Lists Are Hot: 11 Great lesBian movies you should watch

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By Natazzz on Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 23:27

1. Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) (Sweden, 1998)

My number one pick has to be Show Me Love, simply because it's such a cute teen love story. This Swedish film is about two seemingly different teenage girls who go to the same high school in a little town called Åmål and end up falling in love with each other. Agnes is a shy girl with not many friends and a huge crush on Elin, the most popular girl in school.

Elin gets dared into kissing Agnes, then runs off laughing, leaving Agnes both humiliated and heartbroken. In fact, in true dramatic lesbian teen fashion she decides things are so bad that she is going to kill herself.

She is all set with a set of razors in her hand and depressing music playing in the background, when Elin shows up again to apologize for kissing her. Soon the girls realize that they quite like each other, but before they are ready to openly admit this to each other, themselves, and to the world, they have to overcome a few obstacles, including boys, family members and the nightmare that is called high school.

Fucking Åmål is not just a love story, even though watching these girls figuring out they like each other is one of the cutest things I have ever seen. It’s a movie about finding out you are queer in high school, or perhaps it’s just a movie about what it’s like to be in high school: trying to fit in, trying to figure out who you are, and of course there is lots of self-created drama.

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So what do you think of my favourite lesBian movies? Do you like my choices or not at all? Which movies are missing from the list? Let us know in the comments.

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Great list!
Submitted by unfolder on October 15, 2010 - 11:12.

I've seen most movies on the list, and I liked them, they're good choices :).

You made me curious about Heavenly Creatures, so I hope I get the chance to check that one out.
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Cool
Submitted by Natazzz on October 15, 2010 - 14:22.

I'm glad you like my choices :D

I have Heavenly Creatures on DVD, so that can be arranged ;)
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One missing
Submitted by DanyWho on October 15, 2010 - 19:32.

I have seen them all exept for No. 8 and generally agree with the choices.But there is one movie missing that I absolutely adore.In my opinion it´s the best lesbian movie ever made.Not only is the story beautifully written but the actresses are gorgeous too.It´s a movie called The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif and stars the wonderful Lisa Ray and Sheetal Shesh.


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There are definitely some
Submitted by Saskia Joreen on October 16, 2010 - 09:26.

There are definitely some movies on this list that I still need to check out, so thanks for putting it together!

Two of my all time favorites are Heavenly Creatures and Fucking Åmål as well :) I agree with DanyWho that The World Unseen is pretty beautiful as well, and much more interesting to me than I Can't Think Straight, that features the same actresses. I think I'd add D.E.B.S. to this list too, just because it's so campy :D

Imagine Me & You and Itty Bitty Titty Committee bored me actually, and I had high hopes for the last one considering its awesome cast (Carly Pope and Melanie Lynskey <3). 
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world unseen
Submitted by DeFrankie on December 5, 2010 - 17:21.

I think a world unseen should've been on your list, I think it's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen, using the same actors as I can't think straight.

It's not just the lesbian storyline that touches you, it tells about how hard women in the Indian group in South-Africa had it, how hard the black people had it, and it doesn't only tell about the forbidden love between two women, but also of the forbidden love between a black man and a white woman. Among other things...

So I thought it should be on your list :-)
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new spanish lesbian webseries (subtitled)
Submitted by jauerla on January 2, 2011 - 17:19.

I've recently found a new spanish webseries it has english subtitles and I really think is going to be funny and a must seen for this 2011(with this crazy Almodovarian humour sense). Check it out I'm sure you'll love it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV_mvVcZXoY (vídeo Youtube) and
www.elvlogdegreta.com (webpage)

Happy 2011