Gay shit I watched - everything under 100 minutes

T, mlm, A, wlw. ~90 minutes

Based on true stories from actual Thai queer people, who actually had a say in this production and how it represented them. 

wlw, GNC. ~32 minutes

Man how I wish GL's had more butches, but at least this one delivers! Coffeeshop manager teases employee. Extreme levels of adorable. Genuine, immersive, addictive, convincing.

mlm, wlw, T. ~80 minutes

Feels queerer than average Thai BL. Magic barista knows everyone's problems and gives them life advice. Nice and short.

wlw. ~36 minutes

Not your typical GL. Two magic ladies saving town. The plot is lightning speed, and it does not ever slow down. You might think you're watching a summary or a 'previously on', but no this is in fact how the show is structured. Blink and you miss a whole plot point. 

The GL is implied only, because this is from China and gay media is illegal there. They're doing what they can.

One of the ladies is frustratingly childish, but the other is hot so.

wlw. ~60 minutes

Yeah it just continues lol.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Dude tries to get away from abusive ex and meets cute new chef, very queer.

Part of the 'My Universe' collection

mlm. ~65 minutes

Looks like a student project. It's stupid in a good way. Lonely guy prays to bad boy love spirit, and love spirit likes him. They had fun making this. Campy and nonsensical.

mlm. ~62 minutes

Thai international student has supernatural nightmares. These guys don't beat around the bush. Good plot, alright everything else.

The second part never got made, probably because it became illegal to do so in China.

Spoiler: Open ending

wlw

Lesbian messes up some homophobes. Cathartic.

mlm. ~70 minutes

Catfishing a guy to get him to sell his vintage camera. It's fast and fun and I like it, despite the lacking production quality.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Awkward neighbours who don't really like each other slowly fall in love. It's ridiculous and comedic.

wlw, GNC. ~94 minutes

Not one butch, but two! 

This is not necessarily competent, but it is genuine and fun and a bit all over the place.

Livestreamer x fan, judo competition, being a replacement for your dead brother. There's so much in here.

mlm. ~80 minutes

Rich careless dude x silent bodyguard. Besties to lovers. The one that made South Korea realize that BL was profitable.

Short and effective. Wattpad-y in terms of its plot and drama, and I'm not saying that as if it's a bad thing. It's not sophisticated but it is enjoyable.

wlw

She gets a girl's number and freaks out about what to do, struggling to come out. It's alright. It's worth watching.

mlm, GNC

Side story/spinoff for a couple of support characters of Gameboys (2020). Short and sweet.

wlw

Pregnant lesbian talking to sperm donor friend.

mlm

His crush/roommate is going to army, so he confesses. It's nice. It's alright. It's competent.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Ghost takes over millionaire's body and tries to get back together with his ex boyfriend, who hates said millionaire.

Part of the 'My Universe' collection.

wlw

Café meetcute. Fun enough.

mlm

Tiktok series.  He attempts to get coworker to see that he's pretty cute actually. Trope-y, flirty. Good enough.

mlm

Tiktok series. They meet in a store and pursue each other. It's sweet and trope-y.

wlw. ~36 minutes

High school awkward lesbian x confident lesbian x flirty lesbian. Love triangle. There's too many characters in such a short series. It is however very adorable. Feels unfinished.

mlm

Delivery boy falls for expat he delivers food too. Addresses class and racism issues. I recommend this one.

mlm, wlw. ~35 minutes

Guy and girl both cheating with their same sex bestie, but in a wholesome way. This is really funny. Go watch it.

wlw. ~36 minutes

They have to be a fake couple for class. Shy bean x confident. Mentions the existence of nonbinary people. It's worth watching, just too short.

mlm, not a BL

HIV positive guy goes back to village home, pills get found, gets confronted.

mlm

Music video. Not really worth watching, but good production quality. Sad end.

mlm

High school graduation confession to bestie.

mlm

Sillie indie short film. He travels from parallel world to parallel world and finds his boyfriend different each time.

mlm

Short film accompanying 'I told Sunset about You' and 'I promised you the Moon'. It's worth watching. It's sweet.

mlm. ~85 minutes

This was pretty good. Assassin x secret assassin there to kill him.

cw: I think this had consent issues, but not sure.

wlw, mlm. ~90 minutes

Girl wants to be actor instead of doctor and hasn't come out to dad. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing special. 

