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F2M (Female to Male) (1992)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966, UK)

Actor appears as headmistress very briefly

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Fairest of Them All (1995)

Fairy for Dessert, a (1991, Germany)

Alternative title of Eine Tunte zum Dessert

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Fake-Out (1982)

The blonde in the car chase near the end is a man. Suggested by Jaye Kaye

Fallen, the (1998)

Possession only

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Fallen Knight (1998)

Possession only

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Falsa loura (2008, Brazil)

Corssdressing character

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Falsche Braut, die (1944, Germany)

Dressing to deceive unwanted suitor

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False Lady (1992, Hong Kong)

Man sent back from heaven in woman's body; English title of Ai ye nu peng you

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Fame (1980)

Rocky Horror costume

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Familie Sonnenfeld - Geheimnisse (2006, Germany)

Tomboy joins football team

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Family Motel (2007)

Derek McKinnon plays transvestite

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Famous Male Impersonator, a (1928)

Kitty Doner

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Fanci's Persuasion (1995)

Various transgenders in unconventional lifestyle

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Fando y Lis (1968, Mexico)

Crossdressed men in weird surreal film

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Fanfare d'amour (1935, France)

Earlier French version of the Some Like It Hot story; unconfirmed

Fanfaren der Ehe (1953, Germany)

Two men pretend to be their own wives in comedy

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Fanfaren der Liebe (1951, Germany)

Fun earlier German version of Some Like It Hot

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Fanny and Alexander (1982, Sweden)

Hermaphrodite in gruelling story; English title of Fanny och Alexander

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Fanny and Elvis (1999)

Brief sex session in funny film

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Fanny och Alexander (1982, Sweden)

Hermaphrodite in gruelling story

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Fantasm (1975, Australia)

Drag queen psychology

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Faqs (2005)

Drag queen main character

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Far Too Gone (2004)

Transvestite character

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Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995 (1996)

If you liked Oingo Boingo you'll love this; Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez plays drums, but also 'Drag Queen'

Farewell My Concubine (1993 Hong Kong)

Chinese theatre actor; moving film

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Farm Girl in New York (2008)

Trans character in cast list

Fascinating Widow (1925)

Julian Eltinge

Fast Break (1979)

Basketball team player is in fact a woman, played by Mavis Washington

Fast Company (1979, Canada)

Doubtful

Fast Getaway (1991)

Boy dresses as young woman for bank robbery

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Fat Girls (2006)

Trans character in cast list

Fatal Games (1984)

Slasher at Olympic Games is a transsexual

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Fate Ignorante, le (2001, France/Italy)

Transgendered people in aids-related film

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Fathers: A Film Portrait (1980)

Short informational film

Fathers and Sons (2005)

Thriller; contains a transvestite according to IMDB

Fatty at Coney Island (1917)

Fatty Arbuckle; aka of Coney Island

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Fausse Suivante, La (1999, France)

Female to male

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Fausto 5.0 (2001, Spain)

Band at disco maybe?

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Favez (2005, Cuba)

Biography of woman who lived her life as a male surgeon in 1820's

Fear of Heights (1994, Austria)

Transvestite in cast

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Fear of Speed, the (2002)

Trans character in cast list

Fear No Evil (1981)

Body changes are induced by Satan; at end of film

Fearless Hyena (1979, Hong Kong)

Jackie Chan fights dressed as a girl

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Fearless: the Hunterwali Story (1993, India)

Film career of ambiguous actress

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Feed them to the Cannibals (1993)

Documentary; about the Sydney Mardi Gras

Fei Ying (2004, Hong Kong)

Police chief fights in women's clothing; aka of Silver Hawk

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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)

Made for tv film with crossdresser content according to IMDB

Fellini Satyricon (1969, Italy)

Weird allegorical history with numerous fantastically dressed characters

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Feluettes, les (1996, Canada)

Male actors play female roles

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Female, the (1914)

Charlie Chaplin dresses to deceive theatre manager; aka of The Masquerader

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Female Bunch, the (1969)

Transsexual actress

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Female Impersonator, the (1914)

