15 romantic lesbian movies to watch for your date night

These movies are perfect for a date night.

Nothing kills a lesbian date like watching another sappy, hetero love story. These romantic movies feature lesbian love stories (and sometimes just lust) that are perfect for an evening in. Curl up on the couch and watch away!

1. Better Than Chocolate

Anne Wheeler's 1999 flick Better Than Chocolate is sexy and sultry. It follows Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a 19-year-old lesbian who works at a bookstore and moves in with her mom after she gets divorced. She meets and falls in love with Kim (Christina Cox), whom she also moves in with, which is only further complicated by Maggie not telling her mother about her sexuality.

2. Blue is the Warmest Color

Based on a graphic novel of the same name, Blue is the Warmest Color is a 2013 French film that stars Léa Seydoux as Emma and Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adèle. The film follows along with their relationship and had a largely positive response from critics, despite some controversies surrounding set conditions and the film's raw depiction of graphic sex.

3. Happiest Season

Okay, so, yes this is a seasonal flick, but it's also genuinely one of our favorites and it's a feel-good flick that a lot of homophobes should really see. It follows girlfriends Abby (Kristen Stewart) and Harper (Mackenzie Davis), who head to Harper's annual family Christmas party. Once there, Abby finds out that Harper hasn't been honest about her sexuality, and asks Abby to moonlight as her friend while there. Everything from there is just something you have to see for yourself.

4. Disobedience

Disobedience is a 2017 film by Sebastián Lelio based on the 2006 novel of the same name. The film follows Ronnie (Rachel Weisz) as she returns home after being chastised for not conforming to Orthodox culture. She ends up falling for Esti (Rachel McAdams), and the growth of their relationship as they try to keep it hidden.

5. Summertime

Summertime is a French film from 2015 directed by Catherine Corsini. It follows the relationship of Delphine (Izïa Higelin) and Carole (Cécile de France) as they fall in love in Paris. They get split up due to familial conflicts and death, and eventually open up about their true feelings for each other.

6. Liz in September

This 2014 Venezuelan drama stars recently out model Patricia Velásquez as Liz who is celebrating her birthday at a seaside hotel when she meets Eva, a “straight girl” whose car breaks down. Liz bets her friends that she’ll be able to seduce Eva by the end of the weekend, but Liz has a secret—she doesn’t have much time.

7. All About E

This 2015 romantic drama follows E, a DJ who stumbles on a stash of cash and goes on the run, rekindling her relationship with her ex-girlfriend.

8. The Summer of Sangailė

The Summer of Sangailė is a dreamy 2015 Lithuanian film that follows Sangailė and Austė, two young women who dream of becoming a stunt pilot and a fashion designer respectively, as they start an emotional summer romance.

9. Room in Rome

The entire plot of Room in Rome is that two women spend a single night in a hotel room together. There’s a little drama, and a lot of sex, which makes it a great background film for a date night.

10. The Duke of Burgundy

Looking for a film that is straight up smutty yet maintains a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? The Duke of Burgundy is the fun, filthy answer. The story follows Evelyn, who is studying moths and butterflies while working as a maid in Cynthia’s home. Cynthia and Evelyn start a dom/sub relationship on a set straight out of Masterpiece Theater.

11. Bare

If your heart belongs to Paz de la Huerta, Bare is the answer to your Netflix and chill dreams. The 2015 drama follows Sarah (Glee's Dianna Agron), who lives in a small desert town when she meets drifter Pepper. Sarah ends up leaving her boyfriend for Pepper, and there’s some drama about working in a strip club and paying off debts. The plot is thin, but the sex scenes are not, which makes it a good makeout movie.

12. Happy End

Happy End is a 2014 German film that follows Lucca, a law student in the middle of her exams when she’s sentenced to community service in hospice and meets Valarie. Valarie visits her friend Herma in hospice until she passes away, then comes up with a plan to steal Herma’s ashes and spread them where she instructed. Lucca joins Valarie on her journey, and they fall for each other.

13. Stud Life

Stud Life follows lesbian JJ and her gay best friend Seb as they work as wedding photographers and look for love in London’s queer scene. When JJ falls in love, her friendship with Seb is tested.

14. Cloudburst

Cloudburst isn’t a first date movie; it’s a movie you watch with your girlfriend. This 2011 romantic Canadian adventure comedy follows Stella and Dotty, a lesbian couple from Maine who go on a road trip to get to Nova Scotia to get married (prior to marriage equality times) when Dotty is moved into a nursing home by her granddaughter. Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker play the couple on the run, and have perfect chemistry and comedic timing throughout.

15. Jenny’s Wedding

The romantic comedy Jenny’s Wedding stars Katherine Heigl and Alexis Bledel as a couple planning their wedding and dealing with Jenny’s family, who aren’t too excited about her marrying a woman. Jenny’s Wedding tends to hit the audience over the head a little, but if you have a soft spot for Alexis Bledel, Katherine Heigl, and lesbian weddings, get streaming.