Transgender Characters in Movies and TV Series
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1. Beautiful Boxer (2003)
Unrated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Biopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham | Stars: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $0.00M
2. Zerophilia (2005)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
In this sexually ambiguous romantic comedy, Luke, a naive college student, struggles with issues of masculinity while he comes to terms with a rare genetic disorder that causes the afflicted to switch gender at will.
Director: Martin Curland | Stars: Taylor Handley, Dustin Seavey, Alison Folland, Kyle Schmid
Votes: 2,452 | Gross: $0.01M
3. Hippocampe (2016)
11 min | Short, Drama
Hippocampe is a short film by Jan Caplin made in 2015 freely inspired by the life of Thomas Beatie.
Director: Jan Caplin | Stars: Julien Boissier-Descombes, Clémence Déléa, Fred Hebbada, Benoit Le Moine
4. Romeos (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A drama centered on the relationship between a two young men, as one of them navigates the difficulties of life as a transgender man.
Director: Sabine Bernardi | Stars: Rick Okon, Max Befort, Liv Lisa Fries, Felix Brocke
Votes: 3,497 | Gross: $0.00M
5. Finnemans (2010 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Finn, an adolescent boy, one day discovers that his father is wearing womens clothes.
Director: Thomas Korthals Altes | Stars: Jelmer Ouwerkerk, Remko Vrijdag, Susan Visser, Abbey Hoes
Votes: 78
6. Predestination (I) (2014)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West
Votes: 304,913 | Gross: $0.07M
7. Lingua Franca (2019)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
An undocumented Filipina transwoman falls in love in Brooklyn.
Director: Isabel Sandoval | Stars: Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn, Shiloh Verrico
Votes: 907
8. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson
Votes: 24,557 | Gross: $0.83M
9. Orlando (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
Votes: 18,732 | Gross: $5.29M
10. Euphoria (2019– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow
Votes: 242,384
11. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 17,019
12. Transamerica (2005)
R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Director: Duncan Tucker | Stars: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Andrea James
Votes: 42,351 | Gross: $9.02M
13. Soldier's Girl (2003 TV Movie)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Troy Garity, Lee Pace, Andre Braugher, Shawn Hatosy
Votes: 7,241
14. A Fantastic Woman (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim
Votes: 27,283 | Gross: $2.02M
15. Port Authority (2019)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Paul must confront his white boy realness after arriving in New York and getting involved with explosively divisive groups: the queer ballroom scene and some straight debt collectors, while falling in love with a trans woman.
Director: Danielle Lessovitz | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi, Louisa Krause
Votes: 1,042
16. Cowboys (II) (2020)
86 min | Drama
A troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife runs off with his trans son into the Montana wilderness after his ex-wife's refusal to let their son live as his authentic self.
Director: Anna Kerrigan | Stars: Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Sasha Knight, Ann Dowd
Votes: 1,828
17. Boy Meets Girl (I) (2014)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Boy Meets Girl is a funny, tender, sex positive romantic comedy that explores what it means to be a real man or woman, and how important it is to live a courageous life not letting fear stand in the way of going after your dreams.
Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Michael Welch, Michelle Hendley, Alexandra Turshen, Michael Galante
Votes: 4,944 | Gross: $0.02M
18. 3 Generations (2015)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama
After Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother Maggie must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
Director: Gaby Dellal | Stars: Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan
Votes: 6,957 | Gross: $0.07M
19. A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of Gwen Araujo, a young trans woman who was brutally murdered by four men in 2002.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Mercedes Ruehl, JD Pardo, Lupe Ontiveros, Henry Darrow
Votes: 2,034
20. Ma vie en rose (1997)
R | 88 min | Drama
Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.
Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 9,026 | Gross: $2.28M
21. Hit & Miss (2012)
45 min | Drama
Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.
Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Roma Christensen, Jorden Bennie, Karla Crome
Votes: 5,013
22. Strella (2009)
111 min | Drama
Yorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.
Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Argyris Kavidas
Votes: 4,309
23. A Perfectly Normal Family (2020)
97 min | Drama, Family
Emma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.
