Out of the Celluloid Closet
by kargelc2 | created - 19 Dec 2015 | updated - 30 Jan 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Fire (1996)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two mentally unstable women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Karishma Jhalani, Ramanjeet Kaur
Votes: 6,364 | Gross: $0.40M
2. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Gay lawyer Will and straight interior designer Grace share a New York City apartment. Their best friends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral socialite Karen.
Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes
Votes: 60,276
3. The L Word (I) (2004–2009)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of lesbian women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loathe them.
Stars: Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner
Votes: 28,736
4. Desert Hearts (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers
Votes: 7,287 | Gross: $2.49M
5. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille
Votes: 41,188 | Gross: $2.21M
6. High Art (1998)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young female intern at a small magazine company and a drug-addicted lesbian photographer slowly fall in love while exploiting each other to advance their respective careers.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Gabriel Mann
Votes: 11,111 | Gross: $1.93M
7. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford
Votes: 5,082 | Gross: $1.98M
8. Better Than Chocolate (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Maggie, 19, works at a lesbian/LGBT bookstore. Her mom's getting divorced and has invited herself to stay with Maggie. Maggie hasn't told her, she's lesbian. Her new girlfriend moves in as well.
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Votes: 8,748 | Gross: $2.01M
9. Water Lilies (2007)
85 min | Drama, Romance
After meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel, Warren Jacquin
Votes: 13,443 | Gross: $0.08M
10. Therese and Isabelle (1968)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...
Director: Radley Metzger | Stars: Essy Persson, Anna Gaël, Barbara Laage, Anne Vernon
Votes: 642
11. The Truth About Jane (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.
Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O'Hara
Votes: 2,616
12. Lost and Delirious (2001)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 22,335 | Gross: $0.30M
13. Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman.
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Tovah Feldshuh, Esther Wurmfeld
Votes: 17,434 | Gross: $7.02M
14. Elena Undone (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Fate brings two diversely different women together, and sets them on a collision course that will shatter their preconceived notions about love, life and the power of one's soul.
Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Necar Zadegan, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks, Sam Harris
Votes: 6,615
15. Imagine Me & You (2005)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newlywed bride becomes infatuated with another woman who questions her sexual orientation, promoting a stir among the bride's family and friends.
Director: Ol Parker | Stars: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie
Votes: 35,971 | Gross: $0.67M
16. Late Bloomers (1996)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
High School basketball coach, Dinah Groshardt, falls for the school secretary, Carly Lumpkin, and upsets the entire school in the process.
Director: Julia Dyer | Stars: Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan, Gary Mitchell Carter, Jonah Lisa Dyer
Votes: 538 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Personal Best (1982)
R | 128 min | Drama, Sport
The intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore
Votes: 3,211 | Gross: $5.67M
18. Bound (1996)
R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller
Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
Votes: 60,719 | Gross: $3.80M
19. Loving Annabelle (2006)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Romance
The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.
Director: Katherine Brooks | Stars: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn
Votes: 13,476 | Gross: $1.10M
20. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Votes: 55,389 | Gross: $0.17M
21. Go Fish (1994)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic tale about finding a soulmate. The only difference here is that both partners are women...in Chicago's lesbian community.
Director: Rose Troche | Stars: V.S. Brodie, Guinevere Turner, T. Wendy McMillan, Migdalia Melendez
Votes: 2,329 | Gross: $2.41M
22. Bar Girls (1994)
R | 93 min | Drama
Loretta is a successful lesbian writer of cartoons with problems in her romantic life with Annie. She is a habitué of a lesbian bar. One day she meets Rachel and they start a new life ... See full summary »
Director: Marita Giovanni | Stars: Nancy Allison Wolfe, Liza D'Agostino, Camila Griggs, Michael Harris
Votes: 596 | Gross: $0.57M
23. Saving Face (2004)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang
Votes: 13,416 | Gross: $1.19M
24. D.E.B.S. (2004)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.
Director: Angela Robinson | Stars: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie
Votes: 17,832 | Gross: $0.10M
25. Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Melonie Diaz, Ana Mercedes, Cecile Rivore, Marisa Ramirez
Votes: 3,025 | Gross: $0.02M
26. Monster (2003)
R | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen
Votes: 161,735 | Gross: $34.47M
27. Chasing Amy (1997)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier
Votes: 143,763 | Gross: $12.02M
28. Fingersmith (2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sue's plan goes horribly wrong.
Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 9,610
29. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska
Votes: 134,421 | Gross: $20.81M
30. If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Trio of stories about lesbian couples in three different decades.
