Autostraddle's 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time (2021)
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"The goal with this list was to create a canon of Lesbian+ film that honors all the different types of work worthy of viewing. There are films that are simply fun for a casual night in, there are deeply thought-provoking films, and there are films that are mostly just here to turn you on.
This list was created through a rigorous multi-step process that involved a lot of watching, a lot of voting, and a lot of weighing factors often ignored on mainstream film lists. It was important to us that we not take into account any metric voted on by institutions composed mostly of cis straight white men. While it’s impressive when a film about queer women or nonbinary people manages to get Oscar nominations or a high Rotten Tomatoes score, the films that get those recognitions are not often made by us or specifically for us.
This list does not include films about trans men (e.g. Boys Don't Cry, By Hook or By Crook), films about trans women exclusively interested in men (e.g. Tangerine, A Fantastic Woman), films based on queer books that had their explicit queerness removed (e.g. The Color Purple, Fried Green Tomatoes), or films where the queerness is just subtext (e.g. A League of Their Own, Rebecca). This list also doesn’t include short films, documentaries, or porn — with a handful of exceptions where length/genre lines were blurred."
Note: This version of the list was published in early 2021. The list has since been updated again but I'll be keeping this version up for reference. The source URL on this will take you to an archived version of Autostraddle's list that matches this list.
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Adam
2019, in 0 top lists -
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Ah-ga-ssi
2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check -
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Aimée & Jaguar
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Alice Júnior
2019, in 0 top lists -
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All Over Me
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Annihilation
2018, in 3 top lists Check -
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Antonia
1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check -
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Appropriate Behavior
2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check -
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As Boas Maneiras
2017 — a.k.a. Good Manners, in 1 top list -
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Atomic Blonde
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
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AWOL
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bar Bahar
2016 — a.k.a. In Between, in 0 top lists Check -
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Barash
2015 — a.k.a. Blush, in 0 top lists Check -
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Battle of the Sexes
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
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La belle saison
2015 — a.k.a. Summertime, in 0 top lists Check -
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Beolsae
2018 — a.k.a. House of Hummingbird, in 2 top lists -
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Bessie
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Better Than Chocolate
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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BFFs
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les biches
1968 — a.k.a. Les Biches, in 2 top lists Check -
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Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation...
2020 — a.k.a. Birds of Prey, in 1 top list -
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Bit
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Black Swan
2010, in 12 top lists Check -
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Blockers
2018, in 0 top lists -
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Booksmart
2019, in 3 top lists -
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Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bound
1996, in 6 top lists Check -
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Boy Meets Girl
2014, in 1 top list Check -
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Bumblefuck, USA
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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But I'm a Cheerleader
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018, in 0 top lists -
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Carmen y Lola
2018 — a.k.a. Carmen & Lola, in 0 top lists -
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Carol
2015, in 8 top lists Check -
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Certain Women
2016, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Children's Hour
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chutney Popcorn
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ci qing
2007 — a.k.a. Spider Lilies, in 0 top lists Check -
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Circumstance
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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¿Cómo te llamas?
2018 — a.k.a. Eva + Candela, in 0 top lists -
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Concussion
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Coup de foudre
1983 — a.k.a. Entre Nous, in 2 top lists Check -
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Un couteau dans le coeur
2018 — a.k.a. Knife + Heart, in 0 top lists -
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Cracks
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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D.E.B.S.
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Daddy Issues
2018, in 0 top lists -
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A Date for Mad Mary
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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Desert Hearts
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check -
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Disobedience
2017, in 0 top lists
Last updated on Jan 26, 2021; source