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- Apoorva Sagodharargal: Crazy Mohan wrote the dialogues for this 1989 film in which Kamal played three roles – a cop and his two sons. While one son is a mechanic, the other is a dwarf who works in a circus.
- Michael Madana Kama Rajan: The very next year, Kamal and Crazy Mohan got together again for yet another film where Kamal had multiple identities. Not just two, but four!
- Magalir Mattum: The remake of the American film 9 to 5, Magalir Mattum was produced by Kamal Haasan and had three women in the lead with Nasser playing the evil boss who harasses them.
- Sathi Leelavathi: Directed by Balu Mahendra and produced by Kamal Haasan, Sathi Leelavathi was about an overweight woman who wants to win back her straying husband.
- Lucky Number Slevin
- The Majestic
- Date Night
- Dave
- The Wrong Man
- The Monster
- Life of Brian
- The Big Lebowski
- Galaxy Quest
- North by Northwest
InLucky Number Slevin, a houseguest named Slevin (Josh Hartnett) gets mistaken for his friend by the mob and forced to carry out a hit on their rival's son. The film is notable for having an all-star cast that includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, and more. The film is a clever mix of comedy and action with sharp dialogue and an over...
In The Majestic, Jim Carrey plays a blacklisted screenwriter who becomes an amnesiac after a car accident. He's then taken in by a town that believes he's actually a local soldier thought to be killed in World War II. Eventually, his memory returns, and he has to choose between remaining the person they thought he was or telling the truth and risk ...
Date Night tells the story of a couple (Steve Carelland Tina Fey) in a boring marriage who, when trying to reinvigorate their relationship by having a romantic date night out, get mistaken for a different couple who are wanted by a mobster. Their romantic evening turns into a night of espionage where they essentially have to become the people they'...
Directed by Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman,Dave concerns the titular character (Kevin Kline), a presidential impersonator who gets hired by the Chief Of Staff to double for the president in order to cover up a scandal. Now, he has to fool the First Lady and lead the country as the president. The film is a lighthearted, clever satire of American...
With The Wrong Man, legendary director Alfred Hitchcock made one of his few movies based on a true story and it became widely considered one of his best. The film concerns Manny (Henry Fonda), a musician trying to borrow money from a bank to pay for his wife's surgery. However, he gets mistaken at the bank for someone who had previously robbed it a...
Before Roberto Benigni made the classic masterpiece Life Is Beautiful, he was a successful Italian comedy star, and his biggest hit was the comedy Il Mostro or The Monster. In the film, Benigni plays Loris, a simple mannequin handler mistaken for a notorious serial killer known as "The Monster." Despite not being the killer, Loris' odd behavior kee...
One of the best mistaken identity movies is also considered the most controversial. Created by the famous comedy team Monty Python, Life Of Brianconcerns Brian, a man born on the same day as Jesus, who finds himself getting mistaken for him, earning him throngs of followers. Although banned in several countries upon release, it has since become a c...
In the classic Coen Brothers crime caper comedy The Big Lebowski, stoner Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) gets assaulted in his home due to his attackers believing him to be a millionaire, also named Jeffrey Lebowski. From there, he gets hired by the other Jeffrey Lebowski to deliver a ransom and everything hilariously falls apart. The Co...
Similar in premise to the comedy classic Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest concerns has-been actors from a Star Trek-like show called "Galaxy Quest," who an alien race believes are real heroes and so they enlist them to help defend themselves against an evil ruler. RELATED: The 10 Best Movies Where Actors Played Actors, Ranked By IMDb Galaxy Quest feature...
North By Northwest is perhaps the most famous tale of mistaken identity ever put to screen. Directed by the master, Alfred Hitchcock, the film stars Cary Grantas a man mistaken for a government agent before getting pursued cross-country by a spy. Along the way, the film has many thrilling action scenes, including the iconic crop duster scene, as we...
- The Big Lebowski (1998) A stone cold classic, Coen brothers’ bizarrely charming, eccentric comedy tells the story of a man named ‘the Dude’ who is mistaken by two goons for a millionaire named Lebowski.
- The Great Dictator (1940) One of Charlie Chaplin’s boldest works, ‘The Great Dictator’ tells the story of a Jewish barber who loses his memory and after twenty years, tries to comprehend the massive changes that took place in his country.
- The Wrong Man (1956) ‘The Wrong Man’ is one of Hitchcock’s least talked about works. The film takes the form of a docudrama and tells a story based on a real-life incident about an innocent man who is arrested after being mistaken for a criminal.
- North by Northwest (1959) One of Alfred Hitchock’s most entertaining movies, ‘North by Northwest’ follows an ad executive who is mistaken for a government agent and is chased off by foreign spies across the country.
- Kingsman: The Secret Service. Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton. 234 votes. An exhilarating blend of action, humor, and sharp wit, this stylish film introduces viewers to a top-secret British spy organization.
- Spy. Jude Law, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy. 211 votes. An unexpected hero emerges when an unassuming CIA analyst is thrust into the field after her partner is compromised.
- Johnny English. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia. 185 votes. When Britain's top spies are eliminated in a disastrous event, an inept but endearing secret agent finds himself tasked with saving the Crown Jewels.
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York. 141 votes. A groovy British spy is cryogenically frozen and reawakened in the 1990s, only to find himself hilariously out of sync with the modern era.
Jan 9, 2018 · One of the most easily distinguishable idiosyncrasies of his cinema is the trope of the mistaken identity, something that is almost ever-present in all of his films. In “Enemy” we see a clear example of this.
In the films, though, mistaken identity can have much higher stakes. Here are some of the best movies that involve mistaken identity being important to the storytelling.
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Portraits of mistaken identities in movies have often been funny, but there are many movies that use the theme to explore bold, controversial subjects with striking deviations in tone and approach.
