Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry (1999) is based on the true story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man navigating identity and love in small-town Nebraska — and facing brutal intolerance. Starring Hilary Swank in her Oscar-winning role, it’s one of the most powerful social dramas of its era.

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A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.