Director: Malou Reymann | Stars: Kaya Toft Loholt, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Rigmor Ranthe, Neel Rønholt
Votes: 1,482
24. Man on High Heels (2014)
125 min | Action, Drama
From people's eyes he seems like a sadistic cop who give no mercy to his enemy. But, deep inside his heart Ji-wook hides his desire to become a woman.
Director: Jin Jang | Stars: Cha Seung-won, Oh Jung-se, Esom, Lee El
Votes: 1,460
25. Boy Meets Girl (2015–2016)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Comedy series about a couple who find love across the transgender age gap.
Stars: Nigel Betts, Jonny Dixon, Janine Duvitski, Harry Hepple
Votes: 620
26. Anything (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
This is a story about the infinite possibility of love.
Director: Timothy McNeil | Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham
Votes: 817 | Gross: $0.02M
27. Girls Lost (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Nectar from a magic flower allows three girls to live as boys for a while.
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining | Stars: Tuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Louise Nyvall, Alexander Gustavsson
Votes: 1,319
28. Just Charlie (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her father and teammates will she ever play football again?
Director: Rebekah Fortune | Stars: Harry Gilby, Scot Williams, Mark Carter, Travis Blake Hall
Votes: 944
29. Alice Júnior (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
The first kiss of a transgender teenager.
Director: Gil Baroni | Stars: Anna Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Thaís Schier, Surya Amitrano
Votes: 642
30. The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Aleksa Palladino, Margaret Colin
Votes: 2,017 | Gross: $0.10M
31. The Garden Left Behind (2019)
88 min | Drama
A young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother navigate life as undocumented immigrants in New York City.
Director: Flavio Alves | Stars: Michael Madsen, Edward Asner, Carlie Guevara, Danny Flaherty
Votes: 623
32. Lola (2019)
90 min | Drama
Lola, 18 years old, bleach blonde hair, lives in a foster home with Samir, her only friend. Impulsive and lonely, she is trying to get her diploma as a veterinary assistant. When her mother... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Micheli | Stars: Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier, Sami Outalbali
Votes: 687
33. Venus (III) (2017)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A dramatic comedy about a transitioning woman who discovers that she's the mother of a 14 year old boy.
Director: Eisha Marjara | Stars: Debargo Sanyal, Jamie Mayers, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Zena Darawalla
Votes: 328
34. Her Story (II) (2015–2016)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A look inside the dating lives of trans and queer women as they navigate the intersections of desire and identity.
Stars: Jen Richards, Laura Zak, Angelica Ross, Christian Ochoa Lavernia
Votes: 395
35. Close-Knit (2017)
127 min | Drama
Tomo, an 11-year old girl, discovers her mother has abandoned her. Tomo's uncle and his transgender girlfriend, Rinko, take her in. Together they tackle the task of knitting 108 of Rinko's special hopes and dreams, one stitch at a time.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Kenta Kiritani, Mugi Kadowaki, Eiko Koike
Votes: 1,954
36. Something Must Break (2014)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlén
Votes: 1,597
37. Tamara (II) (2016)
110 min | Drama, Romance
The film is based on the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent, outstanding lawyer with a four-year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish her long-time secret: to transition into a trans woman.
Director: Elia K. Schneider | Stars: Luis Fernandez, Prakriti Maduro, Mimi Lazo, Karina Velasquez
Votes: 160
38. Dungarees (2020)
5 min | Short, Drama
A story of young love, as a transgender teen and a cis-gender teen spend their time together on a regular night, doing regular things. Or not.
Director: Abel Rubinstein | Stars: Pete MacHale, Ludovic Jean-Francois, Atlanta Hayward
Votes: 99
39. The Name of the Son (2019)
13 min | Short, Drama
Lucho, a 13-year-old trans boy, doesn't usually share much time with his father. When he goes on holiday with him and his younger sister, the new closeness puts their relationship to the test.
Director: Martina Matzkin | Stars: Tristán Miranda, Amanda Pérez Berch, Daniel Cabot
Votes: 79
40. Mía (2011)
106 min | Drama
Ale is a transvestite that collects cardboard. One day she finds Mia's diary, a woman who died and left her husband and daughter Julia. A movie about discrimination and intolerance.
