Movies Similar to Hero in the Family

The Hot Chick(2002)

Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. But things change for the attractive teen when a freak accident involving a cursed pair of earrings and a chance encounter at a gas station causes her to switch bodies with Clive, a sleazy crook. Jessica, in the form of the repulsive Clive, struggles to adjust to this radical alteration and sets out to get her own body back before the upcoming prom.

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Prelude to a Kiss(1992)

A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.

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Love Switch(2024)

On the brink of divorce, James and Michelle have drifted apart over the years and couldn't be more different. Michelle despairs that they will never fully understand each other. On their 13th wedding anniversary, they wake up to discover they have somehow switched bodies. Unable to switch back, they are forced to understand what the other goes through on a daily basis. In the process, they develop a new sense of respect and understanding for one another and find themselves falling in love all over again.

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Dream a Little Dream(1989)

Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and can only contact Bobby in his dreams.

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In and Out(2017)

Two couples, Pierre and Aimée, Éric and Pénélope, all share four years of friendship without cloud. Only concern, Penelope and Pierre have become lovers ... The situation becoming untenable, they decide to break. But after a final night of passionate love, fate plays a trick on them: Peter and Penelope each wake up in the body of the other! To protect their secrecy, they each find themselves having to live the life of the other. This is the beginning of the complications ...

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Freaky Friday(2003)

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

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All of Me(1984)

Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.

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Virtual Sexuality(1999)

A frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak accident, gives him life.

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茶啊二中(2023)

Wang Qiang (Xing Yuanyuan), the most naughty “scumbag” in the third class of junior high school, and Shi Miona (Wang Bowen), a cranky homeroom teacher, accidentally swap bodies. Wang, who had been oppressed for a long time, got a taste of being a homeroom teacher, and Shi also experienced the feeling of being considered the “school scum”. As the date of Shi’s open class competition is approaching, the two urgently need to find a way to change back into their bodies. But first, they’ll have to overcome numerous obstacles…

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Big(1988)

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

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Husband & Wife(2017)

Married for ten years, in full crisis, thinking about divorce. But following a failed scientific experiment, they suddenly find one inside the body of the other.

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If I Were You 2(2009)

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

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By Design(2026)

A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

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Freaky Friday(1976)

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.

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Swapped(2026)

A tiny woodland creature and a majestic bird suddenly swap bodies, forcing them to team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.

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Minds in Fur(2023)

Thiago and Bruno are two friends with no direction in life who come across a great business opportunity when they discover, inside a doghouse, a portal that allows anyone who enters to exchange bodies and minds with other people. But how far does the desire to be someone else go?

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My Wife & I(2017)

A couple experiencing marital problems are heading towards a divorce. On their parent's request, they reluctantly meet a pastor for counselling and the unexpected happened

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High Fantasy(2017)

A group of young friends on a camping trip, deep in the South African countryside wake up to discover they have all swapped bodies.

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Like Father Like Son(1987)

Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.

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Dos Penitentes Pero no Tanto(1990)

A house maid prepares a potion that switches her boss and his son's bodies.

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