Directors: Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Perkins
Votes: 7,597
31. Room in Rome (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso, Najwa Nimri
Votes: 26,196
32. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 83,507 | Gross: $82.42M
33. Gia (1998 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl
Votes: 50,249
34. My Summer of Love (2004)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews
Votes: 21,780 | Gross: $0.99M
35. Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Not Rated | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch
Votes: 6,995 | Gross: $0.93M
36. I Can't Think Straight (2008)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman engaged to be married finds her life changed forever when she meets her best friend's girlfriend.
Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 9,354 | Gross: $0.04M
37. Puccini for Beginners (2006)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
A recently-singled New York writer finds herself in two surprising and complicated relationships.
Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Ken Barnett, Julianne Nicholson, Brian Letscher, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 2,504 | Gross: $0.09M
38. It's in the Water (1997)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Residents of the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas go into a panic after a gay local says the town's water supply is what made him gay.
Director: Kelli Herd | Stars: Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders, Timothy Vahle
Votes: 1,768
39. Love My Life (2006)
96 min | Drama
Ichiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Rei Yoshii, Asami Imajuku, Naomi Akimoto, Miyoko Asada
Votes: 917
40. Tru Love (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A lesbian with commitment issues befriends a widowed mother who is visiting her workaholic daughter.
Directors: Kate Johnston, Shauna MacDonald | Stars: Kate Trotter, Christine Horne, Shauna MacDonald, Anna Cyzon
Votes: 881
41. A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (2002)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A classical pianist introduces her female lover to her three daughters.
Directors: Daniela Fejerman, Inés París | Stars: Leonor Watling, Rosa Maria Sardà, María Pujalte, Silvia Abascal
Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.08M
42. Daphne (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Daphne Du Maurier, author of "Rebecca" and "Jamaica Inn," becomes attracted to the wife of a publisher and to an actress.
Director: Clare Beavan | Stars: Geraldine Somerville, Elizabeth McGovern, Janet McTeer, Andrew Havill
Votes: 569
43. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,554 | Gross: $2.01M
44. The Night Watch (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Romance, War
In post-war London, Viv Pearce is dating Reggie and runs a dating bureau with Helen Giniver, who lives with her older lover, authoress Julia Standing. Viv's younger brother Duncan, a gay ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Jenna Augen, Neal Barry, Claudie Blakley, Lucy Briers
Votes: 1,248
45. Affinity (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Zoë Tapper, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 2,250
46. Tipping the Velvet (2002)
59 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Nan Astley who falls in love with three different women on her journey to stardom and happiness in 1887 Victorian England.
Stars: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Jodhi May, Alexei Sayle
Votes: 8,594
47. Salmonberries (1991)
R | 95 min | Drama
A woman who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She was brought to town as a baby in a cardboard box with "Kotzebue" on it... See full summary »
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Rosel Zech, k.d. lang, Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, Eugene Omiak
Votes: 756 | Gross: $0.10M
48. Gray Matters (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Gray and Sam are brother and sister, best friends, and flatmates in New York City, where she creates ad campaigns and he's a surgery intern. Their social life is too insular, so they head ... See full summary »
Director: Sue Kramer | Stars: Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh, Bridget Moynahan, Molly Shannon
Votes: 7,336 | Gross: $0.06M
49. Cloudburst (2011)
Unrated | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Kristin Booth, Michael McPhee
Votes: 2,477
50. Bumblefuck, USA (2011)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama
Distraught by her gay friend's death, a young Dutch woman travels to her dead friend's small American town to make a documentary about homosexuality in Bumblefuck USA.
Directors: Aaron Douglas Johnston, Sam de Jong | Stars: Ryan Gourley, Ryan Overton, Heidi M. Sallows, Jeff Smith
Votes: 359
51. The Journey (2004)
107 min | Drama, Romance
In Sancharram ("The Journey"), Kiran is mortified by her growing lesbian desire for the effervescent Delilah, in an idyllic Indian village where arranged marriage is the only acceptable form of coupling.
