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A dificíl vida fácil (1972, Brazil)

Man in drag according to imdb

À double tour (1959, France)

Not transgender

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À la guerre comme à la guerre (1972, France)

Soldier wears drag to evade enemy soldiers

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À la recherche de l'équateur (1990, France)

Travesti in the cast; alternative title of Piano panier

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Aanazhagan (1995, India)

Extended male to female sequence

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Abarten der körperlichen Liebe (1970, West Germany)

Soft porn film pretending to be documentary

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Abbot and Costello In Society (1944)

Comic roleplay doing housework in apron; aka In Society

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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Hillary Brooke plays Captain Anne Bonney, a woman pirate who dressed as a man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949)

Lou Costello dresses as chambermaid for disguise

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Abbuzze! Der Badesalz Film (1996, Germany)

Comedy duo include drag sketches

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Abdication, the (1974)

Liv Ullman plays Queen Christina, who was brought up as a boy

Abduction of Bayard Barnes (1972)

Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby, Die (1961, Austria)

To chaperon girl

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Abnormal Ecstasy (1991, Japan)

Man falls in love with a transsexual; Japanese title is Osoku kta seishun

Above the Dust Level (1999, Australia)

Female to male; short

Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)

Military follies and a subsequent chase sequence

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Absolument fabuleux (2001, France)

Transvestite in police cells

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Acción Mutante (1999, Spain)

Transsexual actress has a role

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Allusions only

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Ach Egon (1961, West Germany)

To impersonate lady novelist

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Aci ekmek (1984, Turkey)

Bülent Ersoy

Acropol (1995, Greece)

Theatrical troupe includes a cross-dresser

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Across the Pacific (1914)

Date!

Across the Rubicon (1987, South Africa)

Documentary about the female impersonator Pieter-Dirk Uys

Across the Universe (2007)

Transvestite in street scene

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Actors, the (2003, Ireland)

Michael Caine as disguise

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Actors Disguised as Women (1963, South Korea)

Feature film along Tootsie lines

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Actor's Revenge, an (1935, Japan)

Female role played by male actor

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Actor's Revenge, an (1963, Japan)

Female role played by male actor

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Adam and Eve (2005)

Brief red dress at party

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Adam and Steve (2005)

Jackie Beat is singer

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Adam Barfi (1995, Iran)

Disguise to get into USA

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Adam est ... Ève (1954, France)

Early transsexual transition story

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Adam's Rib (1949)

Briefly depicting imagining being the other sex

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Adaptation (2002)

Partial crossdressing on film set

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Addams Family Reunion (1998)

Brief as dressmaker's model

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Addams Family Values (1993)

Transvestite relatives

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Adult Version of Jekyll and Hyde, the (1972)

Jekyll changes sex after taking the potion

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Adventures of a Taxi Driver, the (1976, UK)

Man unwittingly picks up female impersonator

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Adventures of Baron Munchausen, the (1989)

Muscular character expresses his feminine side

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Adventures of Barry McKenzie, The (1972, Australia)

Edna Everage in early appearance

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Adventures of Hajji Baba, the (1954)

Female to male

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the (1939, 1960, 1981, 1985, 1993; not 1979)

Boy dresses as girl for disguise

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Adventures of Iron Pussy, the (2003, Thailand)

Thai transvestite secret agent

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Adventures of Picasso, the (1978, Sweden)

English title of Picassos Äventyr

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Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the (1994)

Three transgender characters in Australian adventure

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Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1998)

Cheerful film with a transsexual main character

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (1939)

Boy wears woman's pinafore

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The (1975)

Swapping clothes to deceive following man

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Adventuress, An (1920)

Julian Eltinge in female disguise

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Affaire privée, une (2002, France)

Male actor plays woman in bar

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Afflicted (1983, Israel)

Aka Nagu'a

After Alice (1999, Germany & UK)

Transvestite hooker in police thriller

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After Hours (1985)

Not transgender

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Afternoon Delights (1980)

Vanessa del Rio dresses as a man

Against (2000)

Gay porn; cross-dressing main character

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Against the Rules (1931)

Franklin Pangborn

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Age of Beauty, the (1992, Spain)

Young man goes to party as girl with woman playing male role; alternative title of Belle Époque

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Age of Youth (1961, Russia)

Showgirl goes home in boy's costume; English title of Gody molodye

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Ages of Lulu (1990, Spain)

