America
🇺🇸 America Edition
Because we’re here for the main characters, not the sidekicks. This alphabetical list highlights sapphic-centered shows and movies made in the U.S. where LGBTQ+ stories lead—not linger in the background. While we love a great supporting sapphic role, this page is all about that main character energy.
⭐ Look for the Gold Star: Spotted one? That means we think it’s top-tier sapphic storytelling. Worth the watch. Worth the feels. You're welcome.
A League of Their Own
Plot: Comedy series about the WWII All-American professional women's baseball league.
Year: 2022
Staring: Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, & D'Arcy Carden
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
A New York Christmas Wedding
Plot: As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.
Year: 2020
Staring: Camilla Harden & Natasha Goodman
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
But I'm a Cheerleader
Plot: A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
Year: 1999
Staring: Natasha Lyonne & Clea DuVall
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
April's Shower
Plot: Alex is throwing a wedding shower for April. What's revealed at this wacky party, though, is that the two women have a history that goes beyond mere friendship.
Year: 2003
Staring: Maria Cina, Trish Doolan, Frank Grillo
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Bloomington
Plot: A coming-of-age drama about a former child actress attending college in search of independence and who ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor.
Year: 2019
Staring: Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer, Katherine Ann McGregor
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Bound
Plot: Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Year: 1996
Staring: Jennifer Tilly & Gina Gershon
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Camp Belvidere
Plot: Camp Belvidere is the story of camp leader Rose and how her friendship with Gin, the camp nurse, evolves into a passionate love affair.
Year: 2014
Staring: Astrid Ovalles & Molly Way
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Carol
Plot: An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Year: 2015
Staring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Christmas at the Ranch
Plot: When Haley Hollis returns to her family ranch to try and save it from closure, she wasn't banking on spending so much time with ranch hand Kate - or falling for her.
Year: 2021
Staring: Amanda Righetti & Lindsay Wagner
Where to Watch: Tello App
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
D.E.B.S.
Plot: Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.
Year: 2004
Staring: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, & Devon Aoki
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Dickinson
Plot: Set in the 19th century, it explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.
Year: 2019
Seasons: 3
Where to Watch: Apple TV
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Disobedience
Plot: A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
Year: 2017
Staring: Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Elena Undone
Plot: Fate brings two diversely different women together, and sets them on a collision course that will shatter their preconceived notions about love, life and the power of one's soul.
Year: 2010
Staring: Necar Zadegan, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
First Kill
Plot: Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
Year: 2022
Seasons: 1
Where to Watch: Netflix
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Friends & Family Christmas
Plot: Overwhelmed by Christmas events and a surprise visit from her parents, photographer Dani asks lawyer Amelia for help. Pretending to date is the perfect solution until real feelings develop.
Year: 2023
Staring: Humberly González & Ali Liebert
Where to Watch: Hulu
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Happiest Season
Plot: A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.
Year: 2020
Staring: Kristen Stewart & Mackenzie Davis
Where to Watch: Hulu
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
I Hate New Years
Plot: Rising music star Layne heads home to Nashville for New Year's Eve to break her writer's block, but sometimes you find inspiration - and love - where you least expect it
Year: 2020
Staring: Dia Frampton & Ashley Argota Torres
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Jenny's Wedding
Plot: Jenny's parents and siblings are always trying to set her up with a man when she visits them. What they don't know is that she's already met the right person, her "roommate" Kitty, 5 years ago and she wants to marry her and start a family.
Year: 2015
Staring: Katherine Heigl & Alexis Bledel
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Last Exmas
Plot: Maggie and Julianne are ex-girlfriends who unexpectedly rekindle the spark during a hometown visit for the holidays. Are they meant to be? They'll have to navigate their feelings, the gossiping town, and ghosts of exes past to find out.
Year: 2024
Staring: Shaeane Jimenez & Elena Milo
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Lez Bomb
Plot: A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
Year: 2018
Staring: Jenna Laurenzo & Caitlin Mehner
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Looking for Her
Plot: Taylor is headed home for the holidays and her family is finally ready to meet her girlfriend Jess--but Jess isn't her girlfriend anymore. Taylor holds open auditions for someone to play the part for the holidays.
Year: 2022
Staring: Olivia Buckle & Alexandra Swarens
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Loving Annabelle
Plot: The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.
Year: 2006
Staring: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Love, Classified
Plot: Emilia, a romance novelist, returns home after a long absence to reconnect with her children who are also finding their own paths to love.
Year: 2022
Staring: Melora Hardin, Arienne Mandi, & Katherine McNamara
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Merry & Gay
Plot: Broadway star Becca comes home to her small town for Christmas. She starts to fall back in love with her high school sweetheart, Sam, with the help of their two meddling moms.
Year: 2022
Staring: Dia Frampton & Andi René Christensen
Where to Watch: Tello App
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
Plot: A female FBI agent befriends a woman and her adorable, young, special needs son who live in the countryside. The women's friendship soon turns into romance but family secrets complicate things.
Year: 2019
Staring: Zoe Ventoura & Kayla Radomski
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Saving Face
Plot: A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Year: 2004
Staring: Joan Chen & Michelle Krusiec
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
Season of Love
Plot: A queer lady holiday romantic comedy that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before Christmas through New Years.
Year: 2019
Staring: Sandra Mae Frank, Jessica Clark, & Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Where to Watch: Tello App
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
South of Nowhere
Plot: A family moves from Ohio to Los Angeles, where they realize they are unprepared for the city's fast pace and the overcrowded public school that the three teenagers will attend.
Year: 2005
Seasons: 3
Staring: Gabrielle Christian & Mandy Musgrave
Where to Watch: Various streaming platforms.
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
The L Word
Plot: Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of lesbian women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loathe them.
Year: 2004
Seasons: 6
Where to Watch: Various streaming platforms.
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.
The L Word: Generation Q
Plot: Bette Porter, Shane McCutcheon and Alice Pieszecki intermingle with a younger generation of Los Angelenos experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success.
Year: 2019
Seasons: 3
Where to Watch: Various streaming platforms.
Note: A subscription or purchase may be required.