Singer
Feat. Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Marton Csokas…; A truly strange and unpredictable horror movie that sustains an off–kilter and discombobulating atmosphere throughout its runtime. American…
Love Lies Bleeding (2024): Dir. Rose Glass
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone…; An audacious Stateside thriller from director Rose Glass that makes good on the promise of her outstanding British debut, Saint Maud (2019). There…
Blue Jean (2022): Dir. Georgia Oakley
Feat. Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Stacy Abalogun…; The story of a closeted lesbian P.E. teacher in Thatcher’s Britain that feels like it could have (and should have) been made in the early 1980's,…
Tár (Tar) (2022): Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant…; A striking and rigorously intelligent drama from the director of IN THE BEDROOM that interrogates the process, pressures and politics in the…
Benedetta (2021): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin…; Typically provocative yet playful psychodrama from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in the…
Ammonite (2020): Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones…; A speculative lesbian period drama from the director of the acclaimed gay male romance, GOD'S OWN COUNTRY. Kate Winslet plays British palaeontologist…
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) (Ellie and Abbie) (2020): Dir. Monica Zanetti
Feat. Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Marta Dusseldorp…; Australian lesbian rom–com from writer–director Monica Zanetti, based on her own stage play about a teenager who is visited by the ghost…
Happiest Season (2020): Feat. Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie…; A lesbian rom–com gets the Hollywood treatment with this instant Christmas classic from writer–director Clea DuVall. Kristen Stewart…
Gentleman Jack (TV Mini-Series) (2019): Feat. Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle; Gorgeous historical drama created by Sally Wainwright (HAPPY VALLEY, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX) set in 1832 against the lush backdrop of Halifax, West…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019): Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Noémie Merlant, Adele Haenel; Céline Sciamma (GIRLHOOD) directs this devastatingly good, exquisitely executed lesbian period drama. Set in France in the 18th century, where a…
Summerland (2019): Dir. Jessica Swale
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond…; A love–story set in the timeless and enchanting world of Summerland; sun–dappled days by the sea over one achingly beautiful summer.…
Breaker Upperers, The (2018): Dir. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek
Feat. Madeleine Sami, Jackie Van Beek, James Rolleston…; Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van Beek write, direct and star in this frisky and flat–out hilarious Kiwi comedy as heart–burned pals who form…
Colette (2018): Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson; A playful and spirited biopic about the extraordinary, uncompromising life of French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley). Set in Paris at the end of…
Heiresses, The (2018): Dir. Marcelo Martinessi
Feat. Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Anna Ivanova; Slow–burn drama from Paraguay about a privileged middle–aged lesbian couple whose new found financial hardship results in one being…
Lizzie (2018): Dir. Craig William Macneill
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan…; Biographical thriller with Chloe Sevigny excellent as Lizzie Borden, the woman who was accused and acquitted of the murders of her father and…
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (2018): Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher, Jr.…; Surprise winner of the U.S. Grand Jury prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, this heart–breaking indie drama stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a…
Tell It To The Bees (2018): Dir. Annabel Jankel
Feat. Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott…; Romantic drama set in 1950's rural Scotland, where a burgeoning romance between a female doctor and the mother of one of her patients provokes social…
Vita and Virginia (2018): Dir. Chanya Button
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones…; British biopic about the unconventional romance between wickedly brilliant writer Virginia Woolf and the beguiling Vita Sackville–West –…
What Keeps You Alive (2018): Dir. Colin Minihan
Feat. Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac; Twisty, slow–burning thriller centered on two woman who are on a romantic getaway at a picturesque family lake house, when their happiness is…
Disobedience (2017): Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola; Sebastián Lelio (GLORIA) directs this powerful and exquisitely melancholy film about a woman who returns to the ultra orthodox Jewish community that…
