List of Film Titles Beginning with the Letter L

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L.627 (1992, France)

Transvestite has been arrested

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L-Shaped Room, The (1962, UK)

Cicely Courtneidge does amateur variety song as male soldier

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La Cage Girls' Night Out

Numerous female impersonators at La Cage

 

La Conga Nights (1940)

Hugh Herbert plays multiple roles, including four sisters and their mother

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La jiao jiao shi (1999, Hong Kong)

Ambiguous student at school; aka of IQ Dudettes

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Laawaris (1978, India)

In drag during dance sequence

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Laberinto de Pasiones (1982 Spain)

Drag scene

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Labyrinth of Passions (1982 Spain)

Drag scene; aka of Laberinto de Pasiones

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Labyrinth of Sex (1969, Italy)

Sexploitation documentary deals with transgender; aka of Nel labirinto del sesso

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Ladies' House of Pleasure (1974)

English title of Des Hommes de Joie pour femmes vicieuses

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Ladies' Man, the (1960)

Jerry Lewis plays his own mother, briefly

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Ladies' Man, the (2000)

Not found

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Ladies Please! (1995, Australia)

Documentary on making of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

 

Ladies' Tailor (1967)

Man is in drag

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Lady (1993)

Short; a gender-ambiguous main character

 

Lady and the Mob, the (1939)

Brief disguise as female prisoner

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Lady Charlie (1914)

Alternative title of A Busy Day

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Lady Daddy (2010, South Korea)

Young boy is looking for lost father; but he has transitioned to female

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Lady Gangster (1942)

Man visits prisoner in drag disguise

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Lady General (1964, Hong Kong)

Woman pretends to be a man to join the army

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Lady Godiva Rides (1968)

Date! Tootsie O'Hara plays man in drag

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Lady in Cement (1968)

Police detective in drag

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Lady in the Iron Mask, the (1952)

Relevance not known

 

Lady in Question is Charles Busch, the (2005)

Charles Busch plays Leading Lady

 

Lady in Waiting, The (1993)

Short; prim woman stuck in elevator with drag queen

 

Lady Jane (1986, UK)

Adele Anderson plays Lady Warwick

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Lady Liberty (1972)

Candy Darling

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Lady of the Pavements (1929)

Lupe Velez plays prostitute in drag

 

Lady Oscar (1978, France)

Female to male

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Lady Robinhood (1925)

Woman in disguise as masked bandit

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Lady Suffragette (1914)

Alternative title of A Busy Day

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Ladyboys (1992, UK)

Documentary; Thai performers

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Ladybugs (1992)

Boy joins girls' soccer team

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Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch (1988, Hong Kong)

Chinese theatre performer

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Lame Ducks (1992)

Male ballerina; aka of Brain Donors

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Laramie (1949)

Smiley Burnett

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Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959, West Germany)

As part of deception of hero's girlfriend

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Lasse-Maja (1941, Sweden)

Transvestite career thief

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Last Bissu, the (2004, Indonesia)

Transvestites in ancient Indonesia

 

Last Call for Murder (1987)

Transvestite in the cast; aka Hot Child in the City

 

Last Dragon, the (1985)

Freddie Storbie plays transvestite

 

Last Eve (2005)

Trans character in cast list

 

Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

Various transgender people in unflattering milieu

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Last Horseman (1944)

Disguise to fool thieves

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Last Man on Planet Earth (1996)

Female to male in all female future world

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Last Married Couple in America (1980)

Husband fails in sex with girl and wears her gown

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Last of Sheila, the (1973)

Drag; impersonation during whodunnit mystery

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Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000, UK)

Man plays in all-girl band

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Last of the Knuckle Men (1981)

Michael Preston plays Pansy

 

Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)

Fred Johnson comes to the door and is a beautiful woman; he explains that this is his disguise

 

Last Samurai, the (2003)

Hyogen play includes man in female portrayal

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Last Seduction (1993)

Transsexual ex-wife

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Last Shot, the (2004)

Willam Belli plays Bus Stop Drag Queen

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Last Song, the (1987, Thailand)

Transvestite in imdb keywords; aka Phleng sutthai

 

Last Stand (2006)

Trans character in cast list

 

Last Supper, the (2006)

Trans character in cast list; short

 

Last Wish (1999, Germany)

