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51. A Place of Our Own (2022)
88 min | Drama
Laila and Roshni are looking for a house after they are evicted from the place they rented. It soon becomes evident that their search for a home is also their ongoing search for a place in this society.
Director: Ektara Collective | Stars: Manisha Soni, Muskan, Aakash Jamra, Mahima Singh Thakur
Votes: 26
52. Shadey (1985)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A young man discovers that not only has he the ability to read minds, but also that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film. He strikes a deal ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Macnee, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 187
53. Sara (III) (2023)
99 min | Drama
After many years of living in the city, a transgender woman has to go back to her remote hometown to attend her father's funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious.
Director: Ismail Basbeth | Stars: Asha Smara Darra, Asha Smara Darra, Christine Hakim, Mian Tiara
54. Tamara (II) (2016)
110 min | Drama, Romance
The film is based on the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent, outstanding lawyer with a four-year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish her long-time secret: to transition into a trans woman.
Director: Elia K. Schneider | Stars: Luis Fernandez, Prakriti Maduro, Mimi Lazo, Karina Velasquez
Votes: 161
55. Boy (IV) (2014)
16 min | Short, Drama
16-year old Emilie has always been a boy inside.
Director: Lucas Helth Postma | Stars: Laura Emilie Hancock, Christina Selden, Oliver Wollenberg, Pernille Dahl Nielsen
Votes: 237
56. City of Lost Souls (1983)
94 min | Musical, Comedy
A film about the teeming flip side of life in Berlin centered on eccentric characters of almost every imaginable sexual orientation, or disorientation.
Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Angie Stardust, Jayne County, Judith Flex, Gary Miller
Votes: 122
57. Brain Death (2021)
87 min | Horror
Directors: Wl Freeman, John Harrison | Stars: Hesse Deni, Elliot Masters, Anders Croft, Alex Morand
58. Nidaime wa New Half (2013)
86 min | Action, Comedy
The leader of Yakuza clan Tatsumi dies and selects his heir to be his estranged son, who is a trans woman named Nana. Nana, a hostess is reluctant to join, but has little choice as the rival Hojo clan starts extorting the bar.
Director: Hitoshi Ozawa | Stars: Belle, Hakuryû, Makoto Kurami, Ken'ichi Mikawa
Votes: 8
59. Death and Bowling (2021)
64 min | Drama
In a fictional meta-critique on trans representation, a transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.
Director: Lyle Kash | Stars: Will Krisanda, Tracy Kowalski, Faith Bryan, White Leontine
Votes: 340
60. Shinjuku Boys (1995)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Shinjuku Boys is a 1995 film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. It explores the lives of three transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan.
Directors: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams | Stars: Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki, Abe
Votes: 237
61. Thelma (2001)
95 min | Drama
Vincent, a down-at-the-heels French cab driver, desperately in need of cash for child support is intrigued when Thelma charters his cab for a trip to Crete. As they travel, talk and flirt, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre-Alain Meier | Stars: Laurent Schilling, Pascale Ourbih, Natalia Kapodistria, François Germond
Votes: 51
62. Pre-Drink (2017)
23 min | Short, Drama
Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.
Director: Marc-Antoine Lemire | Stars: Pascale Drevillon, Alex Trahan
Votes: 105
63. Carousel Maki: Wet Affairs of the Night (1974)
72 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Director: Shôgorô Nishimura | Stars: Maki Carousel, Yasuhiko Ishizu, Ikunosuke Koizumi, Aoi Nakajima
64. Le ultime cose (2016)
85 min | Drama
Three story lines revolve around a mount of piety in Turin, Italy.
Director: Irene Dionisio | Stars: Roberto De Francesco, Fabrizio Falco, Alfonso Santagata, Christina Andrea Rosamilia
Votes: 99
65. Phleng sutthai (2006)
Drama
"The Last Song" tells the bittersweet story of Somying Dawrai, a beautiful and successful showgirl working in the famed transvestite cabaret "Tiffani Show" in Pattaya, Thailand. Somying ... See full summary »
Director: Pisan Akaraseni | Stars: Aisawanya Areyawattana, Wacharakorn Waiyasin, Nirut Sirichanya, Sumonrat Wattanaselarat
Votes: 27
66. Soy immortal
90 min | Documentary | Filming
The life of Sophia Lamar, transgender woman who left Cuba in the 80's to become a famed member of the Club Kids movement. From Havana to New York, "Soy Immortal" follows Sophia on a journey from the shadows into the light.
