Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-impersonator"

51. Meatball Machine (2005)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.

Directors: Yûdai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki, Shôichirô Masumoto

Votes: 2,283

52. Mae West (1982 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Ann Jillian, James Brolin, Piper Laurie, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 288

53. Teaserama (1955)

Not Rated | 67 min | Comedy, Music

A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.

Director: Irving Klaw | Stars: Tempest Storm, Bettie Page, Trudy Wayne, Dave Starr

Votes: 336

54. A Virgin in Hollywood (1953)

Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy, Music

A young female newspaper reporter is assigned by her editor to investigate the seamier side of Hollywood.

Director: Klaytan W. Kirby | Stars: Dorothy Abbott, Thad Swift, Phil Rhodes, Carol Brewster

Votes: 125

55. The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)

99 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.

Directors: Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt, Arthur Knight | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, Rocky Roberts and The Airdales, The Ladybirds

Votes: 357

56. Before Stonewall (1984)

Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, History

The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.

Directors: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stars: Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith

Votes: 1,190 | Gross: $0.02M

57. First a Girl (1935)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Musical

Elizabeth dreams of being a music-hall singer. She gets to know Victor, that quite unexpectedly gets a female part in a music-hall number. He unfortunately finds himself voiceless, so, why wouldn't Elizabeth replace him in it?

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee, Griffith Jones

Votes: 510

58. La Más Draga (2018– )

60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

A Mexican Drag competition reality show produced by La Gran Diabla. The reality show is broadcast exclusively through the YouTube platform.

Stars: Yari Mejia, Johnny Carmona, Bernardo Vazquez, Dadvian Esparza

Votes: 125

59. Varietease (1954)

Not Rated | 71 min | Comedy, Music

The legendary pinup queen Bettie Page stars in a marvelous burlesque show, alongside '50s icons Lili St.Cryr, Bobby Shields, Chris Le Chris Lynn and many others.

Director: Irving Klaw | Stars: Lili St. Cyr, Cass Franklin, Monica Lane, Bettie Page

Votes: 149

60. The RuPaul Show (1997–1998)

TV-14 | 30 min | Music, Talk-Show

A celebrity talk show featuring drag queen superstar RuPaul.

Stars: Michelle Visage, Michael Orenstein, RuPaul, Olivia Newton-John

Votes: 87

61. Bulgarian Lovers (2003)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A straight-laced Spanish man falls in love with a young foreigner.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Dritan Biba, Pepón Nieto, Roger Pera

Votes: 959 | Gross: $0.06M

62. The Man from O.R.G.Y. (1970)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime

A rich man suddenly dies and leaves his vast fortune to a Madam who played a number of female stars for him: Hermione Gingold, Phyllis Diller, Marlene Dietrich, and Bette Davis. She dies ... See full summary »

Director: James Hill | Stars: Robert Walker Jr., Steve Rossi, Slappy White, Louisa Moritz

Votes: 58

63. A Woman (1915)

TV-G | 26 min | Short, Comedy

A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Marta Golden, Charles Inslee

Votes: 1,952

64. Pageant (2008)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary

A portrait of five men competing in the Miss Gay America pageant.

Directors: Ron Davis, Stewart Halpern-Fingerhut | Stars: Carl Glorioso, Victoria Parker, Robert Martin, David Lowman

Votes: 599

65. Malamondo (1964)

110 min | Documentary

This documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in Switzerland, hog-butchering in Italy, and an orgy in a graveyard.

Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Don Backy, Adriano Celentano, Riccardo Cucciolla, Marvin Miller

Votes: 62

66. Divine Trash (1998)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Yeager | Stars: John Waters, Pat Waters, John Waters Sr., Steve Buscemi

Votes: 1,195 | Gross: $0.04M

67. BoysTown (2008– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

Welcome to BoysTown! A modern gay episodic drama about friendship, sex and relationships exploring the everyday lives of 8 friends and lovers. A cross between a gay Desperate Housewives and... See full summary »

Stars: J. Hunter Ackerman, Albertossy Espinoza, Jim Patneaude, Ricky Reidling

Votes: 224

68. Reyna: Ang makulay na pakikipagsapalaran ng ma achucherva, achuchuva, achechenes... (2006)

TV-PG | 98 min | Comedy

A story of a sad, insecure woman who feels a need to win a beauty pageant to prove her self-worth and to fulfill her mother's dying wish.

