Chances Are (1989)
Alex has a lifetime full of wonderful memories. Unfortunately, they're not his.
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
Chances Are keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, love, afterlife, memory.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Also bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Queer (2024)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Inception (2010)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Inside Out (2015)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Night at the Museum (2006)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Oblivion (2013)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
