To satisfy my queer heart (MASTERLIST)
This list is the least organized out of all the lists in this series and has ALL titles in each of the lists. WARNING: not all shows included in this list feature queer people as Protagonists. If you're looking for something specific, try one of my other lists. Much of my notes have been moved to their sub lists.
- To Satisfy My Queer Heart (historical/costume edition)
- Please see the linked list for notes and content warnings. I did not copy those notes to the MASTERLIST
- To Satisfy My Queer Heart (modern edition | macro version)
- a list of films (60+ minutes) and shows (~20 minutes or longer per episode)
- To Satisfy My Queer Heart (modern edition | micro version)
- a list of short films (60 minutes or less) and mini series (16 minutes or less per episode)
- Pop-Up Queers (a list of titles with queer minor/supporting characters)
- Please see the linked list for notes and content warnings. I did not copy notes to the MASTERLIST
If you see wlw or mlm it means women who love women or men who love men so I don't have to worry about if I'm mislabeling a gay person as bisexual, etc. I've stopped updating content warnings on this list. Check out other lists for warnings.
Terms defined:
- mlm = men who love men
- wlw = women who love women
- mtf = male to female transgender
- ftm = female to male transgender
- ace = asexual
- aro = aromantic
- cw = content warnings
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101. Red Balloon
Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
mlm
cw: lavender marriage
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102. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
mlm
cw: toxic relationship, domestic abuse, sex work
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103. Can I Kiss My Best Friend?
Korean Movie - 2021
wlw
cw: role play, but one of them doesn't really want to do it.
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104. Am I the Only One with Butterflies?
Korean Special - 2018, 3 episodes
wlw
this is cute but for me it was a bit too bland. I like slice of life, but wanted more from the story. I guess that's what season 2 is for right? haha....
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105. Am I the Only One with Butterflies? Season 2
Korean Special - 2019, 4 episodes
wlw
ok so season 2 was cuter.
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106. The Best Story
Thai Drama - 2021, 3 episodes
mlm
cw: homophobia, family homophobia, non-consensual outing
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107. School Girl Complex
Japanese Movie - 2013
wlw
cw: adult/minor relationship, toxic relationship, bullying (mentioned)
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108. Gameboys Level-Up Edition
Filipino Drama - 2020, 13 episodes
mlm
cw: stalker behavior, manipulative people, terminal illness, covid-19, general angst
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109. Yuri Dano Kan Dano
Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
wlw. v cringey for me
cw: sexual assault, stalking, pedophilia (discussed, not on screen), manipulative relationship, internalized homophobia, professor/student relationship (mentioned), gay-because-of-trauma type story, infidelity, also another one of those stories where a character is most likely bisexual but they live in a world in which bisexuality is not a real thing.
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110. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Chinese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
This was surprisingly not super offensive to cross dressers (but still had its moments). However, the homophobia... ok so like there is a guy robot who falls in love with a guy. and the other guy is a straight guy which like okay yeah sometimes gay ppl fall for straight people right? but like, omg the straight guy is just so disgusted, ur typical "im gonna throw up at the idea of being gay" kind of stuff.... I mean the main lead is horrible for a lot of reasons though hahahah
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111. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
although there are still cringe parts, it is better in the second season. To be honest I skipped a bunch of scenes though.
*spoiler* after reading the definition of a queerplatonic relationship, I realized this is what the drama is about!!!
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112. Dangerous Drugs of Sex
Japanese Movie - 2020
mlm
cw: suicide, suicide attempt, murder (fantasy), abduction, rape, sexual abuse, drug use (fentanyl), surgery, death of family, death of loved one
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113. Gluttony
Thai Movie - 2021
wlw one of which is likely bisexual... and of course... she is also cheating. because bisexual people are incapable of not cheating apparently. this is one trope that certainly comes with a lot of baggage.....
