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Da zero a dieci (2002, Italy)

Rate your life from nought to ten; and celebrate it by crossdressing?

Da Zui Xia (1966, Hong Kong)

Woman negotiates with bandits as man

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Daayraa (1996, India)

Alternative title of Square Circle; Transsexual main character as well as female to male disguise

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Dad Likes Women (2010, Korea)

Dad is a transsexual

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Dag dat ik besloot, Nina te zijn, de (2000, Netherlands)

Short; sex change story

Daisy and the Women of the Future (1999)

Documentary about transsexuals who will one day be women

Daitozoku (1963, Japan)

Drag witch character

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Dame tu cuerpo (2002, Mexico)

Body swap

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Damned, the (1969)

Drag in powerful nazi-period film

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Dance Like a Man (2004, India)

Male dancer adopts female role

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Dance Macabre (1991)

Dance instructor is slasher

Dancing in September (2000)

Brief clip of old television drag act

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Dancing Masters (1943)

Stan Laurel teaches dancing in drag

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Dandy Dust (1998, Austria)

Crazed nightmarish fantasies

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Danger Girl, The (1916)

Gloria Swanson preteneds to be man to lure girl away from her boyfriend; aka as Love on Skates

Danger, Go Slow (1918)

Female to male; Mae Murray

Dangerous Days (1933)

Alternative title of Wild Boys of the Road

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Dangerous Game, a (1941)

Dangerous Ground (1997)

Transvestite in club briefly

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Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)

Documentary

Dangerous Money (1946)

Daniel and the Superdogs (2004, Canada)

Boys dressing up

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Danish & Blue (1970)

Black female impersonator at sex show

Danish Escort Girls (1976, Denmark)

Drag artristes in soft porn film; aka of Hopla på sengekanten

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Danish Girl, the (2009)

Nicole Kidman plays Einar Wegener who eventually transitions

Dans l'ombre (2004, France)

Trans character in cast list; short; 2004(II) in imdb

Dany the Ravager (1972)

Boy singer turns out to be a girl

Danzon (1991, Mexico)

Night club performer

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Dao jian xiao (1994, Hong Kong)

Brigitte Lin plays male warrior

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Darb al-hawa (1983, Egypt)

Transvestite brothel dancer

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Dare to Be Butch (1994)

Daredevil (1918)

Daring Young Man, the (1942)

Joe E Brown; suggested by Madeleine

Dark Hour, the (1936)

Man in drag exposed in whodunnit

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Dark Knight, the (2008)

The Joker dresses as a nurse

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Dark Streets (2002)

Trans character in cast list

Darkness Falls (2003)

Not really transgender

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Darling (1965, UK)

Party game involves changing clothes

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Darling, Are You Bored With Men? (1968)

Lesbians who dress as men

Darmiyaan (1997, India)

Eunuch

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Date Movie (2006)

Fantasy switch sequence

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Dates and Nuts (1937)

College pranks

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Dating the Enemy (1996, Australia)

Two people exchange bodies

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Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

Girl disguised as a man to escape

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Daughter of the Don, the (1918)

Daughter of the Gods (1916)

Jane Lee plays the prince as a child

Daughter of the Orient (1937)

Girl disguised as a man to escape; alternative title of Daughter of Shanghai

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Daughters of Darkness (1971, Belgium)

Allusion only; aka of La Rouge aux Lèvres

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Daughters of Destiny (1953, France)

English title of Destinées

David Copperfield (1911)

Female to male

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David Holzman's Diary (1967)

Real life transsexual

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Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984, Yugoslavia)

A policeman dresses to catch a killer

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Woman's bit part played by male actor; and man tries on women's shoes in shop

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Day at School, a (1916)

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Day I Became a Woman (2000)

Not transgender

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Day in the Life, A (2000, Canada)

Fred Jordan plays transvestite

Day of the Cobra (1980, Italy)

Detective visits drag club; English title of Giorno del Cobra, il

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Day of the Locust (1975)

Drag cabaret performer

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Day of the Nightmare (1965)

Son is a drag queen

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Day Watch (2006, Russia)

Body swap; English title of Dnevnoy dozor

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Daydream Believers - the Monkees Story (2000)

Brief drag fantasy; and disguise to get past fans

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Days of the Pentecost (1995)

Dazzle (1999, South Africa)

Trans character in cast list

De la calle (2001, Mexico)

Life among the poor; transvestite in IMDB

Dead Again (1991)

Switch reported in previous lives

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Dead Come Home, The (1991)

Old Lady played by male actor; aka of Dead Dudes in the House

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Dead Dudes in the House (1991)

Old Lady played by male actor

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Dead Man (1995)

Strange man dresses in Wild West

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Steve Martin plays several roles

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Dead One, the (2006)

Billy Drago plays an old Indian and later a mysterious, crippled nun called Sister Catrina

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha (1999, Japan)

Transvestite in high school

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Deadfall (1968, UK)

Date!

