Here we've displayed a list of the best Role Reversal films : The Last Command(1928), Black Swan(2010), Aladdin(1992), Nayak: The Real Hero(2001), Despicable Me(2010), Real Life(1979), On Approval(1944), Male and Female(1919), Overboard(1987), The Family Man(2000), Raising a Riot(1957), Mr. Mom(1983) ... ...
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell Nicholas Soussanin Michael Visaroff
revolutionary russian general director extra gripping disheartening intense russia hollywood movie set revenge role reversal humiliation insanity movie making fall rivalry transformation 1920s
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
ballerina mother director rival young woman ballet instructor eerie shocking suspenseful thrilling intense emotional new york city studio stage dance studio ballet big city ballet competition
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy
USA
1992
90 Minutes
thief magician genie princess king villain playful hilarious arabia palace cave dungeon poverty romance role reversal magic robbery adventure escape rise
A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Drama
India
2001
186 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Rani Mukerji Amrish Puri Paresh Rawal Johnny Lever
journalist beautiful woman personal assistant chief minister assassin thug frenetic outlandish thrilling maharashtra, india street slum village city role reversal political corruption riots government repression greed caste
A man accepts a challenge by the chief minister of Maharashtra to run the state for one day, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA|France|Japan
2010
95 Minutes
villain henchman orphan young girl rival banker heartwarming amusing quirky suburbia basement hideout bank household heist competition role reversal family redemption schemes
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Comedy
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Albert Brooks Charles Grodin Frances Lee McCain Dick Haynes Matthew Tobin J.A. Preston Joseph Schaffler Phyllis Quinn Jim Ritz James L. Brooks Johnny Haymer
veterinarian wife child documentarian albert brooks hilarious creative phoenix house veterinarian's office filmmaking reality narcissism family role reversal temptation discovery 1970s
A film crew sets out to record a year in the life of an average family, but things quickly start going wrong.
Comedy
UK
1944
80 Minutes
Clive Brook Beatrice Lillie Googie Withers Roland Culver O.B. Clarence Lawrence Hanray Elliott Mason Hay Petrie Marjorie Rhodes Molly Munks
duke friend heiress widow american man witty amusing scotland island castle inn marriage dating scandal role reversal isolation poverty love discovery
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
Adventure
USA
1919
99 Minutes
Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Raymond Hatton Robert Cain Gloria Swanson Lila Lee Bebe Daniels Julia Faye Rhy Darby Mildred Reardon Mayme Kelso
lord lady butler maid aristocrat daughter melodramatic passionate tender yacht sea island beach wedding class distinctions shipwreck unlikely romance affair role reversal survival
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Comedy
USA
1987
112 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Edward Herrmann Katherine Helmond Michael Hagerty Roddy McDowall Jared Rushton Jeffrey Wiseman Brian Price Jamie Wild Frank Campanella
wealthy woman widower millionaire wife carpenter butler amusing madcap spirited yacht small town mansion amnesia motherhood class distinctions schemes role reversal relationships transformation rise
A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her they're husband and wife.
Romance
USA
2000
125 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Tea Leoni Don Cheadle Jeremy Piven Saul Rubinek Josef Sommer Makenzie Vega Jake Milkovich Ryan Milkovich Lisa Thornhill Harve Presnell
businessman wife daughter coworker emotional touching new york city suburbia apartment office loneliness changing times wealth marriage christmas role reversal discovery metamorphosis sacrifice 2000s
A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.
Comedy
UK
1957
90 Minutes
neighbor child wife american father dog madcap hilarious lighthearted windmill south downs, england childcare role reversal fatherhood parenthood family quest temptation 1950s
Tony Kent returns after a 3 years in the Navy to find his children are strangers. When his wife suddenly called away Tony takes his brood to his father's windmill home where he tries to bond with Peter, Anne, and Fusty among misadventures.
Comedy
USA
1983
91 Minutes
Michael Keaton Teri Garr Ann Jillian Frederick Koehler Taliesin Jaffe Courtney White Brittany White Martin Mull Jeffrey Tambor Christopher Lloyd Tom Leopold
father mother housewife engineer child boss hilarious madcap touching detroit suburbia house grocery store financial crisis marriage career parenthood role reversal transformation love
After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.
Comedy
USA
1985
100 Minutes
Joyce Hyser Clayton Rohner Billy Jayne Toni Hudson William Zabka Leigh McCloskey
high-school student college student reporter brother girl love interest amusing offbeat positive high school arizona locker room gender identity high school romance role reversal cross-dressing transformation love growing up
Terry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at Sun Tribune go to 2 guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him".
Comedy
USA
1950
78 Minutes
umpire father-in-law wife baseball fan baseball player madcap lighthearted baseball field house school baseball new identity unemployment role reversal relationships transformation discovery rise 1950s
An umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because his passion for watching ball games during working hours but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1976
95 Minutes
Barbara Harris Jodie Foster John Astin Patsy Kelly Vicki Schreck Dick Van Patten Sorrell Booke Alan Oppenheimer Kaye Ballard Ruth Buzzi Marc McClure
housewife daughter brother husband classmate principal airy emotional madcap school suburbia household trading places mother/daughter relationship rebellion magic role reversal self-discovery metamorphosis quest
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Spain
2010
98 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Josh Brolin Anthony Hopkins Gemma Jones Freida Pinto Lucy Punch Naomi Watts Roger Ashton-Griffiths Jim Piddock Pauline Collins Celia Imrie
psychic lover daughter ladies' man adulterer writer witty playful amusing heartwarming tender london street park household home art gallery infatuation infidelity mother/child relationship
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.
