Good Lesbian (Not X rated) movies?

[elshiva]

Saving Face
But I'm a cheerleader
Chutney Popcorn
The Incredible Adventured of 2 Girls in Love

[Placebo]

1. High Art

Great film. :thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. I second this. Ally Sheedy...

:9

[Placebo]

12. Oh yes.

[sakabatou]

68. I saw that film a few years ago

What was the title? I can't tell from the pics.

[Jamastiene]

26. I WAS going to read a few posts and then go play my game.

Is there a such thing as an eye worm? Ally Sheedy...hmmm....nice software....:P

I agree too.

[idgiehkt]

4. I love High Art, except for the ending

Bound
Clair of the Moon
Desert Hearts
Personal Best
Go Fish


thinking, thinking...

Fried Green Tomatoes, but there is no sex.

It's in the Water was kind of cute too, they really capture how people start treating you different when you come out.

[Placebo]

8. I know, I really wanted a happy ending too!

But the whole tone of the movie up to that point clued me in that that just could not be. Plus, it was nice to see a film not have a happy ending for once.

[elshiva]

9. I loved the kiss in Fried Green Tomatoes

[Placebo]

15. FGT was the first movie I ever cried at...

as a kid. My mother will never let me forget that fact, either.

[smtpgirl]

52. High Art was excellent

[smtpgirl]

53. High Art was excellent

[BlueIris]

72. I was JUST coming here to post this.

I thought the ending was a little contrived, but other than that--great movie.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Bound.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. "Better Than Chocolate"

[elshiva]

7. That movie is awesome. Kissing Jessica Stein.

[gkdmaths]

82. I agree.

I enjoyed Kissing Jessica Stein more than most other movies I've ever seen. Also, check out the indie film My Summer of Love.

[idgiehkt]

19. I am going to have to see this, I don't know how I missed it

I just watched some of the scenes on youtube and it seems very promising.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. Bad lesbian!

:spank:

[idgiehkt]

27. apparently so.

:wow:

It's driving me nuts because I went through a spree several years ago of watching alot of indie films and I can't think of the names of any of them now.

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. Go Fish

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109913/

[Skittles]

10. check out the 1963 version of The Haunting

Theodora is a lesbian character; I listened to the commentary and the director Robert Wise admitted they had to downplay this aspect due to the times

[speedoo]

11. Boys Don't Cry

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. It's not a lesbian movie, but it is excellent and so sad...

one of my favorites.

[idgiehkt]

17. ouch

that is in a category all it's own.

the main character is transgender and that movie hits on some heavy themes besides rape and murder...it's not exactly a lesbian romance.

[speedoo]

46. Thanks, idgie and haruka.

For the correction. I hope no one took offense to my first post, my apologies if they did.

It is an amazing movie. Talk about a punch in the gut.

[idgiehkt]

48. it's a very important film

I cried when Hilary Swank won her Oscar for that.

People just need to know what they are in for when they watch it; it's like Beloved or The Color Purple, it will fuck you up mentally for a while...

[jonnyblitz]

13. I think it was called "lost and delirious" but i am not sure.

whatever it's name it played on IFC (i think). it was a sad movie. :(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. Yeah, you got the name right.

Very sad movie. I have it on video.

[jonnyblitz]

18. speaking of sad, the first movie I ever saw Angelina Jolie in,

"Gia" about the junkie supermodel who got HIV in the 80's, was a good lesbian movie, too.

[idgiehkt]

20. Gia Carangi

that was devastating. Her lover in that movie was a work of fiction from what I read in her biography, her actual lover was also a drug addict if I remember right.

[idgiehkt]

21. this is interesting

http://www.clublez.com/movies/

[jonnyblitz]

22. I read the book, also, but it's been a long time. nt

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. Too bad I'm seemingly the only lesbian without a thing for her.

Actually, I own two copies of that movie, even though I only watched it once. When I moved out of a house, I accidentally took my roommates copy along with mine.

[idgiehkt]

28. for Angelina or for Gia?

I think Jenny Shimizu was the hotter one. What film was it they were in together, when they met and had the affair? I like Angelina, but not particularly in that film (Gia)since so much of it was fictionalized. The knives thing was all Angelina. I LOVED Mercedes Ruehl in that though, but I love just about everything she does

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

37. Jenny Shimizu is hott. I think Angelina is overrated though.

Meanwhile, most of my straight female friends claim they are gay for Angelina.

[Jamastiene]

29. There are quite a few lesbian undertones in Foxfire,

the teen girl movie with Angeline Jolie, as well. She looked so hot with her hair short, I thought.

[jonnyblitz]

31. I didn't see that one. nt

[idgiehkt]

32. that's the one

where she met Jenny Shimizu. Man that shitstorm that just happened after Jenny spoke ill of Angelina in the tabloids blew my mind...they really came after her.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

60. good movie.

:thumbsup:

[idgiehkt]

25. Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

I had forgotten about this but it is really, really cute and the femme lead is stunning.

alot of people like "Heavenly Creatures", I've never seen it but I think it's a little twisted.

