Best movies like Mary Marie
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Mary Marie? Share your knowledge to guide others find films and tv shows you've already watched that might suit them too. Boost the circle of people putting forward videos to one another. We appreciate your contribution!
Plot Summary:
After the death of their mother, two sisters are forced to question and redefine their love for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Best tv shows and movies like Mary Marie (2011):
Similar in 85%
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Plot Summary:
Julia (Heather Rose) is crippled with cerebral palsy, lives in a wheelchair, waits for her carer to come and clean her, feed her, in a daily cycle. Her latest carer, Madelaine (Joey Kennedy) is a strung up and lonely young woman whose love life is in disarray. The two women are interdependent; Julia needs her carer, Madelaine needs her job. But they don’t exactly hit it off. Along comes Eddie (John Brumpton), a handsome young chap who appeals to both women. But Julia is behind the eight ball in this love battle, what with her wheelchair – she even needs a voice synthesiser to speak. Her body is small and frail and twisted …. But she is not totally helpless, as Madelaine discovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 75%
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
Plot Summary:
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
Out of the Blue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Marion, a 50 year old woman, suddenly ups and leaves the man with whom she has been living for the past 20 years; she has found herself, midlife, in love with her friend Claude, another woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 77%
Everything Will Be Fine (1998)
Plot Summary:
Nabou, an Afro-German slacker, desperatly wants to win back her club kid ex-girlfriend Katja. Nabou becomes a housekeeper for Katja's neighbor, Kim, who is a workaholic that is striving to become a partner in an advertising agency. A refreshing romantic comedy with the ingredients of a classic lesbian feature: whimsical sexiness, mistaken identity, and general madness and mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 87%
In My End Is My Beginning (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually their strange arrangement of living together begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 88%
Looping (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three intertwining stories about women, who end up in a psychiatric clinic.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
Similar in 80%
Alice (2002)
Plot Summary:
Alice has deeply buried feelings and memories for her sister Manon who is about to be married. During their childhood the two sisters were extremely close not only emotionally, but also sexually. With news of the wedding the pain of the past resurfaces and Alice's relationship with her girlfriend Elsa start to fall apart. As the wedding approaches Alice reminisces about her childhood, and has trouble letting go of her incestuous relationship with her sister Manon.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 88%
The Pirate (1984)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife….
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
Swastika (1983)
Plot Summary:
Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 83%
The Girl (2000)
Plot Summary:
A torrid affair between two women, a struggling artist and a flame-haired blues singer, upsets a man who has a thing for the girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, sentimental, touching, light, sincere, melancholic, neo noir, independent film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
PG 16... (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kir, Leya, Dasha and Max are student. Almost every experience is for a first time to them - first love, first disappointment, first betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: depressing, emotional, social, suspenseful, sexploitation film
Similar in 89%
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:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 86%
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
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 76%
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
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 85%
Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy (1979)
Plot Summary:
This is an uneven presentation of the tragedies plaguing the lives of two women from the lower economic strata in Naples. Immacolata is married, is bisexual, and runs a butcher shop that is not bringing in much money. Concetta is a lesbian, doing manual labor and now serving time for taking a potshot at her lover’s husband. Immacolata has also been put in jail for guiding a young woman into prostitution. Immacolata and Concetta develop an intensely passionate relationship in prison and after being released, they defy Immacolata’s husband and society’s scorn by moving in together. But external threats are not as destructive, in the end, as internal contradictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 77%
Cocoon (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, queer cinema
Similar in 79%
Love Is Not Perfect (2012)
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
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 89%
Heartland (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young Oklahoma artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, sincere, touching, erotic, sexy, deep
Similar in 82%
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
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 90%
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
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 89%
First Girl I Loved (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen, psychological, sentimental, captivating, disturbing, lgbt cinema, independent film, cute, queer cinema
Similar in 78%
AWOL (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, sincere, sexy, sentimental, captivating, deep, queer cinema
Similar in 85%
Our Love Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
A fine arts student meets an attractive bartender, and the two women begin an intimate relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, romantic, heartbreaking, melancholic, queer cinema
Similar in 79%
Summer Lover (2008)
Plot Summary:
On honeymoon on the island of Lesbos, a woman falls for the daughter of a Russian archaeologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, realistic, melancholic, suspenseful, sexy, sexual, serious
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 79%
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
Similar in 83%
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