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Michael Welch, Eric Schaeffer, Randall Newsome
Boy Meets Girl is a 2014 romantic comedy film written and directed by Eric Schaeffer.
Troy Garity, Lee Pace, Andre Braugher
In 1997, new Army recruit Barry Winchell (Troy Garity) is assigned to a base in Tennessee. He quickly befriends the quick-tempered Justin Fisher (Shawn Hatosy), who struggles with drug problems. One ... more
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard
Young female-to-male transgender Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) leaves his hometown under threat when his ex-girlfriend's brother discovers that he's biologically female. Resettling in the small town ... more
Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker
Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude ... more
Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
A transgender singer faces scorn and discrimination after the sudden death of her older boyfriend.
Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan
Right in the midst of important changes in her life, Bree Osborne (Felicity Huffman) learns that she fathered a son, Toby (Kevin Zegers), 17 years ago. Bailing him out of jail in New York, Bree poses ... more
Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along. In their ... more
Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis
Teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) lives in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood with her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse). A lesbian, Alike quietly embraces her ... more
Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Graves, Miriam Margolyes
Kim Foyle (Steven Mackintosh) is a postoperative transvestite who values her well-structured lifestyle. That routine, however, is disturbed when a car accident reintroduces Kim to Paul Prentice ... more
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian
After hearing that her boyfriend/pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender sex worker and her best friend set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson.
Cecilia Roth, Eloy Azorín, Marisa Paredes
A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until ... more
Peter, Masato Harada, Toshiya Fujita
Funeral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. It is a loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex set in the underground gay counterculture of 1960s Tokyo. The film was ... more
Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea
As a baby, Patrick (Cillian Murphy) is left by his mother on the steps of the rectory in their small Irish town. He's discovered by Father Liam (Liam Neeson), coincidentally his real father, and ... more
Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani
A 10-year-old girl (Zoé Héran) moves into a new neighborhood and decides to dress like a boy.
John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor
A German emigrant living in a trailer in Kansas is the victim of a botched sex-change operation. Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theater hit, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells ... more
Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo
Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet ... more
Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Katelijne Damen
Girl is a 2018 drama film directed by Lukas Dhont. A trans girl who pursues a career as a ballerina faces challenges from everyone she encounters.
Michèle Laroque, Vincent Grass, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Ma vie en rose is a 1997 Belgian drama film directed by Alain Berliner. It tells the story of Ludovic, a child who is seen by family and community as a boy, but consistently communicates being a ... more
Gilles Tschudi, Liv Lisa Fries, Julia Schäfle
Romeos is a 2011 German feature film. The film was written and directed by Sabine Bernardi. It was released on December 8, 2011. Prior to its release, the film's screenplay won the Best Treatment ... more
Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Priyanka Chopra
A Kid Like Jake is a 2018 American drama film directed by Silas Howard, based on the 2013 play by Daniel Pearle. Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg Wheeler (Jim Parsons) has always known that their ... more
Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams
Steve Brooks (Perry King), a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he ... more
Pamelyn Ferdin, Quinn K. Redeker, Rod McCary
The Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 fictionalized biographical movie about trans woman Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are ... more
Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau
In 1600, nobleman Orlando (Tilda Swinton) inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp), who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian ... more
Parinya Charoenphol, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-anong Panyawong
Beautiful Boxer is a Thai biographical sports film by Singapore-based director Ekachai Uekrongtham. It tells the life story of Nong Thoom, a famous kathoey, Muay Thai fighter, actress and model. She ... more
Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Hayden Panettiere
After a 25-year marriage to Irma (Jessica Lange), Roy Applewood (Tom Wilkinson) shocks his family when he reveals that he has a gender identity disorder. The Applewood family is further thrown into ... more
Here is a list of the best transgender movies ever made, ranked by movie fans with film trailers when available. This transgender movie list is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest movies about transgender are at the top of the list. If there are any great movies about transgender you believe we missed, please feel free to add them to the list yourself. The films on this list are the most famous transgender and transsexual movies of all time, so use it to find some movies that you haven't seen already. Click on these transgender movie titles for more information about the films.
