6 Best Split Personality and Identity Crisis Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 25, 2026

A fractured identity is horror’s psychological favorite. Black Swan has a perfectionist ballerina unraveling, Fight Club has an insomniac and a soap salesman forming an underground club, and The Three Faces of Eve has a woman with three distinct personalities. Identity, Psycho and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde round out the six.

Black Swan (2010)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A dedicated ballerina's grip on reality unravels as she competes for the lead in Swan Lake.

Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 1h 48m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Identity (2003)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Stranded strangers at a remote motel during a storm are murdered one by one.

Directed by James Mangold · 1h 30m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Fight Club (1999)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 81% Metacritic 67

A satire so stylish that a lot of viewers missed it was a satire at all.

Directed by David Fincher · 2h 19m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar12 wins & 38 nominations

Where to watch

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

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The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A troubled woman's psychiatrist discovers that she harbours three entirely distinct personalities.

Directed by Nunnally Johnson · 1h 31m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

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Psycho (1960)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 97% Metacritic 97

A secretary's impulsive theft leads her to a motel run by a deeply disturbed young man.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 49m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Oscars8 wins & 14 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Peacock Premium, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A brilliant doctor's experiment to separate good from evil unleashes his own monstrous alter ego.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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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 Split Personality and Identity Crisis Movies

Black Swan (2010)

Identity (2003)

Fight Club (1999)

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Psycho (1960)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

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