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The Children's Hour (1961)
20K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A troublemaking student at a girl's school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
Style:
sad, emotional, lgbt cinema, touching, realistic, controversial, talky, social, black and white, devastating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, gender, unrequited love, false accusation, bigotry, girls' school, gay, bullying, tragedy, evil child, prejudice, closeted lesbian, women, lesbian relationship, courtroom drama, teacher, suicide, glbt, boarding school, female protagonist, miscarriage of justice, gossip, suicide by hanging, evil girl, sexual repression ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1930s, 1960s
Place:
california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and touching films with plots about lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian, gender, gays and lesbians, love and romance and friendship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Children's Hour: Carol (2015), Tell It to the Bees (2018), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), The Truth About Jane (2000), Cracks (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
153K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, women, sapphic, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, age difference, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, idaho, indiana ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, romantic drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian interest, lesbian attraction, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, female doctor, lesbian sex, love interest ...
Time:
year 1952, 50s, 1950s
Place:
austin texas, scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and ...
Style:
sexual, teen, cult classic, feel good, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, sapphic, lesbian love, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, conversion therapy, cheerleading, lgbtq, cheerleader, lesbian relationship, lesbianism ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian love, sapphic, high school life, lesbian sex, lesbian romance, youth, lesbian relationship, loss of virginity, lesbian couple, lesbian teen ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, year 1993
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, art house, erotic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian lover, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, mannequin, servant, possessiveness, heartache, fashion, lesbian interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
west germany, australia, frankfurt germany, miami, zurich switzerland ...
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, erotic, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, obsession, coming of age, lesbian love, lesbian, sexualized violence, lgbtq, teenage girl, asthma, boarding school life, child abuse, lesbian relationship ...
Time:
1930s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1934
Place:
europe, england, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lgbt, teenage girl, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, teenage love, sapphic, teenage sexuality, teenager, lesbian love, forbidden love ...
Place:
paris france, indiana, france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, ...
Style:
sexual, captivating, erotic, lgbt cinema, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gender, lesbian couple, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbianism, sapphic, lesbian interest, feminism, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1961 ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, nurse patient relationship, lgbtq, forbidden love, family relations, parents and children, elderly lovers, lgbt, couple relations, gender ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, erotic, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, gender, lesbian love, sapphic, forbidden love, lesbianism, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbian interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent and meaningless death rocks ...
Style:
sad, melancholic, sincere, touching, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, punk, lesbian teen, lesbian interest, coming of age, friendship, lesbian relationship, glbt, youth, sexuality, character study ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school.
Style:
sensual, black and white, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, erotica, nudity, sexual awakening, lesbian sex, female nudity, masturbation, lesbianism, female masturbation, lgbtq, woman woman relationship, sexploitation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, switzerland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.
Style:
teen, disturbing, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, best friend, teenage sexuality, lesbian teen, high school, lesbianism, lesbian love, friendship, youth, lgbtq, coming of age, softball ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, forbidden love, lesbian romance, lesbian friend, self discovery, friendship, lifestyle, follow your dream, lgbt, human nature, feminism, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory. Six months ago Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love ...
Style:
touching, sexy, erotic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbianism, couples, lesbian love, lesbian romance, woman woman relationship, lesbian seduction, lesbian relationship, love and romance, gays and lesbians, love story, lesbian couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Style:
sexual, crying, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, midlife crisis, lesbian subtext, school, lesbian friend, sexual repression, small town, teacher, loss of virginity, lesbianism, outdoor sex, bird ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
oregon, new england, usa, connecticut
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.
Style:
sexual, cult classic, independent film, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, sexual relations, sapphic, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lgbt, friendship, lesbian mother, female nudity, divorce ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, biting ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, family gatherings, culture clash, fish out of water, eccentric family, addiction, couples, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family relations, family problems ...
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
33%
10K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Style:
teen, touching, realistic, sincere, spectacular ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teacher, feminism, teenage girl, girl gang, high school, lesbian, attempted rape, sexual harassment, abusive father, rebellion, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
portland oregon, california
Similarity:
33%
516
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Takes a look at gay and straight love among the new millennials. Everything from secret crushes to homophobic attitudes are revealed by the rambunctious students taking Drama and Dance from Loris. None of the teens are what they seem at first ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, coming of age, teachers and students, teenage love, teenage life, high school, power relations, youth, gender, teen angst, friendship between girls ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, high school, teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, best friend, youth, buddies, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lgbtq, gender, sapphic, divorce, self discovery, desert, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, passionate kiss ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, year 1985, 60s, 1950s
Place:
nevada, indiana, usa, san francisco, reno nevada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with ...
Style:
bleak, touching, melancholic, intense, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, depression, loneliness, tarot card, sadness, dating, illness, women, abortion, female nudity, character study, interracial relations ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century
Similarity:
33%
12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, drug addiction, photography, addiction, photographer, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lgbtq, sexuality, lesbian love, drug ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style:
sad, independent film, lgbt cinema, eros, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, hiv, politics, glbt, friendship, loss of lover, courage ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1983, year 1985 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
Style:
captivating, touching, sexy, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbianism, lesbian mother, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, lesbian teen, couple relations, lesbian sex, sapphic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming of age stories of four teen-age girls.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, independent film, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, boarding school, teenage girl, friendship, girls' boarding school, nymphet, female friendship, youth, friends, social relations, power relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style:
sad, melancholic, depressing, psychological, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult ...
Plot:
dystopia, boarding school, existentialism, distopia, childhood, cloning, sadness, friendship, transplant, couples, love story, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1978, 2010s, 50s, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
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