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Pablo y Carolina (1955, Mexico)

Female to male after fantasy love letter

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Pablo y Carolina (1987)

Female to male

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Pacte des loups, le (2001, France)

18th century men dress as women as protection

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Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005, India)

Bank robbery includes man in female disguise

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Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Ang (2005, Philippines)

Boy is a transsexual

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Page 3 (2005, India)

Camp man in high society shenanigans

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Pajama Game, the (1957)

Stage song and dance by female

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Palace (1972)

Palindromes (2004)

The role of Aviva is played by several people through the film, including a man

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Palmer's Pickup (1999)

Actress plays male role

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Palmy Days (1931)

Eddy Cantor to escape crooks

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Pane, Vy Jstevdova (1970, Czechoslovakia)

Brain swap fantasy

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Pao Da Shuang Deng (1993 Hong Kong)

Female to male; Cantonese title of Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker

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Papa diventa mamma (1952, Italy)

Hypnotist makes man behave and dress as woman

Paper Dolls (2006, Germany)

Transsexuals working in Israel

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Paper Lion (1968)

Pap'occhio, il (1981, Italy)

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Parade of Roses (1970, Japan)

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

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Paradise Alley (1978)

Fight manager wears female underwear

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Paradise Is Not For Sale (1985, Denmark)

Documentary stuff about Christine Jorgensen

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Paramount on Parade (1930)

Female to male; Revue features 8-year-old Mitzi Green imitating Maurice Chevalier in male attire. Suggested by Jaye Kaye

Paranoid (2001, UK)

Not transgender

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Parasites, les (1999, France)

Travesti in the cast list

Pareja Distinta, una (1974, Spain)

This translates to "A different couple"

Parental Guidance (1998)

Transvestite girlfriend

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Pari e dispari (1978, Italy)

Agent dresses as nun for disguise

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Pariah (1998)

Candy Ass plays a drag queen

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Paris After Midnight (1951)

Paris Holiday (1957)

Dressing as woman to rescue Bob Hope from mental hospital

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Paris Is Burning (1990)

Entertaining documentary about gay black men

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Paris Secret (1965, France)

Mondo style film; transvestite prostitutes

Parisian Love (1925)

Clara Bow in disguise as a street boy

Parole Officer, the (2001, UK)

Allusion only

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Parsifal (1982, West Germany)

Parsifal played by a girl in drag

Party, le (1990, Canada)

Performers at party

Party Girl (1995)

Suggested by Madeleine

Party Monster (2003)

A lot of flamboyant drag

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Pas Question le Samedi (1966, Israel)

See Impossible on Saturday

Pasha Director's Daughter, the (1938, Egypt)

Female to male; English title of Bint al-basha al-mudir

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Passage thru Pamela (1985)

Unconfirmed; porn film, I should think

Passing (1991, short)

Passion Béatrice, la (1987, France)

Youth is forced to dress as a girl to be hunted

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Passion of Joan of Arc, the (1928)

Passion of the Christ (2004)

Satan is played by a female actor

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Pastries (1971)

Alternative title of A Touch of Sweden

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Patch Adams (1998)

Allusion only

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Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)

Cross-gender acting in early children's drama

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Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich (2004, UK)

Female stage comedy character

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Pauline Calf's Wedding Video (1994, UK)

Pawnshop, the (1916)

Male actor plays female customer

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Pay As You Exit (1926)

Our gang: boy stands in as Juliet

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Pay or Die (1984, Philippines)

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Peach O'Reno (1931)

Comedy about two crooked divorce lawyers, who think nothing of conjuring up a female co-respondent from a man, Robert Woolsey.

Peccato veniale (1973, Italy)

Aunt asks nephew to model a dress she is repairing. Very brief.

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)

Boy stands in for girl circus performer

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Pédale Douce (1996)

Multiple gender ambiguities in funny film

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Peek over the Wall, a (1995)

[suggested by Madeleine]

Peeping Pete (1913)

The peeper's wife is played by Fatty Arbuckle. It's in Keystone Comedies Volume#1

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Slapstick drag

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Peg of Old Drury (1935, UK)

Anna Neagle plays Peg Wolfington, who dressed as a man for a sword fight

Peggy (1915)

Female to male; Billie Burke

Peggy, the Will o' the Wisp (1917)

Female to male

Peking Opera Blues (1986, Hong Kong)

Chinese thriller; theatrical performers

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Pelo nel mondo, il (1964, Italy)

Aka Go Go Go World; and Mondo Inferno

Penitentiary III (1987)

