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Girls Like Girls

Girls Like Girls

Romance · Drama · 2026

After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.

Movie details

Girls Like Girls

“Love begins when you let it in.”

2026 Romance · Drama 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.7 / 10

Community rating

After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Girls Like Girls?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hayley Kiyoko

Written by

Hayley Kiyoko · Chloe Okuno · Stefanie Scott

Maya da Costa

Maya da Costa

Coley

Myra Molloy

Myra Molloy

Sonya

Zach Braff

Zach Braff

Curtis

Levon Hawke

Levon Hawke

Trenton

Alozie LaRose

Alozie LaRose

Alex

Sierra Sidwell

Sierra Sidwell

SJ

Hunter Dillon

Hunter Dillon

Goose

Court is in session

Put Girls Like Girls on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.