1,288 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, identity, grief, technologyDeadpool (2016)★ 7.6identity, grief, revenge, loveFight Club (1999)★ 8.4consumerism, rebellion, identity, powerGuardians of the Galaxy (2014)★ 7.9power, family, identityHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)★ 7.9identity, prejudice, tradition, authorityBlack Panther (2018)★ 7.4identity, colonialism, powerInside Out (2015)★ 7.9memory, identity, consciousnessIron Man 3 (2013)★ 6.9technology, power, trauma, identityGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)★ 7.6family, identity, belonging, powerBatman Begins (2005)★ 7.7fear, power, corruption, justiceThor (2011)★ 6.8power, authority, family, identitySpider-Man: No Way Home (2021)★ 7.9identity, power, mediaCoco (2017)★ 8.2memory, family, tradition, identityHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)★ 7.7authority, rebellion, power, prejudiceSpider-Man (2002)★ 7.3power, responsibility, media, identityFinding Nemo (2003)★ 7.8family, identity, fear, growthThe Truman Show (1998)★ 8.2media, surveillance, control, freedomToy Story (1995)★ 8.0identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)★ 7.3prejudice, secrecy, law, magicThe Lion King (1994)★ 8.3power, authority, tradition, identityThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)★ 7.4identity, power, traditionBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)★ 6.0power, authority, fear, justiceThe Incredibles (2004)★ 7.7power, authority, family, identityGet Out (2017)★ 7.6prejudice, power, identity, fearShrek (2001)★ 7.8prejudice, class, power, identityRatatouille (2007)★ 7.8prejudice, class, identitySpirited Away (2001)★ 8.5identity, memory, tradition, powerThe Maze Runner (2014)★ 7.2control, survival, identity, authorityFrozen (2013)★ 7.2identity, fear, love, familyThe Prestige (2006)★ 8.2obsession, identity, sacrifice, deceptionVenom (2018)★ 6.8identity, exploitation, otherness, powerSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)★ 8.4identity, prejudice, power, responsibilitySpider-Man 2 (2004)★ 7.3identity, power, love, purposeEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)★ 8.1memory, love, identity, technologyMemento (2000)★ 8.2memory, identity, justice, truthMan of Steel (2013)★ 6.6identity, power, authority, prejudiceBeauty and the Beast (2017)★ 7.0class, love, identity, traditionToy Story 3 (2010)★ 7.8identity, belonging, obsolescence, consumerismHer (2013)★ 7.8love, loneliness, technology, identitySpider-Man 3 (2007)★ 6.5identity, power, love, aggressionBlade Runner 2049 (2017)★ 7.6exploitation, identity, surveillance, powerCars (2006)★ 7.0identity, belonging, inequality, fameKill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)★ 7.9revenge, family, identityBlade Runner (1982)★ 7.9technology, identity, mortality, powerAquaman (2018)★ 6.9environment, power, identity, colonialismToy Story 2 (1999)★ 7.6identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismAlice in Wonderland (2010)★ 6.6identity, rebellion, power, traditionJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)★ 6.8identity, teamwork, growthTwilight (2008)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, love, mortalityHow to Train Your Dragon (2010)★ 7.9prejudice, tradition, innovation, fearIce Age (2002)★ 7.4family, survival, friendship, loyaltyThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)★ 6.5power, responsibility, identity, griefBrave (2012)★ 7.0tradition, identity, family, authorityAvatar: The Way of Water (2022)★ 7.6colonialism, environment, exploitation, identityX-Men: Apocalypse (2016)★ 6.5prejudice, identity, power, inequalityLife of Pi (2012)★ 7.4faith, survival, identity, memoryX-Men: First Class (2011)★ 7.3prejudice, identity, power, politicsMoana (2016)★ 7.6identity, tradition, environment, familyThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)★ 7.6mortality, love, time, identityDivergent (2014)★ 