58 New Gay Films of 2022
I stumbled upon this YouTube list of 58 new films and was surprised to find more than a few that looked like they may be worth a look. Also surprising, that the 58 titles appear Gay (or Bisexual) in their principal subjects, and that the majority seem quiet, personal stories more than the triumphs and posturing of political stances and themes. There are a few titles that have had plenty of publicity ("Bros" and "They/Them," the latter the Kevin Bacon film), a fair number in Spanish (including Marco Berger's "Horseplay".)
The video is 13-1/2 minutes long, meaning that each title gets only about 23-seconds of preview time; obviously it's difficult to form an impression in many case, but I found it interesting and will go back through to make a short list of titles to watch for or at least learn more about.
List in order:
1.Bros
2. Fire Island
3. In From The Side
4. Sublime
5. Cobalt Blue
6. Punch
7. The Outlaws
8. Great Freedom
9. B-Boy Blues
10. Cop Secret
11. Badhaai Do
12. Three Months
13. The Swimmer
14. Benediction
15. Cosas De Amigos
16. The Sea
17. My Young Prince
18. Can't Live Without You
19. Exploited
20. Wildhood
21. Borrowed
22. Where Butterflies Don't Fly
23. Inspection
24. Invisible Thread
25. My Policeman
26. Private Desert
27. Sisid
28. They/Them
29. The Blue Caftan
30. The Revenge Of The Shiny Shrimps
31. Tell The World I Love You
32. Elephant
33. Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe
34. Three Nights A Week
35. My Fake Boyfriend
36. Love In Country
37. Cilingir Sofrasi
38. 8 Anos
39. Eismayer
40. Golden Delicious
41. The Way Out
42. It Is In Us All
43. Horseplay
44. Hablame De Ti
45. Humo Bajo El Agua
46. Of An Age
47. Lie With Me
48. The Mattachine Family
49. Spoiler Alert
50. Burning Days
51. Drag
52. Red White & Royal Blue
53. Non Dirlo a Nessuno
54. Things Like This
55. The Parenting
56. Treatment
57. The History of Sound [starring Josh O'Connor; subject or recent DL thread]
58. Strange Way of Life
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 16, 2023 8:27 PM
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It's too bad the genres aren't listed.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 13, 2022 5:45 PM
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Agreed, R1. I cribbed the list from comments to the poster's Youtube comments. There are a few horror films in the bunch that caught my eye as maybe somewhat unusual. The same guy's Twitter link gives a very brief note of synopsis and notation of genre for some of the films (see his comments from 3 October - if you can stomach sorting through Twitter posts, which I cannot.)
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 13, 2022 5:59 PM
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The Blue Caftan? Was this movie actually produced by DL regulars?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 14, 2022 6:15 AM
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One on the list I can recommend is In From the Side, a British gay rugby film--very good. I've also seen Marco Berger's latest, Horseplay. It continues his themes of sexual tension and gay panic among a group of "straight" friends. Not one of his best, but there are plenty of beautiful Argentine men (and their cocks) on view.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 26, 2022 12:50 AM
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Has anyone seen Aftersun or All Quiet on the Western Front? I haven't been able to find any discussion about it online, but after seeing those movies, I'm convinced the protagonist is gay in both of them.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 24, 2022 12:42 PM
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OP you certainly brought it to the right place. I strongly suspect many of the queens on here are into Horseplay
and coming-if-age queer film, for reasons they’re evasive about
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 24, 2022 1:02 PM
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R7 the good night John boy, one? Or the newer trauma porn, with all the hotness?
The book evoked no homoeroticism to me. It expressed tenderness between men, in demoralizing desperation but nothing more. It was powerful precisely [italic]because[/italic] it was not homoerotic.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 24, 2022 2:21 PM
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R5 These look like good recommendations, but the question remains as to where these films available to view online?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 24, 2022 7:32 PM
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"Private Desert" is on Kanopy and Kino Now.
Dumb hetero Brazilian cop gets catfished on social media by gay teen transvestite. Angry tears and accepting hugs ensue.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 24, 2022 8:22 PM
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Sisid was just meh.
Cop Secret was just OK.
Where Butterflies Don't Fly is good movie.
Two movies not listed on this are:
Albatross
Two and One
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 25, 2022 1:24 AM
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[quote]...but the question remains as to where these films available to view online?
R12, it's not perfect but JustWatch.com (web or app) is the best source I know to locate where (and when) films and series are streamed on different services. Just search on the title after checking the streaming services you use.
Location/Country plays a big role because a series produced by HBO for example may, in some countries, have a distribution agreement with Netflix; and the schedule of a release in one country may be simultaneous, nearly so, or happen much later from the same service in another country.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 25, 2022 2:00 AM
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To R10 and R11 ( not sure how to tag the posts):
In Aftersun, Calum's interaction with that hot scuba diving instructor seemed kinda flirty. Plus, it's the only person ( other than his daughter) Calum engages in on the trip. I wondered if his depression was related to his sexuality.
In AQOTWF (the 2022 version), Paul doesn't really seem to show any interest in women despite other soldiers constantly going on about them. Instead, he is completely devoted to his male friends, especially Kat, with whom he appears to share an especially close connection.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 25, 2022 2:37 AM
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How do these dreary, badly-acted pics get greenlit? Are they tru$t-funded because Twylar went to film school? It's always 2 hotties somehow meet and have this prickly courtship that turns into a compromise relationship.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 25, 2022 2:44 AM
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R17 Thank you for exhausting us
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 26, 2022 5:16 AM
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[quote]In Aftersun, Calum's interaction with that hot scuba diving instructor seemed kinda flirty...I wondered if his depression was related to his sexuality.
Someone I follow on Twitter retweeted someone who thought Calum was gay so I checked Twitter to see if anyone else was picking up on that and there were a few who did.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 26, 2022 3:36 PM
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The Blue Caftan was good but don't go into hoping for some explicit sex scenes.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 16, 2023 7:15 AM
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Most American gay films are shit, unrelatable shit. The Brit, the Oz, the French gay films were exceptional.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 16, 2023 10:23 AM
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Datalounge has conditioned me to regard caftans and explicit sex scenes crossing paths as nightmare fuel.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 16, 2023 9:32 PM
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Most of these look uninteresting and feature unattractive actors. Shame.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 16, 2023 11:11 AM
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Of the movies on the list, I've seen In from the Side from England, The Blue Caftan from Morocco and Of an Age from Australia - as well a one not on the list, Concerned Citizen from Isreal (which I saw yesterday).
I'm lucky to be able to see movies like this in a theater.
I like them all to varying degrees - in fact I especially loved Blue Caftan - and I generally find non-American gay movies to be more rewarding than those made in this country.
But then I'm not looking to watch a movie because the guys are attractive.
I do so because of the subject matter and whether the movie says something interesting about those characters placed in those situations.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 16, 2023 11:36 AM
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This thread is so last year.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 16, 2023 11:45 AM
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