Gender movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant gender movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, queer cinema, touching, sexy, serious and sexual films and TV shows about / with gender, lgbt, lgbtq, gay, gays and lesbians, love and romance, transsexual, gender bending, gay interest and lesbian plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
gender movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gender: A Soap (2006), Don't Call Me Son (2016), Open (2010), My Straight Son (2012), 20 Centimeters (2005), Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Don't Tell Anyone (1998), Fucking Different (2005), XXY (2007), Woman in Love (2011).

List of gender movies

 6.4
 2K
A Soap (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 32-year-old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn´t want any of it. When she moves away from her boyfriend, she happens to become the upstairs neighbour of the transsexual Veronica. Veronica prefers to keep to herself with her little dog and a ...
Style: sexy, semi serious, sexual, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, gender bending, transvestite, sexual abuse, lgbtq, lesbian, lgbt, couples, friendship, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
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Don't Call Me Son (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his ...
Style: melancholic, disturbing, suspense, depressing, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gender, 17 year old, transvestism, lgbtq, family relations, lgbt, parents and children, teenager, music band, bisexual, lgbtqi ...
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 4.9
 149
Open (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: OPEN is a hallucinogenic journey through gender, identity, the body, love and how those can be shared by two people. The film consists of interlocking stories lines- the first about two transwomen in a pandrogynous relationship in which they ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: gender, transsexual, lgbt, intersex, self discovery, love affair, introspection, couples, society, gender bending, gay, transgender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minneapolis minnesota, minnesota
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My Straight Son (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: gender, gay parent, gay love, gay, gay couple, gay slur, estrangement, life turned upside down, photograph, gay father, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venezuela, iberian peninsula
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20 Centimeters (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Colloquially-told story of a few days in the life of Marieta, who's saving money for the last operation in her change from man to woman. She works as a prostitute in Madrid and longs for a legitimate job. Whenever she builds up her savings, her ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, transsexuality, sexual relations, masturbation, male nudity, male prostitute, massage, lgbt, lifestyle, friends, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, spain, madrid
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, lesbian relationship, lovers, lesbian teen, lesbianism, love, sex, gays and lesbians ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, california
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Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: gender, skinny dipping, gay husband, gay man straight woman relationship, cocaine, coming of age, college, lgbt, male homosexuality, naked man, closeted homosexual, drug abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: peru, miami, usa, florida
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Fucking Different (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fifteen queer crossovers: lesbian filmmakers from Berlin were asked to make a short film about their idea of male gay love and sexuality and, vice versa, gay men were given the task of making a short film about lesbian sexuality and eroticism.
Style: humorous, realistic, touching, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot: gender, couple relations, misfit, social misfits, sexual relations, gays and lesbians, couples, society, gender bending, looking for love, looking for sex, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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 7.0
 15K
XXY (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her ...
Style: sexy, psychological, lgbt cinema, sexual, hispanic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: transsexual, teenage life, homosexuality, gender, sexual exploration, gender bending, intersex, lgbt teen, transsexuality, lgbtq, sexual abuse, hermaphrodite ...
Place: uruguay, latin america, argentina, south america
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Woman in Love (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: gender, gender bending, hidden identity, actor's life, fall in love, transsexual, love and romance, dishonesty, filmmaking, disorder, artists and showbiz, crossdresser ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: germany
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Something Must Break (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Sebastian meets Andreas for the first time, he knows they belong together. While Sebastian defies gender norms — flouting convention in his androgynous fluidity — straight-identifying Andreas becomes unable to accept his attraction to ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, avant garde ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gender, transsexual, gay interest, skinny dipping, naked man, male nudity, gay cruising, male pubic hair, gay, transgender, transsexuality, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, indiana, eastern europe
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 6.5
 3K
Love Sick (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and ...
Style: sexual, sincere, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: incest, gender, brother sister incest, lesbian, brother sister relationship, sex with brother, sex with sister, redheaded woman, college student, making love, forbidden sex, jealous brother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: romania, bucharest
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The World Unseen (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, erotic, historical drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, gender, lesbian love, sapphic, forbidden love, lesbianism, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbian interest, lgbtq ...
