History GenderBender / LiveActionFilms

** To everyone living, Roy looks like a [[MsFanservice beautiful young woman]]. [[spoiler:Later we see Proctor has a male avatar, and Nick's second avatar is a Girl Scout.]]

* In ''Film/{{Sam}}'', Sam is transformed into a woman thanks to a mysterious tea he drank at TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday.

* ''Film/TheAssignment2016'': Assassin Frank Kitchen gets a full sex reassignment via {{magic plastic surgery}}, and the result is him going from physically male to looking like Creator/MichelleRodriguez (who played him in both cases).

* In the late-night exploitation film ''Film/CleoLeo'' (1989), the lecherous Leo Blockman is shot and falls into the river. He later emerges down-river in the body of an attractive female, and later goes by the name Cleo Clock.

** PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde'', Doctor Jacks is a modern day chemist who inherits the scientific notebooks of his great grandfather - Henry Jeckyll. The resulting formula turns him into Ms Hyde.
** The obscure spoof ''Film/DrHeckylAndMrHype'', has modern day podiatrist Dr. Heckyl turning into the handsome debonair sociopath Mr. Hype after drinking a weight loss formula. [[spoiler: Dr. Hoo also drinks the formula, but is turned into a woman, a virtual twin of Miss Finebum.]] And, there is a scene where Dr. Heckyl has a string of PhotoMontage transformations, including some as a woman.

* A female to male version, in the 2015 Swedish film ''Film/GirlsLost'' - based on the Young Adult novel ''Literature/{{Pojkarna}}'' by Jessica Schiefauer - three teen girls, Momo, and Bella who suffer from misogynistic bullying at school find a mysterious seed that grows into a flower that can turn them into boys if they drink its nectar, though it wears off by morning. Kim is heavily hinted to be a trans man and finds the situation liberating and becomes addicted to the nectar, whilst the other two are intrigued and find some more confidence as boys, but admit they'd rather stay as girls.

* The Fox Family TV movie ''Film/IceAngel'' (released on DVD in Australia as ''On Thin Ice: Going for the Gold'') is about a male hockey player Matt Clark who dies prematurely and is brought back to life in the body of a female figure skater Sarah Bryann so he can win the Olympic gold medal that he was supposed to win the first around. It's actually a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan (1941)'' (like the film ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'' and stage play ''Heaven Can Wait (1938)'' by Harry Segall), with the {{Gender Flip}} adding {{Different for Girls}} as an added complication on top of the original's {{Fish out of Water}} hijinks.
* In ''Film/IdentityTheft'' (2009), Matt Walker, who recently won the lottery encounters Karen Bristol and has a one-night stand. When he wakes up he finds they have exchanged bodies. He's a victim of someone who swaps bodies at will, mostly to prolong life indefinitely, but in this case it's done to collect his lottery winnings. [[spoiler: Later, Lisa Tate will switch bodies with Collette.]]

* In the Italian comedy ''Film/LeComiche2'' the two main characters cause physical and psychological damage to many people throughout the multiple episodes composing the movie. The main recurring victim ({{chew toy}}) is a male individual that undergoes an undesired breast augmentation at the end of the first episode. Later he has an accident of {{comedic underwear exposure}}, revealing he is wearing a bra supporting large breasts. As the movie progresses, he ends up in a hospital and he is given a sexual reassignment surgery. Finally, completely turned into a woman, she is an odalisque in a harem, seemingly accepting her new role and gender ({{Second Law of Gender Bending}}).
* The TV Movie ''Film/{{The Magic Statue}}'' (1981) was made by combining episodes 1, 2, 5, and 7 of the short-lived TV series ''Series/{{Turnabout}}'' (1979). In this movie, [[spoiler: Sam and Penny Alston eventually have their bodies swapped back and end up believing they had had a strange shared dream.]]
* In the TV movie (filmed stage play) ''Film/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' (1981), the boy Tip transforms into [[spoiler: Princess Ozma.]]

* ''Film/{{RIPD}}'': To everyone living, Roy looks like a ([[MsFanservice beautiful]]) young woman. [[spoiler: Later we see Proctor has a male avatar, and Nick's second avatar is a Girl Scout.]]

* In Disney's ''Film/TheSwap'' (2016), two high school students are using cell phones with such extreme sentimental value that they have become "totems". They make the mistake of texting each other the wrong thing, and the phones switch their minds into each others' bodies. They can't get the phones to change them back until they resolve each others' issues, and in the mean time also try to win at each others' sport.

%%* In ''Film/TheWonderfulLandOfOz'', [[spoiler: Tip transforms into Princess Ozma.]]