Thelma (2017): Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Kaya Wilkins…; A gracefully unsettling Nordic thriller about a painfully shy young woman whose oppressed, conservative upbringing and burgeoning passion for a…
A Date for Mad Mary (2016): Dir. Darren Thornton
Feat. Seána Kerslake, Tara Lee; Smart, soulful Irish rom–com following "Mad" Mary McArdle (Seana Kerslake) as she struggles to find a date to her best friends wedding after…
Handmaiden, The (2016): Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha…; Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
Lovesong (2016): Dir. So Yong Kim
Feat. Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker…; An affecting character study of best friends and would–be lovers who embark on an impromptu road trip days before one of them gets married. By…
Carol (2015): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson…; Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this spellbinding adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking romantic novel. Set in 1950's New York it…
Girl King, The (2015): Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist…; Lush period drama about Queen Christina, Sweden's convention flaunting monarch, and her battle with the conservative forces determined to halt her…
La Belle Saison (Summertime) (2015): Dir. Catherine Corsini
Feat. Cecile De France, Izia Higelin, Noemie Lvovsky; Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early–1970's France, but struggle to reconcile of…
Duke of Burgundy, The (2014): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn; BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013): Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos; The Cannes Palm D'Or–winning drama that explores, in a series of elongated sequences, a young woman's blossoming sexuality and maturity when…
Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew…; A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
A Perfect Ending (2012): Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard…; Romantic drama about a terminally ill women in a loveless marriage who turns to an escort service seeking seeking sexual fulfillment, and meets a sex…
Cloudburst (2011): Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette; A longtime lesbian couple hit the road for Canada so they can legally marry in this moving road movie.
Kiss Me (Kyss mig, aka With Every Heartbeat) (2011): Dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
Feat. Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson; Heartfelt romantic drama about a woman who is engaged to be married when she finds herself falling for her soon–to–be stepmother's…
Tomboy (2011): Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana; An androgynous ten–year–old girl passes herself off as a boy during the summer holidays in this tender coming–of–age tale.
A Marine Story (2010): Dir. Ned Farr
Feat. Dreya Weber, Paris Pickard, Christine Mourad; Set against the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the US Military, a Marine officer, who has unexpectedly returned home from Iraq, is recruited to…
Bloomington (2010): Dir. Fernanda Cardoso
Feat. Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer; Coming–of–age drama following a former child actress who decides to enroll in college to gain more independence, but is drawn away from…
Elena Undone (2010): Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks; Lesbian drama about a pastor's wife who falls in love with a well–known writer. The ensuing secret relationship upends her marriage just as she…
Kids Are All Right, The (2010): Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo…; Feathers fly in this smart and insightful comedy–drama anchored by three terrific lead performances whose character's unique relationships are…
Lip Service (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Ruta Gedmintas, Red Buttons, Laura Fraser; Scotland is the setting for this BBC spin on THE L WORD, centred on the romantic entanglements of a group of lesbians living in Glasgow. Though…
Room in Rome (Habitación en Roma) (2010): Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso…; Erotic chronicle of a brief encounter between two women set almost entirely within the confines of a hotel room. More porno–profundity from…
Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, The (2010): Dir. James Kent
Feat. Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch…; Quality BBC biopic from director James Kent (TESTAMENT OF YOUTH) about the life of Anne Lister, a 19th–century Yorkshire landowner who defied…
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009): Dir. Phil Claydon
Feat. James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring…; Comedy duo Corden and Horne (stars of TV's GAVIN AND STACEY) make their big screen debut as a pair of spotty fools who must defend themselves and a…
Life Blood (Pearblossom) (2009): Dir. Ron Carlson
Feat. Scout Taylor-Compton, Sophie Monk, Anya Lahiri; God–awful trash with murderous lesbians reincarnated as vengeful vampires. Possibly a campy pleasure for some.