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From Paris Is Burning to Disclosure .
The transgender community has gone through a history of being underrepresented on-screen until the past several years. Today, there’s a variety of trans stories that add to a catalog of movies that have evidently improved over time. With the success of television shows like Pose , that shows unique and exciting stories of trans people, and Euphoria , that includes a coming-of-age story featuring a transgender character, there is growth in positive and accurate representation.
"I think for a very long time, the ways in which trans people have been represented on-screen have suggested that we're not real, have suggested that we're mentally ill, that we don't exist," Laverne Cox said in the groundbreaking documentary Disclosure . "And yet here I am. Yet here we are, and we've always been here. I never thought I'd live in a world where trans people would be celebrated. On or off the screen. Now, look how far we’ve come."
Yes, some of these movies may be controversial, occasionally having cisgender actors portray transgender characters, and they surely don’t represent a collective transgender perspective. But they all celebrate the community while also recognizing the different struggles they face day-to-day and serve as proof of the progression society has made toward inclusion. So, here are a few movies that illustrate some amazing transgender stories and are worth the watch.
Ricky (Michelle Hendley), a transgender woman and small-town barista, dreams of a bigger life as a fashion designer in New York. With her supportive best friend Robby (Michael Welch) by her side, she also hopes to experience her first love when she meets Francesca (Alexandra Turshen). The two develop a close relationship, despite Francesca’s Marine fiancé. Boy Meets Girl leaves viewers with a refreshingly happy ending.
Loosely based on the story of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, this film follows Lili (Eddie Redmayne) during her transition into her female identity, becoming one of the first people to attempt a sex reassignment surgery in 1930. The Oscar-nominated film The Danish Girl , although met with some controversy , is a true depiction of a woman’s journey to be her true self during a time when transgender surgery was fairly new.
This Netflix documentary takes viewers to New York in the '80s to experience drag ballroom culture. Following Black and Hispanic gay men, as well as transgender women and drag queens competing in vogue-dancing battles, the movie opens up the discussion of homophobia, transphobia, and racism the community faced on a daily basis. Paris Is Burning is also the inspiration for today’s hit TV series, Pose .
This modern age comedy follows two transgender sex workers and their crazy adventure for revenge. When Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is released from jail, she finds out from her best friend (Mya Taylor) that her boyfriend has cheated on her with a cisgender woman, leading her on a dramatic and chaotic hunt to track down those who wronged her. Best part? The movie was shot entirely on an iPhone 5S.
Based on the true story of Brandon Teena, a young transgender man who was sexually abused and murdered in 1993 due to his gender identity, this movie is painful and heart-breaking. The film follows Teena (Hilary Swank) and his new romance with a cisgender girl (Chloë Sevigny) while living in a primarily non-accepting community in Nebraska.
In an eye-opening documentary, Disclosure takes a deep look at transgender depictions in Hollywood over the years. Sam Feder, Amy Scholder, and Laverne Cox analyze the history of on-screen misrepresentation of the trans community, its impact on American culture, and the evolving conversation surrounding media and transgender people, showcasing a variety of true trans stories in the process.
The Golden Globe-winning film gives an often rare but beautiful depiction of a trans character beginning their transition at a young age. Ma Vie En Rose follows a seven-year-old boy, Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne), who now wants to be seen as a girl, despite disapproval from family and the community. Rather than amplifying larger themes of homophobia and transphobia, the movie focuses simply on a child navigating their gender identity.
Composed of seven short stories, this indie sci-fi movie, directed by non-binary filmmaker Neelu Bhuman, follows supernatural trans and queer characters from different cultures as they use their newly unlocked magical powers to “protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.”
Transamerica follows the story of a transgender woman, Bree Osborne (Felicity Huffman), in the midst of the final stages of her transition. Her life changes and her plans are halted when she learns she fathered a son 17 years ago. She now has to face telling him who she really is before fully letting go of her masculinity as they connect with each other.
A new army recruit Barry is assigned in Tennessee and befriends Justin, a struggling drug user with a hot temper. The two spend the night at a local bar to see a drag show when Barry falls for and develops a relationship with a transgender woman. This causes Justin to go on a bitter rampage, based on the tragic true story of Barry Winchell .