Director: Soxy Topacio | Stars: Keanna Reeves, Paolo Contis, Eddie Garcia, Dick Israel

Votes: 22

69. Cuba Crossing (1980)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.

Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn, Woody Strode, Albert Salmi

Votes: 235

70. Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)

93 min | Comedy

Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Ed Devereaux

Votes: 293

71. Danish & Blue (1970)

X | 63 min

A young American in Denmark becomes embroiled in the sex lives of two local erotic dancers.

Director: Zoltan G. Spencer | Stars: William Howard, Suzanne Fields, Erika, The Showgirls and Boys

Votes: 30

72. Britney, Baby, One More Time (2002)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy

Dude Schmitz, an independent filmmaker, attempting to secure funds for his second feature, blows an opportunity at what promises to be a lucrative interview with pop sensation Britney ... See full summary »

Director: Ludi Boeken | Stars: Angel Benton, Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank, Shannon Walker Williams

Votes: 238

73. If I Had My Way (1940)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, El Brendel

Votes: 211

74. La muerte de Mikel (1984)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and ... See full summary »

Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Imanol Arias, Montserrat Salvador, Fernando Telletxea, Amaia Lasa

Votes: 214

75. A Man Called Autumn Flower (1978)

100 min | Drama

Lluis de Serracant leads a double life. By day he's a young lawyer, scion of a Catalan bourgeois family. At night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".

Director: Pedro Olea | Stars: José Sacristán, Francisco Algora, Carmen Carbonell, Roberto Camardiel

Votes: 233

76. Mean Business (1979)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An underworld kingpin's daughter is kidnapped by his own men. So, he calls in Cleopatra Wong, a beautiful karate queen. She brings a team with her - a 300+ pound psychic and a female impersonator.

Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Marrie Lee, Franco Guerrero, Florence Carvajal, Johnny Wilson

Votes: 115

77. The Look (2003)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Group of teens come to New York for a modeling competition.

Director: David Sigal | Stars: Carrie Southworth, Andersen Gabrych, Neal Dodson, Teresa Hill

Votes: 60

78. Os Rapazes das Calçadas (1981)

80 min | Drama

A middle-aged man looks for true love in the sleazy Rio de Janeiro underworld of male prostitution in the early 80's.

Director: Levi Salgado | Stars: Nai Borges, Paulo Cézar, Sérgio Dionísio, Daisy Done

Votes: 27

79. World by Night (1960)

125 min | Documentary

A tour in colour and 'scope of cabarets and night-spots around the world.

Director: Luigi Vanzi | Stars: Alfredo Alaria, The Amin Brothers, Chéri Bibi, Les Bluebell Girls

Votes: 39

80. Garbage, the City and Death (2012)

74 min | Drama

The screenplay (Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder inspired a theatre production by Dusan David Parízek. The screenplay and the production in turn inspired the ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jirí Cerný, Stefan Chovanec, Martin Finger, Stanislav Majer

Votes: 78

81. The Switch Drag Race (2015–2018)

TV-14 | 90 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

Drag contestants compete in several challenges, the most important of all, singing, to win a cash price. Chilean spin-off of the US show "RuPaul's Drag Race", the first international version and the first hosted in Latin America.

Stars: Karla Constant, Nicole Gaultier, Luz Violeta, Fernanda Brown

Votes: 36

82. Red Lipstick (2000)

Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Two draq queens go on a Bonnie & Clyde rampage around New York City... but neither one wants to be Clyde

Director: Alexandra King | Stars: Steven Polito, Miss Understood, Debbie Harry, Jane Lynch

Votes: 92

83. Dream Boys Revue (1985 Video)

74 min | Comedy, Documentary, Music

Thirty female-impersonators compete in the "Dream Boy of the Year" pageant, featuring evening gown and talent-competitions

Stars: Michael A. Andrews, Ruth Buzzi, Logan Carter, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 25

84. Love at First Fright (1941)

Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Short

A family of hillbillies mistake a radio announcer for their long-lost relative.

