Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Lesbian: 100 Films to Rent
- Blue Jean (2022)
- Dir. Georgia Oakley
Feat. Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Stacy Abalogun…
- The story of a closeted lesbian P.E. teacher in Thatcher’s Britain that feels like it could have (and should have) been made in the early 1980's,…
- Tár (Tar) (2022)
- Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant…
- A striking and rigorously intelligent drama from the director of IN THE BEDROOM that interrogates the process, pressures and politics in the…
- Benedetta (2021)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin…
- Typically provocative yet playful psychodrama from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in the…
- Ammonite (2020)
- Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones…
- A speculative lesbian period drama from the director of the acclaimed gay male romance, GOD'S OWN COUNTRY. Kate Winslet plays British palaeontologist…
- Gentleman Jack (TV Mini-Series) (2019)
- Feat. Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle
- Gorgeous historical drama created by Sally Wainwright (HAPPY VALLEY, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX) set in 1832 against the lush backdrop of Halifax, West…
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Noémie Merlant, Adele Haenel
- Céline Sciamma (GIRLHOOD) directs this devastatingly good, exquisitely executed lesbian period drama. Set in France in the 18th century, where a…
- Summerland (2019)
- Dir. Jessica Swale
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond…
- A love–story set in the timeless and enchanting world of Summerland; sun–dappled days by the sea over one achingly beautiful summer.…
- Colette (2018)
- Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson
- A playful and spirited biopic about the extraordinary, uncompromising life of French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley). Set in Paris at the end of…
- Heiresses, The (2018)
- Dir. Marcelo Martinessi
Feat. Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Anna Ivanova
- Slow–burn drama from Paraguay about a privileged middle–aged lesbian couple whose new found financial hardship results in one being…
- Lizzie (2018)
- Dir. Craig William Macneill
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan…
- Biographical thriller with Chloe Sevigny excellent as Lizzie Borden, the woman who was accused and acquitted of the murders of her father and…
- Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (2018)
- Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher, Jr.…
- Surprise winner of the U.S. Grand Jury prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, this heart–breaking indie drama stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a…
- Tell It To The Bees (2018)
- Dir. Annabel Jankel
Feat. Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott…
- Romantic drama set in 1950's rural Scotland, where a burgeoning romance between a female doctor and the mother of one of her patients provokes social…
- Vita and Virginia (2018)
- Dir. Chanya Button
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones…
- British biopic about the unconventional romance between wickedly brilliant writer Virginia Woolf and the beguiling Vita Sackville–West –…
- Disobedience (2017)
- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola
- Sebastián Lelio (GLORIA) directs this powerful and exquisitely melancholy film about a woman who returns to the ultra orthodox Jewish community that…
- Thelma (2017)
- Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Kaya Wilkins…
- A gracefully unsettling Nordic thriller about a painfully shy young woman whose oppressed, conservative upbringing and burgeoning passion for a…
- A Date for Mad Mary (2016)
- Dir. Darren Thornton
Feat. Seána Kerslake, Tara Lee
- Smart, soulful Irish rom–com following "Mad" Mary McArdle (Seana Kerslake) as she struggles to find a date to her best friends wedding after…
- Handmaiden, The (2016)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha…
- Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
- Lovesong (2016)
- Dir. So Yong Kim
Feat. Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker…
- An affecting character study of best friends and would–be lovers who embark on an impromptu road trip days before one of them gets married. By…
- Carol (2015)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson…
- Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this spellbinding adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking romantic novel. Set in 1950's New York it…
- Girl King, The (2015)
- Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist…
- Lush period drama about Queen Christina, Sweden's convention flaunting monarch, and her battle with the conservative forces determined to halt her…
- La Belle Saison (Summertime) (2015)
- Dir. Catherine Corsini
Feat. Cecile De France, Izia Higelin, Noemie Lvovsky
- Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early–1970's France, but struggle to reconcile of…
- Duke of Burgundy, The (2014)
- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn
- BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
- Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
- Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos
- The Cannes Palm D'Or–winning drama that explores, in a series of elongated sequences, a young woman's blossoming sexuality and maturity when…
- Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew…
- A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
- A Perfect Ending (2012)
- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard…
- Romantic drama about a terminally ill women in a loveless marriage who turns to an escort service seeking seeking sexual fulfillment, and meets a sex…
- Cloudburst (2011)
- Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette
- A longtime lesbian couple hit the road for Canada so they can legally marry in this moving road movie.
- Kiss Me (Kyss mig, aka With Every Heartbeat) (2011)
- Dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
Feat. Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson
- Heartfelt romantic drama about a woman who is engaged to be married when she finds herself falling for her soon–to–be stepmother's…
- Tomboy (2011)
- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana
- An androgynous ten–year–old girl passes herself off as a boy during the summer holidays in this tender coming–of–age tale.
