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Transamerica (2005)
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Transamerica (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the trip across the United States.
Style: touching, road movie, independent film, sincere, humorous, lgbt cinema, realistic, comedy drama, emotional, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, transgender, gay, transsexuality, road trip, gender bending, psychiatrist, therapist, gender, lgbtq, self discovery, male nudity, lgbt, hidden identity, lgbtqi, female impersonator, pornographic video, porn actor, trans woman, family relations, parenthood, coming of age, loneliness, stereotypes, character study ...
Time: year 2005, near future, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, los angeles, new york, california, united states, united states of america
Keyword: feminist film, americana

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AJ and the Queen (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
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Duration: 101 min.
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Duration: 119 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.4
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Dirty Girl (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 106 min.
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