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Sa Tree Lex (2000, Thailand)

Fun film; original title of Iron Ladies

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Sa Tree Lex 2 (2003, Thailand)

Sequel to Sa Tree Lex

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Saam siu (1969, Hong Kong)

Actress plays male role; aka of San xiao.

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Sabrina (1995)

Joking allusion only

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Sabrina Down Under (1999)

A man is disguised as a mermaid briefly in a stage performance

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Sabuam mansi (2004, India)

Sada el Regal (1989)

Female to male sex change

Sadak (1991, India)

Hijra (eunuch) character is a pimp in Bollywood drama

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Sadomania (1981)

Transsexual actress Ajita Wilson

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Sailors Beware (1927)

Toddler played by male actor

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Sailors on Leave (1941)

Sailor's Sweetheart, A (1926)

Sailor is dressed as woman for disguise

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Saint Jack (1979)

Transsexuals do strip for man and his friends

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Saint Joan (1957)

Joan dresses as male soldier

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Saint Joan - the Maid (1929)

Saintly Switch (1999)

Switch of bodies by mistake

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Salmonberries (1992, Germany)

Female to male main character

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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Travesty weddings

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Salome's Last Dance (1988)

Salome turns into a male dancer briefly in imagination

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Salon Kitty (1976)

Brief; drag as fetish

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Salt Mines, The (1990)

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Salzstangen Geflüster (1975, Germany)

Sambólico (1996, Finland)

Drag performers in surreal film

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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987, UK)

Allen Adebisi plays a drag artiste.

San Antonio (1945)

Female to male stunt artiste

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San xiao (1969, Hong Kong)

Ivy Ling Po plays Tang Bohu, hero of a folk opera; the English title is The Three Smiles

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Sandra o Luis (2005, Spain)

Transsexual theme; 50 mins

Sandra - the Making of a Woman (1970)

Fetishist wears a bra; aka I am Sandra

Sang d'un poète, Le (1930, France)

Travesti actor plays female part

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Sangharsh (1999, India)

Disguise in kidnap attempt

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Santitos (1999, Argentina)

A transsexual Madam is in the cast

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Sapihes (1982, Israel)

Drag stage performance while evading pursuer

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Satan in High Heels (1960)

Stripper starts in male evening dress

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Satan's Storybook (1989)

Satan's Triangle (1975)

Shipwrecked in a sort of Bermuda triangle; body swap revelation right at the end

Satansbraten (1976, Germany)

Saturday Night at the Baths (1975)

Includes impersonations of Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and Diana Ross

Satyricon (1969, Italy)

Weird allegorical history

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Savage Eye, The (1960)

Drag ball

Save the Pieces (1927)

Bobby Vernon

Saved by the Belles (2003)

Brian Warren (sometimes credited as Brian Charbonneau) plays Sheena

Saving Private Tootsie (2002, Thailand)

Transsexual main characters in plane crash drama

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Saviour of the Soul (1991, Hong Kong)

Martial arts stuff; alternative title of Gau yat san diu hap lui

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Sayew (2003, Thailand)

Porn magazine worker is a transvestite

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Sayonara (1957)

Japanese theatre

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Scandale (1982, Canada)

Transvestites in film-making scandal; French

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972)

The Cockettes; Bette Midler (I always suspected she was a transvestite) and Holly Woodlawn

Scared Stiff (1953)

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Scarlet and the Black (1983)

Priest dresses as a nun to evade soldiers

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Scarlet Pimpernel, the (1934)

Dressing as a woman to escape authorities

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Scarlet Pimpernel, the (1982)

Disguises to fool the revolutionaries

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Scarlet Pimpernel: A Good Name, The (2000, UK)

Young woman dresses as a boy to enter revolutionary France

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Scary Movie (2000)

Allusions, including woman body builder with appendages

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Scary Movie 3 (2003)

A little girl seems to have turned into Michael Jackson

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Scathed (1995)

Holly Woodlawn plays Antonia Curtis

Schatten der Engel (1976, Switzerland)

Drag cabaret character in plot; aka Shadow of Angels

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Schizo (1963, short)

Charles Pierce

Schizophreniac: the Whore Mangler (1997)

Crossdresser in imdb keywords

Schönen Wilden von Ibiza, die (1980, West Germany)

The transsexual Carla Antonelli has an uncredited role in a near-porn film

School for Scoundrels (2006)

Role-play instructor takes woman's part

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School for Seduction (2004, UK)

Drag artist joins charm school

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School Girl Killer (1968, Italy)

Girls' school slasher; alternative title of Nude ... si muore

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School of Flesh, the (1999, France)

Slow; sympathetic; English title of École de la chair

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School's Out (1930)

Comic drag; man's own clothes have been hidden

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Schwülen Träume des James Bidgood, die (1999, Germany)

Biography with drag queen friends

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Schulmädchen Report: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten (1970, West Germany)

What adolescents get up to; might be soft porn

Scooby-Doo (2002)

Switch in comedy

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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Body swapping and gender disguise

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Scorpion King, the (2002)

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Scream Bloody Murder (2000)

Girl sees female friend as male murderer in imagination

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Scream Bloody Murder (2003)

A student Monique is unmasked to reveal Principal Burden

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Scream in the Streets, a (1973)

Aka Scream Street and Girls in the Street

Scream, Teen, Scream (1996, short)

Alexis Arquette, Keith Levy, Kent Fuher (Jackie Beat)

Screamplay (1984)

Lonny McDougall plays transvestite

Screech of the Decapitated (2004)

Willam Belli plays Marta

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Screen Test #2 (1965)

Mario Montez, dir Andy Warhol

Screwed (2000)

Ed Wood on television within film

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Screwples (1979)

Jamie Gillis wears women's underwear

Scripture with No Words, the (1996, Hong Kong)

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

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Se eu fosse você (2005, Brazil)

Body swap film

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Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985, Spain)

Bibí Andersen plays Raquel

Sea Squawk, the (1925)

Harry Langdon

Searchers, The (1956)

Allusion only

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Sechs auf See

Several roles in comedy film

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Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole World (1965)

Seductress in mask disguise

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Second Serve (1986)

Transsexual's transition process

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Secret du Chevalier d'Éon, le (1959, Italy/France)

Historical character of ambiguous gender

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Secret Life of Archie's Wife, the (1990)

To escape from gangster

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Secret of Dorian Gray, the (1970)

Transsexual in club performance; alternative title of Dorian Gray

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Secret of the Fylfot, the (1968)

Aka Shinobi no manji

Secret Pact, the (1979, Canada)

To infiltrate girls' school swimming class

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Secret Policeman's Ball, the (1979, UK)

Comedy drag in sketch

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Secret Policeman's Other Ball, the (1982, UK)

Comedy drag in sketches

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Secret Rites (1971)

Transvestite takes a bath

Secuesto Express (2005, Venezuela)

Transsexual in kidnap thriller

Seduction of a Nerd (1970)

Boss dresses as a prostitute to please valued employee; aka Up Your Teddy Bear, and Mother

Seed of Chucky (2004)

Puppet child's parents argue about its gender

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Seeing Other People (2004)

Lead female says her first experience of sexual petting was as a lesbian posing as a male

Seeing Red (1939)

Red Skelton

Seine Hoheit war ein Mädchen (1958, Austria)

Impersonation in the army; alternative title of Wenn Mädchen in Manöver zieh'n

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Seitenstechen (1984, West Germany)

Man gets pregnant

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Semi-gods and Semi-devils (1994, Hong Kong)

Alternative title of Xin tian long ba bu zhi tian shan tong lao

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Senior Trip (1995)

School director is made up while asleep; aka of National Lampoon's Senior Trip

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Señorita (1927)

Female to male; Bebe Daniels

Señora llamada Andrés, Una (1970)

Married couple are quarrelling so the gods swap their bodies so that they can see things from the other point of view

Sensuous Doll (1973, France)

Woman's male friend turns out to be a woman; aka Les Confidences de Sandra

Sensuous Wife, the (1970)

Ed D Wood Jr plays "transvestite" and Jerry Moore plays DQ; there is an alternative title: Mrs Stone's Thing

Seokkeul (2003, Korea)

Transvestite in keywords spout.com; aka The Circle

Séptimo cielo, el (1999)

Al D Rodriguez plays transvestite

Serial Mom (1994)

Not transgender

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Serbis (2008, Philippines)

Transvestite hookers

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Serp i Molot (1995)

Russian title of Hammer and Sickle

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Serpiente de la luna de los piratas, la (1973, Spain)

Sahdji plays transvestite

Sessomatto (1973, Italy)

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Sest medvedu s Cibulkou (1972, Czechoslovakia)

Man pretends to be female cook at school

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Sette virgine per il diavolo (1968, Italy)

Girls' school slasher; alternative title of Nude ... si muore

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Seuls (1980, Switzerland)

Olimpia Carlisi is travesti; aka Loners

Seven Chances (1925)

Allusions

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Seven Consenting Adults (1964, West Germany)

English title of Polizeirevier Davidswache

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Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (1963)

Fairground sideshow

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Seven Hours of Gunfire (1974)

