LiL Movies
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(This is just for my personal use/future reference. A trip down memory lane...)
ALL the LiL (Ladies in Love/Lust) films I've ever seen. The Good, the Bad...and the Average.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
In rough chronological order.
With my humble rates.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Watching You (Stephanie Abramovich, 2000, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
A Lesbian Tale (M.K. Diab, ?, sh) - 8/10 (R)
L.U.G.S. (Sarah Rotella, 2010, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
Impact (Samantha Stewart/Kayla Kahn, ?, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
The Hidden People (Chantel Beam, 2013, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Lehky jako facka (Easy as Pie, Apolena Gabrielova, 2013, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
We Will (Laura Nagy, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Also, films listed at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
Word of Mouth (Tom Lazarus, 1999) - 5/10 (FF) (minor subplot)
History Lessons (Barbara Hammer, 2000, doc) - 8/10 (R)
Un amour de femme (Sylvie Verheyde, TV, 2001) - 7.5/10 (R)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
(This is just for my personal use/future reference. A trip down memory lane...)
ALL the LiL (Ladies in Love/Lust) films I've ever seen. The Good, the Bad...and the Average.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
In rough chronological order.
With my humble rates.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Watching You (Stephanie Abramovich, 2000, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
A Lesbian Tale (M.K. Diab, ?, sh) - 8/10 (R)
L.U.G.S. (Sarah Rotella, 2010, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
Impact (Samantha Stewart/Kayla Kahn, ?, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
The Hidden People (Chantel Beam, 2013, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Lehky jako facka (Easy as Pie, Apolena Gabrielova, 2013, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
We Will (Laura Nagy, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Also, films listed at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
Word of Mouth (Tom Lazarus, 1999) - 5/10 (FF) (minor subplot)
History Lessons (Barbara Hammer, 2000, doc) - 8/10 (R)
Un amour de femme (Sylvie Verheyde, TV, 2001) - 7.5/10 (R)
Notes:
- Features, documentaries, shorts, TV movies and TV mini-series (up to 5 parts) eligible. 'Regular' (longer) TV series are NOT.
- My rates are (as always) based on the overall Cinematic quality (as I perceive it) and not on the content itself. Fans of particular films (and especially this very topic) should always keep this in mind.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorLeontine SaganCarl FroelichStarsDorothea WieckHertha ThieleEmilia UndaAt an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.OL. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJacques DevalStarsDanielle DarrieuxJosette DayValentine TessierA hotel for women-only and catering to working girls is the setting for not being able to get a USA PCA seal-of-approval for this French-film, but New York City's 55th Playhouse played it anyway. Along the way the audience meets the girl who sneaked her lover into her no-men-allowed room and her patch soon turns blue; a young lady with a passionate intensity who chooses another young lady as the object of her affections; the blindly-misguided director of the hotel, another lady of real easy virtue who is not the one who smuggled her lover into her room; and a girl who is only there as a procurer for a slavery ring.OL. 6/10 (FF).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsEva HenningBirger MalmstenBirgit TengrothA needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend.TV. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJacqueline AudryStarsEdwige FeuillèreSimone SimonMarie-Claire OliviaLate nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.OL. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJacqueline AudryStarsArlettyFrank VillardGaby SylviaThree people who despise each other find themselves sharing a room in Hell - forever.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGéza von RadványiStarsLilli PalmerRomy SchneiderTherese GiehseIn a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsMel FerrerElsa MartinelliAnnette StroybergA young heiress - jealous of her cousin's engagement to another woman - becomes obsessed with the legend of a vampire ancestor, who supposedly murdered the young brides of the man she loved.OL. 6/10 (FF).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnShirley MacLaineJames GarnerA rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.PC. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsLaurence HarveyCapucineJane FondaA man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.OL. 7/10 (FF).
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Only (minor!) LiL subtext. The supposedly lesbian character is so closeted it's scary. - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid ThulinGunnel LindblomBirger MalmstenTwo estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.Cinema. 10/10 (R).
