List criteria
- Only feature length (>60 minutes), fictional films are listed.
- Films must feature either: A) An explicitly queer, female-identifying protagonist. B) At least two secondary queer female protagonists whose screen time matches or exceeds that of the protagonist. C) In cases of large, ensemble casts, 50% of characters/content must be queer with 50% of that queer content being female.
- WLW characters must be explicitly, unavoidably queer. Subtext and undertones are for cowards.
- Bisexual characters and narratives are represented provided that the attraction to women aspect is unavoidable, inarguable and not limited to a singular scene.
- Polyamorous relationships are represented provided there is romantic/sexual content between two females in said relationship.
- Wholly pornographic films are not represented. My definition of “pornography” is films whose primary reason for existence is to be masturbated over and have little to no other artistic merit.
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Movies: 1,187
TV Shows: 0
Total Entries: 1,187
Genres: 0!!!
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Elisa et Marcela135
Rain Beau\'s End351
Maple Palm450
Candy Rain453
Two Mothers for Zachary473
That Tender Touch492
Becoming Colette518
Intentions542
Fish and Elephant566
Who\'s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?573
Hannah and the Hasbian574
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story615
The Lies We Tell But the Secrets We Keep Part 1631
Round Trip641
Molly\'s Girl651
Chinese Chocolate662
The Stolen Diary686
Mother Earth693
Blood Sisters of Lesbian Sin694
A Reason708
When Kiran Met Karen709
Mommy Is Coming711
Sister Smile725
The Politics of Fur726
Johnny Greyeyes727
Mercy\'s Girl731
Pasajes742
Costa Brava744
An Affirmative Act746
Black Ghosts750
The New World751
Nude Study755
Love in the Mirror762
Lieb mich!765
The Wasp and the Queen767
Robin\'s Hood768
Affären770
Madame X: An Absolute Ruler777
Kristuksen morsian778
Muriel\'s Parents Are Desperate785
Fishnet787
Natural Woman 2010792
Natural Woman793
Person of Interest797
Montana800
The Darkest Days of Us801
A Taste of Flesh813
Let\'s Love Hong Kong816
Louise and her Lover822
She Likes Girls826
She Likes Girls 2827
She Likes Girls 3828
She Likes Girls 4829
My Two Loves832
Market Value834
Savage Roses836
Pink Lady837
Desi\'s Looking for a New Girl840
Macbeth: the Comedy841
Men Not Allowed845
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing850
Family Life851
One Four Three852
The Midwife\'s Tale853
Houkago Lost856
Mother Tongue866
Sappho \'68870
Sextasy881
The D Word886
Carmilla889
The Extremists\' Opera892
Lesbian Harem893
Outtakes894
Amalia900
Changing Spots901
Girls Like Us902
Girls Like Us 2.0! The Hustle! The Game903
Albino904
Bao Bao907
Nordland909
Lover\'s Game910
Sea Without Shore911
The Lady Punisher918
Walking Towards919
Le sable924
Devotion927
The Silent Thrush929
Actual Reality931
Mirna936
Quest for Love938
Dear Leo941
Girls on Film: The First Date943
Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn944
In Love with Ally Barker945
Fanci\'s Persuasion946
The Sympathy Card949
A Crimson Star950
Kali\'s Vibe951
27 Pieces of Me952
Curiosity Killed the Cat954
Mixed Messages956
Nothing Like the Sun959
My Mama Said Yo Mama\'s a Dyke966
Il diario969
Threesome970
Sanctuary971
Depart to Arrive972
The Ladies Almanack974
Midnight Virgin981
Iron Girls 2 Imágina985
Cul de sac986
Enchantments989
Little Fishes990
Randu Pen Kuttikal993
The \'Yeah Whatever\' Girl998
The Viva Voce Virus999
Erika\'s Passions1014
Red Lips1015
Simone1020
Bubbles Galore1023
Walk With Me1037
Two1038
Capital I1044
History Lessons1052
Satyavati1062
Upon Her Lips: Heartbeats1065
Tuli1070
Until Rainbow Dawn1076
Who We Love1107
The White Book1115
We Will Never Belong1120
Inn Trouble1127
Proof Positive1128
Skeleton Woman1129
A Play on Words1131
Dane Granger1132
Fuck You Jessica Blair1135
Wintersong1143
The Veiled Sorrow in the Depth of the Calm of the Whale1147
Homemakers1148
Devils in Disguise1149
Girls\' School1155
Il vento e le rose1159
Women in the Dark1177
Blueberry1190
Felines1204
Upon Her Lips: Pure Feels1213
At First Glance1250
Gloria in te Domine1259
Love Is Never Far1269
The Panda Candy1274
Tatted Souls1287
Finale1305
1Carol1
2The Handmaiden2
3Portrait of a Lady on Fire3
4Mulholland Drive4
6Imagine Me & You6
7The Kids Are All Right7
8The Favourite8
10Bound10
11Show Me Love11
12Gia12
14Thelma14
15Happiest Season15
17Disobedience17
18But I'm a Cheerleader18
19Pariah19
20Monster20
21Can You Ever Forgive Me?21
22Mädchen in Uniform22
23Girls in Uniform23
24Girls in Uniform24
25Loving Annabelle25
26The Hours26
