1. Dasepo Naughty Girls (다세포 소녀)
Based on the popular Internet novel, the film takes place in a school renowned for its sexual aberrations. The student body is comprised of sexually ambiguous teenagers, and the student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent study and supplementary classes are done on homosexuality and transgenderism. But amidst this environment, there are some that just can't adapt.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
2. The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps (La revanche des Crevettes pailletées)
Two years after the death of Jean, Matthias, the coach, decides to take Selime, a young man from the suburbs he believes is gay, to accompany the Shiny Shrimps to the Gay Games in Tokyo, on a trip to pay tribute to their friend who left too early. But after they miss their connection, they find themselves stranded in Russia, in one of the not the most gay-friendly regions in the world. The start of a crazy adventure as incredible as it is perilous.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
3. Brother Mary
To understand a mysterious man in a Victorian gown, who sings praises to God on the streets of contemporary Vancouver, we meet the people who claim to be closest to him.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
4. My Life in Pink (Ma vie en rose)
Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble. As suburban prejudices close around them, family loves and loyalties are tested in the ever-escalating dramatic turns of Alain Berliner's critically acclaimed first feature. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a favorite at festivals around the world, this unique film experience delivers magic of the rarest sort through a story of difference, rejection, and childlike faith in miracles.
It has an average vote of 6.965 on TMDB.
5. A Day of Trans (跨越性别的一天)
A Day of Trans is a groundbreaking, intimate look into the lives of four individuals – across three generations set against the backdrop of China's rise on the global stage. The short documentary film explores their lived experiences, professional career paths, community involvement, social barriers, and their unique approaches to life as transgender individuals across the generations.
6. The Devil's Magnificent (El diablo es magnífico)
Manu, a trans immigrant, must return to her native Chile after 10 years in France. In the days leading up to her departure, Manu’s platonic friend Daniel proposes marriage with the intention of solving her visa issues. Manu strongly considers the offer, but she’s wholly disheartened at the prospect of a life without love, romance, and sex—that is, until she meets a fellow foreigner who instills in her the hope for a romantic future.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
7. Me Leva Pra Casa (Me Leva Pra Casa)
(Me Leva Pra Casa)
8. Body: Its Autobiography (Corpo: Sua Autobiografia)
A documentary that shows a body in social and family isolation, but the distance is not caused by the coronavirus, but by being a transvestite. Renata Carvalho is a character of herself, her voice tells us the historicity/transcestrality of her body and the structural transphobia.
9. Divine Intervention
To get the promotion of their dreams, a mischievous earth-bound angel must get two ex-best friends to finally admit their love to each other.
10. Calls from Moscow (Llamadas desde Moscú)
A prefabricated estate in Moscow is meant as a transit stop for four queer Cuban exiles – until Russia’s attack on Ukraine radically shifts their outlook. Moving telephone calls back home provide the structure of Luís Alejandro Yero’s debut work.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
11. Die Beautiful (Die Beautiful)
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
12. The Cleanse
The Queer Clique loves fresh meat. Newbie Kayden must complete the sacred initiation: The Cleanse. No food. No sex. Just juice. Let the cravings begin.
13. An Abusada Night (Uma Noite Abusada)
Mini documentary about the recently launched girl group from São Paulo, Katy da Voz e as Abusadas, in a concert at Zig Studio.
14. Pabllo Vittar, The Town - The Documentary (Pabllo Vittar, The Town - O Documentário)
Documentary about behind the scenes of Pabllo Vittar's highly anticipated show at the first edition of The Town, in São Paulo.
15. Kumu Hina
A transgender Native Hawaiian teacher inspires a young girl to fulfill her destiny of leading the school's male hula troupe, even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship in her own life.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
16. Rikkie Kollé, the most beautiful woman in the Netherlands (Rikkie Kollé, de mooiste vrouw van Nederland)
Rikkie Kollé will be the first trans woman to be crowned Miss Netherlands in July 2023. In addition to praise, 22-year-old Rikkie receives a remarkable amount of misunderstanding and hate reactions about herself. Fortunately, they have only strengthened her mission even more: being an example for young trans people and normalizing gender diversity. In a unique documentary, Miss Netherlands is followed on her way to the world stage in El Salvador where she is making a bid for the title of Miss Universe, with all the work, obligations and preparations that entails.
17. Free CeCe
This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
18. T (T)
A collage of film archives that gives an account of the artistic and territorial militancy of a group of transvestite militants during the years prior to the enactment of the gender law in the Argentine Republic.
It has an average vote of 2.7 on TMDB.
19. Trespassing Bergman
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
20. Bixas Pretas: Entre o Amor e Afetos (Bixas Pretas: Entre o Amor e Afetos)
The documentary mixes reenactments with true accounts from four characters/actors who tell the stories of six black gay men, their experiences and their romantic relationships crossed by racism and homophobia.