Alternative title of Nachtclub voller Narren

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Låt den rätte komma in (2008, Sweden)

Female to male vampire

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Late Last Night (1999)

Drag queen hooker helps main character

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Laughing Policeman, the (1973)

Gay bar has transvestites

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Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, the (1930)

Murderer is disguised as housekeeper

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Law of Desire (1986, Spain)

Transsexual main character

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Lawful Cheaters (1925)

Clara Bow in disguise as a boy

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Lay of the Land (1994, UK)

Short

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Leading Lady, the (1911)

Drag role in early film

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League of Gentlemen, the (1960)

Oliver Reid plays camp man

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League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, the (2005, UK)

Several comedy characters

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Lean Like a Cholo (2009)

Trans character in cast list

 

Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)

Drag queens

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Leaving Metropolis (2002, Canada)

Transsexual main character in love triangle

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Leben, endlich leben (2000, Germany)

Sympathetic transvestite main character; alternative title of Enthüllung einer Ehe

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Leda (1959, France)

Not transgender; alternative title of À double tour

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Legally Blonde 2: Bigger, Bolder, Blonder (2003, USA)

Brief, man in drag; UK video title of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, & Blonde

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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, & Blonde (2003, USA)

Brief, man in drag

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Legend, the (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman poses as man and vice versa in martial arts drama; see The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk

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Legend II (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman poses as man in martial arts drama; see The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2

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Legend of Billie Jean, the (1985)

Brother poses as sister to give her cover

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Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk, The (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman poses as man and vice versa in martial arts drama

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Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2, The (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman poses as man in martial arts drama

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Legend of Leigh Bowery (2002)

London gay icon; includes Boy George et al

 

Legend of Lylah Claire, the (1968)

Brief; slow; stunt double in film about filming

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Leidenschaften (1972, Germany)

Tally Brown

 

Lemon Drop Kid, the (1951)

Bob Hope poses as old lady

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Lemon Popsicle IV (1982)

Drag stage performance while evading pursuer; aka of Sapihes

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Lemon Popsicle VI (1985, Germany and Israel)

For disguise to catch thief; aka of Harimu Ogen

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Lena: My 100 Children (1987)

Child to deceive Nazi soldiers

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Lengua Asesina, la (1996, Spain)

Drag queen characters in sci-fi fantasy

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Leprechaun 2 (1994)

Possession only

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Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)

Silly drag sequence by cyborg

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Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

Female impersonation in the plot

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Les Patterson Saves the World (1987, Australia)

Edna Everage, plus brother and sister played by same actor

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Lesson in Love, A (1931)

Short (ten minutes)

 

Let Me Die a Woman (1979)

Semi-documentary on transsexualism

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Let Me Love You (1972, France)

Drag in sex game; aka of Je suis frigide ... pourquoi?

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Let the Game Begin (2009)

Trans character in cast list

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Let the Right One In (2008, Sweden)

Female to male vampire; aka of Låt den rätte komma in

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Let Us Play Sex (1974, Sweden)

See The Intruders

 

Let's Dance (1950)

Betty Hutton plays moustached cowboy

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Let's Get Laid (1977, UK)

Disguise to evade arrest

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Let's Go Bust (1964)

Dressed as nun for disguise; aka of Panic Button

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Let's Go Native (1930)

Jack Oakie

 

Leung Juk (1994, China)

Girl is dressed as boy for school; also known as Lovers

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Lèvres Rouges, les (1971, Belgium)

Allusion only; aka of Rouge aux Lèvres

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Lévy et Goliath (1987, France)

Transvestite hookers and drugs gang

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Ley del Deseo, la (1986, Spain)

Sympathetic; see Law of Desire

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Leyendo de Balthasar, el castrado, la (1996, Spain)

Balthasar plays female parts

 

Li hou zhu (1968, China)

Chinese gender ambiguity

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Lian Shan-Bo yu Zhu Ying-tai (1963, Hong Kong)

Woman poses as a man to get into university

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Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtoi (1953)

Woman poses as a man to get into university

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Liang Zhu hen shi (1958)

Woman poses as a man to get into university

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Liberators, the (1987)

Escaping male slaves disguised as white women

 

Libélula para cada muerto, una (1974)

Businessmen's wife is cheating with a transvestite gangster

 

Licensed to Kill (1965)

Alternative title of The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World

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Licensed to Love and Kill (1979)

British title of The Man from S.E.X.

