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Movies Like Risk, Stretch or Die

If you liked Risk, Stretch or Die (2008), a movie directed by Saskia Heyden, 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. 1To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

    To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Veteran drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson take novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their wing on a madcap road trip across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Los Angeles.

  2. 2Romeos

    Romeos (2011)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgender person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in…

  3. 3The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    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.

  4. 4Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10

    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…

  5. 5This Filthy World

    This Filthy World (2006)

    ★ 7.6/10

    In this filmed version of cult film director John Waters' popular one-man show, the Pink Flamingos and A Dirty Shame director takes the stage to discuss everything from his early influences, fondest career memories…

  6. 6Maybe... Maybe Not

    Maybe... Maybe Not (1994)

    ★ 6.3/10

    The heterosexual man Axel is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his…

  7. 7The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…

  8. 8Stage Mother

    Stage Mother (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

  9. 9Zerophilia

    Zerophilia (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia where so many crazy questions…

  10. 10The Birdcage

    The Birdcage (1996)

    ★ 7/10

    A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.

  11. 11I Am Divine

    I Am Divine (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty…

  12. 12Ricky Stanicky

    Ricky Stanicky (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their…

  13. 13Cocktail

    Cocktail (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his…

  14. 14Femme

    Femme (2023)

    ★ 7/10

    Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect…

  15. 15Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

  16. 16Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

  17. 17Paris Is Burning

    Paris Is Burning (1991)

    ★ 8/10

    Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball…

  18. 18Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret…

  19. 19Blueback

    Blueback (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to change the world.

  20. 20Everybody's Talking About Jamie

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by…

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