Dark, toxic, and or angsty BLs

One of my favorites on this whole list. Super sad but really good.

Two codependent gays reunite after high school to bury the body of one of their girlfriends. Relationship progresses with push and pull. Frequent flashbacks to high school which is super interesting. They have a very fleshed out dynamic and it's such a sad movie. I love it though trust you should watch. One dude is deeply involved with the yakuza and the other follows him around. They cross the line into the underworld together and run away, presumably to do a double suicide.

Rape, abuse, yakuza, general violence, sexual themes and scenes, suicidal ideation and attempts, death, humiliation stuff...one guy is the other guys dog and he likes it

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Middle aged men. One is pining for the other, takes him out on what are essentially dates to battle his midlife crisis, calls it an anti-aging routine. Super angsty, hard won relationship, lots of fluff too. It's very cute.

Homophobia(?), manipulation(Not really...I don't know what to call it, the guy taking the other on dates just goes on about how he's been trying to seduce the other...not really a tw...idk.)

The other favorite. SO good.

Guy cheats on his wife. Private investigator is hired to get proof of the cheating. Private investigator turns out to be guys old friend from high school. He covers it up for him in turn for sexual acts (I think they really just kiss. Don't remember) Guy divorces wife, has push and pull relationship with private investigator, private investigator accuses guy wrongfully of cheating on him this time, conflict leads to break up. He gets engaged, guy and private investigator have sex, guy breaks up with girl and they never meet again.

Cheating/affair, blackmail, sexual themes, maybe more I don't really remember

GOATED

Delinquent x nerd, delinquent is being abused and nerd has an absent family, they get to know each other and each other's traumas, form a bond until delinquent has to move away after his abusive dad dies and orders no contact. Nerd goes to delinquent's old house, finds an undelivered letter to him confessing feelings inside the DVD case of a movie by nerd's dad they'd watched together.

They meet again in college, get to know each other over again, and get gay! Woo.

Hard fought relationship, angst, homophobia, abuse, neglect, time skip

This one isn't really dark in the way that the rest of this list is. It's moreso upsetting.

Two best friends, they like each other but can't because of homophobia, one guy gets with a girl and tries to forget about it. Some stuff happens and then they have sex. It doesn't work out, big argument, gagagaxcdefrvgt...I watched this a long time ago the plot is spotty sorry. The other guy runs away and is followed, at some point they never see each other again, then reunite at a gay bar and presumably enter a relationship. My summary doesn't do it justice at all, it's an amazing movie and truly was so sad to watch.

Homophobia(Internal and environmental), extreme angstiness

This was so good and sad. I loved it

Undercover cop guy trying to find out about the underworld x forced prostitute abused dude with no way out

Prostitute gets abused in all the ways by his stepdad and forced into prostitution to make money to appease his stepfather. Cop guy is working at a tailor shop as a cover, and helps him out of prostitution. They have a major conflict towards the end of the movie but it has a happy ending.

Abuse, incest, prostitution, sexual themes, mafia(mentioned, basically irrelevant), rape

Teacher x student. I'm pretty sure the student is 18, but that honestly doesn't make it any better. Predator bullshit. They kiss once, and the student gets mad and kicks him out. He gets fired after being reported for sexual assault. Obsession, and not in an enjoyable watch kind of way. Student grows up to be a host, then a prostitute, gets his dick bitten off yadda yadda... Don't wanna spoil too much, I guess. Meets teacher again somewhere in the middle of this, they fuck, teacher bails, whatever. My description might go a little into the second movie, I watched them back to back so it all kinda blurs together for me, sorry.

Despite its dark topics, the show handles it very well. It's filmed well, good cinematography and acting. The show doesn't treat what happened like its nothing, and the characters actually have a reaction. This is a yes for me!

Mutilation, abuse, prostitution, explicit/graphic scenes, dubious consent at the very least. I'm just glad this movie mostly handled the topics respectfully-- it was a mostly alright watch.

We meet more people and learn more about the teacher and it's all just???? like alright. BOOOO TEACHER. Idk it's fine. Interesting backstory and plotline. Student dude has to work at a club to pay off teacher's debts because teacher is dead now. I don't know why student is responsible but sure.

