Set in 1950s Mexico City, the film follows an outcast American expatriate (Daniel Craig) who becomes infatuated with a much younger man (Drew Starkey); Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, and Lesley Manville also star.

Queer premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2024, where it played in-competition for the Golden Lion.

Craig was also nominated for the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice, and the Screen Actors Guild awards for his performance.

In 1950, William Lee is an American expatriate living in Mexico City, passing time by bar hopping and indulging in sexual activities with younger men.

Lee invites Allerton to travel with him to South America in the hopes of finding yagé, a plant said to offer telepathic abilities.

Producer Lorenzo Mieli found the rights to the book, which they secured after a call with James Grauerholz, the literary executor of Burroughs' estate.

[7] The book was published unfinished, so Kuritzkes and Guadagnino consulted Burroughs' scholar Oliver Harris on how to give the text a fitting ending, while maintaining the author's vision.

[14][15] Jonathan Anderson, creative director of Loewe, served as costume designer, marking his second collaboration with Guadagnino following Challengers.

[19] The album featuring the original score was released on December 6, 2024, through Milan Records; the first track "Vaster than Empires", performed by Reznor and Brazilian composer Caetano Veloso, contains lyrics from Burroughs' final diary entry.

All music is composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross; William S. Burroughs is additionally credited as a writer on "Vaster than Empires".Notes The film itself includes numerous tracks by prominent artists including; Nirvana, Sinéad O’Connor and jazz legends Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

The critics consensus on the website reads: "A phantasmagorical distillation of William S. Burroughs' preoccupations that's by turns meandering and vital, Queer marks one of Daniel Craig's most sterling performances yet.

"[30] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 49 critic reviews, indicating a "generally favorable" response.

[38] Director John Waters ranked Queer second on a list of his favorite movies of 2024, writing that Craig "may be queerbait for taking on the gay beatnik role of William Burroughs's alter ego, but I'm all for it.

"[39] Filmmakers Agnieszka Holland, Edward Berger, Denis Villeneuve, Azazel Jacobs, and Celine Song have also cited it as among their favorite films of 2024.