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Plot Summary:
The "Gear" is one of the engineering mechanical devices in the cogwheel system (as in a clock). Having one signifies that one is a student of the Faculty of Engineering. However, to get one, all engineering freshmen must first undergo the SOTUS (acronym for Seniority, Order, Tradition, Unity, and Spirit) system. Arthit (Perawat Sangpotirat), one of the third year seniors, often abuses his power over the freshmen by making them do things against the rules. Freshmen students are practically powerless to complain or resist any orders given by their seniors. Arthit was seemingly unstoppable, until Kongpob (Prachaya Ruangroj) stood up against the abuses by the former. Continual encounters between the two developed from animosity to something much more affectionate.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, touching, sweet, disturbing, yaoi, lgbt cinema
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Dangerous Romance (2023)
Plot Summary:
Sailom, a poor and studious student, has worked several odd jobs along with his elder brother in an effort to keep them afloat. One day, a misunderstanding causes him to hate school bully Kanghan. However, fate plays its hand when Sailom, offered a sum of money too great to refuse, takes on the role of Kanghan's private tutor. Despite their difference, the two develop an irrefutable connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Secret Crush On You (2022)
Plot Summary:
Discover the secret of a nerdy young man who falls in love with a third-year senior. Because his dream is so far from reach, observing is the only thing he could do. “Kaojao told me I was falling in love. Som said I was seriously sick. Daisy said I was gay. But I think I’m a completely novice stalker.” But what happens when one auspicious day the world devises an opportunity for Toh to make himself known to Neua, the person he has been in love with for a long time. The unforeseen opportunity produces head-spinning chaos for Toh and the gang. Whether Toh keeps his love a secret that must be hidden or acts with daring and recklessness, the heart is not up to it and the opportunity is not easy to find. Will this work or will it fail? What will a beginner stalker do with his love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Mr. Cinderella (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Cinderella tells the story of Dung and Khoa. When Dung was a child, he used to be close and liked a little girl, he often called her "his cinderella" but then the girl moved house and Dung lost contact since then. Later, as an adult, Dung became a chef for a small restaurant, but then lost his job and was chased by a gang, and was fortunately saved by Doctor Khoa in a blood-soaked state. At this time, Dung accidentally discovered that Khoa was the "Cinderella" that he liked in his childhood. Will Dung overcome the thought barrier to come to Khoa's side? And did the appearance of Huynh - Khoa's ex-lover cause this relationship to fall apart?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags:
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Love By Chance (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pete is a handsome, tall, white-skin guy and is followed by a lot of girls. But Pete is gay and is usually bullied by friends. So one day, when Pete was bullied by his friends, Ae appears and helps him. Then Ae accidentally becomes the “bodyguard” of Pete. Of course, Pete falls in love with Ae, but he decided to keep that secret in his mind because Pete knows Ae is not gay like him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, sincere, touching, captivating, disturbing, yaoi, queer cinema
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Long Time No See (2017)
Plot Summary:
The renown hitman, ‘Flying Dagger’, bumps into ‘Wild Dog’, who happens to be a hired assassin for mobster ‘Black Leopard’. While both of them try to be incognito, they cannot help falling in love with each other. However, ‘Wild Dog’ has a secret that he couldn't confide to 'Flying Dagger.'. After all, ‘Flying Dagger’ and ‘Wild Dog’ reveal their secret identities to each other during the fight led by their bosses. They run into danger as gangsters brand them as traitors. Will they be able to overcome obstacles and keep their love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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Lovely Writer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Gene, a writer by profession, is one day given a request by his publisher to try his hand at a new type of genre, which is Boys' Love. Accepting this new challenge, Gene writes and publishes a Y novel that is well received and becomes incredibly successful. So successful that it even gets made into a BL drama. This is the story of how Gene, a popular writer, gets deceived by the 20-year-old guy, Nubsib, who comes to audition for the lead role—pretending to be polite and good-natured when he is a wolf in reality through and through.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Our Skyy (2018)
Plot Summary:
A five-episode anthology that serves as a continuation of the stories of Pick and Rome (Secret Love: Puppy Honey), In and Sun (My Dear Loser), Tee and Mork ('Cause You're My Boy), Kao and Pete (Kiss Me Again), and Arthit and Kongpob (SOTUS).
