Actor playing female role movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant actor playing female role movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, funny, offbeat, dark comedy and slapstick films and TV shows about / with actor playing female role, family relations, woman played by man, misfit, satire, gay, dancing, friendship, disorder and dysfunctional family plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Philippines and other countries.
actor playing female role
 46
actor playing female role movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as actor playing female role: Madea's Family Reunion (2002), Jack and Jill (2011), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009), Demon Pond (1979), Baskets (2016), Not Cool (2014), Hairspray Live! (2016), Morran & Tobias: Godsend (2016), Pink Flamingos (1972), Polyester (1981).

List of actor playing female role movies

Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
Ferozz: The Wild Red Riding Hood (2010)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Cuba, Costa Rica
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A young, attractive widow is protected from her vicious mother-in-law, by a male relative who practices Satanism, and lusts after the old woman's sexy adolescent granddaughter.
Style: rough, suspense, brutal, transgressive, fairy tale ...
Plot: taboo sex, incestuous sex, seduction, mother son incest, zoophilia, rape, exploring sexuality, sex, coming of age, witch, controversy, life is a bitch ...
Place: cuba
Is relevant ?
Madea's Family Reunion (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Just as the southern matriarch, Madea buries her older sister, Irene. (There is no mention of Helen and Charles Jr. at all during the play). Her granddaughter Lisa is getting married to a very successful rich man name Ronnie at the house, but ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot: family life, wedding, eccentric family, family gatherings, family problems, disorder, family relations, dysfunctional family, death in the family, funeral, black, madea ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
Is relevant ?
Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Angelina is a 7 year old brilliant and talented girl who is spoiled and a bully. Her first yaya (nanny) was hospitalized because of the girl's disobedience (A fire happened before she was hospitalized. Angelina was the cause of the fire because ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, witty, captivating
Plot: rivalry, female boss, television, gangster, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, nanny, student, fired from the job, teacher, hospital, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
Is relevant ?
 3.3
 90K
Jack and Jill (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, ...
Style: humorous, parody, not serious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: twins, twin brother and sister, thanksgiving, siblings relations, stupidity, happy ending, family relations, misfit, eccentric family, life turned upside down, looking for love, celebration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant ?
Harishchandrachi Factory (2009)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The movie depicts efforts and struggle by Dadasaheb Falke for creating first motion picture in India - Raja Harishchandra.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, cult classic ...
Plot: optimism, filmmaking, against the odds, showbiz, ambition, artists and showbiz, friendship, passion, husband wife relationship, visionary, biopic, hindu ...
Time: 1910s
Place: india, asia, london, bombay india
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 523
Demon Pond (1979)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.
Plot: androgyny, japanese mythology, flood, human sacrifice, voice over narration, flashback, doll, bell, water shortage, drought, rain, funeral ...
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 13K
Baskets (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, ironic ...
Plot: clown, hopes, follow your dream, misfit, goofy hero, sibling relationship, sarcasm, satire, rivalry, brother brother relationship, family relations, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
Is relevant ?
 3.5
 6K
Not Cool (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: NOT COOL follows former prom king and college freshman Scott (Shane Dawson) who has just returned home for Thanksgiving break only to be dumped by his eccentric, long-term girlfriend. With his world turned upside down, Scott strikes an unlikely ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, scenic, teen ...
Plot: fall in love, love and romance, college life, youth, couples, unlikely couple, friends, small town, homecoming, love, college, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
Is relevant ?
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style: captivating, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Plot: theater, dance, live performance, racism, fat girl, race, dream, equality, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: baltimore, maryland
Is relevant ?
Morran & Tobias: Godsend (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After an incident with a hot air balloon burner, Morran and her son Tobias have reduced their home of 34 years to ashes. With a burnt out caravan in tow filled with sooty household goods they make their move to a new council house. Whilst Morran ...
Style: absurd, humorous, idiotic
Plot: dimwit, nothing goes right, mother son relationship, escapades, goofy hero, mishap, farce, clumsiness, parakeet, heroes, prank, stupidity ...
Place: eastern europe
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 28K
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, underground film, controversial, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: nudity, obsession, perversion, lesbian, controversy, gender, animal abuse, dysfunctional family, arson, male nudity, dehumanization, absurd humor ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, baltimore, idaho, maryland
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 9K
Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Eddie Murphy stars as shy Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, brilliant, 'calorifically challenged' genetic professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, Sherman grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and ...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, hilarious, touching ...