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Lick Bush in '92 (1993)

Bio-documentary of a Chicago drag queen

 

Liebe kommt als Untermieter, die (2003, Germany)

Leathermen's group has trannies in tow

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Liebe-ABC, das (1916, Germany)

Female to male Asta Nielsen

 

Liebeskommando (1931, Germany)

Girl disguises as boy to join army

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Liebeskonzil (1982, West Germany)

Drag club; aka Council of Love

 

Life (1999)

Transsexual prisoner imagines herself as club singer in outside world

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Life and Death of Peter Sellers, the (2004)

Geoffrey Rush in cameo roles as Sellers' first wife and his mother

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Life Before Him (1977, France)

Transsexual prostitute; aka La vie devant soi and Madame Rosa

 

Life Begins in College (1937)

During Ritz Brothers comedy routine; aka of The Joy Parade

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Life is Beautiful (1998, Italy)

Disguise to get past prison camp guards; English title of La Vita è Bella

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Life is Hot in Cracktown (2008)

Mark Webber is transvestite prostitute and Kerry Washington is transgender co-worker

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Life of Brian, the (1979)

Woman pretends to be man to attend religious stoning

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Life of Juanita Castro, the (1965)

Actress plays Fidel Castro in experimental film

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Lifeforce (1985, UK)

Possession by female alien

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Life's a Drag (2005)

15 mins; female impersonator robs drag club

 

Life's a Drag (When You're a Man in a Dress) (2007)

Drag queen main character

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Lifesavers (1994)

Transvestite main character; aka of Mixed Nuts

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Liga no es cosa de hombres, la (1972, Spain)

To fool a deceived husband Julian dresses as member of women's football team

 

Lighthouse Love (1932)

Man in drag according to imdb

 

Like a Virgin (2006, South Korea)

Boy wants to be a girl; aka Cheonhajangsa madonna

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Like Mother Like Daughter (1969)

Transvestite "daughter"; date!

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Like Night and Day (1998)

Trans character in cast list

 

Lil-Rigal Faqat (1964, Egypt)

Female to male; to work in men-only area

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Lilian's Story (1995, Australia)

Transvestite on the bus

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Lilies (1996, Canada)

Male actors play female roles; aka of Les Feluettes

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Lilla Helgonet (1944, Sweden)

Drag

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Lilla Jönsson Ligan - På Styva Linan (1997, Sweden)

Boys dress as girls for disguise

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Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka (1948, Sweden)

Posing as agent to fool enemy soldiers

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Lille Spejl (1978, Denmark)

Transvestite in cast; aka of Mirror Mirror

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Lillian's Dilemma (1914)

Female to male

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Lily for President (1982)

Lily Tomlin plays two male roles

 

Lily Savage: Live and Outrageous from the Garrick Theatre (1995, UK)

Stand-up comedy in theatre

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Lily Savage: The Live Show (1993, UK)

Stand-up comedy in theatre

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Lily Savage: Paying the Rent (1993, UK)

Stand-up comedy in theatre

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Limbic Region, the (1996)

Transvestite hooker

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Limitless Place, A (1978 Mexico)

Alternative title of El Lugar Sin Limites; Lucha Villa dir Arturo Ripstein

 

Limits to Ambition (2006)

Transgender keyword in IMDB

 

Linda/Les and Annie (1992)

Female to male; documentary

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Line-up (1998)

Brian Warren (sometimes credited as Brian Charbonneau) plays Ms Hershey

 

Linguini Incident, the (1991)

Transgender performer seen briefly

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Lion of Africa, the (1987)

Clive Byers plays transvestite

 

Lip Gloss (1993, Canada)

Documentary on transvestism

 

Lipstick (2005, UK)

Transvestite story; 11 min short

 

Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma (1995, Finland)

Crossdressing in sci-fi film

 

Liquid Sky (1982)

Anne Carlisle plays roles of both genders

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Lisístrata (2002, Spain)

Transvestite in IMDB keywords

 

List of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)

Burt Lancaster plays woman protester

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Lisztomania (1975, UK)

Fantasy outfit in fantasy film

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Little Big Man (1970)

Sympathetic; native American culture

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Little Bit of Lippy, A (1992, UK)

Family man is crossdresser

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Little Boy Blue (1999)