cw: revenge porn (porn is not on-screen), cheating
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114. Wrath
Thai Movie - 2021
sequal to Gluttony
cw: revenge porn (again, not on screen), non-consensual/forced/manipulated making out, implied rape
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115. Happy to Have You Here
Thai Special - 2021, 1 episode
very fluffy wlw
cw: its got a lil bit of that male gaze thing goin on (very brief)
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116. 24 Hours
Taiwanese Movie - 2015
wlw
cw: domestic violence (implied), suicide (the subject killed herself in real life. you wouldn't really know that from watching the film, but I think it's shown?), self-harm (not shown, but the protagonist has scars)
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117. Love Advisor
Thai Movie - 2021
mlm
cw: cheating (off screen)
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118. Cocoon
Chinese Movie - 2017
wlw
to be clear this is not GL. It's a movie about a girl discovering her mom is queer. kind of like Dear Ex except without all the death
cw: infidelity
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119. Jealousy is My Guest
Korean Movie - 2016
mlm
cw: infidelity, drinking
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120. Queer Movie Butterfly: The Adult World
Korean Movie - 2015
mlm
cw: sex work, work-place dynamics power abuse
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121. Afraid Of
Korean Drama - 2019, 3 episodes
wlw this was v cute and supportive
cw: internalized homophobia, fear of coming out
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122. From Bottom of the Vortex
Japanese Movie - 2017
wlw
i think there was an artsy message in here but idk what it was
cw: internalized homophobia, sex work, unconsensual sexual advance
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123. Daymoon
Korean Movie - 2013
wlw, mlm (off-screen)
cw: infidelity, toxic relationship
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124. The Postcard
Korean Movie - 2007
gay
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125. Boxing
Taiwanese Movie - 2019
mlm
for when u want that subtle and almost invisible romance
cw: blood, violence, sick parent, jealousy
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126. Unrequited Love
Chinese Movie - 2016
apparently its wlw
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127. Method
Korean Movie - 2017
mlm but I'm not actually sure if the characters are queer. It's not made clear, which I think is done on purpose.
homophobia, biphobia, infidelity, toxic relationship
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128. The Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
gay minor characters. very queerbaity but also somehow enjoyable??? some homophobia and some "its okay to be gay" narratives. i honestly don't know where this drama goes on my moral compass, but it's truely a guilty pleasure of mine. The main actors are just too charming and funny.
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129. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
There's a supporting character who admits to having had a crush on a woman when she was younger. The main story also deals with like the whole, "omg am I gay?" thing. Another drama where bisexuals don't exist. Although they have some "it's okay to be gay" dialogue and characters that don't mind, there's also some homophobia in it as well. honestly this work has some pretty queer vibes, even if we are supposed to assume the story is straight. maybe that's why i liked it as a kid.
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130. Personal Taste
Korean Drama - 2010, 16 episodes
The premise of the story is fake gay, but it does have one gay character. cant remember the cw
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131. Society Obsessed with Love
Korean Drama - 2018, 5 episodes
this is not meant to be queer, but it has ace/aro vibes
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132. Bungaku Shojo
Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes
I would say its heavily implied that one of the characters is mlm. not sure where this goes on the queerbaiting line.
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133. Colorful Love: Genderless Danshi ni Aisareteimasu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
This isn't queer in the LGBT sense but more in a queer theory sense. If you don't know about queer theory, part of it is about the intentional blurring of a binary understanding of humanity. The way that the show tries to encourage diversity in self expression, allowing people to break gender binaries for expected outfits or gender roles, is queer in that sense. But since it's not LGBT this is going at the bottom of the list. I make the rules here >:D
also @tristram pointed out that apparerntly Yuuatn was gay? idk if I missed that or just forgot to make a note of it, but writing it here.
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134. FMSM
Korean Movie - 2015
mlm
a look at hook up culture.
