Movies Like Trans-Lit

If you liked Trans-Lit (2019), a movie directed by Muhammad Umar Saeed, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
3 Generations (2016)
★ 6.4/10
A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.
2
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
★ 7.4/10
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a…
3
Normal (2003)
★ 6.7/10
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
4
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
★ 7.3/10
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
5
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
★ 7.4/10
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
6
Bride & Prejudice (2004)
★ 6.5/10
Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitors for her four unmarried daughters when a family friend introduces them to handsome American Will Darcy. A Bollywood-style modern adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel.
7
Madeline's Madeline (2018)
★ 5.9/10
Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their…
8
Kinky Boots (2005)
★ 6.7/10
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the…
9
Pride (2014)
★ 7.7/10
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
10
Empire Waist (2024)
★ 7.8/10
Lenore Miller’s size has always earned her teases and jeers in her school’s hallways, but this clothes-loving teenager is about to set the world on fire with her own line of inclusive fashion designs.
11
Soldier's Girl (2003)
★ 7/10
This true story, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a transgender nightclub performer, was…
12
StreetDance 3D (2010)
★ 6.5/10
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
13
Disclosure (2020)
★ 7.8/10
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
14
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
★ 6.1/10
An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.
15
A Different Man (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
16
Rent (2005)
★ 6.8/10
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
17
Port Authority (2019)
★ 6/10
Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them…
18
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
★ 5.9/10
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
19
Fitting In (2024)
★ 6.5/10
A teenage girl gets diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex and propels her into exploring unusual methods to have a sex life, challenging her relationships with everyone in her life…
20
Will & Harper (2024)
★ 7.3/10
When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.