Jim Bailey

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People Toys (1975)

Orphan boy dresses for affection; alternative title of Devil Times Five

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People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)

Brief; drag in street

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Pepe (1960, Mexico)

Jack Lemmon briefly

Pepe, no me des tormento (1981, Spain)

Transsexual actress Carla Antronelli plays a transsexual

Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1986, Spain)

Pedro Almodovar film including Drag Queens

Pepot artista (2005, Philippines)

Crossdresser in imdb keywords

Per favori, occupati di Amelia (1982, Italy)

Leopoldo Mastelloni in drag

Percy (1971, UK)

Brief female to male transsexual

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Percy's Progress (1974, UK)

To escape pursuers

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Père Noël est une Ordure, le (1982, France)

Transvestite character in fun film

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Perez Family, the (1995)

Brief shot of transvestite passenger on boat

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Perfect Blue (2002, Japan)

Metamorphosis into woman; aka of Yume nama sarate

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Perfect Gentlemen (1978)

Women dress as men for theft

Perfect Gift (1994)

Randal (John McCafferty) plays a prank on his girlfriend Suzanne by hitting on her at a bar while dressed as a woman; he uses the outfit again later

Perfect Lady, the (1915)

Chaplin dresses to fool girl's father; see A Woman

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Perfect Match (1960, Hong Kong)

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Perfectly Normal (1991, Canada)

Performance (1970, UK)

Drag dressing in psychological game

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Perfumed Arrow, the (1966, Hong Kong)

Woman disguises as man to get education

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Perheen musta lammas (1941, Finland)

Crossdresser in imdb keywords

Perils of Paul, the (1920)

Man seems to change sex

Perils of Pauline, the (1947)

To cover for absent leading lady

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¿Pero no vas a cambiar nunca, Margarita? (1978, Spain)

Perpetrator 2: Grudge Day (1995)

Perrak (1970, West Germany)

Transvestite is murdered; aka Inspektor Perrak greift ein

Perry Mason Returns (1985)

Transvestite killer

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Personal Services (1987)

Fetish drag

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Personality Parade (1938)

Charlie Murray briefly in drag clip

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Personals (1972)

Interviews with people about their sexual preferences

Perversion for Profit (1965)

Transvestism in imdb keywords

Pestañas postizas (1982, Spain)

Drag queen's home involved in plot

Peter Pan (1924)

Female to male

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Peter Pan (1955)

Mary Martin plays Peter Pan

Peter schießt den Vogel ab (1959, West Germany)

Brief, to escape

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Petit matin, le (1971, France)

Girl is in love with effeminate man; aka Early Morning

Petite Amie (1988, France)

Petites écolières, Les (1980, France)

Travesti in the cast list

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Petits dessous des grands ensembles, Les (1976, France)

Travesti in the cast list

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Petri tårar (1995, Sweden)

A female confidence trickster, played by Izabella Scorupco, in the middle ages dresses as a man for disguise.

Petticoat Pirates (1961, UK)

Sailor dresses as WREN to escape

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Peut-être (1999, France)

Transsexual in social comedy; aka Maybe

Pfeife, wenn du zurückkommst (1993, Turkey)

German title of Dönersen Islik Çal

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Phantasm (1979)

To lure victims so as to kill them, the Tall Man appears as the Lavender Lady

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Phantom of Terror (1970, Italy)

Transvestite in police identification parade; English title of L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Dressing to get audition

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Phantom Pain (1996)

Holly Woodlawn

Pharmacien de garde, Le (2003, France)

Travesti in the cast list

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Pharmacist, The (2003, France)

Travesti in the cast list

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Phil-for-Short (1919)

Female to male; Evelyn Greeley

Philadelphia (1993)

Costume party guest

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Philadelphia Experiment, the (1984)

Transvestite in jail

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Philosophie dans le boudoir, La (1969, France)

Nasty film with cross-dressing; English title is Beyond Love and Evil: The Philosophy of the Bedroom

Phineas Slipped (2003)

Transvestite; short

Phleng sutthai (2006, Thailand)

Transvestite in imdb keywords; aka Last Song

Photographer, the (1969)

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Pianiste, le (1998, France)

Drag show; date!