Sea Purple, The (2009): Dir. Donatella Maiorca
Feat. Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini; Solid lesbian bodice–ripper centres on the eternal romance between two 19th century Sicilian women, destined to suffer for their forbidden…
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009): Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Jools Topp, Lynda Topp; An adorable, "Kiwi–as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk–singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely…
Affinity (2008): Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Zoe Tapper, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe…; Faithful adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel following a socialite who becomes infatuated by a psychic holed up in a women's prison, and her…
Cho Show, The (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Margaret Cho; Reality–sitcom starring comedienne Cho as she goes about daily life in an industry that doesn't quite understand her and her eccentricities.…
I Can't Think Straight (2008): Dir. Shamim Sarif
Feat. Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth; A woman living in London is called back to Palestine by her conservative family in order to prepare for a wedding, but events are disrupted when she…
Jihad for Love, A (2008): Dir. Parvez Sharma; Revealing documentary on homosexuality and the Islamic faith, filmed in secret over 5 and a half years under the Muslim government radar. Although…
Tru Loved (2008): Dir. Stewart Wade
Feat. Najarra Townsend, Jane Lynch, Alexandra Paul; Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her…
Finn's Girl (2007): Dir. Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert
Feat. Brooke Johnson, Yanna McIntosh, Maya Ritter; Satisfying lesbian drama following a busy Doctor running an abortion clinic amidst controversy and protests, while simultaneously coping with…
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007): Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Melonie Diaz, Nicole Vicius, Guinevere Turner; Rousing comedy of radical feminism from dir. Babbit (BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER) follows the indoctrination of a naïve lesbian (Diaz) who falls in with…
Nina's Heavenly Delights (2007): Dir. Pratibha Parmar
Feat. Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser; Comical and touching story of a Glaswegian cook who falls in love with a restaurant owner and together attempt to save a floundering restaurant by…
Out at the Wedding (2007): Dir. Lee Friedlandler
Feat. Andrea Marcellus, Desi Lydic, Charlie Schlatter…; Light romantic comedy of mistaken identities, where a woman who is engaged to a black man "comes out" to her conservative South Carolina family to…
Sisterhood, The (2007): Dir. David DeCoteau; Uneven lesbian horror about a psychic pre–med student asked to infiltrate the exclusive 'Bats' sorority – a group of feisty girls with…
This Kiss (2007): Dir. Kylie Eddy
Feat. Melanie Lockman, Tamsin Gatewood; Drama about the relationship between two women, best friends since childhood but torn apart by a heartbreaking incident. One has become a successful…
Vampire Diary (2007): Dir. Mark James, Phil O' Shea
Feat. Anna Walton; Lusty, low–budget horror centred on a filmmaker who indulges in an affair with her documentary subject – a bloodthirsty real–life…
World Unseen, The (2007): Dir. Shamim Sarif
Feat. Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray; Actors Lisa Rayand and Sheetal Sheth team up again for director Shamim Sarif (I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT) in this beautiful depiction of a lesbian love…
Big Gay Sketch Show, The (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Erica Ash, Julie Goldman, Stephen Guarino…; Like a gay SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, this strings together a series of sketches and social commentary from a LGBT perspective. Biting satire this is not…
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006): Dir. Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg; Scintillating sequel to the dirs. 1995 CELLULOID CLOSET, here discussing the history of 'out' gay cinema in the twentieth century from Kenneth…
Gray Matters (2006): Dir. Sue Kramer
Feat. Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh…; Quirky lesbian romance with Heather Graham playing a woman who unexpectedly falls for her brother's gorgeous new girlfriend.
