Movies about doubles

Movies about doubles
List of the best movies about doubles, selected by visitors to our site: The Dictator, Obsession, The Devil's Double, Red, Gemini Man, Double Impact, Look Away, Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror, The Stand In, The Princess Switch.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

    The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, biography
    CountryBelgium, Netherlands
    Duration01:49

    A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia

    When civil engineer Siddharth is arrested for a murder on the basis of a pictorial evidence, cops discover his lookalike Aditya and realize they have only 48 hours to solve the case.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:07

    Ageing assassin, Henry Brogen tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle—fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him, and at the peak of his abilities.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:13

    A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who supports her, encourages her and knows all her secret desires. When the “girls” trade places, repressed sexuality and a ferocious violence erupt with a dangerous sense of freedom.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryGermany

    The discovery of a magic mirror allows Fred to realize his dream: his twin tidies up his room, eats without complaining and becomes first in class. But Fred did not keep his promise to keep this secret by revealing it to his friend, Émile.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this hilarious comedy about trading places.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:45

    When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Two crooks looking out for a drug lord's love interest scramble to find a look-alike after she dies unexpectedly.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, drama, cartoon
    CountryIsrael, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
    Duration01:58

    More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her digital doppelganger will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want, with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator, Wright’s double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to speak at Miramount's "Futurological Congress". However, a group of terrorists plot an attack on the convention.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Hungary, France
    Duration01:44

      Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

      Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      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 offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:32

      Joe Young is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa. Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A scuffle breaks out, and Joe's martial arts skills impress Maxxx Orbison, who directs pornographic movies.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, musical
      CountryUSA

      An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:08

      Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places. Hallie meets her mother, and Annie meets her father for the first time in years.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family, crime, detective, music
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:47

      While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:54

      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 returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart...

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:29

      The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:45

      Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:15

      When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:17

      In order to expose Yashvardhan who is dishonest, Ravikant captures his son Ajay and plants his twin brother, Vishal, in his place, as an informer.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:40

      Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy, detective
      CountryCanada

      After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well - surrounded by copies of his own dead body.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:36

      The remake of the soviet classic with a modern setting. Troshkin, a children's party entertainer, uncannily resembles the notorious criminal "Smilik". After the thief steals a valuable artifact, Troshkin is forced to act as his dead ringer in order to restore his reputation and good name.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration03:00

      Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryIndia

      Ganga, a camerawoman, helps Rambabu, a fiery mechanic, become a journalist. When Rana, an evil politician, kills a journalist, Rambabu decides to destroy his political career.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement", realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:23

      Low-life thief Shiva and top-cop Vikram Rathore are identical. Vikram killed by foes but his daughter thinks Shiva is her dad - can this Rowdy win respect?

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, music
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:33

      Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:12

      Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.




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