List of feature films with lesbian characters

This article is about live-action feature films. For animated films, see List of animated films with LGBT characters. For television films, see List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters.
For gay, bisexual, transgender characters, see List of feature films with gay characters, List of feature films with bisexual characters, and List of feature films with transgender characters.

The following is a list of feature films with fictional and factual lesbian characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network).

Films are in alphabetical order by year of release. Titles beginning with determiners "A", "An", and "The" are alphabetized by the first significant word.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

20th century

1900–1959

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1929 Pandora's Box Countess Augusta Geschwitz Alice Roberts The Countess likes to wear a man's jacket, shirt, and tie as informal attire. She is in love with Lulu. At Lulu's wedding party, she looks at her longingly and finds an opportunity to dance with her. She then helps rescue Lulu from being taken to prison. Later, she goes in search of Lulu, who is hiding on a gambling ship, and gives her much-needed money. Lulu tells the Countess that she is being blackmailed by Rodrigo Quast, who threatens to turn her over to the police, and the Countess agrees to help Lulu by tricking Rodrigo into thinking that she is interested in him, luring him to his death.
Countess Geschwitz is often cited as cinema's first explicit lesbian character. 		Germany [1][2][3]
1931 Mädchen in Uniform Manuela von Meinhardis Hertha Thiele The first film about a lesbian coming out. Germany [4][5][6]
1936 Dracula's Daughter Countess Marya Zaleska Gloria Holden Dracula's daughter, Countess Marya Zaleska, pursues and seduces women. United States [7]
1940 Rebecca Mrs. Danvers Judith Anderson Mrs. Danvers is the housekeeper of Manderley. United States [8][9][10]
1958 Priestess with the Sullied Flesh Eri Hira Miyuki Takakura Eri is raped by her brother's friend, has an abortion, and is forced by her father to join a convent and live as a nun. She becomes immersed in a relationship with Anna, a young novitiate. Japan [11]
Yasuko "Anna" Kamiyama Mayumi Ôzora
1958 Touch of Evil Gang leader Mercedes McCambridge Butch leader of a Mexican biker gang. She watches as the bikers terrorize Susan Vargas with gang-rape. United States [12][13][14]

1960–1969

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1961 The Children's Hour Martha Dobie Shirley MacLaine Based on the 1934 play of the same name. United States [1][15]
1961 Girls of the Night Kameju Chieko Naniwa Kameju is a former prostitute in love with several women. Japan [11]
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Jo Courtney Barbara Stanwyck The owner and madam of New Orleans brothel the Doll House. Jo Courtney is the first conspicuous lesbian character in a Hollywood feature film.
Stanwyck is the first Hollywood movie star to portray an overt lesbian in an American film. 		United States [1][16][17]
1963 The Balcony Madame Irma Shelley Winters Madame Irma is the madam of a brothel where customers play out their erotic fantasies, oblivious to a revolution that is sweeping the country. United States [1]
1963 From Russia with Love Rosa Klebb Lotte Lenya Klebb is a former SMERSH colonel-turned-SPECTRE operative. United Kingdom [1]
1964 Goldfinger Pussy Galore Honor Blackman Although her sexual orientation is not explicit, hints are made in the dialogue. When Bond is flirting with her in one scene, she tells him "You can turn off the charm. I'm immune." In another scene he asks her "What would it take for you to see things my way?" and she replies "A lot more than you've got." United Kingdom, United States [18][19]
1964 The Night of the Iguana Judith Fellowes Grayson Hall Fellowes is Charlotte's chaperone. United States [1]
1964 Manji Sonoko Kakiuchi Kyōko Kishida Sonoko, a bored married woman, falls for fellow art student Mitsuko. The relationship develops and starts to affect and involve their partners.
Based on a 1928 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (there are three additional film versions of the same story). 		Japan [20]
Mitsuko Tokumitsu Ayako Wakao
1965 With Beauty and Sorrow Sakami Keiko Mariko Kaga Otoko is a painter. Keiko is her apprentice.
Based on the 1928 novel by Yasunari Kawabata. 		Japan [20]
Ueno Otoko Kaoru Yachigusa
1965 Sylvia Irma Olanski Viveca Lindfors Irma is a librarian. United States [1]
1965 Who Killed Teddy Bear Marian Freeman Elaine Stritch Marian is the older, experienced manager of the discotheque. United States [1][21][22]
1966 7 Women Agatha Andrews Margaret Leighton Agatha is Head of Mission. United States [1]
1966 The Group Elinor "Lakey" Eastlake Candice Bergen Lakey is regarded as the leader of the devoted women friends. United States [1]
1967 The Fox Jill Banford Sandy Dennis Jill tends to household chores and finances of the farm, while her intimate roommate, Ellen (bisexual), does the manual labor. United States, Canada [1]
1967 Tony Rome Irene Elisabeth Fraser Fraser's character Irene is misidentified as "Irma" in credits. United States [1]
1968 Barbarella The Great Tyrant Anita Pallenberg The Black Queen is the Great Tyrant of Sogo, a city located on Tau Ceti's 16th planet. United States [1]
1968 Flesh Geri Geraldine Smith Geri is in a marriage with Joe, a hustler and heroin addict. She's in a relationship with Patti. United States [1]
Patti Patti D'Arbanville
1968 The Killing of Sister George June Buckridge Beryl Reid June is an ageing television actress. United States [1]
1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare Rossella Rossella Falk Rossella is an acting coach. United States [1]
1968 Rachel, Rachel Calla Mackie Estelle Parsons Calla, an extroverted schoolteacher, has a crush on her best friend Rachel.
(Parsons was nominated for the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.) 		United States [23][1]
1968 Therese and Isabelle Thérèse Essy Persson Thérèse and Isabelle grow up together and share affectionate intimacies in a Swiss boarding school for girls. United States [1]
Isabelle Anna Gaël

1970–1979

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Casey Anderson Cynthia Myers Casey, the daughter of a United States Senator, performs in a rock band, The Kelly Affair.
Roxanne is a fashion designer. 		United States [1][24][25]
Roxanne Erica Gavin
1970 Five Easy Pieces Terry Grouse Toni Basil Terry and Palm are two stranded women headed for Alaska. United States [1]
Palm Apodaca Helena Kallianiotes
1970 Puzzle of a Downfall Child Pauline Galba Viveca Lindfors Pauline is a sophisticated fashion designer. United States [1]
1970 The Vampire Lovers Carmilla Karnstein Ingrid Pitt She has romantic feelings for Emma who lets her dress her. United Kingdom [26][27][28]
1971 Daughters of Darkness Countess Bathory Delphine Seyrig Bathory is a countess who has a loyal servant named Ilona and tries to seduce a woman named Valerie. Belgium [29][30]
1971 Vampyros Lesbos Countess Nadine Carody Soledad Miranda Nadine inherited Count Dracula's estate. West Germany, Spain [31][32][33]
1972 Heat Jessica Andrea Feldman Jessica is Sally's psychotic daughter. United States [1]
1972 They Only Kill Their Masters Mrs. Watkins June Allyson Mrs. Watkins is married but holds a secret that she murdered her ex-lover, Jenny. Watkins' husband helped her in covering up the crime. United States [1]
1973 Cleopatra Jones Mommy Shelley Winters "Mommy" is the gang leader. United States [1]
1974 Caged Heat Superintendent McQueen Barbara Steele Superintendent McQueen is the deeply closeted prison guard. United States [1]
1974 Once Upon a Time in the East Hélène Denise Filiatrault A young teenager gets pregnant. However, she must find a way to secretly abort her child. Canada [1]
1975 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold Dragon Lady Stella Stevens Dragon Lady opens a casino, which, is actually the headquarters for her underground drug empire. United States [1]
1975 Farewell, My Lovely Frances Amthor Kate Murtagh Frances is a notorious madam. United States [1]
1975 Once Is Not Enough Deidre Milford Granger Alexis Smith Granger is one of the world's wealthiest women. She has already been through multiple marriages and demands that things be done her way. She is also secretly carrying on a same-sex affair. United States [1]
Karla Melina Mercouri
1975 The Wild Party Madeline True Jennifer Lee Madeline is the sensual friend of Queenie and Burrs. United States [1]
1977 Desperate Living Muffy St. Jacques Liz Renay Muffy is the lover of butch Mole. United States [34][35]
Grizelda Brown Jean Hill
1977 Prey Josephine Sally Faulkner Reclusive, possessive Josephine is the girlfriend of Jessica-Ann (bisexual). They encounter a carnivorous alien. United Kingdom [36][37]
1978 A Different Story Stella Cooke Meg Foster A gay man and a lesbian who become temporary housemates end up falling in love with each other.
Film critic Janet Maslin's original review elaborates: "The movie's use of [Albert and Stella's] homosexuality is indeed exploitative, insensitive, and offensive in a variety of ways. Even worse, it is unconvincing." 		United States [1]
1978 A Wedding Rita Billingsley Geraldine Chaplin Rita is a wedding planner who develops feelings for a bride she is assisting. United States [1]
1979 A Perfect Couple Mary Heather MacRae Mary and Sydney are a happy and well-adjusted couple in Shelia's band. United States [1]
Sydney Ray Tomi-Lee Bradley
1979 The Bell Jar Joan Donna Mitchell Joan attempts to convince Esther to agree to a suicide pact, an incident that is not in the book. United States [1]
1979 Manhattan Connie Karen Ludwig Connie is the lover of Isaac's ex-wife, Jill. United States [38][39]
1979 The Rose Sarah Willingham Sandra McCabe Sarah is a former lover of Mary. United States [1]
1979 To Forget Venice Anna Mariangela Melato Anna is a distant relative of Marta's. Italy [1]
1979 A Woman Like Eve Eve Monique van de Ven While on holiday in France, Eve is irresistibly drawn to a young feminist and commune-dweller, Liliane. Netherlands [1]
Liliane Maria Schneider