Despite its dark topics, the show handles it very well. It's filmed well, good cinematography and acting. The show doesn't treat what happened like its nothing, and the characters actually have a reaction. This is a yes for me!

Mutilation, abuse, prostitution, explicit/graphic scenes, dubious consent at the very least. I'm just glad this movie mostly handled the topics respectfully-- it was a mostly alright watch.

This one is my favorite out of this series because two guys I really don't like die LOL

Ummm. Idk I forgot. It's good, student ends up being gay with someone else that teacher dated?? coincidence?? no it's not. sorry it's not a coincidence. you'll see.

Despite its dark topics, the show handles it very well. It's filmed well, good cinematography and acting. The show doesn't treat what happened like its nothing, and the characters actually have a reaction. This is a yes for me!

Mutilation, abuse, prostitution, explicit/graphic scenes, dubious consent at the very least. I'm just glad this movie mostly handled the topics respectfully-- it was a mostly alright watch.

Fan favorite! This title is super popular.

Guy is poor, gets cheated on by gf for being ugly and poor, has a major glowup, starts doing random shit to try make money. Ex gf gets with guy 2 who is criminally associated, he does like dog fighting but with snakes. Guy seduces guy 2 to get back at ex and ends up really falling in love with him. A lot of crazy shit happens, guy's mom dies, they break up like twice, a lot of hoopla idk. It's really good though, I would recommend. I did this all in one sitting and I don't wanna write summaries anymore.

Guy 2 is kind of forceful with guy 1 when it comes to sex for some of the scenes? This is weirdly brushed off by the show itself, idk. They have a healthy relationship by the end I guess.

Dubious consent, cheating, manipulation, crazy revenge plot, criminal activity, violence

Pretty good, a little forgettable but pretty good!

New worker meets boss, gets past his jerk facade, falls for him, they have to confront their bad pasts, lots of conflict. Officially break it off at one point, then get back together. Happy ending.

Homophobia(Environmental), sexual themes and scenes, uhh I don't think theres anything else but maybe

Guy from city goes to train taekwondo in a little town. Housemates with other guy and his dad. Dad abuses them. They train together, get gay overtime, run away together, then shit happens and other guy/guy 2 runs away fr and is never seen again...for 12 years.

They meet again at dad's funeral and do a push and pull relationship thing idk. Sex and drinking and events and then a big scandal about college and they have a conflict about the dad also. Idk. I'm done writing summaries help

It's really good i promise my summary isn't doing it justice

Violence, angst, abuse, homophobia, sexual scenes

University student x Erotic novel writer

They get in a bike accident, student has no money so helps him by writing instead, also there's this other guy who the writer is gay with too I guess? I didn't finish this series whatever

Some CRAZY plot twists in this. Like foul shit happens seriously. It's pretty decent idk

Manipulation, debt(kinda..he owes services to the dude for breaking his arm), sexual scenes

The writer is just evil I decided not to keep watching this series after this movie because the summaries I saw told me shit I didn't like

This one alright though

It's a no for me. Dude goes to kill himself because his life falls apart and then gets sexually tortured by some psycho to 'save his life' I guess. Stockholm syndrome, super romanticized. Amazing cinematography, and from a technical perspective, it's a good film. That's the only reason I rated it as high as I did. This is irredeemable in my opinion, sorry dudes.

Very explicit and graphic scenes, violence, rape and other sexual torture, isolation, general abuse, romanticization/fetishization of serious topics, BDSM, Stockholm Syndrome. Nnnnope.

Typical school setting, popular guy tries to win over crush, crush gets bullied for spending time with popular guy and 'ruining his image', crush tries to distance from popular guy, ends up going to popular guy's birthday party. Crush tries harder to distance, popular guy follows his home and rapes him. Uses it as blackmail to keep crush with him. I didn't watch this one all the way through.

Total no for me. Plot is shallow, the show itself is filmed horribly, very low budget and ugly. Don't like it. I also heard (but again, didn't finish so idk) that popular guy raping crush was excused basically and that no justice happened. Idk this thing sucks. Dogshit

Stalking, obsession, rape, violence, blackmail, bullying, suicidal ideation