SheWired's Top 12 Lesbian-Themed Movies of the 2000s

Movie night can be a great experience after a long, tiring week at the grind. It’s a great thing to do if you need to relax your brain and check out from the world for a few hours. It’s also a fun option for a laid-back date night, lounge around in your pjs, snack on healthy (or unhealthy) fare, and cuddle up for some passive entertainment.

Movie night can be a great experience after a long, tiring week at the grind. It’s a great thing to do if you need to relax your brain and check out from the world for a few hours. It’s also a fun option for a laid-back date night, lounge around in your pjs, snack on healthy (or unhealthy) fare, and cuddle up for some passive entertainment.

So recently, I took to the blogosphere in search of new and exciting lesbian geared entertainment. To my dismay, all I could find was list after list of older (albeit, classic) titles, like Bound, Gia, If These Walls Could Talk 2 and But I’m a Cheerleader to name only a few.

In an effort to provide an alternative, here are some recommendations for the best lesbian themed movies of the 2000s:

12) The Four-Faced Liar (2010)

Liar centers on four twenty-somethings (a straight couple, a lesbian and a newly single man) trying to find love and happiness in the West Village of NYC. One of the main story lines is that of Bridget (Marja Lewis Ryan, who also wrote the play and screenplay) and Molly (Emily Peck). Bridget is out and is quickly falling for her straight friend Molly. After a series of events, the friendship crosses the line and the two become much more than “just friends.” It was the winner of the HBO Audience Award for Best First Feature Film at Outfest and the winner of the Roger Walker-Dack award for Emerging Artist for Marja-Lewis Ryan.

11)Puccini for Beginners (2006)

The Sundance selection is the story of Allegra (Elizabeth Reaser), a newly single writer, and out lesbian, who finds herself in two complicated and confusing relationships after her long time girlfriend, Samantha (Julianne Nicholson) leaves her. It was written by Maria Maggenti, who also wrote the 90s classic, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.

10) Loving Annabelle (2006)/Bloomington (2010)

Annabelle is a drama about Catholic boarding school instructor, Simone (Diane Gaidry), and her torrid affair with a female student, Annabelle (Erin Kelly). It’s a true guilty pleasure, and to this day, remains one of the top rented lesbian titles for Wolfe Video and Amazon.

Bloomington is a coming of age drama about a former child star (Sarah Stouffer) who moves cross country to attend college on the East coast. While there, she develops feelings for Catherine (Allison McAtee), a beautiful psychology professor. It won numerous awards on the film festival circuit, including Best Women’s Feature at the NC Gay & Lesbian Festival and the Director’s Spotlight award at the Vancouver Queer Film Fest.

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