I can’t sleep. Let’s talk about the four sacred top fives of 2022 as in top 5 gay movies, top 5 gay tv ships (or shows as whole), top 5 short gay movies and for the next one, let’s change it up a little bit and I’ll provide you with top 5 upcoming gay movies (2023) I’m looking forward to and are currently in the process of pre-production, production or post-production.
5. La Santa Piccola - very different from your usual gay movies, but the scenery is gorgerous and the story made me feel things
4. Badhaai Do - amazing queer representation in Indian Cinema, "gay guy and a lesbian woman enter into holy matrimony to appease their families”… just pure comedy and romance and the friendship is beautiful
3. Fire Island - a classic rom-com, must-see
2. In from the Side - rugby gays, affair, romance… all of that
1. Sublime - since it’s finally available on VoD, I had a chance to watch it this weekend and the soundtrack and story got me… Mi mejor amigo vibes but actually gay
Top 5 Gay Ships/TV Shows of 2022
5. Heartstopper - a classic, it was honestly hard to rate the shows because they’re all equally brilliant in my eyes
4. Heartbreak High - australian Sex Education, obsessed
3. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself - magic, witches, gays… c’mon
2. Prisma - very important show
1. Patrick/Iván in Élite - they’re literally everything to me, if you get it you get it, if you don’t you don’t, if you know you know and if you don’t know I honestly feel bad for you like I literally cannot explain it, I don’t have the vocabulary to sit here and explain like either you get the vibe or you don’t
5. Catalina - a queer man and his two childhood best friends reunite for a weekend camping trip on Catalina Island… could there be sumn more?
4. Too Rough - Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family… very sad
3. Jean est tombé amoureux - two football players of opposite teams falling in love… mm very good!
2. Swim - two swimmers develop a strong friendship during their weekly sessions, but their relationship is tested outside the pool, when true identities are revealed… this one fawked me up good
1. Hard - Mikey experiences awkwardness and struggles to navigate the uncertainties of his sexuality after his first time with a girl doesn’t go as expected, forcing him to confront his feelings of desire for his best friend… this was so much fun to watch
Top 5 Upcoming Gay Movies in 2023
5. The History of Sound - Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor in a gay romance period drama? We’re looking forward to that actually! Anyways, they were supposed to film it this year, but they had busy schedules. Current plan is next year. Also Paul was hanging out with the director last month, so maybe something’s cooking.
4. Glitter & Doom - described as a summer romance musical feature told with the iconic tunes of folk duo Indigo Girls. Film follows a musician who wears charisma as camouflage and a carefree guy about to run away with the circus as they fall in love at first sight. Sounds fun.
3. Nuovo Olimpo - any Ferzan Özpetek fans? Any Manuel from Un professore fans? Well, looks like we won. Period drama set in Italy, following two men who have a chance encounter and then fall deeply in love, and then are torn apart. The film then follows them both over the next decades as they attempt to find each other again.
2. Strangers - yes, another one with Paul Mescal… yes, I’m crazy. And hi Andrew Scott. Directed by Andrew Haigh (Weekend, HBO’s Looking). Word on the street is that their characters will be romantically involved since Mescal’s character corresponds to a woman who has a romance with the protagonist (Scott) in the original novel. We will be tuning in.
1. Bonus Track - film set in 2006, follows a small-town boy with dreams of being a gifted musician. When the son of an iconic musical duo enrols at his school, a powerful bond between the boys begins to grow. Based on an original story by Josh O'Connor (yes, him) and Michael Gilbert.
Anyways, that is it. There are a lot of movies that weren’t released THIS year yet, and I’m looking forward to them (Punch, Aristotle and Dante, Spoiler Alert,…). But I would be just repeating myself, so I’m not gonna talk about that.
