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The Delta
Release year:  1997 
Country: USA

Lincoln, who's not yet 18, leads a straight life most of the time: he has a girl friend, goes to dances, jokes with guys. But he also has a secret life, in which he's drawn to dark places where he has sex with men he doesn't know. One night, while visiting a gay video arcade, he connects with John, a Vietnamese-born gay man, in his 20s probably, whose father was an African-American US soldier. John invites Lincoln to spend some carefree time with him, and Lincoln takes him to his father's boat. John then convinces Lincoln to take the boat into the Mississippi delta, where setting off some fireworks out of season precipitates betrayal and revenge.

 

Dizzy Date
Release year:  2002 
Country: Hong Kong

Summer has gone to Hai Nam for inspiration, along with Pork Chop and Bob. There, he meets Mini, who has been mentally scarred after her fiancé dumped her. Summer finds Mini quite attractive, but her brother Man keeps Summer away because he doesn't want Mini to get hurt again. When Pork Chop is found dead after trying a wild stunt, Bob comes forward with information that points toward the murderer, and leads the mourning friends back to where everything began.

 
 

 

Drift
Release year:  2000 
Country: USA

At his agent's party, RYAN, a young screenwriter, and JOEL, Ryan's boyfriend, meet LEO, an aspiring novelist and a college student. During an intense conversation about serial killers, Ryan feels viscerally connected to Leo as if everyone in the party has vanished.

Hanging out with Leo, Ryan soon becomes infatuated. He sees Leo as the possibility of being with someone who can completely understand his passion. As he feels the imminent necessity to explore this visceral connection, Ryan breaks up his three-year relationship with Joel, despite knowing that Joel is deeply in love with him and that they still love each other.

Out on a limb, Ryan leaves Joel's apartment on the fateful morning and drifts into three different possibilities of a love triangle.

 

 
 
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