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Plot Summary:
Elena is a beautiful, 35-year-old accomplished woman who has an unhealthy obsession with perfection. Elena's well-ordered life is thrown into chaos, however, when she meets Adriana, an 18-year-old seductive young woman who offers passion and excitement, and Hector, an older man who offers Elena stability and security. Elena quickly realizes though that Adriana is too immature and too young for her, so she tries to end their romance, but for Adriana the rejection is just another game to play.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, touching, lgbt cinema, contemplative, erotic, unusual plot structure
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Baby Jane (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly there, right next to her, Jane finds her savior: Piki, the most dashing butch in town. Piki is perfect. Jane is hypnotized by Piki's dark-toned voice. Piki offers her an entire new universe, and even more - dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative
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Fiore (2016)
Plot Summary:
Young and in prison for theft, Daphne falls in love with Josh, another inmate. Their love story exists through secret letters and fleeting conversations.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, sexy, touching, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Don't Look at Me That Way (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hedi is the new neighbor of Iva, who raises her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love with Hedi. Suddenly Iva’s father appears. Hedi feels strongly attracted to him. It seems that only one world exists for Hedi. Her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Mongolia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, sincere, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Kate Can’t Swim (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Kate’s best friend Em returns from abroad with a surprising new lover, they embark on a reunion vacation with their partners, but the peaceful getaway quickly becomes emotionally complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sexy, sentimental, touching, unusual plot structure, independent film
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A Map for Talk (2012)
Plot Summary:
An independent project, an intimate play evolving around three main characters: an adult woman, her mother and her female lover. Two days in their lives occur in two opposing setting, everyday life in the demanding metropolis of Santiago and a sailboat trip cruising a beautiful bay. The three character remain trapped in a claustrophobic confrontation. The film dialogs with 'Knife in the water' from the side of women, an intense character drama with many involuntary humorous scenes. The eternal, never completed quest of seeing and recognizing the other as they are or, at least, as they want to be seen.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, queer cinema
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Her Side of the Bed (2017)
Plot Summary:
The relationship between two best friends is forever changed during the course of one eventful night.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, unusual plot structure
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Loev (2015)
Plot Summary:
When hot shot, Wall Street dealmaker Jai thinks of putting some pleasure into his 48 hour business trip to Mumbai, Sahil, his young, music-producer friend, drops everything, including his reckless boyfriend Alex, to help him execute the perfect getaway. Hiking the hills and canyons of Maharashtra, amidst half-attempted conversations and sudden silences, business calls and old jokes, the friends discover there is more than just time-zones keeping them apart. Things take another turn when Alex shows up with a new male-companion at his side, throwing up old conflicts and bringing unanswered questions to the fore.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, light, touching, homoerotic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Beneath the Skin (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his family falls apart Joshua is forced to move to Canada to live with his estranged father. It is there he meets Jay, a local tattoo artist. The two becomes closer despite the negativity that surrounds them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, psychological, sexy, touching, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Sexual Tension: Violetas (2013)
Plot Summary:
What are the rules that determine how attraction and desire are set free? Glances, unexpected smiles, confiding in unknown women. Long cherished fantasies, intimate friendships and unexpected meetings. In Volume 2 of the Sexual Tension diptych, Marco Berger and Marcelo Mónaco take us on a journey through the twists and turns of female seduction: two guests of a hostel become roommates (and more); a keen shop assistant helps a woman uncertain about what dress to buy; the outset of a great passion between two girls during a picnic, even though one of them has a boyfriend. In the film we also find a conversation about Woody Allen between a waitress and a woman, which goes too far; and two high-class escorts who discover that they are attracted to each other, when they are in bed with a client. The film finally shows what could happen, but never did happen, and will probably never happen, to two thirty-year-old women. Maybe it would be better not to have sex with people we love. Sex.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, humorous, melancholic, anthology, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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That's Not Us (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, romantic, lgbt cinema, romantic comedy, independent film
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Stud Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
JJ is a 'Stud' Lesbian. Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to chose between her hot new lover and her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: multicultural, psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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After Louie (2017)
Plot Summary:
