LGBTQ+
I tend not to watch too many BLs because they tend to take skin ship too far for me to actually enjoy... but there are some that caught my interest/were recommended to me/etc. that I picked up. (I also literally have someone watching out for me cause I'll just add things to plan-to-watch without checking warnings >.< so... Thanks!) But I also didn't want to limit this list to just one... so everyone's gonna be placed on this list with descriptions. So... quickly where they are in the letters of LGBTQ+, and a quick blurb on what it shows (or what I remember it showing >.<)
(Order in most to least liked with a focus of the LGBT character, also how much the characters take a central role)
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1. Until Rainbow Dawn
Japanese Movie - 2018
Bi Couple (GL) who meets other LGBTQ+ people in the deaf community.
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2. The Fish with One Sleeve
Japanese Movie - 2021
Transwoman
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3. Fathers
Thai Movie - 2016
Gay Couple
I absolutely love Fathers, and have probably spoken on it on other lists, but this movie follows less the couple's relationship and more so focuses on the child they are raising and their love for that child despite society's views on the matter.
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4. My Brother's Husband
Japanese Drama - 2018, 3 episodes
Gay
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5. A Tale of a Thousand Stars
Thai Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Gay (BL)
Honestly just a really cute couple. No awkward scenes that make me not want to watch BL's... just a cute couple forming and being a cute couple lol.
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6. Wuliang
Chinese Movie - 2020
BL
This short film is just really nicely made
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7. House of Hummingbird
Korean Movie - 2018
Lesbian Couple
It plays a slight role in our following of a high school girl's life, but what I like is that it just is a part, there's not a huge focus on her relationship being anything extremely unusual.
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8. À cause de toi 2020
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
BL
All the kids are gay. Literally all of them. >.< While one couple are our main (and really cute) we are also able to see the other's love lines as well.
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9. Tinted With You
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
BL
This is honestly just fluff. It's really cute and a short webdrama.
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10. Move to Heaven
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Gay Couple
Not a main character, but one of the stories our main characters stubble across due to their job. I liked how it showed people's prejudices, but also had our main character just accept it as just another love.
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11. Red Devil and Heroine Su
Chinese Movie - 2020
GL
This short film is edited similarly to a music video or a fan-edit of a full series. Thus it has a lot packed into it, which can be hard to follow but was still nice to watch... but now I'm kinda craving a whole series lol.
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12. Parole d'honneur
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
DEFINITLY JUST BROS... YEP
Word of Honor is very fun. It's probably the closest we'll ever see with a "bromance" from China.
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13. Run On
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
I absolutely LOVE Run On, let me just say that now. The only reason it's lower on the list is due to the fact that the the characters are side characters. One is asexual (though not aromantic), and another is gay. What I love with this though, is that they aren't portrayed as anything different, just as another person, and our main characters accept and love them.
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14. 30Sai made Doteida to Mahotsukai ni Narerurashi
Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
BL
This is a really cute couple. The panicked gay in our main character gives a whole new meaning to the term XD. My only buggaboo it hits is when it others people who are still virgins. I don't understand society's fascination with this...
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15. See You After Quarantine?
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
BL
This has a higher score just because I love that it took the world living through a pandemic and said, how can we work with this. Which results in a very different format then anything else I've seen. Other than that though... I didn't find it to be all that good >.<
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16. HIStory: Stay Away From Me
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
BL
I think this is the first live-action (I've run across many an anime) BL I ran across and randomly decided to watch. It's okay, but it's very muchly what I expect from the genre so I wasn't too impressed. Not sure what I felt about the relationship and there are scenes of one of the friend's fantasies about the two. Otherwise mostly harmless.
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17. Me...Myself
Thai Movie - 2007
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18. Cherry Blossoms After Winter
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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19. Close-Knit
Japanese Movie - 2017
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20. Lipstick
Korean Movie - 2019
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21. Cupid's Last Wish
Thai Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
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22. Kill Bok Soon
Korean Movie - 2023