* ''Film/{{Zerophilia}}'', directed by Martin Curland, concerns a young man named Luke who discovers he has the rare Z chromosome after his first sexual encounter with a woman travelling in a camper. (Apparently, he never tried masturbation.) This gene makes him a zerophiliac, a person whose sex changes with the act of sex (either by your lonesome or with another person). Sex with another zerophile induces [[ShapeshifterModeLock mode locking]], after which the zerophile will only change sex when having sex with another zerophile. [[spoiler: We meet three different zerophiles - Luke/Luca, Dr. Sydney Catchadourian (using the name for both sexes), and Michelle/Max.]]

* In ''Film/TheGamersDorknessRising'', male player Gary chooses to play the game as female sorceress Luster, based in his head on his hot math teacher (Jennifer Page). Unfortunately, he keeps forgetting the sex of his character, and "in-game" Luster is constantly switching between male (Christian Doyle) and female. It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] several times, both in-character and out-of-character.

* ''Film/SecretGarden'' (2012) is a Chinese stand-alone film adaptation of the Korean TV series ''Series/SecretGarden'' (2010-2011). A wealthy CEO and a stuntwoman have their bodies switched by a magical painting. In the end, things are resolved for that couple, but then pop star Oscar and his female director are looking at the same painting and have their bodies switched. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome And then cue credits before anything interesting happens.]]

* The Belgian short erotic art film ''[[Film/Switch2018 Switch (2018)]]'' features an initially female protagonist who discovers that having an orgasm causes her to change sex. [[spoiler: Later in the film, she meets a guy who becomes female when he has an orgasm.]] The film can be seen as a commentary on trans people's experiences. Can be viewed [[https://vimeo.com/276946232 here.]]

* In ''Film/TheWonderfulLandOfOz'' (1969), [[spoiler: Tip transforms into Princess Ozma.]]

* In the late-night exploitation film ''Film/CleoLeo'' (1989), the lecherous Leo Blockman (Scott Baker) is shot and falls into the river. He later emerges down-river in the body of an attractive female, and later goes by the name Cleo Clock (Jane Hamilton).
* The Australian feature ''Film/DatingTheEnemy'' takes the classic set up of a bickering couple, Tash (Claudia Karvan) and Brett (Guy Pearce) who get an opportunity (in a FreakyFridayFlip) to "see the world through the other's eyes".
* ''Film/{{Deathstalker}}'': Gargit (Marcos Woinsky) is transformed into Princess Codille (Barbi Benton) instantly via magic. He is sent to seduce and kill the Deathstalker.

** The soft porn film ''Film/TheAdultVersionOfJekyllAndHide'' has modern day Dr Christopher Leeder (Jack Buddliner) try recreating Jekyll's formula, only to turn into an attractive female Miss Hide (Jane Tsentas).

** PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde'', Doctor Jacks (Tim Daly of ''Series/{{Wings}}'') is a modern day chemist who inherits the scientific notebooks of his great grandfather - Henry Jeckyll. The resulting formula turns him into Ms Hyde (Sean Young).
** The obscure spoof ''Film/DrHeckylAndMrHype'', has modern day podiatrist Dr Heckyl (Oliver Reed in heavy makeup) turning into the handsom debonair sociopath Mr Hype (Oliver Reed) after drinking a weight loss formula. [[spoiler: Dr. Hoo (Kedrick Wolf) also drinks the formula, but is turned into a woman, a virtual twin of Miss Finebum(Maia Danziger).]] And, there is a scene where Dr. Heckyl has a string of PhotoMontage transformations, including some as a woman.
* In [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer's]] ''Film/FrankensteinCreatedWoman'', Doctor Frankenstein successfully transfers the soul of Hans (Robert Morris) into the just-drowned body of the deformed Christina(Susan Denberg). Frankenstein fixes up the woman's body, making her beautiful, but as with most of the Doctor's experiments, things start going downhill from there.
* ''Film/{{Freaky}}'': For the Butcher (Vince Vaughn) and Millie (Kathryn Newton) via FreakyFridayFlip. He's an adult man, she's a teenage girl, and both find the change discomforting (he adjusts faster).
* In ''Film/TheGamersDorknessRising'', male player Gary (Christian Doyle) chooses to play the game as female sorceress Luster, based in his head on his hot math teacher (Jennifer Page). Unfortunately, he keeps forgetting the sex of his character, and "in-game" Luster is constantly switching between male (Christian Doyle) and female (Jennifer Page). It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] several times, both in-character and out-of-character.
* A female to male version, in the 2015 Swedish film ''Film/GirlsLost'' (''Pojkarna'') - based on the Young Adult novel ''Literature/{{Pojkarna}}'' by Jessica Schiefauer - three teen girls, Momo, and Bella (Tuva Jagell, Louise Nyvall, and Wilma Holmén) who suffer from misogynistic bullying at school find a mysterious seed that grows into a flower that can turn them into boys(Emrik Öhlander, Alexander Gustavsson, and Vilgot Ostwald Vesterlund) if they drink its nectar, though it wears off by morning. Kim is heavily hinted to be a trans man and finds the situation liberating and becomes addicted to the nectar, whilst the other two are intrigued and find some more confidence as boys, but admit they'd rather stay as girls.
* In ''Film/GoodbyeCharlie'', womanizer Charles Sorel (Harry Madden) is shot by a jealous husband and falls out a porthole. He's lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blonde woman (Debbie Reynolds).
* In ''Film/{{Gozu}}'', a dead {{Yakuza}} brother Ozaki (Shô Aikawa) returns as a young attractive woman (Kimika Yoshino) with no explanation given why.

* The Hong Kong action comedy ''Film/HolyWeapon'' features this towards the end. In the movie, [[OldMaster Ghost Doctor]] creates "Feminine Wine" for an intersexed woman Yam Kin Fai (Kwan-Yue Ng), warning that if a man drinks even just a drop, he'd become a woman. They then have the male IdiotHero Ng Tung (Wai-Kin Cheung) look after the brew without telling him what it is or what it does. Ng Tung unwittingly drinks the brew, thinking it's a nutritious soup. Then [[ItMakesSenseInContext his penis tells him]] that from now on, whenever his body gets wet, he'll turn into a woman. He'll become a man again when he dries his body. [[spoiler:This becomes useful during the final battle, when the BigBad's {{Mooks}} throw Ng Tung into the river as a sacrifice, only for him to emerge fully female, complete with bouncing chest and GirlishPigtails. Thus, he/she becomes the Seven Virgins' EleventhHourRanger (since one of them is trapped in a net throughout the battle). Rather thans switch to an actress, actor Wai-Kin Cheung was made up to look like a girl.]]
* ''Film/TheHotChick'' has a lowlife thief Clive Maxtone (Rob Schneider) accidentally swapping bodies with a snotty teenage girl Jessica Spencer (Rachel Mc Adams).
* The Fox Family TV movie ''Film/IceAngel'' (released on DVD in Australia as ''On Thin Ice: Going for the Gold'') is about a male hockey player Matt Clark (Aaron Smolinski) who dies prematurely and is brought back to life in the body of a female figure skater Sarah Bryann (Nicholle Tom) so he can win the Olympic gold medal that he was supposed to win the first around. It's actually a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan (1941)'' (like the film ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'' and stage play ''Heaven Can Wait (1938)'' by Harry Segall), with the {{Gender Flip}} adding {{Different for Girls}} as an added complication on top of the original's {{Fish out of Water}} hijinks.
* In ''Film/IdentityTheft'' (2009), Matt Walker (James A. Ward), who recently won the lottery encounters Karen Bristol (Laura Weintraub) and has a one-night stand. When he wakes up he finds they have exchanged bodies. He's a victim of someone who swaps bodies at will, mostly to prolong life indefinitely, but in this case it's done to collect his lottery winnings. [[spoiler: Later, Lisa Tate (Rachel Hardy) will switch bodies with Collette (Carrie Hardy).]]
* ''Film/ItsABoyGirlThing'' gives bickering teenagers Nell Bedworth (Samaire Armstrong) and Woody Deane (Kevin Zegers) a FreakyFridayFlip via a {{Mayincatec}} god statue.

** The movie ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' is about a group of teenagers who get sucked into a video game and are stuck in the bodies of the avatars they chose. The group's wannabe AlphaBitch, Bethany, ends up selecting [[GenderBlenderName Professor Shelly Oberon]], whom the game describes as a "curvy genius" (which she assumes means "hot scientist"). To her surprise and horror, Shelly Oberon turns out to be an overweight middle-aged man (played by ''Creator/JackBlack''). Hilarity ensues.

*** Later, Spencer's grandfather, Eddie (Creator/DannyDeVito), ends up in Fleetfoot's body; he's too amazed by the fact that he has a full head of hair (being bald in the real world, and having spent much of the film as the extremely strong, but bald, Bravestone) to be concerned about being female.

* In the TV movie (filmed stage play) ''Film/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' (1981), the boy Tip transforms into [[spoiler: Princess Ozma. Both the boy Tip and the girl Ozma were portrayed by Christopher Passi.]]

