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Transvestism

"I love the smell of angora in the morning!" (Not uttered in "Glen or Glenda" - pictured). This compilation of 'big men in tights' movies (among others) shows us the often funny, tragic, but never dull lives as led by transvestites, and transsexuals, in the movies. Some actors are often hilariously shown to be unsuited for the garter and makeup (Ed Wood in "Glen or Glenda"), while others make the uncanny transformation from man to woman to often stunning effect (Jaye Davidson in "The Crying Game"). Also included are those farcical films where men must disguise themselves as women inevitably leading to much frantic confusion and deception ("Some Like It Hot").

M Butterfly (1993)

6.8/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Ian Richardson

Inspired by the true story and based on the Tony Award-winning play by David Henry Hwang, about the bizarrely extended relationship between a French d... Read more

Mrs Doubtfire (1993)

6.9/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sally Field, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein

Robin Williams dons a dress in this heartwarming tale of a doting divorcee dad disguising himself as a housekeeper to regain access to the kids he ado... Read more

The Crying Game (1992)

7.3/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson

Stephen Rea finds out that love is a strange game indeed when he flees to London, from a botched I.R.A. mission in Northern Ireland, and meets the dec... Read more

Nuns on the Run (1990)

5.9/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri

In this grand farce, Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane play lower-echelon English crooks who decide to rip off their boss and fly to Brazil. When their pl... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs ( Blu-ray ) (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more

Paris Is Burning (1990)

8.1/10
Director: Jennie Livingston
Starring: Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza

Equally outrageous, funny and touching, Jennie Livingston's acclaimed documentary looks at a very vocal segment of the gay community: the drag 'houses... Read more

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

7.7/10
Director: Paul Bogart
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein adapted his Broadway hit play about the trials and tribulations of being a sexually active, gay urban male in the 1970's for the big... Read more

Law of Desire (1986)

7.2/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas

Bizarre and beguiling gender-flipping tale from Spain, detailing the quest for happiness and love by two siblings: one a successful gay theatre direct... Read more

Yentl (1983)

6.6/10
Director: Barbra Streisand
Starring: Amy Irving, Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin

Barbra Streisand directs herself in a sweeping entertainment based on the I B Singer short story about a young woman who disguises herself as a young... Read more