La Haine (2003)
I don't know if there's actually any homoeroticism in here, or if I am just heavily projecting my own disgusting fantasies onto Vinz... Genuinely one of the best movies ever made either way.
Amount: Some.Intenional: Probably not
Movies where the (mostly agressively masculine) male characters are not confirmed to be gay for each other, but are definitely probably at least a little gay for each other.
Movies that make you wonder if the director knew what they were doing, or if they actually are fucking blind to the extreme sexual tension they have created.
Movies where anything but gay sex is a metaphor for gay sex.
The list goes from least to most total homoeroticism, each review states the amount of homo shit and the guessed intention of the creator.
Also, due to my personal tastes (autism), many entries are Russian movies that may not have subtitled versions widely available. Sorry.
(This list is a mirror of the one I have on my Letterboxd)
I don't know if there's actually any homoeroticism in here, or if I am just heavily projecting my own disgusting fantasies onto Vinz... Genuinely one of the best movies ever made either way.
Amount: Some.
This movie has a few homoerotic scenes, notably in the intro, but the main reason it's on this list is that it features skinhead inspired fashion. Which is automatically very gay, and also what I personally find very sexy and attractive. I <3 Yuri Borisov.
Amount: Some?
I might be putting on my rainbow tin foil hat for this one, but I think it's pretty fucking gay to put your arm around your best friend right after he likens getting shot for the first time to losing his virginity...
Amount: I think there should be more of it.
No amount of bragging about having sex with women can make me forget that one scene in the nightclub bar.
Amount: One potent moment, the rest of the movie is too stressful to think about gay shit.
Did all cops in the USSR put their high calf leather boots between the legs of interrogated criminals as a way to intimidate them, or is that just a Gleb Zheglov thing? Either way, it's pretty hot. Also Sharapov being absolutely destroyed after Zheglov didn't think his acting was good enough gives dramatic theatre kid vibes.
Amount: A surprising amount
I don't care what you say, that man has a face meant for a POV dick sucking porno!!!
Amount: A little bit.
Boarding schools for only one gender can only end up horrible or homoerotic. This one is both!
Amount: Enough to make you cry at the end.
OBSERVE: I don't mean to make light of the Columbine Massacre by putting this movie here. Zero Day is a good and meaningful movie, with and without its inspiration in mind. But there's homo shit here.
Amount: Some
Karate fighter and his artistic boyfriend with a gay ass moustache. A lot of men touching each other and speaking with low, husky voices. Also I have not found this with subtitles anywhere.
Amount: A few incredibly potent moments.
The most interpreted movie ever.
Amount: However much you want there to be.
This movie is so campy, that it is gay wether you think there is anything between the protagonists or not.
Amount: If you are a homo, you will have a field day. If you are not, you will probably still wonder why they are like...that.
1940s men who stand veeeeeery close to each other.
Amount: Your Honor, they are fruity as hell
The most amount of on screen homoerotic tension and devotion I have ever seen. It is fair to argue this movie is "too canonically gay" for this list, since the subject of one character's homosexuality permeates the whole movie, but since it is never properly established as the truth, it makes the list. Somehow.
Amount: As close as you can get to a gay romance movie without being categorised as a gay romance movie.