Movies like Desert Hearts
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Desert Hearts (1985)
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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, realistic, sincere, captivating, erotic, independent film, lgbt cinema, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, divorce, gender, self discovery, lesbianism, gay, lesbian sex, lgbtq, desert, sex, depression, stereotypes, fall in love, couples, love affair, love and romance, sexuality, homosexuality, glbt, sapphic, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple ...
Time:
50s, year 1985, 60s, year 1959, 1950s, 1960s
Place:
nevada, indiana, usa, san francisco, reno nevada
Most similar movies to Desert Hearts
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, touching and erotic films with plots about lesbian, lgbt, lesbian kiss, female female kiss, lgbtq, lesbian relationship and lesbianism mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Desert Hearts: My Summer of Love (2004), When Night Is Falling (1995), Carol (2015), Lost and Delirious (2001), Disobedience (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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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, 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
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100%
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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 ⇓
82%
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, psychological, depressing, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, coming of age, lesbian love, sapphic, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, gender, lesbian lover, boarding school, youth, lesbian sex ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
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:
melancholic, depressing, sexy, sincere, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, forbidden love, infidelity, lesbian sex, female nudity, funeral, orthodox jew, scandal ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, sensual ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, gays and lesbians, lesbian love, sex scene, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, sexual relations, couples, hotel room, nudity, lesbian romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
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:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, wedding, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, love triangle, love affair, couple relations, lgbtq, sapphic ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
london, idaho, europe, tower bridge london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young Oklahoma artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, psychological, deep ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lgbt, brother sister relationship, female nudity, cheating girlfriend, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lgbtq, love, lesbian teen ...
Place:
oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
100%
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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:
touching, costume drama, scenic, disturbing, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, painting, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian love, portrait, female protagonist, lesbian sex, lesbian attraction, arranged marriage ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
⇓ 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:
touching, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, intercultural ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lgbtq, sapphic, lesbian sex, gay, gays and lesbians, loneliness, marriage ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, usa, paris france, brooklyn new york city ...
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100%
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:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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:
sincere, sexy, sweet, aesthetic, eros ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lesbian love, feminism, female nudity, farmer, nudity, sisterhood ...
Time:
year 1971, year 1976, year 2015, 70s
Place:
indiana, paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Movies like Room in Rome
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 ⇓
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:
serious, touching, captivating, sexy, erotic ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian romance, couples, lesbian love, love affair, love and romance, lgbt, woman woman relationship, gays and lesbians, rising to stardom, lesbian couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
captivating, sexual, psychological, disturbing, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, lesbianism, feminism, gender, lesbian interest, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian friend, tomboy ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1961 ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
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:
erotic, sexy, emotional, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, photography, addiction, photographer, couples, drug, sexuality, love, lesbian teen, drug addiction, art ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, sex, lesbian sex, lesbian love, transsexual, gender, transgender, female masturbation, divorce, lesbianism ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Disobedience
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
The story takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia. Two Russian schoolgirls suffer crash in natural love. Once they've met each other and fall in love. But once they've found that they are sisters...
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian incest, teenage girl, incest, teenage love, lgbt, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, sexual attraction, bisexual girl, teenager, sexuality ...
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging?
Style:
independent film, black and white, sexual, clever, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtq, feminist, sexuality, gender, lgbtqi, sapphic, women of color, advocate, transgender ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
indiana, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Style:
touching, controversial, sexy, romantic, offbeat ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, hinduism, lesbian love, gay, love, lgbtq, lesbian romance, sexuality, feminist, glbt ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
india, indiana, new delhi, asia, taj mahal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
sensual, cult classic, independent film, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, lesbian sex, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian teen, lesbian mother, sapphic, sexual relations, friendship, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
gender, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian, feminism, fall in love, love affair, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, teenage life, lgbtq ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style:
erotic, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, youth, lovers, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lesbianism, adolescence, gays and lesbians ...
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Place:
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50%
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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, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teacher, feminism, teenage girl, lesbian, girl gang, high school, youth, rebellion, lesbianism, attempted rape, sexual harassment ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ 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, serious, realistic, erotic, romantic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian love, gender, forbidden love, lesbian teen, love and romance, injustice, life is a bitch, self discovery, society ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen ...
Style:
romantic, touching, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
lesbian, friendship, gays and lesbians, lgbt, lesbian romance, looking for love, lgbtq, lifestyle, glbt, women, gay, sapphic ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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