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From little indies to ...bigger indies, from Jamie Babbit to the siblings Wachowski, these are the best lesbian films ever made.

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Clockwise from top left: “Bound,” “But I’m a Cheerleader,” “The Watermelon Woman,” and “Set It Off.”
Narrowing down the 15 best movies in any genre is tough, but for lesbian films you have to begin with a reductive question: What is a lesbian film? What, in fact, is a lesbian? (But that’s a different piece). Must the film focus primarily on a gay storyline, or can it feature strong lesbian characters doing something entirely different than just being lesbians? Is subtext enough? How much cinephile wrath will rain down on us for the absence of a certain recent Oscar nominee?
Ultimately, the best lesbian films honor the traditions of queer cinema in all of its glory: Strong women, high entertainment value, and bold visuals reign supreme. Too often, lesbian characters are either unattractive man-haters or used for titillation. These movies reclaim all of that; they’re the movies you will see played on a loop in the club, or at an underground rooftop movie night. Some won awards; others reached cult status long after their releases. It’s a list as colorful and varied as the queer community itself.
Without further ado, here are the 15 best lesbian films ever made:
Every filmmaker gets her crack at a coming-of-age story that mirrors their own, and those stories take on increasing significance when coming from rarely seen perspectives. Humming with the electricity of repressed sexuality finally breaking free, “Pariah” follows teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) as she embraces her queerness and masculine gender expression. The camera practically aches as Alike changes out of her baseball hat and t-shirt on the train home to Brooklyn, donning a girly sweater in order to calm her parents’ suspicions (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell). We melt alongside Alike as she lights up with the first tingles of love, seeing herself for the first time through the desiring eyes of Bina (Aasha Davis). Cinematographer Bradford Young (“Arrival”) films Alike’s first nights out at the club in rich, saturated colors. The movie pulses with the rhythm of first love and the cost of self-discovery.
A clever action parody that was much smarter than its mainstream marketing campaign understood, “D.E.B.S.” is like a queer “Charlie’s Angels” set at the school from “But I’m a Cheerleader,” with broader commercial appeal. A forbidden love story between a teen spy and an evil but hot international diamond thief, the movie features early performances by Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”) and Jordana Brewster (“The Fast and the Furious”). Set at an underground government academy for teen super spies, the D.E.B.S. are chosen by their answers questions hidden in an SAT-like test. It’s stupidly fun, sweetly romantic, and a lot more subversive than it gets credit for.
For the gift of Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet together we must thank Peter Jackson, even if they don’t ride off into the sunset. Based on a true story of a notorious 1950s New Zealand murder case, Jackson understood something only previously known to lesbians: The juicy narrative potential of teen lesbian obsession gone horribly awry. In her debut, Lynskey is delightfully unhinged as Pauline Parker, an outcast who develops an intense friendship with the lovely and wealthy Juliet Hulme, an equally impressive young Kate Winslet. Fantasy — that necessity of queer adolescence that often lingers in adulthood — becomes increasingly real for the two friends, who retreat further into their shared delusions. Like all crazy lesbian relationships, it ends in tragedy.
When South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook chose as source material the lesbian historical fiction novel “Fingersmith,” by Welsh author Sarah Waters, it seemed a little out of left field. But changing the setting from Victorian England to Japanese-occupied Korea was a brilliant move, and one that infused this cold mystery about a con man and the two women he embroils in his plot with untold beauty. Chan-wook elevates the book’s tawdry elements to fetishistic extremes, turning out an erotic thriller every bit as gorgeous as it is sinister. Min-hee Kim is prim and alluring as Lady Hideko, never fully dropping the facade even as she falls for her spirited handmaiden, Sook-Hee (Tae-ri Kim), who is tasked with conning her out of her inheritance. As both women make do with the hand life has dealt them, they discover passion in the shared struggle.
In the great tradition of “9 to 5” or “Thelma & Louise,” but with three of the most popular black actresses of the time, “Set It Off” remains unrivaled today. Starring Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Kimberly Elise as four friends who become bank robbers, each for their own reasons. While lesbians claimed “Thelma & Louise” as their own from subtext alone, “Set It Off” gave audiences the Queen Latifah of their dreams. Cleo was a cocky, loud, swaggering butch. And she gets laid. Finally, a story about badass women fighting the system that kept them down, and no one could say anyone was reading too much into it by calling it queer. “Set It Off” killed at the box office, grossing $41 million on a budget of $9 million. As the success of “Hidden Figures” showed, audiences are clamoring for black female stories. This is one remake no one would question.
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yall are nuts. tipping the velvet is the greatest even though its a bit of a 3 part mini series. i have the dvd and its set up like a movie. it is so superior to so many listed.
I agree, Pheebs, it surprises me that the author of this article is a woman. But excellent suggestions in the comments thread. I’d also like to see films that don’t end in tragedy or are trying to show that love between women is inferior or short-lived, until the real thing comes along.