Transsexual sex; English title of Las Edades de Lulù

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Aggelos (1992, Greece)

Gay submissive forced into transvestite prostitution

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Agítese antes de usarla (1983, Spain)

Nurse is in fact an undercover policeman; played by a real woman except right at end

Agnes and His Brothers (2004, Germany)

Transsexual is main character; English title of Agnes und seine Brüder

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Agnes und seine Brüder (2004, Germany)

Transsexual is main character

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Ai ye nu peng you (1992, Hong Kong)

Man sent back from heaven in woman's body

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Aile ou la cuisse, l' (1976, France)

Restaurant inspector dines in disguise

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Aimée und Jaguar (1999, Germany)

Female to male; brief

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Aiqing wansui (1994, Taiwan)

Lonely man tries a dress on; the title is Vive l'amour in English

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Airplane! (1980)

Actress plays man who thinks he is Ethel Merman in comedy sketch

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Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004, Philippines)

Transsexual main character

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Al servicio de la mujer española (1978, Spain)

Agony aunt has affair with transvestite

Aladdins Lantern (1938)

Little Rascals

Al-Anissa Hanafi (1953, Egypt)

To avoid arranged marriage

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Al-Irhab wa-Al-Kabab (1992, Egypt)

Drag queen in lavatory

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Alabama's Ghost (1972)

Horror grandmothers

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Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)

Roscoe Arbuckle

Alatriste (2006, Spain)

Actress plays priest; and a brief female-to-male impersonation scene

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Além Da Paixão (1986, Brazil)

Portuguese title of Happily Ever After

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Alem mer 13! (1996, Norway)

Adolescent girl growing up; the title means "Never 13 again!" Crossdressing content according to IMDB

Alexandra's Pampered Pet (1993)

Unconfirmed; this may be just a porn video

Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (2007)

Documentary of AA's transition

Alexis Project, the (2006)

Alexis Arquette; to be confirmed

Algie the Miner (1912)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)

Comic disguise

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Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)

Eddie Cantor in drag

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Ali G in da House (2002)

Very brief drag

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Alias Mary Brown (1918)

Dressing for robbery

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972, UK)

Drag portrayal of Duchess

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Alicia of the Orphans (1916)

Alternative title of Ragged Princess

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Alien Love Triangle (2005)

Man is sleeping with transgendered male alien

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Alien Space Avenger (1989)

Trans character in cast list

Aliens Cut My Hair (1992)

Alien drag queens

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Aliki sto Naftiko, I (1961, Greece)

Female to male; Girl is in love with a sailor in the Greek navy and she dresses as a sailor to get near him.

All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise (2005)

Female to male; unconfirmed

All About Alice (1972)

Warren Fremming; transvestite version of All About Eve

All About Eve (1950)

Not transgender

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All About My Father (2002, Norway)

Sympathetic; English title of Alt Om Min Far

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All About My Mother (1999, Spain)

Sympathetic; English title of Todo Sobre mi Madre

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All American Co-Ed (1941)

To infiltrate girls' college

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All Bookies Wear Speedos (2005)

Trans character in cast list

All Creatures Great and Small (1974)

Man is offered woman's shoes to wear

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All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1996)

Documentary

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All for Melissa (2007)

Trans character in cast list

All He Knew About Women (1917)

Alternative title of Clever Mrs Carfax

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All I Wanna Do (2000)

Male teacher forcibly dressed in drag; aka of Strike!

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All is Fair (1920)

Alternative title of Married to Order

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All Men Are Apes (1966)

Soft porn film includes female impersonator doing a belly dance

All Men Are Liars (1995 Australia)

Boy joins girls' band

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All Men Are Pigs (1991)

Cross-dressing crook

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All of Me (1984)

Switch film

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All of Me (1991, Germany)

Female impersonator main character

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All of Me (2009)

Remake of the 1984 film; female Jesse Jackson-type is in a man's body

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917)

Julian Eltinge

All the Advantages (1972)

Adolescent Boy crossdresses

All the Queen's Men (2001, Germany)

World War 2 comedy with commando group in drag

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All the Way (1998, Australia)

Old lady played by man

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All the World's a Stooge (1941)

Man pretends to be little girl in slapstick comedy

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All These Women (1964, Sweden)

Man pretends to be woman to get access to famous musician; aka För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor

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All Tied Up (1994)

Transsexual character runs a bar

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Alley of The Tranny Boys (1998)

