It's time for romance.There's no overstating the power of storytelling, and during times like these, many people turn to their favorite films to escape from the stress of the real world.In mainstream media, queer stories are often watered down, desexualized, and kept on the margins. But sometimes people want their gay movies to be sexy. Most gay people are sexual beings, and they deserve to have their sexuality explored in art.These ten films deliver on the steaminess while still maintaining the balance of being great stories that portray the gay experience accurately and with care.'Brokeback Mountain'Yes, this Oscar-winner is devastatingly tragic, but it's also one of the most romantic and sensual films ever made. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal star as two cowboys who meet while herding sheep through a mountain pass in 1963 and immediately form an unbreakable bond. Over the next phase of their lives, Ennis (Ledger) and Jack (Gyllenhaal) continue to meet up to recapture the love and passion they shared on Brokeback Mountain.Streaming on Prime Video'The Skinny'Patrik-Ian Polk, the creator of Noah's Arc, wrote and directed this sexy film about a group of Brown University classmates (four gay men and one lesbian) who reunite for Gay Pride in New York City. There, the hunky actors get in a series of close encounters with each other and get to live their gay dreams.Streaming on Tubi'Weekend'Andrew Haigh's classic British romantic drama stars Tom Cullen and Chris New as two gay men who meet at a club one night, hook up, and proceed to spend an unforgettable weekend together. The movie takes a serious look at gay love, coming out, and family, but also isn't afraid to lean into the fiery chemistry between its two leads.Streaming on Prime Video'Call Me By Your Name'Luca Guadagnino's classic film tells the story of summer love between 17-year-old Elio (Timothe Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate student working with Elio's father. Their age gap may be controversial, but there's no denying the chemistry between the two in this tender romance.Streaming on Paramount+'God's Own Country' (2017)Synopsis via IMDb:"Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path."Streaming on Tubi'Maurice'Based on the 1971 novel by E.M. Forster, Maurice stars James Wilby, Hugh Grant, and Rupert Graves as three young gay men in 1910s England. Maurice (Wilby) meets Clive (Grant), and the two begin a relationship, but never have sex. Years later, Maurice meets Scudder (Graves), and after years of yearning, finally has his sexual awakening.Streaming on Tubi'Boy Culture'Based on the novel of the same name, Boy Culture follows a successful escort who goes by the name "X" as he describes his various romantic and sexual relationships, including with his roommates and an older client.Streaming on Prime Video'Passages'Ira Sachs' 2023 romantic drama is so explicit that it received an NC-17 rating in the U.S. The film is about a married gay couple, Tomas (Franz Rogowski) and Martin (Ben Whishaw), dealing with the fact that one of them cheated. The relationship in the film may be toxic, but it's also so seductive.Streaming on Prime Video'All of Us Strangers'Leads Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal have explosive chemistry in this supernatural drama from Andrew Haigh. The two actors are some of the hottest in Hollywood, and in this movie, they're even hotter together. The film follows Adam (Scott), a lonely screenwriter who starts up a relationship with his neighbor at the same time he starts to see his parents, who died in a car accident decades earlier.Streaming on YouTube'Law of Desire'Auteur Pedro Almodvar's 1987 comedy thriller The Law of Desire centers around a complex love triangle between three men: gay filmmaker Pablo (Eusebio Poncela), his lover Juan (Miguel Molina), and Antonio (Antonio Banderas), a young man who becomes obsessed with Pablo after seeing one of his films. This is one of Almodvar's sexiest, with its unflinching depictions of gay sex and eroticism.Streaming on Paramount+