FREEHELD (2015) - Lesbian Interest Film LGBTQ Storyline

Laurel and Stacie

Freeheld is a lesbian interest film based on a true story about Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore, The Kids Are Alright), a lesbian police officer in Ocean County, New Jersey who fights to have her domestic partner, Stacie Andree (Ellen Page, My Days of Mercy). acknowledged following her diagnosis with terminal lung cancer in 2005. Laurel Hester who repeatedly appeals to the county's board of chosen freeholders to have her pension benefits passed on to her domestic partner eventually succeeds.

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Julianne Moore - as Laurel

Ellen Page - as Stacee

Country of Origin: USA

Genre: Drama / Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.25 minute Trailer

Release Date: 2015

Director: Peter Sollett

Screenplay: Ron Nyswaner

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DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (2017) - Lesbian Interest Web Series

Different for Girls is a lesbian web series (LGBTQ web series) that follows the lives and loves of a group of London based friends. Fran and Cam reunite after a short break but Cam has a secret that could drive a wedge between them. Gemma and Jude are recently together but Jude is struggling with Gemma's fake fiancé. Meanwhile Brooke and Nicola have been married for seven years but their relationship is threatened when Nicola looks for excitement beyond the mundane of their day-to-day lives.

Victoria Broom - as Fran

Guinevere Turner - as Jude

Rachel Shelley - as Brooke

Caroline Whitney Smith - as Nicola

Tuyen Do - as Cam

Sarah Soetaert - as Gemma

Helen Oakleigh - as Belle

Country of Origin: UK

Genre: Drama / Comedy Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 1.30 Trailer or see below for details about full episodes

Directed by: Campbell Ex

Written by: Jacquie Lawrence

Watch the full series on Vimeo on Demand at a small cost and support the production of Season 2 at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dfg

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CAROL (2015) - Lesbian Interest Movie - Love Story Between Two Women

Carol and Therese

Carol is a lesbian interest film set in Manhatten in 1952-1953 and adapted from the novel "The Price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith. The Carol movie is a love story between two women: Carol (Cate Blanchett), a beautiful woman stuck in a depressing marriage of convenience and the much younger would-be photographer Therese, a clerk in a department store. Unfortunately for Carol her husband hires a private investigator to track Carol's movements with the intention of proving she is an unfit mother when he realizes that she may leave him.

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Cate Blanchett - as Carol Aird

Rooney Mara - as Therese Belivet

Sarah Paulson - as Abby Gerhard (Carol's friend)

Country of Origin: USA

Genre: Drama / Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.25 minute Trailer

Release Date: 2015

Director: Todd Haynes

Screenplay: Phyllis Nagy (screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (novel)

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BECKS (2017) - Lesbian Interest Film - Becks and Elyse

Becks is a LGBTQ film about the life of singer and songwriter Allyssa Robbins. The lesbian interest storyline follows out lesbian Becks, who after a crushing break up with her girlfriend, is forced by circumstances to return to her home town and to live with her mother, an ex-nun. Playing for tips at a bar she develops an unlikely friendship with a married woman Elyse who she begins teaching to play the guitar. When Becks's mother discovers the pair are lovers, Becks and Elyse must decide the future of their relationship.

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Lena Hall - as Becks

Mena Suvari - as Elyse

Hayley Kiyoko - as Lucy

Country of Origin: USA

Genre: Drama / Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 2.08 minute Trailer

Release Date: 2017

Director: Daniel Powell (co-director), Elizabeth Rohrbaugh (co-director)

Screenplay: Daniel Powell, Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Rebecca Drysdale

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SNOGGING (TONGEN) (2017) - Lesbian Interest Short Film

Fleur and Elise

Snogging (Tongen) is a short film from the Netherlands released in 2017 with lesbian interest themes. It follows two 15 year old school girls Fleur and Elise who curious about love and dating turn to the internet for tips about kissing and sex. While the object of their research is to get some experience with the boys they like, the pair soon discover that what they really want to do is kiss each other.

Starring: Noa Berkhout and Romy Gevers

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Country of Origin: Netherlands

Genre: Drama / Comedy Romance Short Film

Language: Dutch

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 11.06 minutes

Initial Release: 2017

Director: Dominique Michelle Gimberg

Screenplay: Dominique Michelle Gimberg


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CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014) - Lesbian Themed Movie

In Clouds of Sils Maria a famous star Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche), is confronted with an uncomfortable reflection of a younger version of herself played by Chloë Grace Moretz when she is invited to play the older lover Helena in the planned revival of the lesbian love story drama between Sigrid and Helena that launched her career years before. Working closely with her twenty-something female assistant Valentine (Kristen Stewart) she develops feelings and desires she is not willing to acknowledge all the while being plagued by personal insecurities and professional jealousies eventually culminating in tragedy.

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Country of Origin: France, Switzerland and Germany

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 2.12 minute Trailer

Initial Release: 2014

Director: Olivier Assayas

Screenplay: Olivier Assayas


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THE HANDMAIDEN (2016) - Korean Lesbian Interest Film

In this lesbian film The Handmaiden set in Korea in the 1930's a new girl Sook-Hee is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress Lady Hideko who lives a secluded life in the country with her domineering uncle. Unbeknownst to Lady Hideko, Sook-Hee has been recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to defraud her and place her in a mental institution. However, the plan goes awry when Sook-Hee and Lady Hideko develop feelings for each other.

The Handmaiden is a rich and engaging film with vivid sets and costumes. Both actress give stunning performances and are compelling to watch. It is based on the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

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Min-hee Kim as Lady Hideko

Tae-ri Kim as Sook-Hee

Country of Origin: South Korea

Genre: Drama, Romance

Language: Korean and Japanese

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 1.19 minute Trailer, Full 145 mins or 168 extended

Initial Release: 2016

Director: Chan-wook Park

Screenplay: Seo-kyeong Jeong, Chan-wook Park (based on Sarah Waters novel "Fingersmith")

Awards: BAFTA Film Award 2018 for Best Film Not in the English Language

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NOTAS APARTE (2016) - Lesbian Web Series from Spain

Helena and Sara

Notas Aparte Web Series is a lesbian love story between two women Helena and Sara. Helena is engaged by Sara'a mother as a tutor for Sara but pretty soon the women divert into conversations about life and love as well as art history. Notas Aparte is divided into two seasons of 7 episodes each of which you can watch above under one playlist. The relationship between the young women is cute and funny making it enjoyable watch.

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Country of Origin: Spain

Genre: Drama / Comedy Romance

Language: Spanish

Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Russian

Runtime: 14 episodes

Directed by: Alba Guillén and Anna Asensio

Written by: Alba Guillén

Aysha Daraaui - (as Helena)

Mònica Rius Bonet - (as Sara)

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