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and bisexual characters in dramas (Please
note that if a film fits in another more specific category, it does not also appear
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| 20:30:40
 2004
- Not Rated - Chinese with subtitles Follows three women of different ages
- 20, 30 and 40 - in Taipei. The 20ish woman has feelings for her friend. |
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| BEYOND
THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS  1970
- Rated NC-17 A girl band heads to Hollywood to make it big, and they find
themselves in the ultimate world of sex, drugs and rock and roll. |
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BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT  (Die
Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) 1972 - Not Rated - German with
subtitles Love triangle between a fashion designer, her maid and a model.
A Rainer Werner Fassbinder film. | |
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| BOBBIE'S
GIRL  2002
- Rated PG-13 A lesbian couple runs a pub in a small Irish seaside town. Their
ten year old nephew is sent to live with them with his parents are killed. |
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| BRUSHFIRES
 2004 - Not Rated This
experimental film finds an aspiring Chicago artist with a crush on her hip roommate.
Then she meets a mentally unstable woman who tries to win her. |
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| THE
BUSINESS OF STRANGERS  2001
- Rated R A successful 50-something businesswoman (Stockard Channing) is manipulated
by her 20-something intern (Julia Stiles). | |
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| CHANCE
 2002 - Not Rated Independent
film created by Amber Benson ("Buffy"), who also stars as the title
character. Chance is bisexual. | | |
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| THE
CHILDREN'S HOUR  1961
- Not Rated Karen (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha (Shirley MacLaine) run a boarding
school for girls. They are accused of being lesbians, with tragic consequences. |
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| CHINESE
CHOCOLATE  1996
- Not Rated - In Chinese and English with subtitles Two Chinese immigrants
to Canada work to make a better life. They struggle through relationships with
men until they fall into each other's arms. | |
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| EXOTICA
 1994 - Rated R Intertwined
lives connect in a strip club called Exotica. The club owner, who may be a lesbian,
is kissed by a dancer (Mia Kirshner). | |
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| FLOORED
BY LOVE  2005
- Not Rated A lesbian Canadian couple, one of Japanese and one of Chinese descent,
plan to be married, but one of them has difficulty coming out to her parents. |
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| GILLERY'S
LITTLE SECRET  2006
- Not Rated - Short Twenty years ago, Gillery left her small hometown. When
she and her girlfriend return, she is confronted by a teenage girl who seems to
know all about her. | | |
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| GUARDIANS
OF THE FRONTIER (Varuh
meje)  2002
- Not Rated - Slovenian with subtitles Three college students take a canoe
trip, crossing the border between Slovenia and Croatia. Zana is in love with Alja. |
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| GYPO
 2005 - Not Rated First
official UK Dogme95 film. Focuses on working class family in seaside Kent, England.
The mother falls in love with her daughter's Gypsy/Roma friend. |
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| HAPPY
BIRTHDAY  2002
- Not Rated Focuses on the trials and tribulations of five gay and lesbian
individuals who all share the same birthday. | |
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| THE
INVESTIGATOR  1997
- Not Rated Based on the true story of a Special Investigator who was assigned
to root out lesbians in the British Army and then became a lesbian herself. |
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| JULIE
JOHNSON  2001
- Not Rated Two Hoboken working class friends leave their husbands and start
a relationship together. Stars Lili Taylor and Courtney Love. |
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| JUST
THE TWO OF US  1975
- Rated R Housewives Denise and Adria drop their husbands off at the airport
- and then the fun begins. Dykesploitation classic. | |
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| LA
TURBULENCE DES FLUIDES (Chaos and Desire)  2003
- Not Rated - French with subtitles In a small town in Quebec, the tide suddenly
stops. A journalist tries to connect with the seismologist who arrives to study
the phenomenon. | | |
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| LES
BICHES  1968
- Rated R - French with subtitles A rich bisexual woman picks up a young street
artist in the south of France. Both are also after the same man, and one in the
love triangle won't survive. | | |
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| LOVE/JUICE
 2000 - Not Rated
- Japanese with subtitles Two friends live together in a tiny Tokyo apartment.
Chinatsu is a lesbian in love with her friend, but Kyoko isn't sure what she wants.
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