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Below is a list of some of the best films which deal with lesbianism. Most have been compiled by Raymond Murray, author of Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. Mr. Murray is also the founder and president of TLA Video, a wonderful company which features “hip, foreign, alternative movies;” among these are hundreds of movies featuring gay women and men. TLA has six stores and a huge Website where you can buy these great movies without the hassle of ordering from a local, sometimes homophobic, video store (see the index for more info). Thanks to Mr. Murray for giving me permission to use his great reviews. If you want more information on the films, or to purchase them, click on the link below the reviews.

Aimee & Jaguar (1999, 126 min, Germany)
Director: Max Farberbock Studio: Zeitgeist
Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler, Johana Wokalek, Heike Makatsch

“Aimee & Jaguar” is a rare film. It leaves the audience weeping about the dire consequences an intense love has wrought, but exhilarated over the existence of such love. Aimee tells the true story of Lilly (Kohler) and Felice (Schrader), lovers in WWII Germany. Lilly is married to a Nazi officer away at the front and has many affairs while her husband is gone. Felice is the leading light of her circle of lesbians, in love with Ilse (Wokalek), but smitten with Lilly. Felice knows that the relationship is impossible, but she doesn't care. She's headstrong and she's met her soul mate. Felice is not only a lesbian, but Jewish as well . . . prime target for the Nazis to ship off to the camps. The story is told through flashbacks when Lilly is an old woman being brought to a retirement home where she happens to meet another of their circle from the war.
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Aimee & Jaguar
Sad story, but very important to watch. A history lesson that none of us should ever forget.

****


Aimee & Jaguar

All Over Me (1997, 90 min, US)
Director: Alex Sichel Studio: New Line
Starring:Alison Follard, Tara Subkoff, Wilson Cruz, Cole Hauser, Leisha Haley

This independently made film wonderfully captures the growing pains of adolescence and the joy, tentativeness, and excitement of a gawky teenager’s emerging lesbian identity. Set in New York's Hell's Kitchen area, the story focuses on Claude (Alison Follard) and her best friend Ellen (Tara Subkoff). Claude feels completely alone, suffering not only from the typical neuroses of adolescence but from her unrequited love for Ellen, who is enthusiastically straight. Moody and uncommunicative, Claude eventually finds solace with a wannabe riot girl and fellow baby dyke, Lucy. This is a story about change, separation, and self-discovery that is both knowing and sensitive.
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All Over Me
We saw it and liked it OK
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**
Antonia's Line (1995, 93 min, The Netherlands)
Director: Marleen Gorris Studio: Fox Lorber
Starring: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans,Veere Van Overloop

A celebration of the love, unity, and strength of women, this touching family chronicle/fable from lesbian director Gorris centers on four generations of women. The story, set in a small Dutch village, spans decades—from the devastation of the post-war period to the present—and follows the fiercely independent-minded Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy), who returns to her childhood farmhouse to till the soil and raise a family; all without the aid of the misogynistic townsfolk, a hypocritical church, and the often violence-prone men. Antonia is aided by her lesbian daughter, a granddaughter, and great-granddaughter and a group of social rejects who flock to her. This Oscar-winning Best Foreign Film is masterful storytelling that enthralls. (Dutch with English subtitles)
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Anotonia's Line
Didn't see it, but heard it is very good
.
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Bar Girls (1995, 95 min, US)
Director: Marita Giovanni Studio: MGM
Starring: Nancy Allison Wolfe, Lisa Parker, Camile Griggs, Paula Sorge, Justine Slater

The mating rites and the accompanying mind games of L.A. lesbians are uncovered in this knowing romantic comedy. Lauran Hoffman's script (based on her autobiographical play) centers most of the action at the West Hollywood Girl Bar where “love” comes easy and often for its denizens. Loretta (Nancy Allison Wolfe), a writer and one of the bar's bed-hopping regulars, meets and all-too-quickly falls for the self-assured Rachel (Liza D'Agnostino), a bewitching aspiring actress. Their union is threatened, however, when J.R. (Camilla Riggs), an attractively butch cop, enters the scene. The sex-induced theatrics of these and other characters are detailed in both a humorous and dramatic fashion.
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Bar Girls

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Bar Girls
Good ol' Lesbian Movie
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***
Basic Instinct (1992, 127 min, US)
Director: Paul Verhoeven Studio: Artisan
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn,
George Dzunda, Dorothy Malone

