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Movie
Ammonite (2020) • Francis Lee
1840s England. Paleontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities.
Velvet goldmine (1998) • Todd Haynes
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
Brokeback mountain (2005) • Ang Lee
1960s Wyoming. Two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Saltburn (2023) • Emerald Fennell
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Interview with the vampire (1994) • Neil Jordan
A vampire relates his epic lfe story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Billy Elliot (2000) • Stephen Daldry
England, 1984. The miners' strike has started. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented.
Young hearts (2024) • Anthony Schatteman
The story of Elias, a boy who falls in love with his new neighbour, a boy of the same age named Alexander.
Kill your darlings (2013) • John Krokidas
Call me by your name (2017) • Luca Guadagnino
17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture.
Anime
Kase-san and morning glories (2018)
Yui Yamada, a high school girl with a fondness for plants and gardening, starts dating Tomoka Kase, the ace of her school's track team.
The summer hikaru died (2025) • CygamesPictures
Indo Hikaru, Yoshiki's best friend, went missing in the forest and came back without recollection of what happened. But whatever it is that came back, Yoshiki knows that it's not Hikaru.
Stars align (2019) • Eight bit
Given (2019) • Lerche
Follows a group of four students in an amateur rock band and the dual romantic relationships that form among them.
Manga | Manhwa
Welcome back, Alice (2023) • Shūzō Oshimi
Childhood friends Youhei, Kei, and Yui are reunited in high school. But what seemed like a straightforward love triangle between them takes an unexpected turn when Kei shows up looking and dressed like a girl
Killing Stalking (2016) • Koogi
Bum, a young troubled man, after becoming infatuated with Sangwoo, decides to enter Sangwoo's home while he is out, only to find a tied up, bruised woman in his basement. Before he is able to free her, he is discovered by Sangwoo, who is revealed to be a serial killer.
Waltz (2021) • Shūzō Oshimi
Onaga discovers her neighbor, Kashiwabara, in his balcony one hot summer night, dressed up in women's clothing. A unique relationship between them ensues
Neko ni naritai Tamawaga-kun (2022) • Touno Moto
For Tamagawa, volunteering at a cat café is the only relief from his stressful job. The manager tells him to "relax and learn to be spoiled," but he doesn't know what that means until a new customer comes to the café and tells Tamagawa he wants to keep him as a cat.
The summer Hikaru died (2021) • Mokumokuren
Indo Hikaru, Yoshiki's best friend, went missing in the forest and came back without recollection of what happened. But whatever it is that came back, Yoshiki knows that it's not Hikaru.
Book
If we were villains (2017) • M. L. Rio
Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Conservatory, a place of fierce competition. In this secluded world, Oliver and his friends play the same roles on and off stage. But in their final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and real violence invades the students’ world.
These violent delights (2020) • Micah Nemerever
When Paul meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, he is immediately drawn to his classmate’s effortless charm. As their friendship spirals into all-consuming intimacy, they each learn the lengths to which the other will go in order to stay together
Series
I'm not okay with this (2020)
Sydney Novak is a shy, awkward teenager who discovers that she has psychokinetic powers that are triggered by strong emotions. She aims to gain control over her powers while navigating the complicated relationships of her life.
Hannibal (2013)
Focuses on the relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy and, at the same time, the only person who can understand him.
Animated movie
Doukyuusei (2016) • A-1 pictures
Sajō is a quiet and intelligent student at Touichikou High School, an unexceptional all-boys high school, where he is tutored for the school's choir by classmate Hikaru Kusakabe. They begin dating after Kusakabe impulsively kisses Sajō, and grow closer over the course of the year.
