Autostraddle's 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time (2021)
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"The goal with this list was to create a canon of Lesbian+ film that honors all the different types of work worthy of viewing. There are films that are simply fun for a casual night in, there are deeply thought-provoking films, and there are films that are mostly just here to turn you on.
This list was created through a rigorous multi-step process that involved a lot of watching, a lot of voting, and a lot of weighing factors often ignored on mainstream film lists. It was important to us that we not take into account any metric voted on by institutions composed mostly of cis straight white men. While it’s impressive when a film about queer women or nonbinary people manages to get Oscar nominations or a high Rotten Tomatoes score, the films that get those recognitions are not often made by us or specifically for us.
This list does not include films about trans men (e.g. Boys Don't Cry, By Hook or By Crook), films about trans women exclusively interested in men (e.g. Tangerine, A Fantastic Woman), films based on queer books that had their explicit queerness removed (e.g. The Color Purple, Fried Green Tomatoes), or films where the queerness is just subtext (e.g. A League of Their Own, Rebecca). This list also doesn’t include short films, documentaries, or porn — with a handful of exceptions where length/genre lines were blurred."
Note: This version of the list was published in early 2021. The list has since been updated again but I'll be keeping this version up for reference. The source URL on this will take you to an archived version of Autostraddle's list that matches this list.
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But I'm a Cheerleader
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Saving Face
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Appropriate Behavior
2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fucking Åmål
1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check -
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D.E.B.S.
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
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Mommy Is Coming
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Suicide Kale
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Imagine Me & You
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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Multiple Maniacs
1970, in 1 top list Check -
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Valencia: The Movie/S
2013 — a.k.a. Valencia, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chutney Popcorn
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
1980 — a.k.a. Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom, in 0 top lists Check -
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Boy Meets Girl
2014, in 1 top list Check -
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Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dope
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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Grandma
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Women Who Kill
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kissing Jessica Stein
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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Battle of the Sexes
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
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Joven y Alocada
2012 — a.k.a. Young and Wild, in 1 top list Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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Shortbus
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sukkar banat
2007 — a.k.a. Caramel, in 1 top list Check -
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Miao Miao
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Kids Are All Right
2010, in 6 top lists Check -
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Jennifer's Body
2009, in 1 top list Check -
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007, in 0 top lists Check -
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Love and Other Catastrophes
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
166 new
Antonia
1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check -
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Yes or No: Yaak Rak Gaw Rak Loey
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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BFFs
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
2002 — a.k.a. My Mother Likes Women, in 0 top lists Check -
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Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Barash
2015 — a.k.a. Blush, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Four-Faced Liar
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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Drool
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Goldfish Memory
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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Life Partners
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Nina's Heavenly Delights
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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Puccini for Beginners
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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Better Than Chocolate
1999, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 26, 2021; source