- A Marine Story (2010)
- Dir. Ned Farr
Feat. Dreya Weber, Paris Pickard, Christine Mourad
- Set against the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the US Military, a Marine officer, who has unexpectedly returned home from Iraq, is recruited to…
- Bloomington (2010)
- Dir. Fernanda Cardoso
Feat. Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer
- Coming–of–age drama following a former child actress who decides to enroll in college to gain more independence, but is drawn away from…
- Elena Undone (2010)
- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks
- Lesbian drama about a pastor's wife who falls in love with a well–known writer. The ensuing secret relationship upends her marriage just as she…
- Kids Are All Right, The (2010)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo…
- Feathers fly in this smart and insightful comedy–drama anchored by three terrific lead performances whose character's unique relationships are…
- Lip Service (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Ruta Gedmintas, Red Buttons, Laura Fraser
- Scotland is the setting for this BBC spin on THE L WORD, centred on the romantic entanglements of a group of lesbians living in Glasgow.
Though…
- Room in Rome (Habitación en Roma) (2010)
- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso…
- Erotic chronicle of a brief encounter between two women set almost entirely within the confines of a hotel room. More porno–profundity from…
- Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, The (2010)
- Dir. James Kent
Feat. Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch…
- Quality BBC biopic from director James Kent (TESTAMENT OF YOUTH) about the life of Anne Lister, a 19th–century Yorkshire landowner who defied…
- Sea Purple, The (2009)
- Dir. Donatella Maiorca
Feat. Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini
- Solid lesbian bodice–ripper centres on the eternal romance between two 19th century Sicilian women, destined to suffer for their forbidden…
- Affinity (2008)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Zoe Tapper, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe…
- Faithful adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel following a socialite who becomes infatuated by a psychic holed up in a women's prison, and her…
- I Can't Think Straight (2008)
- Dir. Shamim Sarif
Feat. Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth
- A woman living in London is called back to Palestine by her conservative family in order to prepare for a wedding, but events are disrupted when she…
- Tru Loved (2008)
- Dir. Stewart Wade
Feat. Najarra Townsend, Jane Lynch, Alexandra Paul
- Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her…
- Finn's Girl (2007)
- Dir. Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert
Feat. Brooke Johnson, Yanna McIntosh, Maya Ritter
- Satisfying lesbian drama following a busy Doctor running an abortion clinic amidst controversy and protests, while simultaneously coping with…
- Nina's Heavenly Delights (2007)
- Dir. Pratibha Parmar
Feat. Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser
- Comical and touching story of a Glaswegian cook who falls in love with a restaurant owner and together attempt to save a floundering restaurant by…
- This Kiss (2007)
- Dir. Kylie Eddy
Feat. Melanie Lockman, Tamsin Gatewood
- Drama about the relationship between two women, best friends since childhood but torn apart by a heartbreaking incident. One has become a successful…
- World Unseen, The (2007)
- Dir. Shamim Sarif
Feat. Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray
- Actors Lisa Rayand and Sheetal Sheth team up again for director Shamim Sarif (I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT) in this beautiful depiction of a lesbian love…
- Gymnast, The (2006)
- Dir. Ned Farr
Feat. Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee
- This nimble lesbian drama with an appreciation for the physical concerns a disenchanted Olympic gymnast whose invitation to join a Vegas–style…
- Kiss Me Again (2006)
- Dir. William Tyler Smith
Feat. Jeremy London, Katheryn Winnick, Mirelly Taylor
- Interesting results ensue when a college professor contrives a threesome between himself, his wife and an attractive female student.
An ambitious…
- Loving Annabelle (2006)
- Dir. Katherine Brooks
Feat. Diana Gaidry, Erin Kelly
- Lesbian drama of forbidden love between a naughty, punkish Catholic schoolgirl and her Sapphic poetry teacher.
Softly sincere and visually very…
- Fingersmith (2005)
- Dir. Aisling Walsh
Feat. Elaine Cassidy, Charles Dance, Imelda Staunton…
- BBC teledrama set around a girlish pickpocket (Hawkins) in Victorian London who becomes involved in a nasty plan to defraud a wealthy heiress…
- Gypo (2005)
- Dir. Jan Dunn
Feat. Paul McGann
- A resolutely–gritty drama set in a monotonous small town in Kent, where a marriage in crisis gets unexpectedly shaken–up when the…
- Happy Endings (2005)
- Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal…
- A clutch of hedonistic Americans collide, abuse and impregnate each other in this typically light yet smart black comedy from the dir. of THE…
- Quiet, The (2005)
- Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan…
- A creepy teenage melodrama about an orphaned deaf–mute girl (Belle) who goes to live in suburbia with her godparents (Falco, Donovan) and…
- Do I Love You? (2004)
- Dir. Lisa Gornick
Feat. Harri Alexander, Birghitta Bernhard, Darren Black
- Lesbian drama made on a shoestring budget exploring the life of a women in crisis.
In her 30's, she is questioning her relationship with her…
- L Word, The (TV Series) (2004-2009)
- Feat. Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner, Pam Grier…
- A fiercely determined "queer" series exploring Los Angeles' liberal gay scene, canvasing a tight–knit community of attractive lesbians and…
- My Summer of Love (2004)
- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine
- A sunlit teenage escapade, set around two girls who develop an unlikely relationship amid the unpretty but impressive Yorkshire Dales.
The…
- Producing Adults (2004)
- Dir. Aleksi Salmenpera
Feat. Minna Haapkyla, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio…
- Finnish comedy–drama about a woman who develops an unlikely relationship with the female doctor she meets at the fertility clinic, while she is…
- Watching You (2003)
- Feat. Diane Flacks, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cara Pifko…
- A collection of award–winning international lesbian short films, which will be a treat for the target audience. There's a huge variety of…
- Chutney Popcorn (2002)
- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Madhur Jaffrey…
- Writer–director Nisha Ganatra is highly engaging in her own fictional family portrait as a young Indian–American New Yorker trying to…
- Tipping the Velvet (2002)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor
- Dramatises a unique love–story (from Sarah Waters' novel) between a young girl and a charismatic male impersonator in the 1890s music hall, and…
- Aimee and Jaguar (2001)
- Dir. Max Farberbock
Feat. Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler
- A forbidden love story that crosses both ethnic and sexual lines, inspired by a true love affair between a role–model Nazi mother and a…
- Julie Johnson (2001)
- Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton…
- Lily Taylor makes good fist of a wannabe scientist in this empowering story of a downtrodden housewife in pursuit of knowledge and…
- Treading Water (2001)
- Dir. Lauren Himmel
Feat. Angie Redman, Nina Landey
- Refreshing, at ease lesbian drama conveys a universal scenario of familial tensions between a mother and daughter over the latter’s choice of…
- 101 Reykjavik (2000)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
- An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
- Better Than Chocolate (2000)
- Dir. Anne Wheeler
Feat. Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox
- An everybody–gets–laid portrayal of lesbian culture in late 80s Vancouver that’s no GO FISH, but still better than the usual…
- Common Ground (2000)
- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Edward Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein…
- Compassionate, quality trilogy of short stories dealing with gay issues over three different eras.
"A Friend of Dorothy" concerns a woman…
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge, Jane Anderson, Anne Heche
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloe Sevigny…
- Critically well–received compendium of three tales charting the lesbian experience in 20th century America. Among the prestigious cast, Vanessa…
- Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Brendon Sexton III
- Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…
- When Love Comes (1999)
- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning…
- Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
- 2 Seconds (1998)
- Dir. Manon Briand
Feat. Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone
- A frothily enjoyable drama set around a mountain–bike rider (Laurier), who despite an addiction to the thrills of high speed cycling, is forced…
- Gia (1998)
- Dir. Michael Christofer
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl
- Creditable TV biopic of 70s/80s supermodel Gia Marie Curangi notable for the uninhibited performance of a young Angelina Jolie. Entering the…
- High Art (1998)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy
- Accepted into the fold of her washed–up, drug–addled neighbours, a curious young photojournalist (Rahda Mitchell) finds professional and…
- Relax...It's Just Sex (1998)
- Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…
- Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
- Show Me Love (Fucking Amal) (1998)
- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Rebecka Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlstrom
- Vivid depiction of teenage angst and restlessness that became a cause celebre (and box–office hit) in its native Sweden for frank, passionate…
- All Over Me (1997)
- Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser…
- A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
- Investigator, The (1997)
- Dir. Chris Oxley
Feat. Helen Baxendale, Christopher Fulford, Sean Gilder…
- Drama based on the true story of Caroline Meagher, a military police woman who is tasked with the rooting out of suspected lesbians from the army…
- Fire (1996)
- Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das
- Blazing melodrama defiantly targets Indian sexual hypocrisy and tradition, not to mention trangressing 'Bollywood' taboo, in portraying two women…
- Jaded (1996)
- Dir. Caryn Krooth
Feat. Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald…
- Putting a hefty, controversial twist on the subject of rape, this psychodrama has smalltown loner Carla Gugino sexually abused, not by a man, but by…
- Late Bloomers (1996)
- Dir. Gretchen Dyer, Julia Dyer
Feat. Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan
- A lonely, ageing geometry teacher has a blossoming affair with the principal’s married secretary, setting off a chorus of disapproval among the…
- Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love (1995)
- Dir. Maria Maggenti
Feat. Laurel Holloman, Nicole Parker
- A giddy celebration of first love, that just happens to be between a lesbian outcast and a affluent African–American beauty. Low–budget…
- When Night Is Falling (1995)
- Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Pascale Bussieres, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny
- The director of I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING returns with one of the most beautiful and erotic films of recent times. Though embroided with a…
- Claire of the Moon (1994)
- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt
- An awkward sexual initiation plays out between an odd couple of women at a writing retreat. Lo–fi production lends the intimate affair an…
- Love and Human Remains (1994)
- Dir. Denys Arcand
Feat. Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft…
- A fascinating hybrid of twentysomething romantic comedy, cynical social satire and mystery thriller, adapted from an accomplished stageplay by the…
- Only the Brave (1994)
- Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maud Davey
- Gritty portrait of a bleak rite–of–passage for two Greek girls in the wasteland of suburban Melbourne. Succinct feature possesses a…
- Serving in Silence (1994)
- Dir. Jeff Bleckner
Feat. Glenn Close, Judy Davis
- Glenn Close and Judy Davis star in this biopic of Margarethe Cammermeyer, an exemplary colonel of the US military who was forced to fight for her…
- Go Fish (1993)
- Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Guinevere Turner, V.S Brodie
- A free–wheeling and revealing study of things lesbian with all its inherent prejudices and dilemmas. Not a 'coming–out' movie, but rather…
- Salmonberries (1992)
- Dir. Percy Adlon
Feat. k.d. Lang
- Pop diva k.d. lang plays an Alaskan Eskimo who forms an uneasy amorous alliance with her town librarian. A worldly, indiosyncratic view of repressed…
- Portrait of a Marriage (TV Mini-series) (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Janet McTeer, Cathryn Harrison, David Haig
- TV mini–series detailing the real–life love affair between Vita Sackville–West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's…
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1990)
- Dir. Monika Treut, Elfi Mikesch
Feat. Udo Kier
- The director of VIRGIN MACHINE takes her subversive sensibilities further with this outing exploring the activities of a domanatrix. Udo Kier takes…
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Kenneth Cranham, Charlotte Coleman
- Landmark adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's novel about a young girl raised in the cult–like surrounds of a strict evangelist household in the…
- Virgin Machine (1988)
- Dir. Monika Treut
Feat. Ina Blum, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein
- A frustrated German journalist takes her work to San Fransisco in this lesbian odyssey that proudly parades its fringe philosophy and contemporary…
- I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
- Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon
- A naive and self–conscious woman lands a job in an art gallery and grows to idolise the chic and sophisticated female curator. Quirky parable…
- Desert Hearts (1985)
- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau
- '50s Nevada provides the backdrop for a freindship between two women that develops in a love affair. Provocative yet dignified drama is well served…
- Lianna (1983)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries
- A mother–of–two breaks out of her cold marriage by way of an affair with a senior lecturer in this defining lesbian film of the 1980s,…
- Personal Best (1982)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Glenn Close
- Excellent directorial debut for scriptwriter Towne (of CHINATOWN fame), that uses slow–motion photography to dynamise its story of two lesbian…
- Bilitis (1977)
- Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Patti D'Arbanville
- Tissue–thin sex drama from famed 1970s photographer Hamilton (he of those misty images of nude or lace–clad women), going into dreamy…
- Julia (1977)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
- American Film Theatre - The Maids (1974)
- Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant…
- Atmospheric, though slightly muted version of Jean Genet's notorious play, itself based on a notorious French murder case, where two maids immersed…
- Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, The (1972)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla
- Lurid, feverish masterpiece from the incredibly prolific Fassbinder, chronicles a doomed lesbian relationship from the claustrophobic confines of…
- Killing of Sister George (1968)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Beryl Reid
- While lesbian soap–opera actress Beryl Reid attempts to stop her character being 'killed–off', a tangled game of sexual politics is…
- Theorem (Teorema) (1968)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti…
- A mysterious stranger seduces and corrupts each member of a bourgeois family. Pasolini stitches religious, social and political metaphors into his…
- Silence, The (1963)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom
- Final part of Bergman's Faith Trilogy (begun with THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY and WINTER LIGHT) is set in an anonymous war–torn country where…
- Children's Hour, The (1961)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner…
- Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…