Switching roles movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant switching roles movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, light and captivating films and TV shows about / with switching roles, fish out of water, disorder, couples, family relations, love and romance, body swapping, husband wife relationship, mistaken identity and transformation plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Fantasy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as switching roles: Changing Sides (2008), All Screwed Up (2009), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), Swingers (2018), The Beauty Inside (2012), In and Out (2017), Why I Kidnapped My Boss (2014), Just One of the Girls (1993), Lucky in Love (2014), If I Were You (2006).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ariane and Hugo decide to exchange the lives they lead to escape from their routine, which after ten years of marriage, gives them the feeling of being hamsters in a wheel. She suddenly finds herself at the head of a construction equipment rental ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, light, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
switching roles, battle of the sexes, nothing goes right, family relations, fish out of water, unsupportive spouse, disorder, family problems, dull life, parents and children, relationship vs career, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
FREAKY FRIDAY with a twist. Teenisha (Chyna Lane of PRECIOUS, CADILLAC RECORDS) is your modern geeky teen - smart, suffering from ADD, an outcast at school, and an oddity in her own home. Pete is every girl's dream - star of the sports team, ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
switching roles, body swapping, body swap, life turned upside down, teenage life, disorder, misfit, youth, high school, self discovery, social outcast, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the ...
Style:
romantic, teen, funny, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot:
body swapping, high school, switching roles, love and romance, teenager, fall in love, battle of the sexes, switching bodies, body swap, teenage love, couples, girl next door ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ukraine, Latvia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ihor, is bored with his glamorous girlfriend Ilona. Meanwhile, Irina, demands sex of Andrew, for which he has neither strength nor desire. Ihor and Irina demand a sexual experiment - a swinger's party. Meanwhile, Sveta, left naked on her ...
Style:
sexy, light, humorous, feel good, romantic drama ...
Plot:
swingers, swinger, dating show, switching roles, sex, seductress, couple relations, husband wife relationship, adultery, love triangle, sexuality, fall in love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of "The Beauty Inside" is the story of a guy named Alex who wakes up every day as a different person. He is always the same person on the inside but on the outside he is somebody else. When he meets Leah and falls in love ...
Style:
touching, surreal, sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
physical appearance, true love, switching roles, fall in love, body swapping, bittersweet, supernatural, passion, passionate love, love story, lonely, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two couples, Pierre and Aimée, Éric and Pénélope, all share four years of friendship without cloud. Only concern, Penelope and Pierre have become lovers ... The situation becoming untenable, they decide to break. But after a final night of ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, humorous, feel good, romantic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
body swapping, switching bodies, secret lover, friendship, infidelity, switching roles, lovers, breakup, husband wife relationship, love triangle, couples, love and romance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Anna is a young working mom, with baby twins. Her boss who doesn't understand the situation fires her just before losing his memory in an accident. Anna then decides to teach him a lesson and switch places with him.
Style:
funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
single mother, switching roles, boss, memory lapse, memory loss, fall in love, layoff, employer employee relationship, male female relationship, career change, workplace situations, con trick ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chris has to change school to attend a music program, but a bully named Kurt is going to make his life impossible so he decided to dress as a girl to avoid this. Taking advantage of his condition he became (girl-)friend with Marie, and fell in love ...
Style:
realistic, teen sex comedy, humorous, semi serious, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, cheerleading, cross dressing, teenage life, high school, gender bending, high school life, switching roles, youth, making love, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Mira's April Fool's Day tricks materialize, she finds herself promoted to the perfect job, dating the perfect man and living in the perfect home. Mira's newly upgraded life even involves working with her CEO and her good friend, ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
looking for love, workplace, love and romance, strong female presence, boss and employee, rise to the top, workplace romance, switching roles, drinking, drinking alcohol, writers, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, romantic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, switching bodies, couples, life turned upside down, switching roles, fish out of water, disorder, body swapping, husband wife relationship, relationships, love story, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Things are finally starting to look bright for Ilya, a relatively unknown actor. Starting tomorrow, he will be the voice of Men's Radio. So of course he celebrates the occasion. But the next morning, the newly-crowned radio host finds himself ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fish out of water, life turned upside down, switching roles, transformation, happy ending, humour, problem solving, escapades, newscaster, actor, absurd humor, radio announcer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In New York in 1995 Dr. Richard Jacks is a creator of perfumes. Thus he spends his days inventing new colorful and well smelling potions and certainly caring for his girlfriend Sarah Carver. But when he discovers that his greatgrandfather, called ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, light, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gender bending, male to female cross dressing, experiment gone awry, switching roles, transformation, femme fatale, female on male rape, female psychopath, manipulative behavior, disorder, supernatural ability, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Married for ten years, in full crisis, thinking about divorce. But following a failed scientific experiment, they suddenly find one inside the body of the other.
