10 LGBTQ+ Erotic Thrillers and Where to Stream Them

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The 4th Man; Bound; Cruising

Courtesy of Tuschinski Film; Gramercy Pictures; United Artists

We all wait with bated breath to keep our greedy eyes on Baby girl, Foreign, And Disclaimer that have been warming up the screens and the pants of the audience at the Venice Film Festival this week. The wait is brutal, but fortunately we don’t have to delay the gratification or erotic sensation of a queer film, because honey, we’ve been making them for decades.

From lesbian muggings to literally deadly dalliances in the woods, to dark and steamy explorations of homosexual desire and queer films noir, filmmakers combine the subversive genres with the taboo pleasures of LGBTQ+ love and lust to create cinematic magic.

So yeah, we can’t wait to see the latest from Halina Reijn, Luca Guadagnino, and Alfonso Cuarón. But since we’re not currently star-spotting from a gondola in the canals, we’ve got plenty to keep us busy streaming right now. Here are 10 queer erotic thrillers to watch right now, and where to watch them.

All film descriptions are provided by their respective studios.


Stranger at the Lake

Stranger at the Lake

Thanks to Strand Releasing

Frank (Pierre Deladonchamps) spends his summer days desperately seeking companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel (Christophe Paou), an attractive but darkly mysterious man, and falls head over heels in love. When a death occurs, Frank and Michel become the prime suspects, but they choose to ignore the dangers and instead continue their passionate and potentially deadly relationship.

Where to watch: Canopy

Cruising

Cruising

Thanks to United Artists

In the middle of a scorching New York City summer, body parts of men are turning up in the Hudson River. Police suspect it is the work of a serial killer who picks up gay men in West Village bars like the Eagle’s Nest, the Ramrod and the Cock Pit, takes them to cheap rooming houses or motels, ties them up and stabs them to death. Officer Steve Burns (Al Pacino), who resembles the dark-haired, slim profile of his victims, is sent undercover by Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) into the urban world of gay S&M and leather bars in the Meatpacking District to track down the killer.

Where to watch: RAG

The Handmaid

The Handmaid

Thanks to Magnolia Pictures

A gripping and sensual story of two women – a young Japanese lady living on a remote estate, and a Korean woman hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but secretly conspiring with a con man to cheat her out of a large inheritance. Inspired by the novel Fingersmith by British author Sarah Waters.

Where to watch: Prime video

Bound

Bound

Thanks to Gramercy Pictures

Corky, a lesbian ex-con who is hired to work as a plumber in an apartment, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the mob, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in safekeeping before he returns it to mob boss Gino Marzone. Caesar is set up as a scapegoat by the two scheming women, but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way…

Where to watch: Paramount+

Mulholland drive

Mulholland drive

Thanks to Universal Pictures

Los Angeles, city of angels. Amnesic and wounded, a mysterious femme fatale wanders the winding road of Mulholland Drive. She finds refuge at the home of Betty (Naomi Watts), an aspiring actress newly arrived from her hometown and seeking Hollywood fame. Initially intrigued by the stranger calling herself Rita (Laura Elena Harring), Betty discovers her purse is filled with bundles of dollars. The two women get to know each other better and decide to investigate to discover Rita’s true identity.

Where to watch: On VOD

Love lies bleeding

Love lies bleeding

Thanks to A24

Reclusive gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) falls head over heels for Jackie, an aspiring bodybuilder who travels across town to Vegas to pursue her dream. But their love leads to violence, drawing them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Where to watch: Maximum

O Phantasm

O Phantasm

Thanks to Rosa Filmes

By day, pensive, lonely Sergio works as a garbage man on the streets of Lisbon. At night, he embarks on an increasingly intense odyssey of random, anonymous sexual encounters. Soon, Sergio becomes fixated on a hot, young stranger and begins to retreat further and further into his dark dream life, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, love and obsession.

Where to watch: Tubi

Sequins in a blue room

Sequins in a blue room

Thanks to Peccadillo Pictures

Sequins in a blue room is the story of Sequin, who explores his budding sexuality through an obsession with anonymous, casual sexual encounters. That is, until he finds his way to The Blue Room—a strictly anonymous group sex party—where a whole new, seductive world unfolds before him. There, Sequin connects with a bewitching stranger, only to find themselves suddenly separated. Completely obsessed with this man, Sequin embarks on an exciting and dangerous mission to track him down.

Where to watch: On VOD

New Zealand

New Zealand

Thanks to Filmladen

In this dark, sexy, psychological coming-of-age drama, 17-year-old Jakob struggles with crippling anxiety and seeks refuge on the internet. On a cam-chat site, he meets 26-year-old artist Kristjan. Caught between reality and fantasy, youth and adulthood, Jakob’s hazy process of sexual awakening is a psychedelic trip of hot, strange, hallucinatory sequences of desire and madness that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Where to watch: Tube

The 4th man

The 4th man

Thanks to Tuschinski Film

Gerard Reve (Jeroen Krabbé) is a controversial alcoholic novelist who claims his stories “lie the truth.” But when he is seduced by sexy widow Christine (Renèe Soutendijk), Gerard finds himself in a nightmare of blasphemy, bloodshed and bisexual desires. Did Christine brutally murder her three previous husbands or is Gerard merely hallucinating his horrific fate as the fourth husband? Where to watch: The Internet Archive

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