This French film follows the story of 10-year-old Laure, who experiments with gender identity, and adopts the name Mikaël, after moving to a new neighborhood where many believe Laure is a boy. The ambiguity of the movie allows both trans and cis viewers to relate to the story of a child wanting to be accepting for who they are.
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While Golden Globe winning TV like Transparent and the prominence of Orange Is The New Black ’s trans actor and activist Laverne Cox may have convinced you that trans issues have been integrated into the mainstream, cinema still has a way to go before it catches up with television’s evolving attitudes to the world beyond cis-gendered perspectives.
The history of trans characters in cinema isn’t a particularly happy one. Prior to the 1960s, audiences who wanted to seek out non-cis characters would be forced to fall back on men in drag like in Some Like It Hot . Still, while SLIH was offensive, it wasn’t as malevolent as something like Psycho , whose killer was famously troubled by his gender and who dressed in his dead mother’s clothes.
Thankfully, the past few decades have ushered in a more progressive exploration of trans identity. While many of the films below aren’t perfect (often starring high-profile straight, cis actors in trans roles in lieu of trans actors), they do function as a good jumping off point for getting into modern transgender movies.
This fictitious love story was loosely inspired by actual people: Danish artist and transgender pioneer Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Elbe was born Einar Wegener, a landscape painter who was married to artist Gerda Wegener and who in his own words “could withstand storms.” However, he felt he was two people in the same body and his other self, Lili Elbe, was, as she herself recorded in notes for an autobiography, a “thoughtless, flighty, very superficially-minded woman.” Still, Lili grew stronger every day and by February 1930, Wegener felt he could no longer resist: “I am finished,” he wrote. “Lili has known this for a long time. That’s how matters stand. And consequently she rebels more vigorously everyday.”
While it’s a beautiful film, it does have some notable weaknesses. As Vulture journalist Kyle Buchanan has noted, the film centers more on Elbe’s wife Gerda than it does Elbe. Eddie Redmayne did in-depth research into the experiences of trans women, telling Out Magazine “I felt like, I’m being given this extraordinary experience of being able to play this woman, but with that comes this responsibility of not only educating myself but hopefully using that to educate [an audience]. Gosh, it’s delicate. And complicated.” However, his cloying, vague performance as Lili suggests the LGBTQ complaints that an actual transgender woman should have played the role are justified. Still, it’s a moving, visually striking account of someone’s attempt to be themselves in an era when transgender surgery was at its very infancy.
This 2005 film earned 30 awards including a Golden Globe for actress Felicity Huffman and was nominated for 19 further awards, including a Best Actress Oscar. Bree (Felicity Huffman) is less than two weeks away from the final operation that will complete her transition from a male to female body when she learns she has a teenage son, Toby, as she receives a call from him from a New York city jail hoping that his dad, Stanley (her dead name) will bail him out. Bree is unwilling to do so but when her therapist refuses to sign a consent form for the sex-change operation until Bree reaches closure, she’s forced to fly to New York to collect Toby. She poses as a church do-gooder who is mysteriously willing to drive him to LA to fulfil his dream of becoming a porn actor. It’s a parent-son road trip movie with one key twist: Toby has no idea that he’s sharing a car with his biological father.
While there’s inaccuracies in the way the transition and surgery-approval process is portrayed, overall it’s a warm, sensitive drama about the difficulties of parenthood and gender.
Trans issues lie at the center of this smart, nuanced drama from legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The film opens on Manuela’s attempt to locate her late son Esteban’s father – she never revealed to Esteban that his father, like her best friend, is a transsexual woman, Lola.
The film treats trans issues with dignity but never accords them the sentimentality you see in so much cinema on the same topic, with Agrado’s monologue on authenticity exciting our admiration over our pity. This wasn’t the only time that one of Almodóvar’s films starred trans actors and characters — The Law Of Desire (1987), High Heels (1991), Bad Education (2004) and The Skin I Live In (2011) all structure their narrative around transsexual and transvestite
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