Girls Like Girls (2026)

June 18, 2026 (US) • Romance, Drama • 95m

Overview

Coley, 17, from rural Oregon, navigates intimacy after her mother's passing. Meeting Sonya sparks new feelings, but self-doubt hinders their connection. Sonya, unfamiliar with dating girls, is uncertain. They learn to embrace emotions.

Director

Hayley Kiyoko

Writers

Hayley Kiyoko, Chloe Okuno, Hayley Kiyoko, Stefanie Scott

Top Billed

Maya da Costa

Keywords

based on novel or book coming of age based on song, poem or rhyme first love lgbt queer lesbian girls' love (gl) sapphic

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Top Billed Cast

Maya da Costa

Coley

Myra Molloy

Sonya

Levon Hawke

Trenton

Zach Braff

Curtis

Remy Marthaller

Emma

Maya Ford

Tracy

Alozie LaRose

Alex

Hunter Dillon

Goose

Wayne Corbeil

Restaurant Patron

Sophia Carriere

Brooke

Sierra Sidwell

Kareem Malcolm

Kendrick

Olly Atkins

Tye

Alexa Mareka

Blake

Hayley Kiyoko

Crew

Hayley Kiyoko

Director

Marc Platt

Producer

Katie McNicol

Producer

Adam Siegel

Producer

Dee Best

Producer

Michael Philip

Producer

Jason Moring

Producer

Richard Alan Reid

Producer

Hayley Kiyoko

Story

Chloe Okuno

Story

Hayley Kiyoko

Screenplay

Stefanie Scott

Screenplay

Jessica Rose Weiss

Original Music Composer

Christine Armstrong

Editor

Sabine Hoffman

Editor

Morgan Lindsey Price

Production Design

Sonja Tsypin

Director of Photography

Hayley Kiyoko

Songs

Rob Lowry

Music Supervisor

Megan Bayliss

Casting

Rebecca Davidson

Casting

Karen Redford

Production Manager

Sandra Mayo

First Assistant Director

Nina Bournival

Second Assistant Director

Christopher Campbell-Orrock

Co-Producer

Samantha Sadoff

Associate Producer

Marla Vazquez

Associate Producer

Fabienne Leys

Associate Producer

Heather McKay

Associate Producer

Bradley M. Goodman

Post Production Supervisor

Olga Devuyst

Art Direction

Adrian Traquair

Set Decoration

Haylee Sawchuk

Assistant Set Decoration

Charlotte Romses

Stunts

Rick Pearce

Stunt Coordinator

Heidi Ford

Stunt Coordinator

Heath Stevenson

Stunts

Megan Chan

Stunts

Chase Nicholson

Stunts

Tammy Nera

Stunts

Evelyn Gonda

Stunts

Charles Andre

Stunts

Zachary Choe

Stunts

Greig Hospes

Stunts

Chad Sayn

Stunts

Mike Desabrais

Stunts

Greg Brown

Set Dresser

Madison Herauf

Set Dresser

Alexandre Pinske

Set Dresser

Marina Ragimova

Set Dresser

Rebecca Wagner

Set Dresser

Stephanie Sloan

Set Decoration Buyer

Alyx Wilk

Property Master

Pandy Duplessis

Assistant Property Master

Josh Crippen

First Assistant "A" Camera

Brock Pennie

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Tenzin Lhalungpa

"B" Camera Operator

Wes Miron

"B" Camera Operator

Emily Bruinsma

First Assistant "B" Camera

Tyler Meehan

First Assistant "B" Camera

Aidan Mclane

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Cody Fofonoff

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Megan Rennie

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Rory Soderman

Gaffer

Alex Simon

Key Grip

Ethan Attrell

Dolly Grip

James Cowley

Best Boy Grip

Leif Bouchard

Grip

David Hechenberger

Production Sound Mixer

Robert W. Booth

Boom Operator

Ashley Monti

First Assistant Editor

Louis Armistead

First Assistant Editor

Peter Vandergriet

Special Effects Coordinator

Jamie Tedham

Assistant Costume Designer

Hannah Krostewitz

Set Costumer

Shauna Carveth

Key Makeup Artist

Lisa Burke

Key Hair Stylist

Kelli Dunsmore

Costume Design

Jacob Wideman

Location Manager

Vasili Vassos

Assistant Location Manager

Timothy Green

Script Supervisor

Graham Cairns

Third Assistant Director

Matthew Sharp

Third Assistant Director

Braeden Rachfall

Assistant Director Trainee

Sam Crossley

Choreographer

Andrew McBride

Production Accountant

Sandra-Ken Freeman

Extras Casting

Dan Power

Still Photographer

Emily Kaberlein

Online Editor

Ryan Croft

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Kendall Barron

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kendall Barron