6.9identity, class, power, controlShrek 2 (2004)★ 7.3prejudice, class, family, loveDonnie Darko (2001)★ 7.8identity, mortality, time, fearThe Devil Wears Prada (2006)★ 7.4power, class, identity, exploitationTed (2012)★ 6.4love, responsibility, identity, adulthoodWreck-It Ralph (2012)★ 7.4identity, belonging, technologyAmerican Beauty (1999)★ 8.0family, consumerism, mortality, identityThe Great Gatsby (2013)★ 7.4class, inequality, identity, loveThe Sixth Sense (1999)★ 8.0grief, mortality, family, identityFinding Dory (2016)★ 7.0memory, family, identity, belongingKung Fu Panda (2008)★ 7.3identity, tradition, power, belongingYour Name. (2016)★ 8.5identity, memory, fate, loveX-Men (2000)★ 7.0prejudice, identity, power, authorityAmélie (2001)★ 7.9love, loneliness, identity, kindnessTangled (2010)★ 7.6identity, love, tradition, freedomAmerican Psycho (2000)★ 7.4class, consumerism, identity, powerThe Big Lebowski (1998)★ 7.8identity, crime, consumerism, classAladdin (1992)★ 7.7identity, power, freedom, classThe Matrix Reloaded (2003)★ 7.1control, freedom, technology, identityMadagascar (2005)★ 6.9freedom, identity, belongingOblivion (2013)★ 6.7exploitation, memory, identity, technologySoul (2020)★ 8.1purpose, identity, mortality, passionX-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, militarism, memoryThe Mask (1994)★ 7.0identity, power, freedom, authorityVenom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)★ 6.7identity, otherness, power, controlBraveheart (1995)★ 7.9freedom, war, identity, powerBarbie (2023)★ 6.9gender, identity, power, consumerismHowl's Moving Castle (2004)★ 8.4war, identity, love, powerNight at the Museum (2006)★ 6.6culture, institution, history, powerStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)★ 6.3power, rebellion, identityThe Matrix Revolutions (2003)★ 6.8technology, control, freedom, identityThe Lion King (2019)★ 7.1power, tradition, hierarchy, familyBeauty and the Beast (1991)★ 7.7prejudice, love, identity, classMen in Black II (2002)★ 6.4authority, technology, prejudice, identityAladdin (2019)★ 7.1class, power, identity, traditionThe Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)★ 7.6family, power, identityToy Story 4 (2019)★ 7.5identity, belonging, obsolescence, purposeMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)★ 6.8prejudice, identity, belonging, survivalInsurgent (2015)★ 6.4prejudice, identity, control, rebellionMulan (1998)★ 7.9identity, tradition, duty, genderSonic the Hedgehog (2020)★ 7.3otherness, identity, belonging, technologyIce Age: The Meltdown (2006)★ 6.7survival, family, love, identityThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)★ 7.8identity, tradition, culture, authorityHancock (2008)★ 6.4power, authority, identity, mortalityEncanto (2021)★ 7.6family, tradition, identityThe Greatest Showman (2017)★ 7.9prejudice, exploitation, ambition, familyCruella (2021)★ 8.0identity, class, power, exploitationAlita: Battle Angel (2019)★ 7.2inequality, identity, class, powerShrek the Third (2007)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, power, traditionThe Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)★ 6.0love, identity, griefIt Chapter Two (2019)★ 6.8fear, trauma, memory, prejudiceMean Girls (2004)★ 7.2prejudice, power, identity, classThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)★ 6.5prejudice, family, law, immortalityAnnihilation (2018)★ 6.4identity, mutation, fear, environmentJumanji: The Next Level (2019)★ 6.9identity, mortality, technology, familyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)★ 6.2love, identity, family, mortalityHotel Transylvania (2012)★ 7.0prejudice, fear, family, loveEternals (2021)★ 6.8power, faith, mortality, colonialismLuca (2021)★ 7.8prejudice, identity, belonging, traditionCoraline (2009)★ 7.9identity, fear, control, family10 Things I Hate About You (1999)★ 7.6identity, class, power, love

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