When it opened at theatres, this thriller was surrounded by controversy for it raised a red flag for gays, lesbians, and feminists with its shockingly “retro” stereotypes of man-hating lesbians with a “basic instinct” for murder. The film follows Michael Douglas as a burned-out cop who falls in “lust” with the prime suspect in a series of brutal ice pick murders, lasciviously portrayed by Sharon Stone. “Basic Instinct” is seen by some as the despicable leader of “the lesbian as killer” genre, and others view it as a sexy tale of a lesbian who enjoys the pleasure of other women as well as sticking ice picks into men.
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Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Basic Instinct
When buying tickets for this movie, a friend asked for "Two for Basic Insults." We liked it way better than that, although the Bi Woman, Psycho Killer Theme persists.

****
Better Than Chocolate (1999, 98 min, Canada)
Director: Anne Wheeler Studio: Trimark/Trimark
Starring: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Anne-Marie MacDonald, Peter Outerbridge, Marya Delver, Kevin Mundy, Tony Nappo, Jay Brazeau

Winner of Audience Awards in the Philadelphia, London and Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals, this enjoyable tale tells of lesbian love winning against all the odds. When 19-year-old Maggie’s mother calls and says she is moving in, Maggie, who quit law school and has been sleeping on the couch at the lesbian book store, must find a sublet apartment and make it livable fast. To complicate matters, she has just met Kim, an artistic road warrior who has rolled into town and moved into both Maggie’s heart and ‘her new home. But Maggie hasn’t come out to her mother yet so it’s time to hide the sex toys and “straighten up.” Add to the picture her lovesick best friend Judy, a transsexual estranged from her family; her uptight lesbian boss; and Maggie’s randy teen brother who gets a few lessons on life, and you get an entertaining romantic comedy of errors and the frailty of the human heart.
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Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Better Than Chocolate
GREAT HAPPY STORY that everyone should see!

*****
Bound (1996, 108 min, US)
Director: Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski Studio: Artisan
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano

Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly star as neighbors who become lovers first, then partners in crime. The question in this film is who will betray whom. “Bound” is an unexpected accomplishment, stylishly shot and edge-of-your-seat tense. It is also a landmark for its depiction of its lesbian heroines.
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Bound
Liked it
, although the Bad Lesbian Theme persists.
****
Bound and Gagged—A Love Story (1993, 96 min, US)
Director: Daniel Appleby Studio: Image
Starring: Elizabeth Saltarrelli, Ginger Lynn Allen, Chris Denton, Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey

This frantic lesbian comedy is an amazingly self-assured independent feature. Cliff, a slacker loser, finds that his best friend Elizabeth, a fun-loving but irrational bisexual, is hopelessly in love with an abused woman (former porn queen Ginger Lynn Allen). Things get out of control leaving the love-lorn Elizabeth no option but to abduct her love and hit the road, roaming the Midwest in a queer Thelma and Louise fashion.

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Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Bound and Gagged—A Love Story
Better left unsaid.

*
Boys Don't Cry (1999, 116 min, US)
Director: Kimberly Peirce Studio: Fox
Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III,
Alison Folland, Alicia Goranson, Matt McGrath

One of the best films of 1999, this fictionalized drama focuses on the tragic real-life story of Brandon Teena, a biological woman (Teena Brandon) who decided quite early to live her life as a man—a decision he paid for with his life. Hilary Swank, in an Oscar-Winning performance, is riveting as Brandon, a sweet, but far-from-perfect 21-year-old drifter who just simply wanted to be a boy and love women. The harrowing tale follows Brandon as he befriends and moves in with a group of poor but fun-loving people. He also falls in love with Lana (Chloe Sevigny in an equally impressive performance), a tough-talking gal who finally meets a man who respects her and treats her right. But when Brandon is exposed as a woman, ignorance, fear, and homophobia drive two of her male friends to violently confront him.

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Boys Don't Cry

Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Boys Don't Cry
Very sad and violent
movie, but important to watch.
****

Boys Don't Cry

Boys on the Side (1995, 117 min, US)
Director: Herbert Ross Studio: Warner
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, James Remar,
Matthew McConaughey, Estelle Parsons, Billy Wirth

Whoopi Goldberg plays a lesbian who takes to the road with Drew Barrymore and Mary-Louise Parker in this life-affirming “Thelma and Louise + One” soap opera. Only problem with this free-wheeling comedy is that everyone gets laid except for our sweet Whoopi!

