Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1Crossing Delancey (1988)Crossing Delancey (1988) 7.0/10 on IMDbReleased 17 Aug 1988Amy Irving's independent bookstore manager has to reconsider what she finds impressive when a novelist and a pickle seller offer very different possibilities. Joan Micklin Silver gives family matchmaking affection without making the heroine's resistance foolish. A restored and celebrated film, it…0
  2. 2Something New (2006)Something New (2006) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 29 Jan 2006Sanaa Lathan makes a successful accountant's carefully specified idea of a partner feel both understandable and limiting. Sanaa Hamri gives her attraction to a white landscape gardener room to encounter race, class and family expectation. The discovery is a mainstream-shaped romance that allows its…0
  3. 3Mississippi Masala (1991)Mississippi Masala (1991) 6.8/10 on IMDbReleased 18 Sept 1991Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington give a chance encounter in Mississippi an easy physical spark. Mira Nair lets comic family friction reveal histories of migration, racism and colourism rather than treating opposition as a generic obstacle. Its restoration has brought deserved attention; seek…0
  4. 4Saving Face (2004)Saving Face (2004) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased 12 Sept 2004Alice Wu connects a young Chinese-American doctor's hesitant romance with her mother's equally inconvenient private life. Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen and Joan Chen make the family complications funny without diminishing their emotional costs. The film offers a lively alternative to coming-out…0
  5. 5Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) 6.5/10 on IMDbReleased 13 Mar 2002Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen make an encounter through a personal ad the start of a relationship neither can describe with complete confidence. The fast conversation supplies comedy, while uncertainty about identity and compatibility gives it more unsettled feeling. Its early-2000s…0
  6. 6The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 16 Jun 1995Maria Maggenti gives a first love between teenage girls the awkward delight of discovering that someone apparently unlike you can understand you. Laurel Holloman and Nicole Ari Parker make the attraction lively and vulnerable. This small independent film is especially worth seeking for a queer teen…0
  7. 7But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)But I'm a Cheerleader (2000) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased 7 Jul 2000Jamie Babbit turns a conversion camp into a deliberately artificial world of pink, blue and absurdly rigid gender rules. Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall supply a sincere romantic centre inside the satire. Already a queer cult favourite, it is a useful discovery for newcomers who want affectionate…0
  8. 8Imagine Me & You (2006)Imagine Me & You (2006) 6.8/10 on IMDbReleased 27 Jan 2006Piper Perabo and Lena Headey make an inconvenient attraction the centre of a warmly accessible British romantic comedy. The wedding setting gives familiar genre machinery a different emotional direction. Its relatively gentle tone makes it a good choice for viewers seeking queer romance with the…0
  9. 9The Half of It (2020)The Half of It (2020) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased 1 May 2020Alice Wu lets a hired love-letter scheme become an unexpected friendship as well as a romantic complication. Leah Lewis gives Ellie a reserved intelligence that opens gradually through writing and conversation. This Netflix teen film is worth finding for the way it questions whether being…0
  10. 10Plus One (2019)Plus One (2019) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 14 Jun 2019Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid play longtime friends who agree to accompany each other through a punishing wedding season. Their teasing makes the arrangement entertaining before its emotional limits emerge. This independent audience-award winner is a useful antidote to anonymous destination-wedding…0