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The Lavender Scare (2017)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Glenn Close, Cynthia Nixon, Zachary Quinto, T.R. Knight, David Hyde Pierce
Au début de la guerre froide aux États-Unis, l'homosexualité est encore considérée comme une maladie psychiatrique et la sodomie est passible de prison dans de nombreuses régions du pays. Pour débarrasser de « ces pervers », le gouvernement organise donc une « chasse aux sorcières » qui vise à débusquer et renvoyer les homosexuels qui travaillent dans la fonction publique. En 1950, le sous-secrétaire d'État John Peurifoy informe ainsi le public qu'il a renvoyé quatre-vingt onze gays et lesbiennes du Département d'État…
Cheerleaders (2008)
, 2h39Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Comedy, Pornographic
Themes Dance films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jesse Jane, Sophia Santi, Brianna Love, Adrianna Lynn, Shay Jordan, Stoya
A group of cheerleaders gather in the locker room after practice one day and share tales of their sexual exploits.
Deshadanakkili Karayarilla (1986)
Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Karthika, Mohanlal, Urvashi, Shari, Jalaja, Jagathy Sreekumar
The film is about the deep love and affection between two girls, Sally and the meek and tradition-bound Nirmala. At school they were punished by their teacher Devika, so the two girls run away during a school trip as a revenge on their teacher Devika who organised the trip.
Lady Vengeance (2005)
, 1h52Directed by Park Chan-wook
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Choi Min-sik, Lee Young-ae, Kang Hye-jeong, Tony Barry, Kim Shi-hoo, Yun Jin-seo
A Christian musical procession waits outside a prison for Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-ae), a recently reformed female prisoner, who had been convicted of murdering a young schoolboy, Won-mo. The case, a national sensation because of her young age at the time of the murder and innocent appearance, earns her a lengthy prison sentence, reduced because of her apparent spiritual transformation in prison and her good conduct toward other inmates, results in the nickname of the "Kind-Hearted Geum-Ja". As Lee Geum-ja emerges from prison, she immediately sidesteps the procession, intent on revenge.
The Favourite (2018)
, 2hDirected by Yórgos Lánthimos
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, James Smith
Début du XVIII siècle. L’Angleterre et la France sont en guerre. Toutefois, à la cour, la mode est aux courses de canards et à la dégustation d’ananas. La reine Anne (Olivia Colman), à la santé fragile et au caractère instable, occupe le trône et joue avec ses 17 lapins, un pour chaque enfant qu'elle a perdu, tandis que son amie Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz), duchesse de Marlborough, gouverne le pays à sa place. Les plans de Sarah pour contrôler Anne sont ébranlés par Robert Harley (Nicholas Hoult), chef de l'opposition, qui, étant propriétaire de terres, est contre le doublement de taxes qui servirait à financer la guerre, au risque d'émeutes dans les campagnes.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
, 1h58Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland, Lecy Goranson
Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) is a young trans man whose birth name was Teena Renae Brandon. When Brandon is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend's brother, he receives physical threats. Soon after, he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from his cousin's trailer. Brandon moves to Falls City, Nebraska, where he befriends ex-convicts John Lotter (Peter Sarsgaard) and Tom Nissen (Brendan Sexton III), and their friends Candace (Alicia Goranson) and Lana Tisdel (Chloë Sevigny). Brandon becomes romantically involved with Lana, who is unaware of his biological sex and troubled past. The two make plans to move to Memphis, where Brandon will manage Lana's karaoke singing career.
The Hours (2002)
, 1h54Directed by Stephen Daldry
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Lyndsey Marshal
With the exception of the opening and final scenes, which depict the 1941 suicide by drowning of Virginia Woolf in the River Ouse, the action takes place within the span of a single day in three different years and alternates between them throughout the film. In 1923, Virginia has begun writing the book Mrs Dalloway in her home in the town of Richmond outside London. In 1951, troubled Los Angeles housewife Laura Brown escapes from her conventional life by reading Mrs Dalloway. In 2001, New Yorker Clarissa Vaughan is the embodiment of the novel's title character, as she spends the day preparing for a party she is hosting in honor of her former lover and friend Richard, a poet and author living with AIDS who is to receive a major literary award. Richard tells Clarissa he has stayed alive for her sake, and the award is meaningless because he didn't get it sooner, until he was on the brink of death. She tells him she believes he would have won the award regardless of his illness. Richard often refers to Clarissa as "Mrs. Dalloway" - her namesake - because she distracts herself from her own life the way the Woolf character does.
