Last updated: May 24, 2026
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Spanish-language lesbian movies and sapphic series cover a much wider world than Spain alone. Some titles come from Spain, while others are Mexican, Argentine, Chilean, Paraguayan, or international co-productions told in Spanish. What connects them is not one national style, but a shared language space where queer women’s stories often move through family pressure, Catholic culture, class, politics, memory, and social visibility.
This guide includes lesbian films, sapphic dramas, web series, telenovela storylines, and queer-adjacent works where relationships between women play a meaningful role. I try to separate Spanish films from broader Spanish-language Latin American titles, because that distinction matters for viewers who are searching by country, language, or cultural context.
I organized this as a personal viewing guide, not a perfect canon. I care about emotional impact, representation, chemistry, and how each title feels from a WLW viewer’s perspective.
Spanish Lesbian Films from Spain
La amiga de mi amiga (2022)
🎬 Release Year: 2022
📺 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A clever cinephile comedy set in Barcelona’s queer dating scene
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Barcelona’s vibrant queer dating scene comes alive in this clever cinephile comedy. Follow Zaida, an aspiring filmmaker navigating love post-breakup while struggling to finish her script. When she meets her ex’s new girlfriend Lara at a party, their shared love for cinema sparks an unexpected connection. The film brilliantly references Eric Rohmer’s works while celebrating queer spaces and female artistry, making it one of 2022’s most refreshing lesbian films.
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
🎬 Release Year: 2019
📺 Where to Watch: Netflix
✨ A restrained black-and-white period drama about love, disguise, and survival
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Elisa & Marcela matters because it turns a historical same-sex marriage story into something intimate rather than only symbolic. I do not watch it simply as a “first” or a legal milestone. What stays with me is the pressure around the two women: the religious setting, the small-town gaze, the fear of exposure, and the quiet determination it takes to build a life when the world gives you no safe language for it.
The black-and-white photography gives the film a memory-like quality, almost as if their love has been recovered from an old archive. I would not call it a perfect film — some moments feel more composed than emotionally spontaneous — but as a Spanish lesbian period drama, it still carries weight because it asks us to remember queer women not as footnotes, but as people who risked everything to be recognized.
Related: If you are interested in sapphic stories based on real people, history, and legal struggle, see my guide to lesbian movies based on true stories.
Carmen & Lola (2018)
🎬 Release Year: 2018
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ A powerful story of forbidden love in Madrid’s Romani community
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Carmen & Lola works best when it stays close to the girls’ faces, silences, and small acts of courage. The film is not only about forbidden love; it is also about how early attraction can feel both beautiful and terrifying when family, religion, and community expectations are pressing in from every side.
What I appreciate is that Carmen and Lola are not written as abstract symbols of rebellion. They are young, confused, hopeful, and scared. Their romance feels fragile because every glance has consequences. As a WLW viewer, I found the most moving parts were not the dramatic confrontations, but the smaller moments when the girls briefly get to imagine a life that belongs to them.
Related: If you like young sapphic stories shaped by family pressure, first love, and self-discovery, see my guide to lesbian coming-of-age movies.
Anchor and Hope (2017)
🎬 Release Year: 2017
📺 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A refreshing take on modern relationships and parenthood desires
Note: Anchor and Hope is a Spain / UK co-production rather than a purely Spanish film. I include it because it is directed by Spanish filmmaker Carlos Marques-Marcet and belongs to the Spanish-language / European sapphic cinema conversation.
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: A refreshing take on modern relationships, this London-set story follows a couple living on a canal boat whose life is disrupted when they consider having a child. The film thoughtfully explores how parenthood desires can challenge established relationships, while its flowing canal setting perfectly symbolizes the characters’ journey through uncertainty.
Related: Because Anchor and Hope is partly set in London and works as a Spain / UK co-production, you may also want to explore my guide to British lesbian movies and WLW films.
Room in Rome (2010)
🎬 Release Year: 2010
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ An artistic exploration of intimacy and connection
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Director Julio Medem transforms a one-night encounter into an unforgettable exploration of intimacy and connection. When Alba and Natasha meet in Rome, their brief time together becomes a profound journey of self-discovery. The film’s haunting soundtrack, especially “Loving Strangers,” perfectly captures their passionate yet melancholic connection. While boldly intimate, the film maintains an artistic elegance that elevates it beyond mere sensuality.
For 80 Days (2010)
🎬 Release Year: 2010
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ A tender exploration of late-life love
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This tender exploration of late-life love follows two women who reconnect after decades apart. The film beautifully portrays how age doesn’t diminish the capacity for love or the complexity of desire. Through careful character development and nuanced performances, it challenges stereotypes about both age and sexuality while delivering a deeply moving love story.
Related: If you like later-life sapphic stories about memory, age, and unfinished love, see my guide to age-gap lesbian movies and later-life sapphic romances.
