The ‘Girls Like Girls’ Kiss Scene Is the Passionate Make-Out Sesh Young Lesbians Deserve to See on Screen

By Anna Menta Published Aug. 18, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET Move over Edward and Bella, because the meadow scene in the Girls Like Girls movie—a new lesbian teen romance that is now streaming on Peacock—is way more passionate, sexy, and emotional than sparkly vampires. I would like to personally thank writer/director Hayley Kiyoko for that, because the Girls Like Girls kiss scene is the heady make-out sesh that young queer women deserve. Girls Like Girls is a 2026 coming-of-age romance directed by Kiyoko, and co-written by Kiyoko and Stefanie Scott, based on the music video for Kiyoko’s 2015 single of the same name, which Kiyoko also co-directed with Austin S. Winchell. Maya da Costa, in a phenomenal feature debut, stars as 17-year-old Coley, who moves to a new town in rural Oregon the summer befo