Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "lesbian", "urban-setting"

1. Lucifer (2016–2021)

TV-14 | 4,393 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Lucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.

Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside

Votes: 356,544

2. Mad Men (2007–2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 260,925

3. Scream VI (2023)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Votes: 119,893

4. The Legend of Korra (2012–2014)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Avatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.

Stars: Janet Varney, P.J. Byrne, David Faustino, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 138,412

5. Sin City (2005)

R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller

An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.

Directors: Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba

Votes: 794,205 | Gross: $74.10M

6. Black Panther (2018)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira

Votes: 838,513 | Gross: $700.06M

7. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 453,001 | Gross: $130.16M

8. Birds of Prey (2020)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett

Votes: 264,978 | Gross: $84.16M

9. I Am Love (2009)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher

Votes: 24,026 | Gross: $5.01M

10. Manhattan (1979)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 147,398 | Gross: $45.70M

11. Freeway (1996)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.

Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri

Votes: 31,807 | Gross: $0.30M

12. The Informer (2019)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 42,143

13. Internal Affairs (1990)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf

Votes: 22,694 | Gross: $27.73M

14. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones

Votes: 122,554 | Gross: $40.23M

15. Milk (I) (2008)

R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna

Votes: 179,933 | Gross: $31.84M

16. Fruitvale Station (2013)

R | 85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand

Votes: 85,939 | Gross: $16.10M

17. Thelma (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.

Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen

Votes: 36,664 | Gross: $0.15M

18. Mona Lisa (1986)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 18,738 | Gross: $5.79M

19. Celebrity (1998)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

The fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Greg Mottola

Votes: 28,446 | Gross: $5.03M

20. Irma Vep (1996)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

A Hong Kong actress, Maggie Cheung playing a fictional version of herself, is cast in France to star in a remake of Les vampires (1915), but petty intrigues and clashing egos plague the production.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler

Votes: 9,740 | Gross: $0.19M

21. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

R | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.

Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles

Votes: 9,627 | Gross: $4.36M

22. Cleopatra Jones (1973)

PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.

Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas

Votes: 3,539 | Gross: $2.98M

23. Times Square (1980)

R | 111 min | Drama, Music

Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.

Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield

Votes: 1,991 | Gross: $1.40M

24. Shopping (1994)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

You've run out of options, no school, no job. Steal a car, smash a shop with a heavy car and reap the proceeds! This movie is about underground England. The causes, the benefits, and the result of a life of 'crash and carry.'

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Fraser James

Votes: 3,066

25. The Seventh Victim (1943)

Approved | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 7,584

26. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo

Votes: 2,550

27. 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

28. Pleasant Days (2002)

99 min | Drama

Peter returned from prison in his native city, in the hope that it will begin happy days. With surprise he learns that his sister became a foster mother to the newborn boy, but a real ... See full summary »

Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Tamás Polgár, Orsolya Tóth, Kata Wéber, Lajos Ottó Horváth

Votes: 685

29. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Beginning your journey as a new Kindred, you must choose your path to follow the high class Vampire Society, or the lawbreaking group of Anarchs as you find your place in this new world.

Directors: Jason Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky | Stars: André Sogliuzzo, Andy Milder, Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Courtenay Taylor

Votes: 1,990

30. Lianna (1983)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson

Votes: 1,825 | Gross: $1.50M

31. Time and Tide (2000)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui

Votes: 5,130 | Gross: $0.09M

32. The Lost Son (1999)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Marianne Denicourt

Votes: 2,005

33. Toad Road (2012)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.

Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold

Votes: 1,442

34. Men and Women (1999)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy

Xiao Bo arrives in Beijing, gets a job at a boutique, and is invited to stay with his lady boss, Ah Qing, and her husband, Kang. Knowing that Xiao Bo is still single, Ah Qing recommends her... See full summary »

Director: Bingjian Liu | Stars: Qing Yang, Bo Yu, Kang Zhang, Jiangang Wei

Votes: 160

35. Manhattan Romance (2014)

TV-14 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lost in the confused landscape of New York City singledom, a young filmmaker begins documenting the complicated relationships of his peers in an effort to decode his own misguided love life.

