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Carol (2015)
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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, heartbreaking, period piece, visually stunning, romantic, intense ...
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, divorce, woman woman relationship, road trip, photographer, lesbian sex, lesbianism, love story, impossible love, lgbtq, gay, love, child custody, photography ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015, 90s, year 1953 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, indiana, idaho, columbus ohio, chicago, usa ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, sexy, erotic and realistic films with plots about lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, love, lesbian teen and lesbianism mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Carol: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Kiss Me (2011), Ammonite (2020), The World Unseen (2007), Elena Undone (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style:
sexy, scenic, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, lgbtq, lgbt, painting, portrait, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtqi, love, female protagonist, lesbian sex ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, ancient times, victorian era, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
Similarity:
94%
13K
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, erotic, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, sapphic, lesbian interest, love and romance, lesbian sex, lesbian daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, barcelona, eastern europe, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
1840s England, an infamous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Style:
sexy, psychological, period piece, costume drama, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lgbtq, lesbian love, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian sex, scientist, sapphic, lesbian cunnilingus ...
Time:
1840s, 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 2020s ...
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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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:
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:
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman learns about the death of her father. She returns to her Orthodox Jewish home and falls in love with her best childhood friend who is now married to her cousin.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, depressing, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian sex, sex scene, forbidden love, infidelity, funeral, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, middle east, israel
Similarity:
86%
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:
historical romance, period piece, factual, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, sapphic, sex scene, polyamory, female protagonist, doomed love, anxiety, lesbian couple ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england
Similarity:
92%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, sentimental, erotic, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, love triangle, wedding, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lgbtq, sapphic, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
london, idaho, europe, tower bridge london
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A former child actress attends college in search of independence and ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor. Their relationship thrives until an opportunity to return to acting forces her to make life-altering decisions.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, touching, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian couple, gays and lesbians, lesbian teen, teacher student relationship, college, lesbian sex, sapphic, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
88%
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:
83%
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:
touching, serious, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, island, lesbian romance, lesbianism, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian sex, village life ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, turn of the century, 1800s
Place:
italy, mediterranean sea, sicily
Similarity:
100%
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, sexy, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian romance, sapphic, older woman younger woman relationship, lesbian relationship, school, teenage life, lesbian teen, teachers and students ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Berlin 1943/44 ("The Battle of Berlin"). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is ...
Style:
erotic, romantic, sexual, romantic drama, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtq, lesbian interest, holocaust, gays and lesbians, woman in danger, nazi, society, forbidden love, couples ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1999, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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, sexual, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, sapphic, lgbtq, black lesbian, bisexual woman, secret relationship, lesbian erotica, lesbian sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
indiana, california
Similarity:
100%
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, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lgbtq, lesbianism, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, feminism, lesbian love, forbidden love, gay relationship ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, ancient times, 1830s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
82%
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:
romantic drama, sad, serious, psychological, deep ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, death penalty, sister sister relationship, death row, lgbtq, sapphic, lesbianism ...
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1971, Carole and Delphine meet and fall in love in Paris. When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in Limousin, the two find lesbianism and feminism are not as easy in the countryside.
Style:
sexy, erotic, eros, sincere, sweet ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, lesbian sex, woman woman relationship, lesbian love, female nudity, farmer, sisterhood, family farm, cow ...
Time:
year 1976, year 1971, year 2015, 70s
Place:
indiana, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, plot twist, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, twists and turns, sapphic, sex, lust, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, lesbianism ...
Time:
1930s, year 2016, ancient times, 2010s
Place:
japan, south korea, indiana, asia, korea ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
Style:
realistic, erotic, semi serious, sincere, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, sexual activity, gays and lesbians, sapphic, lesbianism, lesbian love, female protagonist, nude women, cafe ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, indiana, idaho, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
sexy, eros, erotic, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbianism, self discovery, sapphic, fall in love, lesbian sex, true love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, idaho, indiana, middle east, europe ...
Similarity:
70%
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:
sexy, realistic, serious, sincere, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
lesbian, gays and lesbians, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lesbian teen, tragic event, lesbian sex, forbidden love, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
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27K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Similarity:
83%
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, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, gender, unrequited love, bigotry, false accusation, girls' school, gay, evil child, tragedy, bullying, prejudice, closeted lesbian ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In The Secrets, two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out. Naomi, the studious, devoutly religious daughter of a prominent rabbi, convinces her ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian interest, nude painting, religions or cults, lesbianism, rabbi, best friend, selflessness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Style:
sexy, humorous, touching, romantic comedy, eros ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian love, woman woman relationship, lesbian romance, gender, lgbtq, relationships, hospital, lesbian sex ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, paris france ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Style:
teen, independent film, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, sapphic, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbianism, lesbian sex, sex, self discovery, interracial lesbian sex ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
indiana, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls' first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded by luxuriant, green forest, Lost and Delirious moves ...
Style:
touching, sexy, teen, depressing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, sapphic, lesbian teen, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, love, forbidden love, lesbian lover, lesbianism, lesbian sex ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.
Style:
touching, sexy, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, self discovery, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, lesbianism, first lesbian experience, prostitute, lesbian sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
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