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lesbian so when I feel like procrastinating I can go ahead and find something to do. I'm also using a five star rating system so I can keep track on which ones I actually liked. Maybe one of these days I'll build up a lesbian film library. How cool would that be? I'm rating it on how much I liked it and how likely I am to want to watch it again, not necessarily on the quality of the movie/acting/whatever. I'll also add on new movies as they come out/I hear about them so they might not be in chronological order.
The Official Lesbian Community Film List
I decided on chronological, since it's Herstory, and besides, an alphabetical list does you no good if you're looking for suggestions of films you don't know because you've never seen them before. I also think it's important to know which were made by female directors and which weren't...
A great primer: The Celluloid Closet, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1995
Pandora's Box, Georg Pabst, 1929
Morocco, Josef von Sternberg, 1930
Maedchen in Uniform, Leontine Sagan, 1931
The Pit of Loneliness, Jacqueline Audry, 1951
The Children's Hour, William Wyler, 1961
Lilith, Robert Rossen, 1964
Persona, Ingmar Bergman, 1966
The Fox, Mark Rydell, 1967
The Killing of Sister George, Robert Aldrich, 1968
Therese and Isabelle, Radley Metzger, 1968
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972
Desperate Living, John Waters, 1977
Personal Best, Robert Towns, 1982
The Hunger, Tony Scott, 1983
Lianna, John Sayles, 1983
The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg, 1985
Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch, 1985
She Must Be Seeing Things, Sheila McLaughlin, 1987
The Virgin Machine, Monica Treut, 1988
Portrait of a Marriage, Stephen Whittaker, 1990
Claire of the Moon, Nicole Conn, 1992
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Gus Van Sant, 1993
Bar Girls, Marita Giovanni, 1994
Go Fish, Rose Troche, 1994
Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson, 1994
Sister My Sister, Nancy Meckler, 1994
Boys on the Side, Herbert Ross, 1995
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In Love, Maria Maggenti, 1995 *
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, Jeff Bleckner, 1995
When Night Is Falling, Patricia Rozema, 1995
Wild Side, Donald Cammell, 1995
Bound, Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1996 ***
Fire, Deepa Mehta, 1996 ***
Late Bloomers, Julia Dyer, 1996
All Over Me, Alex Sichel, 1997
Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith, 1997
The Investigator, Chris Oxley, 1997
It's in the Water, Kelli Herd, 1997
Gia, Michael Cristofer, 1998
High Art, Lisa Cholodenko, 1998
Show Me Love, Lukas Moodysson, 1998
Wild Things, John McNaughton, 1998
Aimée & Jaguar, Max Färberböck, 1999
Better Than Chocolate, Anne Wheeler, 1999 ****
Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Peirce, 1999
But I'm A Cheerleader, Jamie Babbit, 1999 ****
Chutney Popcorn, Nisha Ganatra, 1999
Pourquoi pas moi?, Stéphane Giusti, 1999
Between Two Women, Steven Woodcock, 2000
If These Walls Could Talk II, Anne Heche, 2000 *****
Mercy, Damian Harris, 2000
101 Reykjavik, Baltasar Kormákur, 2001
A Family Affair, Helen Lesnick, 2001
Kissing Jessica Stein, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, 2001 *
Lost & Delirious, Léa Pool, 2001 *
Mulholland Drive, David Lynch, 2001
Stranger Inside, Cheryl Dunye, 2001
Treading Water, Lauren Himmel, 2001
What Makes a Family, Maggie Greenwald, 2001
Bobbie's Girl, Jeremy Kagan, 2002
Tipping the Velvet, Geoffrey Sax, 2002 ***
April's Shower, Trish Doolan, 2003
Monster, Patty Jenkins, 2003
An Unexpected Love, Lee Rose, 2003
D.E.B.S., Angela Robinson, 2004 **
Mango Kiss, Sascha Rice, 2004
My Summer of Love, Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004
Saving Face, Alice Wu, 2004
Love on the Side 2004
The Journey 2004 Ligy J. Pullappally ****
Fingersmith, Aisling Walsh, 2005 ****
Gypo, Jan Dunn, 2005
Imagine Me and You, Ol Parker, 2005 **
RENT, Chris Columbus, 2005
Big Dreams in Little Hope, Erin Greenwell, 2006
Gray Matters, Sue Kramer, 2006
Loving Annabelle, Katherine Brooks, 2006 [remake of Maedchen in Uniform]
Nina's Heavenly Delights, Pratibha Parmar, 2006
Spider Lilies, Zero Chou, 2006
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Jamie Babbit, 2007
The Gymnast **
Red Doors
After Sex *****
Fried Green Tomatoes
Puccini for Beginners Maria Maggenti 2007
Love of my Life 2007 *****
Park 2007
Jane Autstin Book Clube 2007
Planet Terror 2007
Bug 2007
Rise 2007
The World Unseen 2007
Drifting Flowers Zero Chou 2008
Water Lilies 2008
The Edge of Heaven Fatih Akin 2008
Under the Raven's Wing 2008
When Kiran Met Karen Manan Katohora 2008
lesbian so when I feel like procrastinating I can go ahead and find something to do. I'm also using a five star rating system so I can keep track on which ones I actually liked. Maybe one of these days I'll build up a lesbian film library. How cool would that be? I'm rating it on how much I liked it and how likely I am to want to watch it again, not necessarily on the quality of the movie/acting/whatever. I'll also add on new movies as they come out/I hear about them so they might not be in chronological order.The Official Lesbian Community Film List
I decided on chronological, since it's Herstory, and besides, an alphabetical list does you no good if you're looking for suggestions of films you don't know because you've never seen them before. I also think it's important to know which were made by female directors and which weren't...