1980–1989

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1980 American Gigolo Anne Nina van Pallandt Anne is Julian's procurer. United States [1]
1980 The Last Metro Arlette Guillaume Andréa Ferréol Arlette is a production designer. France [40]
1980 Times Square Nicky Marotta Robin Johnson Nicky is being examined for mental illness. United States [1]
1980 Windows Andrea Glassen Elizabeth Ashley Andrea is a psychotic neighbor of Emily, who she is obsessed with. (Film critics and gay rights groups criticized the film for what they considered to be an offensive portrayal of lesbians.) United States [1]
1982 By Design Helen Patty Duke Helen and Angie are lovers who ask their co-worker to father them a child. Canada [1]
Angie Sara Botsford
1982 Personal Best Chris Cahill Mariel Hemingway Chris and Tory fall in love while training for the Olympics. United States [1]
Tory Skinner Patrice Donnelly
1982 Tenebrae Tilde Mirella D'Angelo Tilde is a feminist journalist. Italy [41]
1983 Lianna Lianna Linda Griffiths Lianna has a crush on Ruth and comes out after she has an affair with her.
Ruth is a child psychology professor at the college. 		United States [1][42]
Ruth Jane Hallaren
1983 Silkwood Dolly Pelliker Cher Dolly is a friend of Karen Silkwood. United States [1]
1984 Angel Solly Mosler Susan Tyrrell Solly is an eccentric painter. United States [1]
1984 The Bostonians Olive Chancellor Vanessa Redgrave Chancellor is a Back Bay Boston spinster and leader of the women's suffrage movement, who becomes enamored of Verena Tarrant, an inspirational young speaker, and adopts Verena as her protégée, her friend, and her companion. United Kingdom, United States [43]
1984 Fear City Leila Rae Dawn Chong Leila is an exotic dancer. She is attacked and fatally injured by the stalker. United States [44]
1985 Avenging Angel Solly Mosler Susan Tyrrell Solly is a landlord and has a foul mouth.
(The film is a sequel to Angel.) 		United States [1][45][46]
1985 Desert Hearts Vivian Bell Helen Shaver Vivian, a professor from Columbia University, goes to Reno, Nevada to await her divorce. She meets Cay, a free-spirited woman who does not hide her sexual orientation. Vivian begins to discover her true nature as she and Cay grow closer. United States [47][48]
Cay Rivers Patricia Charbonneau
1985 The Good Father Cheryl Langford Frances Viner Cheryl leaves her husband for a woman. United Kingdom [49]
1985 November Moon November Messing Gabriele Osburg November is Jewish and fled to Paris in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. She meets Férial, a gentile, and they fall in love. When Germany invades France, November flees to the south, and Férial goes to work at a Nazi newspaper so that she can learn about plans by the Nazi occupiers and protect November from the Gestapo. West Germany, France [50][51][52]
Férial Christiane Millet
1985 Outside the Walls (Extramuros) sor Ana Carmen Maura Ana and Ángela are lovers and nuns in the same convent. Spain [53][54]
sor Ángela Mercedes Sampietro
1985 Red Sonja Queen Gedren of Berkubane Sandahl Bergman Gedren is a sorceress. She murdered Sonja's parents and brother after she rejected Gedren's sexual overtures. United States [55][56]
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. Serena Jane Leeves Serena is Bianca’s girlfriend. United States [1]
1986 Anne Trister Anne Albane Guilhe Anne is a Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. Canada [57]
1986 Mona Lisa Simone Cathy Tyson Simone is a prostitute searching for a missing woman, who she was in love with. United Kingdom [1]
1986 Reform School Girls Charlie Chambliss Wendy O. Williams Charlie is the villainous leader of the reform school. United States [1]
1986 She's Gotta Have It Opal Gilstrap Raye Dowell Opal is Nola's friend who believes every person is capable of sexual fluidity. United States [1][58][59]
1986 Working Girls Molly Louise Smith Molly, a Yale University graduate, works in a New York City brothel to support herself and her girlfriend, Diane. United States [60]
Diane Deborah Banks
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Vivia Suzette Llewellyn Vivia and Rani are an interracial couple and friends of Rosie. They discover evidence of Rafi's involvement in the torture and murder of political dissenters in Pakistan. United Kingdom [61][62]
Rani Meera Syal
1987 Slam Dance Bobby Nye Millie Perkins Bobby is the former lover of murdered call girl Yolanda. She hires a hitman to kill Drood, who was Yolanda's married lover. United Kingdom, United States [63][64]
1988 Arizona Heat Jill Andrews Denise Crosby Jill is a detective trying to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers. United States [65][66]
1989 Full Moon in New York Lee Fung-jiau Maggie Cheung Fung-jiau is the closeted owner of a Chinese restaurant. United States, Hong Kong [67][68]

1990–1999

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Moira Elizabeth McGovern Moira's motivation to become a rebel is particularly strong because she is a "gender traitor," i.e., a lesbian, in the dystopian society she lives in. United States, West Germany [69]
1991 The Butcher's Wife Grace Frances McDormand Grace is a dress shop clerk. United States [70]
1991 Double Impact Kara Corinna Everson Kara is Griffith's bodyguard. United States [71]
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Idgie Threadgoode Mary Stuart Masterson Idgie has always loved Ruth. Ruth had a previous relationship with Buddy Threadgoode, Idgie's brother, before she married and had a child with another man. After Idgie rescues Ruth from her abusive husband, the romantic relationship between the two women begins.
Based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, where the relationship between Idgie and Ruth is not explicitly identified as a lesbian relationship, but every resident knows about them and accepts their relationship. 		United States [72][73]
1991 Switch Sheila Faxton Lorraine Bracco A cosmetics magnate. She responds to Amanda Brooks' seduction and takes her to a lesbian nightclub. Sheila was in a 10-year relationship with Kathleen Seymour, a perfumer at Faxton Cosmetics.
The cutting of the sex scene between Sheila and Amanda was criticized by Ellen Barkin (Amanda). 		United States [74]
[75][76]
1992 Basic Instinct Roxy Hardy Leilani Sarelle Roxy is a murderer. France, United States, United Kingdom [77][78]
1992 The Days of Being Dumb Jane Anita Yuen Jane is a prostitute from Singapore. Hong Kong [79]
1992 Gigolo and Whore II Sherin Chan Rosamund Kwan Sherin is a rich and beautiful lady who has acquired the family business of Johnson, and he tried to change her into a man-loving heterosexual. Hong Kong [80]
1992 Inside Monkey Zetterland Grace Patricia Arquette Grace is Monkey's sister. United States [81]
Cindy Sofia Coppola
1992 The Living End Daisy Mary Woronov Daisy and Fern are serial killers. United States [82][83]
Fern Johanna Went
1992 Naked Killer Princess Carrie Ng Princess and Baby are lovers and assassins hired by the Yakuza.
Sister Cindy mentors women to be assassins. 		Hong Kong [84][85]
Baby Madoka Sugawara
Sister Cindy Yiu Wai (Kelly Yao)
1992 Poison Ivy Sylvie Cooper Sara Gilbert Sylvie is a young girl at a private school for the wealthy. United States [86]
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Sissy Hankshaw Uma Thurman Sissy has a love affair with Bonanza, the ranch leader. United States [87]
Bonanza Jellybean Rain Phoenix
1993 Fight Back to School III Ching Man Ching Kathy Chow Hoi-mei Ching is the girlfriend of bisexual heiress Judy Tong Wong. Hong Kong [88]
1993 Three of Hearts Connie Czapski Kelly Lynch Connie is Joe's best friend. United States [89]
1994 Go Fish Camille 'Max' West Guinevere Turner Camille is a college student in Chicago who has gone ten months without having sex. United States [90][91]
Ely V.S. Brodie
1995 Antonia's Line Danielle Els Dottermans When Danielle falls in love with Lara, she has a vision of her as the Venus by Botticelli. Netherlands [92][93][94]
Lara Elsie de Brauw
1995 Boys on the Side Jane DeLuca Whoopi Goldberg Jane is a musician who recently broke-up with her girlfriend and her band, decides to move from New York City to Los Angeles. United States [95][96]
1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Noreen Alanna Ubach Noreen had a crush on Marcia. United States [97]
1995 French Twist Marie-Jo Josiane Balasko Marie-Jo is a campervan driver. France [98]
1995 Higher Learning Taryn Jennifer Connelly Taryn is a junior student at Columbus University and the head of feminist activist group Students for a Non-Sexist Society. She has a relationship with Kristen Connor, unaware that Kristen is also involved with Wayne.
(The sex scene between Taryn and Kristen was deleted from the U.S. theatrical release and the subsequent DVD. The scene was not censored in the United Kingdom and Australia film releases, as well as in the regions 2 and 4 DVDs.) 		United States [99][100][101]
1995 The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Randy Dean Laurel Holloman Randy is a 17-year-old student in her final school year with poor grades. United States [102][103]
Evie Roy Nicole Ari Parker
1995 When Night Is Falling Camille Baker Pascale Bussières Camille is a mythology professor at a religious college and engaged to theology professor Martin. When her terrier, Bob, dies she realizes that she loved her dog more than she loves Martin.
Petra is a circus performer. 		Canada [104]
Petra Soft Rachael Crawford
1995 Wild Side Alex Lee Anne Heche Alex is a California banker. United Kingdom, United States [105]
1996 Bound Corky Gina Gershon Ex-con Corky enters into an affair with the girlfriend of a mafioso, and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money. United States [106]
1996 Citizen Ruth Diane Siegler Swoosie Kurtz Diane is a pro-choice spy working within the ranks of the "Baby Savers".
Rachel is Diane's partner. 		United States [107][108]
Rachel Kelly Preston
1996 Eye for an Eye Angel Kosinsky Charlayne Woodard Angel is a FBI Agent. United States [109]
1996 Fire Sita Nandita Das The first mainstream Indian film to feature a lesbian relationship and one of the first to show homosexual love. India, Canada [110]
Radha Shabana Azmi
1996 The First Wives Club Christine Paradis Jennifer Dundas Christine is Annie's feminist daughter. United States [111]
1996 Freeway Rhonda Brittany Murphy Rhonda is a heroin addict. United States [112]
1996 Grace of My Heart Kelly Porter Bridget Fonda Pop singer Porter is in a closeted relationship with her roommate Marion. After one of her songwriters overhears Porter on the phone with her secret lover, the coded song "My Secret Love" is written for her and it becomes a solid-gold hit.
(The character is alleged to have been partially inspired by singer Lesley Gore, who co-wrote "My Secret Love" for the film.) 		United States [113][114]
[115]
Marion Lucinda Jenney
1996 How to Meet the Lucky Stars Sheung Kung Fei Fa Kung Suet-Fa Suet-Fa is a notorious gambler. Hong Kong [116]
1996 Losing Chase Chase Phillips Helen Mirren Chase is in an unhappy marriage. After returning home from treatment for a nervous breakdown, a helper, Elizabeth, is hired to assist her. She initially resists Elizabeth's presence, but as time passes she begins to appreciate her and a friendship grows between them. Chase eventually confesses to Elizabeth that she is in love with her and kisses her, but Elizabeth cannot return the same attraction. Afterwards, Chase leaves her husband. United States [117][118]
1996 Love and Other Catastrophes Mia Frances O'Connor Mia is a film studies student. Australia [119]
Danni Radha Mitchell
1996 Set It Off Cleopatra "Cleo" Sims Queen Latifah Cleo has prior convictions and works as a janitor. United States [120][121]
1996 The Watermelon Woman Cheryl Cheryl Dunye Cheryl works at a video rental store. She falls in love with Diana and has sex with her. (Their sex scene was described by a critic as "the hottest dyke sex scene ever recorded on celluloid").
Tamara is a Black co-worker at the video store. She is critical of Cheryl for having a White girlfriend.
Diana flirts with Cheryl in the store. She later enters into a romantic relationship with her.
Shirley is a friend of Cheryl's mother and helps Cheryl with her project about "The Watermelon Woman".
Fae is an actress credited as "The Watermelon Woman" in the 1930s film "Plantation Memories" that Cheryl discovers. It is later revealed that she was in a relationship with film director Martha Page.
June is the "special friend" of Fae, with whom she had a romantic relationship for over 20 years. 		United States [122][123][124]
Tamara Valerie Walker
Diana Guinevere Turner
Shirley Hamilton Ira Jeffries
Fae Richards Lisa Maria Bronson
Martha Page Alexandra Juhasz
June Walker Cheryl Clarke
1997 All Over Me Claude Alison Folland Claude is a tomboy teenage girl who lives with her divorced mother in Hell's Kitchen. United States [125][126]
Lucy Leisha Hailey
1997 Chasing Amy Alyssa Jones Joey Lauren Adams Alyssa is a comic book artist. United States [127]
1997 First Love Unlimited Hong's sister Erica Yuen Lai-Ming Hogn's sister is depicted as a homosexual. Hong Kong [128][better source needed]
1997 Little City Kate Joanna Going After meeting Anne, Kate comes out and leaves her husband, then comes out to her parents. After Anne breaks up with her, she decides to become pregnant and to do so tries to renew her relationship with her estranged husband, but realizes she is only attracted to women.
Anne is an art teacher. She does not want to be monogamous and breaks up with Kate. 		United States [129]
Anne JoBeth Williams
1998 Edge of Seventeen Angie Lea DeLaria Angie is a manager at the amusement park. United States [130]
1998 High Art Lucy Berliner Ally Sheedy Lucy is a renowned photographer. She lives with her girlfriend Greta, a heroin-addicted former actress. Canada, United States [131][132]
Greta Patricia Clarkson
1998 Portland Street Blues Sister Thirteen Sandra Ng Thirteen is a mobster and branch leader of the Hung Hing triad. China (Hong Kong) [133][134]
1998 Primary Colors Libby Holden Kathy Bates Holden is Stantons' tough but unbalanced old friend. United States [135]
1998 Show Me Love Agnes Ahlberg Rebecka Liljeberg Agnes attends school in Åmål, a small Swedish town. Sweden [136]
1999 Aimée & Jaguar Lilly Wust (Aimée) Juliane Köhler Aimée (real name Lilly) is in love with Felice, but married to a Nazi.
Felice is Jewish and a member of the underground resistance, known by the name "Jaguar". 		Germany [137]
Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar) Maria Schrader
1999 All About My Mother Huma Rojo Marisa Paredes Huma is an actress involved with Nina, who later runs off. Spain [138]
1999 Being John Malkovich Lotte Schwartz Cameron Diaz Lotte is an unhappily married and confused person, and one of multiple people whose mind temporarily enters the mind of John Malkovich through a portal. Lotte becomes more confident in Malkovitch's body, enjoying how she feels. Lotte (not in John's body anymore) and Maxine end together as a couple raising their daughter, Emily. United States [139]
1999 Better Than Chocolate Francis Ann-Marie MacDonald Frances is a lesbian separatist who owns a bookstore.
Maggie is in a relationship with Kim. 		Canada [140][141]
Maggie Karyn Dwyer
Kim Christina Cox
1999 But I'm a Cheerleader Megan Bloomfield Natasha Lyonne Megan is the 17-year-old protagonist. Her parents send her to True Directions, a conversion therapy camp that aims to convert its campers to heterosexuality. She eventually meets Graham, another camper at True Directions.
Graham starts a relationship with Megan, with both having sex.
Sinead and Hilary are campers.
In the True Directions orientation video which depicts homosexuality as a problem to be "fixed", Kelly is a girl shown to be a lesbian until "cured" by the organization.
The lipstick lesbian character makes a brief cameo and is referred to as "Lipstick Lesbian" in the film's credits. 		United States [142][143][144]
Graham Eaton Clea DuVall
Sinead Laren Katharine Towne
Hilary Vandermuller Melanie Lynskey
Kelly Ione Skye (uncredited)
Lipstick Lesbian Julie Delpy
1999 The Deep End of the Ocean Candace "Candy" Bliss Whoopi Goldberg Candy is a detective investigating the disappearance of Ben. United States [145][146]
1999 Election Tammy Metzler Jessica Campbell Tammy is closeted. Early in the film she is dumped by her girlfriend, Lisa Flanagan, for her brother. She later runs a nihilistic campaign for class president with the intent to dismantle the student government, and get revenge on her brother. She falsely confesses to ripping down campaign posters, resulting in her expulsion and transfer to a Catholic girls school. Her story ends happily, as she meets her next love, Jennifer, at the school. (Early on in the film, Tammy gives a narration where she says, "it's not like I'm a lesbian or anything, I'm attracted to the person. It's just that all the people I've ever been attracted to happen to be girls.") United States [147][148][149]
1999 Limbo Frankie Kathryn Grody Frankie and Lou are a couple and businesswomen. United States [150]
Lou Rita Taggart
1999 Tea with Mussolini Georgina 'Georgie' Rockwell Lily Tomlin Georgina is an archeologist. United Kingdom, Italy [151]
1999 Tempting Heart Chen-Li Karen Mok Chen-Li is Xiao-rou's best friend, whom Xiao-rou confides in. Hong Kong [152]
1999 Why Not Me? Camille Amira Casar The movie is about three out friends in Barcelona. France, Spain, Switzerland [153][154]
Ariane Alexandra London
Eva Julie Gayet