Charlie Chaplin dresses to deceive theatre manager; aka of The Masquerader

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Female Impersonator Pageant (1985)

The title says it all; alternative title of Dream Boys Revue

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Female Misbehaviour (1992)

Documentary; female to male

Female Perversions (1996)

Tomboy girl dresses as boy

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Female Prince (1966, Hong Kong)

Young woman flees in man's clothes; aka of Shuang feng ji yuan

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Female Trap, the (1968)

see The Name of the Game is Kill

Female Trouble (1974)

Divine plays young mother

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Femalien II (1998)

Switch by alien life form

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Femme en homme, la (1931, France)

Femme Musketeer, La (2004, France)

Vigorous young woman rides with men

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Feng 1 huo 3 jai 1 ren 2 (1987, Hong Kong)

Disguise as man for martial arts; aka of Fung feng gaai yan

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Ferienliebe (1985, Germany and Israel)

For disguise to catch thief; aka of Harimu Ogen

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Fibbing Fibbers (1936)

Walter Catlett

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Fickleness of Sweedie, The (1914)

Wallace Beery

Fico d'India (1980, Italy)

Renato Pozzetto dresses in female underwear; aka Prickly Pears

Fiddlers Three (1944, UK)

Comedy impersonation as vestal virgin

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Fidelio (Several versions of the opera)

Female character in disguise as man

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Fidélité, La (2000, France)

Travesti in cast

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Fidelity (2000, France)

Travesti in cast; English title of La Fidélité

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Fifteen Wives (1934)

Fifth Element (1997, France)

Surreal sci-fi characters

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Fifty First Dates (2004)

Drag re-enactment by friend for video; and allusions; alternative title of 50 First Dates

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Fig Leaves (1926)

Adam's friend plays Eve in role game

Fight Club (1999)

Man has had partial surgery

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Fight For Your Lady (1937)

Man impersonates another man's mother

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Fight to be Male, the (1981, UK)

Documentary on family whose daughters changed into boys at puberty

Fighting Madam 2 (1989, Hong Kong)

Alternative title of Angels 2

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Fighting Pimpernel, the (1950/1954 UK)

US title of The Elusive Pimpernel; British aristocrats disguise to fool French revolutionaries

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Fille d'Artagnan, la (1994, France)

Female to male; disguise to avenge oppression

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Filth & Wisdom (2008, UK)

Ukrainian immigrant turns tricks as a role-playing cross dresser

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Final Cut (2000, UK)

Date! Man dresses in lingerie

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Find the Lady (1976, Canada)

Drag queen in revue

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Finders Keepers (1928)

Colonel's daughter switches clothes with Army private so she can see her boyfriend.

Finders Keepers (2005)

Trans character in cast list; date is 2005 (II) in imdb

Finding Neverland (2004)

Boy plays girl's part in play

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Fine Mess, A (1986)

Howie Mandell

Finiquito, el (1997, Spain)

Trans character in cast list; short

First a Girl (1935, UK)

Woman pretends to be female impersonator

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First Family, the (1980)

Supreme court judge is transsexual

First Night (1927)

Disguise to prevent marriage

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First Power (1989)

Possession by dead man's spirit

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First Sunday (2008)

Masseuse is a transvestite

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Fish Can't Fly (2005)

Documentary about religious gay men

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Fish Hooky (1933)

Children's disguise

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Fisher King, the (1991)

Mental patient portrays Ethel Merman

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Fist of Doom (1999)

Secret agent in disguise; aka of The Prophet

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Fistik Gibi Masallah (1964, Turkey)

Turkish version of Some Like It Hot

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Fistik Gibi (1970, Turkey)

Remake of the 1964 film

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Fit For a King (1937)

Joe E Brown disguised as a maid

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Five Hot Women (1968, Turkey)

Secret agent dresses as woman to catch female robbers; English title of Bes atesli kadin

Five Minutes, Ms. Lenska (1979)

Five Senses (2000, Canada)

Teenager dresses in girl's clothes

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Flag of Honour (1987, Hong Kong)

Disguise as man for martial arts; aka of Fung feng gaai yan

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Flambierte Frau, die (1988, West Germany)

