Running on Empty (1988), The Passenger (1975), Just Another Love Story (2007), We're the Millers (2013), Mississippi Mermaid (1969), Tovarich (1937), The Captive Heart (1946), Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Assumed Identity movies.
Storyline: In the early 1960s, legendary rock star Eddie Wilson disappeared from the limelight when he drove his car off a New Jersey bridge. Trying to escape his past, Eddie changed his name and has maintained a quiet life in Montreal as a construction worker under the name Joe West. However, the past will not die, it is screaming for resolution. His relentless desire to make music pulls him back to the stage where he forms a new band and an even better sound. Meanwhile, record company executives release newly-discovered tapes from Eddie's last album and promotes a worldwide search for the mysterious rock star. Joe West has become both mentor and nucleus for his new band that dreams of making it big without knowing their mysterious leader is the real Eddie Wilson. As his new band hits center stage, Eddie finally comes to terms with his past, himself and his music.—MGM/UA Home Video
Plot Keywords: rock star, guitarist, executive, bassist, construction worker, musician, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.—David S. Smith
Plot Keywords: carnival barker, exotic dancer, sheriff, theatrical producer, friend, madcap, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Lew Walters and his three henchmen kidnap Millie and her child, her brother Jim Carson sets out to find her. Now known as Jim Lassiter, he kills the three henchman. In Cottonwood County he joins up with rancher Jane Witherspoon in her fight against the rustling Riders of the Purple Sage. The crooked County Judge is Dyer, who unknown to Lassiter is really Lew Walters.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: lawman, sister, daughter, rancher, lawyer, thug, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nothing can prepare a man for the horrors of war--and as Joey Smith, a damaged Special Forces deserter and now a homeless drug addict, wanders London's bustling streets in complete anonymity--an unexpected discovery will soon help him get back on his feet. Little by little, as Smith struggles to rebuild his shattered life in a stolen identity as an unstoppable Chinese Mafia enforcer, the brutal death of a dear friend will, inevitably, force him to avenge her murder, dragging him deeper and deeper into a dark world of pain, guilt, and suffering. In the end, do God's plans for redemption include "Crazy" Joey, too?
Plot Keywords: soldier, ex-soldier, homeless person, fighter, british man, girl, dead person ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. As he moves his way up the ladder, a schoolteacher tries to reform him, his aunt tries to seduce him, and the "weedheads" are eager to use his newly found enterprise, but he has his own agenda. After an altercation involving fast cars, hidden drugs, and police, he's accepted by the drug kingpin and is off into the big leagues. A typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: teen boy, drug dealer, girlfriend, sexy woman, police officer, teacher, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. After encounters with lion tamers, giant apes and a wild river, Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: hunter, friend, explorer, pretty woman, man, madcap, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The thief Laurie Ash steals the expensive diamond jewel called 'Eye of the Serpent' in an audacious heist during an exhibition in Cannes 2001 Festival. She double-crosses her partners and is mistakenly taken as Lily, a woman who lost her husband and son in an accident and is missing since then, by an ordinary family. One day, while having bath in Lily's bathtub, Lily comes back home and commits suicide. Laurie assumes definitely Lily's identity, goes to America where she marries a rich man, who becomes the Ambassador of USA in France. When Laurie returns to France, her past haunts her.
Plot Keywords: jewel thief, crime boss, paparazzo, husband, model, doppelganger, crafty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A government agent goes under cover in prison to gain confidence with a wanted criminal and get information regarding his gang. The two make an eacape and the agent pretends to be a loyal confidant aiding the criminal in recuperating after he is shot in the escape. In the midst of this, the agent meets the criminal's sister, who is looking to just visit her brother, viewing him through rose colored glasses as just a small time crook she can reform and not the dangerous murderer he is in reality. The agent falls for the sister and this adds additional difficulty to his mission.—dictracy23
Plot Keywords: sister, fbi agent, convict, criminal, doctor, beautiful woman, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On a train travelling through pre-World War II Germany, American heiress Amanda Metcalfe Madvani von Hoffstetter Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) befriends Miss Froy (Dame Angela Lansbury), an older nanny. But when Miss Froy disappears, everyone Amanda asks denies ever having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Robert Condon (Elliott Gould) to help her search the train, during which they discover that Miss Froy wasn't quite what she seemed.—measham
Plot Keywords: heiress, american, photographer, nazi, passenger, elderly woman, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.—Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
Plot Keywords: con artist, friend, factory owner, beautiful woman, businessman, thug, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gail Loveless, a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War, posing as a Confederate woman named Anne Claybourne, meets and falls in love with Confederate Captain Jack Galliard. Dusguised as an octoroom maid at a Confedarate military ball, she learns and relays secrets to the Union forces that are devastating to the Rebel cause. Assigned to the case to track down and kill the spy maid, Galliard learns she is also the woman he loves, but proceeds with his assignment. He captures her but is in danger of being captured himself as Federal forces are approaching. Gail/Anne saves him and they part to wait until peace comes to resume their romance.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: actress, southern belle, spy, confederate soldier, union soldier, servant, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
Plot Keywords: entertainer, agent, cook, socialite, patron, singer, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fellow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking.
Plot Keywords: mail-order bride, husband, con artist, prostitute, ex-husband, salesman, intricate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money.During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: private detective, secretary, dea agent, drug lord, friend, old flame, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When their boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. They decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns, they have to avoid their boss, Triads, the police, and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution.—Rob Hartill
Plot Keywords: crime boss, petty criminal, partner, girlfriend, nun, police officer, madcap ...
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