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoKyôko KishidaEiji FunakoshiA childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMai ZetterlingStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnel LindblomGio PetréThree expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsNorma BengellOdete LaraMário BenvenuttiTwo friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.OL. 8/10 (R).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorRobert RossenStarsWarren BeattyJean SebergPeter FondaA war veteran gets work at a mental institution, where he meets the beautiful and eccentric Lilith.OL. 8/10 (R).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorJoseph P. MawraStarsAudrey CampbellRickey BellDolly SimmonsRuthless narcotics dealer and white slavery ring leader Olga keeps her harem of girls in line by hooking them on addictive drugs. Olga suspects an informant in their midst and uses various brutal methods of torture to weed out the squealer. Meanwhile, several of Olga's girls plot their revenge against Olga for her continual sadistic treatment of them.OL. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsKaoru YachigusaMariko KagaSô YamamuraLong before the events of the movie Ôki, who was approaching middle age, had a relation to 16-year-old Otoko. She got pregnant, but the child was stillborn. Their relation stopped at the same time. Much later Ôki had become a famous writer, not least because of a novel about this love story. Otoko had become a famous painter. But she had never overcome the double early trauma and had become a Lesbian. Her favourite student and beloved one was the beautiful Keiko. 24 years after the early love Ôki goes from Tokyo to Kyoto to meet Otoko. The meeting is polite with secret emotional shadows. Keiko makes a plan. She intends to seduce Ôki, become pregnant, bear Ôki's child and give it to Otoko. She hopes that Otoko may thereby get rid of her trauma. But she also wants to take her revenge on the man who had harmed her beloved. Secretly she gets acquainted with Ôki's son, invites him to Kyoto and seduces him. Then she calls his parents and tells that he had promised to marry her. Horrified they take the first plane to Kyoto. Meanwhile, she takes the son on boating, arranges an accident, and drowns him. It is close that she herself would also die.Cinema. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoseph CatesStarsSal MineoJuliet ProwseJan MurrayIn New York, a disco hostess is stalked by a sexual predator and she requests help from a vice squad detective who takes a personal interest in the case.OL. 7/10 (FF).
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Saw a 'censored' version which omitts some of the crucial scenes. LiL innuendo is here but nothing more (I wonder if they cut this scene as well). - DirectorDoris WishmanStarsGigi DarleneCharles E. MazinSam StewartAfter hubby Ted goes to work, Ellen putters around the apartment in her nightgown cleaning up. When she takes the trash out, the janitor forces her into his apartment and rapes her. When he tries to rape her again, she dispatches him and then hits the road, a fugitive from injustice. She goes to the Big City and encounters a string of situations where she gets used and abused. When she finally finds a nice woman to rent from, the woman's son turns out to be a detective, which threatens her newly found identity and peace of mind.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorJacques RivetteStarsAnna KarinaLiselotte PulverMicheline PresleSuzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.TV. 10/10 (R).
- DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsAnne ArthurKarin FieldSabrina KochA couple about to be married are both having affairs, with women. This campy sex-romp takes place in some European city where everyone appears to be sex crazed and speaks with a different accent.PC. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark RydellStarsKeir DulleaSandy DennisAnne HeywoodBased on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A gentle but powerful man named Paul Grenfell who used to live on their farm returns and puts things in order. But his proposal of marriage to Ellen awakens the homosexuality dormant in the girls: Jill uses her weakness to make Ellen feel protective, and the women become active lovers.Cinema. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsEssy PerssonAnna GaëlBarbara LaageTwo young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...PC. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsJean-Louis TrintignantJacqueline SassardStéphane AudranArchitect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.TV. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBeryl ReidSusannah YorkCoral BrowneThe life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.OL. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorPaul NewmanStarsJoanne WoodwardJames OlsonKate HarringtonRachel is a lonely school teacher who lives with her mother. When a man from the big city asks her out, she starts thinking about where she wants her life to go.TV. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsJoe DallesandroGeraldine SmithPatti D'ArbanvilleA man desperate for money and no income, turns prostitute and interplays with a variety of clients and hustlers.PC. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsErica GavinGarth PillsburyHarrison PageWhile a naive bush pilot flies tourists to the wilderness of Northwest Canada, his nympho wife gets lonely--or does she? A Mountie, a married couple, and her biker brother drop by while hubby's away.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter WoodcockStarsGeri MillerLinda BoyceJo SweetExploitative look at a secret lesbian club.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLee FrostStarsWes BishopStefan ZemaLois UrsoneTwo mob money couriers, Frankie and Tony, have their latest package of $1 million stolen by two con women, Dana and Marcia, in which the men must find the women to recover the money before they become marked men.OL. 5/10 (FF).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorMaurice LevyHarry WuestStarsMarni CastleMonique DuvalAdam ClydeA gang of four lesbian inmates escapes from prison and kidnaps the boyfriend of a wealthy woman. She hires a tough private eye to find her boyfriend and rescue him.OL. 2/10 (P).