Female to male

Alma (1997)

Unconfirmed; RuPaul

Almejas y mejillones (2000, Spain and Argentina)

Man has sex change to please girl

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Almost a Lady (1926)

Almost Angels (1962)

Boys sing girls' parts in operetta production

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Almost Brothers (2004, Brazil)

Prisoners in jail; alternative title of Quase Dois Irmãos

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Almost Myself (2007)

Gender transition problems

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Along Came Auntie (1926)

Man dresses in nightdress to deceive prudish aunt

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Along the Rio Grande (1941)

Alphabit Land: The Backyard Tour Featuring Wigstock '89 (1990)

Alptraumfrau, die (1981, West Germany)

Angie Stardust plays transvestite

Alt om min far (2002, Norway)

Sympathetic story of transsexual father

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Alternative Miss World, the (1980 UK)

Lots of transvestites and drag queens

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Briefly at end Ian Hawke tries

Alvin Purple (1973, Australia)

Lyn Flanagan plays a drag queen who gets seduced by Alvin

Alvin Rides Again (1974, Australia)

Alvin and friend join a women's cricket team

Always Crashing in the Same Car (2002, Germany)

Tom says he is transsexual to get parents' attention; short

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)

Milton Berle plays Carmen Miranda

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Always On Sunday (1962, Italy)

also released as Domenica d'Estate, una

Always Something Better (1997)

Candis Cayne and Girlina

Amada amante (1979, Brazil)

Transvestite in crime mystery

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Amar Jyoti (1936, India)

Woman disguises as pirate

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Amarelo Manga (2002, Brazil)

Transvestite character in sketch

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Amazing Lover, the (1917)

Alternative title of Clever Mrs Carfax

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Amazing Mr Williams, the (1939)

Melvyn Douglas

Amazing Transplant, the (1970)

Percy operation but not transgender

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Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, the (2006, Iceland)

Filipino lady-boy prostitute believes herself to be the true queen of France

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Amazons, The (1917)

Three girls raised as boys by their widower father

American Aunt, an (1920, Egypt)

Silent Egyptian version of Charley's Aunt

American Crude (2007)

Not transgender

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American Dreamer (1984)

Murderer in drag

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American Eunuchs (2003)

Graphically illustrated documentary about transitioning

American Fabulous (1992)

American Flyers (1985)

Content not found

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American Heart (1993)

Transvestite lowlife

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American Nightmare (1983)

Date! Dolly is a transvestite

American Outlaws (2002)

Not transgender

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American Pie Presents Band Camp (2005)

Boy is caught in girls' dormitory

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American Pie, the Wedding (2003)

Transvestite in drag bar; aka of American Wedding

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American Standard (2009)

Trans character in cast list

American Success Company, the (1979)

Bianca Jagger gets picked up in a Munich transvestite bar

American Wedding (2003)

Queen in drag bar

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American Werewolf in London, An (1981, UK)

Naked man dresses in woman's coat

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Americathon (1979)

Comedian in charity event crossdresses; so does his son

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Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Possession and switch film

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Amor am Steuer (1921, Germany)

Ossie Oswalda, the German Mary Pickford, plays a male chauffeur

Amor En Concreto (2003, Venezuela)

Transvestite hookers

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Amore all'italiana (1965, Italy)

James Bond becomes a sissy; aka I Superdiabolici and Love, Italian Style

Amorous Misadventures of Casanova (1977)

Tony Curtis

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Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon, les (2007, France)

Disguise to overcome curse

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Amusements of Private Life (1992, Italy)

Two women exchange identities, but there's also transvestism in it somewhere; aka of Divertimenti della vita privata

Anarchy TV (1997)

Transvestite participates briefly in demo

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Anatomie (2000, Germany)

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Anatomy (2000, Germany)

Not transgender; English title of Anatomie

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Anazahevun (2000, Japan)

Possession film

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And Justice For All (1979)

Transvestite thief is admitted to jail

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And Now For Something Completely Different (1971, UK)

Drag in comedy sketch film

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And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002, France)

Man in drag according to imdb

Anders als die Anderen (1919, Germany)

Drag ball

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Anders als Du und ich (1957, West Germany)

Performer in drag club

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Anderson Tapes, the (1971)

Camp man only

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André le magnifique (2000, France)

Michel Vuillermoz plays André and Aunt Ida

Andy Warhol (1987)

Holly Woodlawn plays herself.

Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968)

Transgender subculture; alternative title of Flesh

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Andy Warhol's Heat (1972)

Man wears strange smock; also known as Heat

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Andy Warhol's Trash (1970)

Transgender subculture; alternative title of Trash

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Andy Warhol's Women (1972)

Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling

Anemonis (2007, Austria)

Trans character in cast list

Ange au paradis, un (1973, France)

Crossdresser disturbs man's marriage

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Angel (1982, Greece)

Gay submissive forced into transvestite prostitution; English title of Angelos

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Angel (1983)

Drag queen character

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Angel 2 (1989, Hong Kong)

Alternative title of Angels 2

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Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)

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Angel Farm (1992)

Cross-dressing main character; aka of Änglagård

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Angel no. 9 (1974)

Dead man reincarnated as woman; alternative title of Angel on Fire

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Angel of Vengeance - the Female Hamlet (1977, Turkey)

Hamlet et al played by women; English title of Intikam Melegi - Kadin Hamlet

Angel on Fire (1974)

Dead man reincarnated as woman

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Angels! (2000)

Angels 2 (1989, Hong Kong)

Transsexual in martial arts battle

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Angels and Insects (1995)

Boy is extra as girl

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Angels in the Infield (2000)

Male angel transforms into woman

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Anger Management (2003)

Transvestite hooker

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Änglagård (1992 Sweden)

Character does travesti stage performances

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Anguished Love (1987, Thailand)

Drag queens in Thai melodrama

Anilar (1989, Turkey)

Bülent Ersoy appears

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Anima (1970)

A young Asian girl struggles with gender identity

Anima (1981, Austria)

Man-woman paradox is explained by a camp man

Animal, L' (1977, France)

Transgender content not confirmed

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Animal Factory (2000)

Transsexual in jail film

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Anita (1987, Germany)

Transsexual dance sequence in madhouse drama

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Anita - Tanze des Lasters (1987, Germany)

Transsexual dance sequence in madhouse drama; alternative title of Anita

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Anjos da Noite (1987, Brazil)

Anlat Istanbul (2005, Turkey)

Post-operative transsexual main character

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Anne of the Indies (1951)

Jean Peters plays woman pirate who dressed as a man

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Annie Oakley (1935)

Wild West circus act includes men dressed as pioneer women in indian attack sequence

Anniversary, The (1968)

Negative allusions

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Anomalies passagères (2003, France)

Surreal film with transgender elements in the plot

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Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997)

Transvestite hooker briefly; aka of Love in Paris

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Another Chance (1989)

Transvestite tries to pick up main character

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Another Fine Mess (1930)

Stan Laurel pretends to be a housemaid

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Another Gay Movie (2006)

Drag characters in gay comedy

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Another Gay Sequel -- Gays Gone Wild (2008)

Trans character in cast list

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Another Goddamn Benefit (1996)

Unconfirmed; Kent Fuher probably plays transgender character

Another Heaven (2000, Japan)

Possession film; aka of Anazahevun

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Another Woman (2002, France)

Transitioned transsexual main character; aka of Une autre femme

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Anpoove (1995, India)

Ansiktet (1958, Sweden)

Woman lives as a man

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Antilles sur Seine (2000, France)

Several actors playing women's roles

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Antras eimai kai to kefi mou tha kano (1960, Greece)

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Anything for a Thrill (1937)

Woman dresses as male pilot to evade newspapermen

Anything for Love (1992, Canada)

Boy at college pretends to be girl to avoid bullies; also known as Just One of the Girls

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Aoom (1970, Spain)

Man's spirit enters a woman

Aparencias Engañan, las (1978, Mexico)

Deceitful Appearances

Apartment Zero (1988, UK)

James Telfer is Vanessa

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Apna Sapna Money Money (2006, India)

Disguise as a woman to evade pursuers

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Apple A Day, An (1971, UK)

Comedy misunderstanding

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Apple Dumpling Gang, the (1975)

Not transgender

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Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, the (1979)

Comic dressing to evade pursuers

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Après la guerre (1989, France & Germany)

Runaway boy dresses as girl

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Après Le Soirée (1976, short)

April Fool (1926)

Detail not known

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Aquavitae (1994)

Ar Zhan (1999, Hong Kong)

Deception for crime; Cantonese title of Running Out of Time

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Arabian Nights (1942)