Director: Del Lord | Stars: El Brendel, Marion Martin, Walter Baldwin, Hank Bell

Votes: 17

85. Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Highberger | Stars: Peter Allen, Paul Ambrose, Michael André, Penny Arcade

Votes: 171 | Gross: $0.03M

86. Manuela and Manuel (2007)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancé of her best friend Coca - who is pregnant from ... See full summary »

Director: Raúl Marchand Sánchez | Stars: Humberto Busto, Elena Iguina, Luz María Rondón, Sunshine Logroño

Votes: 96 | Gross: $0.00M

87. True to the Army (1942)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music

While doing her tightrope act in a local circus, Daisy Hawkins (Judy Canova), sees the owner shot by gangsters. The killers are after her to eliminate the only eyewitness and the police ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna

Votes: 44

88. Chasing the Chaser (1925)

Not Rated | 10 min | Comedy, Short

A cross-dressing detective is hired to expose a husband with a wandering eye.

Director: Stan Laurel | Stars: James Finlayson, William Gillespie, Helen Gilmore, Frederick Ko Vert

Votes: 53

89. Camp: The Movie (2002)

70 min | Comedy

Two rival camps of North Carolina drag-queens claw and scratch at each other, until they are forced to unite and face-down the mayor's new anti-drag law.

Director: Brigner | Stars: Mickey Arduini, Joe Byrum, David Groves, Patrick Hawker

Votes: 15

90. Sherry's Kitchen (2010– )

Comedy, Drama

Follow the life of celebrity, Sherry Cordial, star of stage and screen, as she hosts her own cooking show, Sherry's Kitchen.

Stars: Saba, Ilana Seagull, Kelley Karel, Charles Karel

Votes: 33

91. When the Wife's Away (1926)

Passed | 57 min | Comedy

Mistaken identity and female impersonation take place when indigents Billy Winthrop (George K. Arthur) and Ethel Winthrop (Dorothy Reviere) rent a fashionable apartment for a few days in ... See full summary »

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: George K. Arthur, Dorothy Revier, Tom Ricketts, Bobby Dunn

92. Old Lady 31 (1920)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Older couple Abe and Angie Rose lose their life savings in worthless mining stock; their last $100 is for Angie to live in the Old Ladies' Home, while Abe must content himself with the ... See full summary »

Director: John Ince | Stars: Emma Dunn, Henry Harmon, Clara Knott, Carrie Clark Ward

93. An Edison Album (2013 TV Movie)

84 min | Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy

A compilation of very short films produced by Thomas Edison's company in the early years of filmmaking (1893-1912).

Votes: 23

94. Blind Date (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Heckle and Jeckle read in the newspaper about a reward offered by a millionaire for the finder of his childhood sweetheart. Since they have a storehouse filled with any kind of costume, ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Stars: Roy Halee, Tom Morrison

Votes: 33

95. Sheep Shape (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short

The villainous Wolf, desiring wine, women and song, fleeces Blackie the Sheep out of his money and heads off to whet his pleasure appetites. A vampish nightclub entertainer soon separates ... See full summary »

Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang

Votes: 56

96. Madame Spy (1918)

50 min | Drama, Comedy

Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy. Bob seizes the chance to redeem himself... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Gerrard | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Donna Drew, Wadsworth Harris, George Gebhardt

97. Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Cub reporter Jerry Clark substitutes for Dolly Wimple, the editor of a newspaper advice-to-the-lovelorn column, and advises wealthy June Harrison not to marry Clive Hunt, a man whom she ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Gayne Whitman, Matthew Betz

Votes: 15

98. The Gay Life (1967)

30 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary originally produced for (but never shown) on Canadian television filmed in New York City of the investigation of underground gay bars, female impersonators, etc.

Directors: Andy Milligan, Cliff Solway

99. It's a Pipe (1926)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy

A girl, her suitor and her father, sailing to Ireland, discover that Abie, who has fallen in love with girl, has stowed away on the ship. In order to escape detection, Abie dons feminine ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: George Harris, Barbara Luddy, Patrick Kelly, Ben Bard

100. Madame Behave (1925)

Passed | 55 min | Comedy, Romance

A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Julian Eltinge, Ann Pennington, Lionel Belmore, David James

Votes: 39