Show Me Love (1998)
, 1h29Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Rebecca Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlström, Mathias Rust, Erica Carlson
Two girls, Agnes and Elin, attend school in the small town of Åmål in Sweden. Elin is outgoing and popular, but finds her life unsatisfying and dull. Agnes, by contrast, has no real friends and is constantly depressed. Agnes is in love with Elin, but cannot find any way to express it.
, 2h4Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Eva Mattes, Lída Baarová, Katrin Schaake
Petra von Kant (Carstersen) is a prominent fashion designer based in Bremen. The film is almost totally restricted to her apartment's bedroom, decorated by a huge reproduction of Poussin's Midas and Bacchus (c.1630), which depicts naked and partially clothed men. The room also contains numerous life-size mannequins for her work, though only her assistant Marlene (Hermann) is shown using them.
Tell No One (2006)
, 2h5Directed by Guillaume Canet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Films about horses, Serial killer films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathalie Baye
Alexandre Beck is a doctor who has slowly been putting his life back together after his wife Margot was murdered by a serial killer. Eight years on, Alex is doing well, until he finds himself implicated in a double homicide, which has plenty of evidence pointing to him as the killer – though he knows nothing of the crimes. The same day, Alex receives an email that appears to be from Margot, which includes a link to a surveillance video clip that features his late wife looking alive and well. The message warns Alex that they are both being watched. He struggles to stay one step ahead of the law, while henchmen intimidate Alex's friends into telling them whatever they might know about him – the henchmen eventually kill one of them, Charlotte. In the meantime, Alex's sister Anne persuades her well-off wife Hélène to hire a respected attorney, Élisabeth Feldman, to handle Alex's case.
Beyond the Hills (2012)
, 2h30Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Origin Roumanie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuţă, Luminița Gheorghiu, Teodor Corban
This is a story of two Romanian orphan girls, Voichita (Cosmina Stratan), who has become a nun in the orthodox church, and her troubled friend Alina (Cristina Flutur), who has been working in Germany but has returned home to visit her friend. In their previous life they were roommates at a children's home and had shared a physical relationship.
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
, 1h36Directed by Leontine Sagan
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda, Hedwig Schlichter, Ellen Schwanneke, Erika Mann
Manuela von Meinhardis, whose mother had died when she was young and father serves in the military, is enrolled at an all-girls boarding school headed by the traditional and iron-fisted Fräulein von Nordeck zur Nidden. Manuela is immediately exposed to the strictness of the school when both receiving her uniform as well as having many of her possessions taken from her. While the other girls at the school received Manuela with open arms, she still felt very out of place until she meets Fräulein von Bernburg, a teacher at the school. After witnessing Fräulein von Bernburg compassion for the other girls, Manuela develops a passionate love for her teacher. The first spark of love begins with a goodnight kiss. While the teacher normally gives all the girls a goodnight kiss on the forehead, Manuela receives one on the lips.
Saving Face (2005)
, 1h31Directed by Alice Wu
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Jessica Hecht, Ato Essandoh, Wang Luoyong
Saving Face follows Wilhelmina ("Wil"), a young Chinese American surgeon living in New York. The main plot revolves around her mother spontaneously coming to live with her for being pregnant out of wedlock (and thus kicked out of her father's house) while overcoming the difficulties of being closet while dating her lover, Vivian. Wil struggles with allocating time between her mother (Gao) who is shunned by the rest of the Chinese American community of Flushing for being pregnant and unwed and thus has come to live with Wil.
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Eyre
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Juno Temple, Tom Georgeson
Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) is a history teacher at a comprehensive school in London. A spinster nearing retirement, her comfort is her diary. When an art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), joins the staff, Barbara is at first attracted to her. However, when she discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, Steven Connolly (Andrew Simpson), she confronts her.
Tomboy (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Céline Sciamma
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, L'usurpation d'identité, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Transgender in film, Political films, Teen LGBT-related films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mathieu Demy, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani
Laure is a 10-year-old child whose family moves to a new address in Paris. One day Laure sees a group of boys playing outside the window and goes to play with them, but they disappear quickly. Instead, Laure meets Lisa, a neighborhood girl, and Laure introduces himself as Mikäel. Lisa then introduces Mikäel to the rest of the neighborhood children stating that "he" is the new kid in the apartment complex. A bath scene in the film reveals that Mikäel has a vagina, and a following scene confirms that Mikäel was assigned female at birth as his mom addresses him and his sister as "girls." Mikäel becomes friends with Lisa and the boys and tries to hide his genitalia to appear like a boy (make it seem that he has a penis). At one point this leads Mikäel to pee his pants, which originally makes him embarrassed, but is soon forgotten. As they all play, Lisa and Mikäel develop crushes on each other and after swimming one day, Lisa kisses him. At this point, Mikäel also seems to be accepted into the group of boys.