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* A common complaint about ''[[Kissing Jessica Stein]]'', in that the two women don't end up together (and it's implied that the Jessica ends up with her ex-boyfriend shortly after the two come out). The problem with this, though, is that people don't seem to note that it's outright stated that neither woman is explicitly gay--in fact, outside of the relationship, Jessica is only seen dating guys while Helen dates both. Also, the film shows the entire course of the relationship, over the space of nine months.
* In ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' (the movie) Alice says that she and Bella will be "really good friends" in a suggestive manner, and Edward responds with a sneering, "Can you keep your thoughts to yourself!" It turns out that Alice is [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|SO TOTALLY NOT GAY]], and she REALLY REALLY MEANT THEY WOULD JUST BE GOOD FRIENDS.
** The book has a good bit of this at well. That line is in the actual book, as is Alice pointing out that Bella" ''does'' smell good!" As is the bit about Alice loving Bella deeply. Then throw in how often Alice hangs on Bella, carries her around, etc. and you've got a ripe lesyay shipping bed--except Meyer, as a devout Mormon, would not write lesbians into her story. So it just winds up looking like another of the franchise's examples of Meyer having certain deeply repressed urges she's not really comfortable with.
* On the DVD commentary for ''[[Bring It On]]'', the director notes that a scene showing Kirsten Dunst and [[Eliza Dushku]] (who has a strong lesbian fanbase) in bed together wasn't intended to hint at girl-on-girl action. Really!
* The Israeli movie ''Walk on Water'' is about a Mossad agent who is sent to assassinate an aging former Nazi, then meets the man's grandson, who gives him a new outlook on life. They get really close. I mean, ''[[Ho Yay|really]]'' close, and then it is revealed that said grandson is gay. Then, in the end, the Mossad agent gets together with the grandson's sister, an until-then-minor character. The [[Ho Yay]] between the agent and the grandson, however, was so blatant that I couldn't help but wonder if the grandson was originally intended to be the agent's [[Love Interest]].
** Considering that the film is all about people of different categories looking past their differences, I think it's actually thematically necessary the Mossad agent to be straight. But I would agree that the homoeroticism between the two leads is thick, and it's easy to see him marrying the sister as a thin substitution for his real goal.
* In the ''[[Joshuu Sasori|Female Prisoner Scorpion]]'' series, protagonist Matsu's relationship with Yuki is pretty ambiguous. In the first film, they clearly care about each other a lot, but it's not clear if this has a sexual dimension. The third film features the same actress playing someone with the same name, but who is clearly a different character, although Matsu apparently recognises her (it's [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|a tad complicated]]). ''This'' Yuki is either enfatuated or fascinated with Matsu, but is fairly [[Brother-Sister Incest|Messed up]] [[Pity Sex|when it comes]] [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|to sexual matters]].
* A rather old example, from a 1930s play-gone-movie. Karen and Martha from ''[[The Children's Hour]]'' share a close intimate friendship, though Karen is engaged to a man. Their friendship is full of subtext on both sides {{spoiler|but only Martha is revealed to be gay}}.
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