1. Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change
Actress and Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winner Rose Ayling-Ellis reveals the daily challenges, discrimination, and barriers which are faced by deaf individuals.
2. The Pearl
THE PEARL is a cinematic and intimate portrait of four transgender women who come out in their senior years. Set in logging towns in the Pacific Northwest, the visceral, observational story explores what it means to leave behind presenting as a man.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
3. Little Lady Fauntleroy
Former child prodigy James Harries and his family may at first sight seem to be a houseful of geniuses, but although every single member has a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, we soon discover that some were purchased from a fake university in the USA, while the others were awarded to them by themselves. They regard themselves as morally, intellectually, and financially superior to the rest of society, even though the clan includes a convicted arsonist, an astral projectionist, a former Bunny Girl, a part-time private detective and a transgender daughter , all of whom seem to live their lives in a parallel universe.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
4. Max
Pioneering trans writer Max Wolf Valerio talks about his life and experience of transition in this groundbreaking documentary short, one of the very first portraits of a trans man on film, directed and produced by noted filmmaker Monika Treut.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity (Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity)
Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender People in Turkey. What remains at the place where a murder happened? What constitutes trans* life? How to cope with daily violence and hatred? We begin to search for traces. We follow the tracks of resistance and survival. We are collectors of the expelled. We gather fragments of trans* lives inspired by texts of Nazim Hikmet, Foucault, Benjamin and Zeki Müren. Trans*BUT is a documental research study driven by the question: “What keeps you going when all else falls away?”
6. Transhood
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families show us the intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a unique and unprecedented chronicle of growing up transgender in the heartland.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
7. Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to embracing her true self proved even more meaningful.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
8. My Prairie Home
A true Canadian iconoclast, acclaimed transgender country/electro-pop artist Rae Spoon revisits the stretches of rural Alberta that once constituted “home” and confronts memories of growing up queer in an abusive, evangelical household.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
9. Growing Up Coy
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. The Trans List
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
11. Leaving Vogue Moran
In this documentary, a Hollywood hopeful immersed in geek subculture decides it's time to tell the world that he loves transgender women.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. Real Boy
REAL BOY is the coming-of-age story of Bennett Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice-as a musician, a friend, a son, and a man. As he navigates the ups and downs of young adulthood, Bennett works to gain the love and support of his mother, who has deep misgivings about her child's transition. Along the way, he forges a powerful friendship with his idol, Joe Stevens, a celebrated transgender musician with his own demons to fight.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
13. Bare
The tendency in the world is right-wing, neo-liberal, and people are more controlled. We have less liberty even if we think we have more. The last territory where we can be ourselves and where we can have full freedom is our own body. The documentary "BARE" focuses on male nudity in the modern dance. The story follows a well-known Belgian choreographer Thierry Smits through a process of building his new creation with a group of male dancers performing bare naked.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Le Silence de la carpe (Le Silence de la carpe)
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15. Seeing Thunder
A documentary that threads on the hidden conundrums in the deaf world. Within the deaf and the hearing world is a fine line - so what's it like to live within as an in-betweener?
16. My Transgender Kid
Two British families discuss the challenges they face raising children who identify as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
17. Ekai (Mi pequeño gran samurai)
A short documentary depicting the story of young transgender boy Ekai Lersundi, who took his own life in 2018 after struggling with the bureaucracy surrounding hormone replacement therapy assignment.
18. Little Miss Westie
A year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
19. DeRosa: Life, Love & Art in Transition
Chronicles the extraordinary life of artist Felicia DeRosa, who came out as transgender at the age of 41. With her life, career, and marriage potentially at risk, Felicia embarks on a journey towards authenticity and self-acceptance.
20. MAJOR!
MAJOR! follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a 73-year-old Black transgender woman who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