Unconfirmed

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Flame of Sacramento (1945)

Gold rush stuff; crossdresser involved; aka In Old Sacramento

Flaming Creatures (1963)

All drag cast; black and white short (42 mins)

Flashdance (1983)

Male dancer is double for heroine briefly

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Flawless (1999)

Drag queen main character

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Fled (1996)

RuPaul briefly

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Fledermaus, die (various dates)

Operetta character sung by soprano

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Flesh (1968)

Real-life transgender characters

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Flesh Gordon (1974)

Zany science fiction drag

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Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1968)

Alternative title of The Girls of 42nd Street

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Fletch Lives (1989)

Chevy Chase dresses as maid for cover

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Flic, Un (1972, France)

Transvestite prostitute is police informer

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Fliegende Klassenzimmer, die (1973, West Germany)

In school play

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Fliegende Klassenzimmer, die (2003, Germany)

In school play

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Flight of the Doves (1971, UK)

Derval has her long blonde hair cut off and is disguised as a boy while her brother dresses up as a girl

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Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, the (2000)

Join dancers on stage to evade security men

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Flipping (1997)

Transvestite hookers

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Florida Enchantment, A (1914, silent)

Female to male

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Flow (1996)

Drag queen

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Flower and the Snake, the (2004, Japan)

Drag on stage

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Fluffer, the (2001)

Drag queen performers in gay club

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Fluttering Hearts (1927)

To get into dance hall

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Fly By Night (1992)

Transvestite peripheral characters in rap band story

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Flying with One Wing (2002, Sri Lanka)

Woman lives as man to avoid discrimination; alternative title of Tani tatuwen piyabanna

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Folie des grandeurs, La (1971, France)

Folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro, La (1989, France)

Follies Girl (1943)

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig (2006)

Documentary tribute to Hedwig

Follow that Camel (1967, UK)

Disguise as harem dancer; aka of Carry On ... Follow That Camel

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Follow thru (1930)

At women's changing room at golf course

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Fong Sai Yuk (1993, Hong Kong)

Jet Li's character dresses as male warrior; see The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk

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Fong Shi Yu (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman dresses as man and vice versa in martial arts drama, aka The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk

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Fong Shi Yu II (1993, Hong Kong)

Girl dresses as man to be good fighter; see The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2

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Fontvella's Box (1992)

Foolish Wives (1922, Germany)

Doubtful

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För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor (1964, Sweden)

Man pretends to be woman to get access to famous musician

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For Da Love of Money (2002)

A "sassy drag queen" character

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For Heaven's Sake (1926)

Not transgender

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For Me and My Gal (1942)

Drag dancing routine at soldiers' entertainment

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For My Baby (1997, Netherlands)

Man pretends to be dead sister to please dying mother; also known as Goodnight Vienna

For Pete's Sake (1974)

Entrapment policeman dressed as woman

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For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Transsexual actress appears as extra

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Forbidden Desires (1984)

Forbidden Fruit (1999, Canada)

Short; gay female impersonators in Toronto from 1940s to the present

Forbidden Love (1977, Spain)

Boy's emergence as a transsexual; alternative title of Cambio de Sexo

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Forces of Nature (1999)

Very brief; transvestite in gay bar

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Forever Fever (1998, Singapore)

Transsexual character

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Forever Mary (1989, Italy)

Young transsexual in reform school; English title of Mery per sempre

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Forms and Motifs (1994)

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)

Drag queen threatens suicide

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Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971, Canada)

Michael Greer in prison drama

Fotos (1996)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971, Italy)

Allusions only; English language title of Quattro mosche di velluto grigio

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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the (1921)

Four Letter Word, a (2007)

Several crossdressers

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Four Stars (1967)

Andy Warhol's gang

Fourth Sex, The (1975)

Sex change

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Fragment of Seeking (1946)

A man discovers he is really a woman; short

Fram för Lilla Märta (1945, Sweden)

Early version of the Some Like It Hot storyline

Framing Lesbian Fashion (1992)

Documentary

Frances, a Mother Divine (2007)

