Favorite Gay Short Films - Top 30

For my purposes, anything under sixty minutes qualifies as a "short film."

etoks21 Aug 14, 2023
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  • Going South

    1. Going South

    Korean Movie - 2012

    10
  • Stay with Me

    2. Stay with Me

    Taiwanese Movie - 2015

    10
  • Just Friends?

    3. Just Friends?

    Korean Movie - 2009

    10
  • Journey to the Shore

    4. Journey to the Shore

    Korean Movie - 2020

    10
  • When the Waves Rise

    5. When the Waves Rise

    Korean Movie - 2020

    10
  • Deep Ocean

    6. Deep Ocean

    Taiwanese Movie - 2022

    10
  • Love 100° C

    7. Love 100° C

    Korean Movie - 2010

    10
  • Tilted Summer

    8. Tilted Summer

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    One of Matchbox/Strongberry's very best, which is saying a lot. I don't think there's a single M/S short I'd rank below 8.5/10.

    I have watched Tilted Summer at least six times and with every watch I find something I hadn't caught before that deepens the story. I've gone back and forth on which half of the main couple is more at "fault," a sign of great writing. Very few situations IRL are black/white, and engaging stories are best told in shades of gray. 

    M/S excels at packing layers of gray upon layers of gray in a very short amount of time. TS is a great example of that.

  • Private Lessons

    9. Private Lessons

    Korean Movie - 2020

    9.5
  • A First Love Story

    10. A First Love Story

    Korean Drama - 2021, 2 episodes

    9.5
  • Brake

    11. Brake

    Korean Movie - 2019

    9.5

    Obliterating.

    Jang Yoo Sang is heartbreaking perfection in this role. He is one of my favorite actors and he is tragically under-utilized in Korean cinema. He moves me to the core in every role I've seen him play.

    Just finished what must have been my fifth watch of "Brake." More revelations I missed before. This is one I will watch again and again.

  • Sonnet 18

    12. Sonnet 18

    Korean Movie - 2019

    9.5
  • Smoke

    13. Smoke

    Korean Movie - 2019

    9.5
  • My Pistachio

    14. My Pistachio

    Korean Movie - 2018

    9.5
  • Jay

    15. Jay

    Taiwanese Movie - 2019

    9.0
  • Incomplete

    16. Incomplete

    Korean Movie - 2019

    9.0

    So many Strongberry shorts help me understand my own adolescent/young adulthood/closeted gay angst, though my experience was decades before these films were made and I went through it halfway around the world from Korea.

    CHOOSING to consciously accept incompleteness as a state of being can be a real thing. And that choice itself can change at any time, and thus is itself incomplete...

    Bravo.

  • Fly by Night

    17. Fly by Night

    Korean Movie - 2011

    9.0
  • One Night Only

    18. One Night Only

    Korean Movie - 2014

    9.0
  • Light

    19. Light

    Taiwanese Movie - 2021

    8.5
  • Suddenly Last Summer

    20. Suddenly Last Summer

    Korean Movie - 2012

    9.0
  • Why Do We Have to Hide It?!

    21. Why Do We Have to Hide It?!

    Japanese Movie - 2025

    9.0

    This is the way to do BL rainbows and unicorns and Teddy Bears, if you must, on a low budget.

  • Being Me

    22. Being Me

    Korean Movie - 2018

    8.5
  • The Turning Road

    23. The Turning Road

    Korean Movie - 2017

    8.5
  • Chul Soo

    24. Chul Soo

    Korean Movie - 2021

    8.5
  • Some More

    25. Some More

    Korean Movie - 2018

    8.5

    Strongberry goodness.

    I live for angst, distress, transgressive behaviors, and heavy drama of all kinds, but this ode to sweet simplicity and love has my heart. Tears come from happiness too. :)

  • Boxing

    26. Boxing

    Taiwanese Movie - 2019

    8.5
  • Fragment

    27. Fragment

    Korean Movie - 2018

    8.5
  • Swingin'

    28. Swingin'

    Taiwanese Movie - 2020

    8.0
  • Beats per Minute

    29. Beats per Minute

    Taiwanese Movie - 2023

    8.5
  • I Go to School Not by Bus

    30. I Go to School Not by Bus

    Hong Kong Movie - 2015

    8.5

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