Transgender Characters in Movies and TV Series
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- DirectorEkachai UekrongthamStarsAsanee SuwanSorapong ChatreeOrn Anong PanyawongBiopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
- DirectorMartin CurlandStarsTaylor HandleyDustin SeaveyAlison FollandIn this sexually ambiguous romantic comedy, Luke, a naive college student, struggles with issues of masculinity while he comes to terms with a rare genetic disorder that causes the afflicted to switch gender at will.
- DirectorJan CaplinStarsJulien Boissier-DescombesClémence DéléaFred HebbadaHippocampe is a short film by Jan Caplin made in 2015 freely inspired by the life of Thomas Beatie.
- DirectorSabine BernardiStarsRick OkonMax BefortLiv Lisa FriesA drama centered on the relationship between a two young men, as one of them navigates the difficulties of life as a transgender man.
- DirectorThomas Korthals AltesStarsJelmer OuwerkerkRemko VrijdagSusan VisserFinn, an adolescent boy, one day discovers that his father is wearing womens clothes.
- DirectorMichael SpierigPeter SpierigStarsEthan HawkeSarah SnookNoah TaylorAs his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
- DirectorIsabel SandovalStarsEamon FarrenLynn CohenLev GornAn undocumented Filipina transwoman falls in love in Brooklyn.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsCillian MurphyMorgan JonesEva BirthistleIn the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsTilda SwintonBilly ZaneQuentin CrispAfter Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
- CreatorSam LevinsonStarsZendayaHunter SchaferJacob ElordiA look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsVictor PolsterArieh WorthalterOliver BodartA promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
- DirectorDuncan TuckerStarsFelicity HuffmanKevin ZegersFionnula FlanaganA transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsTroy GarityLee PaceAndre BraugherThe true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
- DirectorDanielle LessovitzStarsFionn WhiteheadLeyna BloomMcCaul LombardiPaul must confront his white boy realness after arriving in New York and getting involved with explosively divisive groups: the queer ballroom scene and some straight debt collectors, while falling in love with a trans woman.
- DirectorAnna KerriganStarsSteve ZahnJillian BellSasha KnightA troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife runs off with his trans son into the Montana wilderness after his ex-wife's refusal to let their son live as his authentic self.
- DirectorEric SchaefferStarsMichael WelchMichelle HendleyAlexandra TurshenBoy Meets Girl is a funny, tender, sex positive romantic comedy that explores what it means to be a real man or woman, and how important it is to live a courageous life not letting fear stand in the way of going after your dreams.
- DirectorGaby DellalStarsNaomi WattsElle FanningSusan SarandonAfter Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother Maggie must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsMercedes RuehlJD PardoLupe OntiverosThe true story of Gwen Araujo, a young trans woman who was brutally murdered by four men in 2002.
- DirectorAlain BerlinerStarsGeorges Du FresneMichèle LaroqueJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyLudovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsChloë SevignyRoma ChristensenJorden BennieFollows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsMina OrfanouYannis KokiasmenosMinos TheoharisYorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.
- DirectorMalou ReymannStarsKaya Toft LoholtMikkel Boe FølsgaardRigmor RantheEmma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.
- DirectorJin JangStarsCha Seung-wonOh Jung-seEsomFrom people's eyes he seems like a sadistic cop who give no mercy to his enemy. But, deep inside his heart Ji-wook hides his desire to become a woman.
- CreatorElliott KerriganStarsNigel BettsJonny DixonJanine DuvitskiComedy series about a couple who find love across the transgender age gap.
- DirectorTimothy McNeilStarsJohn Carroll LynchMatt BomerMaura TierneyThis is a story about the infinite possibility of love.
- DirectorAlexandra-Therese KeiningStarsTuva JagellEmrik ÖhlanderLouise NyvallNectar from a magic flower allows three girls to live as boys for a while.
- DirectorRebekah FortuneStarsHarry GilbyScot WilliamsMark CarterFootball star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her father and teammates will she ever play football again?
- DirectorGil BaroniStarsAnna Celestino MotaEmmanuel RossetThaís SchierThe first kiss of a transgender teenager.
- DirectorTod WilliamsStarsAdrian GrenierClark GreggAleksa PalladinoIn June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for California, and his mother takes him back to England. Jump ahead eight months, Sebastian is back in New York, knocking on Hank's door. Hank (now Henrietta, although all the surgeries aren't complete) takes Sebastian in and is his rock over the next few months of high school. Sebastian's "adventures" are mostly self-destructive.
- DirectorFlavio AlvesStarsMichael MadsenEdward AsnerCarlie GuevaraA young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother navigate life as undocumented immigrants in New York City.