Mother of Divine, the drag performer

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Francesca (1987, West Germany)

Tito le Duc plays transvestite

Franchesca Page (1997)

Musical including Jeff Rogerson's DQ character Varla Jean Merman

Francis Joins the Wacs (1954)

Frankenhooker (1990)

Man is reconstructed with female body parts

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Not transgender

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Frankenstein Created Woman (1967, UK)

Souls are switched

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Frankfurt Kaiserstraße (1981, West Germany)

Transvestite main character

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Frau Namens Harry, Eine (1990,Germany)

Switch of bodies arranged by the devil

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Freak Orlando (1981)

Intersexed person

Freaked (1993)

Various bizarre transformations

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Freaks (1932)

Gender ambiguity among circus performers

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Freaks, Glam Gods and Rock Stars (2001)

Drag stars a-plenty

Freaky Friday (2003)

Small child dressing up

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Freddy (1978, France)

Travesti in the cast list

Free Eats (1932)

Man pretends to be woman for robbery

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Freebie and the Bean (1974)

Transvestite baddie in cops and robbers film

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Freedom Deep (1998, Australia)

Transvestite in gay relationship

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Freedom Radio (1941, UK)

Drag music hall performer very briefly

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

Nun is played by male actor

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Freezerbum (2005)

Trans character in cast list

Freier Fall: Johanna K. (1993, Germany)

Documentary

Fremde Haut (2005, Germany)

Woman assumes man's identity

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Freshman, the (1990)

Not transgender

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Frida (2002)

Female to male as lifestyle

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Friday Foster (1975)

Pimp and an effeminate man

Friday on my Mind (1970)

Boy decides what his orientation is

Friday the Thirteenth (1980)

Possession only

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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Girl wears boy's clothes to wedding

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Friends and Family (2000)

Mafia thriller including Flotilla de Barge, playing, unsurprisingly, "Drag Queen"

Friends in High Places (2001, Burma)

Female to male Semi documentary observation of "Nats" in Burma; NB details uncertain at present

Fright, the (1982, Canada)

Transvestite; aka of Visiting Hours

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Frog River (2002, Japan)

Man is uncertain about his masculinity; drag queen content according to IMDB

From Nurse to Worse (1940)

Posing as nurses in slapstick comedy

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From Wimp to Pimp (2008, Canada)

Trans character in cast list

Front Line Kids (1942, UK)

Leslie Fuller pretends to be a woman

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Front Page, the (1931)

Edward Everett Horton plays camp man

Froschkönig (1987, German Democratic Republic)

Female to male in fairytale

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Fruit Machine, the (1988, UK)

Robbie Coltrane as transvestite club owner

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Fuga de cerebros (1997, Argentina)

Travesti in cast

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Fugitifs, les (1986, France)

Crook on the run dresses to evade police

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Fugitive in the Sky (1936)

A killer is on the run, on the plane, and in drag. (Howard Phillips)

Fuji (1995)

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

Transsexual character in minor role

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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

Carrey impersonates Cher for robbery

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Funeral in Berlin (1966, UK)

Brief in drag club

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Funeral Parade of Roses (1969, Japan)

Lifestyle transvestite meets bloody end

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Funeral Procession of Roses (1970, Japan)

Lifestyle transvestite meets bloody end; aka of Funeral Parade of Roses

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Fung feng gaai yan (1987, Hong Kong)

Disguise as man for martial arts; aka of Fung feng gaai yan

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Funny Tape, The (1993)

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (1966)

Slapstick drag in comedy

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Funnyman (1997)

Vicious transvestite

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Fur (1979)

Fur: an Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

At least two drag characters

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Fürst von Pappenheim, Der (1927, Germany)

Curt Bois plays a fashion model and Mona Maris the MC

Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy, the (1968)

Compilation of Laurel and Hardy silent film clips

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Fury of the Dragon (1973, Hong Kong)

Effeminate man; and waitress possible played by male actor; aka of Way of the Dragon

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Futz (1969)

Man is in love with a pig

Fuzz (1972)

Police dress as nuns to observe criminals

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F/X2 (1991)

Two sequences in sci-fi film