21st century

2000–2004

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2000 Best in Show Christy Cummings Jane Lynch Christy is an extremely competitive butch and romantically involved with Sherri Ann. United States [155][156]
Sherri Ann Ward Cabot Jennifer Coolidge
2000 Dr. T & the Women Dee Dee Travis Kate Hudson Dee Dee is Dr. T's closeted daughter who is in a secret relationship with Marilyn. United States, Germany [157][158]
Marilyn Liv Tyler
2000 Miss Congeniality Karen Krantz (Miss New York) Melissa De Sousa Krantz professes her love for Tina Texas. United States [159]
2000 Sordid Lives Bitsy Mae Harling Olivia Newton-John Bitsy is an ex-con, and honky-tonk singer and guitar player. United States [160][161][162]
2000 Spacked Out Sissy Christy Cheung Sissy and Bean Curd are a couple. Hong Kong [163][164]
Bean Curd Maggie Poon
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Lilly Valeria Golino Christine's partner Lilly is critically ill with an unnamed disease, possibly cancer. United States [165]
Christine Taylor Calista Flockhart
2000 Time and Tide Ah Jo Cathy Tsui Cathy is a policewoman. Hong Kong [166][167]
2000 What's Cooking? Carla Julianna Margulies Rachel is welcomed home, along with her girlfriend Carla on Thanksgiving day. United Kingdom, United States [168]
Rachel Seelig Kyra Sedgwick
2001 Blow Dry Sandra Rachel Griffiths Sandra operates a hairdressing shop with her domestic partner. United States, United Kingdom, Germany [169]
2001 Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Mary Magnum Mary Moulton Mary becomes a vampire after being bitten by Shreck. Canada [170][171]
Maxine Shreck Murielle Varhelyi
2001 Lost and Delirious Pauline Oster Piper Perabo Mary (nicknamed Mouse) is a new student at the all girls' boarding school, and dorms with Victoria (nicknamed Tori). Canada [172]
Victoria "Tori" Moller Jessica Paré
2001 Mulholland Drive Betty Elms Naomi Watts Aspiring actress Betty meets and befriends Rita, who has amnesia after a car accident. France, United States [173][174]
Rita Laura Elena Harring
2002 The Hours Sally Lester Allison Janney Sally is in a long-term relationship with Clarissa, who pines for "a long-lost romance with Richard." United Kingdom, United States [175][176][177]
2002 Kiss the Bride Amy Kayne Alyssa Milano Toni is accompanied by her biker girlfriend Amy and long for the approval and love of their domineering father United States [178]
Antonia "Toni" Sposato Monet Mazur
2002 May Ambrosia Nichole Hiltz May's colleague Polly shows an interest in her, who later enters a relationship with another girl named Ambrosia. United States [179]
Polly Anna Faris
2002 Blue Masami Endo Manami Konishi High school student Kayako falls in love with her classmate Masami.
Based on the manga Blue by Kiriko Nananan. 		Japan [180]
Kayako Kirishima Mikako Ichikawa
2003 Gigli Ricki/Rochelle Jennifer Lopez Gigli and Ricki get to like each other, even though she makes it perfectly clear that she is a lesbian. United States [181][182]
2003 Mona Lisa Smile Amanda Armstrong Juliet Stevenson Armstrong is a campus nurse at Wellesley College who is terminated after she's exposed for supplying contraception (condoms) to the students. United States [183][184]
2003 Monster Aileen Wuornos Charlize Theron Biopic about Wuornos, a street prostitute who becomes a serial killer after being brutally raped and beaten by a john.
Based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend Tyria Moore, Selby is Wuornos' semi-fictionalized lover. 		United States [185][186]
Selby Wall Christina Ricci
2003 Something's Gotta Give Zoe Frances McDormand Erica's sister and feminist women's studies professor who disapproves of her sister's relationship with playboy socialite Harry Sanborn. United States [187]
2003 Under the Tuscan Sun Grace Kate Walsh Patti is Frances' best friend and is expecting a child with her partner Grace. United States [188]
Patti Sandra Oh
2004 Butterfly Flavia Josie Ho Flavia is a married high school teacher, who meets a beautiful free-spirited female singer-songwriter named Yip and develops a relationship with the younger girl. Hong Kong [189][190]
Yip Tian Yuan
2004 D.E.B.S Lucy Diamond Jordana Brewster Diamond is an infamous supercriminal, known for her operations, thefts, an alleged attempt to sink Australia, as well as supposedly killing every agent that goes up against her. United States [191]
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds Famke Janssen Lucy and her girlfriend Judy are criticized throughout the movie because of their relationship. United States [192]
Lucy Collins Kelly Preston
2004 My Summer of Love Tamsin Emily Blunt Tasin forms a romantic relationship with her partner despite their different classes and backgrounds. United Kingdom [193]
2004 Saving Face Willhelmina "Wil" Pang Michelle Krusiec Wil, a closeted hospital surgeon, falls in love with Vivian, but is afraid that her traditional Chinese family will find out her secret.
Vivian, a ballet dancer, wants Wil to stop being afraid of what others may think about them. 		United States [194][195]
Vivian Shing Lynn Chen
2004 She Hate Me Fatima Goodrich Kerry Washington Fatima is Jack's ex-fiancée who came out and now wants a child. United States [196]
Alex Guerrero Dania Ramirez

