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Plot Summary:
Two unpopular queer girls in their senior year start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders so they can lose their virginities before graduation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: witty, sex comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema, teen comedy
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My Best Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
Karen can't believe that she has to work her receptionist gig on a gorgeous Fourth of July. Then a call comes from her long-lost father and sets in motion a crazy chain of events that will change one small town forever. Meanwhile, Megan must decide between the stability of her longtime girlfriend and the thrill of a new love. Young Ray fends off bullies and organized sports to woo the girl he likes. In a little burg like this, you’d better believe everything is connected, which means that pretty soon everyone is mixed up in each other’s business.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, independent film, contemplative, queer cinema
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Shiva Baby (2020)
Plot Summary:
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: emotional, disturbing, talky, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, psychological thriller, social, independent film
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Family (2008)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Almost Adults (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while the other ends a long term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn't going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sweet, romantic, touching, independent film, queer cinema
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Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Plot Summary:
With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual antic-laden Eating Out series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, not serious, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, erotic, funny, touching, independent film
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Coming Out Party (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Coming Out Party" is a celebration of love, life and freedom as seven gay and lesbian comic storytellers share their personal stories of "coming out" to family, friends, and co-workers, and living "out" and proud. Features: Rene Hicks (World Comedy Tour 2002), Sabrina Matthews, John Riggi (“The Dennis Miller Show”), Dan Renzi (MTV’s “The Real World”), Jackie Beat, Terry Sweeney (“Saturday Night Live”), and Bob Smith.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Guidance (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible, in this hilarious reprobate comedy from writer-director-star Pat Mills.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, feel good, queer cinema
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The Gays (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wouldn't it be great if your parents taught you how to hold your own in a fag-eat-fag world? Rod Gay and Bob Gay-Paris are the streetwise gay mentors you never had. Come revel in the raunchy wisdom they pass along to their two gay sons - Alex and Tommy - advice that will empower the boys to bend the world over, lube it up, and snap one off!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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The D Word (2005)
Plot Summary:
A NYC parody of that 'other' Sapphic series. Dot, artistic director of a downtown theatre, and her partner of 7 years, Dina, a crunchy-granola dyke, are looking for a sperm donor to expand their family. They throw a party to find him amongst the guests of their close circle of friends: Daynisha, a closeted WNBA player; Dixie, a bisexual journalist into S & M; Drea, the resident Butch heart-throb and dog groomer; Dex, Dot's younger FTM musician sibling; Dim, their next door neighbor chess coach and his newly arrived girlfriend Dani, a playwright curious about life in NYC; and Daria, the proprietor of the Drunken Pussycat, a bar where everyone gathers to gossip and kvetch. All of them struggle through much dyke drama in the Big Apple.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Homo Promo (1991)
Plot Summary:
How did Hollywood pitch movies about gays and lesbians between 1956 and 1977? Here are theatrical trailers for 27 mainstream and art-house films, presented chronologically from "Tea and Sympathy" to "Outrageous!" More than half are films released between 1968 and 1972. Half are dramas and half are comedies, with farce dominating the films released after 1971. At least three advertise X-rated films: "The Killing of Sister George," "Midnight Cowboy," and Visconti's "The Damned." There's no voice-over commentary for this compilation, but it does include advertisements for snacks and one warning against public displays of affection aimed at "her" to control "him.".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Plan B (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, road movie, teen, teen sex comedy, queer cinema
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Heterosexual Jill (2013)
Plot Summary:
A self-proclaimed "ex-lesbian," Jill hunts down her ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. "Heterosexual Jill" is a satire about sexuality where nothing is as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sex comedy
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Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Plot Summary:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren (Barrile), who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
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The Sex Monster (1999)
Plot Summary:
A neurotic L.A. building contractor (Mike Binder in his best Woody Allen imitation) pushes his wife (Mariel Hemingway) into entering into a three way sexual relationship. Unfortunately for him, his wife gets more out of it than he does and becomes a tigress seducing every female she meets including the contractor's secretary.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, biting, sexual, suspense
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A Little Lust (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favorite pop star in concert with his two best friends. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal leanings are severely tested. Luckily his two friends stand by him and join him in running away from home (in his parents stolen car) to see their favorite singer in concert, followed hot on their heels by his neurotic mother and eccentric gran.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 954
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
Plot Summary:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group becomes strongly divided on their actions.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous, independent film, sex comedy, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Drool (2009)
Plot Summary:
An abused wife's plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best friend and his corpse in tow.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, uplifting, clever, feel good, realistic, witty, independent film
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Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) (2020)
Plot Summary:
School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she's been brought back from the dead to be Ellie's fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the '80s.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Plot Summary:
Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, independent film, queer cinema
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BFFs (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kat receives a weekend at a couples retreat as a gift from her mother, even though she and her boyfriend had broken up six month prior. Kat's friend Samantha proposes that they pretend to be a couple and go there anyway.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, independent film, queer cinema
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Girl Gets Girl (2015)
Plot Summary:
A deliciously lighthearted comedy from the team of the successful web series Girl Seeks Girl. A hot and hilarious LGBT comedy that shows the different ways to understand love & family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, queer cinema
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Do Revenge (2022)
Plot Summary:
A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: light, action thriller, teen, dark comedy, teen comedy, queer cinema, campy
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Booksmart (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, cult classic, teen, sentimental, light, captivating, inspirational, romantic
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Geography Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: witty, touching, semi serious, sexual, teen, humorous, lgbt cinema, thrilling, realistic, sexy
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The Feels (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, humorous, sweet, captivating, romantic comedy, queer cinema
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Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
Plot Summary:
A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, multicultural, sexual, queer cinema, gay cinema
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But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Plot Summary:
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must learn how to be straight.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, surreal, sexual, cult classic, hilarious, teen, dark comedy, clever, touching
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Mean Girls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 417000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, teen, funny, witty, romantic, satirical, absurd, humorous, cynical
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Crush (2022)
Plot Summary:
When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy, cute, teen, queer cinema