As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor's guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation's indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam's understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema
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Farewell Song (2019)
Plot Summary:
A female duo band "Haruleo" hires a handsome roadie Shima. Contrary to their success, adding a male leads them to the love-triangle. They set out on their final tour after deciding the break-up.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, romantic drama, unusual plot structure
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Ava's Impossible Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
When her mother makes a shocking request, sheltered Ava struggles with reality, escaping into a dream world where she summons up old friends and long forgotten desires.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure
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Becks (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her Midwestern mother. As she navigates her hometown, playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, independent film, psychological, sincere, sexy, touching, melancholic, deep, romantic comedy, unusual plot structure
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Woman's Lake (2012)
Plot Summary:
What could be lovelier than Women's Lake - a magical summer setting near Berlin? Rosa, perhaps. She's the slightly melancholy guardian of the lake, spending her days in a boat, trapping fish and watching for poachers. Or her lover, the polished and prosperous Kirsten, with her perfect cottage on the shore of Frauensee. How does their relationship work, and what effect will the two young lesbians in the canoe have on it all? Thoughtful, complex and beautiful.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, queer cinema
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Shelter Me (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anna and Mara return from a holiday abroad, and realize that Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, managed to hide in their car in order to cross the border to Italy. At first unsure of what to do, they then decide to take him with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, sexual, sexy, hot
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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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Happy End?! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lucca is in the middle of her A-level exams, heading for a career as a high-flying lawyer when she is mistakenly accused of criminal damage and sentenced to community service in a hospice. There she meets Valerie who is determined to carry out the last wishes of her friend Herma, despite Hermas son who is only interested in his inheritance. Lucca helps Valerie to kidnap Hermas ashes and they begin a journey which turns Luccas ideas and values upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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How to Disappear Completely (2014)
Plot Summary:
Gerda meets Little Robber Girl in the Berlin subway. There’s only ten, twelve hours until they’ll part ways. The mutual interest turns into love affair and all that ends in the morning. But still there’s a sea of the city to float by night.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, romantic, sexy, melancholic, minimal cast, unusual plot structure
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Claire of the Moon (1992)
Plot Summary:
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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City of Trees (2019)
Plot Summary:
A 20-something woman goes back to her hometown for the holidays for the first time in several years and is not only met with people from her past, but she's forced to deal with unresolved feelings too.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
Plot Summary:
From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory. Six months ago Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love scene, which led to an intense, whirlwind affair, followed by a devastating breakup. Soon after their split, things get complicated when the two have to meet on set once more to re-shoot that fateful sequence.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, captivating, erotic, sexy, independent film, deep, humorous, realistic, sincere
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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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A Perfect Ending (2012)
Plot Summary:
This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, serious, realistic, sincere, erotic, deep, independent film, sexual, crying
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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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Desert Hearts (1985)
Plot Summary:
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, sentimental, realistic, sincere, captivating, erotic, independent film, lgbt cinema, romantic drama
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When Night Is Falling (1995)
Plot Summary:
A prudish woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman whom works at a local carnival which comes to town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, romantic, art house, sexual, heartbreaking, eros, romantic drama, steamy, sincere
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Kiss Me (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and Frida (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties, meet each other for the first time at their parents' engagement party. Mia's father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson), is about to get married to Frida's mother, Elizabeth (Lena Endre), which will make Mia and Frida stepsisters. Lasse's daughter, Mia, has not visited her father in years and arrives with her boyfriend, Tim (Joakim Nätterqvist), with whom she is about to get married. As Mia and Frida get to know one another, strong emotions begin to stir between them. Their relationship will turn everything upside down for everyone close to them with dramatic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, heartbreaking, lgbt cinema, eros, romantic drama, steamy, touching