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Plot Summary:
Alex, a young addict who is dealing with the loss of his abusive father, finds himself in an unfavorable circumstance after developing an intimate relationship with Shane a charming and dangerous stranger, this manipulative room-mate sends him down a path of destruction that comes with a risky price. Teaching him about life, sex, and fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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The Dark Place (2014)
Plot Summary:
Keegan Dark returns to the the heart of California's winery valleys to make peace with his long-estranged family. Instead, he finds a harrowing mystery that endangers his family's lives and livelihood.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, vintage, queer cinema
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Out to Kill (2014)
Plot Summary:
When private investigator Jim Noble moves into a beautiful loft complex in Tampa, he never expects to find his first case literally right outside his door - the corpse of one of his neighbors, right in the middle of the complex's courtyard. When he's hired to solve the crime, Jim quickly learns that everyone in the complex has secrets, and that someone was willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: double entendre, queer cinema
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Manodrome (2023)
Plot Summary:
Ralphie is an Uber driver and aspiring bodybuilder who is inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult and loses his grip on reality when his repressed desires are awakened.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Mystery of the Almond Trees (2004)
Plot Summary:
A pair of macho private detectives pose as a gay couple to gain access into the world of a perverted wealthy widow, Doña Josefina, also known as “Mrs. Open Mind.” The widow’s summer home, it seems, is a legendary lightning rod for scandal because of mysterious and evil incidents that occur there.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: homoerotic
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October Moon 2: November Son (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two years after their loved ones were murdered in obsessive rage, the survivors are dragged into a horrific psychological breakdown - and blood soaked plan for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, campy
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In the Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
Cassidy is a senior at a NYC college and he's trying to balance the demands of school, his role as big brother to Jessica, a freshman at the same school and his role as best buddy to horn-dog Mike with his emerging feelings of attraction to men. This is further complicated by a string of co-ed murders on campus for which his sister fits the victim profile.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, scary, tense, mind bending, realistic, surprise ending
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Rift (2017)
Plot Summary:
Months after they broke up, Gunnar receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. He sounds distraught, like he's about to do something terrible to himself. Gunnar drives up to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up and soon discovers that there's more going on than he imagined. As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, some other person seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, dark drama, queer horror, queer cinema
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The Fetist (1998)
Plot Summary:
Slightly strange Sato entry from 1998 revisting the gay pinku (a broad cinematic term used to categorize a wide variety of Japanese films with adult content) once again. A young man in a somewhat abusive gay relationship slowly loses his mind and becomes a serial killer, slashing random people in the streets. There's a next-door neighbour obsessed with capturing sounds and eavesdropping, another neighbour who has an S&M relationship with a girl that seems to unsettle and trigger violent and confusing thoughts in the young man, and there's a gay painter who becomes obsesed with the young man. Violence escalates and becomes chaotic, but none of their behaviour makes any sense.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Clay Farmers (1988)
Plot Summary:
Mike, a young hired hand in California is working a small farm with a close friend, Dan. Mike is content on the farm and obviously attracted to the handsome Dan. Dan seems to be attracted to Mike as well but is a drifter and not happy as a farmer. He longs to finish out the contract and move on to a big city, perhaps with Mike. Gary, a boy from the next farm over, befriends them during their daily chores. Gary lives with his abusive father, a stepmother and a stepbrother. Gary is drawn to the camaraderie of the young farmhands in part to avoid his problems at home. When an innocent session of skinny-dipping is misconstrued by the boy's father, the young hired hands soon find themselves unjustly suspected of wrongdoing in a suddenly hostile small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Murder in Portland (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the third Olympia based story from Richard Anthony Films. The story revolves around a young gay boy, the son of a Baptist preacher, who has not spoken since he witnessed a traumatic murder at a very young age. He is driven from his back country home by his abusive father, and travels to Olympia where he meets a young store owner who takes him in. This is the heartwarming story of young love set in Washington state. Follow this young pair as they fall in love and through caring and understanding the young boy regains his ability to speak.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Unhappy Birthday (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in and around the remote tidal island of Amen, Unhappy Birthday is the fictional story of three outsiders' battles against the twisted morals of an antiquated community. Inspired by British cult classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror, the film explores the fear of isolation and nature versus nature. A special birthday party becomes a living nightmare for City-dwelling couple Sadie and Rick and their friend Johnny. They visit Corinne, an enigmatic local on the island of Amen, which is accessible only by invite and seemingly impossible to get off. A mysterious family connection with Corinne brings horrific consequences as they find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the island's wild nature.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, homoerotic
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Angels with Tethered Wings (2014)
Plot Summary:
Angels with Tethered Wings is an unusual, quirky and erotic three-part drama - a back-from-the-grave revenge flick about hope and forgiveness! The film follows what happens when a good man does a bad thing for a good reason. He tries to right a wrong by freeing two young lovers but instead forever entraps them to their mortal coils. In the end their collective love for each other will give an almost perfect stranger the wings to fly.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, homoerotic, hood
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Shiner (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raising the subtext of "Fight Club" into text, "Shiner" depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old Los Angeles director Christian Calson. There's also a woman literally fighting her male lover's affections and another boxer who stalks his own shy male stalker. "Shiner" transcends sadomasochism in that no one seems aware of what he or she is doing. "I'm trying to look at desire head on," the soft-spoken Calson said by telephone. "('Shiner') is about the politics of wanting and being wanted and how people respond differently." Rife with ugly behavior, "Shiner" rejects the trend of queer filmmakers seeking straight understanding. "In L.A., we have this kind of sadness we carry around, that the only way we can make gay stories is by making more like 'Will and Grace,' " Calson said. Like the activist-filmmakers tackling the marriage issue, Calson went into ".
