What a year. 2018 is almost upon us, and I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready to leave 2017, and its various dumpster fires, long behind me.

There are still a few days left of December, but I’m already looking ahead to the new year. One of the things I’m most looking forward to this year is new films. Specifically (obviously) queer films! So here are a few of the ones I’m most excited for.

1. "Love, Simon"

Probably the only film you’re likely to have heard of if you haven’t done a Google search of “queer movies 2018” or some other combination of those words, "Love, Simon" is the film adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s young adult novel, "Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda," which follows Simon, a closeted gay student, as he discovers that someone has gotten hold of his personal emails in which he talks about his sexuality. Does the trailer make it look like it’ll be yet another cutesy high school coming-out story about an attractive gay white boy? Yes. Are queer people still going to watch it because we’re utterly starved for decent representation and diverse storylines? Yes. Yes, we are.

2. "The Miseducation of Cameron Post"

Also based on a book, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" is about a young girl who, after being caught in a relationship with another girl, her conservative aunt sends her to a gay conversion therapy camp. It gets extra points for being set in Montana, my home state. But I’m not biased or anything. Nope. Not me.

3. "A Kid Like Jake"

"A Kid Like Jake" is the story of two New York couple raising their gender-nonconforming son, Jake. The film seems to focus primarily on the (straight) couple’s relationship, but it was directed by a trans director, Silas Howard, so I have high hopes for it. Besides, it’s got Octavia Spencer, and Octavia Spencer is always amazing.

4. "Lizzie"

If you haven’t heard the cute but disturbing rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an axe,” here’s the gist: Lizzie does not use that axe for anything happy and wholesome like chopping wood. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her parents in 1892 and is widely believed to have been guilty, although she was let off. "Lizzie" the film focuses on Lizzie’s relationship with her housemaid. I am all here for historical gay romance, especially when it combines with one of my other interests—horror stories.

5. "The Happy Prince"

Poet, playwright, novelist, dedicated aesthete, and almost definitely bisexual if not entirely gay, Oscar Wilde is my own personal queer hero, and when I found out about "The Happy Prince," I was thrilled. The film tells the story of Wilde’s last days, a subject that isn’t usually covered when talking about Wilde. Possibly for good reason, since Wilde’s slow, sad decline stands in stark contrast to the rest of his vivid life. But if you’re a Wilde fangirl like me, or if you just really like sad gay movies, "The Happy Prince" should be on your radar.