Top 50 Sapphic Films

This is my list of the top 50 WLW/Sapphic/Lesbian films (not TV) of all time as per the ratings on this site. If the film has an equal number of stars the chosen order within that is based on my personal preferences. Sometimes I’ve mixed it up a bit and some with lower stars have higher rankings.

This list is VERY likely to change as new films emerge and are reviewed. Missing links mean that the review is in progress and will be here soon. Here goes! (Country/Language is indicated)

  1. Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) - France/French

  2. By Hook or by Crook - USA/English

  3. Carol - USA/English

  4. High Art - USA/English

  5. All Over Me - USA/English

  6. Saving Face - USA/English-Chinese

  7. Fucking Åmål (Show Me Love) - Sweden/Swedish

  8. Bound - USA/English

  9. The Handmaiden - South Korea/Japanese-Korean

  10. The Kids Are All Right - USA/English

  11. Hilma - Sweden/English

  12. Boys Don’t Cry - USA/English

  13. Go Fish - USA/English

  14. The Miseducation of Cameron Post - USA/English

  15. Love and Other Catastrophes - Australia/English

  16. Appropriate Behavior - USA-UK/English-Farsi

  17. The Hours - USA/English

  18. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - USA/English

  19. Lapsia ja Aikuisia (Producing Adults) - Finland/Finnish-English

  20. Thelma - Norway/Norwegian

  21. Ammonite - UK/English

  22. But I'm a Cheerleader - USA/English

  23. Boys on the Side - USA/English

  24. Trigger - Canada/English

  25. When Night is Falling - Canada/English

  26. Circumstance - Iran-France/Farsi-English

  27. Oublier Cheyenne (Looking for Cheyenne) - France/French

  28. D.E.B.S - USA/English

  29. Red Doors - USA/Chinese-English

  30. Monster - USA/English

  31. Mosquita y Mari - USA/English-Spanish

  32. Better Than Chocolate - Canada/English

  33. Personal Best - USA/English

  34. Aimee and Jaguar - Germany/German-English

  35. Hu Die (Butterfly) - Hong Kong/Chinese

  36. The Gymnast - USA/English

  37. You Can Live Forever - Canada/English

  38. Silver Haze - UK/English

  39. Desert Hearts - USA/English

  40. Stranger Inside - USA/English

  41. Breaking the Ice - Austria/German

  42. Fire - India-Canada/English

  43. Prey for Rock and Roll - USA/English

  44. Disobedience - UK/English-Hebrew

  45. Fremde Haut (Unveiled) - Germany/German-Farsi-English

  46. The Half of It - USA/English

  47. Imagine Me & You - UK/English

  48. Lianna - USA/English

  49. Cloudburst - Canada/English

  50. Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) - Australia/English