27My Summer of Love27
28The Miseducation of Cameron Post28
29Grandma29
30Professor Marston and the Wonder Women30
31Freeheld31
32Saving Face32
33High Art33
34With Every Heartbeat34
35The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant35
36Desert Hearts36
37The Half of It37
38D.E.B.S.38
39The World Unseen39
40I Can't Think Straight40
41The Hunger41
42Ammonite42
43If These Walls Could Talk 243
44The Duke of Burgundy44
45Fire45
46Rafiki46
47The Vampire Lovers47
49Colette49
50Aimee & Jaguar50
51All Cheerleaders Die51
52Better Than Chocolate52
53The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love53
54Summertime54
55Elena Undone55
56Appropriate Behavior56
57When Night Is Falling57
58Knife+Heart58
59Margarita with a Straw59
60The Chinese Botanist's Daughters60
61The Killing of Sister George61
62Yes or No62
63Yes or No: Come Back to Me63
64Yes or No 2.564
65Cloudburst65
66The Watermelon Woman66
67Heavenly Creatures67
68A Perfect Ending68
69Life Partners69
70Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga70
71Sister My Sister71
72Murderous Maids72
73Vita & Virginia73
74Lovesong74
75The Secrets75
76A Date for Mad Mary76
77White Lie77
78Personal Best78
80A Girl at My Door80
81Bessie81
82Spider Lilies82
83My Days of Mercy83
84Blue Gate Crossing84
85Lianna85
86Two of Us86
87Manji87
88Swastika88
89The Berlin Affair89
90Manji90
91Manji91
92Butterfly Kiss92
93Memento Mori93
94Princess Cyd94
95Battle of the Sexes95
96The Summer of Sangaile96
97Booksmart97
98Summerland98
99Circumstance99
100The Heiresses100
102Butterfly102
103Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1103
104Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Vol. 2104
105Love My Life105
106Kissing Jessica Stein106
107The Perfection107
summer of mesa is a new one! love your blog
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll make sure to add it to the list
omg yes summer of mesa
YES I JUST WATCHED IT AND CAME TO SEE IF IT WAS ON THIS LIST
Fabulous Site! I wish I had found it earlier as I have been compiling a very long list of lesbian movies and TV over the past 6 months and (~1,300+ so far). You have identified some that I missed.
Also I really like your use of a quasi scientific criteria to identify the movies. I am a geeky lesbian Scientist so understandably I love what you did. LOL. Your list inspired me to begin entering keywords in IMDB so that other lesbian/bi women can find them too!
BTW, your IMDB list is still private so no one can view it.
Warmest regards, Denise
Thank you for letting me know the IMDB list was private. I have since fixed it. Also, do you have any movies on your monster watch list that I’m missing?
I am doing a file comparison of extracts from my list and yours and will provide you a list of differences. Off hand, I think more recent movies may be missing and also some foreign fllms. I’ll let you know. Feel free to contact me directly should you wish to collaborate. Regards
Happiest Season
Love your site. I laugh so hard and agree with you on so many things. I’ve been looking for a contact form but I’ve been using the mobile version, so I’m happy to see this comments section!
Anyway, I just watched the relatively hard-to-find oddball movie that is Gaudi Afternoon (2001), with Juliette Lewis and Lili Taylor as an unlikely couple and narrator Judy Davis hired by Marcia Gay Harden to investigate them. I’m curious about your thoughts on where it is supremely problematic or dated vs. Juliette Lewis being worth watching any movie she’s in. Anyway, thanks for the fun reviews each week.
P.S. – I only came across it after seeing JL portrayed as Harper, the lesbian ‘citizen detective’ of sorts in the tv show Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones, and wondered what other gay-for-pay projects she’s done. I say this affectionately, of course. Anyway, here is an IMDB link to Gaudi Afternoon because I don’t believe it’s on your list above: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235412/
(okay last comment, and all of these are me, btw^) I don’t think it’s streaming anywhere. Bought the used DVD from a library somewhere online.
I actually have watched Gaudi Afternoon. Ultimately I decided it doesn’t quite fit the criteria of the site as Judy Davis is the lead and her querness is questionable. It has a great cast, though!
Hey fair enough!
I do PR for lesbian films and would like to send you screening links if you want to share your name/email address? I currently have a sweet holiday film and a much more edgy drama.
Wingwomen? A flim, that like Girl Picture, presents ace in a normalized fashion… Adele and Melaine do a decent job with a patchy script…