Supervising Sound Editor

John Wong

Sound Designer

Vanessa Kanaan

Dialogue Editor

Michelle Leduc

ADR Editor

Michelle Leduc

Sound Editor

Kelsey Sheridan

Foley Editor

Kelsey Sheridan

Foley Artist

Jeremy Zussman

Foley Recordist

Vic Martinez

ADR Mixer

Nick Civero

ADR Mixer

Julia Skubisz Birkeland

ADR Mixer

James Anthony Young

VFX Supervisor

Antonio Carrasco Liadskikh

VFX Artist

Mia Riggins

Music Coordinator

Julia Graff

Music Editor

Eva Reistad

Scoring Mixer

Alex Brinkley

Additional Music

Reviews

Brent Marchant

⭐ 3/10

June 19, 2026

It’s genuinely heartening to see how much LGBTQ+ cinema has progressed over the part 30 years. When the genre was new, most of its releases fell into a limited handful of storylines, which, though groundbreaking at the time, have since been surpassed by numerous other works that have moved beyond the basics. And that’s why the debut feature from writer-director Hayley Kiyoko is such a huge disappointment. The film is a rather uninspired throwback more typical of pictures released in this genre in the 1980s, making the material seem quite dated compared to more contemporary offerings. Even though this story takes place in a small town in the first decade of the new millennium – a setting somewhat less progressive than others at that time and certainly much more so than compared to today – it nevertheless comes across like something more akin to LGTBQ+ movies from years earlier. And, to make matters worse, it falls back on a lot of trite story elements and clichés, making this tale of young lesbian love look terribly antiquated. At the risk of playing spoiler, the film follows a shopworn formula for most love stories in general, albeit with a girl-on-girl twist: girl meets girl, girl gets girl, girl loses girl, girl tries to get girl back again. Consequently, it’s difficult to think of that as being in any way original, engaging or different. It also doesn’t help that the screenplay is laden with superficial dialogue, endless montages of cloud shots and bicycle riding footage that feel like padding added to fill out the relatively scant 1:35:00 runtime, and a few too many music video-style sequences (something not entirely unexpected, since this is where the director got her filmmaking start). But perhaps the most egregious issue for me was the utter lack of chemistry between the two leads in their attempts to overcome sexual confusion and forge a same-sex relationship. Sonya (Myra Malloy) is a flirtatious but confused tease who can’t make up her mind about which side of the fence she wants to put down roots, and Nicole (“Coley”) (Maya da Costa), the new girl in town, can’t make up her mind about much of anything, a problem made worse by the actress’s inconsistent, positively dreadful performance. Where’s the alleged attraction between these two? Indeed, how is anyone supposed to take any of this seriously? As a gay man myself, I’m well aware of the difficulty involved in coming out (not to mention coming of age as well) as an adolescent (and I did so at a time when it was far more challenge-ridden than it is today and even during the time frame depicted in this film). But its treatment here leaves much to be desired, and it’s a subject that LGBTQ+ cinema really should have moved beyond by now unless special extenuating circumstances are involved in the story (which isn’t the case here). And, because of this, I find it frustrating that there are so many other – and better – works of LGBTQ+ cinema are out there that never get picked up for distribution deals yet something underwhelming like this does (and as a Pride Month release to boot). Girls may like girls, but I find it hard to believe that anyone would realistically like this.

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Revenue

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Girls Like Girls (2026)

Hayley Kiyoko, Chloe Okuno, Hayley Kiyoko, Stefanie Scott

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Reviews

Brent Marchant

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