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Boys Don't Cry (1999)

★ 7.4 · 1,456 ratings on TMDB

A true story about finding the courage to be yourself.

Boys Don't Cry poster★ 7.4

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

DirectorKimberly Peirce
CastAlicia Goranson, Alison Folland, Brendan Sexton III, Cheyenne Rushing, Chloë Sevigny, Hilary Swank
GenresCrime, Drama
The emergence reading

Boys Don't Cry keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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