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Theme: Twins

Twins are genetically duplicate siblings. This is a real world phenomenon but fantastic cinema offers a number of variants on the theme.

The most frequent of these variants is the good twin/evil twin theme, which usually takes place in assorted psycho-thrillers involving masquerade and identity swapping/theft.

Another common theme is the belief that twins share a psychic connection or are able to intuitively communicate. Conjoined (or Siamese) twins feature in circus freakshow stories or as freakish villains.

For more detail and an overview of the genre see the Theme Essay Twins in Fantastic Cinema.


The Absent (2011)

19 February 201113 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Evil Twin Slasher Film

Director: Sage Bannick
Actors: Bryan Kirkwood, Samuel Ball, Yvonne Zima, Kelly B. Eviston, …
Category: Horror

Accion Mutante (1993)

11 April 199925 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Future Mutant Terrorists/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Karra Elejalde, Alex Angulo
Category: Science Fiction

Almost Dead (1994)

31 March 199931 August 2020

Rating: ★

Haunting

Director: Ruben Preuss
Actors: Shannen Doherty, Costas Mandylor, Eric Christmas, John Diehl, …
Category: Horror

Alone (2007)

8 June 20176 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Thai Ghost Story

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Category: Horror

Alone with a Stranger (2000)

2 May 200528 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Peter Liapis
Actors: William R. Moses, Barbara Niven, Nia Peeples, Scotty Cox, …
Category: Horror

American Mary (2012)

22 February 201321 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Underground World of Surgical Body Modification

Director: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
Actors: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren, …
Category: Horror

Among the Living (1941)

6 January 200125 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Stuart Heisler
Actors: Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer, Harry Carey, …
Category: Horror

Baby Geniuses (1999)

1 April 199917 December 2020

Rating: ★

Intelligent Baby Conspiracy

Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Kim Cattrall, Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, …
Category: Science Fiction

Basket Case (1982)

20 January 200129 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Psychotic Siamese Twin

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Lloyd Pace, …
Category: Horror

Basket Case 2 (1990)

22 April 199930 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Psychotic Siamese Twin/Gonzo Deformities

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Kathryn Meisle, Heather Rattray, …
Category: Horror

Basket Case 3 (1991)

19 January 200830 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Psychotic Siamese Twin/Gonzo Deformities

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Gil Roper, Tina Louise Hilbert, …
Category: Horror

Bethany (2017)

9 August 202010 August 2020

Rating: ★½

Sinister Imaginary Companion

Director: James Cullen Bressack
Actors: Stefanie Estes, Zack Ward, Tom Green, Shannen Doherty, …
Category: Horror

Big Fish (2003)

9 March 200415 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Tall Tales

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, …
Category: Fantasy

The Blackburn Asylum (2015)

29 October 201824 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Abandoned Mine of Escaped Asylum Inmates

Director: Lauro Chartrand
Actors: Sarah Lind, Emilie Ullerup, Calum Worthy, Alexander Calvert, …
Category: Horror

The Bride With White Hair (1993)

23 May 20108 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hong Kong Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Ronnie Yu
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Frances Ng
Category: Fantasy

Cassandra (1987)

16 January 201425 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Clairvoyance Thriller

Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, Briony Behets, Tim Burns
Category: Horror

Chrysalis (2007)

8 March 200819 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Cyberpunk Film

Director: Julien Leclercq
Actors: Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Marthe Keller, Melanie Thierry, …
Category: Science Fiction

The City of Lost Children (1995)

19 October 200221 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist/Clones/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Daniel Emilfork, Jean-Louis Trintignant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dark Intruder (1965)

5 February 20198 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Occult Investigator

Director: Harvey Hart
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Gilbert Green, …
Category: Horror

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2010)

15 August 201029 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Twisted Road Movie

Director: Sylvia Soska, Jen Soska
Actors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Rikki Gagne, C.J. Wallis, …
Category: Horror

Dead Ringers (1988)

22 January 200229 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Disturbed Twin Psychology

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Category: Horror

Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)

2 November 201721 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Dragon Fantasy

Director: Patrik Syversen
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Tom Thys-Harris, Jessamine-Bliss Bell, Tamzin Merchant
Category: Fantasy

Eagle Eye (2008)

9 October 200828 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Surveillance Thriller/A.I. Amok

Director: D.J. Caruso
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Embalming (1999)