Gymnast, The (2006): Dir. Ned Farr
Feat. Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee; This nimble lesbian drama with an appreciation for the physical concerns a disenchanted Olympic gymnast whose invitation to join a Vegas–style…
Kiss Me Again (2006): Dir. William Tyler Smith
Feat. Jeremy London, Katheryn Winnick, Mirelly Taylor; Interesting results ensue when a college professor contrives a threesome between himself, his wife and an attractive female student. An ambitious…
Lesbian Sex and Sexuality (2006): Dir. Katherine Linton; A smart, inquisitive six–part series examining the various facets of lesbianism and sex in media, entertainment, and everyday life. Episodes…
Loving Annabelle (2006): Dir. Katherine Brooks
Feat. Diana Gaidry, Erin Kelly; Lesbian drama of forbidden love between a naughty, punkish Catholic schoolgirl and her Sapphic poetry teacher. Softly sincere and visually very…
Puccini for Beginners (2006): Dir. Maria Maggenti
Feat. Justin Kirk, Gretchen Mol, Elizabeth Reaser; Gretchen Mol is at the centre of a bi–sexual love triangle in this restless romantic comedy where a writer (Reaser) finds herself sleeping with…
Fingersmith (2005): Dir. Aisling Walsh
Feat. Elaine Cassidy, Charles Dance, Imelda Staunton…; BBC teledrama set around a girlish pickpocket (Hawkins) in Victorian London who becomes involved in a nasty plan to defraud a wealthy heiress…
Gypo (2005): Dir. Jan Dunn
Feat. Paul McGann; A resolutely–gritty drama set in a monotonous small town in Kent, where a marriage in crisis gets unexpectedly shaken–up when the…
Happy Endings (2005): Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal…; A clutch of hedonistic Americans collide, abuse and impregnate each other in this typically light yet smart black comedy from the dir. of THE…
Imagine Me and You (2005): Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Piper Perabo, Lena Headey; Lightweight but toothsome Brit comedy in which a newlywed bride (Perabo) inadvertantly forms a lesbian attraction to the wedding florist (Heady),…
Quiet, The (2005): Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan…; A creepy teenage melodrama about an orphaned deaf–mute girl (Belle) who goes to live in suburbia with her godparents (Falco, Donovan) and…
Allie Eagle and Me (2004): Dir. Briar March; A portrait of an artist, dir. Briar March's highly personalised dedication to Allie Eagle confronts the painter's staunch feminist and lesbian…
D.E.B.S. (Debs) (2004): Dir. Angela Robinson
Feat. Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Devon Aoki…; After passing a secret aptitude test hidden inside a normal school exam, a gaggle of nubile schoolgirls are recruited to a secret espionage…
Do I Love You? (2004): Dir. Lisa Gornick
Feat. Harri Alexander, Birghitta Bernhard, Darren Black; Lesbian drama made on a shoestring budget exploring the life of a women in crisis. In her 30's, she is questioning her relationship with her…
Eternal (2004): Dir. Wilhelm Liebenberg
Feat. Sarah Manninen, Caroline Néron; A rather anaemic vampire thriller has the attractive Néron play the modernday Montreal incarnation of the bloodthirsty Countess Bathory, who uses…
L Word, The (TV Series) (2004-2009): Feat. Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner, Pam Grier…; A fiercely determined "queer" series exploring Los Angeles' liberal gay scene, canvasing a tight–knit community of attractive lesbians and…
Mango Kiss (2004): Dir. Sascha Rice
Feat. Daniele Ferraro, Michelle Wolff; Two recently outed lesbians embark on a new life in San Francisco, assuming various gender roles as queer performance artists while edging closer to…
My Summer of Love (2004): Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine; A sunlit teenage escapade, set around two girls who develop an unlikely relationship amid the unpretty but impressive Yorkshire Dales. The…
Producing Adults (2004): Dir. Aleksi Salmenpera
Feat. Minna Haapkyla, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio…; Finnish comedy–drama about a woman who develops an unlikely relationship with the female doctor she meets at the fertility clinic, while she is…
Saving Face (2004): Dir. Alice Wu
Feat. Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec; Comfy American indie which plumbs various relationship taboos in the world of Asian–America, centred around the lesbian longings of a surgeon…
April's Shower (2003): Dir. Trish Doolan
Feat. Maria Cina, Trish Doolan, Randall Batinkoff; A closeted lesbian attempts to reconcile her relationship with her to–be–married best friend during a bridal shower in this madcap comedy…
