Mistaken identity movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mistaken identity movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, independent film and cult classic films and TV shows about / with mistaken identity, disorder, dishonesty, love and romance, kiss, fall in love, love, cigarette smoking, chase and bare chested male plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
mistaken identity
 1497
mistaken identity movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as mistaken identity: Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), Sommersby (1993), Stage Beauty (2004), Mystery Date (1991), Intimate Strangers (2004), The Apartment (1996), Is It Just Me? (2010), The Wrong Mans (2013), A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013), Say It Isn't So (2001).

List of mistaken identity movies

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Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that ...
Style: touching, romantic, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: mistaken identity, love and romance, pregnancy, women, rags to riches, enemies to lovers, rise to the top, fall in love, society, couple relations, dishonesty, couples ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: mistaken identity, spy, espionage, farce, secret service, disorder, goofy hero, secret agent, comedy of errors, cuckold, femme fatale, attempted murder ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france
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 6.3
 23K
Sommersby (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he ...
Style: romantic, touching, psychological, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot: mistaken identity, husband wife relationship, village life, love, american civil war, civil war, courtroom drama, war, war veteran, suspicion of murder, haunted by the past, civil war veteran ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 50s, year 1993, victorian era
Place: tennessee, southern usa, usa
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 7.1
 11K
Stage Beauty (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of ...
Style: period piece, stylized, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gender bending, mistaken identity, gender, cross dressing, actor, mistress, actor's life, lifestyle, overnight success, life is a bitch, human nature, downfall ...
Time: 17th century, year 2004, victorian era
Place: london, england, europe
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 6.0
 3K
Mystery Date (1991)
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, entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: mistaken identity, chase, comedy of errors, police investigation, girl next door, switching roles, nothing goes right, dishonesty, disorder, love and romance, contests and competitions, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, california
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Intimate Strangers (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, touching, sincere, philosophical ...
Plot: adultery, mistaken identity, obsession, marriage, fall in love, family problems, love and romance, dishonesty, rape, orgasm, crumbling marriage, impostor ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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 7.3
 16K
The Apartment (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, ...
Style: sexy, psychological, tense, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: obsession, cafe, mistaken identity, manipulation, infidelity, voyeur, relationships, twists and turns, love triangle, female nudity, flirting, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, paris france, tokyo, montmartre paris, new york
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Is It Just Me? (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room-Xander, a sweet, hunky guy who's recently moved to LA. Smitten, Blaine then finds that he's been chatting to ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sexy, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, mistaken identity, lgbtq, roommate, phone sex, artists and showbiz, looking for sex, gay interest, gender, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Wrong Mans (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.
Style: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, hilarious, laugh out loud ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, buddies, wrong place wrong time, partner, escapades, life turned upside down, blackmail, comedy of errors, dishonesty, mafia, investigation, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. AliceÂ’s trip becomes more stressful when her luggage is lost and her phone is damaged, leaving her ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, cute ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, mistaken identity, holiday, fall in love, destiny, parents and children, in-laws, misunderstanding, love and romance, hopes, marriage proposal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city
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Say It Isn't So (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Boy meets girl; boy falls in love (and had wild, non-stop sex) with girl; boy loses girl... when they discover they are brother and sister! But when he learns that he's the victim of the ultimate case of mistaken identity, the lovesick young ...
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: mistaken identity, road trip, brother sister incest, fall in love, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, disorder, siblings relations, love affair, lovers reunited, farce, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001
Place: usa, indiana, oregon
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
Style: parody, colorful, cult classic, spoof, fast ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, mistaken identity, femme fatale, intelligence agency, espionage, undercover, home invasion, mind game, attempted murder, concert, surveillance, cia agent ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: virginia
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 6.5
 24K
Hero (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who ...
Style: harsh, sentimental, inspirational, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: air disaster, mistaken identity, chase, corruption, happy ending, rescue, unlikely hero, escapades, dishonesty, petty criminal, custody battle, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, illinois, chicago
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Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A comedy about a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies and how mistaken identity is getting in the way of recovering a stash of diamonds that was stolen and subsequently hidden more than 20 years earlier.