2005–2009

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2005 Gypo Tasha Chloe Sirene Tasha, a Romani refugee from Czechia, is the college schoolmate of Helen's daughter. She has an affair with Helen. United Kingdom [197]
2005 Imagine Me & You Luce Lena Headey Flower shop owner Luce enters a relationship with Rachel. Germany, United Kingdom [198][199]
2005 Red Doors Julie Wong Elaine Kao Julie is a fourth-year medical student who begins to question her life choices when she meets Mia Scarlett. United States [200]
Mia Scarlett Mia Riverton
2005 Rent Joanne Jefferson Tracie Thoms Joanne Jefferson is a Harvard-graduate lawyer and Maureen's love interest. United States [201][202]
2005 Russian Dolls Isabelle Cécile de France Isabelle, a financial expert and television commentator, helps her friend Xavier by posing as his fiancée. France, United Kingdom [203][204]
2005 Sin City Lucille Carla Gugino Lucille is Marv's parole officer. United States [205]
2005 V for Vendetta Valerie Page Natasha Wightman Valerie was sent to a detention facility for her lesbianism and then had medical experiments performed on her, reminiscent of the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Germany, United Kingdom, United States [206]
2006 Bug R.C. Lynn Collins R.C. is Agnes' friend and co-worker at the lesbian bar. United States [207][208]
2006 Gray Matters Gray Baldwin Heather Graham Gray is a family-oriented and quiet bachelorette, who lives a close-knit life with her brother, Sam. United States [209]
2006 In Her Line of Fire Lynn Delaney Mariel Hemingway Sergeant Major Delaney is a Secret Service agent guarding the VP of the United States. She's an ex-Marine and friend of the VP, and served with him during Operation Desert Storm. Lynn and Sharon fall for each other.
Air Force Two, the alternate version of the film distributed outside of the United States, deleted all references to Delaney's lesbianism including the two kiss scenes between her and Sharon. 		United States [210][211][212]
Sharon Serrano Jill Bennett
2006 Loving Annabelle Annabelle Tillman Erin Kelly Annabelle in an emotionally mature student that transfers to a strict Catholic boarding school in her senior high school year after being expelled from two previous schools. She falls in love with her poetry teacher, Simone.
Simone is a closeted teacher who resists Annabelle's flirtations and advances, but falls in love with her. After the suicide of her lover, Amanda, she repressed her sexual orientation; and instead of dealing with the pain and loss, she uses a male teacher from another school as a beard. 		United States [213]
Simone Bradley Diane Gaidry
2006 Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett Judi Dench Covett is a closeted teacher. United Kingdom [214][215]
2006 Smokin' Aces Sharice Watters Taraji P. Henson Sharice and Georgia are partners and contract killers who work together on assignments. United States, United Kingdom, France [216][217]
Georgia Sykes Alicia Keys
2006 Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) Anne Beck Marina Hands Anne and Hélène are married. Anne is Alex's sister. France [218][219]
Hélène Perkins Kristin Scott Thomas
2007 88 Minutes Shelly Barnes Amy Brenneman Barnes is the assistant of forensic psychiatrist Jack Gramm. United States, Canada, Germany [220][221]
2007 Across the Universe Prudence T.V. Carpio Cheerleader Prudence is attracted to Sadie and becomes depressed when Sadie and Jo-Jo begin a relationship. United Kingdom, United States [222]
2007 After Sex Kat Zoe Saldaña Kat is a college student who admits to her roommate Nikki that she's a lesbian but hides it from her parents. United States [223]
2007 Dolls Iska Marie Doležalová After graduating from high school, Iska and her friends go on a trip where she develops an attraction to her friend Karolina, and hooks up with a much older woman named Hanka. Czech Republic [224]
2007 Exhibit A Judith King Brittany Ashworth Judith is a teenager who has not yet come out to her family. She has a crush on Claire, a girl who lives across the street, and uses her camcorder to secretly film her. United Kingdom [225]
2007 Feast of Love Jenny Stana Katic Jenny is a shortstop in a women's softball team and the woman that Kathryn leaves her husband for.
(The film follows the love lives of several couples.) 		United States [226][227][228]
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Allegra Maggie Grace Allegra is Sylvia's 20-something daughter. United States [229]
2007 Planet Terror Tammy Visan Fergie (as Stacy Ferguson) Tammy is the former lover of Dakota. United States [230]
2007 Steam Elizabeth Kate Siegel Elizabeth is a first-year college student who is beginning to understand her sexual orientation. She spends a night with a female classmate. United States [231]
2007 Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Amber Williams Daniella Alonso Williams is an Army war veteran and contestant in a survivalist reality television show. When Matt Jones is being obnoxious, she says to him: "You don't get it, do you? I'm not into men!" United States [232][233][234]
2008 Dim Sum Funeral Dede Bai Ling Dede and Meimei are a couple, who hope have a child, and they are on the lookout for a sperm donor. United States, Canada [235]
Meimei Steph Song
2008 Jolene Cindy Frances Fisher Cindy is a psychiatric nurse in the juvenile mental institution that Jolene's aunt placed the teenager in after her affair with her uncle in-law is discovered. They become lovers. United States [236][237]
2008 Milk Anne Kronenberg Alison Pill Kronenberg is Harvey Milk's campaign manager in his run for a seat on the Board of Supervisors. United States [238][239]
2008 Sunshine Cleaning Lynn Mary Lynn Rajskub Lynn is the daughter of a woman whose house Rose and Norah they cleaned. She was in arealtionship with Norah before breaking off. United States [240][241]
2008 The Women Alex Fish Jada Pinkett Smith Alex and Natasha are exes. United States [242]
Natasha Natasha Alam
2009 Boogie Woogie Elaine Jaime Winstone Elaine is a video artist, who exploits everyone around her United Kingdom [243]
2009 Cracks Miss "G" Gribben Eva Green Miss G is the school's enigmatic diving instructor. United Kingdom, Ireland [244][245]
Di Redfield Juno Temple
2009 I Am Love Elisabetta Recchi Alba Rohrwacher Elisabetta is Edoardo Jr.'s young adult sibling. Italy [246]
2009 Life Blood Brooke Anchel Sophie Monk Brooke and Rhea are a couple. After Brooke kills a rapist, they are driving on the highway when Brooke disappears in a sudden sandstorm. A supernatural entity appears before Rhea and offers her immortality, but she refuses to spend eternity without Brooke, and Rhea dies. Forty years later, they both awaken from the dead and return to life as vampires. United States [247][248]
Rhea Cohen Anya Lahiri
2009 Miss March Katja Alexis Rabin Katja and Vonka are an extremely libidinous couple who Eugene and Tucker met on their road trip to the Playboy Mansion. United States [249][250]
Vonka Eve Mauro
2009 Precious Ms. Blu Rain Paula Patton Ms. Rain is a teacher at the Reach One Teach One alternative school. United States [251]
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Trish Robin Weigert Trish is Pippa's aunt. Her girlfriend Kat is a photographer of erotica and S&M. United States [252][253]
Kat Julianne Moore

