— to (re)watch it and to give it a rating ♡

• bloomington
  • it's a coming-of-age drama about a former child actress attending college in search of independence and who ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor.
• camp belvidere
  • it's a lesbian romance set in the 1950s about the coming of age of camp leader rose and her forbidden encounter with nurse gin. it depicts the journey and evolution of a friendship into a romance between two women when their rapport would have been unlikely.
• circumstance
  • free-spirited tehran teens atafeh and shireen struggle with their burgeoning sexuality under the rigid rules of an oppressive theocracy in this provocative drama. they discover a love they never thought possible while railing against the restrictions imposed on them by the religious zealots who seek to govern their every thought and action.
• desert hearts
  • it's 1950s nevada, and professor vivian bell arrives to get a divorce. she's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to cay rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranchowner's daughter. the emotions released by their developing intimacy, and vivian's insecurities about her feelings towards cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs.
• freeheld
  • new jersey police lieutenant, laurel hester, and her registered domestic partner, stacie andree, both battle to secure hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
• la vie d'adèle
  • adèle's life is changed when she meets emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. in front of others, adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
• my summer of love
  • in the yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy mona meets the exotic, pampered tamsin. over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
• room in rome
  • a hotel room in the center of rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

— already watched & with a rating ♡

• aimée & jaguar – ★★★★
  • felice, an intelligent and courageous jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. lilly, a devoted mother of four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is desperate for love. an unusual and passionate love between them blossoms despite the danger of persecution and nightly bombing raids.
• anatomy of a love seen – ★★
  • six months ago actresses zoe and mal fell for each other at exactly the same moment in time while filming a love scene. after five blissful months together, zoe was decimated when mal walked away. three miserable weeks later a very lucrative network broadcast deal was in the works. they only had one request - re-shoot the love scene.
• a secret love – ★★★★★
  • amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. but coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.
• baka bukas – ★★★
  • alex is a twenty-something year old creative based in manila. she is out to most people except her best friend, jess, who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. when jess discovers the truth about alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.
• below her mouth – ★
  • beautiful, successful and happy in her relationship with her fiance, toronto-based fashion editor and bride-to-be, jasmine, seems to have everything she wants in her life. however, much to her surprise, when jasmine meets unexpectedly on a night-out the intriguing female roofer, dallas, an inexplicable and perhaps inevitable infatuation will soon lead to a fervent relationship against taboos and reason.
• but i'm a cheerleader – ★★★★
  • a naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
• carol – ★★★★★
  • a young woman in her 20s, therese belivet, is a clerk working in a manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. as an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. while carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with therese and close relationship with her best friend abby come to light.
• como esquecer – ★★★★
  • julia is a professor of english literature who is abandoned by her girlfriend after a relationship that lasted over ten years. because of the separation, julia moves to rio de janeiro and lives with her best friend, hugo, who is gay, and lisa. in the new work, julia ends up attracting the interest of a student, but it's helena that makes the professor feel something, even though she does not feel ready for new relationships.
• D.E.B.S. – ★★★★★
  • recruited by the U.S. government for their unique ability to lie, cheat and fight, amy, max, janet and dominique join an underground academy of secret agents known only as D.E.B.S. these crime fighting hotties set out to save the world and keep their lipstick perfectly applied while doing so. now the girls must combine their skills for their most important mission - to capture vexing vixen lucy diamond, the deadliest criminal the world has ever known. when D.E.B.S. star player, amy, falls for lucy, chaos erupts and the D.E.B.S. loyalty is put to the test.
• disobedience – ★★★★
  • ronit needs to return to her hometown after her distant father, a rabbi, passed away. but she causes a stir in the quiet place when she recalls a passion forbidden by her best childhood friend, esti, who is currently married to her cousin.
• elena undone – ★★★
  • peyton and elena are, on the surface, diametrically opposed - one, a well-known lesbian writer, the other a mother and wife of a pastor - but when their paths cross, several times over, they feel compelled to connect. what begins as friendship quickly blossoms into something deeper.
• elisa y marcela – ★★★
  • in 1901, marcela gracia ibeas took on the identity of mario sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, elisa sanchez loriga.
