Gender issues movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gender issues movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing, queer cinema, thrilling and realistic films and TV shows about / with gender issues, gender, lgbt, lgbtq, gender roles, gay, female protagonist, social problems, coming of age and transgender plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Japan, France and other countries.
148
TOP 10 movies tagged as gender issues: (S)He (2020), Not My Fault: Mexico (2021), Tomboy (2011), A Kid Like Jake (2018), Sleepaway Camp (1983), 3 Women (1977), Girl (2018), It's Okay to Be Sensitive (2018), Tracey (2018), Unrequited Love (2016).
Best films
List of gender issues movies
79
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
(S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, transphobia, coming of age, self acceptance, desire for fame, gender issues, lgbtq, gender, social issues, transgender woman, gender bending ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Two years after her sister Liliana disappeared without a trace, Mariana receives painful closure when her body is finally discovered. Mariana’s pain empowers her to embark on a tireless mission to learn the truth about what happened to Liliana – ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, women's rights, social problems, life is a bitch, social issues, female protagonist, sorority, women, society, social injustice, gender issues, gender equality ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
23K
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake’s preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake’s gender expansive behavior to help him stand ...
Style:
captivating, deep, independent film, fairy tale, queer cinema ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
gay, morning sickness, gender issues, transsexual, desire for fame, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, lgbtq, transgender, gender, social issues ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, scotland, montana, switzerland
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, sexy, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, serial killer, murder, bullying, psychopath, youth, teenage life, female villain, rivalry, psycho killer, danger, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An awkward young teen working at a spa becomes overly attached to her fellow worker, a lonely outcast. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange pregnant artist and her has-been cowboy husband. Amid emotional crises, the three woman steal and trade ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, art house, depressing, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
surrealism, insanity, psychology, suicide attempt, women, feminist, identity, feminism, gender issues, mental disorder, artist, psychotic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
california, usa, texas
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl, born in a boy's body, dreams of becoming a ballerina and will push her body to its limits in order for her dream to succeed.
Style:
thought provoking, sentimental, uplifting, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ballerina, transsexual, teenager, trans woman, dancing, transsexuality, gay, sexual attraction, ballet school, lgbt, transgender, first sexual experience ...
Time:
2010s, 90s
Place:
antwerp, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
A webdrama focusing on feminism and gender issues. The main audience are women in their 20s and 30s and the drama is mainly focused on radical feminism in Korea.
Style:
dorama, touching, light, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
young adult, gender issues, feminism, relationships, male female relationship, female student, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young girl, couple relations, college student, couples ...
Is relevant?
468
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tai-hung, in his 50s, lives happily with his wife. Informed of the death of his high school friend, Tai-hung’s secret past resurfaces. The feature debut from promising new Hong Kong talent Jun Li.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
transgender, grief, lgbt, transgender woman, character study, identity, gender issues, problem, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Story:
Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is ...
Style:
anthology, romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, unrequited love, desire for fame, gender issues, love story, love affair, in love, love interest, gender roles, lgbt, relationship problems, love and romance ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Rachel meets Nathan, a gay man who later marries her due to family's pressure. Unhappy and trapped, Nathan plots his fake death and later undergoes to a sexual reassignment and face surgery in another country. Years later, Rachel meets Gavin ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, satirical, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
gender issues, gender bending, gender, love affair, love interest, satire, ex couple relations, fall in love, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, husband wife relationship ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
TV show
Story:
Las Pelotaris 1926 tells the story of Chelo, Idoia and Itzi, three female pelota players who struggle to achieve their dreams in the 1920s, but these successful sportswomen will have to face the consequences of breaking the mold in a world where ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama, period piece
Plot:
gender roles, gender equality, feminism, female empowerment, women, coping, gender issues, female protagonist, society, athlete's life, professional sports, female athlete ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
spain, basque country
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which began in Bessatsu Hana to Yume in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dorama
Plot:
high school, friendship, love, gender issues, friends in love, couples, classmate, gender roles, in love, adolescence, schoolboy, gender ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman who wishes to become a priest hires a lawyer to file suit against the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, political drama
Plot:
religious conflict, religious intolerance, attorney, lawsuit, women's rights, gender issues, catholic church, gender equality, discrimination, lawyer, defense attorney, priest ...
Place:
new orleans
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing signs of gender variance. When Max was eight, her father, Stephen, left the family home. But as Max’s conviction that she’s in ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, family relations, father son relationship, lgbtq, gender, gender issues, parents and children, psychology, gender roles, family problems, social problems ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Denny, a free spirit and artist falls for Ryan, a straight laced lawyer. When Denny questions gender their love is tested.