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Open Cam (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gay serial killer in Washington, DC uses dating web site to stalk victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, sexual, lgbt cinema, sex comedy, sexy, sexploitation film
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Taboo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, intense, dark drama, independent film, surprise ending, twist ending
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Seeing Heaven (2010)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young escort, Paul, suffers from trip-like dreams he doesn't understand. These visions are shared by his clients, both scaring and exciting them. Paul is searching for his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen since childhood, and hooks up with enigmatic film director John Baxter. Desired by everyone but lost to himself, Paul is persuaded to make one adult film, which will help him discover himself, and in the process find his twin. But the journey he goes on is a dark one, involving dangerous clients, an unscrupulous rival producer, and unsafe sex. In discovering his true past, Paul is in danger of destroying himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Drown (2015)
Plot Summary:
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man. Phil is gay. After the annual awards dinner, Len finds Phil in the Club House locker room and violently attacks him. To Len’s surprise, Phil refuses to rat on Len about the beating. When Phil wins the annual Surf Lifesaving competition, Len’s defeat is final. In an act of revenge, Len gets Phil drunk and subjects him to a series of humiliating acts. But, the hatefulness forces Len to come face to face with a fundamental question: can he accept the truth about his own sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, queer cinema
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Into the Lion's Den (2011)
Plot Summary:
As the three out-of-towners toast the end of their journey, someone at the bar is watching them and setting a deadly trap. Now, as closing time draws near, a night of unspeakable horrors is about to begin. Jesse Archer (Violet Tendencies, Going Down in LA-LA Land) and Ronnie Kroell (Eating Out: Drama Camp, Bravo's Make Me a Super Model) headline in this bold, uncompromising thriller that plunges into the depths of human depravity. With its unpredictable plotline and raw performances, Into the Lion's Den is a twisted nightmare that viewers won't soon forget.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, slasher, queer cinema
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Drink Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
James and Andy, a sexy gay couple, seem to have everything they ever dreamed of…but things are about to change. Andy loses his job and they take in a handsome stranger called Sebastian. Nightmares come to life as Andy realizes that Sebastian is hiding a dark secret. Could Sebastian be the killer stalking the streets of their neighborhood? A classically sexy thriller- with a delicious vampiric touch, DRINK ME is a highly erotic and exciting film.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, sexy, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Socket (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Bill Matthews is struck by lighting. While recovering at the hospital where he works, he begins an intimate relationship with Dr. Craig Murphy, who invites Bill to join a strange group of lightning survivors.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexual, homoerotic, sexy, queer cinema
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Spiral (2019)
Plot Summary:
A same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighbourhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something very shocking has got to give.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, queer horror, psychological, suspenseful, splatter, dark drama, queer cinema, weird
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Alpha Delta Zatan (2017)
Plot Summary:
Alpha Delta Zatan is set entirely within the claustrophobic confines of a frat house, the film follows the increased paranoia between members of a fraternity as they start to disappear at the hands of a masked killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, homoerotic, independent film, slasher horror, queer cinema
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A Siren in the Dark (2009)
Plot Summary:
Cameron, a Police Officer with psychic abilities, is called upon to interview an accused teen in hopes of finding the whereabouts of the teen's missing gay lover. His investigation immediately spirals into sordid tales of drug abuse, sexual obsessions, and a mysterious man living on a deserted mountain road.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, sexual, lgbt cinema, crying, freeze frame, sexy
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Sacrament (2014)
Plot Summary:
Leaving the city behind for a weekend of booze, bud and bonding at the coast, seven friends find themselves stranded en route to South Padre Island when a big storm interferes with their plans. The town of Middle Spring is more than happy to welcome them with open arms, however; located in the rhinestone buckle of the Bible Belt, Middle Spring is smack-dab in the middle of a big barbecue and tent revival and there’s always room at their table for a few more warm bodies. Unfortunately, no one in Middle Spring is exactly who they seem to be— this town takes the Bible quite literally, and the friends have to stick together as time begins to run out and they realize that what’s on the menu may be closer to home than they suspected.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Rites of Passage (1999)
Plot Summary:
When lawyer DJ Farraday discovers his father has been having an affair, the two drive out to the remote family cabin to talk things over. What neither expects is that DJ's estranged gay brother Campbell will already be there, apparently planning a weekend retreat with his boyfriend. But father and sons are forced to put aside their grievances when two escaped convicts show up and put everyone's lives in danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, sincere, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
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M/M (2018)
Plot Summary:
Wayward Canadian, Matthew, crushed by the isolation of being new to Berlin, turns his sexual desires toward Matthias that spiral into a dark fixation of assumed identity. Soon, this obsessive power struggle between the two, careens toward brutal passion and violence in a bid for dominance.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, melancholic, contemplative, experimental, gay cinema
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Sequin in a Blue Room (2019)
Plot Summary:
Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emotionally unavailable. That’s until he finds his way to an anonymous sex party, where a whole new dizzyingly alluring world unfolds before him. In one scene, Sequin connects with a mysterious stranger, but they are separated suddenly. Utterly fixated on this man, Sequin sets off on an exhilarating and perilous mission to track him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 878
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, queer cinema
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Downriver (2015)
Plot Summary:
James has served time for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found in the river. A visit from his victim's mother upon parole sends him on a quest to find the truth. With little time and danger at every turn, James risks his freedom and his life to uncover the trail of sins that might give closure to the grieving mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Frisk (1995)
Plot Summary:
A first person narrative of a gay serial killer explores violence, sexuality, and imagination.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, independent film, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual, black comedy
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Cruising (1980)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, detective, sexual, erotic, sexy, cult classic, intense, slasher