FILMS WITH BUTCH LESBIANS (inc. Androgynous, Alternative, Athletic, Cross-dress, Drag King, and Tomboy)
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* CONFIRMED LESBIAN/BISEXUAL - This list does NOT include characters whose sexuality is simply implied. All are depicted as lesbian/bisexual. Therefore I have not included Titles like 'Fried Green Tomatoes'
* TRANS - This list does NOT include Trans Men i.e those who identify and live full-time as male. Therefore, I have not included Titles like 'Boys Don't Cry' or 'Romeos'
* QUALITY - Please do not blame me if any of the films are terrible. I am simply trying to compile as extensive a list as possible for those that identify, or are attracted to any of the lesbian 'types' mentioned.
* MAIN CHARACTER - I have tried to make a list with films where the lesbian character(s) is/are the main protagonists, as opposed to just a secondary character.
* FILM CONTENT - I have not seen all of the films on the list. I apologise if I have included films with objectionable content.
* DESCRIPTORS - I do not necessarily like all of the descriptors that I have used in the List Title, but used them in the absence of anything better that people would be familiar with.
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- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsDrea de MatteoJodi Lyn O'KeefeMena SuvariRevolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.
- DirectorZero ChouStarsSerena FangChih-Ying PaiYi-lan ChaoTeddy Award-winning Director Zero Chou (Spider Lilies) weaves three poetic tales as the lesbians in Drifting Flowers seek their true identify. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an unexpected bond and support each other in a time of crisis. Finally, we see Diego before she joined the band, when as a teenager she came to grips with her gender identity.
- DirectorIgor Ivanov IziStarsNatasha PetrovicJovica MihajlovskiSvetozar CvetkovicSet in a single hotel room of an old hotel, the story follows its various guests over the years as well as the maid and the manager, who work in the hotel. Secrets are revealed and lives often ruined.
- DirectorEmma SeligmanStarsRachel SennottDanny DeferrariFred MelamedAt a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
- DirectorOsamu SatôStarsKyoko NatsumeNancyKyôko HayamiReiko, engaged to her boyfriend, Aki, meets a lesbian girl on a train who opens her up to the lesbian world. Reiko finds herself attracted to the girl, and is forced to make a difficult decision about her fiancé. The film touches upon the delicate question of social acceptance of alternative lifestyles in the closed Japanese society of today. Directed by Osamu Sato Starring Kyoko Natsume, Nancy and Kyoko Hayami. Running time: 64 minutes.
- DirectorConnie MacatunoStarsAndrea Del RosarioMylene DizonRafael RosellROME AND JULIET follows the romantic journey and soul mating of two women caught in a web of forbidden love. Juliet (a conservative pre-school teacher) is a bride to be who befriends and hires Rome (a liberated businesswoman) as her wedding planner. As they go through the preparations, Rome and Juliet develop a deep friendship, a soulful connection and a love that is physically consummated. But conflicts arise when Marc, the groom who is a young politician, shockingly discovers the ongoing relationship between the two women. Angered and humiliated, Marc calls off the wedding and a huge scandal explodes, leaving Rome and Juliet in a state of emotional turmoil. Not long after, Juliet is driven away from home by her mother, gets fired from work and later becomes a victim of a road mishap that puts her in a coma. But in the end, despite all the trials and hurdles Rome and Juliet's unconventional love for each other remains strong and intense.
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsAgnes BrucknerMadeline ZimaShawn AshmoreSara, a college student who was slandered by a classmate, finds herself framed for murder by Alex, who initially proposed the perfect, untraceable crime.
- DirectorStephen ConeStarsMarika MashburnJessie PinnickPaul Brian FagenA 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.
- DirectorKai AlexanderStarsAlma S. GreyJack MoroccoCaroline HeinleBroken Gardenias is a Dark Comedy about Jenni, an orphaned semi-savant, who with the help of a street hustler named Sam, steal a car and head to Los Angeles to find Jenni's, father whom she hasn't seen or heard from since she was 6.
