Gay Theme's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Gay Theme? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Gay Theme titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2023 25 great titles Best: Fellow Travelers
  2. #2 2024 25 great titles Best: Young Hearts
  3. #3 2022 25 great titles Best: Heartstopper
  4. #4 2020 25 great titles Best: Love, Victor
  5. #5 2018 25 great titles Best: Green Book
  6. #6 2019 25 great titles Best: Sex Education
  7. #7 2016 25 great titles Best: Dou kyu sei – Classmates
  8. #8 2021 25 great titles Best: Young Royals
  9. #9 2017 25 great titles Best: Call Me by Your Name
  10. #10 2025 25 great titles Best: Heated Rivalry
  11. #11 2014 25 great titles Best: The Imitation Game
  12. #12 2015 25 great titles Best: Merlí
  13. #13 2013 25 great titles Best: Free Fall
  14. #14 2005 25 great titles Best: Brokeback Mountain
  15. #15 2009 25 great titles Best: Prayers for Bobby
  16. #16 2012 25 great titles Best: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  17. #17 1997 25 great titles Best: Happy Together
  18. #18 2000 25 great titles Best: Billy Elliot
  19. #19 2011 25 great titles Best: I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
  20. #20 2004 25 great titles Best: Latter Days
  21. #21 2008 25 great titles Best: Milk
  22. #22 2006 25 great titles Best: 13 Tzameti
  23. #23 1998 24 great titles Best: Get Real
  24. #24 1999 19 great titles Best: American Beauty
  25. #25 2010 19 great titles Best: Loose Cannons
  26. #26 2007 18 great titles Best: Shelter
  27. #27 2002 18 great titles Best: Far from Heaven
  28. #28 2003 15 great titles Best: Angels in America
  29. #29 1995 14 great titles Best: The Basketball Diaries
  30. #30 2001 14 great titles Best: His Secret Life
  31. #31 1987 13 great titles Best: Maurice
  32. #32 1994 12 great titles Best: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  33. #33 1992 11 great titles Best: The Long Day Closes
  34. #34 1991 10 great titles Best: My Own Private Idaho
  35. #35 1989 9 great titles Best: Mary Forever
  36. #36 1980 8 great titles Best: Pixote
  37. #37 1978 8 great titles Best: The Place Without Limits
  38. #38 1982 8 great titles Best: Victor/Victoria
  39. #39 1996 8 great titles Best: Beautiful Thing
  40. #40 1993 7 great titles Best: Philadelphia