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Fingersmith (2005)
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Fingersmith (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 181 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of two young women collide in Victorian England when a trio of 'fingersmiths' (pick-pockets) concoct an elaborate scam to defraud a young heiress of her inheritance. The story alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion in 1862. The story is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel.
Style: serious, realistic, costume drama, captivating, disturbing, erotic, psychological thriller, romantic, gothic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian relationship, thief, gays and lesbians, psychiatric ward, fall in love, abuse, lgbtq, class differences, manipulation, mistaken identity, betrayal, dishonesty, power relations, voice over narration, lesbian interest, gay, glbt, sapphic, love, gender, lgbtqi, marriage of convenience ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s, ancient times, victorian
Place: britain, london, england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, queer cinema, serious and touching films and TV series with plots about love and romance, lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian relationship and sapphic mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Fingersmith: Tipping the Velvet (2002), Gentleman Jack (2019), Kiss Me (2011), Vita & Virginia (2018), I Can't Think Straight (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tipping the Velvet (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the 1890s, Tipping the Velvet tells the lesbian love affair between male impersonator music hall star Kitty Butler and Nan Astley.
Style: costume drama, touching, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gender, lesbian romance, performer's life, sexual relations, couples, cross dressing, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sex ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe ...
Style: captivating, emotional, stylized, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, lesbian, lesbian romance, lesbianism, lgbt, lesbian sex, lesbian love, feminism, lesbian couple, lgbtq, forbidden love, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s
Place: england, britain, europe, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
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Gentleman Jack (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lgbtq, strongman, lesbian love, discrimination, social relations, society, private vs public, sapphic, rivalry, female protagonist ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1830s, regency period
Place: england, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 6.8
 12K
Kiss Me (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and Frida (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties, meet each other for the first time at their parents' engagement party. Mia's father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson), is about to get married to Frida's mother, ...
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian daughter, couples, lesbian teen, lesbian interest, engagement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, europe, barcelona, spain, eastern europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Vita & Virginia (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly ...
Style: sentimental, factual, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, polyamory, first lesbian experience, female writer, feminism, bisexual woman, female protagonist ...
Time: 1920s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I Can't Think Straight (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: I Can't Think Straight is a 2007 romance movie about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another ...
Style: semi serious, touching, contemplative, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbianism, love and romance, gender, gays and lesbians, passion, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: idaho, indiana, london, middle east, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
My Summer of Love (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tasmin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
Style: erotic, sexy, psychological, romantic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, coming of age, teenage life, gays and lesbians, women, summer, sex, countryside, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Affinity (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspense, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot: prison, lesbian, lesbian interest, lgbt, gays and lesbians, supernatural ability, obsession, death in the family, lgbtq, women's prison, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 7.3
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Carol (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
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, serious, emotional, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, forbidden love, lesbian love, women, age difference, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lesbian romance, sapphic, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, indiana, idaho, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tell It to the Bees (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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, psychological, thought provoking, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, lesbian sex, lgbtq, female nudity, intolerance, emotional abuse ...
Time: 50s, year 1952, 1950s
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 7K
Elena Undone (2010)
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, realistic, touching, sexual, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian mother, gays and lesbians, family problems, lesbian sex, lgbtq, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 14K
Feel Good (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 315 min.
TV show
Story: Recovering addict and comedian Mae tries to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of her life. Life is further complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with her new girlfriend George.
Style: romantic, witty, captivating, semi serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian friend, addiction, lesbian romance, gays and lesbians, female comedian, lesbian lover, tomboy, comedy club ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Way We Live Now (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: The Way We Live Now is a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel The Way We Live Now. The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel ...
Style: period piece, serious, costume drama, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: lifestyle, intrigue, society, rise to the top, fall in love, power relations, life is a bitch, rich and poor, couple relations, greed, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story: Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: victorian england, charles dickens, inheritance, love, makeover, betrayal, unrequited love, lifestyle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Desert Hearts (1985)
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, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, divorce, gender, self discovery, lesbianism, gay, lesbian sex, lgbtq, desert ...
