Movies About Identity
Kinora's catalogue lists 249 films about identity, spanning 1931–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2013
12 Years a Slave
Ruraldir. Steve McQueen - 2009
3 Idiots
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani - 1977
3 Women
Desertdir. Robert Altman - 1963
8½
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Urbandir. Edward Yang - 1971
A Clockwork Orange
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 2017
A Fantastic Woman
Urbandir. Sebastián Lelio - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2002
Adaptation.
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze - 1988
Akira
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo - 1992
Aladdin
Urban · Desertdir. John Musker - 1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1950
All About Eve
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1999
All About My Mother
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 2023
American Fiction
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 2000
American Psycho
Urbandir. Mary Harron - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 1997
Anastasia
Urbandir. Don Bluth - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 1987
Angel Heart
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1977
Annie Hall
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 2016
Arrival
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve - 1995
Babe
Ruraldir. Chris Noonan - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 2023
Barbie
Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1989
Batman
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 1992
Batman Returns
Urban · Undergrounddir. Tim Burton - 1999
Being John Malkovich
Urbandir. Spike Jonze - 1979
Being There
Urbandir. Hal Ashby - 1967
Belle de Jour
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1982
Blade Runner
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2017
Blade Runner 2049
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2018
Blindspotting
Urbandir. Carlos López Estrada - 1966
Blow-Up
Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1986
Blue Velvet
Suburbandir. David Lynch - 1997
Boogie Nights
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1999
Boys Don't Cry
Ruraldir. Kimberly Peirce - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 1972
Cabaret
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 2002
Catch Me If You Can
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2009
Cell 211
dir. Daniel Monzón - 1963
Charade
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1986
Children of a Lesser God
dir. Randa Haines - 1931
City Lights
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 1990
Close-Up
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1988
Coming to America
Urbandir. John Landis - 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 1947
Dark Passage
Urbandir. Delmer Daves - 1990
Days of Being Wild
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai - 1988
Dead Ringers
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 2022
Decision to Leave
Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook - 1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1997
Donnie Brasco
Urbandir. Mike Newell - 1994
Ed Wood
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 2003
Elf
Urbandir. Jon Favreau - 2014
Enemy
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry - 1990
Europa Europa
Urbandir. Agnieszka Holland - 1998
EverAfter
Ruraldir. Andy Tennant - 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Urbandir. Daniel Scheinert - 2015
Ex Machina
Urbandir. Alex Garland - 1997
Face/Off
Urbandir. John Woo - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1943
Five Graves to Cairo
Desertdir. Billy Wilder - 1987
Full Metal Jacket
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 2004
Garden State
Suburbandir. Zach Braff - 1997
Gattaca
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Andrew Niccol - 1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Urbandir. Elia Kazan - 1971
Gentlemen of Fortune
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sery - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1995
Ghost in the Shell
Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 1997
Good Will Hunting
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 1992
Hard Boiled
Urbandir. John Woo - 1997
Hercules
Urban · Mountaindir. John Musker - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1959
Imitation of Life
Urbandir. Douglas Sirk - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2010
Inception
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2002
Infernal Affairs
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai - 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman - 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Ruraldir. Don Siegel - 1963
Irma la Douce
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1993
Iron Monkey
Urbandir. Yuen Woo-ping - 1973
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Urbandir. Leonid Gaidai - 1991
Johnny Stecchino
Urbandir. Roberto Benigni - 1965
Juliet of the Spirits
dir. Federico Fellini - 1980
Kagemusha
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 2012
Kahaani
Urbandir. Sujoy Ghosh - 1971
Klute
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 2008
Kung Fu Panda
Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne - 1972
Last Tango in Paris
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 2012
Laurence Anyways
Urbandir. Xavier Dolan - 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Desertdir. David Lean - 1992
Léolo
Urbandir. Jean-Claude Lauzon - 1970
Little Big Man
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1992
Malcolm X
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1999
Man on the Moon
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1979
Manhattan
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1964
Marnie
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2019
Marriage Story
Urbandir. Noah Baumbach - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Ruraldir. Peter Farrelly - 1941
Meet John Doe
Urbandir. Frank Capra - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - 2021
Minari
Ruraldir. Lee Isaac Chung - 2023
Monster
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 2009
Moon
Off Worlddir. Duncan Jones - 2016
Moonlight
Urbandir. Barry Jenkins - 1976
Mr. Klein
Urbandir. Joseph Losey - 1998
Mulan
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1994
Muriel's Wedding
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan - 1975
Nashville
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1990
Nikita
Urbandir. Luc Besson - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1942