* In the ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' films, the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) is able to transform himself into Lady in Lavender (Kathy Lester) or Alchemy (Samantha Phillips) in order to lure people in to be killed. The Tall Man's Lady in Lavender persona appears in ''Phantasm'', ''Phantasm III'', and ''Phantasm Ravager''. In ''Phantasm II'' Alchemy is mysteriously replaced by The Tall Man in the end.

* In ''Film/{{Sam}}'', Sam (Brock Harris) is transformed into a woman (Natalie Knepp) thanks to a mysterious tea he drank at TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday.

* The Belgian short erotic art film ''[[Film/Switch2018 Switch (2018)]]'' features an initially female protagonist who discovers that having an orgasm causes her to change sex. [[spoiler: Later in the film, she meets a guy who becomes female when he has an orgasm.]]The film can be seen as a commentary on trans people's experiences. Can be viewed [[https://vimeo.com/276946232 here.]]

* In ''Film/TheWonderfulLandOfOz'' (1969), [[spoiler: Tip (Chan Mahon) transforms into Princess Ozma (Joy Webb).]]

* ''Film/ItsABoyGirlThing'' gives bickering teenagers Nell and Woody a FreakyFridayFlip via a {{Mayincatec}} god statue.

** The obscure spoof ''Film/DrHeckylAndMrHype'', has modern day podiatrist Dr Heckyl (Oliver Reed in heavy makeup) turning into the handsom debonair sociopath Mr Hype (Oliver Reed). [[spoiler: Dr. Hoo (Kedrick Wolf) also drinks the formula, but is turned into a woman, a virtual twin of Miss Finebum(Maia Danziger).]] And, there is a scene where Dr. Heckyl has a string of PhotoMontage transformations, including some as a woman.

* In ''Film/TheGamersDorknessRising'', male player Gary chooses to play the game as female sorceress Luster (based in his head on his hot math teacher). Unfortunately, he keeps forgetting the sex of his character, and "in-game" Luster is constantly switching between male and female. It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] several times, both in-character and out-of-character.
* A female to male version, in the 2015 Swedish film ''Film/GirlsLost'' (''Pojkarna'') - based on the Young Adult novel ''Literature/{{Pojkarna}}'' by Jessica Schiefauer - three teen girls who suffer from misogynistic bullying at school find a mysterious seed that grows into a flower that can turn them into boys if they drink its nectar, though it wears off by morning. One of the teens is heavily hinted to be a trans man and finds the situation liberating and becomes addicted to the nectar, whilst the other two are intrigued and find some more confidence as boys, but admit they'd rather stay as girls.

* In ''Film/{{Gozu}}'', a dead {{Yakuza}} brother returns as a young attractive woman with no explanation given why.

* The Hong Kong action comedy ''Film/HolyWeapon'' features this towards the end. In the movie, [[OldMaster Ghost Doctor]] creates "Feminine Wine" for an Yam Kin Fai (intersexed woman), warning that if a man drinks even just a drop, he'd become a woman. They then have the male IdiotHero Ng Tung look after the brew without telling him what it is or what it does. Ng Tung unwittingly drinks the brew, thinking it's a nutritious soup. Then [[ItMakesSenseInContext his penis tells him]] that from now on, whenever his body gets wet, he'll turn into a woman. He'll become a man again when he dries his body. [[spoiler:This becomes useful during the final battle, when the BigBad's {{Mooks}} throw Ng Tung into the river as a sacrifice, only for him to emerge fully female, complete with bouncing chest and GirlishPigtails. Thus, he/she becomes the Seven Virgins' EleventhHourRanger (since one of them is trapped in a net throughout the battle). Rather thans switch to an actress, actor Dickey Cheung was made up to look like a girl.]]

* The Fox Family TV movie ''Film/IceAngel'' (released on DVD in Australia as ''On Thin Ice: Going for the Gold'') is about a male hockey player (Matt) who dies prematurely and is brought back to life in the body of a female figure skater (Sarah) so he can win the Olympic gold medal that he was supposed to win the first around. It's actually a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan (1941)'' (like the film ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'' and stage play ''Heaven Can Wait (1938)'' by Harry Segall), with the {{Gender Flip}} adding {{Different for Girls}} as an added complication on top of the original's {{Fish out of Water}} hijinks.
* In ''Film/IdentityTheft'' (2009), a man who recently won the lottery encounters a woman and has a one-night stand. When he wakes up he finds they have exchanged bodies. He's a victim of someone who swaps bodies at will, mostly to prolong life indefinitely, but in this case it's done to collect his lottery winnings.