Comedy
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard William Gargan Verree Teasdale Mary Astor Georges Renavent
wife husband client co-worker genie advertising executive hilarious crafty quirky house advertising office doctor's office role reversal body swap husband/wife relationship pregnancy magic spell argument transformation discovery
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Musical
USA
1962
123 Minutes
Doris Day Stephen Boyd Jimmy Durante Martha Raye Dean Jagger Joseph Waring Lynn Wood Charles Watts James Chandler Robert Burton Norman Leavitt
circus performer daughter rival son emotional touching circus backstage role reversal love revenge family financial crisis deception rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Romance
USA
1939
80 Minutes
contractor wife teacher singer secretary musician amusing cheeky endearing new york city opera house stage apartment backstage opera husband/wife relationship aspirations role reversal transformation underdog
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Romance
2017
90 Minutes
Karissa Lee Staples Peter Mooney Kim Delaney Steve Baran Cindy Busby Lia Frankland Ron Kologie Laura K. MacDonald
actress fiancé paparazzo woman mother airy amusing emotional charming heartwarming island germany wedding role reversal world travel romance love transformation discovery temptation
A womanizer bets that he can get someone to accept his marriage proposal after dating him for just 30 days. What he doesn't know is that the woman he has targeted has some serious commitment issues.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
98 Minutes
James Stewart George Kennedy Anne Baxter Strother Martin Kurt Russell William Windom Mike Kellin Katherine Cannon Morgan Paull Robert Donner David Huddleston
ex-convict banker prison guard criminal teacher prostitute offbeat thrilling engaging small town prison house saloon west virginia new life greed money role reversal rivalry discovery
An ex-convict (James Stewart) and his two partners try to cash their big check in a crooked banker's town.
Comedy
1980
110 Minutes
Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Dabney Coleman Sterling Hayden Elizabeth Wilson Henry Jones Lawrence Pressman
secretary co-worker boss playful hospital office household bar role reversal revenge female bonding drugs sexual harassment abduction mystery revenge 1980s
Three fed-up secretaries (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton) kidnap their sexist boss and force him to authorize office improvements.
Comedy
1991
89 Minutes
Jackie Chan Tsui Hark Maggie Cheung Nina Li Chi Anthony Chan Philip Chan Sylvia Chang James Wong Lai Ying Chow Kirk Wong Ringo Lam
mother musician mechanic best friend singer frenetic hilarious suspenseful thrilling hospital hong kong united states nightclub concert hall abduction reunion twins role reversal organized crime mistaken identity
Identical brothers (Jackie Chan), separated at birth, end up as a criminal and a U.S. pianist, then cross paths years later in Hong Kong.
Comedy, Fantasy
2019
109 Minutes
Regina Hall Issa Rae Marsai Martin Justin Hartley Tracee Ellis Ross Tone Bell Mikey Day JD McCrary Tucker Meek Thalia Tran Marley Taylor
co-worker media mogul assistant employee teenager amusing brash hilarious outlandish unrestrained school apartment office physical transformation role reversal friendship career transformation adventure discovery
Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees on a daily basis. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a 13-year-old version of herself.
Comedy, Western
1952
90 Minutes
Judy Canova John Russell Grant Withers Roy Barcroft Emmett Lynn Frank Ferguson Minerva Urecal Houseley Stevenson Almira Sessions Allen Jenkins Maxine Gates
cowgirl cowboy deputy shopkeeper sheriff outlaw quirky hilarious winsome american southwest small town shop saloon unusual romance law and order infatuation role reversal kidnapping new job pursuit
A singing shopkeeper (Judy Canova) turns deputy to help her sheriff boyfriend (John Russell) clean up the town.
Comedy
2002
90 Minutes
Piper Perabo Jane McGregor Trent Ford Michael McKean Julie White Brandon Smith Jesse James Nicki Aycox Alexandra Adi Matt Czuchry Cristen Coppen
foreign exchange student high-school student cheerleader boyfriend mother father amusing offbeat texas small town high school household paris popularity new school deception cheerleading role reversal set-up rivalry
A foreign-exchange student (Piper Perabo) from France tries to undermine a cheerleader (Jane McGregor) at a Texas high school.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
1995
97 Minutes
Shelley Long Gaby Hoffmann Catlin Adams Sandra Bernhard Andrew Bilgore Eileen Brennan Drew Carey Carol Kane Kevin Krakower Taylor Negron Alan Rosenberg
housewife daughter boyfriend teacher classmate emotional amusing madcap school suburbia household trading places mother/daughter relationship role reversal magic daunting task metamorphosis quest rivalry 1990s
An overworked single mother (Shelley Long) and her teenage daughter (Gaby Hoffmann) magically switch bodies for a day.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2004
96 Minutes
Parker Posey Vincent Perez Thomas Kretschmann Adam Goldberg Ivana Milicevic Michael Madsen Deborah Duke Deneen Tyler
mad scientist monster detective investigator hero villain thrilling creepy intense new orleans church police station serial murders frankenstein's monster role reversal genetic abnormalities immortality investigation mystery pursuit
In present-day New Orleans, a detective's (Parker Posey) homicide investigation leads to the discovery of an evil, ageless doctor (Thomas Kretschmann) and his creation (Vincent Perez).