• first girl i loved – ★★★★
  • seventeen-year-old anne just fell in love with sasha, the most popular girl at her LA public high school. but when anne tells her best friend clifton - who has always harbored a secret crush - he does his best to get in the way.
• flores raras – ★★★★
  • a chronicle of the tragic love affair between american poet elizabeth bishop and brazilian architect lota de macedo soares.
• fucking åmål – ★★★★
  • the sixteen year old agnes ahlberg has been living in the small swedish town of åmål with her family for one year and half, but she has no friends. she secretly loves her popular school mate elin olsson, a girl bored with the lack of perspective of åmål. at agnes's birthday party, elin kisses her and changes their lives.
• girl, interrupted – ★★★★★
  • susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960's. a suicide attempt lands her in claymore, a mental institution. there she falls under the hypnotic sway of lisa, the wildest and most hardened of the bunch.
• gray matters – ★★★
  • gray and her brother sam are inseperable - people often mistake them for a couple, sometimes to the frustration and embarrassment of their relatives. the siblings agree to help each other find a boyfriend and girlfriend (respectively), which leads to sam meeting and marrying the sweet, lovable charlie. there's just one problem: gray finds herself attracted to charlie in a very physical and emotional manner. gray comes to the very painful and confusing conclusion that she herself may be a lesbian, and seeks advice on what to do.
• happiest season – ★★★★
  • 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.
• i can't think straight – ★★★★★
  • a london-based jordanian of palestinian descent, tala, is preparing for an elaborate wedding. a turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another woman, leyla, a british indian.
• imagine me & you – ★★★★★
  • rachel and heck, long time friends and lovers, finally tie the knot, and during the celebration, rachel starts a friendship with their florist, luce. and while rachel originally intended to match her new friend, luce, up with her husband's friend, cooper, she soon finds out that luce is a lesbian. during the course of their friendship, rachel starts to question her own sexuality and though she comes to realize she may have feelings for her new friend.
• kissing jessica stein – ★★★
  • jessica stein is a single, straight and successful journalist who finds herself not as straight as she thought when she meets and begins an intense friendship with career woman helen cooper which ultimately leads to romance.
• kyss mig – ★★★
  • a young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother's lesbian daughter.
• la belle saison – ★★★★
  • there was little chance, in the year 1971, that carole, a paris spanish teacher and feminist militant, would ever meet delphine, the daughter of a couple of limousin farmers. but they did meet and not only did they come across each other but they fell passionately in love as well. unfortunately, delphine's father fell victim to a stroke, and the young woman had no other choice but to go back home to help her mother run the family farm. carole, who was so smitten by delphine, couldn't stand the estrangement and decided to join her lover at the farm.
• la luciérnaga – ★★★★
  • followig the sudden death of her estranged brother, lucia finds comfort through her brother's fiancée, mariana. though strangers at first, the two women slowly bond over their loss, sharing memories and stories of the man they both loved. eventually they fall in love and lucia finds herself at a crossroad. she must chose whether to return to her old life with her husband or embark on a new journey with her new found love.
• lost & delirious – ★★★★★
  • a newcomer to a girl's boarding school is befriended by her two new roommates, and later discovers they are lovers. when one of the lovers decides she doesn't dare continue the relationship, the other becomes desperate in her attempts to win her back.
• lovesong – ★
  • neglected by her husband, sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, mindy. along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. years later, sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before mindy's wedding.
• loving annabelle – ★★
  • annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive catholic girls school. having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. sparks fly between her and her teacher, simone bradley. annabelle pursues simone relentlessly until simone must make a choice between following her heart and doing what's right.
• my first summer – ★★★★
  • isolated claudia hides away on a remote property after her mother's death. shocked when spirited local teen grace appears in her garden, the pair find support and love in each other.
• naissance des pieuvres – ★★★
  • summer in a new suburb outside paris. nothing to do but look at the ceiling. marie, anne and floriane are 15. their paths cross in the corridors at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a sudden, dramatic appearance.
• o perfume da memória – ★★★★
  • it's a love story between laura and ana, women who think about life in completely different ways. one knows a secret that can move away or bring them both closer together.