Now, Voyager
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Irving Rapper - 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2014
Paddington
Urbandir. Paul King - 2019
Pain and Glory
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2006
Paprika
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2016
Paterson
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1972
Play It Again, Sam
Urbandir. Herbert Ross - 1991
Point Break
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2014
Predestination
Urbandir. Michael Spierig - 1997
Princess Mononoke
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1960
Purple Noon
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. René Clément - 1950
Rashomon
Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa - 2007
Ratatouille
Urbandir. Brad Bird - 1940
Rebecca
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1992
Reservoir Dogs
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2022
Return to Seoul
Urbandir. Davy Chou - 1987
RoboCop
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 1999
Runaway Bride
Ruraldir. Garry Marshall - 1988
Running on Empty
Suburbandir. Sidney Lumet - 2002
Russian Ark
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov - 1998
Satya
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma - 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul - 1966
Seconds
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. John Frankenheimer - 1996
Secrets & Lies
Urbandir. Mike Leigh - 1998
Shakespeare in Love
Urbandir. John Madden - 2018
Shoplifters
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 1998
Show Me Love
Ruraldir. Lukas Moodysson - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Urbandir. Gene Kelly - 1998
SLC Punk
Urbandir. James Merendino - 1998
Smoke Signals
Ruraldir. Chris Eyre - 1959
Some Like It Hot
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder - 2020
Sound of Metal
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder - 1945
Spellbound
Urban · Mountaindir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 2002
Spider-Man
Urbandir. Sam Raimi - 2004
Spider-Man 2
Urbandir. Sam Raimi - 2001
Spirited Away
Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1978
Superman
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 2008
Synecdoche, New York
Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman - 2022
TÁR
Urbandir. Todd Field - 1999
Tarzan
Wildernessdir. Chris Buck - 1991
The Addams Family
dir. Barry Sonnenfeld - 2011
The Artist
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius - 1998
The Big Lebowski
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2017
The Big Sick
Urbandir. Michael Showalter - 1996
The Birdcage
Urbandir. Mike Nichols - 1985
The Breakfast Club
Suburbandir. John Hughes - 2024
The Brutalist
Urbandir. Brady Corbet - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1992
The Crying Game
Rural · Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 2008
The Dark Knight
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2006
The Departed
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Urbandir. Werner Herzog - 1966
The Face of Another
Urbandir. Hiroshi Teshigahara - 1967
The Graduate
Suburbandir. Mike Nichols - 1940
The Great Dictator
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 2011
The Ides of March
Urbandir. George Clooney - 1998
The Idiots
Suburbandir. Lars von Trier - 2004
The Incredibles
Suburban · Islanddir. Brad Bird - 1999
The Iron Giant
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Brad Bird - 1967
The Jungle Book
Wildernessdir. Wolfgang Reitherman - 1987
The Last Emperor
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
dir. Gérard Oury - 1940
The Mark of Zorro
Ruraldir. Rouben Mamoulian - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1994
The Mask
Urbandir. Chuck Russell - 1998
The Mask of Zorro
Rural · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell - 2005
The New World
Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Urbandir. Henry Selick - 1985
The Official Story
Urbandir. Luis Puenzo - 1975
The Passenger
Desert · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1940
The Philadelphia Story
Suburbandir. George Cukor - 2021
The Power of the Dog
Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 2006
The Prestige
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2018
The Rider
Ruraldir. Chloé Zhao - 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 1946
The Stranger
Ruraldir. Orson Welles - 2024
The Substance
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat - 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella - 1976
The Tenant
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1982
The Thing
Wildernessdir. John Carpenter - 1999
The Thirteenth Floor
Urbandir. Josef Rusnak - 1957
The Three Faces of Eve
Urbandir. Nunnally Johnson - 1998
The Truman Show
Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 1995
The Usual Suspects
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer - 1993
The Wedding Banquet
Urbandir. Ang Lee - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 2021
The Worst Person in the World
Urbandir. Joachim Trier - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 2007
This Is England
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows - 1992
Thunderheart
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 1982
Tootsie
Urbandir. Sydney Pollack - 1990
Total Recall
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 1995
Toy Story
Suburbandir. John Lasseter - 1999
Toy Story 2
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lasseter - 1994
True Lies
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. James Cameron - 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Desert · Wildernessdir. Don Siegel - 2000
Unbreakable
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2014
Under the Skin
Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer - 2019
Us
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele - 1958
Vertigo
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2015
Victoria
Urbandir. Sebastian Schipper - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1998
Who Am I?
Wilderness · Urbandir. Jackie Chan - 1983
Zelig
Urbandir. Woody Allen
Frequently asked
How many movies are about identity?
Kinora's catalogue lists 249 films about identity, spanning 1931–2024.
What are some movies about identity?
Films about identity in our catalogue include 12 Years a Slave (2013), 3 Idiots (2009), 3 Women (1977), 8½ (1963), and A Brighter Summer Day (1991).
What is the oldest movie about identity?
City Lights (1931) is the earliest film about identity in our catalogue; the most recent is The Substance (2024).