Lather, rinse, rewind: 6 homoerotic shower scenes from film and TV

Center Of My World

Based on a German young adult novel of the same name, this dysfunctional family drama cedes plenty of screen time to romance, with young protagonist Phil (Dark‘s Louis Hofmann) falling for the mysterious—and beautiful—new guy at school, Nicholas (Barbara‘s Jannik Schümann). As their relationship intensifies, Center of My World doesn’t shy away from intimacy, especially in a notable shower scene where they throw all their cares away and get handsy.

Streaming on Dekkoo and Kanopy. Available for rental on Amazon Prime Video.

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Cold Showers

You’re not going to believe this one, but the French film Cold Showers? Yeah, it’s got some pretty hot shower scenes. Working class Mickael (Johan Libéreau) begins a competitive friendship with his well-off judo teammate Clément (Pierre Perrier), and before too long, the guys are sharing everything—even Mickael’s girlfriend! Each of their post-practice shower scenes are loaded with tension, and the film doesn’t hold back when it comes to baring it all.

Unfortunately, Cold Showers is not officially streaming at the moment, but can be purchased through Amazon.

Euphoria

This buzzy HBO drama has never been one to hold back, but we were still surprised by the season two episode, “Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys,” which flashed back to the teenaged years of problematic patriarch Cal Jacobs, here portrayed by the dreamy Elias Kacavas. He’s shown to have a very close relationship with wrestling buddy Derek (Henry Eikenberry), as the two star at each other, long and hard, both in the locker room and the gym showers.

Streaming exclusively via HBO Max.

O Fantasma

In this lurid erotic thriller from Portugal, a handsome trash collector named Sérgio (Ricardo Meneses) roams the streets of Lisbon on the night shift (it’s a gross job, but someone’s got to do it). He seems unfazed by pretty much everything—that is, until he encounters a sexy, cocky motorcycle rider who wants nothing to do with him. The scene where Sérgio leers at him while in the gym shower is burned in our memories, but that’s just the beginning of the young man’s dark, depraved journey.

Streaming on Tubi.

School Ties

Unlike the other entries on this list, School Ties‘ big shower scene isn’t intentionally homoerotic, but gays of a certain age will surely remember the (literally) steamy fight between Matt Damon and Brendan Fraser in this prep school drama. Along with Chris O’Donnell, the actors flash plenty of cheek as they duke it out after Fraser’s character is “outed” as Jewish. We’re not ones to condone physical violence of any kind, but we do support naked shower wrestling.

Streaming via Paramount+ and Fubo TV. Available to rent through AppleTV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and YouTube TV.

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