Deadful Melody (1993, Hong Kong)

Brigitte Lin in male mode; aka of Liu zhi gin mo

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Deadly Delusions (1999)

Transvestite slasher

Dear John (1988)

Rocket (Stan Lake)

Death of Maria Malibran, the (1972, Germany)

Story of the 19th century opera singer; features Candy Darling

Death Spa (1988)

Possession

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Death Warrant (1990, Canada)

Drag queens in jail

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Death With Club (1983)

Trans character in cast list

Deathstalker (1984)

Possession only

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DeAundra Peek's High Class Hall O'Fame Theater (1991)

Debora ga raibaru (1997, Japan)

Football player is drag queen called Deborah

Deborah, the Rival (1997, Japan)

Football player is drag queen called Deborah

Décadence (1998, Switzerland)

Trans character in cast list

Decampitated (1998)

Unconfirmed; suggested by Liz C; Ryan Lowery plays transvestite

Deceptions (1990)

Kevin King is Marta and Paul Basque

Déclin de l'empire américain, le (1986, Canada)

Transvestite hooker

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Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher (1968, UK)

Leo McKern in drag

Decline of the American Empire, the (1986, Canada)

Transvestite hooker; English title of Le déclin de l'empire américain

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Deep Red (1994)

Morphing only

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Defending Your Life (1991)

Switch in the afterlife

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Defying Gravity (2008)

Willam Belli plays transvestite waitress Lola

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Delantal de Lili, el (2003, Argentina)

Posing as maid to get work

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Delinquent (1995)

Underwear fetish

Delirious (1991)

Crossdresser seen briefly; date!

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Deliriously Jen (2005)

Trans character in cast list; short

Delitto al Blue Gay (1984, Italy)

Drag club in detective story

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Delitto al Vizietto (1984, Italy)

Drag club in detective story; Alternative title of Delitto al Blue Gay

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Delivery Boys (1985)

To escape when clothes hidden

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Delta Farce (2007)

Two drag sequences in comedy

Demir yumruk: Devler geliyor (1973, Turkey)

Transvestite villain

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Demobbed (1946, UK)

Norman Evans does music hall turn

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Demon Pond (1979, Japan)

Kabuki

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Demonic Toys (1992)

Possession only

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Denajua: I Like My name (1993)

Documentary

Denim (1991)

Switch

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Dependencia sexual (2003, Bolivia)

Trans character in cast list

Depraved (1967)

Dressing at parties

Deranged (1974)

Gruesome dressing; Date!

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Derrière, la (1999, France)

Female to male

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Descendant of the Snow Leopard (1984, USSR)

English title of Potomok Belogo Barsa

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Desenlace, el (2005, Spain)

Victor Rueda plays drag artiste

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Deserter and the Nomads, the (1968, Czechoslovakia)

Army deserter dresses as a woman; English language title of Zbehovia a pútnici

Desi's Looking for a New Girl (2000)

Drag queen according to IMDB

Desmundo (2002, Brazil)

Woman disguises as man to escape

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Desnuda Chica del Reax, la (1981, Spain)

Eva Robins

Desordine, il (1964, France)

Italian Title of Disorder

Desperadas 2 (2008, Philippines)

African half-sister is played by Ogie Alcasid

Desperate but not Serious (1999)

Drag queen character

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Desperate Living (1977)

Negative; female to male

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Destinées (1953, France)

Aka Daughters of Destiny and Love Soldiers and Women

Destiny to Order (1990)

Drag

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Detectives (1928)

George K Arthur

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Detectress, the (1919)

Deuce Bigalo: European Gigolo (2005)

Nuns played by male actors

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Deuce Bigalo: Male Gigolo (1999)

Drag queen witness in court

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Deux actrices (1993, Canada)

"Travesti" in the cast

Devil Doll, the (1936)

To escape authorities

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Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning, the (1986)

Weak soft porn film that includes a transvestite character.