Director: Javier van de Couter | Stars: Martina Knopoff, Camila Sosa Villada, Maite Lanata, Silvia Villazur
Votes: 221
41. Call Me Helen (2015 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
Teenager Finn spends a year abroad in San Francisco. One year later, when his father wants to collect him from the airport, he is faced with the fact that his son is now a girl - Helen.
Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Heino Ferch, Jannik Schümann, Winnie Böwe, Kyra Sophia Kahre
Votes: 212
42. Melting Away (2011)
86 min | Drama
Based on a song by Yaakov Gilad, film inspired by a 2009 murder at LGBT Bar in Tel Aviv. Song and film tell of Assaf whose father banishes him in the rain. Assaf transforms to Anna, a nurse. Intricate plot, bitter sweet.
Director: Doron Eran | Stars: Hen Yanni, Yonatan Barak, Limor Goldstein, Shosha Goren
Votes: 195
43. Two 4 One (2014)
PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Comedy
Adam and Miriam have a one-night stand. They both wind up pregnant.
Director: Maureen Bradley | Stars: Gavin Crawford, Naomi Snieckus, Gabrielle Rose, Andrea Menard
Votes: 138
44. Open Up to Me (2013)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Maarit has successfully managed to live her life as a transgender, attractive and intelligent woman. However, this new life has come at a considerable price, as many transgender individuals... See full summary »
Director: Simo Halinen | Stars: Leea Klemola, Peter Franzén, Ria Kataja, Emmi Nivala
Votes: 785
45. Different (2014)
12 min | Short
Glen comes clean and tells his long time boyfriend that he is transgender.
Director: Adrienne Scalo | Stars: Nick Culbertson, Andre Diniz, Dan Morrison
46. The Change Up (2020)
15 min | Short
Director: Jordan Auten | Stars: Carter Ray, Katie Baker, Riley Cooper, Scott Lea
47. Strange Empire (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Western
In 1869 Janestown on the Alberta-Montana border, three women band together for survival after the men in their town are murdered.
Stars: Cara Gee, Tattiawna Jones, Melissa Farman, Aaron Poole
Votes: 1,849
48. The L Word: Generation Q (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
Bette Porter, Shane McCutcheon and Alice Pieszecki intermingle with a younger generation of Los Angelenos experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success.
Stars: Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Arienne Mandi
Votes: 8,407
49. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Votes: 103,328 | Gross: $11.53M
50. Erik & Erika (2018)
89 min | Biography, Drama, History
Erik/Erika Schinegger - the ski sensation that became media sensation. As Erika she was celebrated. As newly discovered Erik repudiated and accused of fraud. A true story about the ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhold Bilgeri | Stars: Markus Freistätter, Martin Mak, Marianne Sägebrecht, Ulrike Beimpold
Votes: 175
51. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
PG-13 | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.
Director: Martin Krejcí | Stars: Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chloë Sevigny, Eve Hewson, John Turturro
Votes: 991
52. Matted (2010 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
Rose Lee is just a typical high school student trying to figure things out. Her dream is to join the boy's wrestling team, but no one is making it easy for her. Along the way, she'll ... See full summary »
Directors: Josh Compton, Michael Greischar, Matt MacDonald | Stars: MacGregor Adee, S.J. Andrew, Andrew P. Bean, Adam Burgett
Votes: 15
53. Open (2010)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Interweaving love stories centering on real individuals who are utilizing medicine to explore new frontiers of love, sex, and the human form.
Director: Jake Yuzna | Stars: Tempest Crane, Jendeen Forberg, Gaea Gaddy, Morty Diamond
Votes: 141
54. The Danish Girl (2015)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 199,314 | Gross: $11.11M
55. Tomboy (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani
Votes: 22,286 | Gross: $0.13M
56. Normal (2003 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
A Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.
Director: Jane Anderson | Stars: Richard Bull, Mary Seibel, Danny Goldring, Jessica Lange
Votes: 3,486
57. 4400 (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them.
Stars: Brittany Adebumola, Joseph David-Jones, Ireon Roach, T.L. Thompson
Votes: 5,108
59. The End (I) (2020)
28 min | Comedy, Drama
THE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between.
Stars: Frances O'Connor, Harriet Walter, Ingrid Torelli, Luke Arnold
Votes: 1,040
60.
