Your favorite "Gender Bending" movie.

[Vanillas]

I actually didn't know that Gender Benders was its own movie genre. Curiouser and curiouser. I'm more familiar with Gay and Lesbian titles but I would imagine that some of these could, at a stretch, be considered gender benders. I did see and thoroughly enjoyed The Crying Game. I also loved Transformation, which is the subject of another thread on this forum. I have not seen Boys Don't Cry but I can't imagine a movie starring Hillary Swank being anything but but good.

[ARIES666]

Originally Posted by Vanillas

I actually didn't know that Gender Benders was its own movie genre. Curiouser and curiouser. I'm more familiar with Gay and Lesbian titles but I would imagine that some of these could, at a stretch, be considered gender benders. I did see and thoroughly enjoyed The Crying Game. I also loved Transformation, which is the subject of another thread on this forum. I have not seen Boys Don't Cry but I can't imagine a movie starring Hillary Swank being anything but but good.

There is a great movie guide that is put out every year called "Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever". It is published by "Thomson Gale". One of the sections in the guide consists of a category index which they call "Flicks That Flock Together". Under "Gender Benders" you will find movies like "Tootsie", "Some Like It Hot", "Pink Flamingos", "Adventures of Priscilla", etc, etc, etc.

[Mandy]

I really liked xxy, and Ma vie en rose is a classic.

[aa2239]

I'll second a couple of titles that have already been mentioned... "The Crying Game", and "Ma vie en rose"

[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.