Director: Ligy J. Pullappally | Stars: Suhasini V. Nair, Shrruiti Menon, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Valsala Menon
Votes: 377
52. Yes or No (2010)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Pie is a sweet girl who moves into a new college dorm room where she finds out that her new roommate Kim, is a tomboy who looks and dress like a boy. As their friendship develops, Pie and ... See full summary »
Director: Sarasawadee Wongsompetch | Stars: Sushar Manaying, Supanart Jittaleela, Arisara Thongborisut, Soranut Yupanun
Votes: 2,090
53. Spider Lilies (2007)
94 min | Drama, Romance
When web-cam girl Jade visits Takeko's tattoo studio, she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily--and with Takeko. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks... See full summary »
Director: Zero Chou | Stars: Rainie Yang, Isabella Leong, Kris Shen, Jay Shih
Votes: 2,159
54. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Christine Bottomley
Votes: 2,243
55. Laurel Canyon (2002)
R | 103 min | Drama
When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Frances McDormand, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 17,509 | Gross: $3.66M
56. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent
Votes: 67,391 | Gross: $3.05M
57. Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Unrequited love never looked so good.
Director: Wendy Jo Carlton | Stars: Jax Jackson, Jessica London-Shields, Fawzia Mirza, Marika Engelhardt
Votes: 257
58. A Perfect Ending (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Rebecca has a very unusual secret, one that not even her best friends know about. The last person on earth she expects to reveal it to is a high priced escort named Paris.
Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Barbara Niven, Bryan Mordechai Jackson, Jessica Clark, John Heard
Votes: 4,813
59. Jenny's Wedding (2015)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jenny's parents and siblings are always trying to set her up with a man when she visits them. What they don't know is that she's already met the right person, her "roommate" Kitty, 5 years ago and she wants to marry her and start a family.
Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, Grace Gummer
Votes: 11,920 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Family (2008)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After suffering with the dire consequences of being in the closet, a group of lesbian friends forge a pact to deal with the dire consequences of coming out.
Director: Faith Trimel | Stars: Leslie Gilliam, Nikki Klecha, Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin, Mahogany Ratcliffe
Votes: 56
61. To Faro (2008)
90 min | Drama
Melanie meets Jenny and falls in love. But Jenny thinks she's met Miguel.
Director: Nana Neul | Stars: Anjorka Strechel, Lucie Hollmann, Manuel Cortez, Florian Panzner
Votes: 477
62. Girltrash: All Night Long (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of five girls and one epic night. The girls will find love, lust, girl-fights, rock and roll, and a whole lot of stoned sorority girls.
Director: Alexandra Kondracke | Stars: Lisa Rieffel, Erin Kelly, Michelle Lombardo, Johnny Dunn
Votes: 1,454
63. Ashley (I) (2013)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama
A frustrated suburban teenager, who fails to connect with her often unpleasant mother, resorts to self-harm as a coping mechanism.
Director: Dean Matthew Ronalds | Stars: Michael Madsen, Jennifer Taylor, Holly Taylor, Olivia Rose Keegan
Votes: 1,188
64. Antonia's Line (1995)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir, Veerle van Overloop, Els Dottermans
Votes: 9,470 | Gross: $4.82M
65. Female Perversions (1996)
R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
Director: Susan Streitfeld | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher
Votes: 2,639 | Gross: $0.88M
66. The Hunger (1983)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young
Votes: 29,032 | Gross: $5.98M
67. Miao Miao (2008)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The bisexual owner of a record store and a new girl in town bond over Jack Kerouac. Meanwhile, a girl in her class falls in love with her.
Director: Hsiao-tse Cheng | Stars: Chia-Yen Ko, Sandrine Pinna, Wing Fan, Kang Ren Wu
Votes: 1,195
68. Red Doors (2005)
R | 90 min | Drama
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Director: Georgia Lee | Stars: Tzi Ma, Jacqueline Kim, Elaine Kao, Freda Foh Shen
Votes: 1,148
69. The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
Director: Sijie Dai | Stars: Mylène Jampanoï, Xiaoran Li, Dong Fu Lin, Weiguang Wang
Votes: 2,499
70. You & Me Forever (2012)
82 min | Drama, Romance
Laura and Christine have been friends forever. One day they meet the mysterious and fascinating Maria, and their friendship is put to the test. For Laura it is a meeting that changes the world she thought she knew so well.
Director: Kaspar Munk | Stars: Julie Brochorst Andersen, Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Emilie Kruse, Benjamin Wandschneider
Votes: 626
71. Mädchen in Uniform (1958)
91 min | Drama
In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse, Blandine Ebinger
Votes: 1,759
72. Camp Takota (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
A story that follows Elise, who after finding her life in shambles is forced to work at her old summer camp, where she reunites with two estranged friends.
