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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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20 Leugens, 4 ouders en een scharrelei (2013)
Plot Summary:
20 LIES, 4 PARENTS AND A LITTLE EGG tells the story of Sjors and Bert, a gay male couple who are unexpectedly introduced to the 15 year-old adolescent Dylan. Dylan was the product of a sperm donation that Sjors had forgotten he had ever made. But after his eviction by his mother and girlfriend, the boy has turned up on Sjors and Bert's doorstep, and the lives of everybody will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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The People's Joker (2022)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader in writer-director Vera Drew's uproariously subversive queer coming-of-age origin story.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Norman... Is That You? (1976)
Plot Summary:
Parents (Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey) discover their son is gay and lives in Hollywood with his white lover (Dennis Dugan).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, queer cinema
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First Period (2013)
Plot Summary:
New girl Cassie (Brandon Alexander III) and outcast Maggie (Dudley Beene) are easily the most awkward girls in high school. Together, they decide the way to win the hearts of the cute boys and popular girls is to come in first at the school talent show. But rivals Heather, Other Heather, and their popular boyfriends Brett and Dirk will stop at nothing to keep our heroes the laughing stock of the school. It's going to take makeovers, courage, and maybe even a little rapping to beat them in true 80s style.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: queer cinema, campy
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Saugatuck Cures (2015)
Plot Summary:
Drew and his best friend Brett set out on a road trip to pose as ex-gay ministers using exuberant high jinks to scam churchgoers, all in order to raise money for his mother's experimental cancer treatment.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Costa Brava (1995)
Plot Summary:
In Barcelona, Anna is a tour guide working on her monologue, in which she's a Communist housewife whose lesbian neighbor is an object of curiosity. She's sent an audition tape to San Francisco's Another Stage. While giving a tour, she meets Montserrat, American, Jewish, teaching in Barcelona and unhappy with her job. Montserrat, claiming "I'm not a lesbian," approaches Anna; they start a relationship, and with occasional trips to the Costa Brava, it becomes a romance. Anna helps Montserrat find another job, but it's in the States. Their parting seems inevitable. They take a last trip to the Costa Brava and keep praying. Does God have a miracle in store?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, queer cinema
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My Mama Said Yo Mama's a Dyke (2010)
Plot Summary:
My Mama Said Yo Mama's a Dyke is an urban "mockumentary" tale about a group of teens who become fed up with their lesbian moms so they decide to enlist them into this uncanny camp that specializes in "de-lesbianism".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, mockumentary, queer cinema
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West Hollywood Motel (2013)
Plot Summary:
Various lives intersect in and around a West Hollywood motel in this kaleidoscopic comedy about sex, love, and the meaning of life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, sexy, feel good, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Suicide Kale (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggle through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, unusual plot structure, entertaining, queer cinema
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Sleeping Beauties (2017)
Plot Summary:
Awakened from a curse after 400 years, Sleeping Beauty (Sarah Hunter) marvels at the wonders of the new century. She falls in love with a famous architect who is working to restore the castle she once lived in, but finds there are enemies plotting against her. Giving in to her long pent-up sexual desires, Beauty cannot resist the lustful advances of both men and women and after 400 years, she's ready to explore everything and everyone!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, erotic, sexy
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Mom + Mom (2018)
Plot Summary:
Karole and Ali love each other and dream of starting a family together. They soon realize it won't be as simple as they'd hoped, and as their enthusiasm falters their love is challenged. In order to overcome the obstacles, they must believe in the power of their desire and support of their loved ones. If they can do that, miracles will happen….
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, queer cinema
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You, Me and Him (2017)
Plot Summary:
Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbour John befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, romantic, touching, witty, queer cinema
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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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Leading Ladies (2010)
Plot Summary:
A zany comedy about two sisters, their gay best friend, and their overzealous stage mom.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, offbeat, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
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Lez Bomb (2018)
Plot Summary:
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, independent film, queer cinema, weird
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Exes & Ohs (2007)
Plot Summary:
Exes & Ohs is an American and Canadian cable TV series that was launched on Logo on October 8, 2007, and Showcase in Canada. The show centres around the dating life of Jennifer, a lesbian documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer is looking for Ms. Right but must navigate the rules of lesbian dating life, most of which she learns the hard way. Fortunately, her friends are there to help: Sam, a sexy commitment-phobe who flips women faster than real estate; Chris and Kris, a lesbian couple expanding both their pet accessory business and their family; and Crutch, a young musician who wants to be taken seriously but still has some growing up to do. The series is based on the short film The Ten Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide, created and written by Michelle Paradise, and directed by Lee Friedlander. It is shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but is set in Seattle. The show's second season was pushed back various times. AfterEllen.com stated that it would not premiere until 2010. It was later set to premiere on June 29, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexy, sexual, queer cinema
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So My Grandma's a Lesbian! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Eva, a young and promising Spanish lawyer based in Edinburgh, sees her wedding plans with the heir to an important and ultra-conservative Scottish family in jeopardy when she learns that her grandmother, Sofía, has decided to marry….
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, queer cinema, bilingual
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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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Happiest Season (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, romantic comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, intellectual, sad, dark comedy, deep
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Bottoms (2023)
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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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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Gray Matters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, independent film, stylized, erotic