7 March 200530 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Blackmarket Organ Legging/Sinister Cult

Director: Shinji Aoyama
Actors: Reiko Takashima, Kojiro Hongo
Category: Horror

Equinox (1992)

28 May 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Futuristic Film Noir

Director: Alan Rudolph
Actors: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Marisa Tomei, Fred Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

15 June 19998 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot Gets Magnetic Powers

Director: John Cherry
Actors: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Randall Tex Cobb, Charles Napier
Category: Fantasy

The Forest (2016)

16 January 201616 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Japanese Suicide Forest

Director: Jason Zada
Actors: Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken
Category: Horror

Freaks (1932)

12 November 200217 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Human Deformities

Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Olga Baclanova, Angelo Rossitto
Category: Horror

Gemini (1999)

2 October 199924 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Twin

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Motoki Masahiro, Ryo
Category: Horror

Goodnight Mommy (2014)

2 November 20159 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Boys Believe Their Mother Has Been Replaced

Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Category: Horror

Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

16 February 20081 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Sadomasochistic Demons

Director: Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher
Actors: Bruce Ramsay, Doug Bradley, Valentina Vargas, Kim Myers, …
Category: Horror

Hereafter (2010)

20 October 201025 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Perspectives on the Afterlife

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Matt Damon, Cecile De France, Derek Jacobi, Bryce Dallas Howard, …
Category: Fantasy

House of Mirrors (2012)

24 June 201224 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Amnesia Psycho-Thriller

Director: Xu Razer, Brian Shotwell
Actors: Brian Shotwell, Xu Razer, Jeremiah Saint, Josette Pacino, …
Category: Horror

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

1 January 200917 March 2020

Rating: ★

Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Chris Sivertson
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, …
Category: Horror

The Initiation (1984)

28 October 202028 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Larry Stewart
Actors: Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager
Category: Horror

Jack’s Back (1988)

4 April 201825 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Copycat

Director: Rowdy Herrington
Actors: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Robert Picardo, Chris Mulkey, …
Category: Horror

Ju-on: Girl in Black (2009)

5 September 201330 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Mari Asaro
Actors: Yuri Nakamura, Ai Kago, Hana Matsumoto, Masanobu Katsumura, …
Category: Horror

Just Before Dawn (1981)

16 September 202016 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Actors: Gregg Henry, Jamie Rose, Chris Lemmon, Ralph Seymour, …
Category: Horror

Let Her Out (2016)

29 November 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Girl at War With Her Split Personality

Director: Cody Calahan
Actors: Alanna LeVierge, Nina Kiri, Adam Christie, Kate Fenton, …
Category: Horror

The Lost Tribe (1985)

6 May 20031 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Disappearance

Director: John Laing
Actors: John Bach, Darren Takle, Emma Takle, Martyn Sanderson, …
Category: Horror

The Mark of Cain (1985)

3 January 200130 August 2018

Rating: ½

Evil Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Bruce Pittman
Actors: Robin Ward, Wendy Crewson, Anthony Parr, August Schellenberg, …
Category: Horror

Meridian (1990)

6 November 20039 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Erotic Fairytale

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Charlie Spradling, Hilary Mason
Category: Fantasy

Mothra (1962)

19 April 201019 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Franky Sakai, Jerry Ito, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ken Uehara
Category: Science Fiction

The Ninth Configuration (1979)

4 November 200019 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Military Asylum Black Comedy

Director: William Peter Blatty
Actors: Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Ed Flanders, …
Category: Horror

The Ninth Gate (1999)

11 March 20001 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Quest for Occult Tome

Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, Lena Olin, …
Category: Horror

Nocturne (2020)

1 November 20204 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sisters Rivalry at a Music School/Occult Spell

Director: Zu Qurike
Actors: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw, …
Category: Horror

The Other (1972)

1 May 200120 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Diabolical Twin

Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, …
Category: Horror

The Owners (2020)

13 December 202013 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Home Invasion/Sinister Occupants

Director: Julius Berg
Actors: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Andrew Ellis, …
Category: Horror

Passion of Mind (2000)

7 June 200018 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Woman’s Double Life in Dreams

Director: Alain Berliner
Actors: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Sinead Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

The Poltergeist of Borley Forest (2013)

28 December 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★

Haunting

Director: Stephen McKendree
Actors: Marina Petrano, Christopher Ingle, Nicholas Barrera, Rhea Rossiter, …
Category: Horror

