Homosexual subtext movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant homosexual subtext movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense and captivating films and TV shows about / with homosexual subtext, gay, bare chested male, gay subtext, lgbt, gay interest, nude, male nudity, brutality and death plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as homosexual subtext: Father and Son (2003), The Untamed (2019), Ai no Kusabi (2012), Word of Honor (2021), Horseplay (2022), Captive (2008), Bad Influence (1990), The Riot Club (2014), Before the Fall (2004), The Servant (1963).
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List of homosexual subtext movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small family "a father and a son" lives on the top floor of an old house. The father retired from the military, when he was a student in flight school, he experienced the first and the only love of his life. This girl became his wife and ...
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, touching, sensual ...
Plot:
gay subtext, father son relationship, homosexual subtext, gay, soldier, youth, bare chested male, dream, teenage boy, family relations, single parent, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In a land dominated by the mighty Wen clan, a young man named Wei Wuxian strikes up an unconventional friendship with justice-loving Lan Wangji. When the duo unexpectedly stumbles across evidence implicating the Wen clan’s chief in a plot to bring ...
Style:
xianxia, yaoi, unusual plot structure, dorama, captivating ...
Plot:
homosexual subtext, young man, exorcist, martial artist, talent, heroes, coping, magical power, self sacrifice, past, fantasy world, reincarnation ...
Place:
ancient china, china, thailand
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
This futuristic tale is set in a world where men are assigned various social classes based on their hair color. Iason Mink, a high-class Blondie, runs into Riki, a black-haired Mongrel, and makes him his "Pet." As Riki learns of the ...
Style:
yaoi, anime, erotic, futuristic, josei
Plot:
homosexual subtext, male male relationship, lgbt, homosexual history, male homosexuality, gay, impossible love, forbidden love, nude, racism, exploitation, bondage ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Zhou Zi Shu gets embroiled in a conspiracy in the martial arts world after quitting his job as the leader of an organization tasked with protecting royalty. He meets Wen Ke Xing, a mysterious martial artist who escapes from the Ghost Valley to ...
Style:
exciting, yaoi, xianxia, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
martial arts, homosexual subtext, martial artist, master warrior, friendship, friends, conspiracy, lgbt, warrior, sword fight, gay interest, magic ...
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A film about a phenomenon that is very common in the West, which is a mix of homophobia and male eroticism. For example, between football players, they often see each other naked, fight each other and have physical contact, which is a very pleasant ...
Style:
art house, funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
male full rear nudity, gay, homoerotic friendship, homoeroticism, bisexual man, male nudity, gay interest, homosexual subtext, gay sex, sex scene, closeted homosexual, friendship between men ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Russia, Bulgaria
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of a young Chechen and his Russian captor during their civil war.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, crying
Plot:
kidnapper kidnapped relationship, caucasian, homosexual subtext, wartime, gay subtext, captive, pow, captivity, soldier, defector, abduction, kidnapping ...
Place:
chechnya
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, entertaining, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, homosexual subtext, sex, manipulation, serial killer, obsession, betrayal, friendship, murder, sociopath, frame up, fatal attraction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
rich, debauchery, university, student life, spoiled brat, initiation, friends, social relations, society, eccentricity, stereotypes, sexism ...
Time:
year 2014, 18th century, 1850s, year 1976, 80s ...
Place:
england, oxford university, europe, california, london
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot:
boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A decadent London aristocrat hires a man-servant to attend to his needs. However, the balance of power starts to shift...
Style:
sexy, psychological, psychosexual thriller, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
manipulation, servant, master and servant, decadence, class differences, dysfunctional relationship, alcoholism, master servant relationship, classism, gay subtext, lgbt, sexual repression ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
england, london, america, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The owner of a failing cinema and his mysterious boarder are caught up in the political intrigue of Argentina.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, homoerotic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
homoerotic friendship, homosexual subtext, closeted homosexual, mental illness, neighbor, dark humor, serial killer, loneliness, closeted gay, murder, twists and turns, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
prison, escape, prisoner, prison break, death, prison life, runaway, convict, prison escape, egg, freedom, fugitive ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1967, 60s, 50s
Place:
florida, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Style:
witty, melancholic, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
blind man, blind character, photograph, sex, obsession, friendship, disability, photographer, photography, blindness, trust, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
australia, cannes, california, melbourne, new york
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Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Sent to a Gladiator retreat, Hercules frustrates his fellow warriors with his arrogance, but when his rival, Capaneous, schemes to poison Hercules, he must learn humility and devise a plan to survive a wrestling match in his weakened state.