Audience: date night, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: overweight, split personality, african american, inventor, alter ego, experiment gone awry, campus, farce, love, black, goofy hero, teacher ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: madagascar, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 23K
Hairspray (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after ...
Style: feel good, light, stylized, witty, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: teenager, rock and roll, high school, civil rights, music, social differences, satire, dancing, fat girl, racism, interracial love, hair ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1963
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland, america
Is relevant ?
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, haunted house, family relations, couples, nothing goes right, love and romance, family problems, disorder, stalking ...
Time: 80s
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 10K
Female Trouble (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing, sexy, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: juvenile delinquent, absurd violence, absurd humor, female nudity, murder, kidnapping, male nudity, dysfunctional family, acid, surrealism, nudity, disfigurement ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: baltimore
Is relevant ?
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill ...
Style: funny, cult classic, light, humorous, retro ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, afterlife, robot, rock and roll, heaven, sent to the past, heavy metal, buddy, god, grim reaper, rejuvenation ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 23
Cinderella (1970)
Genre: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cinderella is helped to the ball by her fairy godmother.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: cinderella, ballet, stepdaughter, prince, fairy godmother, fairy, transformation, orchestra, pumpkin, love at first sight, half sister, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Is relevant ?
 5.6
 495
Three Brothers (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, feel good, metafiction ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: princess, witch, stepmother, heroes, good versus evil, young heroes, heroic mission, sibling relationship, imaginary, youth, escapades, family relations ...
Place: central europe
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 420K
Life of Brian (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, satirical ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: monty python, religion, satire, ancient rome, mistaken identity, roman empire, ancient, dark humor, medieval, christmas, religious, absurdism ...
Time: 1st century, 20th century, ancient times, year 1979, biblical epic ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, jerusalem, palestine, middle east ...
Is relevant ?
Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.
Style: retro, psychotronic, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: disco, skater, nightclub, pizza, contest, dancing, male protagonist, exploitation, dj, vietnam veteran, roller skater, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Is relevant ?
Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: funny, entertaining, spoof, independent film
Plot: shootout, brother brother relationship, mother, absurdism, hotel, horse, loner, prank, surrealism, equestrian, earthquake, poisoning ...
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 150
Spic-O-Rama (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: John Leguizamo's follow-up to Mambo Mouth.
Style: parody, sketch comedy, spoof, one man show
Plot: stand up comedy, stereotypes, family relations, wedding, ethnic humor, stand up comedian, monologue, joke, comedian, social satire, dysfunctional family, satire ...
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 6.6
 26
Desperadas 2 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
Style: psychological, satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling
Plot: half sister, sister, lifestyle, family relations, women, relationships, family life, satire, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, dominant woman, actor playing female role
Place: the philippines
Is relevant ?
Miracle Girls (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Musical band "Yajima Biyoshitsu" comes to Japan from Nevada, USA to debut their CD.
Plot: softball, aspiring actress, crush, beauty salon, 17 year old, disappearance, missing father, adult as child, beauty pageant, drag, missing husband, masquerade ...
Place: nevada
Is relevant ?
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. ...
Style: sketch comedy, humorous, not serious, talky, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, comedian, satire, musician, singer, cross dressing, actor, politics, stand up comedian, comedy team, celebrity culture, friends ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 70s, 90s, 80s ...
Place: usa, new york, america
Is relevant ?
Three on a Couch (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust ...
Style: slapstick comedy
Plot: psychiatrist, patient, mental disorder, androgyny, sexy woman, receptionist, cross dressing, fiancee, painter, elevator, dancing, doctor patient relationship ...
Time: year 1966
Place: persia, paris france
Is relevant ?
Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Chapter 3 of the Problem Child trilogy features pre-teened Junior in love with a classmate that won't even notice him, but does notice three other boys who are rivals to Junior. This means war!
Style: dark comedy, slapstick, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: youth, child, mischievous children, childhood, children, spoiled brat, child star, problem child, nurse, doctor, boy scout, dentist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 26K
Little Britain (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The show's title is an amalgamation of the ...
Style: sketch comedy, parody, not serious, cynical, witty ...
Plot: stupidity, sketch, satire, social satire, lifestyle, sexual humor, human nature, society, social misfits, misfit, gender bending, false identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, paris france, london
Is relevant ?
Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot: gay stereotype, identity crisis, gay, family relations, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, youth, actor's life, self discovery, fall in love, unsupportive parent, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, spain
Is relevant ?
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie