NB: list includes pink and BL titles. In some cases, simply being on this list will spoil a minor plot point (sorry).

Not on LB:
Virgin Road (Yuka Hasegawa, 2022)

Honourable mentions (strong subtext):
Black Kiss
The Little House
Kamikaze Girls
Kokoro (Kon Ichikawa, 1955)
Promare
Woman of Design (1962)
Police Officer (Tomu Uchida, 1933)
The Angry Street (Mikio Naruse, 1950)