Style:
entertaining, cynical, funny, humorous
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
body swapping, switching roles, fish out of water, friendship between men, battle of the sexes, coworker relationship, husband wife relationship, family relations, up and down relationship, coworker, troubled marriage, crumbling marriage ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.
Style:
slasher, entertaining, not serious, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, body swapping, dark humor, body swap, gender bending, switching roles, masked killer, switching bodies, body transformation, friday the 13th, race against time, violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell ...
Style:
entertaining, melancholic, sweet, romantic, light ...
Audience:
kids, date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, fairy godmother, maid, wish come true, parents and children, alternate reality, amnesia, employment agency, absent mother, credit card, switching roles, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
beverly hills, malibu california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
gay, christmas, wedding, gender, homosexual, switching roles, self discovery, couples, couple relations, life turned upside down, disorder, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
parenthood, fired from the job, fish out of water, advertising, self discovery, switching roles, family life, parents and children, relationship vs career, misfit, unfulfillment, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 90s
Place:
detroit, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.
Style:
humorous, not serious
Audience:
date night
Plot:
switching roles, body swapping, disorder, transformation, fish out of water, family relations, couple relations, pregnancy, breakup, parents and children, switching bodies, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.
Style:
dorama, romantic, sweet, exciting, epic ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, escape, gender bending, cross dressing, switching roles, hidden identity, disorder, love and romance, strong female character, dishonesty, fake identity, fish out of water ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
switching roles, law enforcement, love and romance, friendship, mistaken identity, disorder, impersonating a police officer, police officer, fish out of water, contests and competitions, misfit, partner ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any length to meet Rose, the willowy Wing disguises herself as a man, and with a twist of fate is chosen ...
Style:
sexual, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
woman dressed as man, gender, gender bending, gay asian, asian lgbt, impostor, time loop, lgbt, friends, couples, disorder, farce ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 14 min.
TV show
Story:
When an emperor accidentally switches bodies with his empress, the two must deal with the awkward fallouts as they learn to accept each other.
Style:
psychological, captivating, historical romance, romantic comedy, 3d animation ...
Plot:
martial arts, emperor, empress, body swapping, married life, switching roles, magic, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The shy teenager Tom McHugh worships his sexy neighbor Geena Matthews that lives on the other side of the street, but he does not dare to talk to her. When his parents travel with their dog for a competition and his self-confident big brother Craig ...
Style:
talky, stylized, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, chase, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, police investigation, girl next door, disorder, switching roles, dishonesty, teenage life, contests and competitions, love and romance ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 80s
Place:
usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cloning, clone, farce, husband wife relationship, experiment gone awry, scientist, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, mistaken identity, disorder, family life, family relations, switching roles ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
england, europe, miami
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with the FBI and Russian mafia. Not just muscles with a ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, chase, vengeance, gangster, gunfight, heroes, car chase, undercover, hidden identity, switching roles, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, europe ...
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164
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
Two children's parents mentally regress back to childhood, usually at the most inconvenient of times. Big Kids was a family drama show which aired on CBBC on BBC One, from September 27th to December 20th 2000. Although only thirteen episodes ...
Style:
family comedy, satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
switching roles, brother sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, family life, kids and family, parents and children, family relations, husband wife relationship, children ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
god, religion, wish come true, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, divine intervention, selfishness, deal, niagara falls, reporter, job promotion ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north america, mount everest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dumped, fired from her job, Reon’s day couldn't get any worse. Then a freak accident causes her to swap bodies with her old company’s womanizing CEO.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
body swapping, switching roles, switching bodies, satire, female protagonist, body swap, mate swapping, changing lives, lifestyle change, cross dressing, fish out of water, empathy ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of two women whose souls switch bodies, giving them chance to live out their dreams and gain new experiences.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, entertaining, comedy drama ...
Plot:
women, switching roles, body swap, life turned upside down, empathy, personal growth, self discovery, nothing goes right, deception, friends, introspection, character change ...
Time:
2010s
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