2010–2014

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2010 Black Swan Lily / Black Swan / Odile Mila Kunis Lily is Nina's new rival dancer. United States [254][255]
2010 Kaboom Lorelei Roxane Mesquida Stella is Smith's best friend, whom he has known since junior high. Stella hooks up with a girl named Lorelei, who Smith recognizes from one of his dreams. United States [256]
Stella Haley Bennett
2010 The Kids Are All Right Nicole 'Nic' Allgood Annette Bening To conceive a child, Nic used the same sperm donor as Jules, her spouse. Their teenage son wants to find out about his biological father and his older sister helps him find the contact information, which leads to an unexpected turmoil in their marriage when Jules meets the father. United States [257]
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Roxanne "Roxy" Richter Mae Whitman Roxy was Ramona's college roommate. United Kingdom, United States, Japan [258][259]
2010 Sex and the City 2 Erin Alice Eve Erin is the Irish nanny for Charlotte's child. They nicknamed her "Erin Go Braless". United States [260][261]
2010 Tierra madre Aidée Aidée González Based on Aidee Gonzalez's true life, when she lived on the Mexican border towns of Tecate and Tijuana, determined to raise her children with her female partner. Mexico [262]
2010 Yes or No Kim Suppanad Jittaleela Kim is the first butch character in a lesbian-related Thai film.
Pie comes out after meeting Kim and getting to know her. 		Thailand [263][264]
Pie Sushar Manaying
2011 Cloudburst Stella Olympia Dukakis Stella and Dot are an elderly couple in Maine who have been together for decades. Dot is in poor health and Stella has been taking care of her. The only one who is clueless that they are lesbians in a relationship is Dot's granddaughter. After she convinces the frail Dot to sign a power-of-attorney and relocate to an assisted living facility, Stella breaks into the home and she and Dot flee to Nova Scotia where same-sex marriage is legal. Canada, United States [265]
Dot Brenda Fricker
2011 Love Actually... Sucks! Policewoman Lareine Xu One of the six real-life court cases shown is a role-playing lesbian couple. Hong Kong [266][267]
Policewoman's girl Celia Chang
2011 Our Idiot Brother Cindy Harris Rashida Jones Harris lives withher hipster girlfriend Natalie. United States [268]
2011 Pariah Alike Adepero Oduye Alike is a 17-year-old Black teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian. United States [269]
2011 The Perfect Family Shannon Cleary Emily Deschanel Shannon marries her girlfriend Angela, but her Catholic mother refuses to accept her. United States [270]
Angela Rayes Angelique Cabral
2011 The Skin I Live In Cristina Bárbara Lennie Cristina is a salesgirl in the dress shop. Her co-worker, Vicente, was infatuated with her. Spain [271]
2011 Swinging with the Finkels Lesbian #1 Daisy Haggard United Kingdom [272]
Lesbian #2 Amanda Abbington
2011 Your Sister's Sister Hannah Rosemarie DeWitt Hannah has recently broken up with her partner and is staying at the cabin without her sister Iris's knowledge. United States [273]
2011 Yuriko, Dasvidaniya Yoshiko Yuasa Nahana Yoshiko is a magazine editor studying Russian when she meets novelist Miyamoto Yuriko (bisexual). They become close and enter into a romantic relationship. Yoshiko said of herself, "I fall in love with women just like men fall in love with women." Japan [274]
2012 Jack & Diane Diane Juno Temple Diane meets fellow teenager Jack, a skateboarding butch girl. Jack becomes instantly smitten by Diane. Jack takes Diane to a night club, where they kiss passionately. United States [275]
Jack Riley Keough
2012 Love Is Not Perfect Adriana Lorena Cacciatore Adriana is realizing her sexual orientation and preference for women. Italy [276]
2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour Emma Léa Seydoux After her previous relationship ends, Emma enters into a relationship with Lise. France [277]
Lise Mona Walravens
2013 Chinese Puzzle Isabelle Cécile de France Isabelle and Ju are a couple with a child. Isabelle later cheats on Ju with the young woman who babysits for them. France, Belgium [278][279]
Ju Sandrine Holt
2013 Concussion Abby Ableman Robin Weigert Abby and Kate are a married couple. Unbeknownst to Kate, Abby prostitutes herself to numerous women. United States [280]
Kate Julie Fain Lawrence
2013 The Hot Flashes Ginger Peabody Daryl Hannah Middle-aged, closeted Ginger comes out with the help of her friends on the basketball team. United States [281][282]
2013 The Nun Abbess Saint Eutrope Isabelle Huppert Eutrope is the superior mother of the church. France, Belgium, Germany [283]
2013 Riddick Dahl Katee Sackhoff A mercenary bounty hunter and the crew's sniper. United States, Canada [284][285]
2014 Appropriate Behavior Crystal Halley Feiffer Shirin is left homeless and jobless after her girlfriend Maxine breaks up with her. United Kingdom [286]
2014 A Girl at My Door Lee Young-nam Bae Doona Young-nam is a police officer. After a scandal involving her private life, she is transferred from Seoul to a station in a small coastal village. To protect a troubled girl who has been the victim of bullying and domestic abuse, she takes her into her home. South Korea [287][288]
2014 Girltrash: All Night Long Misty Monroe Mandy Musgrave The film is a prequel to the Girltrash! web series. United States [289]
Daisy Robson Lisa Rieffel
Colby Robson Gabrielle Christian
Sid Kate French
2014 The Humbling Pegeen Mike Stapleford Greta Gerwig After a lifetime of lesbianism and female lovers, Pegee gives up women to be with Simon Axler, a once-legendary actor twice her age whom she has admired since childhood. United States [290][291]
2014 Julia Julia Ashley C. Williams Julia is a young woman who was drugged and raped by Pierce and three friends, then left for dead. United States [292]
2014 Life Partners Sasha Weiss Leighton Meester Sasha is a struggling musician with a string of bad dates. United States [293]
2014 Lyle Leah Gaby Hoffmann Leah and June are a young couple moving into a new home suffer a guilt and grief filled journey to losing their child. United States [294]
June Ingrid Jungermann
2014 Never Nikki Zelda Williams Nikki is a twenty-something musician who befriends a straight man and they develop a bond. United States [295][296]
2014 Pride Stephanie "Steph" Chambers Faye Marsay Stephanie is a founder of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners alliance.
Stella is a militant member of LGSM.
Zoe is Stella's girlfriend. 		United Kingdom [297][298]
Stella Karina Fernandez
Zoe Jessie Cave
2014 The Taking of Deborah Logan Sarah Logan Anne Ramsay Sarah becomes the caregiver for her ailing mother and tries to protect her from a demonic possession. United States [299][300]
2014 Tammy Lenore Kathy Bates Tammy and Pearl stay at the home of Pearl's cousin Lenore and her wife, Susanne. United States [301]
Susanne Sandra Oh
2014 This Is Where I Leave You Hilary Altman Jane Fonda Altman announces to her family that she’s turned into a happy, dedicated lesbian and is romantically involved with Linda. United States [302]
Linda Debra Monk