Watching You (2003): Feat. Diane Flacks, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cara Pifko…; A collection of award–winning international lesbian short films, which will be a treat for the target audience. There's a huge variety of…
Chutney Popcorn (2002): Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Madhur Jaffrey…; Writer–director Nisha Ganatra is highly engaging in her own fictional family portrait as a young Indian–American New Yorker trying to…
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002): Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Feat. Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Jurgensen; After a series of ‘straight’ failures, straight–laced Jessica Stein dabbles with same–sex romance and finds a twisted kind of…
Tipping the Velvet (2002): Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor; Dramatises a unique love–story (from Sarah Waters' novel) between a young girl and a charismatic male impersonator in the 1890s music hall, and…
Wild West (TV Series) (2002-2004): Feat. Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Bill Bailey; Quirky and understated comedy series concerning two 'lesbians of convenience' (French and Tate) living in the fictitious Cornwall town of St. Gweep,…
Aimee and Jaguar (2001): Dir. Max Farberbock
Feat. Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler; A forbidden love story that crosses both ethnic and sexual lines, inspired by a true love affair between a role–model Nazi mother and a…
Amour de Femme (A Woman's Love) (2001): Dir. Sylvie Verheyde
Feat. Raffaela Anderson, Helene Fillieres, Anthony Delon…; Quiet romantic drama of a woman trapped in a lifeless marriage who embarks on a journey of self–discovery when she begins an affair with a…
Julie Johnson (2001): Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton…; Lily Taylor makes good fist of a wannabe scientist in this empowering story of a downtrodden housewife in pursuit of knowledge and…
Monkey's Mask, The (2001): Dir. Samantha Lang
Feat. Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis; Steamy, stylish thriller has P.I. Susie Porter tracking down the killer of a nymphomaniac teenage girl, whose explicit poems are a major clue.…
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…
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999): Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Melanie Lynskey…; A camp comedy in both style and setting, cheerleading teen Natasha Lyonne is suspected by her God–fearing parents to be a lesbian, and is thus…
When Love Comes (1999): Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning…; Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
2 Seconds (1998): Dir. Manon Briand
Feat. Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone; A frothily enjoyable drama set around a mountain–bike rider (Laurier), who despite an addiction to the thrills of high speed cycling, is forced…
Gia (1998): Dir. Michael Christofer
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl; Creditable TV biopic of 70s/80s supermodel Gia Marie Curangi notable for the uninhibited performance of a young Angelina Jolie. Entering the…
High Art (1998): Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy; Accepted into the fold of her washed–up, drug–addled neighbours, a curious young photojournalist (Rahda Mitchell) finds professional and…
Relax...It's Just Sex (1998): Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…; Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Show Me Love (Fucking Amal) (1998): Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Rebecka Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlstrom; Vivid depiction of teenage angst and restlessness that became a cause celebre (and box–office hit) in its native Sweden for frank, passionate…
Three on a Match (1998): Dir. Fred Robbins
Feat. Teressa Tunney, Jane Clark; Dynamic romantic comedy about a group of gay friends who meet up each year to discuss each other's complicated love lives and personal crises. This…
All Over Me (1997): Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser…; A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
Chasing Amy (1997): Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee…; Can a lesbian learn to love someone from the opposite sex? – is but one of the sticky questions proffered in this bittersweet arthouse hit.…
Investigator, The (1997): Dir. Chris Oxley
Feat. Helen Baxendale, Christopher Fulford, Sean Gilder…; Drama based on the true story of Caroline Meagher, a military police woman who is tasked with the rooting out of suspected lesbians from the army…
K.D. Lang - Live in Sydney (1997): Dir. Caz Gorham, Frances Dickenson; The Canadian country–music crossover star croons at the State Theatre in Sydney.
