Tootsie (1982)

A struggling New York actor (Dustin Hoffman) can't get a break because of his bad reputation, he's just too difficult to work with. He disguises himself as a woman and auditions for a daytime soap opera. He gets the part and becomes the show's most popular star. Directed by Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA). One of the great comedies of the 1980s and one of Hoffman's two or three best performances. It's a satirical comedy that pokes fun at soap operas, at the acting profession and takes on sexism but doesn't hammer us with its social commentary. It remains first and foremost, a first class farce that's hard to resist, so why try? 42 years after its release, it holds up perfectly! With Jessica Lange (in an Oscar winning performance), Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis and director Pollack doing double duty as Hoffman's agent.