Life is not just about what you do. It’s more about how you do it.

The Farewell (2019) dir. Lulu Wang

This is one of the best lesbian movies i’ve seen and it’s a fricking car commercial

Egon Schiele, Death and the Maiden (1915) // Emily Dickenson, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1890) 

me trying to go back to the regularly scheduled program of my life

Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)

2017 // THE FILMS, THE POSTERS

I love when I’m about to clock out and a coworker says “you’re leaving me?” like first of all it’s so touching to know that my presence here offers you some semblance of joy and relief from the misery and anxiety-inducing stress that our work environment causes. Second of all yes bitch I’m OUT I’m gonna go play some viddy games suck it

The artist and their muse ✨

I want a guy to show me myself. I want him to love me so deeply, I’m not afraid to show him how ugly I can be. QUEEN & SLIM (2019) dir. Melina Matsoukas

I’m so confused as to why the lesbians aren’t all over Daddy from Orange Is The New Black season 6??? Like y’all are really sleeping on her I mean….?????

6 wlw movies coming out soon:

8 of my current fav wlw films

some actually good gay films to close out pride month

Some of my personal favorite queer movies! Image limit is 10 per post, but there’s some others I’ve really liked so I might make a pt. 2!

Alex Strangelove - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Craig Johnson, 2018. Teen Comedy following closeted queer high school senior, Alex Truelove. Alex is a straight A student with a perfectly nice longterm girlfriend but his world is flipped upside down when he meets the handsome, charming and out gay kid from the other side of town. This is one of the lighter films on this list, for when you need some feel-good vibes and a nice laugh.

Boy Erased - Dir. by Joel Edgerton, 2018. In this Drama Coming-of-age film based off the memoir by Garrard Conley, the son of a small town Baptist pastor is outed to his family and sent away to a conversion therapy program. While there, he struggles with understanding the twisted and often backwards logic of those leading them. Troye Sivan played a very interesting character in this! This is definitely one of the tearjerkers on this list and contains some pretty dark material (including rape, physical and emotional abuse, religiously motivated abuse, and suicide) but I still highly recc it if you’re in the right emotional place to handle that.

But I’m a Cheerleader - Dir. by Jamie Babbit and released in 2000, this teen Comedy is a satirical and light hearted take on a serious subject, conversion camps. It also features two beloved actors now known for their repeated playing of queer characters, Natasha Lyonne and Clea Duvall, as love interests. Highschooler Megan considers herself to be the typical prototype of an American teenage girl. She has a football playing boyfriend (who she doesn’t particularly enjoy kissing) and a group of fellow cheerleader friends (who she might look at a bit too often.) She’s shocked when one day the people in her life sit her down, accuse her of being a lesbian, and ship her off to “True Directions.”

Carol - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Todd Haynes and released in 2015, this period drama is based off the 1952 novel “The Price of Salt” or “Carol” by Patricia Highsmith. Therese Belivet meets Carol Aird in December 1952 while she’s looking for a doll for her daughter. Carol is going through a divorce, Therese is relunctant to get serious with her boyfriend. The two women become fast friends and their relationship quickly develops into something more. People have some pretty divided opinions on this one, but I enjoyed it. The cinematography was beautiful and its a nice film for when you want to sit back and immerse yourself in something. Parts of it made me cry, but for the most part it was just a relaxing experience that didn’t take much emotional energy or brain power. This movie is also the reason you see queer women thirsting after Cate Blanchett all the time. 

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Laga - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) This Hindi-language Coming of age comedy drama is directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar and stars both Sonam and Anil Kapoor. It tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a young closeted lesbian Punjabi woman, from childhood to present adulthood as she struggles to reconcile her sexuality with her family’s expectations and her culture. This! film! was! amazing! It’s what inspired me to make this list and I can’t reccomend it enough. I cried SO HARD. I laughed SO MUCH. It was such an enjoyable, cathartic, touching experience and its so important to support. It’s subtitled on Netflix in 5 language options (English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese).

Love, Simon - Dir. by Greg Berlanti and released in 2018. This comedy-drama follows closeted gay 17 year old Simon Spier as he begins interacting on the internet with and falling for an anonymous gay kid who goes to his school. This is probably one of the most popular queer films out there but I did watch and enjoy it and thought I would rec it anyways. It was genuinely so good! It’s another one of the lighter films on this list, and at times it had me simultaneously laughing and crying. Keiynan Lonsdale was cast as the love interest, is queer irl, and he makes some amazing music including his very gay single “Kiss the Boy.”