The Prestige (2006)

30 November 20065 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Rival Victorian Stage Magicians

Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

19 September 201219 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Okihiro Yoneda
Category: Science Fiction

Ring 0: Birthdays (2000)

1 August 200424 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Psychic Powers/Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Norio Tsuruta
Actors: Yukie Nakama, Tanabe Seiichi, Kumiko Aso, Yoshiko Tanaka, …
Category: Horror

Rocktober Blood (1984)

8 April 202025 July 2020

Rating: ½

Psycho Rock Star Returns from the Dead

Director: Beverly Sebastian
Category: Horror

Scissors (1991)

19 June 200122 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller

Director: Frank De Felitta
Actors: Sharon Stone, Steve Railsback, Ronny Cox
Category: Horror

Seconds Apart (2011)

18 August 201215 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Evil Psychic Twins

Director: Antonio Negret
Actors: Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin, Samantha Droke, …
Category: Horror

Seeing Heaven (2010)

26 March 201119 October 2018

Rating: ★★

Gay Clairvoyance Film

Director: Ian Powell
Actors: Alexander Bracq, Lee Chapman, Denton Lethe, Chris Grezoe, …
Category: Fantasy

Sisters (2006)

4 November 20093 June 2020

Rating: ★

Siamese Twins Psycho-Thriller

Director: Douglas Buck
Actors: Chloe Sevigny, Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea, Dallas Roberts, …
Category: Horror

Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)

12 February 20052 April 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Twin Geniuses/Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation

Director: Steven Paul
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Solstice (2008)

26 April 201725 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunting

Director: Daniel Myrick
Actors: Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Amanda Seyfried, Matt O'Leary, …
Category: Horror

Southland Tales (2006)

4 May 200824 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Near-Future L.A.

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Cheri Oteri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Adventure Cobra (1982)

6 July 201425 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Space Opera

Director: Osamu Dezaki, Carl F. Macek
Category: Science Fiction

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

21 April 200815 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Magical Creatures

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, …
Category: Fantasy

Tale of Tales (2015)

21 May 201610 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anthology of Fairytales

Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Three … Extremes (2004)

5 August 200518 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Asian Horror Anthology

Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, Takashi Miike
Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-fai
Category: Horror

The Tiger’s Tail (2006)

24 March 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Doppelganger Film

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Brian Gleeson, Sinead Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Twins (1988)

30 January 20051 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mismatched Clone Twins Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Chloe Webb, Kelly Preston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twins of Evil (1971)

12 April 20035 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Vampire Twins/Hammer Film

Director: John Hough
Actors: Peter Cushing, Madeline Collinson, Mary Collinson, Damien Thomas, …
Category: Horror

Twitches (2005)

2 December 200731 May 2019

Rating: ★

Twin Sister Witches

Director: Stuart Gillard
Actors: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Jennifer Robertson, Pat Kelly, …
Category: Fantasy

Twitches Too (2007)

6 July 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Twin Sister Witches

Director: Stuart Gillard
Actors: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Kristen Wilson, Leslie Seiler, …
Category: Fantasy

The Unborn (2009)

5 May 201025 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Possession

Director: David S. Goyer
Actors: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, …
Category: Horror

Under the Mountain (2009)

22 September 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Twins vs Alien Nasties

Director: Jonathan King
Actors: Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, …
Category: Science Fiction

Village of Dreams (1996)

23 June 20101 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Mischievous Twins’ Childhood/Magical Realism

Director: Yoichi Higashi
Actors: Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama, Mieko Harada, Komatsu Hosei, …
Category: Fantasy

What Happened to Monday (2017)

3 September 201714 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Overpopulated Dystopian Future

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe
Category: Science Fiction

When the Bough Breaks (1994)

22 June 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Michael Cohn
Actors: Ally Walker, Martin Sheen, Tara Subkoff, Ron Perlman
Category: Horror

Whispers (1990)

15 May 200116 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Twins/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation

Director: Douglas Jackson
Actors: Victoria Tennant, Chris Sarandon, Jean Le Clerc, Eric Christmas, …
Category: Horror

Wonder Man (1944)

19 November 200117 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Ghost Twin Brother/Screwball Comedy

Director: Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, …
Category: Fantasy

X (1996)

16 December 20012 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime Superheroics

Director: Rintaro
Category: Fantasy

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