You missed FIRE! Also, Lost and Delirious and Fingersmith should be on the list! And Clair of the Moon, and Better than Chocolate?
Not sure if this one qualifies but The Hunger was one all us lesbians watched in the 80’s. It and Go Fish, Clair of the Moon and Desert Hearts were all we had. I would say The Hunger deserves a spot due to the fact that it contains THE BEST flirtation in the history of lesbian film in the scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon when Catherine’s character, Miriam, is seducing Sarandon’s character, Sarah, while playing Lakme’s Delibes, “The Flower Duet” on the piano. OMG, heart pitter patters every time I see that scene! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_2D3Wxoprc
Although real late to the party. I think a couple of these movies should be removed because they actually AREN’T lesbian. As good as Fried Green Tomato’s is the movie didn’t actually have any real lesbian content so I wouldn’t call it a lesbian movie. But I would also cut
You can’t please everyone but I do think the #1 Lesbian movie should have been PERSONAL BEST with Mariel Hemingway.
My vote for nest lesbian film is “Amour de Femme” a French movie starring Rafaella Anderson and Helene Fillieres
“Heavenly creatures” is so bad, please remove it from your list! It’s not a love story, it’s just about 2 deranged teenagers committing a grisly murder. Even having it on this “top 15 lesbian movies” is borderline homophobic.
Very disappointing list! No Love for Spidarlings?
Although not sexualized, much like Thelma & Louise has everyone forgotten Fried Green Tomatoes? That is one of the best love stories of all films (my opinion), I haven’t seen many of the others listed but am looking forward to watching!
THANK YOU! Carol is one of the dullest films I’ve ever watched, and I can’t believe how many people want it up here.
Ok ok people, chill please. We got it, Carol too. I just wanted to add and highly recommend “Tomboy” 2011 and “The Girl King” 2015 and “My Friend from Faro” 2008 and “Circumstance” 2011 too for those who haven’t seen them and yes, none of them are American. I generally find the foreign ones more … accurate and interesting and to the point with little to no unnecessary oversexualized cinematography.
Carol is untouchably the best film in this category..the only one of it’s calabor in my opinion.
Carol Carol Carol, Carol….hello? CAROL!!!!!
So Pirates of the Caribbean is not a pirate movie bc Johnny Depp isn’t a pirate in his real life?
Maybe you should start watching documentaries instead of movies
To the person who commented who’s name is Jen: Are you Jen from Buzzfeed? It might be a stupid question, but I just want to know, even though you might not be. So.. are you? if you are please tell me, since I’m like, one of your biggest fans. If not, please tell me and don’t just ignore this comment. Thank you
I should just read this…but when I saw that CAROL is not here… I MUST HAVE THIS ETERNAL DUTY TO NOT LEAVE THIS SITE UNTIL I WRITE THIS COMMENT!!!
Carol SHOULD BE #1
How can you not include Cate and Rooney’s love story!
Thanks for that Kat. It gets tiresome. Sexuality is fluid. The “born gay” propaganda built purely to obtain a political and societal “pass” for our sexuality and to shove everyone into neat little boxes has long been exposed for the farce that it is.
Wow.. this list is horrible.. so many good titles missing about REAL lesbian characters
There is SO much missing from this list. Aimee and Jaguar, Carol, I can’t Think Straight, Blue is the Warmest Color, Kiss Me. This list does seem to account for the many queer foreign films with excellent plot lines. So many of these choices ( D.E.B.S and Kissing Jessica Stein) and glaze over the queer-centric story lines with heterosexual ones or hyper sexualize/ objectify female leads.
No Killing of Sister George ? Sacrilege…..
I think Carol is not on the list because everyone has heard of it, and when I google lesbian movies to find something to watch, I don’t want to see Carol and Imagine You and Me over and over and over again.
I wish you would’ve said why you didn’t feel Carol had earned a spot on this list. Also I’m not terribly comfortable with some of the language you’ve used about bisexuals on this list. It seems unfair to chastise bisexuals for “switching teams and not knowing what they want” (they know what they want: love, which just happens to be possible with more than one gender) and then treat bisexuals in such a way that they don’t feel welcome in expressing their interest in women.
The only problem I have is the fact that I don’t understand why a movie or television show with predominantly STRAIGHT characters with ONE or TWO lesbian or gay characters will be labelled as a lesbian/gay television show or movie or placed in a very crappy list of lesbian movies and TV shows. Am I the only lesbian that notices this? Like, “Set it Off” wasn’t even a lesbian movie and doesn’t even deserve to be on the “Best Lesbian Movies of All Time” list. The only lesbian character on that movie was Queen Latifah as Cleo. How does a movie about four women struggling with their finances that rob a bank with ONE lesbian character turn into a lesbian movie? As well as DEBS. Every character on DEBS was not a lesbian. There were two lesbian characters one of which was straight before falling in love with Jordana Brewster’s character, so it should not be strictly titled as a lesbian film.