2015–2019

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2015 3 Generations Dolly Susan Sarandon Dolly is Ray's grandmother, a quick-witted music manager who shares her brownstone with her life partner, Frances. United States [303]
Frances Linda Emond
2015 Addicted to Fresno Martha Natasha Lyonne Kelly is Martha's trainer who takes an interest on her. United States [304][305]
Kelly Aubrey Plaza
2015 Carol Carol Aird Cate Blanchett Carol was always attracted to females, but married as was expected of her social status and the post-World War II era. While in divorce proceedings, she meets Therese and comes out publicly after her love affair with her is exposed.
Therese realizes she is gay after she meets Carol and falls in love with her.
(The film is based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith.) 		United Kingdom, United States [306][307]
Therese Belivet Rooney Mara
2015 Dope Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews Kiersey Clemons Diggy can be seen wearing masculine clothing. United States [308]
2015 Freeheld Laurel Hester Julianne Moore Real life story of police officer Laurel Hester who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, fought the Ocean County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders so that her pension benefits could be transferred to her domestic partner Stacie. United States [309]
Stacie Andree Elliot Page [a]
2015 Grandma Elle Reid Lily Tomlin Elle is a poet coping with the recent death of her long-term life partner. She ends a four-month relationship with a younger admirer, Olivia. United States [310][311]
Olivia Judy Greer
2015 Skin Deep Caitlin Davies Monica Zanetti Caitlin is a university student struggling with suicidal thoughts after the relationship with her girlfriend ends. She meets a young woman by chance who has terminal cancer, and they set out together on a whirlwind 'bucket list' adventure. Australia [312][313]
2015 While You Weren't Looking Dez Sandi Schultz Dez is a real estate developer. Terri takes care of their household. The mixed-race couple have been together for twenty years and live in suburban Cape Town with their adopted teenage daughter. South Africa [314][315]
Terri Camilla Waldman
2016 Allied Bridget Vatan Lizzy Caplan Bridget is Max's sister. United Kingdom, United States [316]
2016 Catfight Lisa Alicia Silverstone Ashley is struggling to sell her artwork, straining the relationship with her girlfriend Lisa. United States [317]
Ashley Miller Anne Heche
2016 Center of My World Pascal Nina Proll Tereza is a lawyer who always has good advice for Phil. Germany [318]
Tereza Inka Friedrich
2016 First Girl I Loved Anne Smith Dylan Gelula Anne is the nerdy editor of her high school yearbook. Sasha is a softball star in the school. United States [319][320]
Sasha Basanez Brianna Hildebrand
2016 The Handmaiden Izumi Hideko / Lady Kim Min-hee Set in 1930's Korea, Sook-hee is a pickpocket hired as the maid of Lady Hideko, a young Japanese heiress, in a scheme designed to convince her into marrying a con man posing as a count and afterwards have her committed to an asylum. They fall in love and turn the tables on the conspirators.
(Based on the 2002 historical crime novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.) 		South Korea [321][322]
Nam Sook-hee / Maid Kim Tae-ri
2016 I, Olga Hepnarová Olga Hepnarová Michalina Olszańska Hepnarová was a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who killed eight people with a truck in 1973 Prague. Czech Republic [323]
2016 The Intervention Jessie Clea DuVall Jessie and Sarah are a couple. United States [324][325]
Sarah Natasha Lyonne
2016 Mother's Day Gabi Sarah Chalke Gabi and Max are married, but Gabi has not come out to her parents because they're homophobic. United States [326][327]
Max Cameron Esposito
2016 The Neon Demon Ruby Jena Malone Ruby is a makeup artist, who introduces Jesse to fellow older models Gigi and Sarah. Denmark, France, United States [328][329]
2016 Spidarlings Eden Sophia Disgrace Eden and Matila are a couple trying to get by. United Kingdom [330]
Matilda Rahel Kapsaski
2016 Their Finest Phyl Moore Rachael Stirling Phyl is the Ministry of Information liaison keeping an eye on the screenwriters and coordinating the development of the film script. She wears button-down shirt and tie, jacket and tailored pants. She says to Catrin Cole, "I've never much seen the point in men"; and when one of the screenwriters asks who else the girls in the story are going to fall in love with she responds, "each other?" United Kingdom [331][332]
2017 Allure Laura Drake Evan Rachel Wood Laura Drake is an emotionally disturbed young woman who works as a house-cleaner for her father's company in an urban environment. Canada [333]
2017 Anchor and Hope Eva Oona Chaplin Eva and Kat's humble, yet carefree, life in their London canal boat is turned upside down when Eva gives Kat an ultimatum: she wants a child. Spain, United Kingdom [334]
Kat Natalia Tena
2017 Atomic Blonde Delphine Lasalle Sofia Boutella Delphine is a young undercover French agent. She meets MI6 secret agent Lorraine in a bar, and they kiss passionately. Later they have sex, which evolves into a romantic relationship.
The emotionally intimate post-sex scene between Delphine and Lorraine was deleted in the final cut but included in the DVD/Blu-ray bonus features under the title "Not Afraid of Love". 		United States [335][336][337]
2017 Battle of the Sexes Billie Jean King Emma Stone Biopic about champion tennis player King during the time of the famous tennis match between her and Bobby Riggs. She starts to explore her sexuality when she meets Bennett, a hairdresser. King falls in love with Bennett and has an affair with her. United Kingdom, United States [338][339]
Marilyn Bennett Andrea Riseborough
2017 The Carmilla Movie Carmilla Karnstein Natasha Negovanlis Carmilla and Laura are romantic partners.
Based on the web series of the same name, the movie takes place five years after 330 year-old vampire Carmilla became human. 		Canada [340][341]
Laura Hollis Elise Bauman
Elle Sheridan Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Danny Lawrence Sharon Belle
2017 Disobedience Esti Kuperman Rachel McAdams As a teenager, Esti had a forbidden romance with Ronit, the daughter of a rabbi. Because of Orthodox religious expectations and obligations, Esti married a man but always remained sexually attracted to females. Years later, following Roni's return to London, Esti comes to terms with her sexual orientation and separates from her husband. United States, Ireland, United Kingdom [342][343]
2017 My Days of Mercy Lucy Moro Elliot Page [b] Lucy feels betrayed after learning that Mercy has a boyfriend. United States, United Kingdom [344]
2017 The Party Martha Cherry Jones Martha and Jinny are a couple. United Kingdom [345][346]
Jinny Emily Mortimer
2017 Power Rangers Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger Becky G The first LGBT superhero in a high-budget film. United States [347]
2017 Princess Cyd Katie Malic White Katie works as a barista. United States [348][349]
2017 Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 Lauren Catherine Corcoran Lauren and Chrissy are a secret couple. United States [350][351]
Chrissy Asta Paredes
2017 Rough Night Frankie Ilana Glazer Frankie is an activist and organizer of political protests. United States [352]
2017 Signature Move Zaynab Fawzia Mirza Zaynab is a Pakistani American lawyer who wants to be a lucha libre wrestler. United States [353][354]
2017 Song to Song Zoey Bérénice Marlohe Zoey is a wealthy French artist living in the US. United States [355][356]
2017 Thelma Thelma Eili Harboe Thelma discovers that she has an inexplicable power that materializes when she feels desire for Anja, a fellow student at her university. Norway [357]
Anja Kaya Wilkins
2017 To the Bone Judy Lili Taylor Judy is Ellen's mother. United States [358][359]
2017 You, Me and Him Olivia Lucy Punch Olivia and Alex are a couple. Olivia wants to become pregnant through artificial insemination, but Alex is not keen on parenthood. After Alex becomes very drunk at a party given by their womanizing neighbor, John, she is impregnated by him. United Kingdom [360]
Alex Faye Marsay
2018 Blockers Sam Lockwood Gideon Adlon Sam has a crush on Angelica. She comes out to her father and friends. Then kisses Angelica at their senior prom. United States [361]
Angelica Ramona Young
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel Melissa McCarthy Israel attempts to revitalize her failing writing career by forging letters from deceased authors and playwrights. United States [362]
2018 Diamantino Lucia Maria Leite Lucia is a Secret Service agent disguised as a nun. Portugal, France, Brazil [363][364]
2018 The Favourite Anne, Queen of Great Britain Olivia Colman The plot examines the relationship between Queen Anne and cousins Abigail Masham and Sarah Churchill, who are both vying to be the court favourite. United Kingdom, Ireland, United States [365]
Abigail Masham Emma Stone
2018 Future World Ash Suki Waterhouse Ash is a gynoid assassin under the command of the Warlord. After she becomes damaged and taken prisoner by the Drug Lord, she is repaired and reactivated by Lei, a mechanic also held prisoner. When Lei reveals her attraction towards her, Ash reciprocates. After a battle where Ash kills the Warlord, the two leave together for the wasteland to search for other gynoids. United States [366]
Lei Margarita Levieva
2018 Hearts Beat Loud Samantha Lee "Sam" Fisher Kiersey Clemons Sam secretly writes a song about her relationship with Rose. United States [367][368]
Rose Sasha Lane
2018 JT LeRoy Eva Diane Kruger Eva is an actress and director. She has an affair with Savannah Knoop (bisexual). Canada, United States, United Kingdom [369]
2018 Knife+Heart Anne Parèze Vanessa Paradis In the summer of 1979 in Paris, Anne, a producer and director of gay pornography, is abandoned by her girlfriend and editor, Loïs. France, Mexico, Switzerland [370][371]
Lois McKenna Kate Moran
2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Cameron Post Chloë Grace Moretz Cameron is sent to a gay conversion therapy centre by her aunt for having sex with her girlfriend Coley. United Kingdom, United States [372]
Coley Taylor Quinn Shephard
2018 The Perfection Charlotte Willmore Allison Williams Charlotte is a talented young cellist who befriends Elizabeth “Lizzie” Wells, Anton's star pupil and her replacement. After a night of clubbing, they return to Lizzie's hotel room and have sex. United States [373]
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wells Logan Browning
2018 The Professor Olivia Brown Odessa Young Olivia is the daughter of professor Brown. United States [374][375]
2018 Rafiki Kena Samantha Mugatsia Kena and Ziki, develop a romance between them amidst family and political pressures around LGBT rights in Kenya. Kenya [376]
Ziki Sheila Munyiva
2018 Ready Player One Helen "H" Harris Lena Waithe Harris's avatar Aech is Wade's best friend. United States [377]
2018 Vice Mary Cheney Alison Pill After Mary comes out, former vice president Dick Cheney decides to retire from public life to spare her from media scrutiny. United States [378]
2018 Wild Nights with Emily Emily Dickinson Molly Shannon Film story based on the lifelong romantic relationship between Emily and another woman, Susan, to whom she wrote poems and love letters that after Emily's death were falsely attributed as works she had directed to a man. United States [379]
2019 Anna Maude Lera Abova Maude is a fashion model in love with Anna, who unbeknownst to Maude is a double agent assassin. France, United States [380][381]
2019 Before You Know It Rachel Gurner Hannah Pearl Utt Rachel is a business-minded person whose attempts to be the responsible member of the family have made her something of a control freak. United States [382]
2019 Bombshell Jess Carr Kate McKinnon Jess is closeted and Hillary Clinton supporter. United States, Canada [383][384]
2019 Booksmart Amy Antsler Kaitlyn Dever Amy has a crush on a girl named Ryan, and later has her first lesbian sexual encounter with Hope, who has a reputation for not being nice. United States [385][386]
Hope Diana Silvers
2019 Carmilla Lara Hannah Rae When a carriage crash nearby brings a young woman into the family home to recuperate, Lara is enchanted by Carmilla. The pair then strike up a passionate romantic relationship. United Kingdom [387][388]
Carmilla Devrim Lingnau
2019 Despite Everything Sofía Amaia Salamanca Sofía and Marta are a couple, but Sofía has commitment issues. Spain [389]
Marta Ariana Martinez
2019 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga Sweety Chaudhary Sonam Kapoor Ahuja Sweety is a closeted homosexual who comes out to her traditional Punjabi father and family. Kuhu is Sweety's love interest. They are in a relationship that is kept secret. India [390]
Kuhu Regina Cassandra
2019 Elisa & Marcela Elisa Natalia de Molina True story of two Spanish women who posed as a heterosexual couple in 1901 so that they could marry, with Marcela assuming the identity of "Mario Sánchez". Spain [391]
Marcela Greta Fernández
2019 Last Christmas Marta Andrich Lydia Leonard Marta is outed to her parents by her sister Kate. She has been in a stable relationship with Alba. United Kingdom, United States [392][393]
Alba Jade Anouka
2019 Let It Snow Dorrie Liv Hewson Dorrie and Kerry begin a romantic relationship. United States [394]
Kerry Anna Akana
2019 Moonlit Winter Yoon-hee Kim Hee-ae Before Yoon-hee entered into an unhappy marriage with a friend of her brother, she was in love with Jun, resulting in her parents sending her to a mental hospital. Jun, however, never married and continued to feel the same about Yoon-hee. Twenty years later, a letter Jun wrote to Yoon-hee is mailed by Jun's aunt. When Yoon-hee's daughter accidentally reads the letter, she becomes determined to reunite her mother with the person from her past who made her happy. South Korea [395][396][397]
Jun Yûko Nakamura
2019 Portrait of a Lady on Fire Héloïse Noémie Merlant Set in the 18th century, Héloïse is a painter commissioned to unobtrusively do the portrait of Marianne, who has been reluctant to pose for one because the painting was meant to be presented to her prospective husband, but Marianne did not want to marry. Héloïse and Marianne fall in love. France [398]
Marianne Adèle Haenel
2019 Riot Girls Nat Madison Iseman Nat and Scratch are a couple. Canada [399][400]
Scratch Paloma Kwiatkowski
2019 Saint Maud Amanda Köhl Jennifer Ehle A hedonist and atheist, Amanda was a celebrated dancer and choreographer before she was felled by a terminal illness and became disabled.
Carol is Amanda's lover. 		United Kingdom [401][402][403]
Carol Lily Frazer
2019 Someone Great Erin Kennedy DeWanda Wise Erin is best friends with Jenny and Blair. Although Erin loves her girlfriend, Leah, she is commitment-phobic. United States [404][405]
2019 Sword of Trust Cynthia Jillian Bell Cynthia and Mary are a couple. United States [406]
Mary Michaela Watkins
2019 To the Stars Maggie Richmond Liana Liberato Maggie and closeted Hazel are drawn to each other and have sex. United States [407][408]
Hazel Atkins Adelaide Clemens
2019 Two of Us Nina Dorn Barbara Sukowa While living in the same apartment building, Nina and Madeleine have been secret lovers for many years. All the while, Madeleine remained in a loveless marriage. After the death of her husband the two women decide to come out to Madeleine's adult children so that they can finally live together, but Madeleine loses her nerve, which leads to an angry argument with Nina, followed by a stroke. Madeleine's children cannot understand why Nina is always hanging around Madeleine while she is convalescing because they considered her to be just a neighbor.
(The film was the Best International Feature Film submission by France at the 93rd Academy Awards.) 		France, Belgium, Luxembourg [409][410]
Madeleine Girard Martine Chevallier

