Girl dressed as boy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant girl dressed as boy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, captivating, humorous, semi serious and serious films and TV shows about / with girl dressed as boy, gender disguise, cross dressing, family relations, friendship, girl, father daughter relationship, coming of age, gender and teenage girl plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as girl dressed as boy: Lady Libertine (1984), The Challengers (1991), She's the Man (2006), Love in the Moonlight (2016), Tomboy (2011), K-POP Extreme Survival (2012), Crossing the Lighthouse (1999), Yentl (1983), The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013), Mel & Jenny (2008).

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Lady Libertine (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie ...
Style: erotic, sexual, realistic, serious
Plot: erotica, sex, fetish, female nudity, gender disguise, couples, society, love and romance, unlikely couple, hidden identity, gender bending, sexual relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: france, london, europe, england
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The Challengers (1991)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After her father dies and she moves to a new town, Mackie wants to join a certain gang/band. But they've got this boys-only rule. So Mackie comes up with an audacious plan...only it begins to backfire.
Style: independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: child, grief, talent show, gender bender, single parent, gender, child's point of view, ice cream, summer, new house, river, children ...
Place: canada
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 174K
She's the Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, soccer, cross dressing, tomboy, roommate, teenage love, teen romance, high school life, teenage life, hidden identity, gender disguise ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, london
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Love in the Moonlight (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hong Ra On, disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Lee Young - future Crown Prince Hyomyeong. Hong Ra On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Lee Young is unaware that Hong ...
Style: touching, captivating, humorous, costume drama, light ...
Plot: couples, joseon dynasty, gender disguise, forbidden love, crown prince, palace, friendship, cross dressing, coming of age, fall in love, eunuch, society ...
Time: 19th century
Place: korea
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 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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K-POP Extreme Survival (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ji Seung Yeon fails her audition piece for an English music college by severely modernizing it, secretly returning home to South Korea in shame. Hiding out at her painfully shy friend's house, she joins him in auditioning to replace popular ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, light, entertaining
Plot: cross dressing, audition, boy band, friendship, friendship between men, hidden identity, music competition, music business, love and romance, pop culture, popularity, friends ...
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Crossing the Lighthouse (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two kids about ten years old meet within a very peculiar framework: both come from broken families and are in care of foster homes...
Plot: coming of age, boyhood, youth, child, first love, detention, runaway, bullying, lighthouse, police, school, sexual dysfunction ...
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Yentl (1983)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
Style: period piece, emotional, touching, thinking, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: judaism, gender, skinny dipping, dancing, women, gender bender, woman dressed as man, arm wrestling, transsexual, feminist, transgender, destiny ...
Time: year 1983, 20th century, 1900s
Place: israel
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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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Mel & Jenny (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eternal daydreamer Mel can't wait to quit her sucky catering job and fly to her dream destination: Portugal. Things change when the beautiful Jenny literally crashes into her life when Mel nearly runs her over in her classic BMW. It is love at ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, psychological, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lgbt, fall in love, girlfriend, couples, daydreamer, young love, car accident, self discovery, gender disguise ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, portugal
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 8.1
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Paper Moon (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Style: road movie, sentimental, black and white, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: father daughter relationship, friendship, great depression, mischievous children, orphan, girl, road trip, tomboy, con men, on the road, con man, bible ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: missouri, kansas, usa
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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, realistic, semi serious, emotional, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: gender, coming of age, gender disguise, corporal punishment, youth, friendship, first love, impostor, circus, family relations, orphan, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland
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The Breadwinner (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Style: rough, heartbreaking, sincere, suspense, sad ...
Audience: kids
Plot: poverty, disguise, prison, imprisonment, religious intolerance, storytelling, tyranny, friendship, female protagonist, gender disguise, taliban, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place: afghanistan
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Summer Holiday (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If ...
Style: road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rock, singer, animal, summer, beautiful scenery, pop music, road trip, bus, hotel, summer vacation, partner, optimism ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: greece, france, england, london, europe ...
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The King of Masks (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: children, art, women, monkey, circus, coming of age, poverty, opera, culture clash, loneliness, artist, actor ...
Time: 1930s, year 1996, 20th century, 1900s
Place: asia, china
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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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Attention, Turtle! (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in 1970's Soviet Union, the story follows a group of young children and a pet turtle. When one of the children becomes ill and taken to hospital, his turtle falls into the hands of two mischievous boys who test the turtle's ...
