All seems the normal amount of insufferable until Abby realizes that Harper isn't yet out to her family, a secret that ends up taking over the holiday and almost tearing the couple apart. —WC
34. But the film has always been catnip for queer cinephiles, and queer readings of its themes have existed for decades. Like “Desperately Seeking Susan” with kissing, or “Kids” without homophobia, “All Over Me” borrowed from the greats and yet feels wholly original.
This fun comedy also has an excellent throwback soundtrack.
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50 of the Best Lesbian Films of All Time
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Circumstance (2011)
As teenagers living in post-revolutionary Iran, wealthy Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and her orphaned best friend, Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), turn to illicit means to get their kicks.
He’s got an especially heavy axe to grind in the education sector, which means preserving imperfect and even controversial texts about queer and genderqueer life is now essential. They meet again at the wedding of Mindy's now grown daughter over a decade later, and reconnect and reflect on their night together and what it meant. Soon, everything begins to change.
When the power goes out and the group’s premiere fuckboy (oh, hey, Pete Davidson) turns up dead, it takes next to nothing for the supposedly far-left cool kids to turn on each other like narcissistic jackals.
Rachell Sennnott is bi-coded as ever in her unforgettable turn as the hysterical Alice, but there’s a particularly fine point put on the thorny nature of lesbian situation-ships.
Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star as Nic and Jules, a couple with kids whose relationship get tested when their son tracks down his biological father, charming restaurant owner Paul (Mark Ruffalo). “D.E.B.S.” (dir. Masterson and Parker make a lush-yet-rustic fantasy from the enchanting love of a school teacher and a bee charmer.
Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)
A bold vision set within the grotesquely aristocratic spectacle of early 18th century English royalty, “The Favourite” is a dark yet comedic tale of three dominant women competing for love and power with reckless abandon. I grew up as a queer teen watching this movie with my friends, and the film has stood the test of time.
Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
Ostensibly, Daphne Du Maurier’s novel “Rebecca” is a romance between the unnamed young narrator and the wealthy older Englishman Maxim de Winter who sweeps her off her feet and onto his estate Manderlay.
But her plan falls apart when Gabby's twin sister AJ starts coaching her, and Paige realizes she may have feelings for the other twin, too. Read on for IndieWire’s list of the 40 Best Lesbian Movies Ever Made. They fall in love, but then their stories stop aligning. What happens when wealthy Tamsin's lies start to unravel?
Still, expanding to 40 films in all, our new selections reflect a complex mix. She’s Maria Enders, a successful actress who reluctantly agrees to star in a revival of the play that made her famous, but this time playing the elder woman rather than the young ingénue.