2020–2022

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2020 Ammonite Mary Anning Kate Winslet Mary is a fossil collector and paleontologist. She is hired by a geologist to care for his wife, Charlotte, and keep her company while he's away on an expedition. Mary falls in love with her. United Kingdom, Australia [411][412]
2020 Bruised Bobbi 'Buddhakan' Berroa Sheila Atim Bobbi is a trainer. She begins an intimate relationship with Jackie, an MMA fighter. United States, United Kingdom [413][414]
2020 Forgotten Roads Claudina Rosa Ramírez Septuagenarian Claudina has lived a traditional and repressed life. After the death of her husband, her life and world begins to change with self-discovery. She comes out to herself when she meets her neighbor Elsa (bisexual) and falls in love with her. Chile [415]
2020 Friend of the World Diane Alexandra Slade Diane is an experimental filmmaker whose sexual orientation isn't the only difference between her and Gore, an insane war general.
Eva is Diane's lover. 		United States [416][417][418]
Eva Kathryn Schott
2020 Friendsgiving Abby Kat Dennings Abby came out at 29 years old and was dumped by her first girlfriend. The quiet Thanksgiving she planned with her best friend Molly turns into a large party after several friends and acquaintances, including lesbian friends who want to find a new girlfriend for Abby, start to show up for the holiday dinner. United States [419][420]
2020 The Half of It Ellie Chu Leah Lewis A shy, introverted, straight-A student who earns money on the side by writing papers for fellow students, accepts being the ghostwriter of heartfelt correspondence from a football player pupil to the girl he wants to date. In the process, Ellie falls in love with her.
The film is a spin on the play Cyrano de Bergerac. 		United States [421]
2020 Happiest Season Abby Kristen Stewart Abby and Harper are in a romantic relationship.
Riley is Harper's ex-girlfriend. 		United States [422]
Harper Mackenzie Davis
Riley Johnson Aubrey Plaza
2020 Holly Slept Over Holly Nathalie Emmanuel Holly had a fling in college with Audra as a lesbian experiment. United States [423]
2020 I Care a Lot Marla Grayson Rosamund Pike Marla and Fran are romantic and business partners. United States [424]
Fran Eiza González
2020 Kajillionaire Old Dolio Dyne Evan Rachel Wood Dyne is an emotionally stunted 26-year-old woman in a manipulative relationship with her con artist parents. She later begins a relationship with Melanie, a friendly young woman. United States [425]
Melanie Whitacre Gina Rodriguez
2020 My First Summer Grace Maiah Stewardson Grace is a rebellious but free-spirited idealist, who is determined to help Claudia through her tragedy and introduce her to things from the outside world. Australia [426]
2020 The New Mutants Danielle Moonstar / Mirage Blu Hunt Mirage is a Native American mutant who can create illusions based on the fears and desires of other people. She is in love with Wolfsbane. United States [427][428]
Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane Maisie Williams
2020 The Prom Emma Nolan Jo Ellen Pellman Emma, a 17-year-old girl, wants to bring her girlfriend Alyssa to the high school prom.
Alyssa is a cheerleader and closeted. 		United States [429]
Alyssa Greene Ariana DeBose
2020 Summer of Mesa Mesa Andrea Granera Mesa is a confident and beautiful teenage girl. United States [430]
2020 Summerland Alice Lamb Gemma Arterton Alice is a reclusive historian of folklore. When she reluctantly takes in an Operation Pied Piper evacuee from the London Blitz, she confronts her past and the love she lost. United Kingdom [431][432]
2020 Unpregnant Bailey Butler Barbie Ferreira Bailey has her first kiss with Kira after revealing her sexuality. United States [433][434]
Kira Matthews Betty Who
2020 Valley Girl Jack Mae Whitman Jack is Randy's best friend, band mate, and wingman. United States [435][436]
2020 The World to Come Abigail Katherine Waterston Set in the 19th century, Abigail is in a marriage of convenience to a farmer. She meets Tallie, who moves into a farm nearby and is married to an abusive husband. A deep friendship develops between them, becoming a secret romantic relationship. United States [437][438]
Tallie Vanessa Kirby
2021 After Blue Zora Elina Löwensohn Zora is the hairdresser of planet After Blue. She falls for avant-garde artist Sternberg. France [439][440]
2021 Benedetta Benedetta Carlini Virginie Efira Benedetta, a novitiate in a 17th-century Italian convent, begins a love affair with another nun. France [441][442]
2021 Christmas at the Ranch Haley Hollis Laur Allen Power broker Holly returns to her family ranch, Hollis Hills, to help her grandmother save it from bankruptcy and prevent being forced to sell it.
Kate is the experienced ranch hand who cares about what happens to the ranch. 		United States [443][444][445]
Kate Amanda Righetti
2021 The Fallout Mia Reed Maddie Ziegler Mia is an Instagram influencer. During a night of drinking, she has sex with Vada, who has a boyfriend. United States [446]
2021 Fear Street Part One: 1994 Deena Johnson Kiana Madeira Denna and Samantha are a young couple.
(This film is the first installment in the Fear Street trilogy.) 		United States [447][448][449]
Samantha "Sam" Fraser Olivia Scott Welch
2021 Fear Street Part Three: 1666 Deena Johnson Kiana Madeira When the witch's grave is discovered and Deena comes in contact with her severed skeletal hand, she is transported back in time and into Sarah Fier's body.
Sarah was falsely accused of being a witch and hung. She is blamed for cursing Shadyside and causing centuries of unexplained violence and murders in the town. In truth, she was the victim of homophobia, sexism, and superstition.
Hannah is Sarah's lover.
(This film is the third installment in the Fear Street trilogy.) 		United States [450][451][449]
Sarah Fier Elizabeth Scopel
Kiana Madeira
Hannah Miller Olivia Scott Welch
Samantha "Sam" Fraser
2021 Matcha & Vanilla Yuki Tomoko Hayakawa Yuki and Ai are a couple. When Yuki is diagnosed with lung cancer, they must fight their families and Japan's conservative society to stay together until Yuki's inevitable death. Japan [452][453]
Ai Qyoko Kudo
2021 The Novice Alex Dall Isabelle Fuhrman Alex is a perfectionist who joins her college rowing team. She starts a romance with Dani, her teacher's assistant. United States

[454][455]

Dani Dilone
2021 Nudo Mixteco María Sonia Couoh María uses her home visit to reunite with her old lover, Piedad, who now has a baby Mexico [456][457]
2021 One Four Three Rebecca Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart Rebecca is the woman that Genevieve left her fiancé for. United Kingdom [458][459][460]
2021 The Retreat Renee Tommie-Amber Pirie Renee and Valerie are a same-sex couple who book a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods, only to be abducted and tortured by a mysterious figure Canada [461][462]
Valerie Sarah Allen
2021 Ride or Die Rei Nagasawa Kiko Mizuhara Rei was in love with Nanae when they were in high school. She decides to kill Nanae's abusive husband to prove her love for her. Japan [463][464]
2021 Sentinelle Klara Olga Kurylenko The first hint that Klara is lesbian is her observing the nude body of a female soldier in their locker room. Later, she dances with a woman in a nightclub and has a one-night stand with her. France [465]
2021 Silent Night Alex Kirby Howell-Baptiste Alex and Bella are married. United Kingdom, United States [466]
Bella Lucy Punch
2021 Stillwater Allison Baker Abigail Breslin Allion is convicted of murdering her roommate and unfaithful lover, Lina. United States [467][468]
2021 Twist Sikes Lena Headey Sikes is a burglar and criminal. She is attracted to Nancy "Red" Lee.
(The film is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist.) 		United Kingdom [469][470]
2021 Walk with Me Logan Pierce Bridget Barkan As Amber struggles to find her way, she meets Logan, a free spirited musician with a kind heart who lends an ear to Amber's situation. United States [471][472]
2021 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Moka Natsuko Fusako Urabe Moka is a middle-aged woman with memory loss who goes in search of the girlfriend she had in high-school. Japan [473]
2022 Aftersun Sophie Celia Rowlson-Hall The partner of adult Sophie is a woman and she is the parent of an infant with her. United Kingdom, United States [474][475][476]
2022 Am I Ok? Lucy Dakota Johnson A woman living in Los Angeles, who realizes that all her dates with men are unsuccessful because of her sexuality. With the help of her lifelong best friend Jane, Lucy attempts to navigate coming out and dating women in her 30s. United States [477][478]
2022 Attachment Maja Josephine Park Maja is a fading actress and Leah is a university student. Leah shares her home with her mother. After Leah has a seizure, Maja moves in with her. Maja learns that Leah may be possessed by a dybbuk. Denmark

[479][480]

Leah Ellie Kendrick
2022 Babylon Lady Fay Zhu Li Jun Li Cabaret entertainer Zhu has an affair with Nellie. United States [481][482]
2022 Badhaai Do Suman Singh Bhumi Pednekar Suman enters into a lavender marriage to escape the pressure from her family.
Rimjhim is Suman's girlfriend. 		India [483][484][485]
Rimjhim Jongkey Chum Darang
2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies Bee Maria Bakalova Bee is a working-class young woman from Eastern Europe traveling with her wealthy girlfriend Sophie. United States [486][487][488]
Sophie Amandla Stenberg
2022 Blue Jean Jean Rosy McEwen Set during the introduction of Section 28 anti-homosexuality laws in the 1980s, Jean is a closeted physical education teacher living a double life. When a new student at her school sees her in a lesbian bar, she must decide whether to risk or save her career and personal safety.
Viv is Jean's out and proud long-term girlfriend. 		United Kingdom [489][490]
Viv Kerrie Hayes
2022 Call Jane Virginia Sigourney Weaver Virginia is a women's health and abortion activist, and leader of the "Jane" underground group. United States [491]
2022 Causeway Lynsey Jennifer Lawrence Lynsey is a veteran of the Afghanistan War recovering from combat injuries. United States [492][493]
2022 Dangerous Nalini Naina Ganguly Nalini and Rashmi love each other. (Billed as India's first lesbian crime drama.) India [494][495]
Rashmi Apsara Rani
2022 Death on the Nile Mrs. Bowers Dawn French Mrs. Bowers and Marie are a secret couple. When in public, Bowers presents herself as Marie's nurse. United Kingdom, United States [496][497]
Marie Van Schuyler Jennifer Saunders
2022 Do Revenge Eleanor Maya Hawke Transfer student Eleanor, who was outed at summer camp when she was 13 years old and became the subject of a false rumor, finds that she's now attending the same school as her nemesis from camp. Eleanor crushes on Gabbi, a confident student who has no interest in being involved in school cliques. United States [498][499][500]
Gabbi Talia Ryder
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Stephanie Hsu Joy has been trying to get her mother to accept her girlfriend, Becky. United States [501][502]
Becky Tallie Medel
2022 Girl Picture Mimmi Aamu Milonoff Three young girls at the cusp of womanhood, try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland by trying to draw their own contours. Finland [503][504]
Emma Linnea Leino
2022 Heatwave Claire Valens Kat Graham Claire is a young woman who starts a relationship with Eve, not knowing that she is her boss' wife. United States [505]
2022 Maja Ma Pallavi Patel Madhuri Dixit Pallavi is a closeted homosexual who married and had children. She fell in love with Kanchan when they were young women, but did not accept her request to run away together. She impulsively comes out to her daughter during an argument. India [506][507]
Kanchan Adhia Simone Singh
2022 Marry Me Parker Debbs Sarah Silverman Parker is a huge fan of pop star Kat Valdez and a friend of Charlie. She takes him and his daughter to a concert by Valdez, carrying a sign that says "Marry Me!". Parker asks Charlie to hold the sign while she shoots a video of Valdez performing a song. Valdez sees the sign and picks Charlie to marry her. Parker encourages Charlie to go along with it. United States [508]
2022 Mars One Eunice Camilla Damião Eunice is a young woman who wants to be more independent and move out of her parents house. She begins a romantic relationship with another woman but fears telling her parents, particularly her traditional father. Brazil [509][510]
2022 Moving On Evelyn Lily Tomlin Evvie comes to terms with her unfulfilled life as a cellist. United States [511][512]
2022 My Best Friend's Exorcism Glee Tanaka Cathy Ang Shy, closeted Glee is tricked into coming out by demon possessed Gretchen. United States [513][514]
2022 My Policeman Jackie Stewart Maddie Rice Friend of Marion Taylor, who sees what's happening between her policeman husband and his male friend. United States [515][516]
2022 Nope Emerald "Em" Haywood Keke Palmer Emerald brags about flirting with women and having sex with them. United States [517][518]
2022 The Origin of Evil Nathalie Cordier Laure Calamy Natalie is an ex-convict whose financial situation begins to deteriorate after her girlfriend, Stéphane, is sent to prison. Stéphane was born out of wedlock and has a wealthy father she has never met. Nathalie assumes Stéphane's identity and contacts him. France, Canada [519]
Stéphane Marson Suzanne Clément
2022 Scream Mindy Meeks-Martin Jasmin Savoy Brown Mindy is a Woodsboro teenager and the fraternal twin sister of Chad. United States [520][521][522]
2022 Senior Year Martha Reiser Mary Holland One of Stephanie's closest friends in high school, but closeted when she was young. Becomes Harding High's principal and cheerleader coach. United States [523][524]
2022 Sneakerella Sami Devyn Nekoda Skateboarder Sami is El's best friend. United States [525][526]
2022 Tack för senast Ullis Liv Mjönes Ullis and Tessan are a couple. Ullis likes relationships that aren't demanding, but Tessan wants to be a parent. Sweden [527][528]
Tessan Madeleine Martin
2022 Tár Lydia Tár Cate Blanchett Lydia is the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. She refers to herself as a "U-Haul lesbian". Sharon is her concertmaster and wife. They have an adopted daughter. United States, Germany [529][530][531]
Sharon Goodnow Nina Hoss
2022 Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody Robyn Crawford Nafessa Williams This version of Crawford enters a romantic relationship with Whitney Houston. United States [532]
2022 You Can Live Forever Jaime Anwen O'Driscoll A romantic relationship develops between two young women in a Jehovah's Witness religious community. Canada [533]
Marike June Laporte