Director: Tom O'Brien | Stars: Arnold C. Baker II, Jessie Barr, Tommy Burke, Louis Cancelmi

Votes: 1,401

36. Aanrijding in Moscou (2008)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Matty, a 41-year old mother of three with a husband in his midlife-crisis, meets 29-year old Johnny, a truck driver, who takes an interest in her.

Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke

Votes: 4,312

37. En la ciudad (2003)

110 min | Drama, Romance

Relationships are not easy. A multi-story film with intersecting lives in which adult relationships are closely examined during challenges.

Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Mónica López, Eduard Fernández, María Pujalte, Alex Brendemühl

Votes: 1,150

38. Stud Life (2012)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

JJ is a 'Stud' Lesbian. Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is ... See full summary »

Director: Campbell X | Stars: T'Nia Miller, Kyle Treslove, Robyn Kerr, Simon Savory

Votes: 234

39. SheChotic (2018)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A prominent video director learns the hard way, that some women are best left unscorned after the news of his adulterous affair inadvertently causes his girlfriend's alter ego to reemerge after years of dormancy.

Director: Leandre Fiori | Stars: Erica Mitchell, Robert D Watts, Jason Walker, Kevin Buttimer

Votes: 113

40. 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

41. Where Are the Dolls (2012)

6 min | Short, Biography, Drama

'Where Are the Dolls' follows a woman as she embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name. The film is inspired by the poem... See full summary »

Director: Cassandra Nicolaou | Stars: Megan Follows, Nicola Correia-Damude, Katie Boland, Shannon Barnett

Votes: 38

42. Split Wide Open (1999)

Unrated | 103 min | Crime, Drama

A search for a lost street girl amid exposés of modern sexual behavior in Bombay and a water Mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide open' of the Indian glamour capital.

Director: Dev Benegal | Stars: Rahul Bose, Laila Rouass, Shivaji Satam, Farida Haider Mulla

Votes: 276

43. Making the Boys (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to ... See full summary »

Director: Crayton Robey | Stars: Edward Albee, Joe Allen, Matt Baney, David Carter

Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.03M

44. Oh Baby! (2008)

85 min | Comedy

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Director: Steven Rothblatt | Stars: Claudia Abundis, Jorge Alberti, Laura Cerón, Didi Conn

Votes: 30

45. Deep Inside Carmen Hayes (2017 Video)

90 min | Biography

Has Adult become so mainstream and excepted part of today's society? Anita Thomas stepped from modeling into full length feature adult films and lived to tell about it. This is a REAL look ... See full summary »

Star: Anita Thomas

46. Laughing Matters (2004 Video)

Unrated | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Romance

Documentary film about these 4 ground-breaking lesbian comediennes. Interviews are interspersed with stand-up material.

Director: Andrea Meyerson | Stars: Kate Clinton, Marga Gómez, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Karen Williams

Votes: 57

47. The Joy of Life (2005)

Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History

Beautifully composed landscape shots of San Francisco juxtaposed with voiceover detailing the emotional intricacies of the love affairs of a butch lesbian and the history of Golden Gate Bridge as the world's prime suicide location.

Director: Jenni Olson | Stars: Harry Dodge, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Votes: 121

48. Twenty Something Taipei (2002)

97 min | Drama, Romance

In the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, the taboo of sex is racing through everyone's minds: a kindergarten teacher is a party animal at night, a sex-addicted hairstylist seduces anyone she can... See full summary »

Director: Leon Dai | Stars: Stanley Huang, Cheryl Yang, Ehlo Huang, Jill Yu

Votes: 231

49. 'M' Word (1996)

99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Sarah begins to have doubts about her impending marriage to longtime boyfriend Jake, smooth-talker Nick makes his move. Meanwhile, Sarah's friends, Nicole and Cara, are also having romantic problems.

Director: Brett Parker | Stars: Marnie Pomerantz, Andrew Heckler, Wolfgang Bodison, Christine Tucci

Votes: 40

50. 3 ju zhi lian (1999)

60 min | Romance

Taipei, 1990s. Pizza boy JJ bumps one day into his ex-girlfriend Pony who is now pursuing a lesbian relationship with Mimi. On his first visit to the girl JJ gives in to Pony's seduction ... See full summary »

Director: Hung Hung | Stars: Chun-chieh Lee, Angela Ma, Wei-chi Chen, Liang-Tso Liu

Votes: 86