Your favorite "Gender Bending" movie.

[violet lightning]

I think for comedy "Some Like It Hot " with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. "Tootsie", and "Kinky Boots" are good too.
For drama, "The Crying Game".

[racquel]

I'd probably say Priscilla, even though it's more about drag queens.

And how prominent does the TS theme have to be? Does Ace Ventura count? :D What about Austin Powers? Or Silence of the Lambs? Ya know, in Nighthawks, Stallone is in a skirt in the first scene and in a nightie in the last scene. Shallow Hal had an awfully manly tranny.

Princesa, Beautiful Boxer, Wild Side and Normal are all good movies, but not things many people would want to see more than once.

And why doesn't anybody ever mention Dog Day Afternoon? Or Dressed to Kill? Or Orlando?

The Iron Ladies is supposed to be really funny.

[ARIES666]

And how prominent does the TS theme have to be? Does Ace Ventura count? What about Austin Powers? Or Silence of the Lambs? Ya know, in Nighthawks, Stallone is in a skirt in the first scene and in a nightie in the last scene. Shallow Hal had an awfully manly tranny.

Legitimate question, Raquel. The only film that you mention in your list that "qualifies" is "Silence of the Lambs". The rest are not listed in "The VideoHound Movie Retriever" special category area Gender Bending". I would assume that any transsexualism, transvestism, crossdressing, impersonation, etc, etc has to be a prominent, important or major aspect of the storyline. A short 3 or 4 minute scene in a 90 minute or 2 hour movie is stretching it.

I have to check out "Ma Vie En Rose". Picked by a few people here. I checked it out on IMDB website and wow....a multi award winner around the globe. It's on my must-see list now.

[lilbro]

I remember one movie I saw when I was younger but I can't remember the name. All I can remember is this scene where the main characters is standing in front of mirror naked and says "I'm still the same person, just a different sex".

[violet lightning]

Yes, "Dressed to Kill" WAS a good movie! (I had completely forgotten about it)
I remember seeing it a long time ago and thinking it was a great movie.
Hmmm, maybe that explains a few things...

Also "Ed Wood" is a GREAT movie! One of my favorites.

[smc]

I'd have to go with "Some Like It Hot." It is the only gender-bending film that also happens to be among the greatest movies ever made, irrespective of theme or genre, and it may be the finest comedy (or at least one of the two or three finest) of all time.

[ARIES666]

Perhaps it would have been better to have a thread such as "Gender-Bending Moments OnThe Big Screen".

Rememeber Marlon Brando in "The Missouri Breaks". A oddball western with Marlon as a hired gunslinger. There is a classic scene of him dressed as a "grannie"...guns and all!

And, Anthony Perkins in "Psycho" is great fun (and scary)