2023

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2023 All the Silence Miriam Adriana Llabrés Miriam, a part time sign language teacher and actress, is diagnosed with impending hearing loss. Her girlfriend, Lola, and her parents are deaf, but Miriam refuses to accept a life without sound. Mexico [534][535]
Lola Ludwika Paleta
2023 Anyone but You Claudia Alexandra Shipp Claudia and Halle are engaged and planning their wedding in Sydney, Australia United States [536][537]
Halle Hadley Robinson
2023 Backspot Eileen McNamara Evan Rachel Wood Eileen is the ruthless coach of the cheerleading team. Canada, United States [538][539]
2023 Bad Things Ruthie Nodd Gayle Rankin Ruthie inherited her grandmother's abandoned hotel, and has returned to stay in it for a few days with her girlfriend Cal and others. United States [540]
Cal Hari Nef
2023 Bottoms PJ Rachel Sennott High school students PJ and Josie start an all-female fight club so that they can meet cheerleaders and get laid. United States [541][542]
Josie Ayo Edebiri
2023 The Color Purple Celie Harris-Johnson Fantasia Barrino Celie enters into a relationship with jazz singer Shug Avery. United States [543][544]
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi
2023 Days of Happiness Emma Sophie Desmarais Emma is an orchestra conductor who is navigating her toxic relationship with her father and agent Patrick and her budding new romantic relationship with Naëlle. Canada [545][546]
Naëlle Nour Belkhiria
2023 A Deadly Invitation Agatha Regina Blandón Agatha is the host of a podcast about unsolved crimes. Mexico [547][548]
2023 Dumb Money Riri Myha'la Herrold College students Riri and Harmony are a couple. They invest all their money in GameStop stocks. United States [549][550]
Harmony Williams Talia Ryder
2023 Eileen Eileen Dunlop Thomasin McKenzie Rebecca is a psychologist at a juvenile correctional facility, who develops a relationship with Eileen. United States [551][552]
Rebecca Saint John Anne Hathaway
2023 Fancy Dance Jax Lily Gladstone Native American ex-convict Jax is Roki's aunt. She teaches Roki how to steal and takes her away from her grandparents, who had custody of Roki after her mother disappeared. United States [553][554]
2023 Freud's Last Session Anna Freud Liv Lisa Fries Anna is Sigmund Freud's daughter. She and Dorothy are in a relationship. United States, United Kingdom [555][556]
Dorothy Burlingham Jodi Balfour
2023 Herd Jamie Miller Ellen Adair Couple Jamie and Alex go on a canoe trip getaway to try to repair their marriage. After Alex breaks her leg in an accident and they go for help, they encounter sinister people and a zombie outbreak. United States [557][558]
Alex Kanai Mitzi Akaha
2023 Jagged Mind Billie Maisie Richardson-Sellers Billie and Alex are dating. United States [559][560]
Alex Shannon Woodward
2023 Khufiya Krishna Mehra (aka KM) Tabu KM is a closeted intelligence officer in the Research and Analysis Wing agency. India [561][562]
2023 Kill Boksoon Gil Jae-yeong Kim Si-a Jae-young is Gil Bok-Soon's teenage daughter. South Korea [563][564]
2023 My Animal Heather Bobbi Salvör Menuez Heather is a tomboy and werewolf. She falls in love with Jonny, a figure skater. Canada [565][566][567]
2023 North Star Katherine Scarlett Johansson Katherine is the first female captain in the Royal Navy. Working at sea for months has led to tension with her long-term partner Jack. They are co-raising Marcus, but do not plan to marry. United Kingdom [568]
Jack Freida Pinto
2023 Nyad Diana Nyad Annette Bening Biopic about long-distance swimmer Nyad's swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013.
Stoll is Nyad's swimming coach. 		United States [569][570]
Bonnie Stoll Jodie Foster
2023 The Persian Version Lelia Layla Mohammadi Lelia is a filmmaker whose relationship with her mother deteriorated after she brought her wife to her parents' home on Thanksgiving. United States [571][572]
2023 Say I Do to Me Yi "Yee" Lok Candy Lo Closeted Yee follows YouTuber influencer Ping Cheung on social media, and offers to sponsor her. Her admiration of Ping encourages her to come out. Hong Kong [573][574]
2023 Shortcomings Alice Sherry Cola Alice is a 'philanderer' and Ben's best friend. United States [575][576]
2023 A Song Sung Blue Liu Xian Zhou Meijun Xian, a shy and introverted 15-year-old, becomes romantically infatuated with Mingmei, the daughter of her father's girlfriend. China [577]
2023 Tripped Up Taylor Sasha Fox Taylor, a musician and friend of Lizzie, joins her on the road trip female-bonding getaway to the Saucy Food Festival. There she meets a new girlfriend. United States [578]
2023 You People Liza Molly Gordon Ezra's parents Shelley and Arnold awkwardly explain that they are accepting and supportive of everyone, including their daughter Liza. United States [579]

2024

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)
2024 All Shall Be Well Angie Patra Au Angie and Pat have been a couple for over forty years. After Pat suddenly dies, her family takes over the arrangements for burial proceedings, referring to Angie as just a best friend of Pat. Because she did not finalize a will, the apartment that Pat bought for herself and Angie, and lived in, is passed to Pat's next of kin, leaving Angie without any rights to the property. Hong Kong [580]
Pat Maggie Li Lin Lin
2024 Daughter's Daughter Fan Zuer Eugenie Liu Zuer is Ai's rebellious daughter who travels to New York to embark on IVF treatment with her girlfriend Jiayi. Taiwan [581]
Zhou Jiayi Tracy Chou
2024 Drive-Away Dolls Jamie Margaret Qualley After her girlfriend Sukie ends their relationship, free-spirited and uninhibited Jamie goes on an impromptu road trip with Marian.
Marian is Jamie's uptight best friend who agrees to let Jamie accompany her on her drive to Tallahassee, where her family lives.
Sukie is a police officer. She breaks up with Jamie when she catches her cheating with another woman. 		United States [582][583]
Marian Geraldine Viswanathan
Sukie Beanie Feldstein
2024 I Saw the TV Glow Maddy Brigette Lundy-Paine Maddy introduces Owen to The Pink Opaque. United States [584][585]
2024 In the Summers Carmen Emma Ramos Carmen owns a lesbian bar and is Vicente’s lifelong friend. Violeta will eventually seek support from Carmen as her own queer identity emerges. United States, Mexico [586][587]
2024 Love Lies Bleeding Lou Kristen Stewart Lou is the manager of a gym.
Daisy is Lou's former lover who is smitten with her. 		United States [588][589]
Daisy Anna Baryshnikov
2024 Mean Girls Janis 'Imi'ike Auliʻi Cravalho Janis came out to Regina in private, then was outed by her to their school. United States [590]
2024 Miller's Girl Winnie Black Gideon Adlon Winnie is Cairo's best friend. United States [591][592]
2024 On Swift Horses Sandra Sasha Calle Set in the 1950s, Sandra is a nonconformist who does not hide her sexual orientation. She has a romantic relationship with her neighbor Muriel. United States [593]
2024 Prom Dates Hannah Julia Lester After Hanna comes out to her best friend Jess, she goes in search of a lesbian dream date to go to the prom with. She has been attracted to Angie, a fellow high school classmate and out lesbian, and has her first same-sex sexual experience with her. United States [594][595]
Angie Terry Hu
2024 The Shameless Renuka Anasuya Sengupta After killing a policeman, sex worker Renuka flees and hides in a brothel in northern India. India, Switzerland, France, Bulgaria, Taiwan [596]
2024 Stress Positions Vanessa Amy Zimmer Vanessa is Karla's girlfriend who wrote a book about her. United States [597][598]
2024 Went Up the Hill Jill Vicky Krieps Jill is the widow of Jack's mother. Australia, New Zealand [599][600]

2025

Year Title Character(s) Actor Notes Country Ref(s)

Notes

  1. ^ First name changed after film release.
  2. ^ First name changed after film release.

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