- DirectorLaurent MicheliStarsMya BollaersBenoît MagimelEls DeceukelierLola, 18 years old, bleach blonde hair, lives in a foster home with Samir, her only friend. Impulsive and lonely, she is trying to get her diploma as a veterinary assistant. When her mother passes away, her father Phillip makes sure that Lola will miss the ceremony. Two years before that, Philip was throwing her out of the family home: at the time, Lola was still Lionel - Philippe is determined to fulfill Catherine's last wish: to be dispersed to the North Sea, in the dunes of her childhood home. Lola on the other hand is furious against her father, but she will not leave her mother alone in this last journey. So they take off together, both unwilling to share a car but determined to take Catherine home.
- DirectorEisha MarjaraStarsDebargo SanyalJamie MayersPierre-Yves CardinalA dramatic comedy about a transitioning woman who discovers that she's the mother of a 14 year old boy.
- StarsJen RichardsLaura ZakAngelica RossA look inside the dating lives of trans and queer women as they navigate the intersections of desire and identity.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsTôma IkutaKenta KiritaniMugi KadowakiTomo, an 11-year old girl, discovers her mother has abandoned her. Tomo's uncle and his transgender girlfriend, Rinko, take her in. Together they tackle the task of knitting 108 of Rinko's special hopes and dreams, one stitch at a time.
- DirectorEster Martin BergsmarkStarsSaga BeckerIggy MalmborgShima NiavaraniA gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
- DirectorElia K. SchneiderStarsLuis FernandezPrakriti MaduroMimi LazoThe film is based on the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent, outstanding lawyer with a four-year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish her long-time secret: to transition into a trans woman.
- DirectorAbel RubinsteinStarsPete MacHaleLudovic Jean-FrancoisAtlanta HaywardA story of young love, as a transgender teen and a cis-gender teen spend their time together on a regular night, doing regular things. Or not.
- DirectorMartina MatzkinStarsTristán MirandaAmanda Pérez BerchDaniel CabotLucho, a 13-year-old trans boy, doesn't usually share much time with his father. When he goes on holiday with him and his younger sister, the new closeness puts their relationship to the test.
- DirectorJavier van de CouterStarsMartina KnopoffCamila Sosa VilladaMaite LanataAle is a transvestite that collects cardboard. One day she finds Mia's diary, a woman who died and left her husband and daughter Julia. A movie about discrimination and intolerance.
- DirectorGregor SchnitzlerStarsHeino FerchJannik SchümannWinnie BöweTeenager Finn spends a year abroad in San Francisco. One year later, when his father wants to collect him from the airport, he is faced with the fact that his son is now a girl - Helen.
- DirectorDoron EranStarsHen YanniYonatan BarakLimor GoldsteinBased on a song by Yaakov Gilad, film inspired by a 2009 murder at LGBT Bar in Tel Aviv. Song and film tell of Assaf whose father banishes him in the rain. Assaf transforms to Anna, a nurse. Intricate plot, bitter sweet.
- DirectorMaureen BradleyStarsGavin CrawfordNaomi SnieckusGabrielle RoseAdam and Miriam have a one-night stand. They both wind up pregnant.
- DirectorSimo HalinenStarsLeea KlemolaPeter FranzénRia KatajaMaarit has successfully managed to live her life as a transgender, attractive and intelligent woman. However, this new life has come at a considerable price, as many transgender individuals have come to discover. Estranged from her wife and daughter, Maarit feels like a stranger in a cold but familiar world, that is, until the day she meets Sami. In the midst of a marital crisis, Sami has come to seek the help of Maarit's employer, a therapist. In the therapist's absence, Maarit feels compelled to help the man, even if it means impersonating the therapist to get through to Sami.
- DirectorAdrienne ScaloStarsNick CulbertsonAndre DinizDan MorrisonGlen comes clean and tells his long time boyfriend that he is transgender.
- DirectorJordan AutenStarsCarter RayKatie BakerRiley Cooper
- CreatorLaurie Finstad-KnizhnikStarsCara GeeTattiawna JonesMelissa FarmanIn 1869 Janestown on the Alberta-Montana border, three women band together for survival after the men in their town are murdered.
- CreatorMichele AbbottIlene ChaikenKathy GreenbergStarsJennifer BealsKate MoennigLeisha HaileyBette Porter, Shane McCutcheon and Alice Pieszecki intermingle with a younger generation of Los Angelenos experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success.
- DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter SarsgaardA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
- DirectorReinhold BilgeriStarsMarkus FreistätterMartin MakMarianne SägebrechtErik/Erika Schinegger - the ski sensation that became media sensation. As Erika she was celebrated. As newly discovered Erik repudiated and accused of fraud. A true story about the injustice of nature, the taboo topics in Austria in the 1970s.
- DirectorMartin KrejcíStarsChloë SevignyEve HewsonStephen McKinley HendersonFollows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.
- DirectorJosh ComptonMichael GreischarMatt MacDonaldStarsMacGregor AdeeS.J. AndrewAndrew P. BeanRose Lee is just a typical high school student trying to figure things out. Her dream is to join the boy's wrestling team, but no one is making it easy for her. Along the way, she'll discover that her most difficult opponent may be herself.
- DirectorJake YuznaStarsTempest CraneJendeen ForbergGaea GaddyInterweaving love stories centering on real individuals who are utilizing medicine to explore new frontiers of love, sex, and the human form.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsEddie RedmayneAlicia VikanderAmber HeardA fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
- DirectorJane AndersonStarsRichard BullMary SeibelDanny GoldringA Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.
- CreatorAriana JacksonStarsBrittany AdebumolaJoseph David-JonesIreon Roach4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them.
- CreatorSamantha StraussStarsFrances O'ConnorHarriet WalterIngrid TorelliTHE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between.
- 2017–202443mTV-145.2 (2.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorFelipe RodriguezStarsFreddie HighmoreAntonia ThomasFiona GubelmannLim is challenged by the unique circumstances surrounding a pregnant patient with an aggressive tumor; after misdiagnosing a patient, Claire makes a disconcerting discovery about certain practices at the hospital.
- DirectorMarie-Castille Mention-SchaarStarsNoémie MerlantSokoVincent DedienneBenjamin and Aude want to have a baby, but when they find out that it is not possible for Aude to conceive, Benjamin comes up with a plan to solve their dilemma.
- CreatorDavid JenkinsStarsRhys DarbyJoel FrySamson KayoThe year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.
- DirectorJohn CerritoStarsNick FinkBailey NobleEmily Tremaine FernandezA single man who is searching for love turns to a dating site to find his perfect match.
- DirectorTajo HurrleStarsAmadeo*Leo ArndtSarah GoebelAaron GoebelTwelve-year-old Leo spends the autumn holidays with older sister Noémie and cousin Emil at their grandmother's farm. From one day to the next, everyone suddenly says that Leo has become a woman. But for Leo, it simply feels wrong.
- CreatorChiyo RokuhanaStarsSaki FukudaAyame GôrikiMasahiro InoueIS follows the high school life of Hoshino Haru. Haru was born intersex meaning that he was born with physical characteristics of both sexes and cannot clearly be assigned as a binary gender based on these physical characteristics. Registered as female at birth but later raised as a boy (gender) since he always played with boys his age during the earlier years of school. Haru is forced to attend high school as a girl because of this.
- DirectorHüseyin TabakStarsSenta BergerFlorian David FitzKida Khodr RamadanWhen Ben's son decides to live as a girl from now on, his world is turned upside down and the relationship with his family is put to a severe test.
- DirectorRonnie QuillenStarsJose Alberto AlvarezTristan BenitezKiara CaceresA trans male of the name of Aaron who grew up in a religious household who tries to overcome the adversity of judgment from his family, old classmates, and congregation at church. This film is meant to bring awareness to the transgender community since there is so much discrimination towards them.
- DirectorClément MichelStarsOdile VuilleminJonathan ZaccaïAndréa FuretThe story of a girl born into a boy's body.
- CreatorOliver PageStarsElz CarradAwhina-Rose AshbyAroha RawsonAfter skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
- DirectorVuk Lungulov-KlotzStarsLio MehielCole DomanMiMi RyderWithin the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.
- DirectorLeo LeBeauStarsSelma AlkaffSev AngaiFuller AyumiA Transgender teenage boy finds friendship in online games, away from the bullying he faces at an all-girls private school. On the day of his 16th birthday, the bullying takes an unfortunate turn for the worse. A coming of age film by an LGBTIQA+ crew.
- DirectorFederico PalazzoStarsEleonora WexlerJuan PalominoIsabella G.C.Gabriela is a mother who faces a struggle that she never expected to have: one of her sons, Manuel, has a repressed desire to live as a girl. The mother finds herself fighting on the front line of the transgender rights movement.
- DirectorCora BissettLouise LockwoodStarsAdam KashmiryYasmin Al-KhudhairiStephen McColeAdam is a young trans man from Egypt seeking asylum in the UK. He looks back at his life in Egypt, where he was misunderstood and forced to live as a woman.
- DirectorNegar AzarbayjaniStarsShayesteh IraniGhazal ShakeriHomayoun ErshadiRana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transgender man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way.
- DirectorArtemis AnastasiadouStarsShonagh SmithAlan TrongLisa AshbyCaught among toxic masculinity, a sequin dress and a teenage crush, a teen skater, growing up in rural Texas, will have sex for the first time in the back of their dad's truck.
- DirectorMichael HardingeJay BeckerlegSam JelleyStarsAlanah ParkinKallan AdelaideCarolyn MassonAfter coming to terms with their identity, it's time for Bailey to come out at school. However, this proves harder than they anticipate and Bailey is faced with a choice between social ridicule or the closet.
- DirectorJay BeckerlegMichael HardingeStarsKallan AdelaidePaul DawberNatalie FenwickStory of High Schooler, Zoe, struggling to come out as a trans man. After knowing who they truly are for a while, Zoe finds themselves fatigued by their fear of whether others will accept them or not.
- DirectorMaria Augusta V. NunesStarsAlice DoroRafael GregórioAleff ReslerTeenagers Laura and Fabio meet at a skate park and their friendship blossoms into something deeper. But when Laura disappears without a word, Fabio tracks her down to uncover the reason why.
- CreatorTony MarchantStarsEmmett J ScanlanCallum Booth-FordAnna FrielEleven-year-old Max identifies as a girl and wants to live her life as Maxine. Her separated parents, Vicky and Stephen, attempt to work out how best to cope with and support this huge life decision.
- DirectorOskar Pall SveinssonStarsVeiga GrétarsdóttirThe journey of Icelandic transgender Veiga Grétarsdóttir. An expedition beyond transformation.
- DirectorRojelio PalaciosStarsCeleste ChiguichonClaudia LizAtticus LongmanAfter trying on a binder and packer for the first time, Krishna, a trans male, has to face his own insecurities and fears around passing and coming out. His best friend Skyler, a trans female, is there to support him.
- StarsEllis David PerryJessica RosasCharles JohnsonA gay trans man navigates the shark infested waters of LA's dating scene.
- DirectorDana Aliya LevinsonStarsDana Aliya LevinsonMichael Armstrong BarrMegan MekjianA transgender environmentalist from LA and a struggling family-man mechanic from rural Ohio walk into a bar, their years of friendship tested by shades of gray in a modern America desperately masquerading in starkly contrasting monotones.
- DirectorAnthony AssadAlex, a trans teenager, sets himself a challenge to confront his anxieties about how the world sees him and how he sees himself.
- DirectorRuben AlvesStarsAlexandre WetterPascale ArbillotIsabelle NantyA young man seeking his gender identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
- CreatorBenedito Ruy BarbosaStarsGalba GogóiaHumberto CarrãoSamantha JonesA wealthy cocoa bean farmer with a mysterious connection with nature holds a grudge against his youngest son, since his mother died during childbirth. Things complicate when they both fall for the same woman.
- StarsKim Hyang-giDaniel ChoiOh Yoon-ahA story about people working in a hair salon.
- StarsKim Hye-suMoon Sang-minChaniIm Hwa Ryeong, a prickly, sensitive and hot-tempered queen, tries to turn her trouble making princes into proper crown princes.
- StarsAhn Hee-yeonDong-yup SinHong Seok-cheonMarry Queer' features the stories of queer couples on their "coming out" journeys, whether it be revealing their "unconventional" relationships to families, friends, or the world.
- DirectorTristan SéguélaStarsFabrice LuchiniCatherine FrotPhilippe KaterineAs Jean, a conservative, campaigns to be reelected mayor of a small town in northern France, Edith, his spouse of 40 years, tells him a secret he can no longer repress: in his heart, he is - and always has been - a man. At first Jean thinks he is joking, but he quickly understands that Edith is determined to transition. Both his marriage and his campaign are in for a serious shakeup.
- DirectorChase JoyntStarsJames GoldmanJanet KidderDavid James LewisA transmasculine student endures merciless bullying in his high school until a mysterious janitor offers the teen a way to take care of his bullies once and for all.
- DirectorTony ZosherafatainI am Isak follows a young trans man named Isak as he navigates his transition in a small Norwegian town.
- DirectorJuliana AntoninusDamon BeirneStarsChris JehnertAchilles MulkeyIt is a slow night at the bar and Shy twink Marcus is moping after being stood up. He then meets Ben, a charming transgender bartender dressed like a king with his robe and crown. Ben uses his charm to coax Marcus out of his shell, and the two have a special night together filled with love, lust, and romance.