Top 60 drag queen / transgender / crossdress movies that are not so easy to spot
by liv-1999 | created - 30 Apr 2017 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicTop 60 drag queen / transgender / crossdress movies that are not so easy to spot
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1. Glen or Glenda (1953)
PG | 65 min | Drama
A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Timothy Farrell
Votes: 9,163
2. The Queen (1968)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
Director: Frank Simon | Stars: Bernard Giquel, Jack Doroshow, Jim Dine, Rachel Harlow
Votes: 1,320 | Gross: $0.05M
3. Ed Wood (1994)
R | 127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 183,631 | Gross: $5.89M
4. Mixed Nuts (1994)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia
Votes: 13,486 | Gross: $6.80M
5. Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
R | 85 min | Documentary
Documentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by drag diva, Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinka.
Director: Barry Shils | Stars: RuPaul, John Epperson, Debbie Harry, Alexis Arquette
Votes: 716 | Gross: $0.69M
6. Dobermann (1997)
R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dobermann is the world's most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose on him?
Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Antoine Basler
Votes: 18,711
7. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,584 | Gross: $8.26M
8. Satree lek (2000)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A triumph over adversity. Based on the true story of the 1996 Thailand National Champion Volleyball Team.
Director: Yongyoot Thongkongtoon | Stars: Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit, Giorgio Maiocchi
Votes: 1,468 | Gross: $0.11M
9. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski
Votes: 37,274 | Gross: $3.03M
10. All the Queen's Men (2001)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Matt LeBlanc, Udo Kier, James Cosmo
Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Bloody Mallory (2002)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Heroines Mallory, Vena Cava and Talking Tina fight the fallen angel Abaddon and his accomplices vampire Lady Valentine and succubus Morphine.
Director: Julien Magnat | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Adrià Collado, Jeffrey Ribier, Laurent Spielvogel
Votes: 1,261
12. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,424 | Gross: $0.85M
13. Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
R | 90 min | Comedy
An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge.
Director: Mark Rucker | Stars: Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Priestley, Angela Paton
Votes: 2,130
14. 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: 3,305 | Gross: $0.00M
15. White Chicks (2004)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Crime
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Busy Philipps, Maitland Ward
Votes: 162,264 | Gross: $70.83M
16. Stage Beauty (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson
Votes: 10,723 | Gross: $0.78M
17. 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: 63,303 | Gross: $5.21M
18. 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: 42,305 | Gross: $9.02M
19. RuPaul's Drag Race (2009– )
TV-14 | 63 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
RuPaul searches for America's next drag superstar.
Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, Jason Carter
Votes: 23,193
20. RuPaul's Drag U (2010–2012)
Game-Show, Reality-TV
This is a series where everyday women compete in a series of challenges to unleash their inner diva.
Stars: RuPaul, The Lady Bunny, David Petruschin, Jujubee
Votes: 849
21. Peacock (2010)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.
Director: Michael Lander | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas
Votes: 12,181
22. Woman in Love (2011)
108 min | Comedy
An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Jenny Moore, Dejan Bucin, Gerd Pape
Votes: 3,671
23. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
New show will serve up a new twist on the mega-hit RuPaul's Drag Race as it pits queens from previous seasons in a wig-to-wig drag battle royale.
Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews
Votes: 9,629
24. The New Girlfriend (2014)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz, Isild Le Besco
Votes: 9,101 | Gross: $0.13M
25. Viva (2015)
R | 100 min | Drama
When his estranged father returns, a hairdresser is forced to quit performing at the local drag club.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García, Renata Maikel Machin Blanco
Votes: 2,021 | Gross: $0.18M
26. 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: 198,857 | Gross: $11.11M
27. Jinkx Monsoon: Drag Becomes Him (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
Drag Becomes Him provides an intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.
Director: Alex Berry | Stars: Jinkx Monsoon, Benjimen Blair, Zan Gibbs, Deanne Hoffer
Votes: 723
28. 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: 34
29. Die Beautiful (2016)
TV-14 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
Friends attend the wake of Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman. They look back into her life and how she faced the adversities and triumphs of living as a transgender in Filipino society.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Christian Bables, Joel Torre, Gladys Reyes
Votes: 950
30. The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.
Director: Juan Carlos Medina | Stars: Douglas Booth, Olivia Cooke, Sam Reid, María Valverde
Votes: 23,261
31. Mr. High Heels (2016)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
What's a man gotta do when the girl, he's secretly loved since he was a small boy, decides on never dating a man again after being cheated on again and she starts going to a lesbian nightclub - dress up like a woman to get in.
