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List of feature films with transgender characters

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Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ112972528 ↗
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This is a list of films with fictional and factual transgender characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network). This list does not include documentaries, which are included in the categories of LGBTQ-related films by decade, or animated transgender characters, which are noted in List of fictional trans characters.

Various live-action films feature either transgender issues as a plot element or have trans men, trans women or non-binary trans characters. Films are in alphabetical order by year of release. Titles beginning with determiners "A", "An", and "The" are alphabetized by the first significant word.

1900–1999

1900–1959

1960–1969

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–present

2000–2004

2005–2009

2010–2014

2015–2019

2020–2024

2025

2026

See also

List of transgender characters in television

Media portrayals of transgender people

List of transgender-related topics

List of fictional asexual characters in film

List of feature films with intersex characters

List of fictional intersex characters

List of fictional non-binary characters in film

List of fictional pansexual characters in film

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Sources

Where We Are on TV: 2005–2006 (PDF) (Report). GLAAD. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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