*TRANSFILM WATCHLIST*
by candypants42 | created - 12 Apr 2016 | updated - 6 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 3,309 | Gross: $0.00M
2. Float (2015)
5 min | Short, Music
Float (a working title) is an artistic 4-5 minute film shot completely underwater of trans folks swimming naked set to music by trans musician Rae Spoon. Coming Summer 2015.
Director: Sam Berliner | Stars: Charles Bennett, Ben Briones, Peter Dakota Molof, Ez Dossier
3. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
Directors: Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker | Stars: Ray Baxter, Elliot Blackstone, Aleshia Brevard, Felicia Elizondo
Votes: 199
4. 30° i februari (2012–2016)
60 min | Drama
Series about people escaping their cold winter homeland looking for happiness in sunny Thailand but getting more than they hoped for.
Stars: Kjell Wilhelmsen, Hanna Ardéhn, Lotta Tejle, Viola Weidemann
Votes: 1,618
5. 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
6. Is She or Isn't He? (2010)
71 min | Documentary, Drama
The intimate story of a self-proclaimed 'fat hairy woman with a penis' and her 5-year search to find love and acceptance. Growing up as a small town boy who seems more like a girl, Graham ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Pemberton
Votes: 49
7. 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: 9,123 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Girls Lost (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Nectar from a magic flower allows three girls to live as boys for a while.
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining | Stars: Tuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Louise Nyvall, Alexander Gustavsson
Votes: 1,317
9. My Prairie Home (2013)
76 min | Documentary, Music
Alberta singer/songwriter Rae Spoon reflects on gender identity, faith, and the challenges of family through songs and stories.
Director: Chelsea McMullan | Stars: Chase Constantino, Rae Spoon
Votes: 81
10. Pierrot Lunaire (2014)
51 min | Drama, Music
A young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex. When the girl introduces 'her boyfriend' to her father ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Paulina Bachmann, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko
Votes: 110
11. Cockpit (2012)
96 min | Comedy
After getting fired from his current job as a pilot and dumped by his wife, he seeks to find a new job. Out of desperation on the job market he disguises himself as a woman in order to get ... See full summary »
Director: Mårten Klingberg | Stars: Jonas Karlsson, Marie Robertson, Ellen Jelinek, David Bonté Atterberg
Votes: 2,564
12. Ångrarna (2010)
58 min | Documentary
Two men in their 60s meet for the first time and discuss their respective sex changes, and subsequent reversals.
Director: Marcus Lindeen | Stars: Orlando Fagin, Mikael Johansson
Votes: 229
13. A Soap (2006)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transgender woman.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Frank Thiel, Elsebeth Steentoft
Votes: 2,011 | Gross: $0.00M
14. 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: 7,241
15. Different for Girls (1996)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same.
Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Graves, Miriam Margolyes, Saskia Reeves
Votes: 2,040 | Gross: $0.21M
16. 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: 25,589 | Gross: $3.01M
17. I Want What I Want (1972)
R | 91 min | Drama
A 20-something son of a military officer feels like a woman trapped in a man's body. When he can hide it no longer, he falls out with his ladies'-man father and leaves home. Now what?
Director: John Dexter | Stars: Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, Paul Rogers
Votes: 163 | Gross: $0.36M
18. The Crying Game (1992)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 60,066 | Gross: $62.55M
19. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson
Votes: 24,543 | Gross: $0.83M
20. The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Aleksa Palladino, Margaret Colin
Votes: 2,017 | Gross: $0.10M
21. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing
Votes: 36,562 | Gross: $36.47M
22. Flawless (1999)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer
Votes: 20,015 | Gross: $4.49M
23. Wild Side (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A transgender woman who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns - with her two male lovers in tow - to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoléru
Votes: 1,135 | Gross: $0.02M
24. By Hook or by Crook (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
By Hook or by Crook chronicles the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world. Silas Howard plays Shy (... See full summary »
Directors: Harry Dodge, Silas Howard | Stars: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, Stanya Kahn, Carina Gia
Votes: 342 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Two 4 One (2014)
PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Comedy
Adam and Miriam have a one-night stand. They both wind up pregnant.
Director: Maureen Bradley | Stars: Gavin Crawford, Naomi Snieckus, Gabrielle Rose, Andrea Menard
Votes: 138
26. Close-Knit (2017)
127 min | Drama
Tomo, an 11-year old girl, discovers her mother has abandoned her. Tomo's uncle and his transgender girlfriend, Rinko, take her in. Together they tackle the task of knitting 108 of Rinko's special hopes and dreams, one stitch at a time.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Kenta Kiritani, Mugi Kadowaki, Eiko Koike
Votes: 1,954
27. Just Charlie (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her father and teammates will she ever play football again?
Director: Rebekah Fortune | Stars: Harry Gilby, Scot Williams, Mark Carter, Travis Blake Hall
Votes: 944
28. A Kid Like Jake (2018)
R | 92 min | Drama
The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.
Director: Silas Howard | Stars: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Votes: 3,894 | Gross: $0.04M
29. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 17,015
30. 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
31. Patong Girl (2014)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Young German Boy on holiday falls in love with beautiful thai girl. Movie is a nice little gem with a twist.
Director: Susanna Salonen | Stars: Aisawanya Areyawattana, Max Mauff, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Uwe Preuss
Votes: 404
32. 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: 719 | Gross: $0.69M
33. The Triple Echo (1972)
R | 90 min | Drama, War
During World War II, a deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection, hiding at a farm run by a POW's wife, but is soon hit-on by a lusty sergeant.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May
Votes: 935
34. The Place Without Limits (1978)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Roberto Cobo, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín
Votes: 1,646
35. The Journey to Kafiristan (2001)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama
In 1939, the author Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the ethnologist Ella Maillart travel together by car to Kabul, but each is in pursuit of her own project. Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who was ... See full summary »
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini | Stars: Jeanette Hain, Nina Petri, Monika Arnó, Vassilios Avgouteas
Votes: 339
36. Just Like a Woman (1992)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A divorced British housewife falls for a younger man, an American banker living in London - who happens to be a transvestite.
Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freeman, Susan Wooldridge
Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.08M
37. Southern Comfort (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Davis | Stars: Robert Eads, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Cas Piotrowski
Votes: 988
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