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A Marine Story (2010)
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A Marine Story (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.
Style: sincere, emotional, uplifting, serious, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, iraq war, lgbt, military, teenage life, homecoming, lgbtq, soldier, society, starting over, introspection, gender, hopes, mentor, army, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, lesbian erotica, youth, gays and lesbians, strong female presence, coming of age, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, iraq, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and independent film films with plots about lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, love and romance and lesbian interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like A Marine Story: The Gymnast (2006), Loving Annabelle (2006), Elena Undone (2010), Pariah (2011), All Over Me (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Gymnast (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The stunning Dreya Weber stars as a former top gymnast who discovers love and a new life path when she teams up with a dancer (played by former L.A. Lakers cheerleader Addie Yungmee) for an ambitious Las Vegas aerial act show.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sexual, independent film ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian interest, female athlete, bisexuality, lgbt, forbidden love, ambition, introspection, self discovery, starting over, follow your dream, couple relations ...
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada
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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
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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
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Pariah (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbt teen, african american, lesbian teen, lgbtq, teenage sexuality, black lesbian, black, introspection ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city
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All Over Me (1997)
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: chick flick, teens
Plot: lesbian, punk, coming of age, friendship, lgbtq, youth, sexuality, character study, relationships, lesbian love, society, self discovery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city
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Finn's Girl (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dr. Finn Jeffries plays a new stepmother to her deceased lover's daughter Zelly. She also took over her lover's abortion clinic that is being protested by increasingly violent "pro-lifer's". The movie covers, teenage angst, ...
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, family life, teenage life, parents and children, family relations, rebelliousness, love and romance, human spirit, youth, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The World Unseen (2007)
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, serious, realistic, erotic, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian love, gender, forbidden love, lesbian teen, love and romance, injustice, life is a bitch, self discovery, society ...
Time: ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place: south africa, africa
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24%
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Hannah Free (2009)
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: sincere, sentimental, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lgbtq, forbidden love, parents and children, family relations, elderly lovers, nurse patient relationship, lgbt, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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Treading Water (2001)
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: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, eccentric family, culture clash, fish out of water, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, couples, society, addiction, family life, family relations ...
Place: new england, usa
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Bloomington (2010)
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: sexual, sexy, touching, erotic, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple, lesbian teen, lesbian sex, teacher student romance, teacher student relationship, college, teacher student sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana
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22%
Claire of the Moon (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Claire of the Moon is set in the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Claire Jabrowski, a famous heterosexual author, decides to attend a retreat for all-female writers. Claire's rommate at the retreat is Dr. Noel Benedict, author of a book called ...
Style: sexual, independent film, erotic, contemplative, serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, gays and lesbians, lesbian sex, lesbian love, passionate sex, lgbt, lgbtq, nudity, lesbianism, love triangle, homosexuality ...
Time: 90s
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Out of Season (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hip lesbian Micki Silva (Carol Monda) leaves her fast-paced urban lifestyle for Cape May, New Jersey, to help her ailing uncle Charlie (Dennis Fecteau). At the local diner, run by Shelley (Nancy Daly), Micki meets Charlie's friend Roberta (Joy ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian, lgbt, bookstore, book, lesbian sex, small town, fish out of water, city life, urban, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new jersey
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22%
The American Dream (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Armed with dreams that extend beyond their block, Luis and Ronald, two best friends from Los Angeles, videotape their last 36 hours before shipping off to Afghanistan. One hundred days before Obama's inauguration, these young men have joined ...
Style: contemplative, serious, sincere, non-linear, realistic ...
Plot: military, society, soldier, friends, military life, friendship, youth, introspection, manhood, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, california, afghanistan, usa, los angeles
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21%
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Intentions (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Renee leads a fulfilling life as a professor of theater, mother of two girls, and wife to a kind and successful husband. Her life of contentment is changed forever when she discovers an undeniable attraction between herself and a female graduate ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, independent film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, sexual content, family relations, college, infidelity, love and romance, forbidden love, couples, life turned upside down, teachers and students, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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A Perfect Ending (2012)
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, couples, lesbian couple, prostitute, first lesbian experience, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Lipstikka (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two women reunite in London, where they go over the details of a life-changing event which occurred when they were teenagers in Jerusalem.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: forced sex, lesbian interest, introspection, haunted by the past, society, starting over, hopes, youth, friendship, immigrant, political unrest, lesbian ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: israel, palestine, palestinian authority, europe, england ...
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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
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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
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South of Nowhere (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: South of Nowhere is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and was one of six original series on The N. The second half of the third and final season ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, teenage life, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian sex, struggle, youth, gays and lesbians, high school, lesbian teen, reconciliation, starting over ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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A Girl Thing (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 237 min.
Story: A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is ...
Style: psychological, sincere, talky, erotic, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, sexy woman, introspection, family problems, dishonesty, love and romance, mentally unstable, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian sex, therapist, lesbian relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Secrets (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
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, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian interest, religions or cults, rabbi, lgbtq, best friend, self discovery, selflessness, nude painting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine
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Black Tar Road (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On a Black Tar Road between nowhere and somewhere, two misunderstood women find love in between the cracks of hardships.
Style: sexy, romantic, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian sex, lesbian love, lgbt, female pubic hair, female nudity, lesbian romance, sex, prostitution, prostitute, gay love, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Fish Child (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.
Style: captivating, surreal, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents' lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
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Bare (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, coming of age, self discovery, lgbtq, female protagonist, drug, arrest, strip club, small town, lesbian love ...
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Raven's Touch (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven Michaels secludes herself at a remote family cabin. She wanders the woods on the verge of a breakdown, seeking peace in isolation. In a last ditch attempt to save her family, Kate Royce takes her two ...
Style: psychological, captivating, deep, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, love and romance, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, female nudity, jealousy, lgbt, forest, single mother ...
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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
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An Unexpected Love (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Kate Mayer seems to have it all: a nice suburban house, two loving children and a devoted husband. But Kate is anything but happy. She is disappointed not only with her marriage, but with her entire life. In her pursuit of happiness, this frustrated ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, emotional
Plot: lesbian, sexual awakening, lesbian mother, lesbian love, divorce, female homosexuality, bigotry, self discovery, starting over, family problems, couples, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Jack & Diane (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, stylized, erotic, profound ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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My Normal (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: "My Normal" is the story of Natalie, a young lesbian from the Lower East Side, who's struggling to find a balance between her dreams of becoming a film maker and her lifestyle as a dominatrix. Her exotic looks and unconventional ...
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: lesbian, dominatrix, friendship, lesbian relationship, follow your dream, ambition, fall in love, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, workplace, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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