Judgment of Lake Balaton 

Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.

An episode of "The Sopranos" articulates an identity crisis unique to the Italian-Americans and demonstrates how Indigenous communities are pushed aside in the ensuing debate.

"Boston Strangler" pulls the curtain back on a well-documented historical moment involving significant contributions from women reporters. 

A complex, realistic, and loving mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of this story about Black pageants and the fight for a better future.

In the spirit of Halloween, here's a list of body horror films which can be interpreted as trans allegories.