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 The source URL on this will take you to an archived version of Autostraddle's list that matches this list.
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Saving Face
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Desert Hearts
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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Mädchen in Uniform
1931, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ah-ga-ssi
2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check -
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Carol
2015, in 8 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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Emporte-moi
1999 — a.k.a. Set Me Free, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mommy Is Coming
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Imagine Me & You
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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Yeogo goedam II
1999 — a.k.a. Memento Mori, in 2 top lists Check -
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High Art
1998, in 2 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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Kyss mig
2011 — a.k.a. Kiss Me, 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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Sangailes vasara
2015 — a.k.a. The Summer of Sangaile, in 1 top list Check -
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Lan se da men
2002 — a.k.a. Blue Gate Crossing, in 1 top list Check -
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Karmen Geï
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Aimée & Jaguar
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Hunger
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kissing Jessica Stein
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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Go Fish
1994, in 2 top lists Check -
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I Can't Think Straight
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sancharram
2004 — a.k.a. The Journey, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lost and Delirious
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fire
1996, in 2 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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Walk on the Wild Side
1962, in 1 top list Check -
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La vie d'Adèle
2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check -
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Ci qing
2007 — a.k.a. Spider Lilies, in 0 top lists Check -
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First Girl I Loved
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Summer of Love
2004, in 3 top lists Check -
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Miao Miao
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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El niño pez
2009 — a.k.a. The Fish Child, in 1 top list Check -
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Therese and Isabelle
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Violette
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les filles du botaniste
2006 — a.k.a. The Chinese Botanist's Daughters, in 0 top lists Check -
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Flores Raras
2013 — a.k.a. Reaching for the Moon, in 0 top lists 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 -
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Frida
2002, in 0 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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When Night Is Falling
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Stud Life
2012, in 1 top list Check -
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My Days of Mercy
2017, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 26, 2021; source