# Gayest Scene in a Non-Gay Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109 "2011-06-20T03:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/1 "2011-06-20T03:14:35Z")
[The 5000 Fingers of Dr T.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnihyydijPo&feature=related) Holy freakin’ crap! Even the name of this picture would raise eyebrows in the deeply closeted fifties. But this scene, ummmm, suuuure, it’s a kiddie picture. There’s an oiled up bare-chested executioner in a black hood running an elevator in another scene, just to add a little bondage flair. What movie scenes would you nominate? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/2 "2011-06-20T03:19:37Z")
The first thing that popped to mind is the one ghostly (male) partygoer giving another one a BJ in _The Shining_, but I’m sure I can think of more. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/3 "2011-06-20T03:31:08Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > [The 5000 Fingers of Dr T.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnihyydijPo&feature=related) I sure hope it was better in the book. I didn’t get gay so much as early Star Trek on acid. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/4 "2011-06-20T03:32:20Z")
The first thing that popped in my head was the volleyball scene in Top Gun. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/5 "2011-06-20T03:33:31Z")
Top Gun. eta: beaten to the gay by **Rand**. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/6 "2011-06-20T03:42:52Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The first thing that popped in my head was the volleyball scene in Top Gun. When I was a teenager, that sort of claim made indignant girls, myself included, annoyed. It was just a nice scene with lots of bare chested men, why does that have to be homo-erotic instead of meant to appeal to female viewers? Now that I’m older and wiser, I know that a lot of women find homo-eroticism hot too (slash, anyone?) so it’s a fine movie choice for straight gals and gay guys both 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/7 "2011-06-20T03:52:06Z")
The skinny-dipping scene from “Road to El Dorado” The characters sharing a horse in “Road to El Dorado” Actually, about half the scenes from “Road to El Dorado” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/8 "2011-06-20T03:59:04Z")
[This one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbQluo1gazc) Nothing comes close. Especially at the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/9 "2011-06-20T05:18:19Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-qe_jGGxk) is merely one of several ultragay scenes in _Jarhead_, which in my opinion is as close to gay porn as one can get without actually crossing the line. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/10 "2011-06-20T05:27:37Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The first thing that popped in my head was the volleyball scene in Top Gun. There’s a shower-room scene in _Top Gun_ that’s even better, i think. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/11 "2011-06-20T05:33:28Z")
The answer is “300” The question is “On a scale of one to ten, how gay was that movie?” ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/12 "2011-06-20T06:05:02Z")
So many to choose from from the classic _[Nightmare on Elm Street II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-M_s2Q9k0M&feature=related)_. See, too, this [Cracked](http://www.cracked.com/article_17097_the-5-most-unintentionally-gay-horror-movies.html) article. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/13 "2011-06-20T06:08:03Z")
Herod (Gene Hackman) telling Cort (Russell Crowe) how much he’s always had an itch, a desire, a burning need to fight him in _The Quick and the Dead_ had a homoerotic subtext to me. Louis (Brad Pitt) and Armand (Antonio Banderas) having a near kiss in _Interview With the Vampire_ also had connotations. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/14 "2011-06-20T06:24:31Z")
_Spartacus_. “[My taste includes both snails and oysters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3b7MP4pyw).” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/15 "2011-06-20T06:43:26Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Louis (Brad Pitt) and Armand (Antonio Banderas) having a near kiss in _Interview With the Vampire_ also had connotations. They’re males in an Anne Rice story. Of course they’re gay. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/16 "2011-06-20T06:54:19Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The first thing that popped in my head was the volleyball scene in Top Gun. Are we even sure Top Gun is a non gay movie? [Top Gun Explained](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzY9a-WmE6o) ---
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/17 "2011-06-20T07:05:21Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > The first thing that popped to mind is the one ghostly (male) partygoer giving another one a BJ in _The Shining_, but I’m sure I can think of more. Weren’t those characters gay and one of them was a prostitute? It’s covered as backstory in the book. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-qe_jGGxk) is merely one of several ultragay scenes in _Jarhead_, which in my opinion is as close to gay porn as one can get without actually crossing the line. I think this gets a pass too because one of the major themes of the movie is how they basically have cabin fever from continual drilling against non-existant enemies and are kept at such a fever pitch with so much charged energy that they are ready to snap at a moment’s notice. All that being said, I nominate the embrace between Rocky and Apollo in Rocky III. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4P1oc8vIrdQ/hqdefault.jpg "Rocky comes out of the closet!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1oc8vIrdQ) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/18 "2011-06-20T07:14:26Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Louis (Brad Pitt) and Armand (Antonio Banderas) having a near kiss in _Interview With the Vampire_ also had connotations. I thought we were limiting this to “non-gay films.” ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/19 "2011-06-20T07:39:04Z")
Frodo and Sam in the Lord of the Rings movies, but would of been worse if they added the Crickhollow bath scene from the book ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/20 "2011-06-20T07:43:06Z")
The sexual harassment scenes in “Spartacus” and “Lawrence of Arabia.” The wrestling scene in “Borat.” Actually, any wrestling on TV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109.md?page=2)