Movies and TvShows featuring "girl-raised-as-boy" theme.

The Rose of Versailles is a captivating story of Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution, with hidden identities, forbidden love, and epic sword fights.

Lady Oscar is a tomboyish girl who is raised as a man and serves as the leader of the French royal guard. She faces challenges and struggles in a society divided by class and gender, as she fights against the injustices of the French monarchy and seeks justice for the oppressed.

Qissa is a story of a Sikh girl who is raised as a boy by her father during the violent partition of India in 1947. The film explores themes of gender identity, family relationships, and the consequences of repressing one's true self. It delves into the pain and struggles faced by the protagonist as she navigates through the societal expectations and her own desires.

In the wake of their father’s death, two children gradually come to realize the perverse nature of their upbringing.

Ryna, a 16-year-old girl in Romania, is raised as a boy by her father who runs a gas station. She faces challenges and conflicts with her femininity and the expectations placed upon her. Along the way, she deals with issues such as alcoholism, rape, and a complicated father-daughter relationship.

One morning Noureddine, who always considered himself a little boy, discovers that his mother Fatima lied to him for 11 years and, in fact, he is a girl.

Seker is a girl who was raised as a son by a father who wanted his first child to be a boy as tradition in the countryside family demands. When Seker approaches the age of adolescence she faces a mandate from the local school: put on a dress or don't return. So finally gaining her father's permission she turns from a fist-fighting boy into a blossoming young girl.

Calais, refugee camp. Nadim, an afghan boy, is living in the camp with his family and helping his father at the shop held in the center of the jungle. But Nadim has a secret : he is a bacha posh (girl raised as a boy in Afghan culture). Nadim dreams to flee and fight for her freedom.

A rich Moroccan who belongs to the better circles has seven daughters. Whatever happens, the eighth offspring must be a son. It is a girl again, but she is given a male name, Ahmed and grows up like a boy. When Ahmed is 21, he is in an identity crisis: he wants to shave, leave a mustache and take his niece to wife. In the meantime, Ahmed's father is dying and wants to sail to heaven. He calls to Ahmed and calls her a female name Zahra and gives her freedom so that she can go out.