946 films

Films about identity

Stories that ask who somebody is when the usual answers stop working.

Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.

Inception (2010)★ 8.4memory, guilt, reality, timeFight Club (1999)★ 8.4consumerism, identity, rebellionGuardians of the Galaxy (2014)★ 7.9family, belonging, redemption, powerThe Matrix (1999)★ 8.2control, reality, freedom, identityBlack Panther (2018)★ 7.4prejudice, colonialism, identity, technologyInside Out (2015)★ 7.9emotion, memory, identity, pubertyGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)★ 7.6family, identity, power, legacyThor (2011)★ 6.8power, identity, tradition, authorityHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)★ 7.8prejudice, power, authority, traditionThor: Ragnarok (2017)★ 7.6power, identity, rebellion, authorityFinding Nemo (2003)★ 7.8family, growth, community, trustToy Story (1995)★ 8.0identity, belonging, obsolescence, consumerismThe Lion King (1994)★ 8.3power, tradition, identity, familyThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)★ 7.4prejudice, power, greed, adventureBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)★ 6.0power, authority, fear, identityShrek (2001)★ 7.8prejudice, identity, love, classRatatouille (2007)★ 7.8prejudice, class, identity, creativitySpirited Away (2001)★ 8.5identity, labor, environment, memoryFrozen (2013)★ 7.2identity, fear, love, prejudiceVenom (2018)★ 6.8identity, exploitation, power, corporateSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)★ 8.4identity, diversity, responsibility, powerReady Player One (2018)★ 7.6technology, escapism, consumerism, identityCaptain Marvel (2019)★ 6.8prejudice, war, refugee, identityEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)★ 8.1memory, love, identity, technologyMan of Steel (2013)★ 6.6identity, power, government, responsibilityToy Story 3 (2010)★ 7.8identity, obsolescence, belonging, memoryBlack Swan (2010)★ 7.7identity, obsession, perfection, competitionHer (2013)★ 7.8love, technology, consciousness, lonelinessBlade Runner 2049 (2017)★ 7.6identity, technology, freedom, memoryCars (2006)★ 7.0prejudice, identity, obsolescence, communityBlade Runner (1982)★ 7.9technology, consciousness, mortality, powerAquaman (2018)★ 6.9environment, power, identity, colonialismToy Story 2 (1999)★ 7.6identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismAlice in Wonderland (2010)★ 6.6identity, rebellion, authorityJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)★ 6.8identity, belonging, technology, survivalBrave (2012)★ 7.0tradition, family, identity, authorityMoana (2016)★ 7.6identity, tradition, environment, mythologyMaleficent (2014)★ 7.1power, authority, revenge, loveShrek 2 (2004)★ 7.3prejudice, class, identity, powerThe Devil Wears Prada (2006)★ 7.4power, identity, exploitation, classWreck-It Ralph (2012)★ 7.4prejudice, identity, culture, technologyThe Shape of Water (2017)★ 7.2otherness, love, oppression, identityGreen Book (2018)★ 8.2prejudice, identity, class, cultureFinding Dory (2016)★ 7.0memory, family, identityKung Fu Panda (2008)★ 7.3identity, tradition, heroism, beliefYour Name. (2016)★ 8.5memory, identity, fate, connectionX-Men (2000)★ 7.0prejudice, identity, power, authorityKick-Ass (2010)★ 7.1vigilantism, violence, media, justiceTangled (2010)★ 7.6identity, freedom, love, authorityAmerican Psycho (2000)★ 7.4identity, consumerism, class, powerDawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)★ 7.3prejudice, war, identity, powerTransformers (2007)★ 6.8war, technology, power, identityAladdin (1992)★ 7.7class, power, love, traditionMadagascar (2005)★ 6.9identity, freedom, culture, survivalOblivion (2013)★ 6.7technology, control, memory, identityFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)★ 6.8prejudice, authority, power, traditionSoul (2020)★ 8.1purpose, identity, afterlife, bureaucracyMonsters University (2013)★ 7.0identity, class, competition, fearThe Mask (1994)★ 7.0identity, confidence, powerVenom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)★ 