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology
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We Best Love: No.1 for You (2021)
Plot Summary:
What's the feeling of being suppressed? Zhou Shu Yi knows about that too well. Since after fifth grade, he has been suppressed by Gao Shi De, falling from forever No.1 to forever No.2. Thus, after Grade 12, he thinks he doesn't have to bear this anymore because they will go to different universities. However, future doesn't come in his way. At university, he meets Gao Shi De in the PK contest held by his favorite swimming club. Not only does he fail to win in front of his secretly-loved senior but he also almost drowns himself because of cramp. What's worse is that the senior is seeing Gao Shi De. He wonders why Gao Shi De is everywhere?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, dorama, psychological, tear jerker, queer cinema
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Make It Right The Series (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follows the adventures and love lives of high school students. Fuse is a gentle and sensitive boy who is heartbroken because of his girlfriend who cheated on him, so he tries to get over her by getting drunk with his friends at a party. There he meets his friend, Tee and ends up sleeping with him that night. How is he going to cope with his new feelings for another boy and just how many boys who struggle with the same feelings are there at his school? • Adapted from the novel with the same title.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, yaoi, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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My Engineer (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Bon the popular engineering students start a revenge plan on Duen The innocent first year medical students slowly their feelings start to grow through roses that Duen Have to buy for Bon every day for a month. The series bring out the different side of each couple and their journey with friends and relationship. Join us and see how their feelings slowly evolved with each other through the 4 couples.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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2Moons: The Series (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of six university students facing new challenges like: studying hard, making new friends and enemies, and unexpectedly falling in love with the least likely person.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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TharnType: The Series (2019)
Plot Summary:
Type is a dark, tall and handsome freshmen. Although he’s a warm boy, he is homophobic because he was molested by a man as a child. His life turns up side down when the new year of college brings along a very interesting person in his life, a gay roommate, Than. Than, is a very handsome music major with fair skin and mixed features. He is also openly gay. With a gay guy and a guy who hates gay men, that have to share a small space together for the rest of the year — what can possibly be the outcome of their story? Hatred? Or maybe love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: yaoi, sexy, captivating, romantic, dorama
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Soft Lad (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young man involved in a love affair that will change his life forever, whilst his lover wrestles his demons on a journey that will force him to come to terms with his sexuality, leaving lives destroyed in the wake.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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his ~I didn't think I would fall in love~ (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nagisa is 17 years old and attends second grade in high school. He is apart from his parents and lives alone in the seaside town of Fujisawa in Kanagawa. He is passionate about surfing and works at a bathhouse in a hostel on the island Enoshima linked to Fujisawa. Shun is the same age as Nagisa and visits Fujisawa for spring break. They meet and develop a relationship more than friendship. However, the surfing equipment store owner's daughter, Chika, has been secretly in love with Nagisa.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Until We Meet Again (2019)
Plot Summary:
Korn and In's love was doomed from the beginning. It was forbidden from the start — falling in love with the right person but at a wrong time, surrounded by parents who were enemies and a society that would shame their love. Their story never really had a happy ending. Ever since he was a little boy, Parm (19), has always seen a face in his dreams, a person he can not remember after he wakes up. Having a phobia of sudden loud noises, he has always felt like there's someone missing in his life— until he sees the swimming club's president, Dean (21), who has also been searching for a face he sees in his dreams, ever since he was young.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, dorama, psychological, melancholic
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2gether: The Series (2020)
Plot Summary:
A student named Tine wants to get rid of a gay admirer. His friends recommend getting a pretend boyfriend – Sarawat. But Sarawat plays hard to get, until he finally agrees. The two become close and intense emotions soon erupt. Are they just pretending or already have feelings for each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, dorama, queer cinema
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Still 2gether (2020)
Plot Summary:
Is there any need to wait ten years to see if the love between Sarawat and Tine lasts? In these special episodes, we will see the progression of their relationship. We'll learn more of how Sarawat persuaded Tine, from feigned to direct, up until Sarawat could be with the one he had pined after for years, while Tine was just discovering this connection. We'll look into their future lives after they've both begun their first long-term relationship. Finally, we will see the lives of the other couples as they continue to love and care for each other. Man and Type, Phukong and Mil, Green and Dim; how will their relationships grow after all this time? (Source: Shannon0l0 at mydramalist).
