
Dumplin'
To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.
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1994★ 7.3
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995★ 7.4
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Empire Waist
2024★ 7.8
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Family Weekend
2013★ 6.3
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021★ 6.2
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Teen Spirit
2011★ 5.9
Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

The Players Club
1998★ 6.4
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.

Magic Mike
2012★ 6.2
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

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1996★ 6.8
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You Got Served
2004★ 6.4
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Stage Mother
2020★ 6.1
A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

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2020★ 6.3
An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives.

The Beanie Bubble
2023★ 6.4
Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and who—is valued in this world.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997★ 6.3
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Bully
2001★ 6.7
A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

Dazed and Confused
1993★ 7.3
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SubUrbia
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Ladies First
2026★ 6.0
An arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.

...All the Marbles
1981★ 6.1
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