So all the characters have to be lesbian for a film to be considered a lesbian film? You can’t be serious.
No one mentioned Fire yet. Such a beautifully filmed movie. I loved it. So many movies on the list are from the mid 90s. Those were good times!
Otherwise, Bound, Desert Hearts and Go Fish properly acknowledged. John Sayles’ Lianna was pretty significant when it was released in the early 80s.
Pariah and Set It Off should be ranked higher.
And while we’re at it, where’s Virgin Machine, a pioneering, sex positive film?
Carol is a low, low budget studio film by makers with indie credentials. So could be at least mentioned. Yes, Show Me Love is a major omission. Duke of Burgundy was probably not widely seen outside of NYC, but was significant on all levels. The list is very 90s-centered.
Carol was my favorite, although not an independent film. I finally felt I could identify. A serious romance between two feminine women. Todd Haynes and his team for this film are brilliant.
“Kissing Jessica Stein” being higher up the list than The Handmaiden & others + no Carol, Saving Face, Mosquita y Mari. What kind of garbage ass opinion and list….
You missed lukas Moodysson’s “Show Me Love”!!
Carol is a masterpiece. It’s a disgrace not to include it
Then you have the worst tastes in film EVER.
‘Carol’ was a studio film; this List is independent films.
Where does it say that only indy films can be included on this list? “Carol” should be number 1!
Carol and Show Me Love deserve to be on this list. Pariah at 15? Set it Off, I don’t think so. Also, for those that don’t know, Carol is an indie film with major stars. Still independent though.
I thought Carol would be #1! Aimee and Jaguar should be on this list.
Seriously? Is there a reason Carol hasn’t made an appearance here?
WHERE. IS. CAROL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?
Please add Elena Undone and Loving Annabelle.
D.E.B.S over Pariah? Come on!!!!! Where is Carol? Blue is the Warmest Color?
Agree with the others here. Was expecting to see Carol on the list
Would like to have seen Carol on this list – can’t believe you have overlooked such a fantastic piece of queer cinema
This list is trash. Where is Carol???
really confused how carol isn’t on this list.
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When thinking of a ‘best’ list of LGBT related films, the criteria is so varied that it’s very hard to pick just a small amount. Are we comparing them in terms of narrative? Or is it strong and unique characters? Is it in terms of innovation of the genre, and can we even call lesbian or LGBT films a genre in general, considering they can vary from comedies, to dramas, to murder stories?
Of course, one must consider all these things at once because, after all, films are complex and multi-sided. Although many films were made in earlier cinema about lesbians – whether openly or in more subtle forms – it is the New Queer Cinema that really transformed the definition of sexuality and the potential of what non-heterosexual films can be as well as the way LGBT characters can be presented. Although the movement never became mainstream, it has subtly infiltrated both indie and Hollywood cinema in a way that it’s traces are still seen today.
Without further ado, although a list of great films should never be limited to such a small number as 10, these titles definitely stand as strong representations of lesbian films.
10. The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook, 2016)
The Handmaiden is a brilliant film in all its aspects, with a plot that doesn’t stop to shock and surprise at every turn. The film follows a con-man, Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo) who is on a mission to seduce and steal the inheritance of a rich Japanese woman Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee).
To carry out his plan he hires the help of a professional thief, Sook-Hee (Kim Tae-ri) to act as her handmaiden. However, the women are smarter than Fujiwara thought and what follows is an endless power swap of the characters, in the process of which Sook-Hee and Lady Hideko fall in love.
9. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
Although this is not the film most associated with Fassbinder, it is a real gem and one of his greatest works. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant was adapted by him from his own play of the same name, giving it a great cinematographic spin and illuminating it with rich colours suitable to a film about a fashion designer. The story is both humorous and tragic, showing the difficulties of finding true love when you’re rich and famous – a story quite personal to Fassbinder himself.
Set in a luscious and artistic apartment of Petra Von Kant (Margit Cartensen), a powerful woman who is arrogant and self-righteous, whose life changes for the better or worse when, infatuated with a young model Karin (Hanna Schygulla), she invites her to move in with her, causing a series of drama.
8. My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004)
The summer is a strange romantic time for youth. A period where you have a lot of time to yourself, and longing for something exciting to happen that will help you feel more alive.
Set in such a period of time, My Summer of Love explores a unique relationship between two young girls that could not have less in common. Tamsin (Emily Blunt), coming from an upper-class background and a spoiled attitude and Mona (Natalie Press) a lower-class girl hiding her brightness behind a hard-faced mask.
However, whether it is the summer, or the bonding over their familial problems, the girls immediately become close and find themselves crossing over the strict friendship barrier.
Like many LGBT films, Pariah is a film of self-discovery, and one that is very much personal to the director herself. The film follows Alike (Adepero Oduye) in a coming of age story that creates a lot of sympathy and identification with the young teenager.
One can’t help but root for her as she is forced to hide he
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