Devil in the Holy Water, the (2002)

Trans character in cast list

Devil is a Sissy, the (1936)

Gangster dresses as woman to pass police roadblock

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Devil Times Five (1975)

Orphan boy dresses for affection

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Devils, the (1971)

Drag tableau in the French Court

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Devil's Imposter, the (1972, UK)

Woman is made pope; alternative title of Pope Joan

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Devils Three: The Karate Killers (1984, Philippines)

Alternative title of Pay or Die

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Dialogo (1991)

Diamonds are Forever (1971)

Brief for disguise in James Bond film

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Diane Linkletter Story, The (1969)

Divine plays the title role; 15 mins short

Diaries, Notebooks and Sketches (1970)

Mario Montez

Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

Tyler Perry plays Mable "Madea" Simmons

Diary of a Serial Killer (1997)

Journalist crossdresses to research clubs; aka of Rough Draft

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Dias de viejo color (1968, Spain)

Coccinelle

Dick Tracy (1990)

Madonna impersonates man in long shot

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Dick und Doof - Dance of the Cuckoos (1999, Germany)

Brief in Laurel and Hardy compilation; alternative title of Sternbilder

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Die Mommy, Die (2003)

Charles Busch plays leading female character

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Die - oder keine (1932, Germany)

Max Hansen plays female singer; the title means "Her - or no-one"

Difetto di famiglia, un (2000, Italy)

The pre-operative transsexual Joana Jimenez is in this comedy

Différence, la (1999, Switzerland)

Short

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Different For Girls (1996)

Transsexual main character

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Different War, a (2004, Israel)

Boy wants to be a girl; short

Difícil vida fácil, a (1972, Brazil)

Woman forced into prostitution; IMDB has transvestite in keywords

Dimanche à la campagne, un (1984, France)

Not transgender

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Dimboola (1979, Australia)

Max Gillies plays a journalist who dresses as a woman to get access to a bride's hen party

Dinah East (1970)

Jeremy Stockwell plays the star who was a man all the time

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Dinner for Two (2003, Austria)

Transvestite lives next door, treated disrespectfully

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Dinner with Malibu (1992)

Diplomatic Courier (1952)

The female impersonator Lynne Carter plays Mrs Ralli

Dirty Daughters (1981, Germany)

English title of Die Hure und der Hurensohn

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Dirty Deeds (2002, Australia)

Transvestite in Sydney red light district

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Dirty O'Neill (1974)

Promiscuous policeman appears in drag

Dirty Work (1998)

Switch; brief hallucination

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Disaster Movie (2008)

Comic drag characters

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Disciples, the (1999)

Drag at fantasy party

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Disco Beaver from Outer Space (1978)

National Lampoon skit

Disorder (1964, Italy, France)

Il Disordine; Le Désordre; Louis Jourdan

Disoriented (1998)

Disturbance at Dinner, the (1997)

Anthony Deane plays transvestite

Diva 51 (2005, UK)

Eddie Izzard

Divertimenti della vita privata (1992, Italy)

Two women exchange identities, but there's also transvestism in it somewhere; English title is Amusements of Private Life

Divine (1990)

Divine: Live at the Hacienda (1994)

Divine in music video

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Divine: Live at the Hippodrome (1985)

Divine Madness (1980)

Bette Midler concert; her backing group are dubious

Divine: The E! True Hollywood Story (1999)

Documentary; Divine; made for the E! cable network

Divine Trash (1998)

Biography of John Waters, with archive interviews with Divine and others

Divine Waters (1985, Italy)

Dixiana (1930)

Drag at Mardi Gras

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Diyu we men (1980, Hong Kong)

Transvestite on cannibal island; aka of We're Going to Eat You

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Dnevnoy dozor (2006, Russia)

Body swap

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Do It (2009)

Trans character in cast list; short

Do Ma Daan (1986, Hong Kong)

Chinese thriller; theatrical performers; Chinese title of Peking Opera Blues

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Dobermann (1997, France)

Transvestite member of criminal gang

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Dobol dribol (1992, Philippines)

Sex-change film in the Tagalog language

Dobro pozhalovat, ili postoronnim vkhod vospreshchyon (1964, Russia)

Crossdresser in Soviet comedy

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Doce horas 2001, (Puerto Rico)

Alternative title of 12 horas

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Dodgeball (2004)

Allusions in slapstick sports comedy

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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Bank robbery for pre-transition transsexual