The Good Doctor (2017–2024)
Episode:
Irresponsible Salad Bar Practices
(2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Lim is challenged by the unique circumstances surrounding a pregnant patient with an aggressive tumor; after misdiagnosing a patient, Claire makes a disconcerting discovery about certain practices at the hospital.
Director: Felipe Rodriguez | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee
Votes: 2,235
61. Conflictos modernos (2015–2016)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Javier Drolas, Nicolás Pauls, Marita Ballesteros, Mariana Prommel
Votes: 11
62. A Good Man (II) (2020)
107 min | Drama
Benjamin and Aude want to have a baby, but when they find out that it is not possible for Aude to conceive, Benjamin comes up with a plan to solve their dilemma.
Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Soko, Vincent Dedienne, Gabriel Almaer
Votes: 276
63. Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.
Stars: Rhys Darby, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Matthew Maher
Votes: 43,029
64. The Way You Look Tonight (2019)
85 min | Fantasy, Romance
A single man who is searching for love turns to a dating site to find his perfect match.
Director: John Cerrito | Stars: Nick Fink, Bailey Noble, Emily Tremaine Fernandez, Juliette Goglia
Votes: 413
65. Weil ich Leo bin (2021)
18 min | Short, Drama
Twelve-year-old Leo spends the autumn holidays with older sister Noémie and cousin Emil at their grandmother's farm. From one day to the next, everyone suddenly says that Leo has become a woman. But for Leo, it simply feels wrong.
Director: Tajo Hurrle | Stars: Amadeo*Leo Arndt, Sarah Goebel, Aaron Goebel, Ute Lubosch
Votes: 18
66. IS: Otoko demo onna demo nai sei (2011– )
Drama
IS follows the high school life of Hoshino Haru. Haru was born intersex meaning that he was born with physical characteristics of both sexes and cannot clearly be assigned as a binary ... See full summary »
Stars: Saki Fukuda, Ayame Gôriki, Masahiro Inoue, Jingi Irie
Votes: 63
67. Oskars Kleid (2022)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
When Ben's son decides to live as a girl from now on, his world is turned upside down and the relationship with his family is put to a severe test.
Director: Hüseyin Tabak | Stars: Senta Berger, Florian David Fitz, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Marie Burchard
Votes: 668
68. The Transition (2020)
Short, Drama
A trans male of the name of Aaron who grew up in a religious household who tries to overcome the adversity of judgment from his family, old classmates, and congregation at church. This film... See full summary »
Director: Ronnie Quillen | Stars: Jose Alberto Alvarez, Tristan Benitez, Kiara Caceres, Jabari Amir Jones
69. (S)He (2020 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
The story of a girl born into a boy's body.
Director: Clément Michel | Stars: Odile Vuillemin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Andréa Furet, Maxence Danet-Fauvel
Votes: 55
70. Rurangi (2020– )
96 min | Drama
After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
Stars: Elz Carrad, Awhina-Rose Ashby, Aroha Rawson, Renee Sheridan
Votes: 238
71. Mutt (2023)
87 min | Drama
Within the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.
Director: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz | Stars: Lio Mehiel, Cole Doman, MiMi Ryder, Alejandro Goic
Votes: 942
72. Birthday Boy (I) (2021)
20 min | Short, Drama
A Transgender teenage boy finds friendship in online games, away from the bullying he faces at an all-girls private school. On the day of his 16th birthday, the bullying takes an ... See full summary »
Director: Leo LeBeau | Stars: Selma Alkaff, Sev Angai, Fuller Ayumi, Jaina Brock-Patel
Votes: 25
73. Yo nena, yo princesa (2021)
120 min | Drama
Gabriela is a mother who faces a struggle that she never expected to have: one of her sons, Manuel, has a repressed desire to live as a girl. The mother finds herself fighting on the front line of the transgender rights movement.
Director: Federico Palazzo | Stars: Eleonora Wexler, Juan Palomino, Isabella G.C., Valentino Vena
Votes: 129
74. Adam (2021 TV Movie)
58 min | Drama
Adam is a young trans man from Egypt seeking asylum in the UK. He looks back at his life in Egypt, where he was misunderstood and forced to live as a woman.