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, sexy, touching, captivating, melancholic
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HIStory (2017)
Plot Summary:
HIStory (pronounced "his story") is a Taiwanese streaming drama anthology series created by Ting Fei Chang for the online streaming service Line TV. Each season presents stand-alone stories with different plots and main characters focusing on the theme of boys' love, also known as BL.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: yaoi, sentimental, touching, disturbing, dorama, anthology, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Together With Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
This story takes place before the events of Bad Romance The Series. It is focused on Korn and Knock and how they met and all the obstacles they had to go through before they officially became a couple.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sincere, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dorama
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Addicted (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ever since he was young, Bai Luo Yin has been living with his careless father, Bai Han Qi and his grandmother. When he turned 16 years old, his biological mother Jiang Yuan is re-marrying, and her partner is the party’s high ranking official Gu Wei Ting. Because of his mother’s death, Gu Wei Ting’s son, Gu Hai, has been harboring a deep grudge towards his father. Due to the random hand of fate, the 2 brothers with wildly conflicting emotional backgrounds have been placed in the same class. With time, they slowly developed a different kind of feeling. Bai Luo Yin’s classmates, You Qi and Fa Xiao Yang Meng, have been instrumental in the relationship.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, yaoi, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Semantic Error (2022)
Plot Summary:
Choo Sang-woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Choo Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to work with Jae-young as an artist and engineer?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, homoerotic, queer cinema
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Heartbreak High (2022)
Plot Summary:
A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Cherry Blossoms After Winter (2022)
Plot Summary:
The death of his parents forces a seven-year-old boy named Seo Hae Bom to move in with an adoptive family who have a young son of the same age named Jo Tae Seong. Seo Hae Bom is in awe of Jo Tae Seong – he considers the boy to be everything that he is not: tall, handsome, popular, caring, and worthy of love and attention. The diminutive Seo Hae Bom thinks himself inferior and is humbled by the kindness of the family that took him in. Things become slightly different for the duo, however, after Seo Hae Bom and Jo Tae Seong end up in the same high school class. All of a sudden, they are spending more time than ever together at home and at school. An unexpected romantic spark ignites between the two – but what will Cupid have to say about all this?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Dark Blue Kiss (2019)
Plot Summary:
The continuation of Kao, Pete, Sun and Mork's story. Kao and Pete being in a blissful romance, have grown closer. But with Kao being closeted from his mother, he fears the dreaded thought of her finding out. His mother then introduces Non, a son of a colleague, as he requires tutoring from Kao. With Non constantly giving off 'iffy' vibes towards Kao, it only fuels Pete's jealousy. Their relationship is put in strain, but through this, they must ultimately overcome each other's flaws. They both blossom in their youthfulness coated by their everlasting fondness for one another. Surrounded by the wonder of dark blue, Pete and Kao surrender to their feelings. Sun starts taking hints from his unrequited love and slowly gives up on Kao. Through this Mork happened to possibly comfort him. Whilst Sun pushes Rain to stay away from Mork, the younger man's uncontrollable behaviour brings him in. As his wildness is intriguing, Sun's seriousness holds Mork down somewhat. Underneath it all, the two start to care for each other. However, with Mork's dangerous life, he can't shake who he is. But maybe he can for someone like Sun.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Tonhon Chonlatee (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chonlatee, a shy kind hearted boy, has secretly had a crush on Tonhon, the guy next door, since he was a kid. P‘Ton has always taken care of him as if they were real brothers. But Chonlatee can only watch P‘Ton and his girlfriend from afar. That is until fortune favors him and P‘Ton updates his status to single. Chonlatee then decides to change his look to win P‘Ton‘s heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Wrecked (2009)
Plot Summary:
An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale. Ryan is an earnest 18-year-old trying to develop a career as an actor and getting his life on the right track. This course is quickly threatened with the sudden arrival of his sort-of ex, Daniel, who arrives at Ryan's door wanting a place to stay.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, art house, realistic, gloomy, independent film, sincere, queer cinema
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Young Royals (2021)
Plot Summary:
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: disturbing, romantic, captivating, psychological, feel good, emotional, saga, queer cinema
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Theory of Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Third is a filmology major and a member of the Savage team along with his best friends Too, Bone, and Kai, but he has a secret. Third has been secretly in love with his Kai for years. For three years he has kept his….
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sexy, dorama, psychological, sentimental, sincere, romantic, touching, melancholic
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Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two love stories, sixty years apart, charting the challenges and huge change to gay lives with Michael and Thomas from WW2 to Adam and Steve to the present day.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, psychological, touching, erotic, retro, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, period drama