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11 lesbian dirtbag movies and where to watch them
We all love lesbian comedies, touching coming-of-age stories, or hauntingly beautiful period pieces, but sometimes we want to get a little dirty in a sapphic way.Thats where the lesbian dirtbag comes in. Perfection is boring, so we love these messy characters. Lesbian dirtbags are often working-class characters pushed into difficult situations where their backs are against the wall. These are not polished characters who can hide their bad behavior behind a veneer of respectability, they are liars, cheats, women who treat their lovers badly or sometimes kill to protect them. They color outside the lines, and we love them for it!Lou 'Love Lies Bleeding'Kristen Stewarts character Lou from Love Lies Bleeding was born into the criminal underworld and as much as she tries to separate herself from her mobster father, shes a dirtbag at heart. She may ply her girlfriend (Katy OBrian) with illegal steroids to help her win a bodybuilding competition, but shes also willing to get violent to protect the people she loves and knows how to hide a body. Add in a hot mullet and her propensity for sleeveless tees, and were in love.Where to watch: MaxPJ and Josie BottomsBottoms is the raunchy teen comedy that lesbians have needed for decades and stars two major dirtbags. Main characters PJ and Josie, played by Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri respectively, are horny and desperate to lose their V cards, so they do what any teen dirtbag would do: they start a fight club to aid them in hooking up with hot cheerleaders. Thats scumbag behavior, and its hilarious to watch.What to watch: Prime VideoCorky BoundThe most iconic Be Gay Do Crime movie, Bound is the blueprint for lesbian erotic thrillers. Gina Gershons endlessly hot butch character Corky is the working class bad girl of your dreams, and a quintessential lesbian dirtbag. Shes fresh out of prison, works with her hands on a renovation (so shes always looking hawt covered in grime), and manages to steal a violent gangsters girl (Jennifer Tilly) and plan a heist. Where to watch: Pluto TVCleo Set it offQueen Latifahs character Cleo in Set it Off may not be your typical lesbian dirt bag shes a single mom whos only committing a crime because shes broke but shes definitely a queer woman behaving badly so were counting it! And you still get a lot of charms of other lesbian dirtbags, Cleo is boisterous, knows how to wield a gun, and is willing to be a jerk to get her way (like when she intimidates a sex worker so she wont identify her to police).Where to watch: Rent on VODDawn Female TroublePretty much every sapphic character in a John Waters movie falls into the lesbian dirtbag category, and Divines Dawn from Female Trouble is no different. Dawn is a delinquent high school student who goes berserk on her parents before running away from home, hitchhiking, and getting pregnant. She then becomes a terrible mother and throws herself into a life of crime. Basically, shes the ultimate dirtbag who is still a blast to watch in large part because of Divines performance. Where to watch: Rent on Fandango At HomeMarian and Jamie Drive Away DollsIts rare to get the chance to watch lesbians acting out, being funny, and oozing sex appeal all in a single movie, but that actually what you get with Drive Away Dolls. Starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan (along with queer actors Colman Domingo and Beanie Feldstein), this comedy caper features the uninhibited lesbian lothario Jamie, who loves to pick up girls in dyke bars, unapologitcally embraces her sexuality, and seems to fall effortlessly into interacting with the criminal underworld.Where to watch: Prime VideoFritzi Desert FuryFilm historian Eddie Muller once described Desert Fury as the gayest movie ever produced in Hollywoods golden era, and while the thinly veiled gay love story is between Eddie and Johnny, side character Fritzi (Mary Astor) is a lesbian dirtbag in all but name. She is a female casino boss who sports masculine clothing and is a terrible mother who has a bizarre (bordering on incestuous) obsession with her daughter Paula (Lizabeth Scott). The film was made in 1947, smack dab in the middle of the Hays Code, so while all of the queerness is purely subtextual, Fritzi may just be the prototypical lesbian dirtbag.Where to watch: Buy on Amazon PrimeHeather My AnimalLesbian werewolf movie My Animal, stars nonbinary actor Bobbi Salvr Menuez as Heather, a young woman who is struggling with her sexuality and the fact that she keeps turning into a werewolf. That alone isnt enough to label Heather who is falling for Amandla Stenbergs character Jonny as a lesbian dirtbag, but her role as the town outcast and her violent streak while in her werewolf form definitely qualify her. Where to watch: Rent on Amazon PrimeSophie and Bee in Bodies Bodies BodiesBee may be the most sympathetic character in the horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, but shes still a lesbian dirtbag. Shes a working-class lesbian whos been lying to her girlfriend about college, steals things from the rich kids throwing the hurricane party, and she and her girlfriend (Amandla Stenberg) are quick to turn on each other when things start going south. Bees girlfriend Sophie, on the other hand, is too wealthy to be a classic lesbian dirtbag, but she is comfortable lying to Bee and cheating on her and treats her friends terribly too full dirtbag behavior. Where to watch: Rent on Amazon PrimeDiane in Jack & DianeOk, So Jack & Diane isnt the best lesbian movie out there we can admit that. But this metaphorical lesbian werewolf movie features two baby gays stumbling their way through their first love and while both characters are naive, its Diane (Juno Temple) who falls into the lesbian dirtbag camp by lying to Jack (Riley Keough) over and over again. Where to watch: tubiClaude All Over MeButch teen girl Claude live with her divorced mom in Hells Kitchen circa 1997 in All Over Me, about Claude on a journey of sexual discovery during summer vacation. While most of Claudes bad behavior can be chalked up to youth (she yells at her crush Ellen when she was the one who just rudest to hookup with another girl), shes still a messy baby gay who may just grow up to be a full blown lesbian dirtbag.Where to watch: YouTube
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