THEME EXPLORATION

body-swapping

25 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Take Me
Take Me
1969 · Stephen Dwoskin
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Body Snatch
Body Snatch
1998 · Anonymous Fixture
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Saccharine
Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974 · Terence Fisher
I Are You, You Am Me
I Are You, You Am Me
1982 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Witches
The Witches
1990 · Nicolas Roeg
Un Chien andalou
Un Chien andalou
1929 · Luis Buñuel
Braindead
Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson
Aenigma
Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci
Cannibal Apocalypse
Cannibal Apocalypse
1980 · Antonio Margheriti
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II
1997 · Lars von Trier
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
2009 · Tom Six
Tusk
Tusk
2014 · Kevin Smith
Dead Snow
Dead Snow
2009 · Tommy Wirkola
The Body
The Body
2012 · Oriol Paulo
The Hole in the Ground
The Hole in the Ground
2019 · Lee Cronin
Together
Together
2025 · Michael Shanks
Anatomy
Anatomy
2000 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His films like 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika' explore fractured identity and consciousness through surreal body/mind dissociation and reality distortion.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films including 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' examine identity through literal and metaphorical transformation of the physical self.