The 11 Best Body-Swap Movies, Ranked
With "Good Fortune" entering theaters, we break down some of our favorite tales of switched identities.
Who hasnât at least once fantasized about switching lives with someone who, from a distance, seems to have a more comfortable, secure, happier existence?
While Shakespeare and others created stories about characters pretending to be someone else, it was Mark Twainâs The Prince and the Pauper that popularized the idea of people in opposite circumstances trying out each otherâs lives.
The Parent Trap, Disneyâs 1961 and 1998 films, based on the 1949 German book Lise and Lotte, had identical twins taking each otherâs place.
When Mary Rodgers wrote Freaky Friday in 1972, about a mother and daughter switching not just places but bodies, it inspired dozens of variations.
Many, like Rodgersâ book, focus on family; some, like the Hallmark Princess Switch trilogy, on romance; some, like Freaky, explore thriller or horror genres.
Author summary: Ranked body-swap movies reviewed.