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1. Mulan (1998)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 316,798 | Gross: $120.62M
2. Titane (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Votes: 56,235
3. Albert Nobbs (2011)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Votes: 25,600 | Gross: $3.01M
4. The Battle of Jangsari (2019)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
A unit of student soldiers on a diversionary mission for the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War in 1950.
Directors: Kyung-taek Kwak, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Megan Fox, George Eads, Lee Jae-wook, Kim Min-kyu
Votes: 1,858
5. The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung
Votes: 1,774 | Gross: $0.54M
6. Do You See Me? (2014)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Serena Bruno returns to Italy to be an architect and help people but she will struggle to convince her fellow co-workers that they have to be more open minded.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Corrado Fortuna, Ennio Fantastichini
Votes: 2,738
7. Come Drink with Me (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime
Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Chih-Ching Yang, Hung-Lieh Chen
Votes: 4,933
8. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 4,540
9. Portrait of a Marriage (1990– )
219 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Melodrama detailing the real-life love affair between feminist writer Vita Sackville-West and novelist Violet Keppel against the backdrop of post-World War I England and opposition by ... See full summary »
Stars: Janet McTeer, David Haig, Cathryn Harrison, Diana Fairfax
Votes: 497
10. Erna at War (2020)
100 min | Drama, War
A woman disguises herself as a man to join the army in order to protect her educationally subnormal son who has been called up to fight in WW1.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sylvester Byder
Votes: 848
11. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2004 TV Movie)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The larger-than-life Jules Verne adventure about reclusive genius Captain Nemo, his magnificent submarine, The Nautilus, and the perilous voyage he makes with a group of captive adventurers, on of which is a young woman disguised as a man.
Director: Scott Heming | Stars: John Michael Lee, Jennifer Andrews Anderson, Anthony Kaczmarek, Nils Haaland
Votes: 183
12. Octavio Is Dead! (2018)
88 min | Drama
Tyler tries to discover the father she never got the chance to meet in this stirring psycho-sexual ghost story, exploring themes of gender and sexual identity.
Director: Sook-Yin Lee | Stars: Sarah Gadon, Stephen Park, Rosanna Arquette, Rachael Crawford
Votes: 344
13. Gusarskaya ballada (1962)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, War
A young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Larisa Golubkina, Yuriy Yakovlev, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 1,749
14. An Ordinary Miracle (1979 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The Wizard's magic got out of control because it touched human feelings.
Director: Mark Zakharov | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Irina Kupchenko, Evgeniy Leonov, Evgeniya Simonova
Votes: 3,470
15. La feldmarescialla (1967)
110 min | Comedy, Musical, War
A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.
Director: Steno | Stars: Rita Pavone, Francis Blanche, Terence Hill, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 260
16. After the Ball (1957)
89 min | Biography, Musical
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey, Jerry Stovin, Jerry Verno
Votes: 101
17. Truffaldino iz Bergamo (1977 TV Movie)
135 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A funny musical comedy based on the famous theater play 'Servant of Two Masters' by Carlo Goldoni.
Director: Vladimir Vorobyov | Stars: Konstantin Raykin, Natalya Gundareva, Valentina Kosobutskaya, Viktor Kostetskiy
Votes: 607
18. Me ha besado un hombre (1944)
92 min | Comedy
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: María Elena Marqués, Abel Salazar, Andrés Soler, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 36
19. There Once Was a Cop (1995)
83 min | Comedy
The comic misadventures of police commander Major Maisner.
Director: Jaroslav Soukup | Stars: Ladislav Potmesil, Miroslav Moravec, Rudolf Hrusínský, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 315
20. On je zena! (2005– )
Comedy
Out of work actress pretends to be a man to get a job as a TV news anchor.
Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Hana Vagnerová, Jirina Bohdalová, Martin Stropnický
Votes: 62
21. Perheen musta lammas (1941)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Jorma Nortimo | Stars: Sirkka Sipilä, Eino Kaipainen, Joel Rinne, Siiri Angerkoski
Votes: 52
22. Dva slechtici z Verony (1966 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Václav Hudecek | Stars: Petr Kostka, Eduard Cupák, Klára Jerneková, Jana Drbohlavová
Votes: 8
23. RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Young Nicholas Dove joins a pirate crew only to become the target of the Brethren, the surviving crew of infamous late pirate captain Redjack, that still seek his his lost treasure. The game features first person sword-fighting.
Stars: Atiba Baily, Bruce Borin, Jeff Call, Bill Counce
24.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Secret Cinema
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Eve Arden, Paul Bartel, Griffin Dunne, Penny Peyser
Votes: 320
25.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Light Brigade
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Former POW John Skokes, a chief weapons officer and a glory seeking cadet obsessed with the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" try to drop a doomsday weapon on the aliens' homeworld and win the war.
Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Robert Patrick, Graham Greene, Wil Wheaton, Adrian G. Griffiths
Votes: 510
26.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Laura's Secret Diary
(1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Leland confesses to killing Jacques Renault. Andy wants to take a new sperm count test. Rumor spreads that a food critic is coming to Twin Peaks. Jean asks Ben to set a trap for Cooper in exchange for Audrey's life.
Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 4,418
27.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
The Sharp End of a Cow
(1989)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marian and the Men are developing a brilliant new security system. Robin invents a way to communicate over long distances. The Sheriff and Marian end up in drag.
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 24
28.
Zajíc v pytli (1987– )
Episode:
Zajíc v pytli 1 díl
(1984)
64 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Director: Vladimír Drha | Stars: Miloslav Simek, Ludek Sobota, Jirí Krampol, Ursula Kluková
29.
Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode:
Heroines
(2018)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History
Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps and Mandy Moore pay tribute to the first woman to fight in the Revolutionary War and receive a pension, a museum curator who saved art from the Nazis and Civil War hero Clara Barton.
Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Derek Waters, Paget Brewster, Tiffany Haddish, Amber Ruffin
Votes: 180