• portrait de la jeune fille en feu – ★★★★★
  • in 18th century france, a young painter, marianne, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of héloïse without her knowing. therefore, marianne must observe her model by day to paint her portrait at night. day by day, the two women become closer as they share héloïse's last moments of freedom before the impending wedding.
• nina's heavenly delights – ★★★
  • when young glaswegian cook nina shah returns home for her father's funeral after three estranged years in london, she begins a romantic relationship with lisa, an old childhood friend who now owns half the late father's indian restaurant, the new taj. together they seek to save the restaurant by winning the national "best in the west curry competition" for a third time.
• pariah – ★★★★★
  • a brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
• rafiki – ★★★★★
  • kena and ziki long for something more. despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. when love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
• saving face – ★★★★★
  • in manhattan, the brilliant chinese-american lesbian surgeon wil is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight year old widow mother to her apartment. ma was banished from flushing when her father discovered that she was pregnant. the presence of ma affects the personal life of wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss at the hospital, the dancer vivian shing.
• season of love – ★★★★
  • a queer lady holiday movie that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before christmas through new years.
• snapshots – ★★★
  • rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. she’s not getting any younger and her daughter patti worries about rose being all alone, but the stubborn matriarch will not sell. there are memories here that she doesn’t want to leave. these come flooding back one weekend during a visit from patti and granddaughter allison, when a long-forgotten roll of film reminds rose of the summer she met and fell in love with the bold and beautiful louise.
• tell it to the bees – ★★
  • dr. jean markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father’s medical practice. when a school-yard scuffle lands charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. the new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother lydia into jean’s world.
• the carmilla movie – ★★★
  • it has been five years since laura and carmilla vanquished the apocalypse and carmilla became a bonafide mortal human. they have settled in to a cozy apartment in downtown toronto, laura continues to hone her journalism skills while carmilla adjusts to a non-vampire lifestyle. their domestic bliss is suddenly ruptured when carmilla begins to show signs of “re-vamping” – from a fondness for bloody treats to accidental biting – while laura has started having bizarre, ghostly dreams. the couple must now enlist their old friends from silas iniversity to uncover the unknown supernatural threat and save humanity – including carmilla’s.
• the favourite – ★★★★★
  • in 18th century england, the close relationship between queen anne and sarah churchill is threatened by the arrival of sarah's cousin, abigail hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the queen's favourite.
• the feels – ★★★
  • a lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm.
• the half of it – ★★★
  • when smart but cash-strapped teen ellie chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.
• the handmaiden – ★★★★★
  • this period drama set in 1930s korea explores the relationship between a korean handmaiden and a japanese heiress. the handmaiden is secretly a pickpocket who is working as part of a scheme to swindle the heiress out of her fortune, but that plan takes a backseat when the two women begin to fall in love.
• the incredibly true adventure of two girls in love – ★★★★
  • an adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
• the miseducation of cameron post – ★★★
  • in 1993, teenager cameron is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.
• the secret diaries of miss anne lister – ★★★★
  • the film is based on the stories in anne lister's diary and the story features her lesbian relationships and her independent lifestyle as an industrialist.
• tyttokuningas – ★★★
  • the movie paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant kristina of sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
• viola di mare – ★★★★
  • nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, sara. based on a true story, this movie presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century italian village.
• vita & virginia – ★★
  • it's a love story of the friendship and affair between writer virginia woolf and aristocrat vita sackville-west. their paths cross in bloomsbury in 1922 when vita receives an invitation from virginia. their romance overcomes all social boundaries, virginia's mental health struggles, and vita's recklessness, and neither will ever be the same without the other.
• when night is falling – ★★
  • an uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
• yes or no – ★★★★★
  • pie is a sweet girl who moves into a new college dorm room where she finds out that her new roommate, kim, is a tomboy who looks and dress like a boy. as their friendship develops, pie and kim begin to wonder if the feeling they feel for one another is just an ordinary friendship or true love.
• yes or no 2 – ★★★★★
  • two girls, kim and pie are in love, but after graduation they have to travel into two different directions for their internship; kim is going to work in a farm in the northern province of nan, while pie is going south to work in a fishery center. their love is being tested by the distance.