Style: entertaining, clever, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: mistaken identity, heist, partner, cons and scams, criminal heroes, goofy hero, disorder, hidden identity, dishonesty, diamond, hitman, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2001
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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
Style: spoof, funny, surprise ending, spy comedy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: mistaken identity, espionage, spy, hitman, assassin, farce, bomb, secret agent, conspiracy, assassination plot, misunderstanding, sabotage ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, big ben london, united kingdom
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Falling for Grace (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event, she is mistaken for a Hong Kong heiress and meets her Prince Charming. Nothing is as it seems absorbing drama. What will happen to this ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, eligible bachelor, lifestyle, fall in love, social differences, couples, disorder, love and romance, hopes, society, dishonesty, interracial relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, funny, inspirational ...
Plot: hospital, mistaken identity, medical school, impersonating, starting over, parents and children, hidden identity, family disapproval, love and romance, pretense, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: mumbai india, middle east, asia, india
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 6.3
 171K
Date Night (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves – and now a number of unsavoury ...
Style: romantic, funny, romantic comedy, light, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, corruption, marriage, gangster, night, multiple storylines, car chase, police investigation, twists and turns, taxi driver, district attorney, estranged couple ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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Picture Claire (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden, a sinister woman who ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: mistaken identity, chase, murder, dishonesty, police, investigation, arson, photographer, police investigation, murder suspect, gangster, womanizer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, bahamas, montreal
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 5.8
 42K
Reindeer Games (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Style: suspenseful, sexy, intense, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, christmas, gambling, twists and turns, casino, robbery, mistaken identity, woman kills a man, car thief, female nudity, gangster, christmas season ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place: usa, michigan
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 6.8
 71K
El Mariachi (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi ...
Style: grindhouse, action packed, cult classic, stylized, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, gangster, revenge, vigilante, violence, gunfight, guitarist, modern western, assassin, hitman, small town, machine gun ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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The Triumph of Love (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.
Style: humorous, witty, light, romantic, intense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mistaken identity, royal family, eccentricity, farce, manipulation, rivalry, master and servant, fall in love, society, female protagonist, murder, love ...
Time: 18th century, year 2001
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 420K
Life of Brian (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, satirical ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: monty python, religion, satire, ancient rome, mistaken identity, roman empire, ancient, dark humor, medieval, christmas, religious, absurdism ...
Time: 1st century, 20th century, ancient times, year 1979, biblical epic ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, jerusalem, palestine, middle east ...
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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, witty, funny, light ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, road trip, mistaken identity, adoption, on the road, farce, plot twist, family relations, visceral, crime gone awry, disorder, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new mexico, new york, michigan, san diego california, usa
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 5.6
 7K
Bushwhacked (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and leads a scout group on a hike through the mountains.
Style: epic, slapstick comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: camp, mistaken identity, manhunt, boy scout, stupidity, camping, wilderness, murder, gangster, waterfall, treasure hunt, frame up ...
Time: 90s
Place: california
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 57K
The Majestic (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Style: feel good, sentimental, inspirational, touching, period piece ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: small town, mistaken identity, writers, writer's life, amnesia, happy ending, justice, life philosophy, hollywood, memory loss, memory, parents and children ...
Time: 1950s, year 2001, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place: california, usa
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 5.0
 12K
The Pallbearer (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give ...
Style: romantic, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, rom com ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, friendship, loneliness, youth, love triangle, adolescence vs adulthood, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, self discovery, dark humor, high school, funeral ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 10K
Moonwalkers (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story: What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that ...
Style: humorous, stylized, light, feel good, art house ...
Plot: moon landing, nasa, mistaken identity, gunfight, justice, mentor, stereotypes, moon, spy, drug, stoner, space ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: london, usa, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 15K
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force ...
Style: disturbing, surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, art house ...
Plot: incest, self discovery, mother son incest, sex with mother, dark humor, torture, captivity, mistaken identity, life is a bitch, sexual harassment, family problems, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
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Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.
Style: light, humorous, feel good, funny, surreal ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: time travel, time machine, fish out of water, inventor, race against time, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, changing the past or future, goofy hero, misfit, misfit partners, disorder ...
Time: 16th century, year 1973
Place: soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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