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1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar
Votes: 273,693 | Gross: $50.00M
2. 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: 199,538 | Gross: $11.11M
3. What Is a Woman? (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Political commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement, anti-transgender bigotry, and what it means to be a woman.
Director: Justin Folk | Stars: Matt Walsh, Gert Comfrey, Marci Bowers, Don Sucher
Votes: 42,195
4. Bad Education (2004)
NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 63,519 | Gross: $5.21M
5. 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: 7,249
6. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,677 | Gross: $3.78M
7. 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: 42,384 | Gross: $9.02M
8. Every Body (2023)
R | 92 min | Documentary
Focuses on three individuals who overcame shame, secrecy, and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods. Choosing to ignore medical advice to conceal their bodies and coming out as who they truly were.
Director: Julie Cohen | Stars: Sean Saifa Wall, Alicia Roth Weigel, River Gallo
Votes: 853
9. I'm a Porn Star (2013)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A history of the gay porn industry, with four prolific on-camera performers interviewed about their work.
Director: Charlie David | Stars: Brent Everett, Colby Jansen, Johnny Rapid, Joshua Broome
Votes: 259
10. The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A sex-change operation that changed "George" into "Christine" in 1950s Denmark.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: John Hansen, Joan Tompkins, Quinn K. Redeker, John Himes
Votes: 384 | Gross: $0.24M
11. Sick Nurses (2007)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror
A group of sexy nurses who harvest organs are haunted by the vengeful spirit of one of their dead patients.
Directors: Piraphan Laoyont, Thodsapol Siriwiwat | Stars: Chon Wachananon, Wichan Jarujinda, Chidjan Rujiphun, Kanya Rattapetch
Votes: 2,011
12. Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
X | 79 min | Documentary
Sex hygiene film about transsexuals in the late 60's/early 70's. As with all sex hygiene films it's one part serious documentary and one part sensationalism.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Leslie, Deborah Harten, Lisa Carmelle, Frank Pizzo
Votes: 492
13. The Dog (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A documentary portrait of the late John Wojtowicz, whose attempted robbery of a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover's gender-reassignment surgery was the real-life inspiration for Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
Directors: Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren | Stars: John Wojtowicz, Carmen Bifulco, Jeremy Bowker, Liz Debbie Eden
Votes: 982 | Gross: $0.04M
14. Changing the Game (2019)
TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport
Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.
Director: Michael Barnett | Stars: Mack Beggs, Sarah Rose Huckman, Terry Miller, Ngozi Nnaji
Votes: 287
15. Noi e l'amore - comportamento sessuale variante (1986)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Mockumentary that looks at various 'unusual' sexual practices.
Director: Antonio D'Agostino | Stars: Sergio Antonica, Susanna Bugatti, Gabriele Carrara, Giuseppe Mendolicchio
Votes: 16
16. The Good Son (2012)
52 min | Documentary, Drama
The unbelievable story of 22 year old Or, who secretly finances his sex change operation in Thailand by lying to his conservative parents and then returns home as a woman to face her new life, her family and the cost of living her dream.
Director: Shirly Berkovitz
Votes: 60
17. Second Serve (1986 TV Movie)
94 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transgender woman. Flashback to 1964 and meet Richard Radley... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ, Alice Krige
Votes: 361
18. The Woman Inside (1981)
R | 94 min | Drama
Viet Nam veteran decides to undergo a gender reassignment operation in the 1970's.
Director: Joseph Van Winkle | Stars: Gloria Manon, Joan Blondell, Dane Clark, Michael Champion
Votes: 88
19. Afrika (1973)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
Philippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual.
Director: Alberto Cavallone | Stars: Ivano Staccioli, Andrea Traglia, Maria Pia Luzi, Kara Donati
Votes: 61
20. Sex Change Hospital (2007– )
60 min | Documentary
SEX CHANGE HOSPITAL is a six part series based in Trinidad, Colorado, the sex change capital of the world. Each one hour episode is a self-contained journey following 2 people as they take ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephanie Battaglino, Vicki Estrada, Lisa I. RoadBot, Marci Bowers
Votes: 57
21. Becoming Chaz (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary following Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono's gender transition. Includes interviews with family members and friends as the transition is followed.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Cher, Chaz Bono, Georgia Holt, Georganne LaPiere
Votes: 361
22. Nel mio nome (2022)
93 min | Documentary, Biography
The coming-of-age story of four young friends who share important turning points in their lives and in their gender transitions.