- DirectorMichelle EhlenStarsMichelle EhlenOlivia NixTiffany Anne CarrinJamie Klein is an out-of-work butch lesbian actor willing to try almost anything for a role. Femme, Butch, and Male Jamie all make appearances throughout this quirky, gender-bending comedy about struggling for success in Hollywood.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsJennifer TillyGina GershonJoe PantolianoTough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsNatasha LyonneClea DuVallMichelle WilliamsA naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
- DirectorAnne WheelerStarsWendy CrewsonKaryn DwyerChristina CoxMaggie, 19, works at a lesbian/LGBT bookstore. Her mom's getting divorced and has invited herself to stay with Maggie. Maggie hasn't told her, she's lesbian. Her new girlfriend moves in as well.
- DirectorJane AndersonMartha CoolidgeAnne HecheStarsVanessa RedgraveMarian SeldesPaul GiamattiTrio of stories about lesbian couples in three different decades.
- DirectorCampbell XStarsT'Nia MillerKyle TresloveRobyn KerrJJ is a 'Stud' Lesbian. Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to chose between her hot new lover and her best friend.
- DirectorMaria MaggentiStarsLaurel HollomanNicole Ari ParkerMaggie MooreAn adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
- DirectorMichelle EhlenStarsJen McPhersonMichelle EhlenKeye ChenA self-proclaimed "ex-lesbian," Jill hunts down her ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. "Heterosexual Jill" is a satire about sexuality where nothing is as it seems.
- DirectorDee ReesStarsAdepero OduyeKim WayansAasha DavisA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
- DirectorThom FitzgeraldStarsOlympia DukakisBrenda FrickerKristin BoothA lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsJada Pinkett SmithQueen LatifahVivica A. FoxDesperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
- DirectorBradley Rust GrayStarsRiley KeoughJuno TempleKylie MinogueDiane's feelings for Jack -- the girl she met over the summer -- begin to manifest themselves in terrifying ways when she learns that her friend will soon be moving away.
- DirectorSarasawadee WongsompetchStarsSushar ManayingSupanart JittaleelaArisara ThongborisutPie is a sweet girl who moves into a new college dorm room where she finds out that her new roommate Kim, is a tomboy who looks and dress like a boy. As their friendship develops, Pie and Kim begin to wonder if the feeling they feel for one another is just an ordinary friendship or true love.
- DirectorDonatella MaiorcaStarsValeria SolarinoIsabella RagoneseEnnio FantastichiniNothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend and great love, Sara in a 19th century Italian village.
- DirectorApril MullenStarsErika LinderNatalie KrillSebastian PigottAn unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
- DirectorPercy AdlonStarsRosel Zechk.d. langAngayuqaq Oscar KawagleyA woman who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She was brought to town as a baby in a cardboard box with "Kotzebue" on it, which is the name of the town and also the name of the family that founded the town. She eventually befriends the librarian, an East German immigrant who lost her husband while escaping from behind the Iron Curtain. They help each other try to find closure to the events in their past.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsNatalia de MolinaGreta FernándezSara CasasnovasIn 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.
- DirectorMonica StambriniStarsMaya SansaRegina OrioliMariella ValentiniMechanic Stella owns a gas station with introvert Lenni. When Stella accidentally kills Lenni's abusive mother, they try to dump the body. They run into trouble, thugs and cops but stick together as they fall in love with each other.
- DirectorMekelle MillsStarsHannah Raven SmithClementine MillsHarvey ZielinskiZoe's regimented life is thrown into upheaval when she unexpectedly falls in love. In doing so, she is faced with making a series of choices whose outcomes not only impact on her independence but on the relationships with those most important to her.
- StarsZanilia ZhaoHans ZhangSimon TwuIn the rising populations of Tomboys in China, one rise up to develop a "Love Formula" App to find true love. Will the Love Coach, Do, played by Simon Twu, be able to save the world in helping people finding True Love?
- DirectorColin MinihanStarsHannah Emily AndersonBrittany AllenMartha MacIsaacMajestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
- DirectorManon BriandStarsCharlotte LaurierDino TavaroneJonathan BolducLaurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsGlenn CloseMia WasikowskaAaron Taylor-JohnsonAlbert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
- DirectorJosiane BalaskoStarsVictoria AbrilJosiane BalaskoAlain ChabatAfter learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
- DirectorSande ZeigStarsClaire KeimAgathe de La BoulayeCyril LecomteA torrid affair between two women, a struggling artist and a flame-haired blues singer, upsets a man who has a thing for the girl.
