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1. The Fallout (2021)
R | 96 min | Drama
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.
Director: Megan Park | Stars: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp
Votes: 33,782
2. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 163,129 | Gross: $2.20M
3. Below Her Mouth (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Director: April Mullen | Stars: Erika Linder, Natalie Krill, Sebastian Pigott, Mayko Nguyen
Votes: 14,318
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,719 | Gross: $3.76M
5. Carol (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 142,446 | Gross: $12.71M
6. Room in Rome (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso, Najwa Nimri
Votes: 26,214
7. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent
Votes: 67,428 | Gross: $3.05M
8. Dickinson (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 30 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Set in the 19th century, it explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Adrian Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Jane Krakowski
Votes: 19,768
9. Imagine Me & You (2005)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newlywed bride becomes infatuated with another woman who questions her sexual orientation, promoting a stir among the bride's family and friends.
Director: Ol Parker | Stars: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie
Votes: 36,009 | Gross: $0.67M
10. My Summer of Love (2004)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews
Votes: 21,792 | Gross: $0.99M
11. Gentleman Jack (2019–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan, Ben Hunter
Votes: 15,955
12. Kiss Me (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother's lesbian daughter.
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining | Stars: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre
Votes: 11,960
13. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,382
14. Elena Undone (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Fate brings two diversely different women together, and sets them on a collision course that will shatter their preconceived notions about love, life and the power of one's soul.
Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Necar Zadegan, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks, Sam Harris
Votes: 6,629
15. Tell It to the Bees (2018)
TV-MA | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother.
Director: Annabel Jankel | Stars: Billy Boyd, Gregor Selkirk, Anna Paquin, Euan Mason
Votes: 6,797
16. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 11,032
17. Tipping the Velvet (2002)
59 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Nan Astley who falls in love with three different women on her journey to stardom and happiness in 1887 Victorian England.
Stars: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Jodhi May, Alexei Sayle
Votes: 8,610
18. Fingersmith (2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sue's plan goes horribly wrong.
Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 9,618
19. Crush (I) (2022)
TV-MA | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
An aspiring young artist joins her high school track team and later discovers what real love feels like when she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate.
Director: Sammi Cohen | Stars: Rowan Blanchard, Auli'i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez
Votes: 9,718
20. Lost and Delirious (2001)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 22,350 | Gross: $0.30M
21. Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After joining forces with a veteran bounty hunter, 16-year-old fraternal-twin sisters Sterling and Blair dive into the world of bail-skipping baddies while still navigating the high stakes of teenage life.
Stars: Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison, Virginia Williams
Votes: 14,317
22. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler
Votes: 25,626 | Gross: $0.90M
23. First Kill (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
Stars: Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise
Votes: 29,399
24. Better Than Chocolate (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Maggie, 19, works at a lesbian/LGBT bookstore. Her mom's getting divorced and has invited herself to stay with Maggie. Maggie hasn't told her, she's lesbian. Her new girlfriend moves in as well.
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Votes: 8,756 | Gross: $2.01M
25. When Night Is Falling (1995)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, David Fox
Votes: 7,433 | Gross: $1.19M
26. My Days of Mercy (2017)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Elliot Page, Kate Mara, Amy Seimetz, Charlie Shotwell
Votes: 5,876
27. High Art (1998)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young female intern at a small magazine company and a drug-addicted lesbian photographer slowly fall in love while exploiting each other to advance their respective careers.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Gabriel Mann
Votes: 11,115 | Gross: $1.93M
28. My First Summer (2020)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Katie Found | Stars: Arthur Angel, Markella Kavenagh, Steve Mouzakis, Maiah Stewardson
Votes: 2,616
29. First Girl I Loved (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Kerem Sanga | Stars: Dylan Gelula, Brianna Hildebrand, Mateo Arias, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 4,051
30. Elisa & Marcela (2019)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas
Votes: 5,842
31. Bloomington (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
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.
Director: Fernanda Cardoso | Stars: Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer, Katherine Ann McGregor, Ray Zupp
Votes: 5,937
32. The Summer of Sangaile (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
17 years old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at a summer aeronautical show. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds the only person that truly encourages her to fly.
Director: Alante Kavaite | Stars: Julija Steponaityte, Aiste Dirziute, Jurate Sodyte, Martynas Budraitis
Votes: 3,407 | Gross: $0.00M
33. The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022)
49 min | Drama, Mystery
It explores the beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story.
Stars: Mina Andala, Sophie Cookson, Steven Mackintosh, Patrick Martins
Votes: 981
34. Emily (1976)
R | 87 min | Drama, Romance
The year is 1928 and Emily, aged seventeen, returns home from school in Switzerland. At her family estate in the English countryside, it seems everyone is trying to seduce her.
Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: Koo Stark, Sarah Brackett, Victor Spinetti, Jane Hayden
Votes: 258
35. An Unexpected Love (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children (Leslie Hope) seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she developes a mutual attraction to her female boss (Wendy Crewson).
Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Leslie Hope, Wendy Crewson, D.W. Moffett, Alison Pill
Votes: 943
36. Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Not Rated | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $0.93M
37. Along Came Wanda (2021)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A memory jogged by a teapot from an old lover quickly turns into an adventure of discovery for Mary Beth Higgins and her new found friend Wanda as they hit the road in Wanda's RV/Soup Truck.
Director: Jan Miller Corran | Stars: Isabella Hofmann, Max Adler, Cathy DeBuono, Rich Ceraulo Ko
Votes: 612