6.7identity, power, violence, lawMinions (2015)★ 6.4purpose, belonging, exploitation, powerBraveheart (1995)★ 7.9freedom, identity, war, oppressionBarbie (2023)★ 6.9gender, identity, prejudice, patriarchyHowl's Moving Castle (2004)★ 8.4war, love, identity, powerNight at the Museum (2006)★ 6.6history, culture, memory, identityBeauty and the Beast (1991)★ 7.7prejudice, identity, loveAladdin (2019)★ 7.1class, identity, freedom, powerToy Story 4 (2019)★ 7.5identity, obsolescence, belonging, purposeInsurgent (2015)★ 6.4identity, control, rebellion, powerMulan (1998)★ 7.9identity, tradition, gender, warSonic the Hedgehog (2020)★ 7.3identity, belonging, otherness, technologyJojo Rabbit (2019)★ 8.0prejudice, identity, warThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)★ 7.8identity, tradition, change, loveFrozen II (2019)★ 7.2prejudice, environment, colonialism, memoryShazam! (2019)★ 7.0power, family, identity, magicEncanto (2021)★ 7.6family, identity, tradition, magicCruella (2021)★ 8.0identity, power, class, fashionAlita: Battle Angel (2019)★ 7.2prejudice, class, identity, technologyShrek the Third (2007)★ 6.3identity, leadership, outcasts, familyMean Girls (2004)★ 7.2identity, prejudice, power, belongingThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)★ 6.5law, family, immortality, identityAnnihilation (2018)★ 6.4identity, mutation, self, griefJumanji: The Next Level (2019)★ 6.9identity, technology, mortality, survivalThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)★ 6.2prejudice, love, immortality, choiceSource Code (2011)★ 7.3time, terrorism, identity, memoryWonder Woman 1984 (2020)★ 6.4wish, desire, power, greedLuca (2021)★ 7.8prejudice, identity, belonging, fearCoraline (2009)★ 7.9identity, family, fear, othernessPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)★ 8.2mortality, heroism, friendship, identityGhost in the Shell (2017)★ 6.1identity, consciousness, technology, controlSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)★ 8.3identity, responsibility, multiverse, diversityThor: Love and Thunder (2022)★ 6.4power, mortality, faith, authorityThe Breakfast Club (1985)★ 7.7identity, prejudice, authority, belongingThe Secret Life of Pets (2016)★ 6.3identity, belonging, community, loveThe Jungle Book (2016)★ 6.9prejudice, identity, belonging, lawBeetlejuice (1988)★ 7.4death, bureaucracy, property, familyThe Little Mermaid (1989)★ 7.4identity, prejudice, authority, loveThe Bourne Ultimatum (2007)★ 7.4surveillance, identity, conspiracyGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)★ 7.9identity, mortality, technology, exploitationRalph Breaks the Internet (2018)★ 7.2identity, technology, media, exploitationUs (2019)★ 6.9class, identity, otherness, inequalityTed 2 (2015)★ 6.3prejudice, law, personhood, identityShrek Forever After (2010)★ 6.4prejudice, identity, love, powerHercules (1997)★ 7.5identity, power, love, heroismTRON: Legacy (2010)★ 6.5technology, control, identity, corporateEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022)★ 7.7identity, choice, family, immigrationKung Fu Panda 2 (2011)★ 7.1identity, war, tradition, powerPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)★ 6.2identity, tradition, powerBig Fish (2003)★ 7.8memory, identity, familyMidnight in Paris (2011)★ 7.5nostalgia, art, culture, identityGrease (1978)★ 7.4identity, love, rebellion, classThe Boss Baby (2017)★ 6.5corporate, family, love, competitionMegamind (2010)★ 7.0identity, purpose, mediaBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)★ 7.0colonialism, resource, grief, identityMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)★ 6.5identity, belonging, tradition, authorityHellboy (2004)★ 6.7identity, otherness, power, warTarzan (1999)★ 7.4identity, prejudice, colonialism, natureThe Emperor's New Groove (2000)★ 7.6identity, power, authority, communityTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)★ 5.9mutation, heroism, virus, corporateRio (2011)★ 6.8identity, freedom, love, conservation

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