Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "girl-disguised-as-boy"

1. Les Misérables (2012)

PG-13 | 158 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried

Votes: 346,353 | Gross: $148.81M

2. She's the Man (2006)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.

Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 176,088 | Gross: $2.34M

3. Dragonslayer (1981)

PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam

Votes: 20,011 | Gross: $14.11M

4. 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: 103,386 | Gross: $11.53M

5. The Breadwinner (2017)

PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Drama, Family

In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Director: Nora Twomey | Stars: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq

Votes: 28,278 | Gross: $0.31M

6. 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: 22,296 | Gross: $0.13M

7. The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After witnessing his father's murder by the hand of the ruthless General Sargon, Mathayus travels to the Underworld to retrieve the enchanted Sword of Damocles from the dark deity, Astarte. Can he thwart the usurper's megalomaniac vision?

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Michael Copon, Karen David, Simon Quarterman, Tom Wu

Votes: 14,682

8. The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)

55 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tomboy, mistaken for a lad, maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation becomes complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy."

Stars: Gong Yoo, Yoon Eun-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Chae Jeong-an

Votes: 6,560

9. Three Fugitives (1989)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.

Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff, James Earl Jones

Votes: 12,762 | Gross: $40.59M

10. Sarah's Key (2010)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, War

In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot

Votes: 17,935 | Gross: $7.69M

11. You Are Beautiful (2009)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Go Mi-Nyu, a girl about to become a nun, is asked to cover for her indisposed twin brother, Mi-Nam, who's on the verge of becoming a k-idol. To do so, she disguises herself as a boy and joins A.N.Jell, a really popular boy band.

Stars: Park Shin-hye, Jang Keun-suk, Jung Yong-hwa, Hong-ki Lee

Votes: 5,296

12. The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015)

Action, Fantasy, History

Set in an alternate Joseon dynasty, Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yu Bi) is the daughter of a nobleman whose family loses everything when her father is framed for treason. To make ends meet, Yang-sun ... See full summary »

Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kim So-eun, Lee Yoo-bi

Votes: 1,135

13. The Challengers (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Family

After her father dies and she moves to a new town, Mackie wants to join a certain gang/band. But they've got this boys-only rule. So Mackie comes up with an audacious plan... only it begins to backfire.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Gwynyth Walsh, Eric Christmas, Gema Zamprogna, Steven Andrade

Votes: 275

14. St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)

Not Rated | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate.

Directors: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Talulah Riley

Votes: 8,868

15. Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (2009)

Not Rated | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father.

Directors: Jingle Ma, Wei Dong | Stars: Wei Zhao, Kun Chen, Rongguang Yu, Jiao Xu

Votes: 6,876

16. Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)

109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Umber Singh is a Sikh who loses everything during the separation of India in 1947 and is forced to leave his homeland. He obsessively wishes for a male heir. When his fourth daughter is born, he decides to wage a fight against destiny.

Director: Anup Singh | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tisca Chopra, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal

Votes: 1,020

17. Guga-ui Seo (2013)

TV-Y | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Human/were-fox half-breed Choi Kang Chi discovers the truth about his origins and searches for the mystical Gu Family Book, which holds the secret to becoming fully human.

Stars: Jo Sung-ha, Kim Hee-won, Jung Hye-young, Lee Sung-jae

Votes: 1,996

18. Black Butler (2014)

119 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.

Directors: Kentarô Ohtani, Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Hiro Mizushima, Ayame Gôriki, Yûka, Mizuki Yamamoto

Votes: 1,882

19. Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020)

85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that... See full summary »

Director: Rémi Chayé | Stars: Salomé Boulven, Alexandra Lamy, Alexis Tomassian, Jochen Hägele

Votes: 716

20. Iron Road (2009)

180 min | Drama

A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.

Stars: Li Sun, Luke Macfarlane, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole

Votes: 558

21. To Faro (2008)

90 min | Drama

Melanie meets Jenny and falls in love. But Jenny thinks she's met Miguel.

Director: Nana Neul | Stars: Anjorka Strechel, Lucie Hollmann, Manuel Cortez, Florian Panzner

Votes: 477

22. The King of Masks (1995)

91 min | Drama

In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.

Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen

Votes: 3,476 | Gross: $1.10M

23. No Bikini (2007)

9 min | Short, Drama

Robin takes us back to that glorious time when she was seven years old and shows us how it defined her for the rest of her life.

Director: Claudia Morgado | Stars: Matreya Fedor, Apollonia Vanova, Christine Lippa, Cole McLeod

Votes: 245

24. My Friend Joe (1996)

101 min | Drama, Family

During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Bould | Stars: Schuyler Fisk, John Cleere, Stephen McHattie, Stanley Townsend

Votes: 305

25. I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)

Not Rated | 45 min | Comedy, Romance

A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer

Votes: 1,642

26. Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

The continent of Europe is engulfed in the flames of the Second European War between the Atlantic Federation and the Autocratic Eastern Imperial Alliance.