Directors: Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood | Stars: Adam Kashmiry, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Stephen McCole, Myriam Acharki
75. Facing Mirrors (2011)
98 min | Drama
Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transgender man prevented from living as his ... See full summary »
Director: Negar Azarbayjani | Stars: Shayesteh Irani, Ghazal Shakeri, Homayoun Ershadi, Maryam Boubani
Votes: 643
76. I Am Mackenzie (2019)
20 min | Short
Caught among toxic masculinity, a sequin dress and a teenage crush, a teen skater, growing up in rural Texas, will have sex for the first time in the back of their dad's truck.
Director: Artemis Anastasiadou | Stars: Shonagh Smith, Alan Trong, Lisa Ashby, Eman Esfandi
Votes: 61
77. Still Me (2021)
13 min | Short, Drama
After coming to terms with their identity, it's time for Bailey to come out at school. However, this proves harder than they anticipate and Bailey is faced with a choice between social ridicule or the closet.
Directors: Michael Hardinge, Jay Beckerleg, Sam Jelley | Stars: Alanah Parkin, Kallan Adelaide, Carolyn Masson
Votes: 192
78. Masked (II) (2019)
15 min | Short, Drama
Story of High Schooler, Zoe, struggling to come out as a trans man. After knowing who they truly are for a while, Zoe finds themselves fatigued by their fear of whether others will accept them or not.
Directors: Jay Beckerleg, Michael Hardinge | Stars: Kallan Adelaide, Paul Dawber, Natalie Fenwick, Ana Isabel
Votes: 61
79. Only What You Need to Know About Me (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
Teenagers Laura and Fabio meet at a skate park and their friendship blossoms into something deeper. But when Laura disappears without a word, Fabio tracks her down to uncover the reason why.
Director: Maria Augusta V. Nunes | Stars: Alice Doro, Rafael Gregório, Aleff Resler
Votes: 10
80. Butterfly (2018)
60 min | Drama
Eleven-year-old Max identifies as a girl and wants to live her life as Maxine. Her separated parents, Vicky and Stephen, attempt to work out how best to cope with and support this huge life decision.
Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Callum Booth-Ford, Anna Friel, Lorraine Burroughs
Votes: 1,856
81. Against the Current (2020)
87 min | Documentary
The journey of Icelandic transgender Veiga Grétarsdóttir. An expedition beyond transformation.
Director: Oskar Pall Sveinsson | Star: Veiga Grétarsdóttir
Votes: 48
82. Call Me Krishna (2020)
10 min | Short
After trying on a binder and packer for the first time, Krishna, a trans male, has to face his own insecurities and fears around passing and coming out. His best friend Skyler, a trans female, is there to support him.
Director: Rojelio Palacios | Stars: Celeste Chiguichon, Claudia Liz, Atticus Longman, Rafael Martinez
83. Bombshell (2020– )
Comedy
A gay trans man navigates the shark infested waters of LA's dating scene.
Stars: Ellis David Perry, Jessica Rosas, Charles Johnson, Havon Baraka
84. Dear Aunt Noa (2020)
11 min | Short, Drama
A transgender environmentalist from LA and a struggling family-man mechanic from rural Ohio walk into a bar, their years of friendship tested by shades of gray in a modern America desperately masquerading in starkly contrasting monotones.
Director: Dana Aliya Levinson | Stars: Dana Aliya Levinson, Michael Armstrong Barr, Megan Mekjian, Christian Hall
85. Panic Attack (I) (2020)
14 min | Short
Alex, a trans teenager, sets himself a challenge to confront his anxieties about how the world sees him and how he sees himself.
Director: Anthony Assad
86. Miss (I) (2020)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man seeking his gender identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
Director: Ruben Alves | Stars: Alexandre Wetter, Pascale Arbillot, Isabelle Nanty, Thibault de Montalembert
Votes: 953
87. Renascer (2024)
Drama
A wealthy cocoa bean farmer with a mysterious connection with nature holds a grudge against his youngest son, since his mother died during childbirth. Things complicate when they both fall for the same woman.
Stars: Humberto Carrão, Samantha Jones, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Juliana Paes
Votes: 58
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