Highest-Rated Movies about 'Cross Dresser'

The Fisher King (1991), Tootsie (1982), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), Before Night Falls (2000), Bronson (2008), The Brandon Teena Story (1998), Miracle Mile (1988), No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Cross Dresser movies.

#1. The Fisher King (1991)

Storyline: After hearing a popular DJ rail against yuppies, a madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar. Dejected and remorseful, the DJ strikes up a friendship with Parry, a former professor who became unhinged and then homeless after witnessing his wife's violent death in the bar shooting. The DJ seeks redemption by helping Parry in his quest to recover an item that he believes is the Holy Grail and to win the heart of the woman he loves.

Plot Keywords: homeless person, contemplating suicide, death of wife, video store clerk, post traumatic stress disorder, redemption, shrine ...

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#2. Tootsie (1982)

Storyline: Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.

Plot Keywords: reputation, cult film, unwanted kiss, premarital sex, seduction, lesbian, woman in lingerie ...

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#3. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Storyline: Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.

Plot Keywords: bus, desert, drag queen, on the road, homosexual, gay father, scene after end credits ...

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#4. Before Night Falls (2000)

Storyline: Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, he is in Havana. He meets the wealthy Pepe, an early lover; a love-hate relationship lasts for years. Openly gay behavior is a way to spite the government. His writing and homosexuality get him into trouble: he spends two years in prison, writing letters for other inmates and smuggling out a novel. He befriends Lázaro Gomes Garriles, with whom he lives stateless and in poverty in Manhattan after leaving Cuba in the Mariel boat-lift. When asked why he writes, he replies cheerfully, "Revenge."

Plot Keywords: poet, novelist, gay, homosexual, illness, death of title character, snowing ...

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#5. Bronson (2008)

Storyline: In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to seven years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture.

Plot Keywords: male full frontal nudity, male frontal nudity, prisoner, violence, brutality, mustache, art teacher ...

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#6. The Brandon Teena Story (1998)

Storyline: Documentary about Brandon Teena (aka Teena Brandon), a transgendered person, who was murdered along with two others in 1993 in rural Nebraska. The story is told through interviews with people who knew Brandon, recorded interrogation and trial transcripts, and photographs and file film footage.—Michael C. Berch <mcb@postmodern.com>

Plot Keywords: character name as title, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, actress playing herself, actor playing himself, house, shooting ...

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#7. Miracle Mile (1988)

Storyline: A young man meets and falls in love with a young woman at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. This area is known as Miracle Mile, and the whole movie takes place there. They make a date, which he misses, and while he is searching for her, he accidentally finds out that we (the United States) are about to start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. He frantically searches for her so that they can escape Los Angeles.—Mark Logan <marklo@west.sun.com>

Plot Keywords: suspense, 1980s, night, nuclear war, cross dresser, van, cell phone ...

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#8. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)

Storyline: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: detective, disguise, new york city, serial killer, black comedy, based on novel, six word title ...

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#9. Chocolate (2008)

Storyline: When Zin, former girlfriend of a Thai mob boss, falls for Masashi, a Japanese gangster in Thailand, the boss banishes them: Masashi to Japan, and Zin, with her small daughter Zen, to live next to a martial arts school. Zen is autistic, with uncanny swift reflexes. She watches the students next door and Muay Thai movies, absorbing every technique. She's now a teen, and her mother needs chemotherapy. Zin has taken in a chubby kid, Moom, who watches over Zen. Moom finds a ledger listing business men who owe Zin money; he goes to them one at a time to collect in order to pay for Zin's treatment. Zen, with her martial skills, becomes his enforcer. A showdown with the boss is inevitable.

Plot Keywords: mutilation, action heroine, one woman army, one against many, spear, disarming someone, hand to hand combat ...

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#10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Storyline: To be a Pet Detective, you have to understand both the criminals and animals. Ace Ventura goes even further... He behaves like a criminal animal. When a football team's mascot (a dolphin) is stolen just before the Superbowl, Ace Ventura is put on the case. Now, who would want to steal a dolphin, and why?

Plot Keywords: stupidity, nudity, girl in panties, underwear, shower, 1990s, sex scene ...

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#11. Rent (2005)

Storyline: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.

Plot Keywords: junkie, promiscuity, drug addict, drug addiction, heroin, drug abuse, cocaine ...

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#12. Point Blank (2010)

Storyline: Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief (Roschdy Zem) whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife (Elena Anaya) hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?

Plot Keywords: pregnant wife, flash drive, foot chase, murder of brother, defibrillator, stitching a wound, filmed killing ...

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#14. Starter for 10 (2006)

Storyline: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past. He's smitten, and he carelessly manages to hurt the feelings of Rebecca Epstein, a friend whose politics and wit he admires. The Challenge finale is coming up; maybe Brian can redeem himself and still avoid being a prat.

Plot Keywords: university, panties, love triangle, female nudity, bra, shower, nudity ...

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#15. Colette (2018)

Storyline: After marrying successful Parisian writer Henry Gauthier-Villars, known commonly as "Willy" (Dominic West), Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. Colette, in turn, pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.—jesusblack-30225

Plot Keywords: lesbian kiss, bisexuality, novelist, based on true story, based on real person, female protagonist, open marriage ...

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