We spent over three well-invested years adding to our popular list of Lesbian Movies and to celebrate the success of the article, we decided to devise a specific list of Lesbian Movies on Netflix.
Though some of the movies are open in terms of storyline, we devised the lesbian movies on Netflix list by selecting those with a strong presence of lesbian characters.
If you don’t have Netflix, fear not, we have other lists of LGBTQIA+ media, including Lesbian TV Shows, Lesbian Web Series, Lesbian Documentaries, Lesbian Fiction Books, and Lesbian Non-Fiction books.
We hope you enjoy the following list of lesbian movies on Netflix!
Ride or Die (2021)
Rei is a lesbian in her late 20s who, upon learning that her former classmate Nanae is suffering brutal domestic violence from her husband, decides to kill him to show her love for Nanae.
Nanae is filled with disgust and fear about the murder, but Rei accepts the results of her decision with the sole purpose of saving Nanae. While turning to each other for love, Rei and Nanae find themselves struggling with incompatible emotions.
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Elisa and Marcela (2019)
In 1885, Elisa and Marcela meet and form a great friendship, which grows into a forbidden love that they have to keep hidden.
In 1901, Elisa adopts a male identity in order to marry the woman she loves.
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The Prom (2020)
The Prom is a 2020 American musical comedy film starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Jo Ellen Pellman as Emma Nolan.
The move is set in Edgewater, Indiana, at a meeting of the James Madison High School PTA where PTA president Mrs. Greene announces that the school’s prom will be canceled because a lesbian student named Emma Nolan wanted to bring a girl to the dance, much to the dismay of Principal Tom Hawkins who supports Emma, but is powerless to oppose the PTA’s decision.
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Un-Freedom (2015)
Un-Freedom centers around a religious fundamentalist in New York who kidnaps a liberal scholar with an intent to kill, while a closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her bisexual lover with the intent of being together.
Then the resulting torture and violence evoke a brutal struggle of identities against ‘unfreedom’.
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Duck Butter (2018)
Two women, jaded by dishonest and broken relationships, make a pact to spend 24 uninterrupted hours together, having intimate relations on the hour.
Their romantic experiment intends to create a new form of intimacy, but it doesn’t quite go as planned.
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A Secret Love (2020)
A Secret Love is an American documentary film starring former baseball player Terry Donahue and her life partner Pat Henschel.
The docufilm follows the story of how the couple, who were together for 65+ years, hid their relationship from family and friends back in the 1950s and how they eventually came out to their families.
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Someone Great (2019)
Jenny is a 29-year-old music journalist who lands her dream job as an editor at Rolling Stone just as her boyfriend decides to break up with her. Jenny calls her two best friends, Blair and Erin, and they embark on a wild night out in New York City.
Erin is the movie’s lesbian character she is witty, bold and beautiful. Her story centers on her casual relationship with Leah, who is a trendy boutique owner who wants to settle with Erin but Erin values her freedom a little too much!
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Below Her Mouth (2016)
Jasmine is a successful fashion editor living with her fiance. On a night out in the city with her best friend, she meets Dallas, a roofer recently out of a relationship.
Surprised by the confidence with which Dallas pursues her, Jasmine turns Dallas down but can’t get her out of her head. When Jasmine finally succumbs, the two women embark on a steamy affair that forces them both to re-evaluate their lives.
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A Perfect Ending (2012)
Rebecca has a very unusual secret, one that not even her best friends know about.
The last person on earth she expects to reveal it to is a high priced escort named Paris. The two embark on a whirlwind love affair before a dramatic conclusion.
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Loving Annabelle (2006)
After getting kicked out of two schools for disruptive behavior, Annabelle (Erin Kelly) is sent to a Roman Catholic school by her disapproving mother.
In an English class taught by Simone Bradley (Diane Gaidry), Annabelle quickly shocks both teacher and fellow students with salacious interpretations of the curriculum. Simone is drawn to her unruly student, defending her from headmistress Mother Immaculata (Ilene Graff). As they grow closer, Simone realizes she has sexual feelings for Annabelle.
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Wanda Sykes – Not Normal (2019)
Wanda Sykes, delivers a sharp-witted and hilarious critique on the state of the world, addressing her perspective on the current political and cultural climate, which she can only describe as, well – not normal.
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The Feels (2018)
Andi and Lu are excited to celebrate their upcoming wedding with a joint bachelorette weekend in wine country.