A great primer: The Celluloid Closet, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1995
Pandora's Box, Georg Pabst, 1929
Morocco, Josef von Sternberg, 1930
Maedchen in Uniform, Leontine Sagan, 1931
The Pit of Loneliness, Jacqueline Audry, 1951
The Children's Hour, William Wyler, 1961
Lilith, Robert Rossen, 1964
Persona, Ingmar Bergman, 1966
The Fox, Mark Rydell, 1967
The Killing of Sister George, Robert Aldrich, 1968
Therese and Isabelle, Radley Metzger, 1968
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972
Desperate Living, John Waters, 1977
Personal Best, Robert Towns, 1982
The Hunger, Tony Scott, 1983
Lianna, John Sayles, 1983
The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg, 1985
Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch, 1985
She Must Be Seeing Things, Sheila McLaughlin, 1987
The Virgin Machine, Monica Treut, 1988
Portrait of a Marriage, Stephen Whittaker, 1990
Claire of the Moon, Nicole Conn, 1992
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Gus Van Sant, 1993
Bar Girls, Marita Giovanni, 1994
Go Fish, Rose Troche, 1994
Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson, 1994
Sister My Sister, Nancy Meckler, 1994
Boys on the Side, Herbert Ross, 1995
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, Jeff Bleckner, 1995
When Night Is Falling, Patricia Rozema, 1995
Wild Side, Donald Cammell, 1995
Late Bloomers, Julia Dyer, 1996
All Over Me, Alex Sichel, 1997
Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith, 1997
The Investigator, Chris Oxley, 1997
It's in the Water, Kelli Herd, 1997
Gia, Michael Cristofer, 1998
High Art, Lisa Cholodenko, 1998
Show Me Love, Lukas Moodysson, 1998
Wild Things, John McNaughton, 1998
Aimée & Jaguar, Max Färberböck, 1999
Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Peirce, 1999
Chutney Popcorn, Nisha Ganatra, 1999
Pourquoi pas moi?, Stéphane Giusti, 1999
Between Two Women, Steven Woodcock, 2000
Mercy, Damian Harris, 2000
101 Reykjavik, Baltasar Kormákur, 2001
A Family Affair, Helen Lesnick, 2001
Mulholland Drive, David Lynch, 2001
Stranger Inside, Cheryl Dunye, 2001
Treading Water, Lauren Himmel, 2001
What Makes a Family, Maggie Greenwald, 2001
Bobbie's Girl, Jeremy Kagan, 2002
April's Shower, Trish Doolan, 2003
Monster, Patty Jenkins, 2003
An Unexpected Love, Lee Rose, 2003
Mango Kiss, Sascha Rice, 2004
My Summer of Love, Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004
Saving Face, Alice Wu, 2004
Love on the Side 2004
Gypo, Jan Dunn, 2005
RENT, Chris Columbus, 2005
Big Dreams in Little Hope, Erin Greenwell, 2006
Gray Matters, Sue Kramer, 2006
Loving Annabelle, Katherine Brooks, 2006 [remake of Maedchen in Uniform]
Nina's Heavenly Delights, Pratibha Parmar, 2006
Spider Lilies, Zero Chou, 2006
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Jamie Babbit, 2007
Red Doors
Fried Green Tomatoes
Puccini for Beginners Maria Maggenti 2007
Park 2007
Jane Autstin Book Clube 2007
Planet Terror 2007
Bug 2007
Rise 2007
The World Unseen 2007
Drifting Flowers Zero Chou 2008
Water Lilies 2008
The Edge of Heaven Fatih Akin 2008
Under the Raven's Wing 2008
When Kiran Met Karen Manan Katohora 2008
Under the Raven's Wing
(Anonymous) 2009-01-21 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)Thanks so much for your interest and supporting women filmmakers!
Susan