Director: Nicolò Bassetti | Stars: Leonardo Arpino, Raffaele Baldo, Andrea Ragno, Nicolò Sproccati
Votes: 92
23. Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of doctors help kids who claim to be born in the wrong body.
Director: Tom Barrow | Stars: Louis Theroux, Camille, Casey, Eduardo
Votes: 1,308
24. Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary
Examines the diversity of human sexual and gender variance around the globe, with commentary by scientific experts and first-hand accounts of people who do not conform to a simple male/female binary.
Director: Antony Thomas | Stars: Gore Vidal, Calpernia Addams, Beth Aynsley, Max Beck
Votes: 286
25. A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Ground-breaking BBC series that follows transgender activist Julia Grant from her first year living as a woman to her experience of gender reassignment surgery and beyond.
Stars: Julia Grant, John Bulmer Randell, Shirley Wilson, Michael Royale
Votes: 39
26. Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (1999)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Monika Treut explores the worlds and thoughts of several transgender individuals. As with Treuts first film, Jungfrauenmaschine, Gendernauts, enters a minority sector of San Fransisco ... See full summary »
Director: Monika Treut | Stars: Susan Stryker, Texas Tomboy, Annie Sprinkle, Jordi Jones
Votes: 189 | Gross: $0.01M
27. The Pearl of Africa (2016)
92 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Captures an intimate's struggle for the right to love. Following a Ugandan transgender girl, forced to leave her country.
Director: Jonny von Wallström
Votes: 133
28. Gender Revolution (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary
Katie Couric sets out to explore the rapidly evolving complexities of gender identity.
Star: Katie Couric
Votes: 432
29. Lily: A Transgender Story (2020 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
Filmed form 2015 to 2020, the documentary follows the gender transition of Lily (formerly Llyr) Jones, a young trans woman from Wales.
Director: Molly-Anna Woods | Stars: Lily Jones, Ian Rodgers, Huw Jones, Diane Jones
Votes: 42
30. Miguel/Michelle (1998)
107 min | Drama, Comedy
Miguel, a young trans woman from Quezon province, leaves the Philippines for the U.S. After seven years, she returns home, and her family discovers she had a gender affirmation operation ... See full summary »
Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Romnick Sarmenta, Gloria Diaz, Ray Ventura, Cris Villanueva
Votes: 25
31. Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood Like a House on Fire (2021– )
152 min | Documentary
'Dysphoric' is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.
Stars: Sasha Ayad, David Bell, Michael Biggs, Jennifer Bilek
Votes: 118
32. Girl Too Young For Tattoo Offered Irreversible Gender Surgery (2023 Video)
14-year-old Amy knows what she wants in life: a permanent neck tattoo. She tracks down the shadiest tattoo parlor in the city and ends up finding some unexpected wisdom from the shop's proprietor.
Stars: Matt Larson, J. Travis Woodside
33. Cruel and Unusual (2006)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, Crime
Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.
Directors: Janet Baus, Dan Hunt, Reid Williams | Stars: Ashley, Ophelia DeLonte, Anna Connelly, George Brown
Votes: 68
34. The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story (2004 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 77 min | Documentary
Rene, 31, a female-to-male gender reassignment candidate took hormones for years and passed as a cisgender man for all of his adult life. Married to his high-school sweetheart, Wona, a ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Aronson
Votes: 49
35. Between Two-Spirit: Becoming a Woman at Sixty (2012)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A management professor, about to turn 60, takes the plunge - a year in which Chris becomes Christa.
