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: The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today, their eldest son wants a life of his own although he is aware that would mean that his parents would either get caught or he will never see them again.
Plot Keywords: father, mother, son, brother, love interest, teacher, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A journalist researching a documentary in the Sahara Desert meets a gunrunner who dies suddenly. When the journalist notices that they have a similar appearance, he assumes the recently deceased's identity and accepts the consequences that it brings.—MuzikJunky
Plot Keywords: reporter, arms dealer, love interest, wife, police detective, tense, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
Plot Keywords: husband, impostor, heiress, comatose patient, boyfriend, engaging, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After being robbed of a week's take, small-time pot dealer David is forced by his boss to go to Mexico to pick up a load of marijuana. In order to improve his odds of making it past the border, David asks the broke stripper Rose and two local teenagers to join him and pretend they're on a family holiday.
Plot Keywords: drug dealer, stripper, teen girl, teen boy, amusing, playful, u.s./mexican border ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Louis Mahe is a tobacco planter at Reunion Island. He is waiting for Julie Roussel to marry him. He only knows her by mail. The woman that comes does not like the picture he got, but he marries her anyway. Soon, she flees with Louis' money. She was not the real Julie Roussel but Marion. Louis tries to find her... Another Truffaut's film about passion.—Yepok
Plot Keywords: mail-order bride, wealthy man, con artist, private investigator, wife, winsome, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution, a noble Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. They take positions as butler and housemaid in a wealthy household and, owing to their impeccable breeding and manners, excel in their new jobs. But once they are recognized for the noble couple they are, they must face new -- and formidable -- responsibilities.—Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: duchess, prince, banker, wife, daughter, government official, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After the evacuation at Dunkirk, June 1940, some thousands of British prisoners are sent to German P.O.W. camps. One such group includes "Capt. Geoffrey Mitchell," a concentration-camp escapee who assumed the identity of a dead British officer. To avoid exposure, "Mitchell" must correspond with the dead man's estranged wife Celia. But eventual exposure seems certain, and the men must find a way to get him out. If he reaches England, though, what will his reception be?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: soldier, prisoner of war, czech, wife, impostor, nazi, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Beaucaire is a barber for the royal French court which becomes a real "royal pain" for the king. As a result he is sent to the guillotine - however he is saved by the Duc de Chandre, who rescues and transports him to the Spanish court. While there Beaucaire poses as a nobleman. The only problem is, he gets into even more trouble.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: barber, louis xv, chambermaid, duke, king, daughter, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Alfred's father wants him to make of a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are informed that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship fighter. From there on the masquerade must be maintained.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: millionaire, servant, beautiful girl, boxer, trainer, father, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After a terrible accident, a psychiatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks, we learn that his family had to flee from New York City, after his father uncovered a large case of corruption. Bruce didn't know this for most of his life, until he found a passport with a different name in it. After the first shock, he tries to continue living like a normal teenager. Unknowingly, his cute little girlfriend "Patrick" brings them in danger.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: teenager, father, mother, mob boss, girlfriend, psychiatrist, intricate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The best-laid plans of jewel thief Gable and lady crook Russell fall apart when the thief unintentionally becomes a hero while posing as a British officer.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: thief, duchess, con artist, captain, police detective, aristocrat, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When he grows up, Natwar (Amitabh Bachchan) creates a secret identity for himself, posing as a powerful and mysterious underworld figure named Mr. Natwarlal, determined to slowly but surely exact vengeance on Vikram.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: police officer, younger brother, alter ego, crime boss, thug, beautiful woman, outlandish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The film opens with a daring escape of a convict imprisoned for killing an FBI agent, then moves on to two Seattle detectives chasing a suspect who gets away, destroying a forklift in the process, these two detectives are reassigned to a stakeout, watching the girlfriend of the escaped federal prisoner. One falls in love with her, the escaped convict eventually catches up to her, with them actually, and in the midst of their getaway, the escaped convict learns that his woman's man is a cop, but the two detectives kill him, saving the day.
Plot Keywords: police detective, love interest, fugitive, old flame, pretty woman, ex-boyfriend, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Vishu and Ramu are a pair of Indian twins living in America with their father, Rajamani. When Madhumita (Aishwarya Rai) and her brother come to America to get medical treatment for their ailing grandmother, Vishu and Ramu end up meeting them at the airport. Vishu falls in love with Madhumita, and the couple has everyone's blessing, except for Rajamani, who is estranged from his own twin brother. He only wants his sons to marry twin sisters, so Madhumita pretends to have a twin in order to please him. As Madhumita puts on a charade by creating Vaishnavi, all goes well, until Ramu falls in love with Vaishnavi. Now the truth must come out, before Madhumita has to marry both of Rajamani's twin sons.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: impostor, twin, brother, fiancée, father, son, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. When Harper seems to be murdered, Charlie Chan (with the uninvited help of No. 4 son) tries to answer such questions as Where's the body? How can a dead man walk? And how can a secret murder be done in full view of detectives and witnesses?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: scientist, chauffeur, detective, family member, son, charlie chan, cheeky ...
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