- DirectorRobert GastonStarsMichael MolinaJessica GrahamPeter SticklesWhen lesbian detective Abigail Marks teams up with gay guy Michael Dalmar to solve the disappearance of his twin, Kyle Dalmar, a famed portrait photographer, their investigation leads them into the Kyle's risqué world. With Michael posing as Kyle, the pair uncover assistants who have designs on their bosses, clients who have an interest in detectives, and killers who want them stopped. Navigating between identity and duplicity, Abigail and Michael discover that photos never lie, and two minutes can mean the difference between life and death.
- DirectorNana NeulStarsAnjorka StrechelLucie HollmannManuel CortezMelanie meets Jenny and falls in love. But Jenny thinks she's met Miguel.
- DirectorKatja GauriloffStarsRoosa SöderholmMaria YlipääNelly KärkkäinenJonna (19) is leaving her small town just after finishing her education, going to the big city, enjoying big city life until she is attacked by a man at night. She is saved by the 30 year old woman Piki, and falls in love with her.
- DirectorDaniel GrasskampStarsCaspian FayeJodie HirstIsaac MoneyThe life of a shy and troubled student illuminates when her photography project sparks a blossoming romance with the girl of her dreams.Only place that I could find this British film
https://www.facebook.com/1066806893377313/videos/2651930265064214/ - DirectorCarly UsdinStarsBrianna BakerLindsay HicksHayley HuntleySuicide Kale is a dark comedy that finds Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggling through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsJulianne MooreElliot PageSteve CarellNew Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
- StarsMillerHe Jia YingTwo roommates living in an all-girl dormitory. They fall in love with each other.Originally three short films in a series, but edited together to make one film.
Have only seen it available on YouTube.
Whole film from beginning (not Pt 2, as listed!)
Free, and excellent quality in HD.
https://youtu.be/xZ2nEFn0s7s - DirectorSarunya NoithaiStarsPenpak SirikulKitchya KaesuwanToroong JarungkidananBua is a successful business woman with the "perfect life". After an unexpected change in her life, she leaves her family behind to ease their pain and hide her destiny.
- DirectorWanuri KahiuStarsSamantha MugatsiaNeville MisatiNice Githinji"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
- DirectorIleana PietrobrunoStarsChrystal Donbrath-ZingaMichael-Ann ConnorRaven CourtneyIn this playful and rollicking swashbuckler, drag king pirates take to the high seas on a quest to restore stolen treasures. The gender-skewed adventures begin when Butch, a handsome, but naive baby butch, is compelled by the Queen to seek out and bring back her purlined "Koilos" the source of all pleasures and the key to order and harmony on her island. As an additional inducement, the Queen holds out to Butch, the promised return of the hostaged Claudia, a beautiful and feisty femme, who is not about to sit idly by awaiting rescue!. Under the Queen's wrathful gaze, tops are bottomed, tranny sailors seduce pirate Captains, Kings are Mothers and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop.
- DirectorErin GreenwellStarsRachel StyleAshlie AtkinsonRobert SalernoKaren's life as a small town receptionist is turned upside down when the father she never knew calls for a refrigerator repair. Karen sets out to investigate, dragging along her friend Meagan posing as a mechanic. By the end of the day, Karen will also encounter her father's closet lover, a compulsive sister addicted to off track betting, a brother struggling with grade school heart ache and bullies, a broken refrigerator and a load of fireworks.
- DirectorAlexandra-Therese KeiningStarsTuva JagellEmrik ÖhlanderLouise NyvallNectar from a magic flower allows three girls to live as boys for a while.
- DirectorCarlos Marques-MarcetStarsOona ChaplinNatalia TenaGeraldine ChaplinTwo women, Eva and Kat, and the best friend of one of them, Roger. A boat in the canals of London and a question: Is it possible to live love, family, and life in such different ways and yet remain united?
- DirectorKanchi WichmannStarsCleo JacobeLiz RosenfeldElly ClarkeOne year single in the Berlin queer scene - how hard can it be?
