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.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
★ 7.5/10Veteran 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.
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Romeos (2011)
★ 6.8/10Lukas, 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…
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
★ 7.3/10Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
★ 7.5/10Raised 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…
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This Filthy World (2006)
★ 7.6/10In 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…
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Maybe... Maybe Not (1994)
★ 6.3/10The 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…
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The Danish Girl (2015)
★ 7.5/10When 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…
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Stage Mother (2020)
★ 6.2/10A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.
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Zerophilia (2005)
★ 5.9/10Luke, 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…
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The Birdcage (1996)
★ 7/10A 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.
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I Am Divine (2014)
★ 7.3/10Harris 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…
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Ricky Stanicky (2024)
★ 6.5/10When 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…
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Cocktail (1988)
★ 6.1/10After 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…
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Femme (2023)
★ 7/10Jules 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…
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
★ 6.8/10Two 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.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
★ 6.4/10A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
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Paris Is Burning (1991)
★ 8/10Where 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…
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Femme Fatale (2002)
★ 6.2/10A $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…
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Blueback (2022)
★ 6.7/10Based 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.
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
★ 6.1/10Jamie 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…