Alter ego movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
List of alter ego movies
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A second rate film crew is shooting the third in a trilogy of tasteless (yet cheesy) horror flicks called FRIGHT FLICK. The schmuck-of-a-director can't keep his hands off the lead actress, the producer never gets his due credit, the supporting ...
Style:
scary, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, psychopath, blood, who done it, murder investigation, society, masked killer, vengeance, alter ego, investigation, violence, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set over the course of one summer weekend, a bat-wielding, masked killer in a rusted-out black Cadillac weaves in and out of three interlocking stories awash in sex, drugs, punk rock, black magic, and broken homes.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, bleak, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
killer, serial killer, murder, strong violent content, characters in danger, obsession, youth, society, fear, masked killer, chase, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Kevin a video store clerk is closing his store, when he accidentally opens a vortex and gets sucked in with some of his movies. He has to fight his way through different genres to stay alive.
Style:
captivating, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friends, quantum physics, plot twist, dinner party, alternate timeline, trapped, disorder, satire, parallel world, alter ego, time loop, dialogue ...
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275
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A year after an accident sidelines her skating career, Eva accepts an invitation to a mysterious competition in a remote town. Some terrifying events unfold in the arena, forcing Eva and her team to confront a horrifying reality.
Style:
suspense, scary, tense, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cheerleader, blood, serial murder, killing spree, maniac, woman in danger, obsession, chase, brutality, high school, strong female lead, masked killer ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Pierre Tardieu, a day laborer, lives with his sick father. Reminiscing about his childhood with his mother on the beach, he can't free himself from her. Murdering someone becomes the only way of realizing his existence. One day, he meets a ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
murderer, serial killer, eye, love and romance, psychopath, woman in danger, revenge, threat, couples, maniac, young woman, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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525
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
On New Year’s Day, Kristen’s boyfriend Ivan drops her off at her father’s cafe to clean up after the night before. Then a mysterious figure starts harassing her. He calls, lurks at the door, whistles... and seems to know everything about ...
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
killing spree, isolation, murder, woman, homicidal maniac, death, society, chase, escapades, alter ego, heroes, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
netherlands
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201
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A couple goes on a weekend getaway to a cabin in the woods. What starts as a romantic weekend turns into a nightmare when they discover they are being watched by the cabin's voyeuristic owner.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, scary, tense ...
Plot:
fear, found footage, couples, psychopath, violence, homicidal maniac, masked killer, threat, violent, brutality, pursuit, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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950
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In rural farm country, a comic book obsessed serial killer clashes with a straight edge purist over a young boy's fate.
Style:
tense, psychological, scary, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
boy, murder, fear, friendship, alter ego, death, danger, violent, violence, homicidal maniac, killing spree, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for ...
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
woman kills a man, serial killer, friend, fight, brutality, violence, psychopath, maniac, murder, vengeance, pursuit, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Spain
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
The Forest of the Lost Souls is a dense and remote forest, Portugal's most popular place for suicide. In a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
forest, suicidal, murder, brutality, violence, psychopath, masked killer, pursuit, blood, revenge, maniac, fear ...
Place:
europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Six college best friends throw their own private graduation party, however the stoner of the group orders in a psychedelic from her drug dealer, who sticks around to join in their fun. Drugged and disoriented, the girls’ special night quickly ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
masked killer, drug, murder, psychopath, blood, killer, revenge, death, characters killed one by one, vengeance, youth, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a death in the family, siblings Angelica and James Zacherly travel to the small town of East Willard on Christmas Eve to pay their respects. They stay at a homely bed and breakfast where they learn the legend of Black Peter, Santa Claus' ...
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
christmas, axe murderer, small town, holiday horror, maniac, psychopath, xmas, chase, characters killed one by one, brutality, killing spree, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
On Laura's 27th birthday, her and six friends are trapped into a closet by a psycho killer. It turns out they're part of a twisted game, where fans watch the murders live over an internet webcast.
Style:
slasher, social, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
internet, birthday party, serial killer, friends, masked killer, characters killed one by one, blood, youth, homicidal maniac, violent, serial murder, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After his friends slip him LSD on a camping trip, ultra-nerdy Nancy hallucinates that they are evil beings and begins to systematically hunt them down. Meanwhile, a mysterious corporation monitors the entire event for their own hidden purpose.
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense ...
