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  1. May 26, 2021 · Hollywood constantly mines familiar and successful themes for its new movies. One such common theme is the "mistaken identity" movie. In this particular kind of story, the protagonist is usually mistaken for someone else, which ends up causing great trouble for them in their lives.

    • 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.
  2. Sep 15, 2024 · Movies with a mistaken identity tend to be comedies, thrillers, or both! In The Talented Mr. Ripley the mix-up is nefarious and intentional while the mistaken identity in The Big Lebowski leads into a hilarious comedy of errors. There are multiple ways that identities are mistaken in these movies.

  3. "Hollywood constantly mines familiar and successful themes for its new movies. One such common theme is the "mistaken identity" movie. In this particular kind of story, the protagonist is usually mistaken for someone else, which ends up causing great trouble for them in their lives.

    • North by Northwest (1959) Rotten Tomatoes® 97%
    • The Big Lebowski (1998) Rotten Tomatoes® 83%
    • Galaxy Quest (1999) Rotten Tomatoes® 90%
    • Being There (1979) Rotten Tomatoes® 95%
  4. Jan 9, 2018 · The “mistaken identity” trope, that is, the dislocation between what we think we are and what others think we are, has been there igniting the imagination of creative people since time immemorial.

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  6. Dec 27, 2022 · From classic comedies to action-packed thrillers, here are some great movies that explore the often perilous, sometimes funny, but always entertaining consequences of assuming another person’s...

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