Autostraddle's Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies of All Time

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Films aimed at lesbian, bisexual and queer women have never exactly been noted for their universal excellence. Hollywood is a notoriously sexist machine and it’s hard enough to get a solid film about women made, let alone a solid film about women who prefer the company of other women. While unprecedented progress is being made on television, film lags sadly behind, offering few, if any, portrayals of LGBTQ women.

Curating a ranked list of the best lesbian movies (and otherwise queer movies) of all time was not easy. It involved some rounds of nominations and voting from our own team members, Riese watching so many lesbian movies in such a short period of time that she lost her overall ability to determine “good” from “bad,” a surveyance of other lists and reading a ton of movie reviews to come up with the most objective list possible.


Note: This list was an updated version from the other same lists on this site. Autostraddle has since rehauled the list so completely I've made it into a newer, separate list. I've kept this list up despite being outdated in case anyone is curious as to what it used to be. The source URL on this will take you to an archived version of Autostraddle's list that matches this list.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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    Carol

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
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    Saving Face

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Circumstance

    2011, in 0 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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    Pariah

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
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    Freeheld

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bessie

    2015, in 1 top list Check
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    Aimée & Jaguar

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bound

    1996, in 6 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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    Kyss mig

    2011 — a.k.a. Kiss Me, in 0 top lists Check
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    Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

    2017 — a.k.a. Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, in 0 top lists Check
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    Battle of the Sexes

    2017, in 0 top lists Check
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    Suicide Kale

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Gia

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Hours

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    Dope

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Princess Cyd

    2017, in 0 top lists
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    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Imagine Me & You

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Atomic Blonde

    2017, in 0 top lists Check
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    My Summer of Love

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mosquita y Mari

    2012, in 1 top list Check
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    Ha-Sodot

    2007 — a.k.a. The Secrets, in 0 top lists Check
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    Annihilation

    2018, in 3 top lists Check
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    Fremde Haut

    2005 — a.k.a. Unveiled, 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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    If These Walls Could Talk 2

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Desert Hearts

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
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    Life Partners

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    All Over Me

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    The Kids Are All Right

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Margarita, with a Straw

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Runaways

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Grandma

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Piao lang qing chun

    2008 — a.k.a. Drifting Flowers, in 0 top lists Check
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    Pride

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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    Stranger Inside

    2001, 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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    Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    D.E.B.S.

    2004, in 0 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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    Foxfire

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Set It Off

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    Rent

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    La belle saison

    2015 — a.k.a. Summertime, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 6, 2019; source