Slapstick dressing to deceive searchers

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Arahan (1986 Hong Kong)

Date! Aka of Nan Bei Shao Lin

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Árbol del penitente, el (2000, Spain)

Trans character in cast list

Are You Being Served? (1977, UK)

British slapstick comedy

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Are You There? (1930)

Female to male; suggested by Madeleine

Argentine Nights (1940)

Ritz Brothers

Ari and Mario (1966)

Warhol film; drag queen Mario Montez acts as babysitter

Aria (1987, UK)

Theresa Russell plays King Zog

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Ariadne auf Naxos (various dates)

Opera has a travesti role for the composer in prologue

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Arisan! (2003, Indonesia)

Drag queen according to imdb

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Arizona to Broadway (1943)

Impersonating older woman; alternative title of Jitterbugs

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Armed and Dangerous (1986)

John Candy dresses as drag queen to escape gangsters

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Armiya "Tryasogyski" (1964, USSR)

Boy poses as girl in urban guerilla warfare

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Army of Lovers, or Revolt of the Perverts (1978, Germany)

Rosa von Praunheim film

Around the World in Eighty Days (2004)

Dressing as women to escape capture

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Around the World in Eighty Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)

Around the World in Eighty Ways (1987)

Arrangement, the (1999)

Man in drag according to imdb

Arsenal Stadium Mystery, the (1939)

Police amateur theatricals

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Arsène Lupin (2004, France)

Disguise to carry out robbery

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Art of Crime, the (1975)

Tally Brown plays Gypsy Queen

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Art Project, the (2009)

Trans character in cast list

Artie the Millionaire Kid (1916)

Man impersonates widow

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As des as, l' (1982, France)

Hitler's sister played by male actor

As You Like It (1936)

Female to male Rosalind poses as a shepherd boy

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As You Like It (1978)

Female to male; Rosalind poses as a young man

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As You Like It (1992, UK)

Female to male in Shakespeare drama

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As You Like It (2006, UK)

Female to male in Shakespeare drama

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As You Want Me (1996)

English title of Come mi Vuoi

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As You Were (1951)

Aka Present Arms

Asesino en serio (2002, Mexico)

Trans character in cast list

Ashes of Time (1994, Hong Kong)

Woman pretends to be her own brother; aka Dung Che Sai Duk

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Ashi hi banwa banwi (1988, India)

Two men dress to deceive landlord

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Associate, The (1996)

Drag queen character helps Whoopi Goldberg pretend to be a man

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Assume Nothing (2009, New Zealand)

Documentary exploring gender possibilities

At Swords Point (1952)

Claire, daughter of Athos, passes as a boy

At the Service of Spanish Womanhood (1978, Spain)

Agony Aunt has affair with transvestite; English title of Al servicio de la mujer española

At War with the Army (1951)

Drag to get out of army base

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Atalante, l' (1934, France)

Helping with dressmaking

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Ataque verbal (2000, Spain)

Probably reference only, in conversation

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Athkiya' laken aghbiya' (1980, Egypt)

Students, to get access to girls' dormitory

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Atómica (1998, Spain)

Unconfirmed; Bibi Andersen plays Roxy Foxy

Atracción peculiar (1988, Argentina)

Transvestite underworld

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Attack from Mars (1988)

Drag queen in cinema audience; alternative title of Midnight Movie Massacre

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Audition (1997, South Korea)

Korean version of Tootsie

Aunt Bill (1916)

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Auntie (1986)

Plot similar to Charlie's Aunt

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Aunty No 1 (1998, India)

Man pretends to be respectable woman to chaperone girls

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Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren (1919, Germany)

Wilhelm Bendow plays a servant girl; aka A Man's Girlhood

Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (1997)

Brief; assassin in drag

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Austin Powers II - The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Drag shots in cult film

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Australia After Dark (1975, Australia)

Documentary about the seamy side

Autopsy (2007)

Trans character in cast list

Autre, l' (1985)

In nativity play

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Autre femme, une (2002, France)

Transitioned transsexual main character

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Avenging Angel (1985)

Transvestite hookers in short scene

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Avventure dell'incredibile Ercole, le (1985 Italy)

Unconfirmed; Eva Robins plays Dedalos

Avventure di Mary Read, Le (1961 Italy)

Woman thief poses as man

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Axel von Auersperg (1974, West Germany)

Frank Ripploh plays the Abbess