THEME EXPLORATION

body swap

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott

Take Me
1969 · Stephen Dwoskin

Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele

Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer

Body Snatch
1998 · Anonymous Fixture

The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos

Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai

District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp

Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis

Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James

Face/Off
1997 · John Woo

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Mark Waters USA

Crafts witty, character-driven comedies that celebrate self-discovery and female perspectives.

Takashi Shimizu Japan

His film 'Your Name' (2016) is a masterwork of body-swap narrative, exploring identity and connection through the central mechanic of two characters mysteriously swapping bodies across time and space.