Lesbian Movies

There are plenty of lesbian-orientated movies out there, but which are the ones worth watching? Well, don't fret... Listed below are the top ten lesbian movies as rated by GirlFix members.

GirlFix Top Ten

Imagine Me & You
Imagine Me & You is the story of a girl who falls in love on her wedding day... but not with the man of honour. The film follows a romantic, humorous and sometimes poignant journey familiar to anyone who's ever been lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love's spell.
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Tipping The Velvet
Set in England in the 1890s, Tipping the Velvet is a colourful, passionate and entertaining lesbian love story. As charismatic heroine Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling) grows into womanhood, she realises that she's attracted to women, not men. It leads her into a series of lesbian adventures.
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GIA
It's late '70s New York. Studio 54, designer jeans, drugs and disco. One girl is living life in the fast lane. She can have any man - or any woman - she wants. Sex, money, glamour, fame, it's all within her reach. She walks toward you across the dance floor, struts toward you down the runway, stares at you from the cover of a magazine. She's a goddess. She's a star. Her name is Gia.
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
An elderly woman, 'widowed' when her companion of 50 years dies in 1961; a feminist co-ed discovering her attraction to an outsider in 1972; a loving couple eager to experience parenthood in 2000: three couples, three different decades. If These Walls Could Talk 2 is an honest portrayal of women in three very different times, all searching for love and acceptance.
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Loving Annabelle
Loving Annabelle is the controversial story of a Catholic boarding school teacher who has an affair with her female student, Annabelle. Inspired by the 1931 German classic 'Maedchen In Uniform,' director Katharine Brooks's 'Loving Annabelle' gives a modern telling of the forbidden love story that continues to be controversial to this day.
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Desert Hearts
Director Donna Deitch makes a strong impression in her first feature film, a simple story of a lesbian love affair, based on Jane Rule's 1964 novel Desert of the Heart. Twenty years later, the love scene in Desert Hearts remains one of the most passionate: watching Vivian open up her body and mind to Cay, releasing her stuffy inhibitions and giving in to desire.
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Fingersmith
In a BBC adaptation of Sarah Water's third novel, Fingersmith is a compelling period drama about conning and being conned. It's also a lesbian love story set in 19th century England, with complex characters from opposite ends of the social spectrum, both in their own desperate situations.
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Better Than Chocolate
Scant hours before her uptight mother and brother move in with her, Maggie meets the woman of her dreams. Though Mum is oblivious to her daughter's sexual orientation, it's a tough thing to hide in close quarters. Meanwhile, Maggie's transgender friend falls in love with the owner of the lesbian bookstore where Maggie works.
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When Night Is Falling
A professor at a Christian college, Camille enjoys a conventional life with her minister fiancé, Martin. But when reserved Camille meets free-spirited circus acrobat Petra, her conservative life takes a sensuous left turn. With Petra, Camille begins an erotic adventure of self-discovery and finds herself emotionally teetering between the forbidden and the familiar.
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Boys Don't Cry
A true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself. Boys Don't Cry is a story about the gender identity of a girl, Teena Brandon (Hilary Swank), who sees herself as a boy and wants to behave as one, to be one. Swank's Oscar-winning portrayal of this real-life character illuminates one woman's voyage of self-discovery – and the events that cut it short.
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