- DirectorRoberto MalenottiStarsNathalie DelonSusan StrasbergMassimo GirottiDiana is divorcing her husband, and decides to spend the winter at her younger sister's home. Adultery and unnatural Sapphic love return to her life, amidst sad remembrances and with unsuspected consequences.PC. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsDanièle GaubertNino CastelnuovoEleonora Rossi DragoIn Rome, a drug-addicted courtesan falls in love with a man who insists that she gives up her lavish, orgiastic lifestyle for fidelity, but tragedy soon ensures.PC. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRussel VincentStarsSue BernardBee TompkinsRick CooperThat Tender Touch focuses on the twisted break up of lesbian lovers Marsha and Terri who share a contented life together before dissatisfaction invades their Southern California wood-paneled apartment.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJesús FrancoBruno MatteiStarsMaria SchellLuciana PaluzziMercedes McCambridgeA new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.OL. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsLinda AshtonCharles NapierLarissa ElyIn a small border town, a sheriff and his 'associate' who are involved in an operation in which they divert marijuana through the border, must kill another smuggler who has gone into business for himself.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsJennifer WellesJohn CardozaHoney HunterA mother is determined that her daughter will be a movie star, and will do anything--and have her daughter do anything--to make it happen.OL. 2/10 (P).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone MoschinA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.PC. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsDolly ReadCynthia MyersMarcia McBroomThree girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs, and sleaze.PC. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael SarneStarsMae WestJohn HustonRaquel WelchAfter undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.PC. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJoseph W. SarnoStarsHelli LouiseGio PetréOle WisborgKatja lives alone with her widowed father, and the two of them share a deep affection. One day Katja's idyllic life is forever shattered when her father re-marries.PC. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsSilvana VenturelliFrank WolffErika RembergFilmed in the breathtaking Castle of Balsorano in Italy's Abruzzi Mountains, The Lickerish Quartet finds three people obsessed with an erotic film that features a striking young blonde woman.OL. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn BownStarsDavid SumnerJoan AlcornSibylla KayAfter five years, Bill and Jean's marriage is far from bliss. That is, until they employ Monique - a hot young Au Pair. She takes care of the children and provides extra special care of both parents.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsStéphane AudranJean-Pierre CasselMichel BouquetA father injures his son. He moves in with parents who blame the child's mother. They hire someone to find info about her for an upcoming custody hearing. He and girlfriend secretly lodge at her boarding home to undermine her life.TV. 8/10 (R).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorJack DeersonBarbara PeetersStarsElizabeth PlumbAlisa CourtneyJohn ApreaWhile their husbands are away on a hunting trip, two bored housewives get together to commiserate. One thing leads to another, and they wind up in bed. For one of the women the incident was just a pleasant diversion, but for the other it's turned into a fixation, and when she sees her "lover" going after one of the male neighborhood hunks, things take a turn for the worse.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Seen under the title 'Just the Two of Us' (74 min reissue 'cut'). - DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsKarl LanchburyVivian NevesPia AnderssonA rich older woman living in a country house brings home a new model to be photographed by a young enigmatic photographer who lives with her. The unsuspecting girl becomes entangled in a web of sex, abuse and death.