Style:
sexy, serious, erotic, independent film, homoerotic
Plot:
hercules, rivalry, hotshot hero, survival, escapades, dishonesty, contests and competitions, danger, goddess, homosexual subtext, gay, gay subtext ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, athens greece
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, horror comedy, dark comedy, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, supernatural horror, supernatural, monster, transformation, bloodsucker, vampire hunter, teenager, teenage protagonist, dracula, werewolf ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, stephen king, blackmail, nazism, violence, high school, murder, war criminal, obsession, world war two, death ...
Time:
year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two men in a gay men's rugby club must conceal an adulterous affair they unwittingly fall into before it leads to the collapse of the delicate social and political fabric of the club.
Style:
captivating, psychological, art house, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, rugby, gay crush, gay sex, gay romance, affair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbt, gay athlete, gay erotica ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style:
costume drama, avant garde, historical drama, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, closeted homosexual, gay, atheist, homosexuality, catholicism, homosexual subtext, voice over narration, religion, forbidden love, illicit love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
oxford university, england, venice, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lee Hanlon, the smartest student at an elite military school called the Complex, is intrigued by the academy's Black Skulls brotherhood but finds himself thrust into the role of global savior when he discovers their devilish origin.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, creepy, dark ...
Plot:
supernatural, gay, initiation, conspiracy, bomb, military, secret, secret society, dark secret, occult, devil, military academy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify ...
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship between men, bromance, friendship, wedding, gay interest, couple relations, marriage, mentor, friend, socially awkward, male bonding, best friend ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, chicago ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM film The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons. It is produced by Coote/Hayes Productions.
The series was nominated for ...
Style:
homoerotic, semi serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
homoeroticism, medieval, sword and sorcery, homosexual subtext, adventure hero, magic, sorcery, animal life, danger, good versus evil, sword, chivalry ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, Liechtenstein
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Style:
queer horror, slasher, suspense, erotic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
yacht, homosexual subtext, erotica, sex scene, nightclub, gay, dorian gray, party, painting, gay club, artist, gay interest ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, serial killer, murder, prostitute, investigation, conspiracy, nazi occupation, nazi, nazi occupied poland, homosexual subtext, male male relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942, year 1944, year 1967 ...
Place:
paris france, france, poland, hamburg germany, warsaw poland ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Leslie Caron plays a young, pregnant, unmarried Frenchwoman who takes a room in a seedy boarding house in London. She soon makes friends with Toby, a struggling writer who lives downstairs, and eventually gets to accept her room and the strange ...
Style:
independent film, depressing, crying
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, lesbian, landlady, morning sickness, homosexual subtext, single mother, boarding house, lesbian relationship, christmas party, baby girl, pregnancy, unwed pregnancy ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful ...
Style:
gothic, creepy, atmospheric, surreal, black and white ...
Plot:
surrealism, macabre, insanity, nightmare, artist, island, isolation, insomnia, existentialism, obsession, mental illness, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, sexual, meditative ...
Plot:
male nudity, food, sex, infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, bourgeoisie, high society, chef, outdoor sex, bare chested male, making love ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, london, nice france, milan italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Style:
southern gothic, sexy, sexual, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
military, murder, american south, voyeur, mental illness, stallion, adultery, voyeurism, sexuality, gay, stalking, boxing match ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
long island, georgia
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, exciting, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
life philosophy, violent man, rape, revenge, sword fight, pregnant from rape, medieval, sexual cruelty, nobility, swashbuckler, danger, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1995, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place:
scotland, highlands, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
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