Eloïse’s Lover (2009)
🎬 Release Year: 2009
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ A deep exploration of identity and desire through a feminine lens
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Drawing inspiration from Hermann Hesse’s “Demian,” this film explores identity and desire through a distinctly feminine lens. The story delves deep into questions of self-discovery and sexual awakening, using powerful symbolism and thoughtful character development to create a memorable meditation on love and identity.
My Mother Likes Women (2002)
🎬 Release Year: 2002
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ A charming comedy about late-in-life coming out
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This charming comedy brings humor and heart to the story of three sisters dealing with their mother’s late-in-life coming out. While maintaining the characteristic energy of Spanish romantic comedy, the film tackles serious themes about family dynamics, acceptance, and the pursuit of happiness at any age.
Spanish Lesbian and Sapphic TV Shows
Las Pelotaris 1926 Season 1 (2023)
📺 Release Year: 2023
🎬 Where to Watch: Amazon
✨ A captivating series set in the roaring 1920s
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Set in the roaring 1920s, this captivating series follows three female jai alai players – Chelo, Idoia, and Iz – as they chase their dreams and challenge societal norms. The show masterfully combines sports drama with LGBTQ+ themes, creating a rich tapestry of friendship, ambition, and forbidden love against a fascinating historical backdrop.
Acacias 38 Season 1- 5 (2017 – 2019)
📺 Release Years: 2017-2019
🎬 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A compelling story between a teacher and her artistic student
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This beloved series features a compelling storyline between a teacher and her artistic student, proving that great chemistry can transcend age differences. Their journey from initial attraction to eventual separation keeps viewers invested through dramatic twists and emotional depth.
Related: If this storyline interests you because of the age difference and power imbalance, see my guide to age-gap lesbian movies and sapphic romances.
Notas aparte season 1-2 (TV Series 2016-2017)
📺 Release Years: 2016-2017
🎬 Where to Watch: YouTube
✨ A charming web series with five-minute episodes
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This charming web series proves that quality doesn’t require quantity. With five-minute episodes, it perfectly captures the nuanced relationship between an art history teacher and her students. The series excels in finding beauty in small moments and authentic character interactions.
Tierra de lobos Season 1-3(2010-2013)
📺 Release Years: 2010-2013
🎬 Where to Watch: YouTube
✨ A passionate period drama with a memorable lesbian relationship
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Following the passionate story of Isabel and Cristina, this period drama combines historical elements with compelling LGBTQ+ representation. Their electric chemistry and dramatic storyline culminate in one of Spanish television’s most memorable lesbian relationships.
Chica busca chica (2008)
📺 Release Year: 2008
🎬 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A groundbreaking series about lesbian relationships in urban Spain
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This groundbreaking series follows four women sharing an apartment, exploring their interconnected relationships and personal growth. The show stands out for its honest portrayal of lesbian relationships and friend dynamics in urban Spain.
Los Hombres de Paco Season 1 (2005)
📺 Release Year: 2005
🎬 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A police drama featuring one of Spanish television’s beloved lesbian storylines
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: While primarily a police drama, this series features one of Spanish television’s most beloved lesbian storylines. The relationship between characters develops naturally and thoughtfully, demonstrating how mainstream shows can incorporate LGBTQ+ representation without making it feel tokenistic.
Latin American Spanish-Language Lesbian Films and Series
Paraguay
The Heiresses (2018)
🎬 Release Year: 2018
📺 Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
✨ A nuanced exploration of class, aging, and awakening
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: The Heiresses is one of the quietest films in this guide, and that is exactly why it stayed with me. Its drama is not built from big declarations, but from rooms, objects, routines, money problems, and the slow discomfort of realizing that a life you inherited may no longer fit you.
Chela’s emotional shift is subtle, but I found it very affecting. After years inside a long-term relationship shaped by class, habit, and dependence, she begins to move through the world differently. The film does not make desire loud or simple. It lets it appear through attention, curiosity, embarrassment, and small changes in posture. That restraint makes the story feel more adult than many louder romances.
Mexican Lesbian and Sapphic Series
Madre Solo hay Dos season 1-3 (2021-2022)
📺 Release Years: 2021-2022
🎬 Where to Watch: Netflix
✨ A refreshing comedy-drama about an unconventional family
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: This refreshing comedy-drama follows two women who discover their babies were switched at birth. Rather than following a predictable path of conflict, they create an unconventional family arrangement. The series stands out for its unique take on family dynamics and subtle exploration of growing romantic feelings, proving that Mexican television can handle LGBTQ+ themes with both humor and sensitivity.
Amar a muerte (2018)
📺 Release Year: 2018
🎬 Where to Watch: YouTube
✨ A groundbreaking Mexican series with an authentic lesbian love story
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Amar a muerte belongs here because Juliana and Valentina’s storyline became one of those Spanish-language TV romances that viewers remember through details: the first curiosity, the careful looks, the hesitation, the warmth of being invited into someone else’s world, and the feeling that friendship is quietly becoming something harder to name.
