Pillion

Film • 2025 • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Colin, a timid man, meets Ray, a confident biker gang leader, who initiates him into a submissive relationship, challenging Colin’s mundane existence and prompting personal growth through their unconventional dynamic.

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Cast & Crew

Harry LightonDirector & Writer
Adam Mars-JonesBook
Harry MellingColin
Alexander SkarsgårdRay
Lesley SharpPeggy
Douglas HodgePete
Jake ShearsKevin
Mat HillSteve
Nick FiggisDon
Zoe EngererDon's Wife
Jake SharpChigs
Jacob CarterCousin Roy
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Details

Status	Released
Release	November 28, 2025
Origins	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Genres	Comedy Drama Romance
Tags	barbershop quartet based on novel or book bdsm biker biker band biker gang dark comedy devotion dominance submissiveness feel good romance gay theme kent lgbt male homosexuality s&m serious steamy romance submission thoughtful tragedy

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Reviews	Pillion Review: A Provocative, Funny, and Touching Anti-Romance Zhuo-Ning Su • thefilmstage.com Alexander Skarsgård’s Explicit and Kinky New Gay BDSM Movie The Daily Beast • thedailybeast.com Pillion review: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård get wild in this BDSM blinder Leonie Cooper • timeout.com ‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Gets the Role of a Lifetime in A24's Beautiful, Kinky Romance William Bibbiani • thewrap.com Pillion Review: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård Dominate This Tenderhearted Romance The Film Maven • thefilmmaven.com Pillion is the sweetest, sexiest and most tender BDSM biker romp of the year – review The Independent • the-independent.com Pillion review: Alexander Skarsgard's BDSM drama is triumphant Empire • empireonline.com ‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling Are Magnificent in a Wildly Explicit and Strangely Sweet BDSM Romance Ryan Lattanzio • indiewire.com

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Reviews

Pillion Review: A Provocative, Funny, and Touching Anti-Romance Zhuo-Ning Su • thefilmstage.com
Alexander Skarsgård’s Explicit and Kinky New Gay BDSM Movie The Daily Beast • thedailybeast.com
Pillion review: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård get wild in this BDSM blinder Leonie Cooper • timeout.com
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Gets the Role of a Lifetime in A24's Beautiful, Kinky Romance William Bibbiani • thewrap.com
Pillion Review: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård Dominate This Tenderhearted Romance The Film Maven • thefilmmaven.com
Pillion is the sweetest, sexiest and most tender BDSM biker romp of the year – review The Independent • the-independent.com
Pillion review: Alexander Skarsgard's BDSM drama is triumphant Empire • empireonline.com
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling Are Magnificent in a Wildly Explicit and Strangely Sweet BDSM Romance Ryan Lattanzio • indiewire.com