Time: ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place: south africa, africa
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 5.8
 11K
Switch (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall ...
Style: sexy, humorous, parody, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: body swapping, gender, murder, fish out of water, afterlife, reincarnation, gender bending, switching bodies, womanizer, transsexual, divine intervention, soul transference ...
Time: 80s, year 1991, 90s
Place: new york
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 6.7
 2K
Purple Sea (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in ...
Style: touching, serious, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, island, lesbian romance, lesbianism, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian sex, village life ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, turn of the century, 1800s
Place: italy, mediterranean sea, sicily
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Boy Meets Girl (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: BOY MEETS GIRL is a funny, tender, sex positive romantic comedy that explores what it means to be a real man or woman, and how important it is to live a courageous life not letting fear stand in the way of going after your dreams.
Style: romantic, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: transsexual, lgbt, gender, lgbtq, transgender, transsexuality, lesbian, relationships, small town, love affair, loneliness, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, indiana, idaho, usa, new jersey ...
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 6.7
 26K
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style: touching, sad, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot: gender, loneliness, cross dressing, lesbian, lgbtq, master and servant, woman dressed as man, relationships, society, death, maid, gender disguise ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era, turn of the century ...
Place: ireland, england, britain, dublin ireland, europe
Is relevant?
 5.3
 1K
Sam (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An alpha New York City male is magically transformed into a beautiful girl, falls in love, and learns what it means to be a woman.
Style: humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining
Plot: body swapping, gender, male to female cross dressing, switching bodies, body transformation, changing lives, new life, transformation, relationships, new love, lifestyle change, new identity ...
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 6.6
 322
My Friend Joe (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Audience: family outing
Plot: gender, gender disguise, corporal punishment, coming of age, friendship, circus, youth, gender bending, impostor, first love, family relations, orphan ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland
Is relevant?
 6.0
 3K
Gayby (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ...
Style: sexy, humorous, semi serious, sexual, absurd ...
Plot: gay, gender, gay relationship, pregnancy, gays and lesbians, lgbt, singleness, yoga instructor, best friend, dating, sex scene, sexual relations ...
Place: new york
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The Skin I Live In (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style: psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time: year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, ancient greece, europe
Is relevant?
 6.4
 2K
52 Tuesdays (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition, and their time together becomes limited to Tuesdays. This emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility, and ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, captivating ...
Plot: teenage girl, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt, lgbt teen, transgender, disorder, youth, parents and children, transsexual, realism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, san francisco, antarctica
Is relevant?
 7.4
 23K
Tomboy (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style: serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, indiana, europe
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 7.5
 107K
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style: touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: nebraska, texas, usa
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The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The Four Faced Liar is a story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City... A story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gender, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian couple, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian sex, infidelity, love and romance, friendship, couples, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
 6.8
 2K
Violette (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, gender, lesbian relationship, writers, friendship, writer's life, friends, society, lgbt, women, couples, erotica ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, 70s, post world war two ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, provence
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 6.9
 1K
Unveiled (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran. In Germany she has no alternative way of avoiding the threat of deportation other than to assume the identity of a deceased co-detainee. So what happens ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, gender, lgbtq, gender bending, lesbian, lgbt, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, misfit, politics, fall in love, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 6.8
 3K
Urbania (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Charlie takes an odyssey through grief during a fall weekend in New York City. His encounters are planned and chance: with a homeless man who sleeps by his building, with a friend who's dying, with the couple who lives (and noisily loves) in ...
Style: sexy, homoerotic, surreal, psychological, talky ...
Plot: gay, urban legend, gender, gay relationship, glbt, murder, closeted homosexual, gay bashing, character study, depression, lgbt, gangster ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.3
 114K
The Birdcage (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style: sexy, humorous, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: lgbtq, gay parent, gender, gay, wedding, glbt, cross dressing, gay couple, senator, drag queen, gay father, farce ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, miami, usa, miami beach, los angeles ...
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 6.2
 4K
The Badge (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot: gender, murder, murder investigation, transsexual, gender bending, transgender, uncover truth, political corruption, investigation, fighting the system, politics, dishonesty ...
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
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