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Lesbian and bisexual characters
in films with historical settings

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ANOTHER WAY

ANOTHER WAY (Egymásra nézve)
1982 - Not Rated - Hungarian with subtitles
Two journalists, one of them married, fall in love under Stalinist rule in 1958 Budapest.

THE BERLIN AFFAIR

THE BERLIN AFFAIR
1985 - Rated R
Love triangle between the daughter of the Japanese Ambassador to Berlin, a high ranking Nazi official, and his wife.

BETWEEN TWO WOMEN

BETWEEN TWO WOMEN
2000 - Not Rated
Romance set in post-WWII Northern England. Ellen struggles with issues of duty to her marriage and parents when she falls in love with her son's teacher.

THE BOSTONIANS

THE BOSTONIANS
1984 - Not Rated
Set in 1876, Boston feminist Olive (Vanessa Redgrave) is attracted to a young women's suffrage speaker. Will this be the perfect Boston marriage?

CALAMITY JANE

CALAMITY JANE
1953 - Not Rated
Back in the days when subtext was the closest thing to a lesbian or bisexual character in film, this musical provided a crossdressing heroine.

CALIGULA

CALIGULA
1979 - Rated R
Portrays the events, cruelty, decadence and madness of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula, including the orgies and sex.

COMMON GROUND

COMMON GROUND
2000 - Rated R
It's 1954, and Dorothy returns to her hometown. She's tells everyone that she decided to leave the Navy … but eventually the truth comes out.

CYNARA: POETRY IN MOTION

CYNARA: POETRY IN MOTION
1996 - Not Rated - Erotic
A lush Victorian romance, heavy on mood and sensual sounds and images. What a lesbian Harlequin Romance might be if put on the screen.

DESERT HEARTS

DESERT HEARTS
1985 - Rated R
This classic romance takes place on a guest ranch outside Reno, Nevada in 1959. A casino worker falls in love with an east coast academic.

DESPERATE REMEDIES

DESPERATE REMEDIES
1993 - Rated R
It's the late 1800s in a coastal New Zealand town. A businesswoman and her lover persevere, one marrying a man for cover.

ENTRE NOUS

ENTRE NOUS (Coup de foudre)
1983 - Rated PG - French with subtitles
Two women in unsatisfying marriages meet in postwar France.

FAMILY PACK

FAMILY PACK
(Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?)
2000 - Not Rated - French with subtitles
A quirky coming out family comedy set in 1969 Belgium.

FINGERSMITH

FINGERSMITH
2005 - Not Rated
A lesbian love story set in 19th century England, with complex characters from opposite ends of the social spectrum, both in their own desperate situations.

GIRLS IN PRISON

GIRLS IN PRISON
1994 - Rated R
This campy film was made as a parody of the classic women in prison and film noir styles and features Anne Heche in a pre-Ellen role.

GLADIATOR EROTICUS

GLADIATOR EROTICUS
2001 - Not Rated - Erotic
Lesbian erotic parody of Gladiator. Slapstick spoof, interrupted by women making out on the battlefield.

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
2004 - Rated R
Love and friendship in pre-WWII England, France and Spain. Minor lesbian content.

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL
1996 - Rated R
On June 3, 1968, lesbian Valerie Solanas shot artist and pop culture icon Andy Warhol. This film is her story, with a look into Warhol's circle in the late 1960s.

INTIMATES

INTIMATES (Ji sor)
1997 - Not Rated - Chinese with subtitles
A woman and her maid fall in love in 1940s China. Separated by war, they reunite fifty years later.

THE JOURNEY TO KAFIRISTAN

THE JOURNEY TO KAFIRISTAN (Die Reise nach Kafiristan)
2001 - Not Rated - German with subtitles
Two friends travel from Switzerland to Afghanistan in prewar 1939. One often passes as a man and finds a lover in Tehran.

KINSEY

KINSEY
2004 - Rated R
Biography of Dr Alfred Kinsey, whose studies of human sexuality were groundbreaking in bringing gay and lesbian issues into the mainstream.

LACKAWANNA BLUES

LACKAWANNA BLUES
2005 - Rated PG-13
The story of growing up in an upstate New York boarding house. Ricky is one of the boarders, a butch lesbian who looks fine in a man's suit.

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