Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Lesbian: 100 Films to Rent
- 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…