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Plot Summary:
A famous Hollywood actress and a young wilderness expert drive from Los Angeles to New York. Along the way both women learn they can't run from their past to create the future they want. Stars Holly Robinson Peete, Kaylee Bryant.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Desi's Looking for a New Girl (2000)
Plot Summary:
A film from Mary Guzman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: independent film, computer animated, queer cinema
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Parker's Anchor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Krystal Parker's life fell apart when she discovered she couldn't have children. Everything she knew was gone, - but Letting Go Is Just The Beginning.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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And Then There Was Eve (2017)
Plot Summary:
Alyssa, a successful photographer, wakes one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Left without even a photograph to offer the police, she turns to her colleague Eve, a talented jazz pianist with a flirtatious charm and disarming grace. Eve helps her confront her husband’s longtime struggle with depression and to, over time, accept his absence. While getting to know this woman through such unusual circumstances, Alyssa is surprised to find herself falling in love again.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Beyond the Reef (1979)
Plot Summary:
Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the soul of a wise old man, and helps him guard the sacred black pearls in the lagoon. In fact, Manidu does protects Tikoyo and his girlfriend Diana, only eating those who are their enemies, or who seek to destroy their environment, or steal the pearls.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Beauty (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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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:
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Mister Moses (1965)
Plot Summary:
A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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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Clara's Summer (2004)
Plot Summary:
Clara goes to summer camp with her best friend Zoé. Far from their parents, they hope to make love to a boy for the first time. After Zoé rejects the advances by Sébastien, because she finds him too forward, she returns to Clara and declares her love. But Clara rejects the advances of Zoé - and meets the sulphurous Sonia.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, psychological
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Candy Rain (2008)
Plot Summary:
An omnibus film about four lesbian relationships, Candy Rain leads off with a tale of two old friends (Grace Chen and Belle Hsin), who are tested by their burgeoning lesbian relationship. They sleep together and bask in each other's company, but minor differences get in the way of a smooth ride to happily ever after, leading to an inevitable break up and a possible make up. Story two centers on an OCD-suffering introvert (Sandrine Pinna) who works as a chef and meets possible partners online. Her new girl is a forward older woman (Waa, doing her best Bai Ling impression), and the two manage some semblance of relationship progression before clashing personalities - and one partner's irrational need for loneliness - gets in the way of extended bliss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Diary of a Nudist (1961)
Plot Summary:
Newspaper editor Arthur Sherwood is on a hunting trip when he accidentally stumbles upon a nudist camp in the woods. He is very much shocked by this and decides to send reporter Stacy Taylor to the camp so she can write an expose on the camp and have it shut down. However, much to her surprise, Stacy finds that she enjoys the nudist lifestyle and writes some very positive articles on her experiences, which doesn't sit well with Arthur. Arthur then decides to join the camp himself and write his own story.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult classic, psychotronic, grindhouse, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, sexploitation film, cult film
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So Damn Easy Going (2022)
Plot Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Joanna needs her ADHD meds to keep her mind in order. When she can no longer afford her medication, she must get creative in her hunt for money. In the midst of this, she meets charming and confident Audrey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Orpheus' Song (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They wander in the woods until they find an abandoned village where they encounter a mysterious creature, who calls himself Hercules. They spend the night together in a cave and dream a mystical dream. On the next day, nothing between the two will be like it was before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 878
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, psychological, melancholic, cute, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Tramps (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating
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The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, captivating, romantic, sexy
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Fish and Elephant (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the elephant keeper in the Beijing Zoo who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, queer cinema
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The Guest House (2012)
Plot Summary:
Before leaving for college, a recently dumped goth girl's life changes forever when she falls in love with a smart and professional college grad who is staying in the family's guest house.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, erotic, independent film, sexual, gothic
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Rampage (1963)
Plot Summary:
A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, serious
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Love Life (2006)
Plot Summary:
An intimately observed love story, LOVE LIFE carefully examines the sexually secretive marriage of Joe and Mary Hahn. When a passionate extra-marital encounter leaves Joe with an emotional connection he can't break - and when a beautiful friend from Mary's college years resurfaces with her own agenda, the marriage of convenience begins to crack, revealing the truth, strength and hope buried within all of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating
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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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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
Plot tags:
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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
Plot tags:
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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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Cloudburst (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Dot (Brenda Fricker)'s granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella (Olympia Dukakis) stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitchhiker along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, profound, queer cinema
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The Substitute (2017)
Plot Summary:
To compensate the loss of Lu’s brother, Lu, the captain of judo team at school, has been brought up by her mother as a substitute of her brother in Beijing. In the seemingly masculine appearance, she secretly falls in love with Nicole, the internet celebrity girl from Taiwan. Lu and Nicole meet each other in a judo competition of which the winner would have the chance to become the leading actress in an action film. Nicole wins the competition, but she disappears right before the movie start shooting. As Nicole’s substitute, Lu then has the chance to play the leading actress of the action movie. But the thing is, is Lu able to find her own self-identity and be the real her in one’s life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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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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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)
Plot Summary:
June 1918. Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her attention, Indy and his new pal, ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway make plans to crush Indiana's competitor by smothering Guiletta with presents and compliments. Afterwards, Indiana is begrudgingly ordered to Casablanca to find a traitor who is selling arms to the Berber rebels. Traveling incognito, he is joined by American novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Lowell Thomas. Indy and Edith soon find themselves attracted to each other despite their age difference.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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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
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Christmas at the Ranch (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Haley Hollis returns to her family ranch to try and save it from closure, she wasn't banking on spending so much time with ranch hand Kate - or falling for her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema