Jaye Kaye's
Transgender Movie Guide 1980-1989 (C) 2009 Jaye Kaye
A-Z index of movies with transvestite / cross-dressing / drag / transgender / transsexual content
including some shorts and made for tv movies, but generally not videos made for the adult market.
In some cases these themes are important, in others they are incidental.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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A (1980-1989)
Aci ekmek (1984) Features famous Turkish transsexual Bülent Ersoy.
Across the Rubicon
(1987,SouthAfrica) Features female impersonator cum caricaturist, Pieter-Dirk Urys PO
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1989,UK/Germany) Albrecht finds his feminine side in one scene. AMG
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1981,US) Made for television version, with the classic cross dressing episode. AMG
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985,US) Another made for television version of the classic novel. AMG
Agítese antes de usarla (1983,Spain) A nurse (played by an actress) is revealed to be an undercover policeman in final scene.
marques
Airplane!
(1980,US) Disaster spoof, brief scene. AMG
Além Da Paixão (1985,Brazil) aka Happily Ever After. A woman is obsessed with bisexual transvestite. AMG
Alien Space Avenger (1991,US) Tg content, if any, unknown. AMG
All of Me
(1984,US) The soul of a millionairess ends up in the body of her attorney (Steve Martin). AMG
The Alternative Miss World

Alternative Miss World, The
(1980,UK) Documentary of the 1978 contest. AMG
American Dreamer (1984,US) Brief, guy disguised as a woman on a train. AMG
American Nightmare (1983,Canada) Horror featuring transvestite Dolly, played by Larry Aubrey. AMG
Anima - Symphonie phantastique (1981, Austria) Transgender themes. AMG
Amityville II: The Possession
(1982,US) Briefly a possessed boy turns into his sister, before turning back and then into a demon. AMG
Andy Warhol (1987,US) Documentary on Andy Warhol featuring the characters that surrounded him.
Angel (Dick Shawn)
Angel (1984,US) Exploitation movie on teenage prostitution. Dick Shawn plays transvestite hooker. AMG
Angel 2 (1989,HK) aka Iron Angels 2 aka Tian shi xing dong II zhi huo feng jiao long. Features transsexual character somewhere.
Angel 3 - The Final Chapter (1988,US) Third movie about former hooker, Angel. tg content unknown. AMG
Angelos (1982,Greece) aka Aggelos aka Angel. Features young gay man working as a transvestite prostitute. PO BLF AMG
Anguished Love
(1987,Thailand) Gay and transgender themes.
PO
Anita (1987,Germany) An unconfirmed transsexual dance sequence features in this Rosa von Praunheim film.
Anjos da Noite (1987,Brazil) Sao Paulo nightlife including transvestite character. AMG
Another Chance (1989,US) Has a scene where a dog, trained to pick up women, picks up a tv, apparently. AMG
Apartment Zero (James Telfer)
Apartment Zero (1988,UK) Features James Telfer as transgendered character, Vanessa. AMG
Après la guerre (1989,France) aka After the War. For a lot of the movie a boy wears a green dress. HF AMG

Armed and Dangerous
(1986,US) Features John Candy in drag somewhere, plus a transvestite character somewhere. AMG
Aria (1987,US) 10 arias, 10 directors. Theresa Russell is King Zog in the "Un ballo in maschera" segment, complete with moustache. AMG
Around the World in Eighty Ways (1987,US) Wally impersonates everything from Elvis to a geisha. AMG
As des as, L' (1982,France,Germany) aka Ace of Aces. Comedy. Adolf Hitler, and his sister, are both played by Günter Meisner. AMG
Athkiya' laken aghbiya'
(1980,Egypt) aka The Smart Dumb Guys or Intelligent But Stupid. Two male students disguise themselves as girls. 

Atracción peculiar
(1988,Argentina) Gay transvestite comedy. HO
Auntie (1980,US) Man becomes 'Auntie' to run bordello. AMG
Avenging Angel (Tracy Robert Austin, Michael A. Andrews)
Avenging Angel (1985,US) Crime drama sequel to Angel, featuring Michael A. Andrews and Tracy Robert Austin, in the cast. AMG
Avventure dell'incredibile Ercole, Le (1985,Italy/US) aka The Adventures of Hercules. Features Eva Robins as Dedalos. AMG
B (1980-1989)
Bachelor Party (Christopher Morley)
Bachelor Party (1984,US) Comedy featuring Christopher Morley as cross-dresser Tim at party. AMG
Back to the Future Part II (Michael J. Fox)
Back to the Future Part II (1987,US) Michael J. Fox plays his own future daughter, briefly, and looks very sweet, too. AMG
Baltimore Bullet, The (1980,US) ?? AMG
Barnum
(1986,UK/Canada) Made for TV. Patty Maloney, 3'11", plays the vertically challenged Tom Thumb. AMG
Basket Case (1982) Low-budget comedy horror. Drag queens in background somewhere, apparently? AMG
Batch '81 (1982,Philippines) ?? AMG

Beauties without a Cause
(1986,US) Short featuring some drag queens. PO FLO
Beaver Kid 2,The
(1982,US) A second short film, later to form part of The Beaver Trilogy (2001,US).
Before Stonewall (1984,US) Gay rights documentary, about gay drag queens fighting back against the police. AMG
Begynnelsen på en historie (1988,Norway) Drama featuring transvestite, Espen Benestad, listed in the cast. AMG
Beijo na boca (1982, Brazil) Travesti listed in the cast.
Bellifreschi (1987,Italy) Two Italians end up disguised as women working in a restaurant as showgirls. youtube1 youtube2 youtube3
AMG
Betty Blue (1986,France) aka 37°2 le matin. Some cross-dressing near the end of the movie. AMG
Beverly Hills Brats (1989,US) Teenager arranges his own kidnap, then dresses as Little Bo Peep. AMG
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (Christopher Morley)
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985,US) Made for TV movie featuring a woman played by Christopher Morley. AMG
Bezumnyj den', ili Zhenit'ba Figaro (1989,USSR) aka The Marriage of Figaro. Another version. AMG
Big Top Pee-wee (1988,US) Features a half man/half woman character in a circus? AMG
Bijo no harawata (1986,Japan) aka Guts of a Beauty aka Guts of a Virgin 2. Features a hermaphrodite zombie. Mm! AMG
Blade in the Dark, A (1983,Italy) aka La Casa con la scala nel buio. A cross-dressing killer in this horror movie? terrortrap AMG

Blue Man, The
aka Eternal Evil, (1987) Spirits of the dead possesses some people. Does this count? AMG
Blue Money (1982,UK) Tim Curry's character, on the run from the mob, adopts disguise as a nun at one point. AMG
Bodyjack (1987,Japan) Adult anime short. Machine allows a boy to swap bodies with sexy classmate.
SH
Boot, Das (1981,Germany) aka The Boat. Story of WWII German submariners. Brief scene of revue in drag while on board. AMG
Bosom Buddies (1980) TV series, shouldn't really be here, should it? AMG

Brideshead Revisited (1981,UK) ?? AMG
Brigade des moeurs
(1984,France) Thriller including some gay and transvestite themes. AMG
Bright Lights, Big City (1988,US) Michael J. Fox movie. Brief scene with transvestite character (Zette). AMG
Britannia Hospital (1982,UK) Comedy drama. Lady Felicity is played by John Bett. AMG
Broadway Danny Rose (1984,US) Milton Berle is in drag for Macy's Day parade, brief. AMG
Brothers Grime II - Offenders of the universe
(198?,??) Adult animation. A women turns into a man to seduce another woman.
Brothers Grime III - Pandora (198?,??) Adult animation. A woman uses a robot to transform a man, brief at the end.
Buschgespenst, Das (1986,Germany) What's this one about? I'm clueless.
C (1980-1989)
La Cage aux Folles II (Michel Serrualt)
Cage aux Folles II, La (1980,Fr/It) More of the same plus spy rings. AMG
La Cage aux Folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient (Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrualt)
Cage aux Folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient, La (1985,Fr/It) Comic flair wears thin. AMG
Calamity Jane (1984, US) Made for TV version of the unglamorous butch buckskin wearer. AMG
Caligula (1980,US) A bit of cross-dressing along with so much else. AMG
Call Me (1988,US) Thriller. Black transvestite is killed by a bad cop at the start. AMG
Caraduros, Los (1983,Spain) Near the end, one of the main characters comes out at a party, dressed as a flamenco dancer. culturalianet
Carnal Possessions
(1988,US) Adult video. A "Beetlejuice" style character turns into an ugly woman near the end to have sex. Grim.
Certain Sacrifice, a (1985) Reportedly awful film, Madonna's film debut, but a transvestite slave is one of the characters.
Challengers, The (1989,Canada) aka Le Défi de Marie. Mackie pretends to be a boy to join a boys-only group. AMG

Chameleons
(1989,US) Television pilot, heiress discovers her uncle was Captian Chameleon. AMG
Chameleon, The (1989,US) Adult video. Woman has the ability to become someone else. BMT
Chica de las bragas trasparentes, La
(1981,Spain) aka Pin-Up Girls. A woman is revealed at the end to have had a sex-change. 

Chorus Line, A
(1985,US) Allusions, when a performer tells of his first job as a dancer, in drag. We don't actually see this though. AMG
Cannonball Run, The
(1981,US) A man puts on a bad blonde wig at one point. Does this count? Probably not. AMG
Cannonball Run II (1984,US) Comedy featuring a belly dancing scene with Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. AMG
Charles Pierce at the Ballroom
(1987,US) Live performance from the famous female impersonator.
AMG
Charley's Aunt (1985,US) Another made for television version of the Brandon Thomas play.
Chica llamada Marylyne, Una (1980,Spain,Italy) Features Eva Robins somewhere.
Choose Me (1985,US) Very brief appearance of transvestite street walker. AMG
Circle of Power (1983) aka Mystique aka The Naked Weekend aka Brainwash. Features transvestite character. AMG
Class (1983,US) Coming of age drama, featuring some students wearing female underwear for a prank, hardly worth the mention. AMG
Cleo/Leo (Veronica Hart/Leo Scott Thompson Baker)
Cleo/Leo (1989,US) Sexist Leo (Scott Thompson Baker) is reincarnated as Cleo (Veronica Hart). youtube AMG
Coca-Cola Kid, The (1985,US) Eric Roberts is tricked into attending a party with a bunch of guys in drag. AMG
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982,US) Karen Black plays a transsexual character. AMG
Coming Out (1989,Germany) East German bisexual comes out, featuring gay drag club and several transgender characters there. movieeye
Coming to America (Arsenio Hall)
Coming to America (1988,US) Arsenio Hall plays a woman in a brief scene. AMG
Comme une femme (1980,France) About a M2F transsexual, Victor/Vicky Lucas, played by Pascale. Who is/was Pascale though? 
Commercial for Murder
(1985,US) Short, where a drag queen wins the battle of the sexes.
PO
Corridas de alegría (1981,Spain) Movie stars transsexual actor Carla Antonelli.
Cover Girl and the Cop, The (1989,US) Made for tv. Features a scene with a woman disguised as a man. AMG
Crazy Boys (1987,Germany) aka Handvoll Vergnügen - Crazy Boys, Eine. Comedy of a drag bar becoming a male strip club. AMG
Crimes of Passion (1984,US) Anthony Perkins wears a dress somewhere here. AMG
Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982,Spain) Brief early on, Christopher Columbus works as a waitress in a bar. culturalia

Critters 2: The Main Course
(1988) Comedy sci-fi horror. Special effect - faceless alien turns into Playboy centrefold. AMG
Crocodile Dundee (1986,Australia) Brief scene of transvestite in bar, actually played by real woman, Anne Carlisle. AMG
Crocodile Dundee II (1988,US,Australia) Drag queens feature somewhere here, apparently, although I don't remember any. AMG
Cruising (1980,US) Al Pacino's character searches for a serial killer of gay men. Features two transvestite hookers, somewhere. AMG
Cuba Crossing (1980,US) Female impersonator appears in the cast list. AMG
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983,US) Lousy cop,(Ted Wass), dresses as a hooker in a failed assignment, somewhere here. AMG
Curse of the Queerwolf (1988,US) Larry is bitten by a crossdressing "Queer Wolf" or something. That's gotta hurt. AMG
Cutting Loose (1980) Man in drag listed in the cast.
D (1980-1989)
Darb al-hawa (1983, Egypt) aka Alley of Desire. A brothel khawal is featured here and is given a fully developed role. merip gayegypt
Davitelj protiv davitelja
(1984,Yugoslavia) aka Strangler vs. Strangler. In one scene a policeman crossdresses to catch a killer. AMG
Dead Men don't Wear Plaid (1981,US) Steve Martin vehicle, he dons forties drag, briefly.AMG
Dear John (1988,US) Featuring drag queen Rocket (Stan Lake). AMG
Death Spa (1988,US) Dead woman possesses the body of her brother to torment her husband. AMG
Death Wish Club (1983) Tg content, if any, unkown. AMG
Deathstalker (1984,US) Low budget fantasy adventure, a magician turns a man into a woman, apparently. AMG
Déclin de l'empire américain, Le (1986,Canada) aka The Decline of the American Empire. Brief scene with a transvestite prostitute.  AMG

Delitto al Blue Gay
(1984,Italy/Germany) aka Cop in Drag. Farce featuring cross-dressing and transvestites. AMG
Delivery Boys ( 1985,US) Breakdancing movie, featuring some M2F crossdressing somewhere?
AMG
Desire: Sexuality in Germany 1910-1945
(1989,UK) Documentary. TG content unknown. llgff nytimes

Desnuda chica del reax, La
(1981,Spain) Featuring Eva Robins.
Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning, The (1986,US) Adult comedy video. A transvestite appears somewhere here. WC
dimanche à la campagne Un (1984,France) aka A Sunday in The Country. Flashback to some childhood cross-dressing, maybe? AMG
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn (Lothar Lambert)
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn (1982,Germany) Underground film of Berlin low life, featuring transvestite. AMG
Divine: Shot Your Shot (1983,UK) Video of Divine in performance.
AMG
Divine Waters (1985, Italy) Documentary on John Waters and Divine. AMG
Do Ma Den (1986,HK), aka Peking Opera Blues. Action flic, 1913 Peking Opera with Brigitte Lin, and several disguises. BLC AMG
Donante, El (1985,Spain) Brief encounter in the afterlife with a transvestite somewhere here, so I've been told.

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Popular Press
(1984,Germany) aka Dorian Gray Im Spiegel Der Boulevardpresse. AMG
Down On Us (1984,US) aka Beyond the Doors (1989). A transvestite is listed in the cast. AMG
Dragonslayer (1981,US) Fantasy. Caitlin Clarke plays a woman who poses as a boy. AMG
Drag Queen Marathon
(1986,US) Short (6 min!) featuring drag queen athletes in spikes, not Nikes.
PO
Drama in Blond
(1984,Germany) Farce including transvestite club.
AMG
Dr. Caligari (1989,US) Sex therapist's treatment of brain transfer injections, lead to strange results. AMG
Dr Heckyl And Mr. Hype (1980,US) Jeckyl and Hyde spoof, lots of transformations, including a gender swap, apparently. AMG
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986,US) Jim Varney plays multiple roles, including an old woman.
Dream Boys Revue
(1985) aka The Female Impersonator Pageant. Includes
Michael A. Andrews, Naomi Simms, Roxanne Russell. AMG
Dreams Come True (1984,US) Trashy erotic tale of two lovers, who can inhabit each others bodies sort of, apparently. AMG
Drei Lederhosen in St Tropez (1980, West Germany; aka 3 Lederhosen in St Tropez)
Dressed to Kill
(1980,US) The psycho killer is a .... you guessed! AMG
Dunera Boys, The (1985,UK) Set in WWII. Originally a TV series. There is a Marlene Dietrich impersonator late in the film. AMG
Dutch Treat (1986,US) Early scene with one leading character dressed as harem-girl in knife throwing act. AMG
Dziewczyna i chlopak (1982,Poland) Originally a TV series (1978). A boy and girl swap places for their holidays. youtube filmpolski
E (1980-1989)
Easy Money (1983,US) Some cross-dressing somewhere. AMG
Eat the Rich (Alan Pellay)
Eat the Rich (1987,UK) Lanah Pellay (aka Alan Pellay) plays the rather androgynous Alex. AMG
Edades de Lulú, Las (1987,Spain) aka The Ages of Lulu. One woman's sexual desires, including encounters with transvestites. AMG
Éducation anglaise
(1983,France) The female director of a girl's school is a man hiding from the police with the help of a teacher. AMG 
Er moretto, von Liebe leben (1985, West Germany) Transvestit listed in the cast. AMG
Erik the Viking (1989,UK) Post-Python comedy. AMG
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988,US) Ernest (Jim Varney) dresses as an old woman at one point. AMG
Escape (1980,US) tv-movie. Man escapes from prison dressed, convincingly, as a pretty young woman. AMG
Escape from New York (1981,US) Very brief scene of amateur drag performers, not worth it. AMG
Escorpião Escarlate, O (1986,Brasil) aka The Scarlet Scorpion. Features transsexual Roberta Close. CF
Esperando la carroza (1985,Argentina) Antonio Gasalla plays the part of Mamá Cora, a senile old lady, in this comedy. AMG
Esta notte sonhei com Brueghel  (1989, Portugal) Drag queen listed in the cast.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982,US) Even E.T. gets dressed in drag at one point.
Eternal Evil (1987,US) aka The Blue Man. Astral-projection ends with two souls in women's bodies at the end of the movie. AMG
Et il voulut être une femme (1981,France) Documentary featuring transgendered prostitutes and SRS. BE
étrange affaire, Une (1981,France) aka Strange Affair. Movie about gender and other social roles, features an androgynous vamp? AMG
Evaman, la maquina del amor (1980,Spain/Italy) aka Eva Man (Due sessi in uno). Features Eva Robins and contains sex and nudity.
Everlasting Secret Family, The (1988,Australia) Surreal gay cult film. Drag queens somewhere here. AMG
Experts, The (1989,US) Arye Gross briefly dresses as a woman to aid an escape. AMG
Extraño hijo del Sheriff, El (1982,Mexico) A Siamese twin dies and his soul returns in a woman's newly vacated body. AMG
F (1980-1989)
Fake-Out (1982,US) The blonde in the car chase near the end is a man. AMG
Fanny and Alexander (1982,Sweden) aka Fanny och Alexander. A hermaphrodite character, Ismael, here, played by a woman. AMG
Fatal Games (1984,US) Transsexual javelin thrower goes on a murder spree. Where's the point in that? AMG
Fear No Evil (1982,US) Some male is turned into a woman from the neck down near the end of the movie. Brief. AMG
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, The (1980,US/UK) In a theatre, a pretty usherette is actually one of Fu's minions in disguise, brief. AMG
A Fine Mess (Ted Danson, Howie Mandell)
Fine Mess, A (1986,US) Starring Howie Mandell and Ted Danson. Howie dresses up as a maid. AMG
5 Flaschen für Angelika (1981, West Germany) Transvestit listed in the cast.
Flag of Honour (1987,HK) aka Fung Feng Gaai Yan aka Feng1 Huo3 Jia1 Ren2.
Brigitte Lin in some disguises here, one male. BLC
Fletch (1985,US) Many disguises and false IDs for Chevy Chase, but no actual cross dressing, so perhaps this shouldn't be in the list. AMG
Fletch Lives (1989,US) Fletch disguises himself as a hotel maid somewhere here. AMG
Folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro, La (1989,France) aka The Marriage of Figaro. Another version. AMG
Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) A man in a wig tries to jump off a building at one point. That's all. AMG
For Your Eyes Only (1981,UK) Briefly features uncredited transsexual model Tula, blink and you'll miss her. AMG
Francesca (1987,Germany) Tito le Duc plays the part of a transvestite here. tvguide AMG
Friday the 13th
(1980,US) Horror? AMG
Froschkönig (1987,Germany) aka The Frog Prince. Girl dresses as a boy, somewhere in this fairy tale.
The Fruit Machine (Robbie Coltrane)
Fruit Machine, The (1988,UK) aka Wonderland. Gay couple, on the run, go to a gay nightclub. Features some transvestite characters. AMG
Fugitifs, les (1986, France) Comedy featuring a drag disguise to escape, at one point. Was later re-made in USA as Three Fugitives. AMG
G (1980-1989)
Galaxina (1980,US) Sci-fi comedy spoof. AMG
Gardemariny, vperyod! (1987,Russia) aka Naval Cadets, Charge! MiniTV series. Period drama. Crossdressing in 3 scenes. youtube AMG
Geierwally (Ralph Morgenstern)
Geierwally (1988,Germany) Comedy musical with Ralph Morgenstern playing Aunt Luckard. AMG
Gendarme et les Gendarmettes, le (1982,France) Police comedy. Some brief cross-dressing. AMG
Ginger and Fred (1986,It/Fr/Ger) aka Ginger e Fred. Fellini film featuring transvestite character. AMG
Gioco al massacro (1989,Spain) aka Massacre Play. Features Eva Robins somewhere. kwc
Giorno del Cobra, Il (1980,Italy) aka Day of the Cobra. Look for a transvestite in the disco ( played by a female. What a cheat!). AMG
Ghostbusters (1984,US) The Sigourney Weaver character is possessed by a male demon, Zuul. AMG
Glitch! (1988,US) Brief crossdressing escape sequence at end. AMG
Goddess of Love (1988,US) Made for tv. Man (David Leisure) poses as a woman to help crooks steal statue of Venus. AMG
Good-bye Cruel World (1982,US) Dick Shawn's twin brother is an opera-singing drag queen. AMG
Goodbye Paradise (1983,Australia) Features a drag queen, played by female(?) Holly Brown. AMG
H (1980-1989)
Hairspray (Divine)
Hairspray (1988,US) John Waters film featuring Divine. AMG
Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood, The (1980,US) Comedy, featuring a drag queen somewhere... AMG
Happy New Year
(1987,US) Peter Falk becomes an old lady to pull off a robbery. TVG
Hard Country (1981,US) Transsexual actor, A'leisha Brevard, has a small part here, as a snoopy lady. AMG
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987,US) Andy Sidaris movie, features Michael A. Andrews as cross-dressing bartender, Michael/Michele. AMG
Harimu Ogen (1985,Israel) aka Lemon Popsicle VI aka Up Your Anchor. Cross dressing scene to out wit a thief. Yawn. AMG
Haunted Honeymoon (1986,US) Gene Wilder comedy, Dom Deluise is Aunt Kate. AMG
Hawaiian Heat (1984,US) Pilot for tv series, with transvestite informer, in a bar. AMG
Heat and Dust (1983,UK) Drama set in India with performing hijras (a sort of crossdressing Indian eunuch subculture) at one point. AMG

Heathers
(1989,US) During a dream sequence the priest has a dress on top of his normal clothes. AMG
Hell Squad (1985,US) A female secretary is a male in disguise, somewhere here, actually played by both a male and female actor. AMG
Hercules (1983,Italy) aka Adventures of Hercules. Features Eva Robins as Dedalos. AMG
Her Life as a Man (1984,US) Made for TV movie. Woman cross-dresses to become male sportswriter. AMG
He's My Girl (T.K. Carter)
He's My Girl (1987,US) Comedy. Reggie (T.K. Carter) becomes Regina to get free holiday. AMG
Hidden, The (1987,US) Sci-fi comedy thriller with alien moving through human hosts, including a female stripper. AMG
Hide and Go Shriek (1988,US) Horror flic with a crossdressing killer.... another positive role model....NOT. ZD AMG
High Risk (1981,US/UK) Featuring brief drag scene. AMG
Higo mágico, El (1982,Spain) Movie stars transsexual actor Carla Antonelli.
Hijos de papá (1980,Spain) An uncredited transsexual actor Carla Antonelli features here somewhere, apparently. AMG
Hochzeit des Figaro (1988,Germany) Another version of The Marriage of Figaro.
Holcroft Covenant, The (1985,UK) Is there a scene at a gay carnival, here? 

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
(1988,US) Highlights include a decidedly un-subtle cross-dressing hooker. Oh dear. AMG
Hollywood Chaos (1989,US) Features Christopher Morley. VF
Hollywood Harry (1985,US) aka Harry's Machine. Featuring a small role for Christopher Morley as Claudia. AMG
Hollywood Vice Squad (1986,US) Low budget. Several tg characters, including appearances by Logan Carter and Goddess Bunny. AMG
Hookers on Davie (Canada, 1984) aka Hookers on Davie Street. Documentary on street prostitution in Vancouver. AMG
Hot Child in the City (1987,US) Features gender bender somewhere. AMG
The Hotel New Hampshire (Rob Lowe)
Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984,US) Brief scene of Rob Lowe and others dressed as female nurses. AMG
Hot Moves (1985) Sex comedy with a female impersonator listed in the cast. AMG
Howling III: The Marsupials (1987,Australia) Comedy horror. Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) is an award presenter, briefly. AMG
Huan le ding dong (1986,HK) Some Like It Hot style, only one of the men crossdresses, plus crossdressed robbers in one scene. youku
Huckleberry Finn (1981,US) Another version of the 19th century adventure. AMG
I (1980-1989)
If They'd Asked for a Lion Tamer (1986,UK) Short biopic of drag artist, David Dale. PO
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka' (1988,US) Spoof movie. Woman obviously replaced by male stunt man in fight scene. AMG
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1985,Germany) aka In Heaven All Hell Is Breaking Loose. Walter Bockmayer plays part of a mother here. AMG
Ingenua, la lesbiana y el travesti, La (1982,Spain) Well, it does have travesti in the title.
Invitation au Voyage (1982,France/Italy/Germany) Nina and Lucien are twins. She dies, will he take her place? AMG
Invitation to the Wedding (1985,UK) Comedy. Ronald Lacy plays dual role of  husband and wife, Clara and Charles Eatwell here. AMG
It's In The Jeans (1989,US) Another adult tg body swap video.
Izzy and Moe (1985,US) Made for tv. Vaudeville performers adopt disguises to become enforcement agents during prohibition. AMG
I Wanna be a Beauty Queen (1985,UK) Divine hosts Alternative Miss World Contest. Is it aka The Alternative Miss World (1979)? AMG
J (1980-1989)
Jean-Gina B. (1984,Belgium) Documentary about an ex-marine convinced he is in fact a woman.
Je suis le seigneur du château (1989,France) aka I'm King of the Castle. One of the two main child characters puts on full drag, brief. AMG
Jewel's Darl (1985,New Zealand) Short featuring a man in drag and a transsexual. PO
Jocks (1987,US) Cameo by Kenny Kerr. AMG
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
(1986,US) Richard Pryor drama, in drag briefly. AMG
Joysticks (1983,US) aka Joy Sticks. Brief drag scene. AMG
Jungfrauenmaschine, Die (1988,US) aka Virgin Machine. Features a male impersonator. AMG
Just Another Girl
(1982,US) Short (4 min!) featuring time-lapse montage of men and women in drag.
PO
Just One of the Guys (1985,US) Comedy where a woman (Joyce Hyser) poses as man to write an essay. AMG
K (1980-1989)
Kiez (1983,Germany) aka Kiez - Aufstieg und Fall eines Luden aka Hell's Kitchen. Does Christoph Eichorn play drag queen Julia? AMG
Killer Party (1986,US) Sorority student is possessed by a male ghost. AMG
Kiss of the Spider Woman (William Hurt)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985,Braz/US) Molina (William Hurt) camps it up in a prison cell. AMG
Kitchen (1989,Japan) Mikage discovers that Yuichi's mother is actually his cross-dressing father. Re-made in 1997.
Kura no naka (1981,Japan) Features transgender actor Rumiko Matsubara. 
L (1980-1989)
Labyrinth of Passion (1982,Spain) aka Laberinto de Pasiones. Camp Pedro Almodóvar film set in Madrid. AMG
Lady at Last , A (1980,US) The story of three M2F crossdressers and the women who love them. TCCB
Lady Jane (1986 UK) One of the cast, Lady Warwick is played by ts Adele Anderson. AMG
Last Dragon, The (1985,US) Kung fu musical featuring a transvestite theater goer somewhere, brief. AMG
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989,Ger/US) Violent film featuring Georgette (Alexis Arquette) and other transvestites. AMG
Last Precinct, The (1986,US) Made for TV. Comedy, failing police officers in blue in a run down precinct. AMG
Last Song, The
(1987, Thailand) Boy gets drawn into gay and transvestite community in Bankok.
PO AMG
Lawaris ( 1981,India) Bollywood superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, gets into drag to sing the popular "Mere angein mein" number.

Law of Desire
(1987,Spain) aka La Ley del Deseo. Almodóvar film with Bibí Andersen, plus Carmen Maura playing a transsexual. AMG
Legend of Billy Jean, The (1985,US) Teen flick features a young Christian Slater dressing as his sister, briefly. AMG
Les Patterson Saves theWorld (1987,Australia) Barry Humphries plays Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage. AMG
Levy and Goliath (Jean-Claude Brialy)
Levy and Goliath (1987,France) aka Lévy et Goliath. Features Jean-Claude Brialy as Bijou/Delaroche. AMG
Liberators, The (1987,US) Four escaping slaves are disguised as white girls on a train near the end, one of which is a young man. AMG
Lifeforce (1985,US) Sci-Fi featuring aliens that can both possess and shapeshift. One female alien possesses a man. AMG
Lilla helgonet (1985,Sweden) Made for TV. Drag and mistaken-identity feature in the plot of this operetta, maybe.
Lion of Africa, the (1987,US) Made for cable movie. Transvestite is listed somewhere in the cast. AMG
Liquid Sky (1983) Sci-Fi movie with Ann Carlisle as Margaret/Jimmy. AMG
Little Lady Fountleroy (1986,UK) Made for television documentary about James, who has a sex change and becomes Lauren. AMG

Love Streams
(1984,US) Featuring some female impersonators, including Christopher Morley. AMG
Lust in the Dust (Divine)
Lust in the Dust (1985,US) Poor western spoof featuring Divine. AMG
Luz del fuego (1982, Brazil) Travesti listed in the cast. AMG
M (1980-1989)
Madame Wang's (1981,US) Paul Morrissey film. I haven't a clue as to whether there's any tg content here. AMG
Made in Heaven (1987,US) Debra Winger, uncredited, is cast as a male angel. AMG
Mae West (1982,US) Made for tv. Features Roddy McDowall as female impersonator. AMG
Makar-sledopyt (1984,Russia) aka макар следопыт. Boy dresses as a girl to aid an escape. youtube
Making of a Male Model (1983,US) Made for TV movie with FIs (James "Gypsy" Haake and Christopher Morley). AMG
Malibu Express (1985,US) Andy Sidaris action movie, featuring Michael A. Andrews as a cross-dressing husband. AMG
Man in the Brown Suit, The (1989,US) tv-movie. The killer disguises himself as a woman on occasions. AMG
Man Like Eva, A (1983,Ger), aka Ein Mann wie Eva. Director Fassbinder is played by Eva Mattes. AMG
Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988,US) mini series. Goering likes to relax in women's clothing. AMG
Man with Bogart's Face, The (1981,US) Transsexual actor, A'leisha Brevard, has a small part here, as Mother. AMG
Marche à l'ombre (1984, France) Travesti listed in the cast. AMG
Marginal, Le (1983,France) aka The Outsider. A travesti is listed in the cast. AMG

Marqués, la menor y el travesti, El
(1982, Spain) It has travesti in the title, doesn't it!
Mascara (Eva Robins)
Mascara (1987,Bel/Neth/Fr/US) aka Make-up for Murder. TVs, she-males, and murder. Features Eva Robins and Romy Haag. AMG
Matador (1986, Spain) aka The Bullfighter. Bibí Andersen appears here somewhere. AMG
Mausoleum (1983,US) Horror film .A woman is possessed by a demon. AMG
Meatballs Part II (1984,US) A leading character ends up boxing in a dress. AMG
Media Madmen, The (1982) Some transvestites feature here somewhere.
Mereka Memang Ada (1980,Indonesia) Drama.??
Merlin (1988,US) Second part of TV movie has Queen Mab in disguise as the Abbot, briefly. AMG
Mery per sempre (1988,Italy) aka Forever Mary. Set in a reform school. Mery (Alessandro Di Sanzo) is a transvestite. AMG
Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman (1989,US) Documentary on transition, in which Gary becomes Gabi. AMG
Miami Vice (1984,US) Feature length pilot for the television series. Features crossdressing criminal. AMG
Midnight Movie Massacre (1988,US) aka Attack from Mars. Spoof. Obese woman in movie theatre is drag queen Charity Case. AMG
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989,US) Made for tv movie features James 'Gypsy' Haake as Madame. AMG
Milton Berle Invites You to a Night at La Cage (1985,US) Milton Berle hosts this look at drag queens and female impersonators.
AMG
Mi querida señorita (1982,Spain) aka My Dearest Lady. After 43 years, woman discovers she is a man. AMG
Miracle Mile (1989,US) Features a transvestite in a diner played by Danny de la Paz. AMG
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985,Japan) Bio of famous Japanese author. AMG
Miss All-American Beauty (1982,US) Beauty queen's younger brothers do some comic drag. youtube youtube AMG
Miss Lonelyhearts (1983) Kenny Sacha plays a female impersonator. AMG
Miss Mona (Jean Carmet)
Miss Mona (1987,France) Young Arab is tricked into prostitution, to finance a sex-change operation for an aging transvestite. AMG
Moderns, The (1988,US) Features cross-dressing somewhere? TVG
Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento, Il (1985,Italy) aka Dario Argento's World of Horror. Featuring Eva Robins briefly. AMG
Mondo Sexualis USA (1985,US) Documentary on sexual practices in the USA.
Money Pit, The (1986) Bridesmaids at a wedding are actually rather ugly men, hardly worth mentioning. AMG
Mongolitos (1989,France) Short. A day in the life of a French public toilet, featuring transsexual nuns. Oh dear.
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1983,UK) More multiple role play for the Python team.
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983,UK) Cast play multiple roles, more edgy, not their best film. AMG
Moon Over Parador (1988,US) The film's director Paul Mazursky plays Mrs. Noah, Jack Noah's mother. AMG
Morning After, The (1986,US) Brief scene with off-duty drag queen Frankie (James 'Gypsy' Haake) wearing a robe. AMG
Mothers (1989) Short. PO
Moving (1988,US) Features character somewhere with multiple personalities. The first one is a woman. AMG
Ms. 45 (1981,US) Near end, at Halloween party, a man is dressed as a bride. AMG
Muerte de Mikel, La (1983,Spain), aka Michael's Death aka The Death of Michael. Drama. Features drag star Fama. AMG
Murder by Moonlight (1989) Television film with transsexual in the plot. AMG
Murder Me Murder You (Michael A. Andrews)
Murder Me Murder You (1983,US) Made for tv Mike Hammer movie, featuring FI Michael A. Andrews as a baddie. She's good! AMG
Mutant on the Bounty (1989,US) John Fleck plays a transvestite droid in this sci-fi comedy. AMG
Mutants in Paradise (1984,US) Low budget. Brief scene has spy dressed, unconvincingly, as a secretary. AMG
My American Cousin (Canada,1985) aka Mon cousin américain. Boy and girl play dress up games. AMG
My Demon Lover
(1987,US) Tg content unknown. AMG
Mystery of Alexina (Vuillemin)
Mystery of Alexina (1985,France) aka Mystère Alexina. Raised as a girl, this young lady has something extra! AMG
N (1980-1989)
Nagu'a (1985,Israel) aka Afflicted. Short. Gay themes. AMG
Nan bei Shao Lin (1986,HK) aka Arahan aka Shaolin Temple 3. Martial arts movie. Soldier turns out to be a cross-dressed woman. AMG
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989,US) Some sort of body swap illusion during a day dream, apparently. AMG
Nessuno è perfetto (1981,Italy) Comedy. A widower marries a model who is a transsexual, (played by gg Ornella Mutti). bloopers
Never Too Late to Die (Gene Simmons)
Never Too Young to Die (1986,US) Thriller in which Gene Simmons (ex Kiss) plays a transgendered villain. AMG
New Girl
(1985,US) Man pretends to be a female basketball player.
AMG
New Life, A (1988,US) Alan Alda's character picks up, and is then mugged by, a transvestite, played by Alec Malpa. AMG
Newlydeads, The (1987,US) Spirit of murdered transvestite returns from the dead to kill, features Scott Kaske. AMG
New York Nights (1984,US) Drama featuring a couple of transvestites in a club. AMG
New York's Finest (1987,US) Features Scott Baker as a transvestite helping out some hookers. AMG
Night Angels (1987,Brazil) aka Anjos da Noite. Sao Paulo nightlife.
AMG
Night for Dressing (1987,US) Little known film, there's a transsexual in the plot.
Nighthawks (1981,US) Cop (Sylvester Stallone) in brief drag at beginning and end of movie, not memorable. AMG
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987,US) Sexy nurse in a dream turns into Freddy Krueger, brief. Does this count? AMG
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A (1988,US) Freddy appears briefly as a woman to distract a victim. AMG
Nightmare on Porn Street (1988,US) Adult video. Eddie haunts a group of students, and has sex with them in different guises. AFD
Night of the Living Babes (1987,US) Horror. Brief sex-change of brothel madam into a man at the end. AMG
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986,US) Cross-dressing here somewhere, apparently. AMG
Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985,US) Martial arts parody? AMG
Ninja III: The Domination (1984,US) Sexy woman is possessed by the life force of male ninja. AMG
Nobody's Perfect (1989,US) Male student (Chad Lowe) joins female tennis team to win a girl's heart. AMG
Nobody's Perfekt (1981,US) Robert Klein's multiple personalities character does a Bette Davis impression. AMG
Noche más hermosa, La (1984,Spain) aka The Most Beautiful Night. Features transvestite character, and Bibí Andersen is in there too. AMG
Noi e l'amore - comportamento sessuale variante (1986,Italy) aka Mutant Sexual Behaviour. Documentary of unusual sexual practises.
Nomads (1986,US) Supernatural horror. Is there some body swapping going on later in the film? AMG
Nonstop (1987, Finland, short) A transvestite features here somewhere. AMG

Nothing Personal
(1980,Can/US) Brief appearance by Craig Russell. AMG
Number One with a Bullet (1987,US) Features scene where a cop dresses as a woman and catches a crook who is also cross-dressed. AMG
O (1980-1989)
Olsenbandens aller siste kupp (1982,Norway) Comedy. Any tg content is unknown to me.
Once Bitten (1985,US) Vampire comedy horror, featuring unsuspecting male virgin hit on by a man in drag. AMG
One Police Plaza (1986,US) Made for tv. There is a scene where a tv prostitute is being questioned. AMG
Orkly Kid, The (1985, short) Features Olivia Newton-John impersonator, was it never released because of song rights?
Out of the Dark (1988) Divine provides the drag queen element. AMG
P (1980-1989)
Pablo y Carolina (1987) Comedy romance, a woman pretends to be a man. AMG
Pap'occhio, Il (1981,Italy) aka In the Pope's Eye. Featuring transvestite group, The Flagg Sisters. AMG
Paradise is Not For Sale (1985,Denmark) aka Paradiset er ikke til salg. Documentary on the lives of the transgendered. AMG
Parceiros da Aventura (1980, Brazil) Travesti listed in the cast.
Passage Thru Pamela
(1982,US) Adult movie, Pamela has a secret.
ADB
Passion Béatrice, La (1987,France) A son is forced to dress as a girl and then horribly raped. AMG

Pay or Die
(1984,Philippines) aka Devils Three: The Karate Killers aka Mean Business. Poor martial arts movie plus a transvestite. AMG
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985,US) Pee-wee cross dresses at one point. AMG
Penitentiary III (1987,US) Low budget. Jim Bailey is drag queen, Cleopatra, in prison. AMG
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980,Spain) Pedro Almodóvar's first film, includes some drag queens somewhere. AMG
Pepe, no me des tormento (1981,Spain) Features transsexual actor Carla Antonelli, playing a transsexual. TC
Père Noël est une ordure, Le (1982,France) aka Santa Claus Is a Louse. Comedy, featuring transvestite character. AMG
Perry Mason Returns (1985,US) Made for TV. A man, dressed as a woman, is produced from the courtroom to prove a point, brief. AMG
Personal Services (1987,UK) Comedy about suburban brothel catering for the older man, with some transvestism and bondage.AMG
Philadelphia Experiment, The (1984,US) Sci-Fi. Brief scene with in a holding sell with transvestite. AMG
Più bello di così si muore (1982,Italy) Enrico Montesano plays Spartaco Meniconi who becomes a drag artist Marina Marini. youtube
Pink Chiquitas, The (1987,US) Features effeminate gay who dresses in unconvincing drag. AMG
Pixote (1981,Brazil) Grim drama of street children in Sao Paulo, includes a transvestite character. AMG
Poison Ivy (1985,US) Shy boy eventually dons a dress and sneaks into a girl's summer camp. AMG
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
(1986,US) Features Bubba Smith in drag somewhere. AMG
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988,US) Thief in drag. Brief. AMG
Policía (1987,Spain) Somewhere here a policeman is disguised as a woman, in order to contact an informant, I've been told. 
Polyester (Divine)
Polyester (1981,US) John Waters movie with Divine, filmed in "Odorama". AMG
Pobre mariposa (1986,Argentina) aka Poor Butterfly. Transsexual actor, Bibí Andersen, is listed in the cast. AMG
Potomok Belogo Barsa (1984,USSR) aka The Descendant of the Snow Leopard. Woman pretends she is a man to help her husband. AMG
Primeros metros, Los (1980,Spain) b/w Featuring Eva Robins in cast.
Private Popsicle (Jonathan Segal, Zachi Noy, Jesse Katzur)
Private Popsicle (1982,Israel/Germany) aka Sapihes aka Lemon Popsicle IV. Comedy, army recruits end up in drag. AMG
Private Resort (1985,US) Comedy with cross-dressing jewel thief (Hector Elizondo). AMG
Private School (1983,US) aka Private School... For Girls. Brief drag scene. AMG
Privates on Parade (1982,UK) British Army concert party in Malaysia, who often do drag on stage. AMG
Prodelki v starinnom dukhe (1986,Russia)Young man dresses as the bride at a wedding. youtube AMG
Psycho II (1983,US) Yuk, yuk. AMG
Psycho III (1986,US) Yuk, yuk, yuk. AMG
Pudd'nhead Wilson (1984,US) Adapted from Mark Twain's novel. Features a robber in drag as an old lady. AMG
Q (1980-1989)
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?!! (1984,Spain) aka What have I done to deserve this? Man in drag on television, brief. AMG
Querelle (1982,Germany) Gay themes in the final film of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. AMG
Quiet Earth ( 1985,NZ) Sci-Fi. All alone, a scientist, short on female company, tries some token crossdressing. Like you would. AMG
R (1980-1989)
Ran (Peter)
Ran (1985,US) Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece. Warlord's jester, Kyoami, is played by Peter, a famous female impersonator in Japan. AMG
Red Spider, The (1988,US) Made for TV. Someone is killing cops, I wonder who? Could it be that strange woman? AMG
Raggedy Rawney, The (1987,UK) Soldier on the run dons women's clothes, and wears them for most of the movie. AMG
Raising Arizona (1987,US) Quintupelet males played by variety of babies, some female. Does this count? AMG
Raw Deal (1986,US) Schwarzenegger movie includes scene in drag club. AMG
Real Men (1987,US) Features a ts character, who is supposed to be James Belushi's dad, played by Dyanne Thorne. AMG
Red Heat (1988,US) Brief scene involving villain disguised as a nurse. AMG
Remando al viento (1987, Spain) aka Rowing in the Wind. Features Bibí Andersen, the well known TS actress. AMG
Rendez-moi ma peau... (1980,France) aka Give Me Back My Skin. Body swap comedy. AMG
Rent-a-Cop (1988,US) Burt Reynolds movie. Brief appearance of a transvestite in a club scene. AMG
Repo Man ( 1984,US) Logan Carter features in the background somewhere here as one of the wives. Interesting. AMG

Rescue, The
(1988,US) Marc Price has to dress as a woman to get past an army post at one point. AMG
Revenge of the Nerds (1984,US) College comedy - with jocks as cheerleaders, and cheerleadrs as jocks, in a competition. AMG
Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song (1987,Philippines) Poverty and prostitution in the Philippines. PO
Riders of the Storm (1986,UK/US) aka The American Way. Senator Mrs. Westinghouse (Nigel Pegram) has a secret. AMG
Risky Business (1983,US) Briefly features transvestite hooker. AMG
Rita Ritter (1984,Germany) A former man meets an old love after a sex-change.
AMG
Rock & Roll Nightmare (1986,Canada) Satan turns into hero's girlfirend at one point. AMG
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989,US) Low budget sci-fi. Boy is dressed up as female, and offered as sacrifice to mutant. AMG
Running Out of Luck (1987,UK) Mick Jagger musical/drama, made for video, with transvestites and cross-dressing moments. AMG
Rupan III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985,Japan) aka Rupan sansei: Babiron no Ogon densetsu. Anime, man poses as a woman. AMG
S (1980-1989)
Sada El Regal (1989,Egypt) Comedy. A wife has a sex-change when the husband is away. AMG
Salome's Last Dance (1988,UK) Ken Russell's period staging of Oscar Wilde's Salome in a brothel. AMG
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987,UK) A drag artiste mentioned way down the cast listing. AMG
Satan's Storybook (1989,US) Low budget horror video. Demon takes over the body of a woman, brief. AMG
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1982,UK/US) Made for television, some gender disguise for both Percy and some escapees. AMG
Schönen Wilden von Ibiza, Die (1980,Germany) aka Beautiful and Wild on Ibiza. Uncredited TS Carla Antonelli is here somewhere.
Screamplay (1984) b/w A better than usual Troma offering, featuring a transvestite somewhere. AMG
Second Serve (1986,US) aka I Change My Life. Made for TV bio of transsexual tennis player Renee Richards (Vanessa Redgrave). AMG
Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1983) Stage revue, comedians in multiple roles. AMG
Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985, Spain) aka Be Wanton and Tread No Shame. Bibí Andersen plays Raquel. AMG
Seitenstechen (1986,Germany) Man gets pregnant.... mm. de
Seqüestro, o (1981, Brazil) Travesti listed in the cast.
Sex Change--Shock! Horror! Probe (1989,UK) Made for tv documentary on transsexualism.
PO
Sex Mission (1984,Poland) aka Seksmisja. Two men in a female future world. The female leader is revealed to be a male. youtube AMG
Sex World Girls (1989,US) Adult Video. A woman gets to experience sex from the man's point of view.
Shadey (1985,UK) Scientists pay telepathic Shadey (Antony Sher) so he can finance his sex-change. AMG
Sharky's Machine (1981,US) Brief scene featuring an arrested transvestite, Ralph/Rachel. AMG
She Even Chewed Tobacco! (1983,US) Short about women who dressed or passed as men in early San Francisco.
PO
She Must be Seeing Things (1987,US) Lesbian disguises herself as a man to spy on her lover. AMG
Shocker (1989,US) Executed serial killer possesses bodies of various people, briefly two women and a small girl. AMG
Sid and Nancy (1986, UK) There's a Mexican Transvestite, uncredited, somewhere here. AMG
Simon, el gran varón (1983,Mexico) Simon gets a job as a drag performer in a night club. His father doesn't recognise him.
vanguard
Sinful Life, A
(1989,US) Features a transvestite character somewhere. AMG
Si tu vas à Rio... tu meurs (1987,Brasil/France/Italy) Comedy featuring transsexual Roberta Close. AMG
Skin Deep (1989,US) Blake Edwards comedy. Any tg themes? AMG
Slammer Girls (1987,US) Spoof featuring reporter, with a moustache, doning female disguise to enter women's prison. AMG
Sleepaway Camp (1983,US) Illusion explained in the final shot of the movie. AMG
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988) aka Nightmare Vacation II. Psycho ts, Angela (Pamela Stringsteen), is killing again. AMG
Smokey and the Bandit III (1983,US) ? AMG
S.O.B. (1981,US) Briefly Robert Vaughn in drag. AMG
So Fine (1981,US) Comedy, with Boddy Fine (Ryan O'Neal) forced to excape in borrowed female jeans, jumper, and slippers. Brief. AMG
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(1983,US) Horror. Evil carnival, stealing bodies, bearded lady stuff. AMG
Sommergibile più pazzo del mondo, Il (1982,Italy) Comedy. A wife poses as her sex-changed husband. repubblica

Sonny Boy
(1988,Italy/US) Horror, featuring a transvestite 'wife'. AMG
Sons (1989) Three brothers end up in some transvestite clubs in Paris, Jennifer Beals plays a transvestite. AMG
Sotto il vestito niente 2 (1988,Italy) aka Too Beautiful to Die aka They Only Come Out at Night. Killer adopts female masked disguise. 
Spaceballs
(1987,US) A Mel Brooks sci-fi send up. Bloke in a dress somewhere, brief shot. AMG
Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988,US) tv-movie. Assassin is Hilda/Gunther played by Brent Carver and Maria Mayenset. AMG
Spijun na stiklama (1988,Yugoslavia) aka The Spy Wore Heels. Comedy. Man dresses as cleaning lady to steal a master disc. ZLA
Stadt der verlorenen Seelen (1982,Germany) aka City of Lost Souls. Features Wayne County before he became Jayne County. AMG
Starke Zeiten (1988,Germany) aka Zartliche Chaoten 2 aka Three Crazy Jerks 2. A cross-dressing character Michael Winslow(?). AMG
Steig aus deinem Luftballon (1985, Austria) Transvestit listed in the cast.
Strawberry Short Cut/Pickle Surprise (1989,US) Short (1 min!). Sister Dimension, Billy Beyond, and Lady Bunny here.
PO
Sticky Fingers (1988,US) One woman dresses as a man at one point, and a cop works in drag to catch drug dealer. AMG
Stir Crazy (1980,US) Comedy. A prisoner dresses as a woman for the escape near the end of the movie. AMG
Stitches (Geoffrey Lewis)
Stitches (1985,US) Medical comedy. AMG
Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box (1987,US) Short featuring Storme DeLarverie, a black male impersonator. PO
Strange Invaders (1983,US). A whole town is populated by aliens masked as humans. pics AMG
Street Smart
(1987) Transvestite listed in the cast somewhere. AMG
Stripped to Kill (1987) Somebody is killing strippers. Roxanne/Eric is played convincingly by Pia Kamakahi. AMG
Sueño del mono loco, el (1989, Spain) aka The Mad Monkey. Transvestite is listed amongst the characters. AMG
Summer Lovers (1982,US) A sub plot involves a producer filming a movie in the Isles, starring a shemale, hardly worth a mention. AMG
Summer Vacation 1999 (1988,Jap), aka Nen no natsu yasumi. Boys roles are played by girl actors. AMG
Supergrass,The (1985,UK) Comedy featuring in the cast Lana Pellay (aka Alan Pellay) as Mary. AMG
Surrender (Michael A. Andrews)
Surrender (1987,US) Sally Field and Micheal Caine comedy. Features Michael A. Andrews as transvestite hooker. AMG
Surrogate, The (1984,US) aka Blind Rage. Features female impressionist Jim Bailey. AMG
Sybil Bruncheon a La Maison
(1986,France) Comedy featuring transvestite.
AMG
T (1980-1989)
Talking Walls (1987,US) Various sexual encounters in a Hollywood hotel. Features Michael A. Andrews as Ann. AMG
Tango & Cash (Kurt Russell)
Tango & Cash (1989,US) Kurt Russell's character dons some not very convincing female disguise at one point. AMG
Tassinaro, il (1983, Italy) Some transvestites appear here somewhere, apparently. AMG
Taste of Money, A (1983) Adult movie. Bambi Snyder plays a transvestite.
Taxi zum Klo (1981,Germany) Homosexual man's lifestyle, features some drag queens somewhere. AMG
Tenebre (1982,Italy) aka Shadow aka Tenebrae aka Unsane. Featuring Eva Robins as a girl on the beach. AMG
Tenkosei (1982,Japan), aka Transfer Student aka Exchange Student. Boy/girl body swap comedy. AMG
Tenue de soirée (Gerard Depardieu, Michel Blanc)
Tenue de soirée (1987,France) aka Ménage. Gerard Depardieu plays a bisexual thief. Some cross-dressing. AMG
Terrorgram (1988,US) Does Michael A. Andrews feature here somewhere as an escaping POW? AMG
Terror Train (1980,Canada/US) Horror. Killer dons various disguises. AMG
That Sinking Feeling (1979,UK) Comedy, teenage boys have to cross-dress at one point to commit a crime. AMG
They Still Call Me Bruce? (1982,US) aka A Fistful of Chopsticks. Hero hides in wig shop, in partial drag, as a dummy, brief. AMG
They Still Call Me Bruce (1987,US) This martial arts satire has lead posing as a Japanese woman in a massage parlor. AMG
They Were 11 (1986,Japan) aka Jûichi-nin iru! Animation featuring gender confused alien. AMG
Things Are Tough All Over (1982,US) Features Cheech and Chong in rough drag. AMG
Three Fugitives (Martin Short)
Three Fugitives (1989,US) Nick Nolte and Martin Short are on the run with a girl. Short dresses as a woman for some of the time. AMG
Three Men and a Baby (1987,US) Comedy. Ted Danson disguises himself as baby's mom, briefly near the end. AMG
Tía de Carlos, La (1981,Spain) Spanish version of the classic Charley's Aunt play by Brandon Thomas. AMG
To Be or Not to Be (1983,US) Mel Brooks movie. Cameo from James 'Gypsy' Haake as a drag queen 'dresser'. AMG
Todos al suelo (1981,Spain) Comedy. Eva Robins plays .... Berta. AMG
Tokyo Pop A (1988,Japan/US) Brief scene where American girl asks an American tv/ts directions in Tokyo. AMG
Too Outrageous (1987,Canada) Comedy drama featuring female impersonator Craig Russell and others. AMG
Tootsie (Dustin Hoffman)
Tootsie (1982,US) Out of work actor (Dustin Hoffman) tries being a woman to get work. AMG
Top Secret! (1984,US) Spoof. East German women athletes played by men. AMG
Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey Firstein)
Torch Song Trilogy (1988,US) Harvey Fierstein plays a professional female impersonator in 1970's New York. AMG
Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido (1985, Spain) Another appearance from ts Bibí Andersen.
Trancers (1985,US) aka Future Cop. Cop from the future, travels in time, and possesses the body of a young girl, brief. AMG
Travestie, La
(1988,France) aka The Transvestite. A woman disguises herself as a man and develops schizophrenia. AMG
Trenchcoat (1983,US) Features a female impersonator, Princess Aida (Ronald Lacey), and a female impersonation club. AMG
Trick or Treats (1982,US) Malcolm escapes form mental institution by dressing as a female nurse, quite badly too, but it's Halloween. AMG
Troop Beverley Hills
(1989) Drag entertainer James ("Gypsy") Haake is listed in the cast. AMG
Twelfth Night (1980,US) Made for tv/video. Another version of the Shakespeare play. Viola disguises herself like her brother. AMG
U (1980-1989)
Understudy: Graveyard Shift II, The (1988,US) Vampire takes over woman's body. AMG
Under the Volcano (1984) Transvestite listed in the cast. AMG
Unhinged (1982,US) Horror. There's a Psycho rip-off ending. You mean she was a he? AMG
Uninhibited (1989,US) Adult video featuring a body swop.
Unnatural Phenomenon (1986,US) Adult video. Character undergoes gender change every month.
Unnatural Phenomenon II (1986,US) Adult video. Character undergoes gender change every month.
Útlaginn (1981,Iceland) aka Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli. Two sons dress as girls to commit murder somewhere here.
V (1980-1989)
Vecindario 2, El  - Vuel Ven los Mexicanos Calientes (1983,Mexico) Sex comedy features some transvestite characters. youtube AMG
Vera (1987,Brazil) Vera wants to be a man. AMG
Vestida de azul (1983,Spain) aka Dressed in Blue. Documentary. The lives and careers of transvestites. youtube AMG
Vice Versa (1988,US) Skull swops one person with another, at the end of the film the bad guys, a man and woman, switch bodies. AMG
Victor/Victoria (Julie Andrews)
Victor/Victoria (1982,US) Julie Andrews plays a women pretending to be a man who is a female impersonator. AMG
Visit to Christina, A (1989,US) Video by Nelson Sullivan with his transvestite friend Christina.
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Vivat Regina
(1987,UK) A short, with the chorus boys from La Cage Aux Folles, on the day the show closed in London.
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Voguing: The Message
(1989,US) Short, tracing the roots of this dance form.
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Vsyo naoborot (1981,USSR) Boy disguises as a female to see his girlfriend. youtube
Vultures (1984,US) aka Flesh and Bullets. Jim Bailey is here, in several different roles, and does a Streisand imitation, apparently. AMG
W (1980-1989)
Welcome Home, Bobby (1986,US) Bobby comes to down to dinner at one point dressed in drag. AMG
Welcome to 18
(1986,US) Teen comedy, featuring cross-dressing man somewhere, apparently. AMG
Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? (1984) Several San Francisco drag queens appear here. PO AMG
What Sex am I? (1985,US) HBO documentary featuring interviews with transsexuals, transvestites and she-males. AMG
White Mischief (1987,Kenya/UK) Features a cross-dressed party somewhere, I never noticed. AMG
Whoopee Boys, The (1986,US) Paul Rodriguez poses as a bride in the end and gets married while his friend gets the real bride. AMG
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989,US) Inept private eye (John Candy) dons various disguises. AMG
Wigstock--The Movie (Rubnitz, Tom) (1987) Short featuring Lypsinka, Quentin Crisp, Michael Clark, Lady Bunny and others.
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Wild World of Lydia Lunch, The (1986,US) Drag Queen short stories.
Willow (1988,US) See Val Kilmer, briefly, disguise himself as an unlikely woman to take a baby. This isn't very memorable. AMG
Willy/Milly (1986,US), aka I Was a Teenage Boy aka Something Special. Comedy, young girl turns into young boy. AMG PO
Witch Bitch (1988,US) aka Death Spa. Dead witch returns and occasionally inhabits her twin brother's body. AMG
Witchboard (1985,US) Horror. Spirit of male axe murderer takes over female body of Tawny Kitaen. AMG
Without a Clue (1988,US) Comedy featuring Sherlock Holmes character. Features female impersonator, the "real" Leslie. Nice. AMG
Wolfsbraut, Die (1984,Germany) aka The Wolf's Bride. Crazy transvestite features here somewhere. AMG
Woman Inside, The (1981,US) Low Budget. Gloria Manon plays a man who wants to become a woman. AMG
Women's Club, The (1987,US) Near the end of the film an aspiring actor is working on a part in drag. AMG
The World According to Garp (John Lithgow)
World According to Garp, The (1982,UK) John Lithgow is ex-pro footballer transsexual. AMG
Worst Boy in Town, The (1989,Mexico) Gay themes, with a macho gang leader who is a transvestite in secret.
X (1980-1989)
Xia ri fu xing (1985,Hong Kong) aka My Lucky Stars 2; Winners and Sinners 3; The Target. Cross-dressing thugs somewhere. 
Xing ji dun tai
(1983,Hong Kong) aka Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Sci-Fi Comedy with two men in drag somewhere. AMG
Y (1980-1989)
The Year of Living Dangerously (Linda Hunt)
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982,Australia) In which Linda Hunt plays role of a man. AMG
Ye jing hun (1982,HK) aka He Lives by Night. Slasher comedy featuring a transvestite killer with a fishnet fetish. RT AMG
Yellowbeard (1983,US) Peter Bull is cast as Queen Anne, a supposedly comic touch?AMG
Yellow Pages (1988,US) aka Going Undercover. A transvestite is listed in the cast somewhere. AMG
Yentl (Barbara Streisand)
Yentl (1983,UK) Barbara Streisand's character dresses as a boy to learn the Talmud. AMG
Young Doctors in Love (1982,US) Soap spoof with Hector Elizondo as Angelo, who becomes Angela in order to visit his father. AMG
Yuppies 2 (1986,Italy) Comedy. A man disguises himself as a nun, briefly, here. AMG
Z (1980-1989)
Zärtliche Chaoten (Micheal Winslow)
Zärtliche Chaoten (1987,Germany) aka Three Crazy Jerks. Comedy with Michael Winslow's character in drag at one point. AMG
Zorro, The Gay Blade (George Hamilton)
Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981,US) Swashbuckling spoof. Zorro's cousin dons drag to help him out. AMG
USEFUL RESOURCES

Transgender Movies - Yahoo! Movies Group
Somewhere to share information with others. I thank all the members who have contributed so much.

Hazel Freeman's Transgender Film and Media Guide
has detailed listings, including several titles that are not featured here. Her site is very useful and comprehensive.
Tiffany's TG Movie Guide
is an impressive listing, with details, of M2F content movies.
CROSSDRESSING GUIDE - FILME ~ Agnes has a detailed list in German.
transgender-net.de [filme] ~ Comprehensive listing in German.
http://david-de-alba.com ~ Drag Performers, Interviews, Tributes.
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Movie Review
Query Engine
Transgender
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TV Guide Online
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PlanetOut - Movies
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You are welcome to put a link to this page from your web page if you wish. I'm sure there are plenty of errors and omissions above. If you want to send any corrections or send further information on this subject, please me. I have not actually seen most of the films listed so I am working a bit in the dark. Any help would be much appreciated. I don't suppose the list will ever be truly complete, but I will keep trying. I might add that unfortunately a great many transgendered characters in the above movies are treated in a negative way. Film makers please note. And special thanks to Ange for your help.