Tootsie
1982 · 116 min
Directed by Sydney Pollack. Written by Barry Levinson, Elaine May, Larry Gelbart. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman.
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Critics 92% · audiences 81% · 9 Oscar nominations, 1 won