[jonnyblitz]

30. I think "Heavenly Creatures" with Kate Winslet was a lesbian

movie. I know the two main girls had an intense relationship but I can't remember if it was considered lesbian. it's been awhile since I saw this. I remember I liked it ,though.

[idgiehkt]

38. I think so, but don't they kill somebody?

of course, that's the plot of Fried Green Tomatoes too, lol.

[jonnyblitz]

40. they killed one of the mothers because she wanted them to

stop hanging out with each other, i think. I need to rewatch some of these. there are some good lesbian movies out there. the gay guy movies, especially ones made in the USA are usually lame, IMHO. I have seen some good foreign ones, though.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. Yeah, it's on LOGO all the time.

LOGO is the gay tv station, if your cable company doesn't have it.

[jonnyblitz]

43. i know of it but my cable company doesn't have it...

:hi:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

45. We even have a gay movies on demand station.

I forget what it's called though, since I don't have a subscription to it.

[LostinVA]

75. In real life: the writer Anne Perry is/was the Winslet character

She moved out of NZ and changed her name.

[RetroLounge]

33. Imagine Me and You

I liked it...

RL

[L A Woman]

83. that gets my vote, too. n/t

[u4ic]

34. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

[idgiehkt]

39. wow, I didn't even know this was a movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098032/

thanks! that was such a great book, I read that book over and over...

[Jamastiene]

35. Kind of not a lesbian movie, but there was a nice semi-lesbian (bi?)

kiss in The Color Purple. I have always had a thing for Whoopi Goldberg though, so my judgement could be clouded. Aah, Whoopi. :loveya:


Otherwise, I remember Wendy O'Williams in Reform School Girls. I was into those types of girls when I was a teenager, so that movie provided me with hours of fantasy material. :evilgrin:

[elshiva]

42. I love Whoopi.

[Jamastiene]

47. She is beyond great at this point to me.

I'd probably pass out if I met her even though I have met enough famous people to know they are just people like us. Whoopi's just heavenly. :loveya:

[begin_within]

55. When I saw "The Color Purple" in the theater,

that scene came on, where the two women are starting to get rather intimate (just hinted at, but it's obvious what they are about to do.) Just at that moment, some woman in the audience shouted out, "Child, don't DO IT!" and the whole audience cracked up laughing. It sounded very much like an older black woman's voice. That's the one thing I will never forget whenever that movie is mentioned.

[idgiehkt]

56. LOL

:rofl:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

67. also in that category: boys on the side

[idgiehkt]

36. Bar Girls is another.

I really liked this...it's nice and light and there are some hot scenes in it. One of the leads annoyed the crap out of me. Another one of the lead characters, the one who played the kind of athletic redneck, is nothing like that in real life and when I saw her in an interview I couldn't believe what a good job she did in that film, it's worth it just for her performance.

[idgiehkt]

44. ooh, ooh... Can't forget "Times Square"

there isn't any overt lesbian relationship in this but the undertone is there and the lead in this is so incredibly stunning (Robin Johnson)...she really made an impact on me and of course the other lead is Trini Alvarado who was in everything back then.

[idgiehkt]

49. Has anyone seen "Mulholland Drive"?

I never saw that one but I know there is a lesbian romance in it...

[Monk06]

61. I've seen it three times. It's a very disturbing and complex film. Perhaps

Lynch's best so far. Allan Ruch wrote a very
good review of the film that is almost as
obsessive as the film itself. The review is
found here:

Don't read the review before seeing the film
at least a couple of times or it will spoil
it for you.

Allen B. Ruch
23 April 2002
Last modified: 6 February 2003

http://www.themodernword.com/mulholland_drive.html

Also in the movie Rebekah Del Rio sings a strikingly
evocative Spanish version of Roy Orbison's Crying
entitled Llorando that she composed herself and then
had retranslated into Venezuelan vernacular.

Lynch met her in a recording studio in LA and asked
her to sing a song. She recorded Llorando without
musical accompaniment in one take. Her performance
so impressed Lynch that he saved the recording which
was made before Blue Velvet and used it many years
later in Mulholland Drive.

Save the youtube Url but again don't play the video
until after you see the movie.

[idgiehkt]

79. thanks

it sounds like it's worth seeing just to see the performance of that song...

Of course I've already watched one of the hot scenes on youtube...but I do want to see the rest of the film, lol.

[Monk06]

85. youtube quality is very poor so I wouldn't consider that a spoiler....

The hot scenes are very hot in the original.
I'd rank it on par with Bound in that regard
another very good film for different reasons.

I won't say any more because I'd spoil it for
you

[idgiehkt]

87. it wasn't

I wasn't watching it for hints about the plot anyway
if there were any I wouldn't have noticed...
:evilgrin:

[Monk06]

94. I wast thinking a Youtube clip is more a visual spoiler rather than

a plot spoiler. Lynch is known for the rich
texture of his cinematography even video doesn't
do it justice. DVD might be good enough but I
haven't seen the film on DVD

[NeoConsSuck]

97. The review contained one incorrect detail

"Soon after, the hit takes place, and the blue key is left behind on Diane's coffee table."