Directors: Eytan Jan, Darius Kaufmann | Star: Sophia Lamar
67. Transky, body, vteriny (2021 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Directors: Tomás Dianiska, Petra Vselichová | Stars: Jakub Burýsek, Pavla Gajdosíková, Markéta Matulová, Ondrej Brett
68. The Fish with One Sleeve (2021)
34 min | Short, Drama
Hikari Shintani, a trans woman who feels distanced from her cis female colleagues at work, must return to her hometown for a business trip. She gathers the courage to reconnect with an old ... See full summary »
Director: Tsuyoshi Shôji | Stars: Hideko Hara, Rika Hirohata, Tomoka Igari, Yu Ishizuka
Votes: 10
69. Pristoupili? (2016)
30 min | Short, Drama
The search for a common path of a lonely widower and a 15-year-old Roma boy Martin, who is on the run from home. He heads to Prague in the hope of starting a new life there. The old man, ... See full summary »
Director: Tereza Pospisilova | Stars: Martina Bezousková, Stepánka Holadová, Bozena Konaková, Martin Siegel
70. Jammidodger (2011– )
10 min | Reality-TV
Glimpses into the life of Jamie, a female-to-male transgender man, sometimes joined by his girlfriend, Shaaba.
Stars: Jamie Raines, Shaaba Lotun
71. Der Spalt (2014)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
Alex is human. Alex was assigned to the male gender at birth. She knows that this assignment was wrong. In a world she's living, she doesn't exist. Bodies are normed, people are squared, ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Anja Schicklang | Stars: Dorothea Baltzer, Werner Braunschädel, Trischa Dorner, Folkert Dücker
Votes: 14
72. Picture Day (2017)
5 min | Short, Drama
Derek, a high school senior, decides to reveal his true self on senior picture day. Summoning his own courage, seeking his parents' approval, and finally enjoying his friends' unremarkable ... See full summary »
Director: Angela McCrae | Stars: Joseph De Luna, Kaylin Johns, Ezequiel De Castilla
Votes: 10
73. Diana (2009)
11 min | Short, Drama
On the same day of the Princess of Wales's death, an Indian trans woman living in London learns of trouble back home.
Director: Aleem Khan | Stars: Coralie Allison, Ann Barnett, Rex Duis, Tuba Duman
Votes: 73
74. Pinocchio Without a Nose (2012)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In Pinocchio without a nose the director Irene Lopez plays with the form of documentary film making. What is fiction and what is documentary. The characters are real but the camera stays in a way that it may have been fiction.
Director: Irene Lopez
75. Truth Takes Time (2011)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A coming of age 'motion storybook' about the trials and tribulations of gender, identity, and self-love.
Director: Ellie Krnich | Stars: Ross Turner, Rachel Wohlander
76. In Other Words (2023)
8 min | Short
Talulah grapples with her gender identity and attachment issues as she navigates two toxic relationships that hold her back from reaching self-actualisation.
Director: Chloe Rivers | Stars: Ashley Gaunt, Amelie du Plessis, Sophia Christofi, Lizzie Ward-Bolton
77. Hello Bastard (2017)
Short, Drama
Director: Wes Shafer | Stars: Franc Ross, Bert Rotundo, Raquey Strange
78. The Devil's Magnificent (2016)
69 min | Drama, Romance
Manu (33), trans immigrant living in Paris, decides to return to Chile after 10 years in France. In these last few days she goes over different paths of love and freedom, moved by her memories in the city of love.
Director: Nicolas Videla | Stars: Manu Guevara, Manuela Guevara, Daniel Larrieu, Vicktor Philip
Votes: 49
79. Shirts vs. Skins (2013)
23 min | Short, Drama
A transgender man successfully 'lives stealth' until a game of pickup basketball changes everything.
Director: Terésa Dowell-Vest | Stars: Tajir Braziel, Terrence C. Daniels, Patrick J. Duffy, Kissa Jo
80. Her Secret (2017)
Short, Drama
The life of an ordinary working class man changes when he decides to embrace his innermost insecurities.
Director: Wasim Aliyar | Stars: Muhammed Suhail, Afraz Ashik
Votes: 24
81. Dysphoric (2014)
6 min | Short, Biography, Drama
An abstract take on gender dysphoria narrated with a mixture of direct representation & multimedia art. The film follows two days in the life of an FTM high school student. Interspersed ... See full summary »
Directors: Riley Hert, Gabbi Mercogliano, Jackie Moffitt
82.
Two Sentence Horror Stories (2017–2022)
Episode:
Elliot
(2021)
TV-14 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A transmasculine student endures merciless bullying in his high school until a mysterious janitor offers the teen a way to take care of his bullies once and for all.
Director: Chase Joynt | Stars: James Goldman, Janet Kidder, David James Lewis, Elise Shak
Votes: 232