Directors: Laurence Périgaud, Laurence Périgaud | Star: Christa Muth
36. Blue Haven (2001)
17 min | Short
Two skateboarders search for the perfect swimming pool to skate, but $40,000 and a sex change later, they find true love instead. Henry and Fakie live a joyous simple life combing the city ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Cautherley | Stars: Calixto Hernández, Cy Carter, Billee Thomas, Boyuen
Votes: 68
37. Mohammed to Maya (2012)
74 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
A look at the emotional side of transition through the story of a devout Muslim from India named Maya, who was persecuted by her orthodox Muslim family and religious community when undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
Director: Jeff Roy | Stars: Raymund Imperial, Maya Jafer, Kabir Orlowski, Jeff Roy
38. Almost Myself (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
After finding an unusual website seeking funds to help reverse a sex change, the filmmaker sets out to explore the transgender community.
Director: T. Joe Murray | Stars: T. Joe Murray, Rosalyne Blumenstein, Kate Bornstein, Holly Boswell
Votes: 185
39. Sukupuoli X (1996)
49 min | Documentary
Directors: Silja Lanas Cavada, Hannamari Purhonen | Stars: Tiina Miettinen, Jiri Taleva, Sakari Seutu, Nina Lindén
Votes: 8
40. Austin Unbound (2011 Video)
44 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Directors: Eliza Greenwood, Sel Staley, Basil Shadid | Star: Austin
41. Drive Thru (2004)
4 min | Animation, Short
Imagine discussing the complexities of a sex change operation through the speaker at a drive through?
Director: Jed Bell | Stars: Leon Acord, Stanly Crass
Votes: 24
42. Het transgenderprotocol (2023)
42 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation into the 'Dutch Protocol' - the scientific basis for adolescent transgender medicine - which was developed in Amsterdam and is facing increased international scrutiny
Director: Sander Rietveld | Stars: Hannah Barnes, Annelou de Vries, Mikael Landén
43.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)
Episode:
As the Dude Turns (The Lives that we Live)
(1992)
Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Bill's attractive young ditsy stepmother Missy is shocked to learn that the hero of a daytime soap opera she has a crush on wants to have a sex change operation, so the boys enter the show to change his mind, messing up the plot further.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Evan Richards, Christopher Kennedy, Lisa Wilcox, Danny Breen
Votes: 9
44.
The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode:
Face to Face
(1984)
TV-MA | 29 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Desperate transgender woman Nina Russell hires prominent, sleazy arrogant plastic surgeon Dr. Christopher Hamilton to create an attractive face for her. He operates on her after a night of drugging, when he is unfit to hold a scalpel.
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Sonja Smits, Robin Greer, Arthur Corber
Votes: 122
45.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
The Boy Who Was Turned Into a Girl
(2000)
52 min | Documentary
A boy whose penis was burnt off when a circumcision goes wrong is turned into a girl as an attempt to prove a theory about gender identity.
Stars: Dilly Barlow, Alvin Davies, Milton Diamond, Roger Gorski
Votes: 26
46.
Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode:
Sexuality
(2002)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
Taboo investigates gender issues around the world that challenge traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
Stars: Hillary Crane, Dan Fessler, Shahla Haeri, Sanguan Kunaporn
Votes: 9
47.
21st Century Serial Killer (2018–2019)
Episode:
Donna Perry
(2019)
43 min | Documentary, Crime
Experts look at the unusual case of Donna Perry, a transgender serial killer who blamed her murders on Douglas Perry, the man she used to be.
Director: Will Hanrahan | Stars: Marko Bennachimo, Kathy Brisbois, Carolyn Canville, Jim Dresback
49.
A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
Episode:
George - The Big Decision
(1980)
Documentary, Biography
25-year-old George Roberts works in a London hospital kitchen by day, and dreams of having gender reassignment surgery so he can become a woman.
Director: David Pearson | Stars: Julia Grant, John Bulmer Randell, Shirley Wilson
50.
A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
Episode:
Julia - The First Year
(1980)
Documentary, Biography
In 1980, Julia Grant has been living as a woman for 12 months, and is in a relationship with a heterosexual man. She embarks on a breast implant operation, much to the consternation of her psychiatrist.
Director: David Pearson | Stars: Julia Grant, John Bulmer Randell, John Grant