Directors: Chris Riedell, Nick Riedell | Stars: Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, Chester See, Hannah Hart
Votes: 4,607
73. Karmen Gei (2001)
86 min | Musical, Romance, Drama
Like every Carmen, Karmen Geï is about the conflict between infinite desire for freedom and the laws, conventions, languages, the human limitations which constrain that desire.
Director: Joseph Gaï Ramaka | Stars: Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye Doss
Votes: 257
74. Lianna (1983)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson
Votes: 1,823 | Gross: $1.50M
75. Young & Wild (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Daniela, raised in the bosom of a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony.
Director: Marialy Rivas | Stars: Alicia Rodríguez, Aline Küppenheim, María Gracia Omegna, Felipe Pinto
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $0.00M
76. BFFs (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
When two straight friends go into couples therapy, they're so convincing that even they start to question their relationship.
Director: Andrew Putschoegl | Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Molly Hagan, Richard Moll, Jenny O'Hara
Votes: 320
77. The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two couples in their twenties, who are struggling to find substance and meaning in their lives and relationships, meet by happenstance in a New York City Irish tavern called The Four-Faced Liar.
Director: Jacob Chase | Stars: Daniel Carlisle, Todd Kubrak, Emily Peck, Marja-Lewis Ryan
Votes: 2,696
78. Concussion (2013)
R | 96 min | Drama
After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
Director: Stacie Passon | Stars: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Ben Shenkman
Votes: 5,820 | Gross: $0.04M
79. Carol (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 142,327 | Gross: $12.71M
80. The Danish Girl (2015)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 199,191 | Gross: $11.11M
81. Valencia (2013)
Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of San Francisco's Mission District in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Jerry Lee Abram, Peter Anthony, Sharon Barnes, Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Cary Cronenwett, Bug Davidson, Cheryl Dunye, Lares Feliciano, Dia Felix, Clement Hil Goldberg, Silas Howard, Alexa Inkeles, Olivia Parriott, Joey Soloway, Samuel Topiary, Courtney Trouble, Michelle Lawler, Sara St. Martin Lynne, Chris Vargas, Greg Youmans | Stars: Shawna Elizabeth, Annie Danger, Tanya Wischerath, Allison Jones
Votes: 45
82. Farewell, My Queen (2012)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 9,145 | Gross: $0.07M
83. Rent (2005)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 55,910 | Gross: $29.08M
84. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 383,636 | Gross: $7.22M
85. Set It Off (1996)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 18,451 | Gross: $36.05M
86. Foxfire (1996)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Legs Sadovsky gets four other high school girls to think for themselves and react to a teacher's sexual harassment, which gets them suspended. They bond, and rebel, at an abandoned house.
Director: Annette Haywood-Carter | Stars: Hedy Burress, Angelina Jolie, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Shimizu
Votes: 9,748 | Gross: $0.26M
87. The Fish Child (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.
Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Inés Efron, Mariela Vitale, Pep Munné, Diego Velázquez
Votes: 2,395
88. Stranger Inside (2001 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce
Votes: 598
89. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson
Votes: 3,513
90. The Runaways (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve
Votes: 50,934 | Gross: $3.57M
91. All Over Me (1997)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of '90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Sichel | Stars: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz
Votes: 3,452 | Gross: $0.15M
92. Life Partners (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sasha and Paige's co-dependent friendship is tested as Paige gets serious with a guy for the first time.
Director: Susanna Fogel | Stars: Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody, Gabourey Sidibe
Votes: 9,231 | Gross: $0.01M
93. Appropriate Behavior (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer, Ryan Fitzsimmons
Votes: 4,722
94. The Hours (2002)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 138,477 | Gross: $41.68M
95. The Secrets (2007)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler, Adir Miller
Votes: 2,249 | Gross: $0.12M
96. Mosquita y Mari (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
Director: Aurora Guerrero | Stars: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso, Joaquín Garrido, Laura Patalano
Votes: 976
97. Kiss Me (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother's lesbian daughter.
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining | Stars: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre
Votes: 11,948
98. Pride (I) (2014)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
Votes: 61,600
99. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
R | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents
Votes: 7,509 | Gross: $1.51M
100. After Stonewall (1999)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary/Historical retrospective of the Gay Rights movement from the 1969 Stonewall riots to the present.
Director: John Scagliotti | Stars: Craig Rodwell, Melissa Etheridge, Mike Carney, Barney Frank
Votes: 675
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