Time: 50s, year 1985, year 1959, 60s, 1950s
Place: nevada, indiana, usa, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Days of Mercy (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Style: sad, serious, psychological, romantic drama, deep ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, sister sister relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, death penalty, sapphic, lgbtq, protestor, brother sister relationship ...
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 219 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the real-life love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel.
Style: steamy, realistic, serious, sexual, period drama
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, writers, lesbian love, lgbtq, love affair, gay, literary, poet, love triangle, strong female presence, couples ...
Time: 19th century, 1910s, 20th century
Place: usa, england, new zealand, europe, virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dickinson (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
Style: scenic, captivating, atmospheric, historical drama, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, women, lgbt, female protagonist, lesbian interest, poetry, lesbian love, rebellious daughter, poet, sexual orientation, lgbtq, dream ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 7.7
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The L Word (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, erotic, grindhouse ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, sexual activity, gays and lesbians, lesbianism, female protagonist, cafe, friendship, lesbian mother, lesbian sex ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, indiana, idaho, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When Night Is Falling (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A prudish woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman whom works at a local carnival which comes to town.
Style: erotic, sexy, art house, romantic, sexual ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, bisexual woman, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, lesbian sex, women, female nudity, bisexual ...
Time: 90s
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how ...
Style: period piece, exciting, entertaining, witty, colorful ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: heist, partner, love triangle, unlikely criminals, buddies, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, revenge, swashbuckler, vengeance, robbery ...
Time: 18th century, year 1999, georgian era
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Loving Annabelle (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of ...
Style: erotic, touching, emotional, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, school, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, older woman younger woman relationship, love affair, teachers and students, teenage life, couples ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%
 7.5
 5K
Lip Service (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lip Service was a British television serial drama portraying the lives of a group of lesbians living in Glasgow, Scotland. Production on the show, which stars Laura Fraser, Ruta Gedmintas and Fiona Button, began in summer 2009 in Glasgow. The show ...
Style: realistic, sincere, sexy, semi serious, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, love and romance, lesbianism, lifestyle, lgbtq, ex couple relations, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland, saudi arabia, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 6.6
 2K
Purple Sea (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in ...
Style: serious, touching, disturbing, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, gender, island, gays and lesbians, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbianism, village life, forbidden love, lesbian sex ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1800s
Place: sicily, italy, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks ...
Style: sexy, romantic, erotic, touching, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, feminist, lifestyle, female friendship, lgbtq, gay, love and romance, lesbian sex ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The 'Other' Love Story (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
TV show
Story: Two Indian teenage girls fall in love in the 1990's in Bangalore when there were no cell phones or internet - a pure, intense, passionate love story against all odds.
Style: romantic, captivating
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, first love, lesbian relationship, couple relations, lesbian love, love affair, love and romance, lesbian couple, lgbtq, fall in love, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 8.3
 22K
Jane Eyre (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story: In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (Georgie Henley), a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed (Tara FitzGerald) is despatched into the care of the callous Mr Brocklehurst at his school at Lowood. As a young ...
Style: costume drama, romantic, gothic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: love affair, love story, couple relations, rich and poor, fall in love, unlikely couple, estate, social differences, love and romance, relationships, governess, looking for love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, regency period
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Daniel Deronda (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: aristocracy, drowning, love affair, social differences, love triangle, jewess, couples, rise to the top, unlikely couple, betrayal, fall in love, society ...
Time: 19th century, middle ages, 1870s, victorian era
Place: britain, england, europe, london, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 274 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
Style: historical drama, costume drama, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: prostitute, victorian england, social climbing, love affair, rich and poor, mistress, social differences, power relations, couples, society, high society, diary ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Eloïse's Lover (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sensuous and ethereal story of two young women falling in love for the first time. Young, beautiful Àsia lies in a coma, her mother and boyfriend keeping constant vigil by her side. In flashback we see what led up to her accident, her life ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, romantic, sexy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, gays and lesbians, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lesbian sex, forbidden love, tragic event, lgbtq, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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