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Dogfight (1969)

Ugly transvestite brought to dance

Dogma (1999)

Gender-neutral visitors from heaven

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Dog's Heart (1975, Italy)

Dog is transformed into a human in dark art film; original title Cuore di cane

Dog's Life, a (1918)

Fat lady in Chaplin film is played by actor

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Dog's Life, a (1962, Italy)

Gurkha ritual dance en femme; aka of Mondo Cane

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Doing His Bit (1917)

Doing Time (1979, UK)

Prisoner is wearing make-up; US title of Porridge

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Doki doki virgin Mou Ichido I love you (1990, Japan)

Boy reincarnated as girl

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Dolce Vita, la (1959, Italy)

Transvestite dancers at Bohemian party

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Doll, the (1962, France)

Sonne Teal plays female doll; aka La poupée and He She or It

Dolphins (1999, Germany)

Trans character in cast list; short

Domenica d'Estate (1962, Italy)

English language version is Always on Sunday

Domino (2005)

Female rubber face masks by robbers

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Don Juan de Marco (1995)

Man is smuggled in to harem

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Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1990, Spain)

Travesti in cast

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Don Juan, My Love (1990, Spain)

Travesti in cast; English title of Don Juan, mi querido fantasma

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Don Quijote de la Mancha (1947, Spain)

To entrap runaway boy

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Doña Juana (1928, Germany)

Elisabeth Bergner dresses in men's clothes; the title implies a female Don Juan

Donante, El (1985, Spain)

Transvestite in the afterlife

Dönersen Islik Çal (1993, Turkey)

Transvestite in cast

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Dong fang bu bai 2: feng yun zai qi (1992, China)

Gender swap in martial arts film; aka of The East is Red

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Dong gong xi gong (1997, China)

Gay Chinese man dresses briefly; aka of East Palace, West Palace

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Dongiovanni della Costa Azzurra, I (1962)

Coccinelle

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Donna Leon: Venezianische Scharade (2000, Germany)

Body wearing drag is discovered

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Donor (1996)

Sex change operation

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Don't Change Hands (1975, France)

Travesti character; English title of Change pas de main

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Don't Look Now We've Been Shot At (1966, France)

WW2 airman dresses as woman to escape; aka of La grande vadrouille

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Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)

Transformation at end

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Don't Lose Your Head (1967)

Scarlet Pimpernel spoof at the guillotine

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Don't Open the Door (1975)

Transsexual character; thanks Jaye Kaye

Don't Tell Anyone (1998, Spain)

Transvestite hooker gets beaten up; aka of No se lo digas a nadie

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Don't Tell Everything (1927)

Newly remarried husband hides his son as a maid

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Brief; transvestite thieves

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Don't Walk in the Park (1971, Italy)

Melissa, the ghost girl, is played by a boy; aka Operazione paura

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Doppel Leben (1978, Germany)

Double Lives

Doppelter Einsatz - Herz der Finsternis (2002, Germany)

Slasher

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Dorian Gray (1970)

Transsexual in club performance

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Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse (1984, West Germany)

Dos hombres y en medio dos mujeres (1977, Spain)

Dos tipos duros (2003, Spain)

Disguise to rescue girl

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Double Cross Click Click (1995)

Double Crossbones (1950)

Anne Bonney was woman pirate who dressed as a man

Double Down (2000)

Alternative title of Zigs

Double Dragon (1994)

Cross-dresser in the street

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Double Exposure (1990)

Man changes sex after orgasm; made for video

Double Lives (1978, Germany)

See Doppel Leben

Double Team (1997)

Possible transvestite at club

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Double Trouble (1941)

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers

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Doublure, la (2006, France)

Transvestite at roadside

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Dough Boys (1930)

Buster Keaton; suggested by Madeleine

Dove vai se il vizietto non ce l'hai? (1979, Italy)

Transvestite in keywords

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Down and Dirty (1979)

Transvestite in inner city life; aka Brutti sporchi e cattivi

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Down on Us (1984)

Transvestite in cast

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Down to the Sea in Ships (1923)

Female to male Clara Bow

Dr Caligari (1989)

Contains a drag sequence

Dr Crippen (1964, UK)

Crippen's mistress (Samantha Eggar) disguised herself as a boy, as they try to flee to America.

