6 Best Reincarnation Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 24, 2026

A soul returning in another body raises questions about what survives death. Cloud Atlas has six souls reincarnating across centuries, What Dreams May Come has a man journeying through the afterlife to rescue his wife, and Chances Are has a reborn man falling for his own widow. Dead Again, Heaven Can Wait and The Reincarnation of Peter Proud round out the six.

Cloud Atlas (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Six interconnected souls are reincarnated across centuries, their choices echoing forward through time.

Directed by Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski · 2h 52m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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What Dreams May Come (1998)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A man who dies in a car accident journeys through the afterlife to rescue his wife's condemned soul.

Directed by Vincent Ward · 1h 53m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dead Again (1991)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A private detective and a psychic uncover a decades-old murder tied to their own possible past lives.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 1h 47m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Chances Are (1989)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A man reincarnated after an untimely death unknowingly falls for his own widow decades later.

Directed by Emile Ardolino · 1h 48m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Heaven Can Wait (1978)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A football star mistakenly taken to heaven before his time must adjust to life in a stranger's body.

Directed by Buck Henry & Warren Beatty · 1h 41m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A professor haunted by recurring dreams discovers they are memories of his own past life.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson · 1h 45m · Rated R

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Reincarnation Movies

Cloud Atlas (2012)

What Dreams May Come (1998)

Dead Again (1991)

Chances Are (1989)

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

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