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Benedetta (2021)
 6.7
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Benedetta (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
Style: sexy, sentimental, lgbt cinema, erotic, psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot: lesbian, nun, lgbt, convent, lesbianism, lesbian romance, nunsploitation, catholicism, lesbian relationship, fall in love, crucifix, lesbian sex, lesbian love, naked woman, lesbian nun, mother superior, forbidden sex, blasphemy, female masturbation, lesbian seduction, thief, confession, bubonic plague, lgbtq, catholic ...
Time: 17th century, 2020s, 15th century
Place: italy, europe, florence, florence italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, erotic, touching and realistic films with plots about lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbianism and lesbian kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Benedetta: The Girl King (2015), Loving Annabelle (2006), Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Summerland (2020), Kiss Me (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Girl King (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Finland, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Style: period piece, realistic, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian interest, royal family, lesbian love, love interest, lesbian sex, unrequited love, female nudity, lgbt, queen, biopic, forbidden love ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: 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 ⇓
100%
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
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 ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.0
 9K
Summerland (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
Style: touching, melancholic, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, lesbian romance, love, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbian interest, lgbtq, lgbt, schoolboy ...
Time: 1940s, 1920s, 2020s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 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%
Imagine Me & You (2005)
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 ⇓
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 ⇓
83%
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 ⇓
71%
Movie in collections
 6.6
 36K
Disobedience (2017)
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 ⇓
75%
 6.7
 6K
Summertime (2015)
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%
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 ⇓
67%
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%
 6.6
 13K
Freeheld (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style: uplifting, touching, sad, romantic, detective ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, cancer, older woman younger woman relationship, lgbtq, love, lgbtqi, equality, gay, gay bar ...
Place: new jersey, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
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, sad, historical drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, holocaust, lesbian interest, gender, woman in danger, nazi, gays and lesbians, world war two, couples, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1999, ancient times, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943 ...
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany
⇓ 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 ⇓
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%
 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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 6.5
 548
Daphne (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her.
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, writers, art, bisexual woman, girl, mistress, biopic, closeted lesbian, black ops ...
Time: 1940s
Place: venice, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
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 ⇓
63%
Below Her Mouth (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, romantic, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, erotica, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian lover, lesbian romance, love affair, lesbian interest ...
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Girl/Girl Scene (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The lives and loves of a close-knit group of young gay ladies as they make their way in a not-so-modern world.
Style: captivating, disturbing, humorous, erotic, teen sex comedy ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, lgbt, lesbianism, lesbian seduction, erotic dream, lesbian attraction, entertainment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.1
 26K
Room in Rome (2010)
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 ⇓
23%
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1901, Marcela Gracia Ibeas took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Elisa Sanchez Loriga.
Style: black and white, disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbianism, lesbian couple, gay love, bare butt, lgbt, forbidden love, love, lesbian mother, bare breasts ...
Time: 1900s, 19th century, 1920s
Place: spain, argentina, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.2
 16K
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 ⇓
80%
 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%
Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
Style: spiritual, hot
Plot: saint, catholic, church, christian, female artist, bible, catholic saint, biopic, jesus, religious, jesus christ, ancient ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times, 17th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
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 ⇓
50%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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