Moonlight - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Dir. by Barry Jenkins and released in 2016, this drama takes a look into three distinct chapters or stages in the life of Chiron, a young, queer black man growing up in Miami. It follows his journey to manhood as he’s guided by his family, friends, and community. Janelle Monae made her film debut in this!! i’m assuming most of you already know who she is, but if not: Janelle is pansexual and has been making some amazing, super immersive concept albums over the past decade. “Moonlight” is both the first LGBT-related film and the first film with an all-black cast to ever win an Oscar!! 

Rafiki - Dir. by Wanuri Kahiu, premiered in 2018 at film festivals. Okay so I’m just gonna go ahead and admit I haven’t seen this personally yet because it hasn’t had it’s US wide release yet (but it’s slated for sometime in 2019!!!) and I can’t afford film festivals, but i already know from the trailer that it’s gonna be amazing and I’m gonna love it. “Rafiki” tells the story of Kena and Ziki, two young queer Kenyan girls, as they’re forced to choose between their personal truth and the desires of everyone around them. This was the first ever Kenyan film to be screened at Cannes Film Festival and was actually banned in Kenya. 

The Handmaiden - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Loosely based off the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters this film was directed by Park Chan-wook and released in 2016. It’s primarily in Korean with some Japanese, and English subtitles are available. Ive seen it described as a “lesbian revenge thriller” before and thats pretty accurate. Set in 1930s Korea under Japanese occupation it tells the story of a orphaned pickpocket sent to relieve a wealthy lady of her inheritance.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - dir. by Desiree Akhavan and based off the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth, this coming of age drama is set in the early 90s and follows teenager Cameron Post after she is outed as gay and sent away by her Aunt to “God’s Promise” a Christian gay conversion camp. While there she befriends Jane Fonda, a disabled lesbian raised on a hippie commune and Adam Red Eagle, a lakota two spirit whose father recently converted to Christianity.

video edit i made about teenage girls in movies

song: leave the party - miya folick

movies: the edge of seventeen (2016) dir. kelly fremon craig, heathers (1988) dir. michael lehmann, lady bird (2017) dir. greta gerwig, eighth grade (2018) dir. bo burnham, booksmart (2019) dir. olivia wilde

Music in Film: Booksmart (2019) dir. Olivia Wilde Music supervision by Bryan Ling

sapphic//2018 films

Becks - (dir. Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell) After a devastating breakup with her girlfriend Lucy, a lesbian musician heads back home to her very catholic mother. There, she begins a friendship with a married woman. Released February 9 2018.

Every Day (dir. Michael Sucsy) - 16 year old Rhiannon falls in love with A, a mysterious spirit who inhabits a different body every day. Rhiannon and A try to find each other each new day, always unsure of what the next day will bring. Released February 23 2018.

Blockers - (dir. Kay Cannon) Julie, Kayla, and Sam are three high school seniors who make a sex pact to lose their virginity on prom night. Sam’s going to prom with Chad, but thinks she’s a lesbian. Released April 6 2018.

Disobedience - (dir. Sebastián Lelio) Photographer Ronit Krushka flies to London after learning of the death of her estranged father. She returns to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her budding sexuality during childhood. There, she reconnects with an old friend, Esti. Released April 27 2018.

Rafiki (dir. Wanuri Kahiu) - The story of two Kenyan lesbians Kena & Ziki as they navigate life and love. Film festival release May 9 2018, undetermined wide release date.

The miseducation of cameron post - (dir. Desiree Akhavan) Set in 1993 after teenage Cameron is caught in the backseat of a car with the prom queen, she is sent away to a remote Christian “treating center” called Gods Promise. To be released August 3 2018.

Lizzie (dir. Craig Macneill) - A queer, feminist retelling of Lizzie Borden, the infamous ax murderess. Set in 1892, Lizzie begins a secret romance with the live-in maid, Bridget. To be released September 14 2018.

Tell It to the Bees (dir. Annabel Jankel) - Set in 1950’s Britain, Jean Markham returns to her hometown to take over her fathers medical practice. There, she begins a romance with the mother of a patient. Undetermined release date.

Vita & Virginia - (dir. Chanya Button) This British film tells the true story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Virgina Woolf. Undetermined release date.

My Days of Mercy (dir. Tali Shalom Ezer) - Lucy is the daughter of a man on death row. Mercy is on the opposing side of Lucy’s family’s political cause. They fall in love. Released in film festivals on Sept. 8 2017, wide release undetermined time this year.