Gloria Milland plays Calamity Jane in men's clothes

Seven Little Foys, the (1955)

Not found

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Seven Sinners (1940)

Marlene Dietrich performs in male drag

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Seventeen - Mädchen sind die bessere Jungs (2002, Germany)

Female to male transsexual at school

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Sex and Astrology (1970)

Sex and Gender (1976)

Documentary short; interviews with transvestites

Sex Becomes Her (2000, UK)

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S-x By Advertisement (1969)

Shock exposé by hidden camera

Sex Change - Shock! Horror! Probe! (1989 UK)

Sex Files: Restless Souls (2002)

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Sex Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993)

Fugitive thief for disguise

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Sex O'Clock USA (1976, France)

Warnings about the evils of the American way of life, including crossdressing. In English

Sex of the Stars, The (1993, Canada)

See "Le Sexe des Étoiles"

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Sex Olympics (1972, West Germany)

Year! Girl enters the Olympics as a boy; aka Praised Be What Hardens You and Gelobt sei was hart macht

Sex On the Run (1976, Italy etc)

See Casanova and Co

Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999)

Transgendered friends in biopic

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Sex Warriors and the Samurai (1995)

Sexe des Étoiles, le (1993, Canada)

Unhappy transsexual father

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Sexual Chemistry (1999)

Sexual Limits (1992)

Man uses a mirror to turn into a woman

Sexy Dozen, the (1969, Switzerland)

Alternative title of Das Bumsfidele Internat

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Sgt Bilko (1996)

Soldier dresses as ruse to make man's girlfriend jealous

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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Barry Humphries in his Edna Everage role

Sh! the Octopus! (1937)

Killer is a crossdresser

Sha chu xiang gang (1991, Hong Kong)

aka City Warriors. Drama of crime and prostitution featuring a transvestite madam.

Shabnam Mausi (2004, India)

Biopic of Indian eunuch

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Shadey (1987)

Transsexual main character

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Shadow Hours (2000)

Transvestites on the street in Los Angeles

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Shadow of Angels (1979, Switzerland)

Transvestite gets beaten up; aka Schatten der Engel

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Cross-dressing orgy

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Shadowboxer (2005)

Assassins pretends to be transvestite hooker; and a transsexual briefly

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Shadows in an Empty Room (1976, Canada)

Negative; alternative title of Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta

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Shaft in Africa (1973)

Killer disguised as woman cleaner

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Shahatin wa Nubala (1991, Tunisia)

Transvestite dancer

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Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Elizabethan actors playing the other sex

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Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom (1999)

Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Don Knott dresses as squaw

Shallow Grave (1994, UK)

Dressing for sex

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Shallow Hal (2001)

Transvestite receptionist in restaurant, briefly

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Shampoo Horns (1996, Spain)

Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986 Hong Kong)

Alternative title of Nan Bei Shao Lin

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Share the Wealth (1936)

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Sharky's Machine (1981)

Brief

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Shattered Mind (1996)

Transgender in psychodrama

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She Even Chewed Tobacco! (1983)

She Freak (1967)

Not transgender

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She Goes to War (1929, partly sound)

Eleanor Boardman puts on boyfriend's uniform

She Kills He (2005)

Mimi is a male to female transgender

She Loves Me Not (1934)

Female to male

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She-Male by Choice (1993)

Suggested by Madeleine

She-Man, The (1967)

Army deserter becomes female impersonator

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She Mob (1968)

She Must Be Seeing Things (1987)

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She Was the Other (1914)

Oliver Hardy

Shem (2003)

Dressing for gay sex

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Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918)

Ben Turpin; suggested by Madeleine

Sherlock and Me (1998)

Female disguise in theatrical mystery; alternative title of Without a Clue

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Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Sherlock Holmes in disguise to go under cover

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Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer (1992)

Drag artiste in romantic affair; the film is also known as The Master Blackmailer

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Sherlock Jnr (1924)

Buster Keaton disguises and escapes

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She's a Boy I Knew (2007, Canada)

Transsexual autobiography

She's a He (1930)

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She's a Sheik (1927)

Female to male Bebe Daniels plays Zaida, a swashbuckling chap; honestly!

She's the Man (2006)

Viola pretends to be her brother

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Shi di chu ma (1980, Hong Kong)

A skirt used to assist martial arts fighting; aka The Young Master

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Shinjuku Boys (1995, UK)

Documentary by BBC; about clip joint in Tokyo's entertainment district.