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorJesús FrancoStarsSoledad MirandaDennis PricePaul MullerAn erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.PC. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsDelphine SeyrigJohn KarlenDanielle OuimetWhile passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.OL. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsSoledad MirandaFred WilliamsPaul MullerAfter a doctor commits suicide when his research into human embryos is terminated, his widow seduces and then executes revenge upon those she holds responsible.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsKarl LanchburySibyla GreyLisbet LundquistAfter a nocturnal car accident in the English countryside, an unfortunate couple is invited to a mysterious house occupied by a creepy embalmer who throws sexy drug parties there.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsMargit CarstensenHanna SchygullaKatrin SchaakeA troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.Cinema. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsElizabeth TaylorMichael CaineSusannah YorkThe venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRobert van AckerenStarsMascha RabbenGabriele LafariUlli LommelWhile out on the town in Berlin, Raymond sees and falls for Harlis, a star of a troupe of lesbian cabaret strippers. Attracted to a man for the first time, Harlis leaves her long time girlfriend and dance partner. Overwhelmed by jealousy and anger, his brother (Peter) and his ex-fiancee (Ria) are determined to sabotage this budding romance.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRichard BurtonRaquel WelchVirna LisiA World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.Cinema. 4/10 (P).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorJean-Louis van BelleStarsMaelle PertuzoAlbert SimonoCharles BuhrBold and sultry Françoise gets hired by a magazine to lead investigations in the mysterious world of sex. Until she gets caught in the web of sadistic Dr. Vilard, who runs a very strange mental institution...OL. 3/10 (P).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorRadley MetzgerStarsClaire WilburCasey DonovanLynn LowryIn the mythical city of Leisure, a sexually-liberated husband and wife seduce a younger, staid couple into experimenting with bisexuality and group sex.PC. 6/10 (FF).
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I saw a 'soft' version of this film. - DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanNiels ArestrupClaire Wauthion'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.PC. 9.5/10 (R).
- DirectorAlain Robbe-GrilletStarsAnicée AlvinaOlga Georges-PicotMichael LonsdaleA cult erotic drama from the perverse imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet, SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE delves into the twisted mind of a young woman suspected in the stabbing death of her roommate Nora.TV. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsMarianne MorrisAnulka DziubinskaMurray BrownA pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood.OL. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJust JaeckinStarsSylvia KristelAlain CunyMarika GreenThe wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok embarks on a voyage of self-discovery.VHS. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorBarbara HammerStarsBarbara HammerAn experimental film from Barbara Hammer about lesbian couples.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsAngela PleasencePeter VaughanLorna HeilbronA young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.OL. 5.5/10 (FF).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorMac AhlbergStarsMarie ForsåJack FrankAnita EricssonA young embassy officer in Stockholm has an unexpected and mysterious encounter with a strange woman who introduces the fascinating, yet inexperienced teenager Flossie to him with the intention to gently and softly seduce her.PC. 5/10 (FF).
