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The Best Lesbian Movies
A list of the best lesbianism movies ever made, ranked by movie fans with film trailers when available. This lesbianism movie list is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest movies about lesbianism are at the top of the list. If there are any great movies about lesbianism you believe we missed, please feel free to add them to the list yourself. The films on this list are the most famous lesbianism movies of all time, so use it to find some movies that you haven't seen already. Click on these lesbianism movie titles for more information about the films and you'll quickly find out that this far more than a list of the top 20 lesbian films.
Hollywood movies like Bend It Like Beckham and Fried Green Tomatoes are just some lesbian movies names on this list.
This list answers the questions, "What are the best lesbianism movies?" and "What is the greatest lesbianism movie of all time?"
Various bits of information are included with these popular lesbianism movies, such as who directed them, when they were released and who starred in the films. Whether you're watching these lesbianism movies on Netflix or other streaming services, these good lesbianism movies can be enjoyed no matter what.
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- 1Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luà na Bajrami
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Céline Sciamma
In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait. - 2Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Ol Parker
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel (Piper Perabo) notices Luce (Lena Headey) in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is ...more - 3Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
- Released: 2015
- Directed by: Todd Haynes
Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes, based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. In 1950s New York, aspiring photographer Therese Belivet ...more - 4Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Park Chan-wook
The Handmaiden is a 2016 South Korean erotic psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to ...more - 5Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Alice Wu
Wil (Michelle Krusiec) is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan (Joan Chen), or her very traditional grandparents. She's shocked, however, to find out she's not the only one ...more - 6Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Alice Wu
A shy, introverted student helps the school jock woo a girl whom, secretly, they both want. - 7Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Sebastián Lelio
New York photographer Ronit Krushka flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier ...more - 8Lena Endre, Krister Henriksson, Björn Kjellman
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Alexandra-Therese Keining
With Every Heartbeat, also released as Kiss Me, is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Alexandra Therese Keining. The film won the "Breakthrough Award" at the 2011 AFI Festival. - 9Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Jamie Babbit
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. ...more - 10Lisa Ray, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Shamim Sarif
I Can't Think Straight is a 2008 romance film adapted from a same name novel about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events ...more - 11Chloë Grace Moretz, Marin Ireland, Jennifer Ehle
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Desiree Akhavan
In 1993 after teenage Cameron is caught in the backseat of a car with the prom queen, she is sent away to a treatment center in a remote area called God's Promise. While she is being subjected to ...more - 12Necar Zadegan, Edith Fields, Traci Dinwiddie
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Nicole Conn
Elena Undone is a 2010 lesbian film written and directed by Nicole Conn. - 13Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kylie Travis
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Michael Cristofer
Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway), a wise and high-powered agent ...more - 14Imelda Staunton, Charles Dance, Sally Hawkins
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Aisling Walsh
Fingersmith is a two-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005. The story, which is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel, follows the meeting of two very different ...more - 15Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Angela Robinson
D.E.B.S. is a 2004 American action-comedy film directed by Angela Robinson, based on the 2003 short film. Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest ...more - 16Jeffrey Tambor, Audra Lindley, Denise Crosby
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Donna Deitch
Desert Hearts is a 1985 lesbian-themed romantic drama film loosely based on the Jane Rule novel Desert of the Heart. Directed by Donna Deitch, the film stars Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau ...more - 17Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Shamim Sarif
In 1950s Cape Town, progressive and free Amina (Sheetal Sheth) co-owns a cafe with a black man named Jacob. One day, a beautiful housewife named Miriam (Lisa Ray) visits the cafe, and Amina is ...more - 18Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Olivia Wilde
Academic overachievers Amy and Molly thought keeping their noses to the grindstone gave them a leg up on their high school peers. But on the eve of graduation, the best friends suddenly realize that ...more - 19Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Sparks fly when Violet (Jennifer Tilly) sets eyes on Corky (Gina Gershon) in an elevator. Violet is the girlfriend of a violent gangster, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), while Corky is fresh out of prison ...more - 20Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Tipping the Velvet is a 2002 BBC television drama serial based on the best-selling debut novel by Sarah Waters of the same name. It originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two and was produced ...more - 21Kate Mara, Elliot Page, Elias Koteas
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Tali Shalom-Ezer
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman who is on the opposing side of her family's political cause. - 22Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Kevin McCarthy
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Katherine Brooks
After getting kicked out of two schools for disruptive behavior, Annabelle (Erin Kelly) is sent to a Roman Catholic school by her disapproving mother. In an English class taught by Simone Bradley ...more - 23Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Jon Avnet
On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch's (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn's outlook by ...more - 24Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chanya Button
Vita and Virginia is a 2018 British biographical romance drama film directed by Chanya Button. Poet and novelist Vita (Gemma Arterton) and literary icon Virginia (Elizabeth Debicki) embark on an ...more - 25Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Léa Pool
"Lost and Delirious" is about the friendship of three teenagers and how they experience it in a private school. Throughout the film, the lost girls question their relationships with one another and ...more