Spoiler: half a sad ending.

wlw

Tech allows couple to see their relationship's expiration date, they hesitate.

Spoiler: yeah so the relationship has an expiration date, as expected.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Running. One dude has to pace the other one so he doesn't run too fast and loses competition. Short and sweet. Not really special.

mlm

indie short film. It's alright. Not really special. Not really worth it.

mlm

Barista crushes on client. 

mlm. ~60 minutes

Dude is about to get married to his controlling girlfriend, but then his high school ex boyfriend comes back into the picture, more determined than ever. This is sweet, short and effective.

wlw. ~42 minutes

It's about staying in the closet or being honest. Might rewatch, and the rating may improve to 8. I do recommend this one.

mlm. ~80 minutes

Kind of a prologue to The Promise. It's alright.

mlm

Talking to grindr guy and going on date with other guy, oop, same guy. Yeah fun enough and it's short, so go watch it.

wlw. ~65 minutes.

Lesbian niece comes to work for aunt's lesbian coffee shop, both have romances. There is nothing wrong here in terms of plot or acting or anything else, but it is too short, with too many characaters, for me to connect to this as much as I want to.

wlw

Her mom is very strictly Christian, but she meets a cute girl at church. Mom is not happy.

Spoiler: not a happy ending.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Enemies to lovers at camping haunted by ex crush. It is a little scary. But there's a plot twist and everything is fine at the end.

Part of the 'My Universe' collection.

wlw. ~36 minutes

Cultivator (=magic lady) and girlfriend go to haunted boat and meet lesbian vampires. The plot is lightning speed. Blink and you missed a whole plot twist. The visuals are definitely on point though. And if you manage to catch the whole plot before it zooms by you, it is pretty coherent and poignant.

wlw, mlm

One straight, one lesbian, one gay couple negotiating a kiss. It's alright.

wlw

Lesbians talking about lesbian things in a lesbian bar. Does what it says on the tin, no more, no less. It's worth watching.

wlw

She works at a modeling agency and a totally unqualified girl shows up, It's funny and I liked it.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Dudes get into hijinks trying their best to be each other's soulmates, magically. It's sweet.

mlm

It's just sweet. Nothing super special about it, but it is worth watching. Tutor x student.

mlm. ~40 minutes

His ex shows up with the news that he's getting married to a woman, but he'd prefer an affair with him.

Yeah nothing wrong here, nothing exceptional, just short.

wlw. ~40 minutes

Two girls date, one is less okay with being openly gay than the other, and this leads to problems. This is cute and short.

wlw. ~10 minutes

two actresses get shipped and are very okay with that. Period underwear ad.

wlw. ~40 minutes with the three acts combined.

Short films. This sure does exist. It's fine. It's not like you'll lose a lot of time if you watch these.

wlw

High school bestie crush with zero resolution

wlw. ~43 minutes with the two seasons combined.

Well you'd never guess the plot but she works in marketing (BL and GL's favorite industry) and crushes on her superior. Second season is slightly better than the first. It's watchable.

wlw. ~44 minutes

Look man I was really exited that there'd be multiple wlw series coming out so I excitedly watched the prologue which is essentially a long trailer, and it looks fine I guess, but now the filming for the series is indefinitely delayed and I am sad about it.

wlw. ~41 minutes

Short film. Two girls talking at a picnic.

Spoiler:  Plot twist they're mafia and ready to kill. It doesn't end well.

mlm

Just tropes.

mlm. ~40 minutes

One night stand with ex-classmate leads to feelings and misunderstandings. This is watchable. There is a season 2.

wlw

He cheats and his girlfriends like each other. Kinda slow. It's alright.

wlw. ~45 minutes

They were roommates. Utterly forgettable, but hey it's GL.

wlw. ~40 minutes

She keeps deleting her girlfriends from her memory, until one of her exes comes back and takes issue with it, and it all comes flashing back. 

