Gender identity movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant gender identity movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out queer cinema, captivating, touching, psychological, serious and realistic films and TV shows about / with desire for fame, lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gender, transsexual, lesbian, transgender, coming of age and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gender identity: Girls Lost (2015), We Are Who We Are (2020), Daniel and Ana (2009), Girl (2018), A Kid Like Jake (2018), Torrey Pines (2016), Laurence Anyways (2012), Drifting Flowers (2008), XXY (2007), Generation (2021).

List of gender identity movies

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 6.1
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Girls Lost (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Kim, Bella and Momo are three fourteen-year-old girls who discover a fantastic flower with magic qualities: by drinking its nectar they are transformed into boys and they enter a new world. At first they enjoy their newly found freedom, but soon ...
Style: psychological, ambiguous ending, disturbing, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, coming of age, desire for fame, transgender, friendship, unrequited love, transsexual, lgbtq, youth, school, love triangle, runaway ...
Place: eastern europe
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We Are Who We Are (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 462 min.
TV show
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, touching, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gays and lesbians, coming of age, forbidden love, lesbian mother, lesbian teen, lgbtq, sexual orientation, gay, lesbian, desire for fame, lgbtqi ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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Daniel and Ana (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.
Style: psychological, touching, sincere, erotic, eros ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, shame, forced sex, kidnapping, brother sister sex, brother sister relationship, obsession, family in crisis, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.2
 17K
Girl (2018)
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: social, thought provoking, sentimental, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ballerina, transsexual, transgender, trans woman, dancing, transsexuality, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, ballet school, teenager, first sexual experience ...
Time: 2010s, 90s
Place: antwerp, belgium
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A Kid Like Jake (2018)
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, fairy tale, independent film, queer cinema
Audience: preschool
Plot: gay, crossdresser, gender issues, desire for fame, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, transgender, lgbtq, gender, social issues, lgbt ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, montana, scotland, switzerland
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 7.5
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Torrey Pines (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single ...
Style: serious, sincere, contemplative, captivating
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, schizophrenia, road trip, paranoia, autobiography, hallucination, lgbtqi, desire for fame, gay interest, mother child relationship, psychosis ...
Time: 90s
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Laurence Anyways (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman.
Style: aesthetic, sincere, emotional, romantic, social ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, transsexuality, lgbt, impossible love, lgbtq, couple relations, transgender, follow your dream, lgbtqi, amor, lesbian, gender ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 20th century, 80s
Place: montreal, quebec
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Drifting Flowers (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: gender, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian, feminism, fall in love, love affair, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, teenage life, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, taiwan
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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: psychological, sincere, lgbt cinema, hispanic, multicultural ...
Audience: teens
Plot: transsexual, teenage life, sexual exploration, gender, intersex, gender bending, gay sex, sexual abuse, gay, lgbt, transsexuality, homosexuality ...
Place: uruguay, argentina, latin america, south america
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 7.1
 6K
Generation (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
Style: entertaining, captivating, sex comedy, humorous, queer cinema ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: sexual awakening, first sexual experience, sexuality, teenager, schoolboy, sexual attraction, high school student, gay, high school, teenage sex, masturbation, sexual relations ...
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The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, India, Netherlands, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries ...
Style: serious, captivating, touching, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Plot: family relations, punjabi, obsession, hidden identity, society, dishonesty, gender bending, parents and children, family life, favoritism among siblings, husband wife relationship, secret ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1947
Place: india, asia
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 7.4
 22K
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, captivating, sincere, touching, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gender, childhood, transsexual, youth, child protagonist, children, summer, friendship, lgbt, tomboy, sexual identity, society ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, indiana, paris france, europe
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Cheeky Angel (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Cheeky Angel is a comedy romance action manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year-old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy that always get into fights with a secret: she used to be ...
Style: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shounen ...
Plot: gender bending, magic, morphing, desire, teenage girl, gender, teenage boy, disorder, teenager, wish fulfillment, secret, social problems ...
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over ...
Style: romantic, dorama, feel good, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: tomboy, cross dressing, coffee shop, friendship, gender disguise, love triangle, love and romance, class differences, sister sister relationship, romantic friendship, male female relationship, mistaken for being gay ...
