Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "based-on-play", "lesbianism"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. The Children's Hour (1961)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins
Votes: 18,434
2. Bug (2006)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins
Votes: 37,847 | Gross: $7.01M
3. Sister My Sister (1994)
R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
Two sisters separated in childhood reunite years later as servants at a household in France. Their happiness to be reunited spirals into an incestuous relationship.
Director: Nancy Meckler | Stars: Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Sophie Thursfield
Votes: 3,665 | Gross: $0.22M
4. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Votes: 11,050
5. Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman.
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Tovah Feldshuh, Esther Wurmfeld
Votes: 17,445 | Gross: $7.02M
6. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith
Votes: 6,871
7. 8 Women (2002)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 34,359 | Gross: $3.08M
8. Girl Play (2004)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love.
Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Robin Greenspan, Lacie Harmon, Mink Stole, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 871
9. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,866 | Gross: $0.01M
10. When Will I Be Loved (2004)
R | 81 min | Drama, Thriller
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Neve Campbell, Frederick Weller, Dominic Chianese, Ashley Shelton
Votes: 3,552 | Gross: $0.16M
11. The Cat and the Canary (1978)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Mystery, Horror
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Director: Radley Metzger | Stars: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 1,673
12. Love and Human Remains (1993)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in a dreary urban landscape of Edmonton, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s. The film focuses on ... See full summary »
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft, Mia Kirshner
Votes: 2,833 | Gross: $0.95M
13. A Date for Mad Mary (2016)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.
Director: Darren Thornton | Stars: Seána Kerslake, Carolyn Bracken, Denise McCormack, Barbara Brennan
Votes: 2,324
14. Mädchen in Uniform (1958)
91 min | Drama
In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse, Blandine Ebinger
Votes: 1,765
15. Fun (1994)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
Hillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and on a rising wave of frenzy later that afternoon, murder an old woman. They did it, they say later, for fun.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt, William R. Moses, Leslie Hope
Votes: 1,327
16. Beautiful Antonia, First a Nun Then a Demon (1972)
82 min | Comedy
To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Piero Focaccia, Riccardo Garrone, Dada Gallotti
Votes: 251
17. The Libertine (2000)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, History
The 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Vincent Perez, Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasko, Michel Serrault
Votes: 1,822
18. Julie Johnson (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A woman attempts to realize the dreams she never knew she had.
Director: Bob Gosse | Stars: Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Noah Emmerich, Mischa Barton
Votes: 720
19. Shackin' Up (1984)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A play-based erotic anthology about Manhattan's vibrant, lusty and seedy nightlife and 9 sleazy trysts of the rich and the streetwise New Yorkers. Features Penthouse Pet Corinne Alphen and then unknown Willem Dafoe in a cameo.
Director: Simon Nuchtern | Stars: Corinne Wahl, George Ayer, Gordon Press, Lisa Peluso
Votes: 190
20. Tanya (1976)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich girl is kidnapped by a revolutionary group, but instead of wanting to be rescued, she decides to join her captors' organization.
Director: Nate Rodgers | Stars: Maria Arnold, B.B. Hinds, Tallie Cochrane, Shani Nyota
Votes: 131
21. No Exit (1954)
95 min | Drama
Three people who despise each other find themselves sharing a room in Hell - forever.
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Arletty, Frank Villard, Gaby Sylvia, Yves Deniaud
Votes: 357
22. Woundings (1998)
102 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers.
Director: Roberta Hanley | Stars: Julie Cox, Sammi Davis, Emily Lloyd, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 388
23. Brilliant Lies (1996)
R | 88 min | Drama
Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Zoe Carides, Ray Barrett
Votes: 366
24. Lulu (2006 TV Movie)
118 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Everybody wants to play with Lulu. The erotic animal, the child woman, the mirror to project yourself in. Dr.Goll, Black, Dr.Beautiful, his son Alwa and the Countess.
Director: Uwe Janson | Stars: Jessica Schwarz, Sylvester Groth, Carlo Ljubek, Alexander Scheer
Votes: 103
25. The Cats (1965)
R | 91 min | Drama
A group of women are work-mates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is gay and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the work-place.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Gio Petré, Monica Nielsen, Per Myrberg
Votes: 130
26. Besame Mucho (1987)
108 min | Drama
The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Ramalho Jr. | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Christiane Torloni, José Wilker, Glória Pires
Votes: 115
27. A Partilha (2001)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of their mother, four sisters gather to divide their inheritance, and bring back several family troubles.
Director: Daniel Filho | Stars: Glória Pires, Andrea Beltrão, Lília Cabral, Paloma Duarte
Votes: 786
28. Savage Roses (2002)
R | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Romance
A street-wise Latina is torn between her Bronx gang and the woman she loves.
Director: James Adam Tucker | Stars: Misha Gonz-Cirkl, Tania Galarza, Aura Vence, Tella Storey
Votes: 45
29. Macbeth: The Comedy (2001)
91 min | Comedy
Take one power hungry lesbian couple. Throw in a slow-witted king, a Caribbean sidekick, a trio of flamboyantly gay weird sisters, and a host of other misfits. And what do you have? Macbeth... See full summary »
Director: Allison L. LiCalsi | Stars: Erika Burke Rossa, Juliet Furness, Dudley Findlay Jr., Ted deChatelet
Votes: 42
30.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Girls in Uniform
(1967)
Drama
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Sonia Dresdel, Rachel Kempson, Francesca Annis
Votes: 15