The 70s were an extremely open time in terms of sexual expression and film-makers no longer worried about censorship as they did in the age of censorship where they were constantly being monitored. Indeed, lesbian love scenes abounded during this decade of decadence and many movies were not much more than one sex scene after the other. Strangely, they also showed up in films that had nothing to do with lesbianism. In fact, most of these scenes featured below are not from films with any sort of real lesbian plot or even sub-plot.  Meanwhile, it was a time when we saw more European and Asian films on this topic, including Hong Kong before it was returned to conservative China. Also, new sub-genres entered into the market such as lesbian vampires and women in prison films.

Perhaps all this excess was a reaction to the extreme censorship of the past or maybe film producers figured out that it was an easy way to make a quick buck. Whatever the case, we are left with quite a few racy films full of lesbian love and while they were light on the plot, they didn’t shy away from physical contact.

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