Place: seoul, korea
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 7.0
 3K
Romeos (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne where he meets the ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gender, transsexual, transgender, lgbt, gay couple, secret, friendship, sexual attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
Style: lgbt cinema, emotional, psychological, touching, social ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, female impersonator, cross dressing, drag queen, lgbtq, gay student, transsexual, gay, gay slur, gay interest, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 2020s
Place: britain, united kingdom, england, yorkshire
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The Immensity (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story of love between Clara and her children, set in Rome in the '70s.
Plot: unhappy marriage, asthma, lgbt, transsexual, desire for fame, marital rape, domestic violence, love, transgender, violent husband, infidelity, photography ...
Time: 70s
Place: rome italy
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 6.0
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The Intruder (2020)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. After a traumatic experience during a holiday trip, she develops a sleep disorder and starts suffering from very vivid nightmares. At work, the studio microphones pick up strange ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: split personality, nightmare, psychological trauma, escape from reality, disturbed individual, borderline personality disorder, career, psychological torment, female protagonist, identity crisis, actress, trauma ...
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Below Her Mouth (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, romantic, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, erotica, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian lover, lesbian romance, love affair, lesbian interest ...
Place: indiana
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 7.5
 103K
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: bleak, disturbing, touching, independent film, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, gender, rape, transgender, transsexual, violence, prejudice, lgbt, tragic love, small town, gay slur, lgbtq ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: nebraska, texas, usa
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My Life in Pink (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
Style: controversial, touching, psychological, social, depressing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: transsexual, gender, coming of age, transgender, cross dressing, gay, children, glbt, women, lgbtq, psychologist, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: france, belgium, paris france, europe
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Boys on Film 18: Heroes (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Boys On Film comes of age with uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves. Volume 18: Heroes includes ten complete films: Dean ...
Style: captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay interest, coming of age, lgbt, desire for fame, homosexual history, longing, aspiration, direction and purpose, social issues, gay stereotype, gay lead character ...
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 4.5
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Little Gay Boy (2013)
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: disturbing, psychological, captivating, experimental, avant garde ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, father son relationship, desire for fame, lgbtq, gay love, family problems, family relations, teenage life, relationship problems, teenager ...
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Happy Sisters (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Yoon Ye Eun has been married for 7 years. She is a housewife and works hard taking care of the family on her husband, Lee Jin Sup's side. Her in-laws though give her a hard time, but she is positive and happy. Her husband's business is ...
Style: captivating
Plot: love story, male female relationship, strong female presence, love and romance, desire for fame, romantic relationship, relationships, social relations, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, society ...
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Veneno (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 421 min.
TV show
Story: Adored for her charisma and her free, explicit and fun way of expressing herself, La Veneno gained popularity thanks to her television appearances in the 90s. However, her life and especially her death remain an enigma. 'Venom' is a series ...
Style: heartbreaking, touching, captivating, queer cinema, complex
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, cross dressing, transgender, artists and showbiz, lgbtq, lgbtqi, celebrity, gay, loneliness, secret, life philosophy ...
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Hijra in Between (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Story: After facing an irresistible change, what is she? Still him? Two women with different personalities have unexpectedly become the best sisters - He Xizhen, Liu Wanting, who like the above students at the same time, but in fact Wen Haosheng has long ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Plot: love triangle, transsexuality, friendship, friend, love and romance, secret, against the odds, teenage girl, culture clash, asian girl, sexual identity, desire for fame ...
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 6.4
 2K
Cowboys (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, social, queer cinema
Plot: transsexual, father son relationship, separated parents, mental illness, mental health, transsexuality, wildlife, runaway, wilderness, gay, family relations, desire for fame ...
Place: montana
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Heterosexual Jill (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A self-proclaimed "ex-lesbian," Jill hunts down her ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. "Heterosexual Jill" is a satire about sexuality where nothing is as it seems.
Style: light, sex comedy, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian interest, lgbtq, love triangle, desire for fame, couple relations, lesbian attraction, sexual relations, relationship problems, lesbian couple, love and romance ...
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 6.6
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Hermafrodita (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based in the 1960's, in a small village of the Dominican Republic, Maria, a hermaphrodite, is born. She is brought up by her grandmother in a racial environment. She experiences her first love with La Melaza an assassin who seeks refuge in her ...
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: intersex, secret, hermaphrodite, village, desire for fame, countryside, gender issues, gender, teenage life, social problems, society, life is a bitch ...
Place: dominican republic, caribbean
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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, transgender, gay, male nudity, skinny dipping, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay cruising, gays and lesbians, gay interest, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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