Shinobi no manji (1968)

Alternative title of The Secret of the Fylfot

Shiny New Enemies (2000)

Transvestite character; aka Chain of Fools

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Shipyard Sally (1939)

Gracie Fields; suggested by Madeleine

Shit Fit (1994)

Shiyumi (1991, Japan)

Gay man falls in love with a transsexual

Shock Video 2001: A Sex Odyssey (2000)

RuPaul is the narrator; made for television

Shocker (1989)

Possession only

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Shocking Asia Part 1 (1975)

Intentionally bizarre survey of nasty things happening, including a sex change in Singapore.

Shoot or be Shot (2002)

Transvestite played by Jeffrey Wayne

Shoot your Shot (1995)

Divine singing rock music

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Shortbus (2006)

Camp man runs sex club

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Shoscombe Old Place (1991, UK)

Man pretends to be dead woman

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Shot, the (1996)

Two struggling actors and their tribulations. Paul Provenza plays "transvestite apartment manager".

Shou hu fei long (1990, Hong Kong)

Crossdressing gangster

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Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)

Female to male

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Shoulder Arms (1918)

Woman in crude disguise as enemy soldier

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Shout Out (1998, Spain)

Amateur female impersonators; alternative title of El grito en cielo

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Shriek of Araby, the (1923)

Ben Turpin; suggested by Madeleine

Shrimps for a Day (1934)

Boy actor plays little girl

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Shteps (2003)

Rodney Chester plays Transvestite

Shuang feng ji yuan (1966, Hong Kong)

Young woman flees in men's clothing

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Shucking the Curve (1998)

Keith Levy and the Drag Queen Philly

Shut My Big Mouth (1942)

Joe E Brown

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Shut Up When You Speak (1981, France)

Aldo Maccione plays a queen; aka of Tais-toi quand tu parles

Shut Yer Mouth (1996)

Flotilla de Barge plays drag queen

Shutterspeed (2000)

Dressing for smuggling

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Si j'étais elle (2004, France)

Hélène de Fougerolles plays Alex/Alice

Si tu vas à Rio... tu meurs (1987, Brazil)

Featuring the transsexual Roberta Close

Si Versailles m'était conté (1954, France)

Brief

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Sibak (1994, Philippines)

Philippines transsexuals; Filipino title of Midnight Dancers

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Sidewalks of New York (1932)

Date! Buster Keaton; suggested by Madeleine

Sieg der Hosenrocks, der (1911, Germany)

Siege (1998)

Disguise as arab woman

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Silence, the (1963, Sweden)

Performers put girl's dress on boy; aka of Tystnaden

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Silence of the Hams (1994, Italy)

Numerous references and impersonations in comedy film; alternative title of Silenzio dei prosciutti

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Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)

Transsexual killer

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Silent Accuser, The (1924)

Female to male Eleanor Boardman

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1973)

Candy Darling and Ondine as extras

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Silent Partner, the (1978, Canada)

Bank robber's disguise

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Silenzio dei prosciutti, il (1994, Italy)

Numerous references and impersonations in comedy film

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Silk Seduction (2006)

Forced crossdressing misfires

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Silver Hawk (2004, Hong Kong)

Police chief fights in women's clothes

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Silver Streak (1976)

Not confirmed; fun film

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Silvestre (1982, Portugal)

Women dressed as men in imdb keywords

Simon: El gran varon (1983, Spain)

Boy wants to be a girl

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Simple-minded Murder, the (1982, Sweden)

Set pre-war; mentally challenged man is exploited by farmer; crossdresser in IMDB keywords; English title of Den enfaldige mörderan,

Sinderella and the Golden Bra (1964)

Prince Charming has a bra fetish

Sinful Life, A (1989)

Sing kung chok tse sup yut tam (2007, Hong Kong)

Transvestite prostitute; aka Whispers and Moans

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Sing You Sinners (1938)

Bing Crosby in musical number

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Singapore Sling (1990, Greece)

Nasty sex games

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Singles, the [or Singles Only] 1967

Date! Computer dating mismatches

Sinister Urge, the (1961)

Directed by Ed Wood; content not yet confirmed

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Sinnocence (1995)

Girl changes into a man to kill people.

Sir John greift ein (Germany, 1930)

Alternative title of Mary

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Sir: Just a Normal Guy (2002, Canada)

57 mins; female to male gender transition

Sir, You Are a Widow (1970, Czechoslovakia)

English language title of Pane, Vy Jstevdova

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Siralardaki heyecan (1976, Turkey)

Bülent Ersoy

Siren of Bagdad (1953)

To get into harem

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Sirens (1999)

Date! Layton Morrison plays transvestite

Sissy Frenchfry (2005)

Clinton Leupp plays Head Administrator

Sister Is (Not) A Mister, The (1994)

Sitcom (1998, France)

Allusions only

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Six Gun Man (1946)

Skatetown USA (1979)

Flip Wilson

Ski Party (1965)

Ski instructors dress as girls to join the real ones

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Skimpy in the Navy (1949, UK)

Skin Art (1994)

Skin Deep (1989)

Not found

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Skin Deep (1994)

Date!

