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This paper explores the movie Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017), based on its homonymous novel (André Aciman, 2007), concentrating on the analysis of two young men (Elio and Oliver) as well as Elio’s father. Our attempt is to elucidate whether these characters represent types of masculinities that we would like to describe as affective. The theoretical background is inspired by Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (CSMM) and its intersection with feminist and queer studies. This is followed by discussions of aspects of the film adaptation related to masculinities, particularly in regard to the interpretation and questioning of the ‘gay’ subgenre (in films and novels), as well as the representation of gender and sexual identities in popular cinema, including Call Me by Your Name. As a result, five scenes from the movie will be critically analysed in order to describe the three men mentioned above as examples of affective masculinities.