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135. How to Ruin Housewarming Party
Korean Movie - 2020
see: micro
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136. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
see: historical
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137. The Handmaiden
Korean Movie - 2016
see: historical
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138. Legend of Yun Qian
Chinese Drama - 2020, 15 episodes
see: historical
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139. A Frozen Flower
Korean Movie - 2008
see: historical
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140. Word of Honor
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
see: historical
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141. Word of Honor - Epilogue
Chinese Special - 2021, 1 episode
see: historical
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142. The Swordsman 2
Hong Kong Movie - 1992
see: historical
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143. Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition
Chinese Movie - 2020
see: historical
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144. Wuliang
Chinese Movie - 2020
see: historical
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145. Cat in the Eastern Palace
Chinese Movie - 2020
see: historical
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146. The Painter of the Wind
Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes
see: historical
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147. Portrait of a Beauty
Korean Movie - 2008
see: historical
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148. Nobleman Ryu's Wedding
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
see: historical
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149. Red Devil and Heroine Su
Chinese Movie - 2020
see: historical
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150. Tinted with You
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
see: historical
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151. Mermaid’s Jade
Chinese Movie - 2019
see: historical
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152. A Crimson Mark
Korean Movie - 2004
see: historical
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153. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
see: historical
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154. Love and Redemption
Chinese Drama - 2020, 59 episodes
see: historical
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155. The Lover
Korean Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
see: macro
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156. Five Senses of Eros
Korean Movie - 2009
see: macro
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157. My Fuxxxxx Romance
Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
see: micro
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158. So Not Worth it
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
see: pop up queers
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159. Imawa no Kuni no Alice
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
see: pop up queers
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160. Followers
Japanese Drama - 2020, 9 episodes
see: pop up queers
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161. Itaewon Class
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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162. Shinya Shokudo
Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
see: pop up queers
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163. Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Japanese Drama - 2016, 11 episodes
see: pop up queers
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164. Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu: Ganbare Jinrui! Shinshun Special!!
Japanese Special - 2021, 1 episode
see: pop up queers
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165. Reply 1997
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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166. XX
Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
see: pop up queers
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167. Love and Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2019, 60 episodes
see: pop up queers
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168. Angel Dust
Japanese Movie - 1994
see: pop up queers
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169. Kuzu no Honkai
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
see: pop up queers
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170. Record of Youth
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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171. Age of Youth Season 2
Korean Drama - 2017, 14 episodes
see: pop up queers
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172. Jealousy Incarnate
Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
see: pop up queers
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173. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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174. Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
see: pop up queers
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175. Café. Waiting. Love.
Taiwanese Movie - 2014
see: pop up queers
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176. Cheese in the Trap
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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177. Call Boy
Japanese Movie - 2018
see: pop up queers
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178. Story of Yanxi Palace
Chinese Drama - 2018, 70 episodes
see: pop up queers
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179. Faith
Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
see: pop up queers
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180. Hana Kimi
Taiwanese Drama - 2006, 15 episodes
see: pop up queers
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181. Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Japanese Drama - 2007, 12 episodes
see: pop up queers
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182. To the Beautiful You
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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183. True Beauty
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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184. Ashes of Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 63 episodes
see: pop up queers
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185. It's Okay, That's Love
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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186. Seonam Girls High School Investigators
Korean Drama - 2014, 14 episodes
see: pop up queers
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187. Her Private Life
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
see: pop up queers
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188. Persona
Korean Drama - 2019, 4 episodes
see: pop up queers
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189. 2020 Vision
Filipino Movie - 2020
see: pop up queers
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190. Squid Game
Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
see: pop up queers
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191. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Chinese Movie - 2002
see: pop up queers
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192. Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo
Japanese Drama - 2013, 8 episodes
see: pop up queers
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193. The Beauty Inside
Korean Movie - 2015
see: pop up queers
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194. Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Chinese Movie - 2012
see: pop up queers
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195. Dr. Frost
Korean Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
see: pop up queers
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196. Shanai Marriage Honey
Japanese Drama - 2020, 7 episodes
see: pop up queers
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197. Our Time
Korean Movie - 2022
see: micro
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198. Help, I Accidentally Stole My Shixiong's Crush!
Chinese Movie - 2021
see: historical
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199. Taboo
Japanese Movie - 1999
see: historical
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200. The Demonic Lord and the Virtuous Cultivator
Chinese Movie - 2021
see: historical