Alter ego movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alter ego movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, psychotronic, serious, humorous, weird and visually appealing films and TV shows about / with alter ego, mentor, dialogue, transformation, catastrophe, storytelling, police, death, vengeance and revenge plots mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alter ego: Fight Club (1999), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008), Bronson (2008), Anniyan (2005), Gypsy (2017), Steel (2015), Read It and Weep (2006), Dead Like Me (2003), The Mask (1994), Me Two (2008).
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List of alter ego movies
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it's said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man's Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
jekyll and hyde, split personality, serial killer, mad scientist, alter ego, obsession, investigation, danger, legal, criminal heroes, doctor patient relationship, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
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149K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark, USA, Cayman Islands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Style:
surreal, brutal, sexy, psychedelic, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
prison, prison life, violence, social misfits, character study, mental illness, male nudity, violent, violence spree, society, fistfight, sadism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 80s, 70s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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26K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Ambi, a meek lawyer, ends up being a vigilante named Anniyan, and a supermodel named Remo, after suffering with multiple personality disorder due to the society.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
split personality, vigilante, multiple personality disorder, lawyer, alter ego, psychiatrist, unrequited love, punishment, mental illness, anguish, vigilantism, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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20K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.
Style:
sexy, psychological, cliffhanger, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lesbian, psychology, lgbt, lesbian love, jealousy, double life, lgbtq, dark past, unrequited love, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, sexual tension ...
Place:
indiana, new york, connecticut, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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1K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Daniel, a successful TV journalist living life in the fast lane, has fallen into a deep depression. His seemingly perfect life suddenly collapses under him when panic attacks force him to deal with himself and his past.
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, romantic, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay lead character, gay relationship, childhood trauma, male pubic hair, gay sex, dual identity, phobia, depression, lgbt, nightclub ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young girl turns into an A-List celebrity over night when her private journal is accidently published and becomes a best-seller.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, teen, realistic
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, teenage love, diary, youth, popularity, teenage life, power relations, adolescence vs adulthood, rising to stardom, family life, alter ego ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style:
witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, dark humor, supernatural ability, employer employee relationship, young man, unfulfillment, loser, death, tragic event, workplace ...
Place:
seattle
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465K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, alter ego, gangster, superhuman powers, transformation, double life, magic, split personality, dog, supernatural power, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
80's pop icon Gilles Gabriel is about to make a comeback in the French music scene, until he accidentally hits Ranu, a slightly nutty accountant, when out driving one day. Both are horrified to realise that Gilles died in the crash, and that ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, absurd, independent film, surprise ending
Plot:
insomnia, singer, double life, alter ego, death, car accident, absurdism, social satire, paranoia, reincarnation, psychotic, dream girl ...
Time:
70s, 80s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic ...
Style:
creepy, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
alter ego, book, stephen king, doppelganger, writers, supernatural, lookalikes, twins, murder, dual role, bird, animal attack ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel ...
Style:
gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, gothic, tension ...
Plot:
jekyll and hyde, mad scientist, serial killer, gender bending, femme fatale, split personality, gender bender, alter ego, brother sister relationship, transformation, experiment, evil woman ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, year 1971, 70s
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Along with crime-fighting partner Robin and new recruit Batgirl, Batman battles the dual threat of frosty genius Mr. Freeze and homicidal horticulturalist Poison Ivy. Freeze plans to put Gotham City on ice, while Ivy tries to drive a wedge between ...
Style:
sexy, saga, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, date night ...
Plot:
double life, superhero, vigilante, mad scientist, transformation, justice, superheroine, batman, undercover, alter ego, chase, dark hero ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south america, india
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Style:
entertaining, funny, humorous, exciting, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, heroes, secret identity, superhuman powers, superhuman speed, superheroine, strong female character, satire, disguise, superhero team, villain ...
Time:
year 2004, 60s, year 1947, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, north america, chicago, fictional island, seattle
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291K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Style:
serious, exciting, action packed, intense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, chase, genetics, experiment gone awry, transformation, monster, scientist, repressed memory, technology, mutant, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, central america, south america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's ...
Style:
entertaining, visually stunning, suspenseful, dieselpunk, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, good versus evil, superhero, immortality, monk, undercover, radio, alter ego, secret identity, dark hero, transformation, mind control ...
Time:
1930s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, asia, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, tibet
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, comic book, alter ego, masked man, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, silver, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place:
fictional island, new york, usa, new york state, southeast asia ...
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Genre: Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tromaville’s local celebrity murderess, Dolly Deadly, is a shoo-in to win Serial Killer of the Year. Unfortunately, Slasharella has designs on the title and will stoop to the lowest of lows to take the crown. The two will drag Tromaville out and ...
Style:
horror comedy, captivating, post-horror, thrilling, cult horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alter ego, punk rock, criminal gang, gang, bandit, street punk, punk rocker, punk music, punk, punk band, camp, serial killer ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.
Style:
humorous, captivating, action comedy, scenic, spy comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
assassin, alter ego, mistaken identity, fbi, secret service, hitman, fight scenes, lone hero, spy, storytelling, assassination, special ops ...
Time:
year 2016
Is relevant?
322K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bumbling supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, witty, computer animated, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
superhero, villain, mad scientist, good versus evil, villain turns good, superhuman powers, prison, escapades, anti hero, talking animal, super villain, reporter ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
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267K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a ...
Style:
exciting, action packed, saga, epic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
superhero, motorcycle, supernatural, deal with the devil, vigilante, demon, redemption, devil, good versus evil, biker, chases and races, dark hero ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
usa, texas
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132K
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat -- and she's eager to use her new skills ... as a ...
Style:
exciting, saga, action packed, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, female protagonist, transformation, tough girl, superhuman powers, female fighter, superheroine, vigilantism, vigilante, masked superhero, woman with a gun, imaginary ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
split personality, stupidity, breast feeding, road trip, computer, sarcasm, dissociative identity disorder, dumb, alter ego, gross out humor, on the road, excrement ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s, year 1982 ...
Place:
rhode island, usa, new york
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388K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The next installment in the Superman series. This will be WB's ninth live-action Superman film. The plot is unknown at this time.
Style:
surprise ending, inspirational, emotional, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
superhero, urban setting, heroism, villain, alien, superhero team, dog, clone, lex luthor character, superheroine, robot, showdown ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kansas, north america, antarctica, pentagon
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
insanity, mental illness, mad scientist, uxoricide, serial killer, supernatural, murder, occult, dismemberment, tailor, psychiatric hospital, multiple personality disorder ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six ...
Style:
saga, epic, surprise ending, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, fight scenes, super powers, supernatural power, invasion, superhero team, good versus evil, tragedy, final battle, alien superhero, super villain ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The sequel to the low budget first film ‘Cube.’ This time the prisoners find them selves in a more advanced cube environment that they must escape from before they are killed. A science fiction film where space and time have more than one path.
Style:
psychological, suspense, clever, scary, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
claustrophobia, survival, mathematics, locked in a room, group of strangers, maze, time travel, time warp, parallel universe, time loop, paranoia, virtual reality ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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243K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, emotional, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, filmmaking, jealousy, making love, destructive relationship, couple relations, betrayal, aspiring actress, alter ego, screenwriter, tragic love, blind character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
madrid, spain, ibiza, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Outsider Becky obsesses over influencer Chloe – until tragedy pulls her in deeper than she ever dreamed possible.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, dark drama ...
Plot:
deception, alter ego, social media, female protagonist, obsession, body swapping, desire for fame, lifestyle change, escapades, life is a bitch, con trick, double life ...
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