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(Updated 11/11/12)
[Transsexual] [Crossdressing]
From the earliest days, films have
included cross-dressing characters. More recently, other
transgender characters have also appeared. Films have featured
cross-dressing, transsexual, and intersex characters in a variety of
roles, some humorous, some dramatic, some involving serious
examinations of gender issues.
Those listed below provide a cross-section of the range.
For fuller details of these - see the film International Movie Data Base website: ....... http://uk.imdb.com
Transsexual
Characters or Themes
| Title |
Director |
Starring |
| A Girl
Like Me, The Gwen Araujo Story (2006) |
Agnieska Holland |
J.D.Pardo |
| All About My Mother (1999) |
Pedro
Almodovar |
Cecilia
Roth, Marisa Paredes |
| Bad
Education (2004) |
Pedro Almodovar |
Gael Gareia Bernal, Fele
Martinez |
| Badge, The (2001) |
Robby Henson |
Billy Bob Thornton |
| Beautiful
Boxer (2003) |
Ekachai Uekrongtham |
Asanee Suwan |
| Better
Than Chocolate
(1999) |
Anne Wheeler |
Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox,
Peter Outerbridge |
| Boys
Don’t Cry (1999) |
Kimberley Pierce |
Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny |
| Crying
Game, The
(1992) |
Neil Jordan |
Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson |
| Different
for Girls
(1996) |
Richard Spence |
Stephen Mackintosh, Rupert
Graves |
| Dressed to Kill (1980) |
Brian De Palma |
Michael Caine, Angie Dickenson |
| Forbidden
Love (1977) |
Vicente Aranda |
Victoria Abril, Bibi Andersen |
| Gendernauts (1996) |
Monika Treut |
Annie Sprinkle, Sandy Stone |
| Georgie
Girl (2001) Television documentary |
|
Georgina Beyer |
| Heaven (1998) |
Scott Reynolds |
Martin Donovan, Danny Edwards |
| Hedwig and
the Angry Inch (2000) |
John Cameron Mitchell |
John Cameron Mitchell, Michael
Pitt, Stephen Trask |
| Hunting
Venus (1999) Televison comedy |
Martin Clunes |
Neil Morrissey, Martin Clunes |
| In A Year of Thirteen Moons
(1978) |
Rainer
Werner Fassbinder |
Volker
Spengler, Gottfried John |
| Laurence Anyways (2012) - New Entry | Xavier Dolan | Melvil Poupard, Suzanne Clement |
| Let Me Die
A Woman
(1979) |
Doris Wishman |
Dr Leo Wollman |
| Lola
& Bilidkid
(1999) |
Kutlug Ataman |
Baki Davrak, Gandi Mukli |
| Ma Vie En
Rose (1997) |
Alain Berliner |
Jean-Phillipe Ecoffey |
| Mystery of Alexina, The
(1986) |
Rene
Feret |
Vuillemin,
Valeri Stohli |
| Normal (2003) |
Jane
Anderson |
Tom
Wilkinson, Jessica Lange |
| Orlando (1993) |
Sally
Potter |
Tilda
Swinton, Billy Zane |
| Second Serve (1986) |
Anthony
Page |
Vanessa
Redgrave, Richard Venture |
| Soldier’s
Girl (2003) |
Frank Pierson |
Lee Pace, Troy Garrity |
| Strella - A New Woman (2009) |
Panos H Koutras |
Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos |
| Transamerica (2005) |
Duncan Tucker |
Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers |
| 20
Centimetres
(2005) |
Ramon Salazar |
Monica Cerevera |
| Wild Side (2004) |
Sebastien Lifshitz |
Stephanie Michelini |
| World
According to Garp
(1982) |
George Roy Hill |
Robin Williams, John Lithgow |
Crossdressing
Characters or Themes
| Title |
Director
|
Starring |
| Albert Nobbs (2011) | Rodrigo Garcia | Glenn Close, Janet McTeer |
| All The
Queen’s Men (2003) |
Stefan
Ruzowitsky |
Eddie
Izzard, Matt Le Blanc |
| Breakfast
on Pluto (2005) |
Neil
Jordan |
Cillian
Murphy, Stephen Rea |
| Cockettes, The (2002) Documentary |
Bill
Webber |
The Cockettes |
| Ed Wood (1994) |
Tim
Burton |
Johnny
Depp, Martin Landau |
| Flawless (1999) |
Joel Shumacher |
Robert De Nero, Philip Seymour
Hoffman |
| Girls Will Be Girls (2003) |
Richard Day |
Jack Plotnick, Clinton Leupp |
| Glen or
Glenda
(1953) |
Ed Wood Jr |
Ed Wood Jr, Bela Lugosi |
| Hairspray (1988) (original & best) |
John Waters |
Divine, Rikki Lake, Debbie
Harry, Sony Bono |
| He’s
My Girl
(1987) |
Gabrielle Beaumont |
David Hallyday, T.K. Carter |
| I Shot Andy Warhol
(1996) |
Mary
Harran |
Lil
Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Jared Harris |
| Just Like
a Woman
(1992) |
Christopher Monger |
Adrian Pasdar, Julie Walters |
| Kinky Boots (2005) |
Julian Jarrold |
Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Mrs
Doubtfire
(1993) |
Chris Columbus |
Robin Williams, Sally Field |
| Myra
Breckinridge
(1970) |
Michael Sarne |
Racquel Welch, Mae West, John
Huston |
| Paris is
Burning (1991) Documentary |
Jennie Livingston |
|
| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) |
Stephan Elliot |
Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce |
| Some Like
it Hot
(1959) |
Billy Wilder |
Tony Curtis, Jack lemmon,
Marilyn Monroe |
| Tenant, The (1976) |
Roman Polanski |
Roman Polanski |
| Tootsie (1982) |
Sydney
Pollack |
Dustin
Hoffman, Jessica Lange. |
| Sorority
Boys (2002) |
Wally Wolodarsky |
Barry Watson, Harland Williams |
| StoneWall
- 25 Years on the way to Freedom (1995) |
Nigel French |
Frederick Weller, Guillermo Diaz |
| To Die For (1994) |
Peter Mckenzie Liten |
Thomas Arkle, Ian Williams |
| To Wong
Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) |
Beeban Kidron |
Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze |
| Vegas in
Space (1991) |
Philip A.Ford |
Doris Fish, Miss X, Ginger
Quest |
| Victor/Victoria (1995) |
Blake Edwards |
Julie Andrews, Robert Preston,
James Garner |
| White
Chicks
(2004) |
Keenen Wayans |
Marlon & Shawn Wayons |
| Wigstock
the Movie (1995) |
Barry Shils |
Lypsinka, Mistress Formika |
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