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Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Boys on the Side
Very good, but another sad movie
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****


Boys on the Side
But I'm a Cheerleader (2000, 90 min, US)
Director: Jamie Babbit Studio: Universal
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Mink Stole, Bud Cort, RuPaul Charles, Cathy Moriarty, Clea DuVall

Poor Megan (Lyonne) she may be a pretty high schooler, model student, and cheerleader who's dating the captain of the football team, but her loving parents think otherwise. You see, she's a vegetarian, she doesn't like kissing her boyfriend, and one can't ignore those Melissa Etheridge records. Afraid that their daughter will fall in with the dark forces of same-sex love, she is quickly carted off to “True Directions,” a scarily cheerful five-step de-homofication rehab camp. There she finds herself joined by a group of butch baby dykes, lipstick lesbians, and several queeny gay boys. Sapphic sparks fly when Megan locks eyes with Graham (DuVall), a tomboy beauty with no intention of going straight.

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But I'm a Cheerleader

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But I'm a Cheerleader
Fun, fun, movie! We watch it every time it is on cable
.
****

But I'm a Cheerleader
Celestial Clockwork (1994, 86 min, France/Venezuela)
Director: Fina Torres Studio: Hallmark
Starring: Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi

In dusty Caracas, the lovely Ana suddenly comes to her senses at the altar and flees her stunned husband-to-be. She jumps aboard the next Paris-bound plane and takes up residence in a funky crash pad with her old friend Alma. Ana sets out to pursue her career as an operatic soloist, but along the way runs afoul of the immigration authorities and discovers her budding lesbianism, falling desperately in love with an attractive high-tech psychoanalyst who interviews all her patients remotely by video. This film is a highly entertaining ride with Ana on her picaresque journey to self-fulfillment. (Spanish and French with English subtitles)

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Celestial Clockwork (Mécanicas Célestes)

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Celestial Clockwork
Didn't see it, but heard it is very good.

?

Celestial Clockwork
The Celluloid Closet (1995, 102 min, US)
Director: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman Studio: Columbia
Featuring: Lily Tomlin, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Curtis,
Tom Hanks, Gore Vidal, Quentin Crisp

Inspired by the late Vito Russo's book on the depiction of homosexuality in Hollywood cinema, this documentary offers a candid mini-history of gays and lesbians onscreen. “The Celluloid Closet” takes a chronological approach to the subject, offering clips from the turn of the century through the silents, to the effeminate caricatures of the 1930s, the pitiful homosexual of the 1950s and '60s, the violently deviant homosexual of the '70s and '80s, and concluding with the squeaky clean image of recent times. While encompassing in scope, the film is simplistic; however, “The Celluloid Closet” is more than recommended. For something deeper, it is best to also read Russo's book.

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The Celluloid Closet

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The Celluloid Closet
Great documentary! Important for anyone in the GLBT community to watch.

*****

The Celluloid Closet

Amazing Dreams Short-Short Review:

Chained Girls
Didn't see it, but sounds like campy fun.

?

Chained Girls
Chasing Amy (1997, 105 min, US)
Director: Kevin Smith Studio: Disney
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell,
Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Matt Damon

"Chasing Amy” makes the proposition that a seemingly well-adjusted lesbian, one who states repeatedly that she is a dyed-in-the-wool dyke, needs only a penis to make her embrace heterosexuality. Ben Affleck plays a comic book artist who meets a kindred spirit (Joey Lauren Adams). After a few platonic dates, he finally breaks down and confesses his love for her. At first angry, she soon declares similar feelings and they begin a relationship. That is, until he discovers her sordid, straight past, which he can’t stop obsessing over. He then dumps her, while she tearfully pleas for forgiveness and understanding.

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Chasing Amy

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Chasing Amy
We liked this one, even though it is the Boy Meets Lesbian, Boy TURNS Lesbian Into Straight? Bi? We were not sure. While this movie is very funny, it has a surprising emotional depth to it that is worth seeing.

****

Chasing Amy

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The Children's Hour
Sad movie with the Depressed, Oppressed, Repressed Lesbian Theme, but worth watching for the great actresses and also for a bit of history in lesbian movies.