Directors: Masaya Kobayashi, Kohei Yamashita | Stars: Ryosuke Kanemoto, Nao Tôyama, Kazuya Nakai, Maaya Sakamoto

Votes: 258

27. Before Snowfall (2013)

96 min | Drama

A sixteen-year-old boy gets wrapped in plastic, and lowered into a tank truck full of crude oil. That's how Hisham Zaman's long awaited feature film debut begins.

Director: Hisham Zaman | Stars: Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir, Bahar Ozen, Ava Abdulsattar

Votes: 599

28. Boys Don't Cry (1995)

Short, Drama

The original short film that inspired the 1999 version of Boys Don't Cry.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Anna Grace, Angela Marie Baker, Sean Sweeney, Adria Tennor

Votes: 104

29. 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The East Side Kids uncover the body of a murder victim, but must protect the innocent girl accused of the crime.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell

Votes: 709

30. Bacha Posh (2018)

20 min | Short, Drama

Nadim, age 13, is questioned by French police and examined by a doctor. A flashback to the Calais "jungle" shows how Nadim ended up in that situation and got injured, and subsequent events ... See full summary »

Director: Katia Scarton-Kim | Stars: Sara Eftekhari, Marina Golbahari, Azizullah Hamrah, Janine Piguet

Votes: 12

31. El regreso (2013)

107 min | Documentary, Drama

El Regreso is a documentary student film, which tells the story of a Wayuu girl who escapes the massacre in Portete (Colombia).

Director: Patricia Ortega | Star: Laureano Olivares

Votes: 20

32. Kaiserjäger (1956)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

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Director: Willi Forst | Stars: Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg, Judith Holzmeister, Rudolf Forster

Votes: 52

33. Camp Runamuck (1965–1966)
Episode: Tomboy (1966)

30 min | Comedy

Little Maureen hates the feminine pastimes at Camp Devine, and sneaks over to Runamuck to join in the male events, disguised as a boy. She's caught and sent back, but she keeps coming back ... See full summary »

Director: Hal March | Stars: David Ketchum, Arch Johnson, Leonard Stone, Alice Nunn

34. Full House (1987–1995)
Episode: Girls Will Be Boys (1992)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

When her best friend Teddy ignores her for being a girl, Michelle decides she wants to become a boy instead. Meanwhile, Jesse gets a part on Joey's TV show, and DJ catches Stephanie listening in on her phone call.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure

Votes: 246

35. Malibu, CA (1998–2000)
Episode: Two 'Man' Bowling (1998)

TV-Y | 21 min | Comedy

Jason and Scott enter a bowling tournament against the reigning Malibu Lanes champ Louie. Jason raises the stakes by making a bet with Louie for $300: Scott's tip money. Before the showdown... See full summary »

Director: Gary Shimokawa | Stars: Trevor Merszei, Jason Hayes, Wendi Kenya, Brandon Brooks

36. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
Episode: Girls Will Be Boys (1986)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Punky receives a remote-controlled race car as a gift. She wants to take it to the racing track, but they do not allow girls to compete there.

Director: Art Dielhenn | Stars: George Gaynes, Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson

Votes: 35

37. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: Fire and Blood (2011)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Robb vows to get revenge on the Lannisters. Jon must officially decide if his place is with Robb or the Night's Watch. Daenerys says her final goodbye to Drogo.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Sean Bean, Michelle Fairley, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey

Votes: 44,480

38. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The North Remembers (2012)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tyrion arrives at King's Landing to take his father's place as Hand of the King. Stannis Baratheon plans to take the Iron Throne for his own. Robb tries to decide his next move in the war. The Night's Watch arrive at the house of Craster.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley

Votes: 34,500

39. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: Garden of Bones (2012)

TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lord Baelish arrives at Renly's camp just before he faces off against Stannis. Daenerys and her company are welcomed into the city of Qarth. Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie find themselves imprisoned at Harrenhal.

Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 31,392

40. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: What Is Dead May Never Die (2012)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tyrion tries to see who he can trust in the Small Council. Catelyn visits Renly to try and persuade him to join Robb in the war. Theon must decide if his loyalties lie with his own family or with Robb.

Director: Alik Sakharov | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 32,333

41. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Ghost of Harrenhal (2012)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tyrion investigates a secret weapon that King Joffrey plans to use against Stannis. Meanwhile, as a token for saving his life, Jaqen H'ghar offers to kill three people that Arya chooses.

Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 31,552

42. The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Episode: Second Cup (2007)

TV-Y | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Choi Han-kyul, thinking of Go Eun-chan as a girlish-looking boy, hires "him" to play his boyfriend to scare off his Grandmother's matchmaking efforts.

Stars: Gong Yoo, Yoon Eun-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Chae Jeong-an

Votes: 46

43. Honigfrauen (2017– )
Episode: Hochzeit im Paradies (2017)

88 min | Drama

The wedding preparations for Maja's big day are in full swing; Tamás has proposed and she has accepted, and she's now looking forward to a new life at the Balaton-Residenz.

Director: Ben Verbong | Stars: Sonja Gerhardt, Cornelia Gröschel, Anja Kling, Götz Schubert

Votes: 56