That wasn't how it happened. The key was left behind the diner, in the blue box, in a paper bag. That was why the guy in the beginning (in Diane's dream) was afraid to go to the back of the diner.

The evil monster behind the diner was a metaphor for the murder that occured.

[begin_within]

50. Does "Monster" count?

[idgiehkt]

54. depends

technically Aileen Wuornos was a lesbian, though her lover now denies being one. I think the OP was looking for for romance type movies though.

[Nikia]

51. DEBS

College girl crime fighters. One of them falls in love with the female villain. I thought that it was great.

[philosophie_en_rose]

78. DEBS is a very cute movie.

It's just a fun, somewhat cheesy movie about teenagers.

One of the things that I like about it is that the heroine and villian have a relationship -- and the big deal is that they're enemies. The fact that they're lesbians isn't a crisis, so the movie isn't about "Oh my god! They're lesbians!" It just happens, as if lesbians aren't freaks of nature.

Very cute movie.

[NMMNG]

57. Many of the ones already mentioned

Also The Sex Monster with Mariel Hemingway. A guy prods his reluctant wife into "doing it" with a woman to spice up their sex life but becomes dismayed when she discovers she likes it....a lot.

[idgiehkt]

58. Hmm that sounds interesting

what is it with Mariel and lebsian roles??? She was in Personal Best, the film you mentioned, and also played Nancy's lebsian girlfriend on an episode of Roseanne. I never thought about that until tonight.

[NMMNG]

59. Either she's just comfortable to the point that she doesn't care

what people think, or perhaps she's bi/les.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

71. She's straight.

She's been married from over 20 years (yeah, I know it doesn't mean much), but she has said in numerous interviews that she often is offered lesbian roles because she looks like a "strong woman." I just think she's comfortable enough with herself that she's fine with playing gay. She even made fun of being typecasted as a lesbian on an SNL skit once.

[NMMNG]

95. That's cool

I like it when straight people have no problem playing gay roles and even being typecast as gay. It just makes the homophobes look even dumber than they are.

[Jamastiene]

69. Deborah Harry has also played in several lesbian roles

including a SNL skit, Sick, a short for Details magazine, and a couple others as well. I can dream about her thanks to that. :P

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

63. Yeah, that's a funny movie. I have it on VHS. nt

[Vidar]

62. "Kissing Jessica Stein"--a very touching,little romantic comedy

written by the two stars. Check it out on IMD.

[LostinVA]

76. Very good, very interesting movie -- love it!

[SKKY]

64. Personal Best...

...A movie about 2 lesbian track stars. It was the first time I ever saw 2 women kissing, "rubbing", etc. I haven't been the same since!!! :evilgrin:

[sakabatou]

65. Hmmm

I'm not very familiar with such categories, but I'll try

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Kashimashi
Kannazuki no Miko
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
Yamibou
Strawberry Panic

[Robeson]

66. Not specifically a lesbian movie, but one of the characters...

...had lesbian undertones, which helped to set the drama. The movie was Night of the Iguana.

[Kickin_Donkey]

70. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

Not a lesbian movie, but there's a touch of Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin getting playful.

[idgiehkt]

80. !!!!!!!!!

I ADORE Lena Olin...I had a crush on her the whole time she played Sydney's mom on Alias. My God, what a woman. I'll have to see this just for that, thanks!

[Cannikin]

73. Monster with Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci

[terrya]

74. Desert Hearts

A beautiful movie.

[ooga booga]

88. I second that....

Desert Hearts is a good movie that happens to have a lesbian element in it.

My short list (in no particular order) of lesbian films is:

Desert Hearts
Go Fish
Lianna (the John Sayles film...I remember he said that he was interested in doing a gay love story and choose to do it lesbian because he could relate to loving women)

[Swede]

89. A beautiful movie,indeed.

NT

[libnnc]

91. love it love it love it

The first time I saw that movie, I was 16. It was on Lifetime cable, (brand new channel then) and they showed it uncut at 4 in the afternoon :wow: .

The love scenes were so beautifuly done, they made me cry.

[SeattleGirl]

93. Love that movie!

It is a beautiful one, indeed.

[no_hypocrisy]

77. The Hunger with Susan Sarandon & Catherine Deneuvre.

n/t

[thefool_wa]

81. Did someone suggest Foxfire?

Great flick. It has Angelina Jolie and Hedy Buress (of Boston Common) in it. Great coming of age, girl power movie.

It should not be confused with FireFox, a 1980s fighter-jet spy movie staring Clint Eastwood. Definitely not a lesbian film :).

[Texasgal]

84. Boys on the side! n/t

[Jade Fox]

86. Serving in Silence....

I think that's the title. Based on a true story of a Military Officer who was hounded for being a Lesbian, staring Glen Close.

[nosillies]

90. When Night is Falling

The cinematography is beautiful http://imdb.com/title/tt0114916/

And Imagine Me and You is a favorite, also.

[MissMillie]

92. Boys on the Side

just a plain good movie

[achtung_circus]

96. Here's a start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYOGOxVgXE