Documentary
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.
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Dawn: A Charleston Legend
Apolo
The Fabulous Ones
The City of Pirates
Finding Kim
Brianna: A Mother's Story
The Rainbow Passage
Liminal
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
I Am
Casa Susanna
THÁI BẢO HUỲNH KHANG
Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick
Edhi Alice: REVERSE
David Beckham: Into the Unknown
Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner
Memories of a Young Pianist
Ciao! Manhattan
My Transgender Kid
Screen Test: Ethel Scull
SIMILAR MOVIES
Dawn: A Charleston Legend
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2022
In 1968, Gordon Langley Hall claimed he was a woman misdiagnosed as male at birth because of a genital defect. To correct this, Gordon underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in the United States. Her subsequent marriage to a black auto mechanic and the mysterious birth of their daughter Natasha sent Charleston, SC society into a fury and cast serious doubts on the truth behind Dawn’s story.Apolo
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
After naturally conceiving a child during the COVID-19 pandemic, trans-centered couple Isis and Lourenzo begin a journey across Brazil in search of respectful and specialized prenatal care, while fighting for their family's rights in what kills the most trans people in the world.The Fabulous Ones
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2022
It often happens that at the moment of death, transgender individuals are shorn of their identity. Their families are ashamed, the funeral takes place in secret, and on the tomb appears the name the deceased had before their transition, in one stroke nullifying the entire life path they had chosen. The same thing happened to Antonia. Her girlfriends gather to honor her memory and give her back her identity denied. In telling her story, the film’s stars, all drawn from the variegated transgender world, interweave the narrative with tales of their own lives, experiences, and memories.The City of Pirates
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 2018
A film director faces a complex situation in the production of his new film: Laerte, the protagonist of the story, begins to renegade her former characters, the Pirates of the Tietê. Lost in this situation and determined to be faithful to his whims after seeing the approach of death, the director decides to tell his drama mixing his persona with the story, creating a chaotic labyrinth between fiction and real life.Finding Kim
IMDB 6.2 | May , 2016
50 year old Kim is transitioning from female to male gender over a period of four years. The story follows his life, surgery and struggles with his self-image and self-acceptance. Alongside Kim's narrative are interviews with luminaries in the field and trans community.Brianna: A Mother's Story
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
Brianna: A Mother's Story - Esther Ghey tells the powerful and emotional true story of her daughter Brianna, a sixteen year old trans girl who was groomed by a murder obsessed classmate.The Rainbow Passage
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2020
Following a year in Cadance and Amanda's gender transition, this intimate documentary charts not only their personal transformation but the building of a life and community together in regional New South Wales.Liminal
IMDB 0 | May , 2024
A trans paranormal investigator and their team search for the connection between the queer and the strange as they explore the mysterious and magical world of the rural south.WWF: Before They Were Superstars
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2002
In no-holds-barred interviews, backed up with tons of exclusive footage, learn what Kurt Angle, Stacy Keibler, Christian, Edge, Lita, Spike Dudley, Mighty Molly, the Hardy Boyz, Bradshaw, William Regal, and Billy Gunn did before joining the WWF and becoming world-famous celebrities and WWF superstars. Which two WWF Superstars have been best friends since sixth grade? Who preceded his WWF career as a bull rider in a rodeo? Which WWF Superstar has pursued a show biz career since the age of 3? DVD extras include rings debuts and early matches as well as Edge & Christian's winter fun, Bradshaw's bear wrestling days, Spike's hardcore childhood, and a story where Kurt Angle gets 50 cents.I Am
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2014
This beautiful and poignant film was commissioned by TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) and is a conversational piece which explores gender identity and transgender experiences in Ireland.Casa Susanna
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2022
In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers. Diane and Kate are now 80 years old. At the time, they were men and part of this secret organization. Today, they relate this forgotten but essential chapter of the early days of trans-identity. It is a story full of noise and fury, rich in extraordinary characters, including the famous Susanna, who had the courage to create this refuge that came to be known as Casa Susanna.THÁI BẢO HUỲNH KHANG
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2023
A trans Vietnamese woman's deadname being repeated over and over again.Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1965
Andy directs Edie for a screen test.Edhi Alice: REVERSE
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2024
Edhi Alice: REVERSE begins from the perspective of Edhi, who is about to undergo gender confirmation surgery, and transitions into the journey of another protagonist, Alice, as she comes to terms with her body. The narrative of transition expands beyond a personal life story to encompass relationships, bodily experiences, and the sense of space, becoming a cinematic transformation.David Beckham: Into the Unknown
IMDB 5.8 | Jun , 2014
This documentary chronicles David Beckham and his friends' unforgettable journey deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Travelling by motorbike and boat, and guided by locals, he visits far-flung communities and tribes that live in this remote landscape.Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2023
Lies can kill. Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner is an exploration of propaganda, lies, and the overwhelming urge to end it all.Memories of a Young Pianist
IMDB 5 | Nov , 2009
Interview with the italian composer Claudio Gizzi about his lifetime and work as part or the extras of the Blu-Ray edition from What? (Che?) (1972) from Roman PolanskiCiao! Manhattan
IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 1973
Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie Sedgwick’s own self-destructive spiral.My Transgender Kid
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2015
Two British families discuss the challenges they face raising children who identify as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth.Screen Test: Ethel Scull
IMDB 4 | Oct , 1964
16mm, black and white film, silent, 4:30 min.