Welcome to The English Mansion’s Top Ten
Mainstream Transgender & Crossdressing Movies
To get into this Top Ten the films had to be ‘mainstream’ i.e. they must be successful (have a high rating on IMDB or Red Tomatoes) and have at least 1 Hollywood A-lister. That’s why a great movie like Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) doesn’t make it in. I’ve also excluded films where men are just disguised as women, so Some Like It Hot (1959); Tootsie (1982) & Mrs Doubfire (1993) and films of this ilk are not included.
All the films I have chosen have the transgender and/or crossdressing theme central to the plot/characters of the film. Except for Dog Day Afternoon but I still felt this should be included because: of the sensitivity with which it treats the subject – a young man is robbing a bank to pay for his partner’s sex change operation; the year it was made 1975, addressing this issue; and because it features an incredible and brave performance from Al Pacino. (THE DOG – Documentary of Real Life Dog Day Afternoon is also well worth watching.) This is an incredible collection of films with 9 Oscars, 4 Oscar & 2 Golden Globe nominations between them.
| 1 Kinky Boots |
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton |
2005 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 2 Kiss of Spiderwoman |
William Hurt |
1985 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 3 Albert Nobbs |
Glenn Close |
2011 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 4 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce |
1994 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 5 Breakfast on Pluto | Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson |
2005 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 6 Transamerica |
Felicity Huffman |
2005 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 7 Dog Day Afternoon joint with | Al Pacino |
1975 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 7 The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon |
1975 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 8 The Crying Game joint with |
Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea |
1992 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 8 Boys Don’t Cry | Hilary Swank | 1999 |
Play Clip/Trailer |
| 9 The Birdcage |
Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane |
1996 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 1o Ed Wood joint with |
Johnny Depp |
1994 | Play Clip/Trailer |
| 10 The Triple Echo (aka Soldier in Skirts) |
Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson |
1972 | Play Clip/Trailer |
Contenders that didn’t quite make it into our Top Ten:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 Play Clip/Trailer
Flawless 1999 with Robert De Nero & Philip Seymour Hoffman Play Clip/Trailer
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar 1995 with Wesley Snipes & Patrick Swayze Play Clip/Trailer
Wigstock: The Movie 1995 (Documentary)
And currently on mainstream TV we have: Transparent & Ru Paul’s Drag Race 🙂
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