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Dr Death: Seeker of Souls (1973)

Possession

Dr Dolittle (1998)

Brief, legs under the cubicle door

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Dr Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

Man in drag according to imdb

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Dr Heckyl And Mr. Hype (1980)

Jekyll and Hyde spoof, with many transformations, including one gender reversal. Oliver Reid's in it.

Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995)

Gender switch after taking potion

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Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1972)

Drinking potion changes man into woman

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Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (1922, Germany)

Female to male Lil Dagover

Dr Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986)

Jim Varney in drag

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Dr Wai and the Scripture Without Words (1996, Hong Kong)

To get access to party to steal; aka of Mo him wong

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Drag Attack (1994, Austria, short)

Drag Balls of Ipanema (1979, Brazil)

Carnival creations

Drag in for Votes (1991)

Drag Queen Heist (2004)

Bank robbery in drag

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Drag Queen Marathon, The (1986)

Drag Racing: Phoenix to Tucson (2000)

Feature film about female impersonators entering a competition

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Dragées au poivre (1963, France)

Pansy man in charm school; aka of Sweet and Sour

Draghoula (1995, Canada)

You turn into a drag vampire

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Dragnet (1987)

Allusions only

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Dragon Princess (1979, Japan)

Alternative title of Demon Pond

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Dragonslayer (1981)

Female warrior pretends to be a boy

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Dragstrip Riot (1958)

Drama in Blond (1984, Germany)

Bank clerk discovers his vocation as a drag queen

Dream Boys Revue (1985)

Documentary

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Dreams Come True (1982)

Inhabiting one another's bodies during sleep

Dream Girls (1994, UK)

Female to male

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Dream of the Red Chamber (1966, Hong Kong)

Jen Chieh plays the male lead in period costume epic.

Dreams are Harmless (2005, Russia)

Man wakes up as a girl; English title of Mechtat ne vredno

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Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann (1995, Germany)

Man lives as woman with three women in big house

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Drei Lederhosen in St Tropez (1980, West Germany)

Trans character in cast list; aka 3 Lederhosen in St Tropez)

Drei Tage Mittelarrest (1930, Germany)

Fritz Schulz plays a soldier who plays a soldier's bride on stage

Dress Code (2000)

Small boy wants to wear dresses; aka of Bruno

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Dress to Kill (1998, UK)

Eddie Izzard stage performance

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Dressed in Blue (1983, Spain)

Documentary; aka of Vestida de azul

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Dressed to Kill (1980)

Slasher transsexual

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Dressed to Kill (2008)

Remake

Drifter (1974)

Man is planning sex change; aka Two-way Drifter

Dritte Generation, Die (1979, Germany)

aka Third Generation. Fassbinder film. Suggested by Jaye Kaye

Dritte Geschlecht, das (1957, West Germany)

Alternative title of Anders als Du und ich

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Driving Lessons (2006, UK)

Crossdresser is part of church group

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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Beauty contestant shows us picture of brother in female clothes

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Drowning Fish, A (2001, Japan)

Transvestite main character; English title of Oboreru Sakana

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Drunk (1964)

Andy Warhol film

Drunk Like Me (1979)

Epic gay and transvestite film

Dry Cleaning (1997, France)

Travesty stage performer; English title of Nettoyage à Sec

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Drylongso (1999)

Female to male

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Drzava mrtvih (2002, Yugoslavia)

Trans character in cast list

Dual of the Senses (1991)

[Short] The spelling is correct, apparently

Duck Soup (1927)

Stan Laurel poses as a housemaid

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Duck Soup (1933)

Not transgender

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Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Transvestite stripper in club

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Dude Wrangler, the (1930)

Effeminate man tries to become cowboy

Duel d'Hamlet (1900, France)

Sarah Bernhardt

Duelist (2005, South Korea)

Woman police officer goes under cover in male disguise

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Dukes of Hazzard, the Beginning (2007)

Date! The boys disguise themselves as women

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Dunera Boys (1985, Australia)

Marlene Dietrich impersonator in prison camp follies

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Dung che sai duk (1994, Hong Kong)

Woman pretends to be her own brother

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Dupe Od Mramora (1995, Serbia)

Serbo-Croat title of Marble Ass

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Duplicate (1998, India)

Impersonation to get access to enemy

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Duplicates (1992)

Brief, at the end

Dutch Treat (1986)

Character dresses as a harem-girl in knife throwing act

Dybbuck, The (1937, Poland)

Possession

Dziewczyna i chlopak (1982, Poland)

Children exchange clothes to deceive adults

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