Plot:
camping, hallucination, girl group, lsd, high school, surveillance, violence, brutality, woman in danger, psychopath, serial murder, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends take a cottage vacation in the dead of winter, seeking refuge from their busy urban lives, if only for one weekend. However, the few residents who remain in the secluded cottage town of Rideau Ferry don’t seem to take kindly to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
danger, psychopath, woman in danger, pursuit, revenge, friends, violence, brutality, murder, death, killing spree, vengeance ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Jack Adolf, a 38 year old man with a history of being rejected by women seeks revenge against the people who have bullied him.
Style:
scary, psychological, slasher, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, woman in danger, brutality, violence, danger, murder, maniac, serial killer, vengeance, psychopath, killing spree, alter ego ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Ten strangers find themselves trapped in the dark, in the storm, lost in huge fields of corn. They take refuge in a dark, quiet farmhouse where the welcoming Mr. Grant lives. But as the night goes on, and sinister shapes begin to emerge from the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, death, monster, evil, darkness, storm, secret, night, farmhouse, farm, brutality, danger ...
Place:
iowa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Faye, a former actress that lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills. Supported by her friend Sophia, she starts opening up to Luke, a ...
Style:
sad, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, blindness, darkness, house, woman in danger, psychopath, violent, alter ego, maniac, heroine, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six friends, who've known each other from childhood, break into the tower block they lived in as kids, now deserted and condemned, to rig-up a pirate radio station, get high and party. When one of the group goes missing, her friends begin to ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
masked killer, psychopath, serial killer, high school student, teenager, homicidal maniac, murder, maniac, killing spree, characters killed one by one, hoodie, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Chief of the ‘Special Crime Unit’, OH Gu-tak, looks for the former gangster, PARK Woong-chul, whom he had worked with before, and recruits a con artist, KWAK No-soon, and a convicted cop, KO Yoo-sung in the new team. With new blood, the ‘Bad ...
Style:
bleak, rough, absurd, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, group of criminals, crime investigation, serial killer, redemption, crime boss, alter ego, fight scenes, police detective, mental patient, dark hero, fugitives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous figure of post-WWI Berlin. (Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928, having achieved ...
Style:
experimental, melancholic, avant garde, ambiguous ending, queer cinema
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, surrealism, hallucination, female protagonist, alter ego, dance performance, psychosis, scandal, obsession, biopic, tragedy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of Kenny Everett's struggle to achieve personal and professional fulfilment.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, witty, emotional ...
Plot:
gender, biopic, couples, couple relations, artists and showbiz, coping, radio dj, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay, radio, aids ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, liverpool, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Carlão is a prejudiced man who works in a car dealership with Cadinho, Zeca and Antunes. In conversations between them, Carlão always boasts of being the greatest soccer and mechanics savvy, all amidst macho and homophobic jokes. When Evaristo is ...
Style:
surreal, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay slur, lgbtq, sexism, gay, prejudice, machismo, toxic masculinity, car salesman, closeted homosexual, sexist, homophobe ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s ...
Style:
emotional, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, heroes, double life, good versus evil, protector, vigilante, spider man, save the day, fighting crime, death of girlfriend, costumed hero ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet nibblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ...
Style:
feel good, teen, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
teenager, teenage girl, teenage life, friends, double life, celebrity, fall in love, lifestyle, hidden identity, love and romance, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
malibu california, los angeles, usa, nashville tennessee, tennessee
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38K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Style:
cult classic, saga, exciting, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, batman, good versus evil, super villain, vigilante, comic book, male male relationship, villain, kickass women, rescue, superpower, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place:
north america, pentagon
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot:
looney tunes, chase, destiny, rescue, danger, rabbit, treasure hunt, heroic mission, secret agent, movie business, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, paris france, africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, cult classic, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, superhuman powers, superpower, internet, bowling, multiverse, alien, mountain, artificial intelligence, villain, secret identity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
kansas, arizona, new york, north america, colombia ...
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206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
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16K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Justice. Safe streets. Payback. Metallurgist John Henry Irons (O'Neal) vows to claim them all when a renegade military reject (Judd Nelson) puts new superweapons in dangerous hands. Helped by an electronics wiz (Annabeth Gish) and an ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, comic book, african american protagonist, paraplegic, one man army, african american, villain, good versus evil, military, soldier, gang ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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