Topp Twins, The (TV Series) (1997): Feat. Jools Topp, Lynda Topp; Choice episodes from Lynda and Jools' brazenly Kiwi hit comedy series, with Camp Mother and Leader, Ken and Ken and other beloved character pairings…
Bound (1996): Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon; Modern film noir madeover in lesbian chic – Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon pout, titillate and conspire their way through the moral marshlands…
Fire (1996): Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das; Blazing melodrama defiantly targets Indian sexual hypocrisy and tradition, not to mention trangressing 'Bollywood' taboo, in portraying two women…
French Twist (Gazon Maudit) (1996): Dir. Josiane Balasko
Feat. Victoria Abril, Josiane Balasko; Radiant Spanish star Victoria Abril plays a betrayed wife teased into an affair with a butch lesbian (director Balasko). Many permutations of a very…
It's in the Water (1996): Dir. Kelli Herd
Feat. Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders…; When hordes of gays and lesbians come out of the closet in a well–to–do Texas hamlet, the red–blooded residents go into a panic…
Jaded (1996): Dir. Caryn Krooth
Feat. Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald…; Putting a hefty, controversial twist on the subject of rape, this psychodrama has smalltown loner Carla Gugino sexually abused, not by a man, but by…
Late Bloomers (1996): Dir. Gretchen Dyer, Julia Dyer
Feat. Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan; A lonely, ageing geometry teacher has a blossoming affair with the principal’s married secretary, setting off a chorus of disapproval among the…
Watermelon Woman, The (1996): Dir. Cheryl Dunye
Feat. Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner; Unusual and amusing story of a young, black lesbian would–be film–maker whose life, involving a ‘controversial’ romance with…
Butterfly Kiss (1995): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves; The twisted underbelly of the female–buddy movie. Bewitching and bloody road movie that traverses the wastelands (moral and otherwise) of '90s…
Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love (1995): Dir. Maria Maggenti
Feat. Laurel Holloman, Nicole Parker; A giddy celebration of first love, that just happens to be between a lesbian outcast and a affluent African–American beauty. Low–budget…
Paris Was a Woman (1995): Dir. Greta Schiller; Capturing a distinct ambience of early 20th century Paris, this feminist–orientated look at American–Parisians such as Gertrude Stein,…
When Night Is Falling (1995): Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Pascale Bussieres, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny; The director of I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING returns with one of the most beautiful and erotic films of recent times. Though embroided with a…
Claire of the Moon (1994): Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt; An awkward sexual initiation plays out between an odd couple of women at a writing retreat. Lo–fi production lends the intimate affair an…
Love and Human Remains (1994): Dir. Denys Arcand
Feat. Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft…; A fascinating hybrid of twentysomething romantic comedy, cynical social satire and mystery thriller, adapted from an accomplished stageplay by the…
Only the Brave (1994): Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maud Davey; Gritty portrait of a bleak rite–of–passage for two Greek girls in the wasteland of suburban Melbourne. Succinct feature possesses a…
Serving in Silence (1994): Dir. Jeff Bleckner
Feat. Glenn Close, Judy Davis; Glenn Close and Judy Davis star in this biopic of Margarethe Cammermeyer, an exemplary colonel of the US military who was forced to fight for her…
Go Fish (1993): Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Guinevere Turner, V.S Brodie; A free–wheeling and revealing study of things lesbian with all its inherent prejudices and dilemmas. Not a 'coming–out' movie, but rather…
Three of Hearts (1993): Dir. Yurek Bogayevicz
Feat. Kelly Lynch, William Baldwin, Sherilyn Fenn…; In an effort to win back her lesbian lover, Kelly Lynch employs the services of male escort Billy Baldwin. Sherilyn Fenn proves she's worth winning…
Forbidden Love (1992): Dir. Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie; A wonderful collection of vignettes that celebrates the experiences and defiance of a dazzlingly diverse bunch of Canadian lesbians who came out in…
Salmonberries (1992): Dir. Percy Adlon
Feat. k.d. Lang; Pop diva k.d. lang plays an Alaskan Eskimo who forms an uneasy amorous alliance with her town librarian. A worldly, indiosyncratic view of repressed…
K.D. Lang - Harvest of Seven Years (1991): A collection of videos, live performances and candid moments with the pop–country diva.