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Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon (1990, Hong Kong)

Crossdressing gangaster; aka of Shou hu fei long

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Skirt Shy (1929)

Harry Langdon to deceive elderly man

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Sky Pirate (1914)

Roscoe Arbuckle

Släkten är värst (1936, Sweden)

Slammer Girls (1987)

Reporter dresses to get access to women prisoners

Slaughter Special (1992, Japan)

Bizarre horror; Transvestite Peter; aka Za ginipiggu 7: Zansatsu supeshyaru

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Boy brought up as girl seen briefly

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Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Transsexual kills fellow campers

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Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1988)

Main character is said to be a transsexual

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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

Woman dresses as man for disguise

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Sleepover (2004)

Boys pretend to be absent girls

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Sleepwalkers (1992)

Shape-shifting only

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Sleuth, the (1925)

Private detective pretends to be housemaid

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Sleuth (1973, UK)

Brief; Michael Caine puts a dress over his suit

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Slightly Terrific (1944)

Sling Blade (1996)

Allusion only

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Sliver (1993)

Not confirmed

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Slow and the Cautious, the (2002)

Jeff Henry

Small Kill (1992)

Gary Burghoff

Small Town Gay Bar (2005)

Drag queens dancing

Smithereens (1982)

Transvestite in drama

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Smoke (1995)

Not transgender

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Smokey and the Bandit Part III (1983)

Comic drag briefly

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Smokey and the Judge (1980)

The transsexual actress Aleisha Brevard has a role

Smokin' Aces (2006)

Man watching tv is wearing female underwear

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Smukke Dreng (1993, Sweden)

One of the hustlers is an androgynous girl; English title is Pretty Boy

Snail's Strategy, the (1993, Spain)

English title of La Estrategia del Caracol)

Snake Skin Jacket (1997)

Features a man with an obsession for collecting movie costumes. I wonder what he does with the female ones?

Snow (1981, France)

Transvestite drug addict; aka Neige

Snowbird (1916)

"Gender disguise" in the plot

Snowman, the (1995, Iran)

Alternative title of Adam Barfi

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So Fine (1981)

Man is lent woman's clothes to get home

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So This is Africa (1933)

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Soap, En (2006, Denmark)

Transsexual main character

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Soap Opera in Stockwell (1973, UK)

Comic drag

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Soapdish (1991)

Allusions in zany spoof

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S.O.B. (1981)

Drag; brief

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Sobre verde, el (1971, Spain)

Tony Leblanc as dancer at end

Socket (2007)

Transsexual actress

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Soeurs Brontë, les (1979, France)

Emily wanders the moors dressed as a man; also released as The Brontë Sisters

Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974, UK)

Man hiding as a nun from German soldiers

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Söhretin sonu (1981, Turkey)

Biopic of transsexual singer; aka of Yüz karasi

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Soldier in Skirts (1973, UK)

Army deserter poses as woman; alternative title of Triple Echo

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Soldier in the Rain (1963)

Drag; brief

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Soldier's Girl, a (2003)

Prejudice against transsexual and her lover

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Soldiers of the King (1933, UK)

Stage act costume used to see army commander

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Soldier's Plaything (1930)

Female impersonation; aka A Soldier's Pay

Soldier's Pay, a (1930)

Female impersonation; aka Soldier's Plaything

Soldiers' Secrets (2004)

Short about Calpernia Addams, the transsexual

Soldiers Three (1951)

Unconfirmed; the soldiers dress in drag

Sømand på sengekanten (1976, Denmark)

Woman pretends to be a man to get a job on a ship.

Some Boy (1917)

To return a woman's property surreptitiously

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Some Even Fall in Love (1980, Canada)

Relationships documentary set in Quebec

Some Folks Call It a Slingblade (1994)

Allusion only

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Some Girls: What It Takes to be a Drag Queen (1993)

Documentary about the group "Some Girls"

Some Like It Cool (1976, Italy etc)

See Casanova and Co

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Some Like it Hot (1959)

Two men join all-girl band

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Some of my Best Friends Are (1971)

Candy Darling; Rue McClanahan as Fannie Flagg

Somebody to Love (1994)

Date! sympathetic; transvestite in club

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Something Special (1986)

See Willy Milly

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Something to Sing About (1937)

Basic amateur drag dance during sea passage

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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

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Sometimes (1994)

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)

Fugitive poses as woman

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Somewhere in Camp (1942, UK)