***

The Children's Hour
Chutney Popcorn (1999, 90 min, US)
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Starring: Jill Hennessy, Nisha Ganatra, Madhur Jaffrey
Director, co-writer and star Nisha Ganatra explore the clash between the values of a traditional Indian family and their rebel lesbian daughter in this comedy. Reena (Ganatra) is a second generation Indian-American who rides a motorcycle, designs and photographs henna-tattoos and lives with Lisa (Jill Hennessy), her lovely, but commitment-fearing blonde American lover. Her defiant way of life and lack of proper decorum prove to be a constant annoyance to her mother (Madhur Jaffrey) as well as to Sarita, her happily married sister (also married to an American). But when Sarita is unable to conceive a child, Reena, mindful of having a chance to do something her "perfect" sister can't and to gain her mother's approval volunteers to bear the child. An inventive, charming, heartwarming dyke/family comedy.

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Chutney Popcorn
Loved this one! Fun look at young lesbians, and gives unique cultural insight into how families deal with their lesbian children.

*****
Claire of the Moon (1992, 106 min, US)
Director: Nicole Conn Studio: Fox Lorber
Starring: Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt

At an oceanside women writers' retreat in Oregon, Dr. Noel Benedict (Karen Trumbo), a brooding psychologist and lesbian author of “serious” books, finds herself rooming with her opposite—Claire (Trisha Wood), a willowy yet cynical straight blonde woman who is determinedly messy and fun-loving. Their budding relationship becomes a tense and inadvertently amusing cat-and-mouse game as they alternately try to overcome their insecurities, accept their true feelings, and pounce on each other. “Claire of the Moon” is a drama of simmering female sexual desire and equally strong denial.

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Claire of the Moon

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Clair of the Moon
Good ol' Lesbian Movie.

***
D.E.B.S. (2004, 91 min, US)
Director: Angela Robinson Studio: Sony Pictures
Starring: Devon Aoki, Jordana Brewster, Sara Foster

Finally, the female super agent genre receives an overtly dyked-up makeover compliments of writer-director Angela Robinson. Unbeknownst to high schoolers taking the S.A.T., there’s a diagnostic test embedded within that's designed to judge their abilities for lying, cheating and killing. High-scoring students are recruited for an elite academy of U.S. secret agents: the D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty and Strength). Four of the D.E.B.S., Amy, Dominique, Janet and Max, land a daunting new mission: track down and capture the legendary, deadly villainess Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster, bearing more than a passing semblance to Demi Moore’s lesbianesque Charlie’s Angels baddie). But Amy, who recently broke up with her boyfriend, Bobby, realizes that she would rather love Lucy than arrest her. Between dodging bullets, applying eyeliner and all this sexual confusion, what’s a checkered-skirt-wearing young secret agent to do?

Robinson first made D.E.B.S. as a short film for the lesbian filmmaker empowerment group "Power Up." Its tremendous response resulted in Sony’s Screen Gems division backing a feature version. Bursting with colorful visuals and CGI effects, sassy dialogue, gun-slinging action and a superb cast including The Fast and The Furious’ Jordanna Brewster, model Devon Aoki and Michael Clarke Duncan as the Academy’s President, D.E.B.S. is guaranteed to fulfill its mission of delighting you.

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D.E.B.S.

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D.E.B.S.
WE LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! Think of a lesbian-themed Charlie's Angels, where one of the Angels was bursting from the closet after a super villian who looks A LOT like a young Demi Moore, and you've got an idea of what you are in store for! Saw it twice in two days--it's that much fun! Great writing, great soundtrack, great young actresses--what more could anyone ask for?

*****
Desert Hearts (1985, 93 min, US)
Director: Donna Deitch Studio: MGM
Starring: Helen Shaver, Patrice Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Gwen Welles

An American lesbian classic, “Desert Hearts” was trail-blazing in its positive depiction of a love affair between two intelligent and attractive women. An uptight English professor travels to Reno to get a divorce (the film is set in 1959), and there meets a sexy, free-spirited sculptress. Their attraction for each other and their budding love is played out in a realistic, romantic, and all-together sensuous fashion.

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Desert Hearts

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Desert Hearts
Most lesbians have a lesbian movie they just love, and this is our all-time favorite. Based on the book Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
the movie is sweet and important for any woman, especially those over 35, who is coming to terms with her own sexuality.
*****

 

 

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