Portrait of a Marriage (TV Mini-series) (1990): Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Janet McTeer, Cathryn Harrison, David Haig; TV mini–series detailing the real–life love affair between Vita Sackville–West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's…
Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1990): Dir. Monika Treut, Elfi Mikesch
Feat. Udo Kier; The director of VIRGIN MACHINE takes her subversive sensibilities further with this outing exploring the activities of a domanatrix. Udo Kier takes…
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989): Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Kenneth Cranham, Charlotte Coleman; Landmark adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's novel about a young girl raised in the cult–like surrounds of a strict evangelist household in the…
Virgin Machine (1988): Dir. Monika Treut
Feat. Ina Blum, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein; A frustrated German journalist takes her work to San Fransisco in this lesbian odyssey that proudly parades its fringe philosophy and contemporary…
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987): Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon; A naive and self–conscious woman lands a job in an art gallery and grows to idolise the chic and sophisticated female curator. Quirky parable…
Desert Hearts (1985): Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau; '50s Nevada provides the backdrop for a freindship between two women that develops in a love affair. Provocative yet dignified drama is well served…
Hunger, The (1983): Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon; Ultra–slick sci–fi vampire film featuring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie as a couple of chic bloodsuckers. A sexy, stylish piece,…
Lianna (1983): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries; A mother–of–two breaks out of her cold marriage by way of an affair with a senior lecturer in this defining lesbian film of the 1980s,…
Personal Best (1982): Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Glenn Close; Excellent directorial debut for scriptwriter Towne (of CHINATOWN fame), that uses slow–motion photography to dynamise its story of two lesbian…
Bilitis (1977): Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Patti D'Arbanville; Tissue–thin sex drama from famed 1970s photographer Hamilton (he of those misty images of nude or lace–clad women), going into dreamy…
Julia (1977): Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…; Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
American Film Theatre - The Maids (1974): Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant…; Atmospheric, though slightly muted version of Jean Genet's notorious play, itself based on a notorious French murder case, where two maids immersed…
Vampyres (1974): Dir. Joseph Larraz
Feat. Anulka , Marianne Morris; Riding on a mini–wave of lesbian vampire movies, this English sexploitation pic turns up both the flesh and blood quotient on the ‘Hammer’…
Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, The (1972): Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla; Lurid, feverish masterpiece from the incredibly prolific Fassbinder, chronicles a doomed lesbian relationship from the claustrophobic confines of…
Daughters of Darkness (Le Rouge aux Levres) (1971): Dir. Harry Kumel
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau…; Significant, sultry vampire horror, justly celebrated for its blend of understated dread, unusual eroticism and elegant trappings which has been…
Vampire Lovers (1970): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing; Hammer's famous lesbian–vampire pick made a cult star of the Polish–born volupte, Ingrid Pitt, as Carmilla. Esteemed…
Vampyros Lesbos (1970): Dir. Jess Franco; Notorious sexploitation–er from German bad boy dir. Jess Franco, peddles the softcore tale of a real estate agent trapped on an island ruled by…
Killing of Sister George (1968): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Beryl Reid; While lesbian soap–opera actress Beryl Reid attempts to stop her character being 'killed–off', a tangled game of sexual politics is…
Les Biches (Bad Girls) (1968): Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stephane Audran; A love–triangle between an heiress, an architect and a young woman, is tested to unsettling effect in this psychological drama. Chabrol…
Theorem (Teorema) (1968): Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti…; A mysterious stranger seduces and corrupts each member of a bourgeois family. Pasolini stitches religious, social and political metaphors into his…
Therese and Isabelle (1968): Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Essy Persson, Anna Gael, Barbara Laage…; Erotic elegy from cult director Metzger with two young girls experience awakening sexuality at a Swiss boarding school. It might be lacking the…
Chained Girls / Daughters of Lesbos (1965-1968): Dir. Joseph P. Mawra, Peter Woodcock; A scarcely–digestible two course meal of B–grade lesbian sexploitation. Chained Girls (1965) – Dir. Joseph P. Mawra. A…
Silence, The (1963): Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom; Final part of Bergman's Faith Trilogy (begun with THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY and WINTER LIGHT) is set in an anonymous war–torn country where…
Children's Hour, The (1961): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner…; Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
Olivia (1951): Dir. Jacqueline Audry
Feat. Simone Simon, Edwige Feuillere; One of the first French films to portray lesbian relationships, Olivia is set in a girls' school in the late 1900s, where a newly arrived British…
Madchen in Uniform (1931): Dir. Leontine Sagan
Feat. Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck; Influential early German sound–film notorious (and censored) for the sensual lesbian overtones that colour its tale of Hertha Thiele's…
Lesbian Lykra Shorts: Dir. Various.; A collection of lesbian short films from Australia, USA, UK and Holland. Broadly representative of the 'Queer Cinema' label, comedy is especially…

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