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Piano panier (1990, France)

Travesti in the cast list

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Picassos Äventyr (1978, Sweden)

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Piccadilly (1929, UK)

Man models dancer's costume

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Pick Up the Mic (2005)

All about rappers; transvestite content

Pickup's Tricks (1971)

suggested by Madeleine

Pictures of Baby Jane Doe (1995)

Scene in transvestite bar

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Pie à la Maid (1938)

John Tyrell

Piedras (2002, Spain)

Transsexual main character

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Pietro wyzej (1938, Poland)

Misunderstandings in the wrong apartment

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Pigalle (1994, France)

Transvestite hooker in seedy district

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Pigalle Saint Germain-des-Près (1950, France)

During cabaret performance briefly

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Piñero (2001)

Al D. Rodriguez plays Cuqui

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Pink Angels (1972)

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Pink Chiquitas, The (1987)

Pink Flamingos (1972)

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Pink Mirror, the (2003, India)

Indian drag queens; English title of Gulabi Aaina

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Pink Narcissus (1971)

Drag very briefly in gay film

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Pink Panther Strikes Again, the (1976)

Several drag sequences in Peter Sellers comedy

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Piovuto dal cielo (2000, Italy)

The pre-operative transsexual actress Joana Jimenez is in the cast

Pirates of Capri (1949)

Foppish man only

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Pirates of Penzance, the (1983)

Victorian Policeman played by female

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Woman dresses as a man to go to sea

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Pirates dress as women to deceive British warship captain

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Pitch Black (2000)

Girl poses as boy to fit in

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Più bello di così si muore (1982, Italy)

Unemployed man dresses as woman to get money

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Pixote (1981, Brazil)

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Place Between Our Bodies, the (1976)

Short

Place Without Limits (1978, Mexico)

English title of Lugar Sin Limites, El

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P(l)ain Truth, the (1993, Finland)

The pain of a female to male transition

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Plainsman, the (1937)

Frontier woman wears men's clothes

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Plainsman, the (1966)

Calamity Jane wears trousers

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Plajda (2008, Turkey)

Two men dressing as women are main characters

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Playhouse, The (1921)

Buster Keaton

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Playing by Heart (1998)

Drag queens in club

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Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976, UK)

Cross dressing in sketch based film

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Pleasure Doing Business (1979)

Female impersonator in office

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Plug Lady (2004)

Drag Queen performer; might be just porn

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Plump Fiction (1997)

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Pobre Mariposa (1986, Argentina)

The transsexual actress Bibí Andersen has a role

Point of Terror (1970, Italy)

Transvestite in police identification parade; English title of L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

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Point Q, Le (2001, France)

Travesti in the cast list

Poison (1991)

Unconfirmed; gay wedding?

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Poison Ivy (1985)

Date! Boy gets access to girls' summer camp

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Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)

Policeman to entrap handbag thief

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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)

Transvestite bag-snatcher

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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)

Dressing as dancer to get into ballet theatre

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Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)

Dressing as dancer to get into ballet theatre; aka of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

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Police Story 3 Part 2 (1997, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Police Story 4: Project S (1997, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Police Story V (1997, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Police Woman: Night of the Full Moon (1976; episode)

Boy was brought up as a girl

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Policia (1987)

Policeman goes to club in drag to get information

Politesse, die (2006, Germany)

To get job as traffic warden

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Polizeirevier Davidswache (1964, West Germany)

Arrested woman turns out to be a transvestite

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Polyester (1981)

Divine plays trashy housewife

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Pon un hombre en tu vida (1996, Spain)

Switch of bodies; fun film

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Ponjola (1923)

Female to male; Anna Q. Nilsson

Poo lom (1977, Thailand)

Girl passes herself off as a boy

Poor Little Peppina (1916)

Mary Pickford film in which gender disguise appears in the plot

Pop Goes the Easel (1935)

Dressing as dancers to deceive policeman in slapstick comedy

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Popcorn (1991)

Cinema killer disguises as a girl

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Pope (1960)

Jack Lemmon

Pope Joan (1972, UK)

Woman is made pope

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Populärmusik från Vittula (2004, Sweden)

Pedlar poses as fortune teller and is crossdresser

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Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

Boy plays female role in play

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Porridge (1991)

Prisoner is wearing makeup

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Port of New York (1949)

Not transgender

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Portrait of an Onnagata (1992)

Short documentary on the Onnagata, FI actors in Japanese theatre

Portrait of Jason (1967)

Imagining playing Carmen Jones

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Possession of Nurse Sherri (1977)

Possession only; aka Nurse Sherri

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Postage Due (1924)

Stan Laurel in silent film sketch

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Postcards from America (1994)

Poszukiwany - poszukiwana (1973, Poland)

Man goes into hiding as woman; funny film

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Pot o' Gold (1941)

Paulette Goddard appears as a male dancer

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Potomok belogo barsa (1984, USSR)