Director: Ke Lu | Stars: Jiang Du, Fiona Sit, Cheney Chen, Cho-Lam Wong
Votes: 50
32. Cinderella the Cat (2017)
86 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.
Directors: Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Alessandro Rak, Dario Sansone | Stars: Massimiliano Gallo, Maria Pia Calzone, Alessandro Gassmann, Daniele Bigliardo
Votes: 1,072
33. Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas (2017)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Tad Jones, the most awkward explorer, must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is looking for King Midas' necklace.
Directors: David Alonso, Enrique Gato | Stars: Michelle Jenner, Adriana Ugarte, Óscar Barberán, Luis Posada
Votes: 4,060
Crossdressing mummy ... hilarious
34. Transformer (2017)
78 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender.
Director: Michael Del Monte | Stars: Paulo Batista, Janae Marie Kroczaleski
Votes: 950
35. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
Director: David France | Stars: Kurt Wolfe, Sue Yacka, Catherine Shugrue Dos Santos, Victoria Cruz
Votes: 3,196
36. Drag Race Thailand (2018– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
The Thai version of the popular reality show features drag queens competing to be Thailand's next drag superstar.
Stars: Art-Araya In-dra, Pan Pan Narkprasert, Azizul Izzy Mahathir, Silver Sonic
Votes: 683
37. RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular (2018 TV Special)
41 min | Musical
'RuPaul's Drag Race' brings back eight fan favorites to compete for the title of America's first "Drag Race Xmas Queen."
Director: Nick Murray | Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, Todrick Hall
Votes: 1,170
38. XY Chelsea (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
A look at the life and career of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Director: Tim Travers Hawkins | Stars: Chelsea Manning, Nancy Hollander, Vincent J. Ward, Chase Strangio
Votes: 369
39. Buzz (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author, Buzz Bissinger, experiences a sexual awakening while collaborating with Caitlyn Jenner on her tell-all memoir.
Director: Andrew Shea | Stars: Buzz Bissinger, Caitlyn Jenner, James 'Boobie' Miles, Lisa Smith
Votes: 920
40. RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
UK version of RuPaul's hit reality competition show where RuPaul searches for the country's next drag superstar.
Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr, Graham Norton
Votes: 4,771
41. The Panti Sisters (2019)
108 min | Comedy
Three gay sons are called back by their estranged and terminally-ill father and given an offer they can't refuse: a P300 million inheritance in exchange for each of them giving him a grandchild.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Martin Del Rosario, Christian Bables, John Arcilla
Votes: 343 | Gross: $0.36M
42. Born Beautiful (2019)
96 min | Comedy
After her best friend dies, Barbs starts a new life as a straight man named Bobby, which leads her to Trisha's ex-boyfriend Michaelangelo, to her own ex-boyfriend Greg and to a woman claiming she is pregnant with Barbs' child.
Director: Perci M. Intalan | Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Martin Del Rosario, VJ Mendoza, Gio Gahol
Votes: 145
43. Queen of Drags (2019– )
100 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Heidi Klum, Conchita Wurst and Bill Kaulitz are searching for the "Queen of Drags" in this drag competition show.
Stars: Heidi Klum, Bill Kaulitz, Conchita Wurst, Vava Vilde
Votes: 72
44. Wig (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 91 min | Documentary
Wigstock was an annual drag festival which glamorously signaled the end of summer for the gay community in New York City for almost 20 years. Late one night in 1984, Lady Bunny and a few ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Moukarbel | Stars: Joey Arias, Kevin Aviance, Fenton Bailey, Boomer Banks
Votes: 848
45. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2019)
82 min | Documentary
One man's search for self-acceptance is a journey that includes tabloid celebrity, Tupperware parties, and two coming outs - first as a straight woman, then as the gay man he was meant to be.
Director: Karen Bernstein | Stars: Brian Belovitch, Michael Musto, Jim Russell, Gloria Walker
Votes: 78
46. The Queens (2019)
98 min | Documentary
From performing across world stages to winning (and losing) Drag Race or dealing with major tragedies, The Queens lifts the lace front, giving insight into one of the most fascinating and popular art forms.
Director: Adrienne Gruben | Stars: Jinkx Monsoon, Sharon Needles, Alaska Thunderfuck, Katya Zamolodchikova
Votes: 137
47. RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue (2020– )
TV-14 | Reality-TV
Follow Naomi Smalls, Derrick Barry, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and other queens from RuPaul's Drag Race as Mama Ru leads them through the next level in their careers with a Las Vegas residency.
Stars: Antwan Lee, Derrick Barry, Dane Young, Davis Heppenstall
Votes: 451
48. Canada's Drag Race (2020– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
12 drag queens compete to become Canada's Next Drag Superstar through challenges demonstrating their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent.
Stars: Brock Hayhoe, RuPaul, Traci Melchor, Brad Goreski
Votes: 2,855
49. Drag Race Holland (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 50 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
In the Dutch spin-off from Rupauls Drag Race, presented by Fred van Leer, Drag queens compete for the title of Holland's Next Drag Superstar
Stars: Fred van Leer, RuPaul, Envy Peru, Ma'Ma Queen
Votes: 1,092
50. P.S. Burn This Letter Please (2020)
101 min | Documentary
P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a documentary film about New York City's drag community. A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a 5-year exploration into a part of ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera | Stars: Michael Alogna, Henry Arango, James Bidgood, Robert Bouvard
Votes: 205
51. RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (2020– )
TV-14 | 63 min | Music, Reality-TV
Three celebrities compete every episode and undergo complete drag transformations. In the end, one celebrity is crowned America's Next Celeb Drag Superstar and wins prize money for their charity of choice.
Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Monét X Change
Votes: 1,924
52. RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (2021– )
TV-14 | 54 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
RuPaul's Drag Race spin-off series featuring drag queens from Australia and New Zealand competing to become Down Under's Drag Superstar.
Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Rhys Nicholson, Spankie Jackzon
Votes: 2,154
53. Drag Race España (2021– )
TV-14 | 66 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Spanish Drag superstar Supremme Deluxe presides as ten of Spain's most talented queens compete to be crowned Spain's first Drag Race Superstar.
Stars: Supremme De Luxe, Javier Calvo, Ana Locking, Javier Ambrossi
Votes: 2,819
54. Drag Race Italia (2021– )
TV-14 | 80 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Italy searches for the Next Drag Superstar as 8 drag queens compete in challenges demonstrating their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent.
Stars: Mariano Gallo, Chiara Francini, Tommaso Zorzi, Giovanni Montuori
Votes: 1,300
55. Drag Race France (2022– )
TV-14 | 70 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
France searches for the Next Drag Superstar as 10 drag queens compete in challenges demonstrating their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent.
Stars: Nicky Doll, Daphné Bürki, Kiddy Smile, Hugo Bardin
Votes: 1,537
56.
Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne (2022)
Episode:
The Gender Agenda
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Short, History
Cara explores drag with a trans man in LA, discovers a third gender culture in Mexico and experiences a 'gender swap' in Spain. Along the way, she confronts her own gender fluidity and masculinity.
Directors: Jessica Chermayeff, Ana Veselic, Daniela Carson, Vicki Cooper | Stars: Cara Delevingne, River Gallo, María Riot, Alok Vaid-Menon
Votes: 35
57. Drag Race Philippines (2022– )
TV-14 | 70 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
The Filipino version of RuPaul's Drag Race where 12 contestants compete to be the next drag superstar.
Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Jiggly Caliente, Jervi Li, Rodolfo Gabriel
Votes: 1,651
58. The Stroll (2023)
84 min | Documentary
The history of New York's Meatpacking District told from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. They recount the violence, policing, and gentrification that lead to a movement for transgender rights.
Directors: Zackary Drucker, Kristen Lovell | Stars: Marquise Balenciaga, Ceyenne Doroshow, Rudy Giuliani, Marsha P. Johnson
Votes: 713
59. Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023)
TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler's rise to power.
Directors: Benjamin Cantu, Matt Lambert | Stars: Robert Beachy, Eren Güvercin, Katrin Himmler, Eli Otto Kappo
Votes: 1,466
60. Joyland (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
Director: Saim Sadiq | Stars: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani
Votes: 6,108
61. Remendo (2023)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Zé carries a burden. Why do you keep on mending all these things that are not worth it anymore?
Director: Roger Ghil | Stars: Markus Konká, Royce Luckessy, Eliete Miranda, Elidio Netto
Votes: 13
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