These gays… they're telling queer stories through sex scenes!
All tea, no shade: LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media took quite a significant dip in 2025. Perhaps even a full nosedive, one could say. After so many recent years full of queer and trans representation in major movies and TV shows, there simply wasn't as much to see this year — particularly for non-white actors and characters.
Queer people still do the damn thing to find one another and celebrate the representation that we do get at each point in time, no matter what. The good news is that the gay sex scenes we did get in film and television from 2025 were pretty bold, hot, or at least interesting and new. So, without further ado, let's explore 10 gay male sex scenes that stood out this year (so far).
Agustín Della Corte and Gleb Abrosimov — 'Olympo'
Agustín Della Corte as Roque and Gleb Abrosimov as Diego on Olympo.
Netflix
From the same producers as Élite, Netflix launched a new queer-inclusive Spanish series in 2025, Olympo, featuring lots of sex, drama, tensions, and high stakes in its first season.
The first episode of Olympo hits viewers with a graphic and fiery sex scene between Agustín Della Corte as Roque (a gay rugby player) and Gleb Abrosimov as Diego (a somewhat closeted swimmer). It's interesting to see how the scene doesn't necessarily come across as gratuitous nudity and sex, instead building up to that moment and actually advancing our understanding of these characters from the very beginning.
Where to watch: Netflix.
Agustín Della Corte and Juan Perales — 'Olympo'
Agustín Della Corte as Roque and Juan Perales as Sebas on Olympo.
Netflix
Roque loves to have sex, and not a single Olympo viewer complains about Corte showing some more skin in the series. In the interest of not spoiling too much, the gay rugby player goes on to have a few sex scenes with a teammate named Sebas (played by Juan Perales).
Just trust us on this one: You're going to enjoy watching how the dynamics between Roque and Sebas progress over the course of this first season.
Where to watch: Netflix.
Wilson Cruz and Christian Vincent — 'Noah's Arc'
Wilson Cruz as Dr. Junito Vargas and Christian Vincent as Ricky in Noah's Arc: The Movie.
Paramount+
One of the most exciting revivals/reboots of 2025 came in the form of Noah's Arc: The Movie, which reunited the show's fan-favorite characters as they navigated parenthood, aging, love, and friendship.
The Paramount+ film includes plenty of steamy moments for the fans to get excited about, but the biggest shout-out must go to this tender — and still sexy — intimate scene between Dr. Junito Vargas (played by Wilson Cruz) and Ricky (played by Christian Vincent).
Where to watch: Paramount+.
Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney — 'Twinless'
Dylan O'Brien as Roman and James Sweeney as Dennis in Twinless.
Roadside Attractions
James Sweeney directed, wrote, and starred in Twinless as a character named Dennis. The protagonist's love interest, Roman, is played by Dylan O'Brien in what could be considered his most naked movie to date.
The plot of Twinless is funny, quirky, and odd, with the film receiving mostly positive reviews from viewers. An equal amount of hype has been dedicated to GIFs and clips of O'Brien and Sweeney having sex in the film, which probably says it all if you were wondering about how steamy those scenes get.
Where to watch: Available on-demand via Apple TV+.
Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni — 'A Nice Indian Boy'
Jonathan Groff as Jay Kurundkar and Karan Soni as Naveen Gavaskar in A Nice Indian Boy.
Levantine Films/Wayfarer Studios
Karan Soni plays Naveen, the protagonist, in A Nice Indian Boy — a gay rom-com that features queer superstar Jonathan Groff playing Jay, Naveen's love interest.
Directed by Roshan Sethi (Soni's real-life partner), this film gets 10s across the board for how it explores a queer love story in a time like 2025. First and foremost, A Nice Indian Boy has jokes and is legitimately funny. The movie is also incredibly heartwarming and is considered by many to be safe enough for a queer person to watch with family members without feeling any stress or anxiety. With that said, A Nice Indian Boy is also uncompromising in its queer references and sensibilities, and includes a steamy intimate scene between Naveen and Jay.
Where to watch: Hulu.
Magnus Juhl Andersen and Nina Rask — 'Sauna'
Magnus Juhl Andersen as Johan and Nina Rask as William in Sauna.
TrustNordisk
Magnus Juhl Andersen plays Johan — a gay man who lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has his fair share of sexual escapades — in Sauna. As the movie progresses, Johan meets a trans gay man named William (played by Nina Rask), who challenges him to feel more deeply about connecting with another person than he did before.
Sauna is a bold film that explores a range of queer and trans perceptions, presentations, and private desires.
Where to watch: Available on-demand via Apple TV+.
Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola — 'The White Lotus' Season 3
Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon and Sam Nivola as Lochlan on The White Lotus season 3.
HBO
Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola play two brothers in the Ratliff family featured on The White Lotus season 3. The incestuous dynamics between their characters — named Saxon and Lochlan, respectively — are established right away in the first episode.
The relationship between them only gets weirder and less familial over the course of the season, until a sex scene does end up happening during an unexpected episode. To be clear, this sex scene doesn't make the list for being good, or hot, or something that viewers loved to see. It makes the list precisely for being wild, and controversial, and a zeitgeist moment in queer pop culture for 2025.
Where to watch: HBO Max.
Diego Calva and Jacob Elordi — 'On Swift Horses'
Diego Calva as Henry and Jacob Elordi as Julius Walker in On Swift Horses.
Sony Pictures Classics
On Swift Horses is a very horny-on-main film. This is particularly true for two of the male characters, Julius Walker (played by Jacob Elordi) and Henry (played by Diego Calva).
Julius is a Korean War veteran introduced in the movie as Lee Walker's (played by Will Poulter) brother, whereas Henry is a con man who latches onto Julius both literally and figuratively. Overall, On Swift Horses "gallops toward queer classic territory," as noted by Taylor Henderson in a story for Out about the film.
Where to watch: Netflix.
Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth — 'Plainclothes'
Russell Tovey as Andrew Waters and Tom Blyth as Lucas Brennan in Plainclothes.
Magnolia Pictures
Carmen Emmi's debut feature film, Plainclothes, is a tense, thrilling, and titillating story set in the 1990s about an undercover cop, Lucas (played by Tom Blyth), who is assigned to hunt down and imprison queer men cruising in public spaces.
One day, Lucas comes across Andrew (played by Russell Tovey) during one of his shifts — and let's just say that it's hard for these men to resist one another from that point forward.
Where to watch: Available on-demand via digital stores.
Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling — 'Pillion'
Alexander Skarsgård as Ray and Harry Melling as Colin in Pillion.
Picturehouse/Warner Bros. Pictures
Pillion centers on Alexander Skarsgård playing a bike gang leader named Ray who develops a BDSM relationship with a submissive named Colin (played by Harry Melling).
The film, written and directed by Harry Lighton, is opening in theaters this November in the United Kingdom. U.S. viewers who didn't get to see the movie in its festival screenings will have to wait for A24 to release it in theaters in early 2026. But the wait will be worth it — we can promise you that!
Where to watch: Early 2026 in U.S. movie theaters. Premieres November 28 in U.K. movie theaters.