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Poulpe, le (1998, France)

Travesti in cast

Poupée, la (1962, France)

Sonne Teal plays female doll; aka The Doll and He, She or It

Poupées russes, les (2005, France)

Man dresses as a forfeit for lesbian friend

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Powder Blue (2008)

Alejandro Romero stars as a transsexual prostitute

Practical Magic (1998)

Possession and excellent morph

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Praised Be What Hardens You (1972, West Germany)

Girl enters the Olympics as a boy; aka Gelobt sei, was hart macht and Sex Olympics

Preaching to the Perverted (1997)

Demonstration in drag

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Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

Souls are exchanged

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Present Arms (1951)

Aka As You Were

Prêt à porter (1994, France)

Crossdressers at hotel buffet

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Pretty Boy (1993, Sweden)

See Smukke Dreng

Price She Paid, the (1992)

Prickly Pears (1980, Italy)

Renato Pozzetto dresses in female underwear; aka Fico d'India

Prime Suspect 3 (1993, UK)

Transsexual characters

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Primeros Metros, los (1980, Spain)

Unconfirmed, but Eva Robins is in the cast list

Primo estratto, il (1997, Italy)

Short

Prince and the Pauper, The (1915)

Marguerite Clark plays the twin boys

Prince of Tides (1991)

Abusive father makes verbal threat

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Princesa (2000, Italy)

Brazilian transsexual main character

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Princess and the Pirate, the (1944)

Bob Hope

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Prince Martini (1918)

Julian Eltinge

Princess of Thieves (2001)

Robin Hood's daughter

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Principesa nuda, la (1976, Italy)

Transsexual actress

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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

See The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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Prisoner of Honor (1981)

The Dreyfus affair; transvestite prostitutes

Prisoner Queen (2003, Australia)

Drag queen in jail

Private Eyes (1953)

Huntz Hall; Aka Bowery Bloodhounds

Private Parts (1972)

Switch; brief

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Private Parts (1997)

Drag queens in street

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Private Popsicle (1982)

Drag stage performance while evading pursuer; aka of Sapihes

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Private Resort (1985)

To escape gangster

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Private School ... For Girls (1983)

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Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976, Italy)

Aka Vizi privati, pubbliche vertù

Private Wars (1996, Philippines)

Privates on Parade (1984)

Army entertainment troupe has drag acts

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Prodotti tipici mater natura (2004, Italy)

Adventures of a Neapolitan transsexual; aka Mater natura

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Producers, the (1968)

Cross-dressing theatrical person

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Producers, the (2005)

Camp theatrical producer appears in drag

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Professional Sweetheart (1934)

Effeminate man only

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Profumo (1987, Italy)

Woman and boyfriend exchange roles; aka Bizarre

Project S (1997, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Project X (1949)

Spy thriller in which female impersonator Kit Russell plays a spy and also appears as a cigarette girl. NB date

Promise of Red Lips, the (1971, Belgium)

Allusion only; aka of Rouge aux Lèvres

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Promises, Promises! (1963)

T C Jones as Babette

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Prophet, the (1999)

Secret agent impersonates woman; date!

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Protecteur, le (1974, France and Spain)

White slavery; aka The Protector and Tráfico de mujeres

Protector, the (1974, France and Spain)

White slavery; aka Le protecteur and Tráfico de mujeres

Proteus (1995, UK)

Possession

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Prueba de estrellas: Jesús Vázquez, A (2000, Spain)

Television film with Bibí Andersen

Psycho (1960)

Slasher, seen briefly; the classic

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Psycho (1998)

Faithful remake of the 1960 original

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Psycho II (1983)

Voice only

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Psycho III (1986)

Sequel; seen briefly

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Psycho IV: The Beginning (1991)

Narrative of previous events to the classic film

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Psycho Beach Party (2000)

Charles Busch plays Captain Monica Stark

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Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1994)

Barry Humphries as Edna Everidge

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Pubertinage (1971, Mexico)

Daydreams of crossdressing

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1916 and 1984)

Not confirmed; to carry out thefts

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Pulp (1972)

Allusion only

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Punch the Clock (1990)

The cast list contains a transvestite character

Punks (2000)

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Purgatory House (2001)

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Purple Hairpin (1959, China)

Gender ambiguity; alternative title of Zi chai ji

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Pursued (1925)

Dorothy Drew plays Chicago Anne, female gangster who dresses as a man

Pursuit (1935)

Couple on the run disguise boy as a girl

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Pyjama Jump (1995)

documentary