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I saw a 'soft' version of this film (at the time I didn't even know that anything else exists). - DirectorGuy GreenStarsKirk DouglasAlexis SmithDavid JanssenA young woman goes home to New York after a long stay in Europe. Her former schoolmate introduces her to the decadence of New York and she ultimately falls in love with an older man who's a stand-in for her father, before tragedy strikes.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJust JaeckinStarsCorinne CléryUdo KierAnthony SteelPhotographer O's lover takes her to a Château, where she is, like other women there, naked, humiliated by whipping, sexual abuse by men etc. When O leaves, her lover gives her to his much older step-brother.Cinema. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFrancis GiacobettiStarsSylvia KristelUmberto OrsiniFrédéric LagacheAfter two months of separation, Emmanuelle must find her husband Jean in Hong Kong. She goes there by boat. Once in Thailand, she finds her husband and meets Christopher, a mysterious airplane pilot. At a dinner, she also meets Laura, Jean's mistress and her troubling stepdaughter Anna Maria. She proceeds to have several extramarital affairs -- with Jean's knowledge, of course.Cinema. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsPamela BellwoodFrances Lee McCainKatharine BardOriginally broadcast by KCET (PBS) on their dramatic showcase series, "Visions," this sweet, quiet film is set during World War I. It is the story of Amy, a proper, but lonely housewife whose husband is away at war. She finds solace in a friendship with a more worldly female photographer, only to have her entire world turned upside down when the friendship becomes genuine love and she is forced to choose. Groundbreaking for its powerful yet non-prurient portrayal of lesbian first love.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsKoo StarkSarah BrackettVictor SpinettiThe year is 1928 and Emily, aged seventeen, returns home from school in Switzerland. At her family estate in the English countryside, it seems everyone is trying to seduce her.Cinema. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJohn HilbardStarsOle SøltoftVivi RauSøren StrømbergAdam Petersen is a workaholic, running an international engineering firm specializing in water treatment facilities. His lovely young wife, May, pays the price for Adam's dedication to his work - she's lonely, bored and horny! Adam has just hired Aksel Hansen as his new sales director. Aksel believes that the key to boosting their flagging business is entertaining prospective clients with wine and women - which goes against Adam's Puritanical nature. Aksel's supply of women comes from his friend Maria's "SubRosa" escort service. He gives Adam one of their brochures, which inadvertently falls into May's hands. Seeing this as an exciting alternative to her unfulfilling life as a housewife, she soon signs on with "SubRosa". Everything goes swimmingly, as May - under her working name, Eva - "escorts" a whole host of male (and female) clientele. Swimmingly, that is, until "SubRosa" is called upon to entertain a gathering of municipal leaders ... who just happen to be prospective clients of Adam Petersen's engineering firm! Complications ensue...Cinema. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorBrunello RondiStarsLaura GemserAnnie BelleAl CliverGlamorous, but passive and browbeaten fashion model Laura and her abusive photographer husband Carlo go to Egypt to visit Laura's wealthy friend Crystal. While staying at Crystal's palatial abode Laura befriends Crystal's free-spirited daughter Pina and falls under the charismatic spell of shifty spiritual guru Horatio.OL. 3/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorBarbara HammerStarsMax AlmyBarbara HammerFrom the first kiss to breakup, Almy and Hammer record their relationship on a reel-to-reel ¾" tape recorder and microphone. Winner of the Louise Riskin Prize at the 1976 San Francisco Art Festival.OL. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid HamiltonStarsPatti D'ArbanvilleMona KristensenBernard GiraudeauA coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHubert FrankStarsOlivia PascalAnton DiffringGünter ClemensOlivia Pascal stars as Vanessa. Having been raised in a convent after her parents' deaths, she travels to Hong Kong to claim an inheritance, only to discover that the inheritance is a chain of bordellos. She soon has trouble coping with her inheritance as she is thrust into her new world of carnal delights.Cinema. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsSusannah FowleDorothy BradleyPatricia KennedyOscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambotham (Susannah Fowle).TV. 8/10 (R).
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Minor (very minor!) subplot. - DirectorJust JaeckinStarsFrançoise FabianDayle HaddonMurray HeadBased on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets...VHS. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn WatersStarsLiz RenayMink StoleSusan LoweA neurotic society woman murders her husband with her maid's help; on the lam, they escape to Mortville, a homeless community ruled by a fascist queen.OL. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsBarry StokesSally FaulknerGlory AnnenA deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour, for a sinister purpose.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsDyanne ThorneLina RomayAngela RitschardAfter the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman infiltrates brutal warden Ilsa's mental health facility for sexually deviant women. Will she escape the hellhole and live to tell the tale?OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorFrançois LeterrierStarsSylvia KristelUmberto OrsiniJean-Pierre BouvierEmmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousyCinema. 2/10 (P).