Style:
sincere, captivating, dramatic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
lgbtq, desire for fame, gender, relationships, couple relations, painter, gender issues, lawyer, love affair, lgbt, self discovery, acceptance ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
In a world where rules are set by men, Dr Deepika Sinha, a surgeon, enters FMS hospital. But for her to live her dream, she must struggle against gender bias, judgment, as well as her own past.
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
ambition, doctor, hospital, coping, gender issues, medical, female doctor, social issues, female protagonist, social problems, physician, career ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, "Woman Of" spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły and her journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman.
Style:
psychological, captivating, erotic, queer cinema
Plot:
transsexuality, town, family relations, transgender, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, gender, family problems, social problems, gender roles, gender issues ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benedetta, an obese fifteen-year-old yearning for attention, lives in a tawdry province in the south of Italy, emblematic of her inner landscape where everything could be and yet is not. She falls in love with Armando, aka Amanda, a young ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
teenager, gays and lesbians, friendship, relationship problems, gender issues, adolescence vs adulthood, social problems, teenage protagonist, gender, lgbt, grownups, gender roles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
“IS” stands for “intersexual,” a term referring to people who cannot clearly be classified as male or female, and who may biologically possess characteristics of both sexes. Rokuhana's manga primarily deals with the troubles faced by ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
intersex, transgender, family relations, japanese girl, social problems, gender, gender roles, life is a bitch, gender issues, duplicity, school, sexual content ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
133
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Guys (Les Mecs) is a sharp comedy about male behaviour, gender relations and intergenerational expectations, where four male friends, Martin, Eric, Christian, and Simon, now in their 50's, struggle to stay relevant in today's life.
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, psychological ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship between men, social problems, social issues, identity crisis, friendship, crisis, problem, gender, gender issues, lifestyle, group of friends ...
Is relevant?
438
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In late 19th century Montana, an artist seeking inspiration explores the landscape with his Native American guide, and finds his conceptions of himself and of the world around him challenged. In 1970s Barstow, California, a questioning youth's ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
lgbt, self discovery, gay, gender, identity, multiple storylines, male female relationship, transsexual, social problems, introspection, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
70s, 19th century
Place:
wyoming, montana
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Aspiring influencer Marco lands a dream job with a makeup mogul and begins a dazzling journey of self-discovery amid work chaos and romantic challenges.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, queer cinema ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, male male relationship, lgbtq, makeover, job, lgbt, gender issues, gender, ambition, satire, homosexuality, desire ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The plot addresses Maria Luísa's struggle for freedom, the struggle for rights and privileges that, at the time, were reserved almost exclusively to men. Maria Luísa decides to assume a false identity - that of a man.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gender disguise, female protagonist, gender roles, patriarchy, female empowerment, feminist, oppression, women's rights, social problems, pretense, pretending to be someone else, gender issues ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
portugal
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
trans woman, transgender, transsexuality, motherhood, family drama, desire for fame, character study, lgbtq, relatives, relationships, instinct, transsexual ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two years after the death of Jean, Matthias, the coach, decides to take Selime, a young man from the suburbs he believes is gay, to accompany the Shiny Shrimps to the Gay Games in Tokyo, on a trip to pay tribute to their friend who left too early. ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gay slur, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay rights, homophobe, travel, humour, gender issues, homophobic slur ...
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Niña de mi Corazón is a teen Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Telefe adapted from Pedro Damian's 1997 Mi Pequeña Traviesa, that premiered on March 8, 2010 and ended on July 9, 2010. Damian was also the producer of this telenovela.
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, telenovela
Plot:
gender disguise, employer employee relationship, con trick, double life, pretending to be someone else, hotshot lawyer, gender roles, workplace, ruse, lawyer, lifestyle change, sexism ...
Is relevant?
542
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
racism, justice, attorney, fight for justice, courtroom, social issues, social justice, ambition, teamwork, rich and poor, female lawyer, lawyer ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Even though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she realizes that she's not the killer they want her to be, and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, anamorphic ...
Plot:
resistance, battles, fight, good versus evil, fantasy world, fighting the system, gender roles, parallel world, competitor, gender issues, fight for supremacy, radio ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, experimental, anthology ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, nude young male, male pubic hair, gay love, desire for fame, family problems, lgbtq, gay lead character, teenager, gay youth ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