Trans character in cast list

 

Little Boy Scout (1917)

Female to male

 

Little Brother, the (1917)

Female to male

 

Little Chevalier (1917)

Male impersonation in IMDB keywords

 

Little Giant (1946)

Bud Abbott as his own grandmother in photograph

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Little House in Kolomna, the (1913, Russia)

Daughter gets boyfriend hired as (female) cook

 

Little Lady Fauntleroy (2004, UK)

Nasty documentary on family including transsexual daughter

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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)

Actress plays boy and his mother

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Little Marta Returns (1948, Sweden)

Posing as agent to fool enemy soldiers; aka of Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka

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Little Nicholas (2009, France)

Young boy dressed up by girl; aka of Le petit Nicolas

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Little Nicky (2000)

Transvestism in hell

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Little Old New York (1923)

Impersonating brother to claim fortune

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Little Raoul (1975)

Girl decides to live as a boy

 

Little Rascals (1994)

Small boys dress as dancers to escape bullies

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Little Richard (2000)

Children's dressing up game

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Little Schoolgirls (1980, France)

Travesti in the cast list; English Title of Les petites écolières

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Little Sister (1992)

US college boy infiltrates sorority

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Little Sister (1995, Netherlands)

Not transgender; English title of Zusje

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Little Tropicana (1998, Cuba etc)

Mother turns out to be a drag queen; alternative title of Kleines Tropikana - Tropicanita

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Little Vegas (1990)

Unconfirmed

 

Little Women (1933)

Girl plays male villain in children's play

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Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)

Unconfirmed; kids disguise

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Liu sue oi seung mau (2003, Hong Kong)

Female to male in martial arts film

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Liu zhi gin mo (1993, Hong Kong)

Brigitte Lin in male mode

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Livet är en schlager (2000, Sweden)

Transvestite character

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Living Doll (1990, UK)

Trans character in cast list

 

Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Airplane-style slapstick

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Locataire, le (1976, France)

Man is compelled to dress like previous occupant of flat

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Lola und Bilidikid (1999, Germany)

Transsexual main characters

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London Kills Me (1991, UK)

Transvestite in cast

 

Loners (1980, Switzerland)

Olimpia Carlisi plays transvestite; aka Seuls

 

Lonesome Cowboys (1968)

Transvestite sheriff

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Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2003, Canada)

Man plays female fortune teller

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Longest Yard, the (1974)

Transvestite cheerleaders; aka of The Mean Machine

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Longest Yard, the (2005)

Transvestite cheerleaders at prison football game

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Longtime Companion (1990)

Drag queen visits man dying of aids

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Look, the (2003)

Female impersonator in IMDB keywords

 

Looking for Bruce (1996)

Victorio Esparza plays transvestite

 

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

Man in sari wants to be a woman

 

Looking for Danger (1957)

Relevance not known; Bowery Boys

 

Looking for Lola (1998, Spain)

Drag character at party

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Transvestite at party

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Looking through Lillian (2002)

Crossdresser in imdb keywords

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Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Alexis Arquette plays "Tranny", briefly

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Loser (1991)

Date! Bruno Sterzenbach plays transvestite

 

Lost (1996)

Drag queen in IMDB keywords

 

Lost and Found (1980, Italy)

Woman dresses in male lover's clothes; aka Oggetti smarriti

 

Lost Child, the (1904, short)

Gilbert Saroni plays "Mother"

 

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Lou Costello dresses to escape

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Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000)

Peter Mohawk plays the Contessa

 

Lost World of Sinbad, the (1963, Japan)

English title of Daitozoku

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Lottery Man, The (1916)

Oliver Hardy

 

Lotus Lamp, the (1965, Hong Kong)

Cheng pei pei plays the male lead; aka of Bai Lian Deng

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Louis and Frank (1998)

Steve Busconi

 

Love (1919)

Crossdressing in Roscoe Arbuckle film

 

Love (2005)

Trans character in cast list

 

Love Actually (2003)

Allusions only, twice

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Love Aflame (1917)

Female to male

 

Love and Human Remains (1993)

Drag queen character in relationships film

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Love and Larceny (1963, Italy)

Man poses as Great Garbo; aka of Il Mattatore

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Love Case, a (1917)

Harry Depp

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Love Carnival and Dream (1973, Brazil)

Arduino Colesanti as Carmen Miranda

 

Love Crazy (1941)

William Powell to escape from asylum

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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

Drag queen character appears very briefly

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Love 'em and Weep (1927)

Early Laurel and Hardy escapades

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Love, etc (1996, France)

"Chinese travesti" in the cast

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Love Eterne (1963, Hong Kong)

Girl poses as a man to get into university; English title of Liang Shan-bo yu Zhu Ying-tai

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Love Exposure (2008, Japan)

Young man transforms to a girl

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Love Factory (1964, Italy)

Carlo Giuffre has a baby; aka Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

 

Love Feast, the (1969)

Unconfirmed; apparently some forced cross-dressing; Ed Wood is in it as Mr Murphy

 

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

Not transgender

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Love Follows Rain (1977, South Korea)

Boy dresses as girl to get job

 

Love God?, the (1969)

Transsexual actress A'lesha Lea plays glamour model

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Love Honour and Goodbye (1945)

IMDB lists man dressed as woman; probably no surviving print

 

Love Honour and Obey (2000, UK)

Gang members take part in wedding dress rehearsal

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Love in a Dangerous City (1955 Hong Kong)

Alternative title of Weiching jiande

 

Love in Concrete (2003, Venezuela)

Transvestite hookers; English title of Amor en concreto

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Love in Paris (1997)

Transvestite hooker briefly

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Love is a Many Stupid Thing (2004, Hong Kong)

Drag scenes

 

Love is Not a Sin (2003, Hong Kong)

Story of two close girlfriends, but is one really a man? [to be confirmed]

 

Love Loot and Crash (1915)

Fritz Schade plays a thief who dresses to evade the law enforcement officers

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Love, Lust and Ecstasy (1980, Greece)

Transsexual actress; alternative title of Erotiki ekstassi

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Love o' Mike (1917)

Female to male; alternative title of Trouble Buster

 

Love on Skates (1916)

Disguise as man to lure girl away from boyfriend; aka of Danger Girl

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Love on Wheels (1932)

Gordon Harker

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Love, Soldiers and Women (1953, France)

English title of Destinées

 

Love Stinks (1999)

Burlesque version of Elvis film; and allusions to a transvestite father

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Love Streams (1984)

Christopher Morley

 

Love Thrill Murders (1971)

Aka Sweet Saviour

 

Love! Valor! Compassion! (1997)

Drag ballet chorus

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Loved One, the (1965)

Liberace and Rod Steiger are both rather camp

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Lover Come Back (1961)

Rock Hudson loses his clothes and borrows fur coat

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Loverfilm (eine unkontrollierte Freisetzung von Information) (1996, Germany)

Drag; lover of narrator

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Lovers (1994, China)

Girl is dressed as boy so as to attend school; alternative title of Leung juk

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Lovers in Limbo (1968)

See The Name of the Game is Kill

 

Low Down Dirty Shame, a (1994)

Transvestite lover

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Lozana andaluza, la (1976, Spain)

Disguise to be near lover

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LSD I Hate You (1966)

T C Jones plays Skippy Roper; aka Movie Star American Style

 

Lu ding ji II zhi shen long jiao (1992, Hong Kong)

Martial arts: gender disguise

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Lubov markov (2007, Russia)

Doctor swaps bodies of loveless couple

 

Luchadoras contra el Médico asesino, Las (1962, Spain)

Relevance not known

 

Lucky (2002)

Kevin Bright plays transvestite half-sister

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Lucky Break (2001)

To escape from prison

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Lucky Texan, the (1934)

Female disguise in Western courthouse scene

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Ludwig (1973, Italy)

Not transgender

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Lugar Sin Limites, El (1978 Mexico)

Transvestite performer in his own club

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Lügen haben hübsche Beine (1956, Austria)

Female to male, to get male-only job

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Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

Speciality dance act plays both partners

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Lulu (2002, France)

Transsexual main character

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Luminarias (2000)

Irene's brother is a crossdresser

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Luminous Procuress (1971)

The Cockettes

 

Lupe (1967)

Lupe Velez, played by Mario Montez

 

Lust and Revenge (1996, Australia)

Actress plays male role

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Lust in the Dust (1985)

Divine plays frontierswoman

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Lusting Hours, the (1967)

Transvestite character

 

Luz del fuego (1982, Brazil)

Trans character in cast list

 

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