Audience: kids
Plot: children, boy, singing, rain, blond boy, wedding, gym class, laundry, piano, girl, army, nudity ...
Place: soviet union
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Shine or Go Crazy (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Wang So is the Prince of Goryeo who has a cursed fate. He had to get married with the Last Princess of Balhae, Shin Yool. She was born with the fate of becoming the light for another country. But because of this fate, she has to face death. Through ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: heir to the throne, historical figure, royalty, star crossed lovers, love triangle, love, princess, rivalry, throne, unrequited love, love affair, family problems ...
Time: 10th century
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Slack Bay (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where ...
Style: cult classic, art house, period piece, crying, avant garde
Plot: nude beach, beach, etiquette, naturist, swamp, disappearance, dune, cannibalism, cannibal, underground, lgbt, human relationship ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 2016, 1910s
Place: atlantic ocean, english channel
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The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Siegfried.
Style: sexploitation film
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, ladykiller, dragon, sword fight, orgy, torture chamber, invisibility, female soldier, sexploitation, sex, lesbianism ...
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AJ and the Queen (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: While traveling across the country in a run-down RV, drag queen Ruby Red discovers an unlikely sidekick in AJ: a tough-talking 10-year-old stowaway.
Style: funny, road movie, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: female impersonator, street kid, gay, lgbtq, nightclub, trip, deception, dream, adult child friendship, lgbt, road trip, drag queen ...
Place: usa
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Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A high-school student Yoshiro has never got a spotlight in his life and spends his days aimlessly. What only shines in his life is a girl Sae at his school. Even if being completely disregarded by her, he still dreams of becoming her true love in ...
Style: sexy, erotic, light, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, sex scene, friendship, friend, seduction, magic, investigation, infatuation, teacher, school, erotica, father daughter relationship ...
Place: japan
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. In this masterful, atmospheric adventure, a courageous young girl (Meredith Salenger) confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country ...
Style: touching, scenic, entertaining, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: great depression, friendship, coming of age, wolf, dog, youth, animal, on the road, human animal relationship, hopes, custody, against the odds ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1935
Place: usa, washington state, chicago, colorado
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Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the young woman to her small village in the Alps is reported to have crashed in the mountains, Sebastian ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, exciting, feel good, light
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, little boy, friendship, boy, boy and dog, father and son, missing person, orphan, father son reunion, father son relationship, courage, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s, year 2015, year 1945
Place: alps
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Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its stark character provokes will force to face all the ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, touching, tense, anime
Plot: teenage girl, female protagonist, chase, military, gold mine, gold, disguise, golddigger, promise, chore, dead mother, car trunk ...
Time: 19th century
Place: france
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The Great Queen Seondeok (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Queen Seondeok is a 2009 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Yo-won, Go Hyun-jung, Uhm Tae-woong, Park Ye-jin, Kim Nam-gil and Yoo Seung-ho. It chronicles the life of Queen Seondeok of Silla. It aired on MBC from May 25 to December 22, 2009 ...
Style: epic, sageuk, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot: power struggle, political intrigue, royal family, queen, murder, prophecy, political leader, cross dressing, palace, empire, rise to power, sword fight ...
Time: medieval times, 7th century, ancient times
Place: korea
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cattle Annie and Little Britches is a 1981 American film[1] starring Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger, Diane Lane, and Amanda Plummer, based on the lives of two adolescent girls in the late 19th century Oklahoma Territory, who became infatuated with the ...
Style: costume drama, period drama
Plot: woman with a gun, skinny dipping, train robbery, u.s. marshal, outlaw gang, girl, cowgirl, outlaw, cowboy, escape, love, teenager ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1800s, year 1981
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Light of My Life (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style: apocalyptic, ambiguous ending, bleak, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: post apocalypse, epidemic, father daughter relationship, virus, distopia, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, child in peril, forest, girl, immunity, parents and children ...
Time: year 2019
Place: persia
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, family relations, orphan, obsession, countryside, siblings relations, society, social differences, rich and poor, young lovers, literary ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire
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Before Snowfall (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family ...
Style: road movie, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: chase, on the run, young heroes, survival, family relations, on the road, family life, wedding, reluctant hero, winter, family honor, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kurdistan, iraq, turkey, greece, europe ...
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