Movie: Sweetwater

Top 7 Billed Cast

Madeline Kelman
Madeline Kelman

Sam Sutherland

Salma Khalidi
Salma Khalidi

Renee Thornton

James Dooley
James Dooley

Willard Sutherland

Ara Glenn-Johanson
Ara Glenn-Johanson

Marianne Sutherland

Benjamin Butterfield
Benjamin Butterfield

Timothy Sutherland

Brianna Russell
Brianna Russell

Donna

Sarah Quinn Lee
Sarah Quinn Lee

Lisa

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    Against the backdrop of the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, a pastor’s daughter begins a high-stakes clandestine relationship with another girl, a rebellious outcast, while working in their small town’s flower shop, the summer before going off to college.

  • Release Date

  • Average

    0

  • Rating:

    0.0 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

Mayerling
62%

Mayerling(en)

1968-10-31

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.

My Policeman
76%

My Policeman(en)

2022-10-20

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

The Strawberry Statement
60%

The Strawberry Statement(en)

1970-08-28

A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

Love in Taipei
67%

Love in Taipei(en)

2023-08-10

A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.

Hounddog
64%

Hounddog(en)

2008-09-19

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

Fire with Fire
62%

Fire with Fire(en)

1986-05-09

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
61%

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan(en)

2011-07-15

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

The Lost City
61%

The Lost City(en)

2005-09-03

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

A Perfect Ending
62%

A Perfect Ending(en)

2012-06-01

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.

Munich – The Edge of War
69%

Munich – The Edge of War(en)

2021-12-31

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

I Can't Think Straight
75%

I Can't Think Straight(en)

2008-06-01

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

Radium Girls
67%

Radium Girls(en)

2020-10-23

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

Newness
60%

Newness(en)

2017-11-03

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

The Devil Is a Woman
62%

The Devil Is a Woman(en)

1935-05-03

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar. However, he flirts with the mysterious Concha Perez and they schedule to meet each other later. When Antonio meets Pasqualito, his old friend discloses his frustrated relationship with the promiscuous Concha and her greedy mother and how his life was ruined by his obsession for the beautiful demimondaine. Pasqualito makes Antonio promise that he would not see Concha. However, when Antonio meets Concha, she seduces him and the long friendship between Antonio and Pasqualito is disrupted

Wittgenstein
64%

Wittgenstein(en)

1993-03-26

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

Northanger Abbey
68%

Northanger Abbey(en)

2007-10-24

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

Departure
64%

Departure(en)

2016-05-20

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

Maurice
76%

Maurice(en)

1987-09-18

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Ophelia
71%

Ophelia(en)

2019-06-28

Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.

Below Her Mouth
68%

Below Her Mouth(en)

2017-02-10

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Similar Movies

Sequin in a Blue Room
59%

Sequin in a Blue Room(en)

2019-06-14

A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.

Dear June
100%

Dear June(en)

2023-06-30

After June and Charlie break up, Theo finds a scrapbook containing their fondest memories together, and he becomes obsessed with their relationship. He convinces June to try and win Charlie back by recreating moments from the book. Dear June follows the intricacies of a relationship going downhill and explores how straight men view and tokenize sapphic relationships.

Sugar Island
10%

Sugar Island(es)

2025-03-21

An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields.

An Ordinary Day
0%

An Ordinary Day(ko)

2023-08-26

One afternoon, when a comet is predicted to hit the earth, Su-in and Jae-hee, who did not know each other well, visit places they have never been before and get to know each other. The end of the world is gradually approaching, and they climb to the higher ground, embracing the moment of extinction.

Man Cured
0%

Man Cured(en)

2025-08-16

Lucas—an insecure, in-the-closet 22 year old—is stuck babysitting for a well off Brooklyn family to get by. On any other Friday evening, he arrives to watch Freud, a precocious 7 year old. Only there’s one problem: a new babysitter, Frankie, is already there. What happens as a chance occurrence between two young men spirals into a weekend of self-discovery and acceptance.

Season of Love
72%

Season of Love(en)

2019-11-21

A queer lady holiday movie 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.

In Trousers
100%

In Trousers(en)

1979-02-21

The one-act musical centers on Marvin, who has a wife and children. He recalls the past relationships he shared with, among others, his high school sweetheart and Miss Goldberg, his English teacher who let him play Christopher Columbus in the school play, and then reveals he prefers to be with men. Torn between his natural inclination and his desire not to upset his family life as he knows it, Marvin ultimately makes the decision he feels is best for him.

The Children's Hour
76%

The Children's Hour(en)

1961-12-19

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

Synonymous With
0%

Synonymous With(en)

2021-04-12

A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.

SNUFF
0%

SNUFF(en)

2026-03-23

After a failed suicide attempt due to immense drug debt, Noel is released from the psych ward, and Enzo, her plug, will stop at nothing for his money back.

101 Butterflies
0%

101 Butterflies(tl)

2019-10-13

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But that’s okay, because along with the president’s anti-climactic, and in many ways, almost insincere recognition is a fat envelope containing Php100,000 (USD$2,000). For Perla, this is more than enough money to transcend her idea of a lifetime legacy. Today is the day Lola Perla confronts her long-standing personal covenant: to bail an ex-lover’s son out of jail. Meeting fifty-someting Nanding transforms into a reunion, then, a communion of her present self, with an old love.

Lone Star Bull
0%

Lone Star Bull(en)

Bull Jackson is a bouncer in a gay bar where Jordan performs as a drag queen by night and is a medical student by day. When Coco, their mentor and owner of the club, is shot in what appears to be a random homophobic attack, Bull and Jordan form an unlikely team to find those responsible.

"Asystole"
0%

"Asystole"(en)

2025-08-22

As Mallory finds herself being chased down by a classic slasher-villain, her best friend Tori gets closer and closer to saving her. But time is running out for both of them, as the physical and mental toll weighs down on her as she attempts to free Mallory from this murderous time-loop.

A Spot for Frog
80%

A Spot for Frog(en)

2022-06-01

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.

Rutina
0%

Rutina(es)

2023-10-09

A closeted gay teen has to break through a daily routine that keeps him tied into a life full of fear and homophobia, even though the struggle eventually will take him to confront society itself.

Don't Judge a Unicorn by its Horn
0%

Don't Judge a Unicorn by its Horn(en)

2025-07-26

Arthur wakes to a shocking discovery—a horn growing from his forehead. Confronted by his parents, Arthur will have to make difficult choices that flip his life upside-down.

Echoes of Us
70%

Echoes of Us(en)

2025-07-14

Through the intimate lens of Silo, a Black queer woman, "Echoes of Us" captures the bittersweet journey of revisiting a past love that once felt like "the one." Now in a joyful relationship, Silo is unexpectedly pulled back into old memories, exploring how heartbreak, growth, and healing shape who we become.

Two People Exchanging Saliva
75%

Two People Exchanging Saliva(fr)

2025-11-27

In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.

My Heaven, Your Hell
100%

My Heaven, Your Hell(ca)

2026-03-21

Over the years, Adela and Victoria live an impossible love story and are strongly punished by the law and by the society of the 60's and 70's in Spain. However, despite all the impediments, they cannot forget each other.

Totally F***ed Up
67%

Totally F***ed Up(en)

1994-08-19

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.