Crossdressing in Movies

[KateW]

Hi girls,

There are loads of movies about that feature men in situations where they have to crossdress, or are transsexuals / crossdressers by choice. I was wondering if you could share your favourites, and in turn, let others know of some that they may have missed!


To get things started, here are my top 10 films featuring crossdressers (but not necessarily with crossdressing as the main theme).

1. Kinky Boots
2. Tootsie
3. The Rocky Horror Show
4. Billy Elliot
5. Mrs Doubtfire
6. Some Like It Hot
7. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
8. Sorority Boys
9. Boat Trip
10. To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Here are some additional films:

TransAmerica, Breakfast On Pluto, The Bird Cage, the Producers, White Chicks, Nuns On The Run, Big Momma's House 1 & 2, Juwanna Mann, Mixed Nuts, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Crying Game, Junior, Tango and Cash, Silence of the Lambs,The Dress Code, The Hot Chick, Anger Management, Willow, Police Academy, Mr Nanny, and Ernest Goes To Jail. (Phew!)

Hugs,

Kate xxx

[cyle_elise]

what was that horrible movie with the two brothers from in living color?

[KateW]

I believe that was White Chicks, and I agree... it was horrible!

[ReginaK]

I guess you can count "Girls Will be Girls", but that was really drag queens playing GGs. Crossdressing wasn't really an element of the movie.

[Wendi {LI NY}]

I love the movie "Some like it HOT" I think that started me thinking ,,Hey maybe there are people like me ? [smile] I was very young .
Also an movie called ." Goodbye Charlie" with Debbie Reynolds
She Played a men that was a playboy that was murder and came back as a women that had to learn to be a women !She also gets sirduse by her best friend ,That she :: Knew was a male ..:
I was fascinate that maybe I would wake -up one morning and I would be a girl? Well I thought it could happen ? I think I made it happen? hugs,Wendi

[GypsyKaren]

Hi Kate

First of all, let me welcome you to our family, I'm so glad you're here. Same goes to you Cyle Elise, welcome, and I love your name, it's so unique and I love things that are unique.

As far as movies go, you got it covered pretty well, though there are a few that you overlooked. I guess these weren't movies per se, but they were always hilarious, and they featured men in dresses quite often.

The Three Stooges. I don't think there's to much that can crack me up more than seeing Curly in a dress, especially when he pretended to be an opera singer once.

Bugs Bunny. Remember when Bugs dressed up and became Lady Bugs? Not only did he look good in a dress, but I can't think of anyone who wore lipstick better than Lady Bugs. Why the folks at Revlon or Covergirl haven't signed Lady Bugs to be their spokesperson yet is beyond me.

Not a movie but a television show, Monty Python's Flying Circus. I realize it was all satire and that they always looked awful on purpose, it's just that I'm a big fan and I saw an oppurtunity to throw in a shameless plug. Sorry.

GypsyKaren

[KateW]

Thanks for your contributions so far and for welcoming me - its great to be here!

kate xxxx

PS. I just remembered another film... Ace Ventura: Pet Detective! (one of the characters at the end)

[susandrea]

Monty Python's Flying Circus.

GypsyKaren

And also Kids in the Hall and The Hollow Men (a riot!)

[KateW]

Here are two more: All The Queens Men and Ed Wood.

[susandrea]

Here are two more: All The Queens Men and Ed Wood.

They add up, don't they!?

Some Like it Hot is one of my all-time favs.

I also liked To Wong Foo, even if it was a bit flawed, because the lead actors did such a great job and treated their characters with respect.

The British TV hit "Little Britain" features both actors as crossdressers and male actors playing women.

[CaptLex]

Bugs Bunny. Remember when Bugs dressed up and became Lady Bugs? Not only did he look good in a dress, but I can't think of anyone who wore lipstick better than Lady Bugs. Why the folks at Revlon or Covergirl haven't signed Lady Bugs to be their spokesperson yet is beyond me.

I agree! Bugsy is my favorite crossdresser of all time. I think my favorite one is when he was on the riverboat dressed like a southern belle.

[mmandy31]

the best movie i seen the crying game
it was good serious movie from england loved it

[Lady Katherine]

Crying Game was a moving, tragic picture. Just got home from seeing "Breakfast on Pluto," also done by Neil Jordan. The crossdressing star was totally believable, never going over the top in his female impersonation. You were comfortable with him as a female. Despite heavy violence in the movie, it failed to convey the seriousness of the Irish "troubles" but the young lady was a joy to see.

Katherine

[susandrea]

Being a pickypants, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tootsie, and Some Like It Hot didn't feature crossdressers.

The characters were guys dressed that way as a disguise (but it was used as a comic device and not intended in any way to be regarded as crossdressing.)

Great films, though!

A couple more-- crossdressers or not-- The World According to Garp, Ma Vie en Rose, Stage Beauty, Just Like a Woman, I Was a Male War Bride, Beautiful Boxer, Victor/Victoria, the new version of The Longest Yard, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and... I'm sure there are more.

[KirstyChibiMoon]

A couple more-- crossdressers or not-- The World According to Garp, Ma Vie en Rose, Stage Beauty, Just Like a Woman, I Was a Male War Bride, Beautiful Boxer, Victor/Victoria, the new version of The Longest Yard, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and... I'm sure there are more.

kewl Ma Vie en Rose is one of my faves
heres a kewl linkee on it:

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics...illsclips.html

[Lindahexi]

Thanks for the link Kirsty, looks like a really nice movie.

[CDtv]

How about the Monty Python cast!!!! Lot's of inspiration there correct. Lumberjacks not withstanding

[christine55]

It is kind of strange that two of the most well made, serious, with the most beleivable presentations as women are movies having to do with Ireland and the troubles there, Breakfast on Pluto, and The Crying Game. Would anyone have any idea why this is. Are there lots of crossdressers in Ireland?
Hugs, Christine

[Michelle8]

The Best Movie Has To Be The Crying Game.
Jaye Davidson Was fantastic!She Was So
Believable And I For One Am Envious.

[charly]

"Ma Vie En Rose" (My life In Pink) Is about a little boy who thinks that he is supposed to be a little girl. It came out in '97 and was nominated for Golden Globe "Best Foreign Film"

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/mavieenrose/

[Kaelin]

I vaguely recall a movie, perhaps made for television sometime in the 90s.
The plot consisted of a young mtf who wanted badly to attend some sort of girls summer camp and convinced his sister to give him a hand. From what very little I can recall it was reasonably well done.


Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

[BrendaB GG]

There's also a movie called Normal, which I guess is not strictly crossdressing. The guy is transgendered and comes out to his wife and family after 25 years of marriage. Stars Jessica Lange. Worth a viewing for sure.
Brenda

[Danielle]

GIRLS!!What about Back to the future 2??Michael J fox plays his own daughter,thought that was cool!

[KateW]

While not about men being dressed as women - the following film was also announced today:

New Line has snagged the comedy pitch None Of Her Business from writing team Cindy and Donald Hewitt. The plot focuses on a corporate executive who is fired, but turns a Tootsie and gets her job back by posing as a man. Hilarity, no doubt ensues. There’s no cast or director attached yet.

With a woman playing the role of a man in "TransAmerica", perhaps I should suggest myself to play a woman dressing as a man in "None of her Business"?

[joanlynn28]

Let's not forget that Canadian comedy show "The Kids in the Hall" I loved the way Dave Foley looked dressed up emfemme on that show. On of Lorne Micheals better efforts compared to SNL.