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Plot Summary:
Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
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Butterfly (2004)
Plot Summary:
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: uplifting, queer cinema
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When Kiran Met Karen (2008)
Plot Summary:
A famous Bollywood actress, Kiran, meets a lesbian journalist, Karen - 3 days before the release of her international film - 'A Himalayan Love Story'.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 101 min
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Intimates (1997)
Plot Summary:
Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 117 min
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Do I Love You? (2002)
Plot Summary:
'Do I Love You?' is a romantic philosophical comedy about life and the questions it throws at you.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Take a Deep Breath (2004)
Plot Summary:
Saša, a Belgrade University law student, tells her parents that she and her boyfriend Stefan are moving to Canada. That same night Saša and Stefan suffer a car accident. Saša wakes up in hospital and meets Stefan's charming and clever sister Lana, a photographer living in Paris. Stefan remains in hospital to recover. Saša finds out that her mother Lila is having an affair. Her father, a well-known judge, desperately tries to keep the family together. Lana becomes Saša's closest friend - a person able to prove that life is sometimes a mere game. In the midst of historical and family chaos, Saša gets involved in a love relationship with her boyfriend's sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 80 min
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A Million Happy Nows (2017)
Plot Summary:
A veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, feel good, queer cinema
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Twice a Woman (1979)
Plot Summary:
Laura falls in love with Sylvia and they start an affair, until Sylvia runs off with Laura's ex-husband, Alfred.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
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An Intimate Friendship (2000)
Plot Summary:
A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, independent film
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Sancharram (2004)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Saint-Ex (1996)
Plot Summary:
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
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Cat Skin (2017)
Plot Summary:
A shy and troubled photography student's life is illuminated when her voyeuristic nature behind the camera lens leads her to a beautiful and confident girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Summerland (2020)
Plot Summary:
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere, melancholic, romantic, entertaining, period piece, costume drama, deep
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Liz in September (2014)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill lesbian bonds with a woman who lost her son to cancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, queer cinema
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Running on Empty Dreams (2009)
Plot Summary:
Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, independent film
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Claire of the Moon (1992)
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Claire of the Moon is set in the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Claire Jabrowski, a famous heterosexual author, decides to attend a retreat for all-female writers. Claire's rommate at the retreat is Dr. Noel Benedict, author of a book called The Naked Truth. The movie culminates in a sexual encounter between the two authors.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexual, independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, sexy, queer cinema
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Purple Sea (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century Italian village.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, romantic, sad, period piece, deep, realistic
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My Days of Mercy (2017)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, serious, sad, psychological, deep, romantic drama, queer cinema
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)
Plot Summary:
In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe makes a marriage of convenience to rich old Charles Lawton,she feels betrayed and,although Mariana visits and has sex with her,the relationship is going nowhere. Helped by old flame Tib she makes a play for innocent Miss Browne but sees she is barking up the wrong tree and diverts herself by renovating the family hall. A drunken Tib almost exposes her secret and scornful mine-owner Christopher Rawson,whose marriage proposal she rejects,tells her that her sexuality is a subject of local gossip. Undeterred Anne meets Ann Walker who becomes her new 'wife' and they open a coal-mine ,living happily together. An end title tells us that Anne Lister died prematurely in 1840 on holiday in Russia.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, stylized, lgbt cinema, period piece, costume drama, deep, historical drama, serious, realistic
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Benedetta (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, lgbt cinema, erotic, psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, period piece, costume drama
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Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1901, Marcela Gracia Ibeas took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Elisa Sanchez Loriga.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: black and white, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, period piece, deep, historical drama, queer cinema, beautiful
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Loving Annabelle (2006)
Plot Summary:
Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues her relentlessly and until the end the older woman manages to avoid the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: erotic, touching, emotional, semi serious, sexy, heartbreaking, lgbt cinema, romantic, romantic drama, steamy
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Tove (2020)
Plot Summary:
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema, comic
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Colette (2018)
Plot Summary:
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: captivating, costume drama, intellectual, inspirational, lyrical, period piece, erotic, social, art film, historical drama
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Gia (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, melancholic, erotic, sexy, rough, sad, serious, touching, bleak, thought provoking
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Vita & Virginia (2018)
Plot Summary:
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages; which inspired one of Woolf's most iconic novels, 'Orlando'.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, factual, psychological, captivating, period piece, deep, historical drama, historical romance, sensual, queer cinema
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Elena Undone (2010)
Plot Summary:
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, touching, sexual, sexy, erotic, romantic drama, steamy, independent film, serious
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I Can't Think Straight (2008)
Plot Summary:
I Can't Think Straight is a 2007 romance movie about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian. The movie is distributed by Enlightenment Productions. It was released in different theatres between 2008 and 2009. The DVD was released on 4 May 2009. The movie is directed by Shamim Sarif and stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth. The two actresses star in another movie with lesbian characters, namely The World Unseen, released in 2008.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, romantic, erotic, sexy, eros, humorous
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The World Unseen (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, erotic, romantic, deep, historical drama, independent film, bleak, queer cinema
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Eloïse's Lover (2009)
Plot Summary:
A sensuous and ethereal story of two young women falling in love for the first time. Young, beautiful Àsia lies in a coma, her mother and boyfriend keeping constant vigil by her side. In flashback we see what led up to her accident, her life studying architecture at university, the somewhat overbearing relationship she has with her mother and her passionless relationship with Nathaniel.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, erotic, crying, sexual, queer cinema
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Freeheld (2015)
Plot Summary:
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, sad, romantic, crying, detective, sentimental, philosophical, depressing, lgbt cinema