On the first night, things get off to a rocky start when one of the brides admits that she’s never had an orgasm.
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Ana E Vitoria (2018)
Two girls have a chance encounter and instantly befriend.
While trying to find themselves, they decide to pursue music together.
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Yes or No (2010)
Pie is taken aback when she discovers that her college roommate, Kim, dresses like a man.
As they grow closer, Pie begins to wonder if she’s actually developing feelings for Kim.
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Yes or No 2: Come Back To Me (2015)
A sequel of a popular Thai film with a lesbian theme, Yes or No 2 picks up from where the original left off.
Two girls, Kim and Pie are in love, but after graduation, they have to travel into two different directions for their internship;
Kim is going to work on a farm in the northern province of Nan, while Pie is going South to work in a fishery center. Their love is being tested by distance.
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Yes or No 2.5 (2015)
A Thai lesbian photographer shares apartment with another woman. 2 women known from university move in on same floor, one with a boyfriend.
Which woman loves which woman? Is it reciprocated? How does the boyfriend fit into the equation?
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Mater (2017)
A single man in his thirties overwhelmed by his domineering mother meets a lesbian couple willing to go to extreme lengths to have a child.
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The Half Of It (2020)
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Hannah Gadsby – Nanette (2018)
Nanette is a live comedy performance written and performed by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby.
The work includes social commentary, evocative speech punctuated by comedy and emotive narration of Gadsby’s life, learnings, and what her story offers to the world.
Gadsby uses Nanette to deconstruct the nature of comedy and its conventions by having her audience undergo the same tension in which marginalized people suffer on a daily basis.
She shares personal anecdotes related to her experiences as a lesbian and gender-nonconforming woman, explaining how her comedic style is influenced by her identity. Due to Gadsby’s upbringing in conservative Tasmania, she was raised surrounded by people who believed they held a license to hate others, which induced her at a young age to accept prejudiced views toward queer people. To deal with the social inequality she faced, Gadsby says that she turned to self-deprecating humor.
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The Perfection (2019)
The main character, Charlotte (played by Allison Williams), is a lesbian and the story shows her as she is on her way to becoming a pro musician. Then her mother becomes ill. After ten years of caring for her, her mother dies and Charlotte visits the teachers of her former Music Academy.
She is eventually introduced to new and admired music prodigy, Lizzie (Logan Browning), and the movie twists and turns into a horror-thriller!
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Lez Bomb (2018)
From the executive producer of Hollywood blockbuster ‘There’s Something About Mary’ comes a holiday comedy about a woman who comes home with life-changing news.
As it turns out, there is no good time to drop the Lez Bomb, especially over a Thanksgiving gathering when her male roommate turns up unannounced!
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Feel Good (2020)
Mae is a stand-up comedian and a former addict. She tells her new girlfriend that she’ll always be an addict and this theory is supported at the Narcotics Anonymous meetings which she attends.
This warming comedy explores issues such as addiction and a passionate new relationship as well as the stages of sobriety.
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Disobedience (2017)
Disobedience is a romantic drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio and written by Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz, based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman. The film has an all-star cast including Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alessandro Nivola.
Set in North London, it tells the story of a woman who returns to the strict Orthodox Jewish community for her father’s funeral after living in New York for many years, having been estranged from her father and ostracised by the community for a reason that becomes clearer as the story unfolds.
Keep an eye out for ‘that’ famous scene of passion!
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D.E.B.S (2004)
D.E.B.S. stands for Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength. The movie is a funny and kitschy spy with a great lesbian love story at the heart of it.
The D.E.B.S squad consists of Amy, the brain box who loves art and wants to fall in love, Max, the ambitious D.E.B. who lives other work, Dominique, a French girl who always gets her own way and Janet, the dippy one.
It is Amy who embarks on a lesbian romance with a girl named Lucy.
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Let It Snow (2019)
A snowstorm hits a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, bringing together a group of high school students.
They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.
Featuring an adorable lesbian love story between high schoolers Dorrie, a waitress at the local Waffle Town, and Kerry, a dancer.
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Very nice! Thanks. Also I watched one yesterday that was pretty cool called Changing of the seasons. It’s a Korean movie about a lesbian and a transgender woman. Kind of a tearjerker but a nicely rounded story with more realistic character of which one was a mature-aged one as well (which is usually rare in lesbian movies to have more mature and rounded character, which is a shame because those characters are somehow more interesting to watch imo).