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsMartine FlétySarah StrasbergDagmar BürgerNightclub owner and erotic dancer Rita Blue uses her place as a front for working undercover as a spy. Motivated by her vehement hatred of men that stems from having been sexually abused as a child, Rita and her seductive female cohorts not only gleefully torture guys as a means to obtain vital information, but also manhandle wealthy men in order to make them hand over their fortunes to them.OL. 4/10 (P).
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Minor subplot. - DirectorJesús FrancoStarsSusan HemingwayWilliam BergerHerbert Fux16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.PC. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykStarsLigia BraniceHoward RossMarina PierroOn the surface the women at the convent are your average nuns. However, what they get up to in their spare time is far from what you'd expect from nuns.Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsGena RowlandsJane AlexanderNed BeattyA woman fights her ex-husband for custody of her children when he sues for custody after learning that she is living in a relationship with another woman.TV. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsGlory AnnenChris MilneJoni FlynnTeenager Felicity studies at a remote Roman Catholic Church boarding school and seeks indulgence in popular erotic novels Story of O, Emmanuelle and in a lesbian love affair with her friend Jenny.OL. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsPatricia GranadaLidia ZuazoRafael MachadoLorna is a beautiful widow living all alone at her country chateau, with only her books and paintings for company. Then one day Triana, a wild gypsy girl who has been raised in an orphanage is brought her home by her friend Sally and her husband. She asks her to take care of her while they are away. She takes the girl under her wing, an sensuous relationship develops between them. Soon the pair are lovers. But Triana has a dark secret that manifests itself in frightening dreams of domination and humiliation. She has recurring nightmares of a naked man on horseback assaulting and abusing her. At the same time, the naked horseman begins to appear in reality. The girl, convinced that he represents her doom, resists him; but the artist is intrigued and a bizarre erotic triangle is established.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBarbara HammerStarsBarbara HammerTerry SendgraffBarbara Hammer interviews a lesbian couple, both gymnasts and performance artists and photographs them doing their routines in the nude.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlain TannerStarsClémentine AmourouxCatherine RétoréFranziskus AbgottsponTwo young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to the world they once knew.TV. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorMark RydellStarsBette MidlerAlan BatesFrederic ForrestThe tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.Cinema. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFranco BrusatiStarsMariangela MelatoEleonora GiorgiErland JosephsonA gay brother visits his childhood home where his sister still lives with her lesbian niece and her girlfriend. They reminisce about the better past and their parents.OL. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFranca MaïBrigitte LahaieJean-Marie LemaireA runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.PC. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBostjan HladnikStarsDusa PockajMarina UrbancIgor SamoborAn old house by the sea is the scene of a number of puzzling crimes and deaths. The whole complex web is, in fact, the invention of Auntie who lives in the house and translates crime stories.Orig. title: Ubij me nežno.
Cinema. 6/10 (FF).
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Only a very short 'fantasy' scene. - DirectorBarbara HammerStarsBarbara HammerOL. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChick StrandOL. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraFélix RotaetaAlaskaPepi is raped by the policeman who catches her growing marijuana in her apartment. She seeks revenge by getting his masochist wife to leave him.PC. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrancis GirodStarsRomy SchneiderJean-Louis TrintignantMarie-France PisierEmma Eckhert, from a modest background, became a big sensation between 1914 and 1938 as a banker and the head of a financial paper specialized in public savings.Cinema. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorClaude MulotStarsSylvie DessartreYves JouffroyAnna PeriniA soft-porn film of a beautiful, high-class call girl who loses her memory after a car accident and must re-discover her lost identity.Cinema. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAjita WilsonAndrea GuzonUrsula BuchfellnerA newly-wed couple in love finds a seemingly desolate place to park the car and make love. Soon, they will face the fearsome warden Magda Urtado's cruel reality.OL. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsJadwiga Jankowska-CieslakGrazyna SzapolowskaJozef KronerPolitical and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.TV. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRobert TowneStarsMariel HemingwayScott GlennPatrice DonnellyThe intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.OL. 6.5/10 (FF).