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