- DirectorWhitney HamiltonStarsDana BennisonRebecca DamonGerry GreenOn the day of her engagement, Grace Kieler finds her family and fiancé divided on political matters. With her future husband off to join the Union army and her brother vowing loyalty to the Confederates, she is torn. She promises her father that she will protect and care for her brother. Upon her father's death Grace decides to cut her hair, don her brother's clothes, and take his name to join the ranks of the Rebel army. She must find him and keep him from getting killed. Along the way, she meets Virginia Klaising, a widow and mother grieving the death of her only son. Virginia begins to fall for this Rebel 'boy' as they travel the backwoods avoiding both armies trying to get back home. By the same turn, Henry (Grace) finds himself comforted by this unfortunate woman. Together they are able to mend the wounds that tear the underpinnings of the heart. As love blooms and the secret becomes harder to conceal, the two realize that they have something precious---an unspoken candor that reveals the soul. When Henry is shot and brought back from most certain death, the secret is revealed and yet the bond grows stronger. After living through such brutal loss and watching the carnality of war unfold before them, they realize they only have each other. And yet it is more than enough. It is the balm that soothes---the quiet whisper that comforts. Each becomes a beacon in a time of great darkness, though their journey is short-lived as each must reach a destination without the other.
- DirectorLaure CharpentierStarsLou DoillonEduardo NoriegaMarie KremerSet in the risque world of 1960's Paris, Gigola is a witty and desirable young girl who explores the lesbian underworld of the city and soon becomes a high-priced escort.
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsFawzia MirzaShabana AzmiSari SanchezZaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.
- DirectorMay el-ToukhyStarsMille LehfeldtPeter GantzlerTrine DyrholmA group of Danes over 30 in different relationships, meet at 8 different kinds of parties.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsAmanda PlummerKathy JamiesonSaskia ReevesEunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women at the cash desk not to be Judith, because Eunice is eccentric, angry and extreme dangerous. One day she meets Miriam, hard of hearing and a little ingenuous, who feels sympathy for Eunice and takes her home. Miriam is very impressed by Eunice's fierceness and willfulness and follows her on the search for Judith. Shocked by Eunice's cruelty she tries to make her a better person, but she looses ground herself.
- DirectorAntonello De LeoStarsClaudia GeriniPere PonceLuigi PetrucciRenato is a very effeminate gay man who is nicknamed "Marlene" in honor of Marlene Dietrich. Because of a promise he made to his sick grandmother, he must try the opposite sex at least once. He thinks he has a chance with Ginevra, the lesbian leader of the rock band "The Fucking Sisters". She has just found out that her girlfriend cheated on her with a man, so she decides to find out how it feels to have sex with a man.
- DirectorZero ChouStarsRainie YangIsabella LeongKris ShenWhen web-cam girl Jade visits Takeko's tattoo studio, she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily--and with Takeko. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
- DirectorAngelina MaccaroneStarsJasmin TabatabaiNavid NavidMossadegh HamidThe educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her application is denied by the authorities and Fariba has to return to her home country. When her recent acquaintance Siamak, who is grieving the death of his brother, commits suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and status of political refugee and is sent to a refugee camp in a German village. Fariba finds an illegal work in a cabbage factory and she has many difficulties for not having bath with the other male workers. She becomes close to her colleague Anne and they fall in love for each other. However, prejudice and her illegal condition jeopardize her exile in Germany.
- DirectorDiego LermanStarsTatiana SaphirCarla CrespoVerónica HassanYoung naive girl Marcia learns about her sexuality. Marcia is kidnapped by two punk women, Mao and Veronica Hassan. They take her to a coast which Marcia had never seen before. Eventually three women get familiar to each other and end up at Lenin's Grandma's friend, Aunt Blanca's house as paying guest. There everybody discovers and rediscovers the relationships and affect each other.
- DirectorOcéanCyprien VialStarsOcéanAlice PolMichèle LaroqueClaude falls in love with Cécile. She is convinced that she is the woman of her life unlike her mother who knows the tumultuous sentimental life of her daughter. While they are in couple, Cécile surprises Marie kissing one of her ex. The young woman, crazy in love with Cécile, will do anything to win her back.