This is perfectly watchable. Just too short for me to really connect.

wlw, T, not a GL

Lesbian comes out to conservative mom.

Spoiler: It doesn't go well.

wlw

High school lesbians dealing with bullying.

Spoiler: not a happy ending.

wlw

Photography fangirl asks idol to teach her photography. It's cute. 

Spoiler: Aaand woops they're long lost sisters and they have to break up.

mlm. ~49 minutes together

Short films. Indie. They're alright.

wlw. ~75 minutes

Bar singer x drunk girl who recently got broken up with. It's messy but sweet.

dropped

Boring.

mlm

Besties are scared to confess to one another. It's sweet and standard.

wlw

Friend comes to sleep over in her bed every day. Utterly forgettable.

mlm, I wouldn't call this a BL. ~48 minutes

Boy accidentally drowns friend who just came on to him and then gets haunted in drama class.

It's dark and original and I guess I would recommend it.

wlw

Booksmarts girl makes bet to get partner, goes to marriage class, fails on date with guy, goes on date with girl, says she doesn't care about gender, just likes this girl.

It's not like you'll lose a lot of time watching this.

mlm

Just a bunch of pining. Low budget.

wlw

Photographer likes student, who doesn't remember kissing her while drunk. Really short. 

mlm, wlw cameo. ~40 minutes

Dudes have been frenemies who crush on each other for forever, and now it's time to fess up about the crush. Short and sweet. Good teasing dynamic. Terrible theme song.

mlm. ~55 minutes

Dudes end up in same hotel room near beach. Uh yeah that's pretty much it.

wlw. ~35 minutes

Besties to lovers. One is more invested than the other. Not very interesting, but they're both very pretty.

spoiler: not a happy ending

mlm. ~40 minutes

'Ugly' gay boy gets rejected, discovers make up, then a green flag boy, ditches make up.

Low quality indie short film.

mlm

Advertisement miniseries, indie. Essentially, a BL shop employee gets new a colleague who is cute. Feels unfinished.

mlm, T

High school dude has fuckbuddy. Oh wait she's trans and she actually liked him.

spoiler: not a good ending.

wlw

Lesbians on holiday. One suspects cheating.

spoiler: not a happy ending

mlm

Basketball besties like each other.

mlm

So forgettable that I do not remember what happened.

mlm

It exists

mlm

Tiktok series. It's sweet and basic, but the format frustrates me.

Censored mlm. ~95 minutes

Bromance about shooting competition. The source material is gay.

cw: They are brothers, but then they aren't.

wlw

It's sweet and standard and indie and low quality. She's an author, her fan becomes her roommate, she hides her identity.

mlm. ~90 minutes

Heartbroken abused guy comes to live with friend and her little bro, little bro likes him but he's still trying to get over ex. Authentic but boring.

Part of the 'My Universe' collection

mlm

High school romance. With homophobic parent that fucks things up.

wlw. ~50 minutes

JPC media. Heartbroken girl takes ill-fortuned vacation and meets helpful girl.

wlw

Prospective actress needs to practice kissing, essentially. Low quality indie.

wlw

Girl misses her ex and tries to use friend to replace her, but friend is in love with her. Low quality indie.

mlm. ~90 minutes

They're neighbors. There's a granny. It's sweet. Has a queer indie feel.

Secondary pair was together in high school but got outed and separated, reconnect.

cw: the framing device is some random girl telling us these two stories, and for some reason the series has to start with her having sex with a guy and us watching that and personally I really hate it.

wlw

High school romance. Forgettable. Low quality.

Spoiler: not a happy ending

mlm

Besties (who both already have girlfriends) to lovers. Forgettable.

mlm. ~42 minutes

Heartbroken tourist x hostel owner. I thought it was sweet and worth watching.

Spoiler: not a super happy ending.