What makes their relationship work for me is the contrast between them. Valentina feels more open and emotionally expressive, while Juliana often carries her feelings in smaller gestures. That difference gives the romance a real rhythm. It still lives inside a telenovela world, so the drama can be heightened, but the sapphic connection itself feels surprisingly grounded because it grows through ordinary moments before it becomes dramatic.
Señorita 89 (2022)
Note: Señorita 89 is a Mexican series, not a Chilean lesbian movie. I would place it in the Mexico section as a queer-adjacent thriller about beauty, power, violence, and female survival.
The sapphic element is not the only reason to include it. What makes the series interesting is the way it uses the beauty pageant world to expose control, ambition, exploitation, and the pressure placed on women’s bodies and public images.
Related: For more sapphic films and series shaped by history, class, religion, and social pressure, see my guide to lesbian period dramas and historical films.
Argentine LGBTQ+ Cinema
Las Estrellas (2017)
📺 Release Year: 2017
🎬 Where to Watch: YouTube
✨ An engaging series about five sisters and a developing relationship
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: A unique premise sets up this engaging series where five sisters must manage a hotel for a year to inherit their father’s fortune. The standout storyline follows the developing relationship between Flor and Jazmín, which evolves with remarkable naturalism and emotional depth.
The series shines in its portrayal of Jazmín’s character arc – from witnessing Flor’s engagement to another person to their eventual connection. The production excels in showing the gradual development of feelings through masterful acting and thoughtful writing. While Jazmín’s character might seem idealized (talented in music, art, and cooking), the chemistry between the leads makes their romance deeply believable and engaging.
Camila saldrá esta noche (2021)
🎬 Release Year: 2021
📺 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A powerful coming-of-age story about identity and rebellion
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: A powerful coming-of-age story that follows Camila, a teenager forced to relocate to Buenos Aires when her grandmother falls ill. Moving from her progressive school to a traditional private institution, Camila’s fierce but vulnerable personality is put to the test. The film skillfully explores themes of identity, rebellion, and personal growth against the backdrop of Argentina’s evolving social landscape. Through Camila’s journey, we see how young people navigate conservative environments while staying true to themselves.
Chile Lesbian Movies
mujer saliendo del mar (2018)
🎬 Release Year: 2018
📺 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A visually stunning period drama set in 1933 Valparaíso
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Set in 1933 Valparaíso, this visually stunning period drama tells the story of Elisa, whose carefully constructed life unravels when her youthful love Rebecca returns as a passionate feminist activist. Despite years of psychiatric treatment and a seemingly perfect marriage, Elisa’s buried desires resurface with devastating consequences. The film’s beautiful cinematography contrasts sharply with its dark psychological exploration, leading to a haunting conclusion that stays with viewers long after watching.
Joven y alocada (2012)
🎬 Release Year: 2012
📺 Where to Watch: Trailer
✨ A bold Chilean coming-of-age story about sexuality and religious guilt
👀 Why It’s Worth Watching: Joven y alocada feels restless in a way that suits its main character. Daniela is not written as a neat coming-of-age heroine. She is curious, impulsive, funny, guilty, defiant, and constantly negotiating between the religious world she grew up in and the desires she cannot simply pray away.
What I like about the film is its energy. The blog format gives the story a confessional rhythm, as if Daniela is trying to write herself into existence before anyone around her gives her permission to be complicated. It is not only a queer awakening story; it is also about language, shame, rebellion, and the messy freedom of realizing that your inner life is bigger than the rules you inherited.
FAQ About Spanish-Language Lesbian Movies and Series
What is a good Spanish lesbian movie to start with?
If you want a Spain-based historical romance, I would start with Elisa & Marcela. If you prefer a lighter modern lesbian comedy, try La amiga de mi amiga. For a young love story shaped by family and community pressure, Carmen & Lola is also a strong choice.
Are all the titles in this guide from Spain?
No. This guide includes Spanish-language lesbian and sapphic titles from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and international co-productions. I separate them by region where possible because Spanish-language cinema is broader than Spanish cinema from Spain.
Are there Spanish-language lesbian series?
Yes. Spanish-language sapphic storylines appear in series such as Las Pelotaris 1926, Acacias 38, Tierra de lobos, Chica busca chica, Los hombres de Paco, Amar a muerte, and Madre Solo hay Dos.
Where can I watch Spanish-language lesbian movies online?
Availability changes by country and over time. Some titles may appear on Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, local TV platforms, festival streaming services, or LGBTQ+ streaming platforms. I recommend checking each title directly before renting, subscribing, or buying.
Related Lesbian Movie and Series Guides
If you want to keep exploring after this Spanish-language sapphic guide, these pages are the most natural next steps:
- Lesbian Movies Guide
- GL Series Guide
- Lesbian Coming-of-Age Movies
- Lesbian Movies Based on True Stories
- Age-Gap Lesbian Movies
- Lesbian Period Dramas and Historical Films
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