My First Summer

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My First Summer (2020)

Drama, Romance

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All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

2023 ★ 7.4

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

A Single Man

A Single Man

2009 ★ 7.3

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

Die My Love

Die My Love

2025 ★ 6.2

After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.

The World to Come

The World to Come

2021 ★ 7.0

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

All the Bright Places

All the Bright Places

2020 ★ 7.6

Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.

Malcolm & Marie

Malcolm & Marie

2021 ★ 7.0

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

Cowboys

Cowboys

2020 ★ 6.2

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

The World Unseen

The World Unseen

2007 ★ 7.1

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

2010 ★ 7.0

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Camp Belvidere

Camp Belvidere

2014 ★ 6.5

Camp Belvidere is a lesbian romance set in the 1950s about the coming of age of Camp Leader Rose and her forbidden encounter with Nurse Gin. It depicts the journey and evolution of a friendship into a romance between two women when their rapport would have been unlikely.

Elena Undone

Elena Undone

2010 ★ 6.9

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991 ★ 6.6

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.

Total Eclipse

Total Eclipse

1995 ★ 6.4

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

All of You

All of You

2025 ★ 6.3

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?

Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation

2003 ★ 6.3

When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.

A Killer Among Friends

A Killer Among Friends

1992 ★ 7.3

A teenage girl disappears and later turns up drowned, with a log across her back. Three years later, a former friend comes forward with some answers.

Tideland

Tideland

2005 ★ 6.5

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Horns

Horns

2013 ★ 6.3

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

Wander Darkly

Wander Darkly

2020 ★ 6.0

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.

Cracks

Cracks

2009 ★ 6.6

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

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