Army camp follies

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Somewhere on Leave (1943, UK)

Army camp follies

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Sommergibile piu pazzo del mondo, il (1982, Italy)

Woman poses as transsexual

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Son in Law, the (1993)

Crossdressing at Halloween party

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Son of the Sheikh (1926)

Son-Daughter, The (1932)

Song of Scheherezade (1947)

Yvonne de Carlo as a man

Song of the Goddess (1993)

Song of the Islands (1942)

Song to Remember, a (1945)

Female to male

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Sonny Boy (1988)

Male actor plays female throughout film

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Sons (1989)

Jennifer Beals plays transvestite

Soowitch (2001, Canada)

Short in which a couple have swapped bodies after a one-night stand.

Sophomore, the (1929)

Eddie Quillan

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Sopla de vida (1999, Colombia)

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Sordid Lives (2000)

Drag in the family

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Sorority Boys (2002)

Impersonating girls to get into sorority house

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Sorority House Massacre II (1990)

Possession by spirit

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Sorted (2000, UK)

Jason Donovan as transvestite disk jockey

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Sotto dieci bandiere (1960, Italy)

Dressing as women to fool enemy warship

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Sotto gli occhi dell' assassino (1982, Italy)

Features transsexual actress; aka of Tenebrae

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Sotto il vestito niente 2 (1988, Italy)

Masked disguise

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Souffle au coeur, Le (1971,France)

Adolescent boy experiments

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Soul Plane (2004)

Drag characters on plane

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Soup de Jour (1975)

Transvestite in brothel

Soup to Nuts (1930)

Three Stooges

South of Dixie (1944)

South of Tahiti (1941)

South Pacific (1958)

Military entertainments include drag performance

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South Pacific (2001)

Drag performance in military entertainment

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Southern Comfort (2000)

Female to male; sympathetic

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Southern Comfort (2005)

Female to male; remake

Southern Justice (2005)

David Wilson is drag queen; aka Heavy Southern Nights

Southern Yankee, a (1948)

Red Skelton, to escape soldiers

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Soy hombre y qué (1993, Mexico)

Main character dresses

Spaceballs (1987)

Drag joke characters in sci-fi film

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Spandex: A Father's Tale (2005)

Boy's father is a transvestite; 21 mins

Spanish Fly (1998)

Transvestite is interviewed by writer

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Spanish Main, the (1945)

Woman pirate dresses as a man

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Spanky (1932)

Small children's theatricals

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Spare a Copper (1941, UK)

Brief in police cabaret

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Spawn (1997)

Morphing

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Speak Easily (1932)

Jimmy Durante takes place of woman dancer on stage

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Special Magnum for Tony Saitta (1976, Canada)

Alternative title of Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta

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Specials, the (2000)

Doubtful

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Spice Girls: The Movie (1997)

Drag clubgoer very briefly; aka Spice World

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Spice World (1997)

Drag clubgoer very briefly

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Spicy Beauty Queen in Bangkok (2004, Thailand)

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Spicy Ugly in Bangkok (2002, Thailand)

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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988)

East German spy and assassin

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Spies Like Us (1985)

Female to male agent disguise

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Spijun na stiklama (1988, Yugoslavia)

Spirit of the Dead (1968, UK)

Switch; alternative title of the Curse of the Crimson Altar

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Spit-Ball Sadie (1915)

Harold Lloyd in drag plays baseball

Spitfire of Seville (1919)

The plot involves gender disguise

Splendid Float (2004, Taiwan)

Priest moonlights as drag queen

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Splinters (1929, UK)

Soldiers' drag revue act

Splinters in the Air (1937, UK)

Airmen's drag revue act

Splinters in the Navy (1931, UK)

Sailors' drag revue act

Split Second (1992)

Tasty Tim plays transvestite

Split: William to Chrysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1992)

Biopic of the eponymous Drag Queen

Spotless (2000, Denmark, short)

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Springtime in Texas (1945)

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Sprungdeckeluhr, die (1990, Germany)

Boy dresses as girl to escape Nazis

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Spy Hard (1996)

Drag in CIA and at nunnery

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Spy, The (Hester Reeve Does "The Doors") (1992)

Spy of Madame Pompadour, the (1928, Germany)

Alternative title of der Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour

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Square Circle (1996, India)

Transsexual main character as well as female to male disguise

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Square Peg, the (1958, UK)

Civilian finds army women's uniform store

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St Pauli Nacht (1999, Germany)

Transvestitecharacter

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St Trinian's (2007, UK)

School headmistress played by male actor

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Stadt der verlorenen Seelen (1982, West Germany)

Drag Queens in Bohemian Berlin

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Stafford's Story (1992)

Stage Beauty (2004)

Shakespearian era theatricals

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Stage Door (1995 Hong Kong)

Comedy about female actors playing male parts

Stagecoach Buckaroo (1941)

Staircase (1969)

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Stalag 17 (1953)

Drag in prisoner of war camp

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Star! (1968)

Female to male stage routines

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Star of Midnight (1935)

Roger Classen wears female mask to commit murder

Star Parade (1946, UK)

Old Mother Riley; reissue of Stars on Parade

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Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Two drag routines in all star musical

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Allusions in wedding speech

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Morphing

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Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Fantasy drag

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Stardust (2007)

Magical transformation; and a cancan-dressing ship's captain

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Stargate (1994)

Ambiguous god in ancient Egypt

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Starke Zeiten (1988, Germany)

Impersonating woman musician for mischief

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Starrbooty (2007)

RuPaul

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Stars on Parade (1936, UK)

Old Mother Riley

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Starvation Blues (1925)

Station Jim (2001, UK)

Brief; drag

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Stay Tuned (1992)

Man is transported to 1792 France as a woman

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Stealing Harvard (2002)

Dressing forced by widower; funny film

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Steel and Lace (1990)

Stella Savage (1980)

Joan Crawfish is played by a man in drag

Stella Street (2004, UK)

Actor plays cleaning lady

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Steps (1999)

Rodney Chester plays transvestite

Steptoe and Son (1972)

Drag performer in club

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Sternbilder (1999, Germany)

Laurel and Hardy compilation

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Steve Coogan Live - the Man Who Thinks He's It (1998, UK)

Stage comedy performance with drag character

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Sticky Fingers (1988)

Stir Crazy (1980)

Disguise to escape from jail

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Stitch in Time, a (1963, UK)

Norman Wisdom impersonates nurse

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Stitches (1985)

Stolen Harmony (1935)

Purv Pullen

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Stolen Moments (1997)

Female to male; unconfirmed

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Stonewall (1995, UK)

Dramatised account of gay activism

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Stop It, You're Killing Me (2000)

Superannuated man refuses to die; two bodyswaps

Storie d'amore proibite (1959, Italy/France)

Italian title of le Secret du Chevalier d'Éon; female to male

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Storie scellerate (1973, Italy)

Aka Roguish Stories and Bawdy Tales

Stork (1971)

Unconfirmed; Lyn Flanagan is on the cast list; this is the female persona of Neil Flanagan, the Female Impersonator

Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box (1987)

Stortjuvens pojke (1992, Sweden)

Gender disguise in period adventure

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Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939)

Song and dance biopic with travesty dancer briefly

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Storyville (1992)

Transsexual in court

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Stragalistis tis sygrou, o (1989, Greece)

Transsexual actress plays prostitute

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Straight Boy Lessons (1999)

Short

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Straight Jacket (2004)

Man's wife played by female impersonator

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Straight Place and Show (1938)

The Ritz Brothers

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Strange Case of Blondie (1954)

Short, 32 minutes; robber was a female impersonator

Strange Days (1995)

Virtual reality only

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Strange Masquerade (1974, Hungary)

See Improperly Dressed

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Strange Role, a (1974, Hungary)

See Improperly Dressed

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Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976, Canada)

Transvestite criminals; alternative title of Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta

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Strange Son of the Sheriff (1982, Mexico)

English language title of El Extraño Hijo del Sheriff

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Strawberry Short Cut/Pickle Surprise (1989)

Street Smart (1987)

Transvestite character in seamy underworld

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Street Wars (1992)

A Transsexual is involved in the plot; drug dealing film

Streeters (2001, Mexico)

Life among the poor; transvestite in IMDB; alternative title of De la calle

Streetwalker and the Gentleman, the (1975)

Ralph du Pont plays both roles; short

Strike! (1998)

Male teacher forcibly dressed in drag

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Strike Zone, the (2001)

Doug Megson plays transvestite; NB not the 1999 airforce film

Strip Search (1997)

Allusions; transsexual character

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Striporama (1954)

Unconfirmed; Fifties tribute to burlesque; there may be some drag queen content.

Stripped (2006)

Pretty girl removes a suit to reveal ugly man

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Stripped to Kill (1987)

Transvestite killer

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Stryker (2004, Canada)

Transvestism in imdb keywords

Stud Farm (1969)

Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1990)

Stuntwoman (1977, France)

Transgender content not confirmed; US title of L'animal

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Subdesarrollados, los (1968, Spain)

Tony Leblanc goes undercover crossdressing as a flamenco dancer

Subduing of Mrs Nag (1911)

Female to male Mabel Normand

Submarí a les estovalles, Un (1991, Spain)

Travesti in the cast list

Substance of Fire (1996)

Not transgender; Alec Mapa, a transvestite actor, plays a male receptionist

Suburbia Confidential (1966)

Exposé of patients' secrets by their psychiatrist

Sudden Loss of Gravity, a (2001)

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Sueño del caimán, el (2000, Mexico)

Drag queen character

Sueño del mono loco, el (1990, Spain)

Josephine plays transvestite

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Sugar (2004)

Alexander Chapman plays Natasha

Sugar and Spice (1995)

Date! Semi documentary with numerous drag queens

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Sugar Cookies (1973)

Transsexual (Allen Liffman)turns up for audition; also Daniel Sador wears nightgown for sex

Sugar Daddies (1927)

Laurel and Hardy capers

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Sukkar Hanim (1960, Egypt)

Charley's Aunt theme

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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Girl rides the trains dressed as a youth

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Sultan's Daughter, the (1944)

Disguise as harem girls to escape

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Sultan's Wife, the (1917)

Bobby Vernon

Summer Lovers (1982)

Drag on boat trip; date!

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Summer Showers (1980, Brazil)

A man discovers his son-in-law in drag; aka Chuvas de verão

Summer Things (2003)

Man has transgender lover; English title of Embrassez qui vous voulez

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Summer Vacation 1999 (1988, Japan)

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Sun Taam (2007, Hong Kong)

Imagining yourself in someone else's place

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Sunny (1930)

Marilyn Miller plays girl bareback rider who dresses as a boy

Sunset (1988)

Mariel Hemingway plays a butch lesbian madam

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Chaplin impersonation by actress

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Sunshine Hotel (2001)

Semi-documentary about cheap lodgings for the homeless in New York; transvestites are in there too.

Super Duper (2000)

Short; Peter Mohawk plays his Charlene character

Supercop (1993, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Supercop 2 (1993, Hong Kong)

Cop and robber in drag; aka Once a Cop

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Superdiabolici, i (1965, Italy)

James Bond becomes a sissy; aka Amore all'italiana and Love, Italian Style

Superfag (2002)

Gay romp with drag queens; short

Supergrass, the (1985, UK)

Crook in female disguise

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Supermon's Daughter (1996)

Alec Mapa plays Peng

Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

Documentary on Jackie Curtis, one of Andy Warhol's stable of queens.

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Superstar: the Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1991)

Candy Darling and others

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Surftide 77 (1962)

Lady hires private eye; but the lady is a man in drag

Surprised Parties (1942)

Our Gang: Froggie disguises himself as a girl in order to sneak into his own party

Surrender (1987)

Michael A Andrews is a hooker

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Surrender Dorothy (1998)

Man creates his perfect girl out of a desperate male drug addict

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Surrogate, the (1984)

Jim Bailey plays a transgender character, Eric

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Surviving Friendly Fire (1997)

Suggested by Madeleine

Süße Leben des Grafen Bobby, Das (1962, Austria)

To go undercover among dancing troupe

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Swedish Sex Games (1974, Sweden)

See The Intruders

Sweedie Series (1914)

Wallace Beery plays Sweedie, a Swedish Maid

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Sweet and Sour (1963, France)

Pansy man in charm school; aka of Dragées au poivre

Sweet Kitty Belairs (1930)

Perry Askam

Sweet Music (1935)

Sweet November (2001)

Girl has transvestite neighbours

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Sweet Potato Pie (2004)

Tamir Yardenne plays Geneva

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Sweet Saviour (1971)

Tobi Marsh; aka of Love Thrill Murders

Sweethearts of the USA (1944)

Swingers' Paradise (1964, UK)

Alternative title of Wonderful Life

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Switch (1991)

Dead man sent back to earth as a girl

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Switch Killer (2005)

Killer has had a sex change; aka of Transamerican Killer

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Swordsman II (1991, Hong Kong)

Switch in martial arts film; aka of Xiao Ao Jiang Hu Zhi Dong Fang Bu Hai

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Swordsman III (1992, Hong Kong)

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

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Swordsman III: The East is Red (1992, Hong Kong)

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

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Sybil Bruncheon à la Maison (1986)

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Sygrou Avenue Strangler (1989, Greece)

Serial killing includes transsexuals

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Sylvia (1965)

Date! Paul Gilbert plays Lola Diamond, the cigar-smoking madam of a bordello

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Sylvia Scarlett (1936)

Young woman disguises as boy

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Synapse (1994)

Medical transfer of mind

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Synthetic Pleasures (1995)

Sci-fi with weird transsexual surgery

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