6 Best Twins Separated at Birth Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 8, 2026

Twins raised apart and thrown together make for beloved comedies and adventures. The Parent Trap has twin sisters meeting at summer camp, Twins has a genetically perfect man discovering his unrefined brother, and Twin Dragons swaps a conductor and a mechanic. The Man in the Iron Mask, Big Business and the 1961 Parent Trap round out the six.

The Parent Trap (1998)

IMDb ★ 6.7 RT 86% Metacritic 63

Twin sisters separated at birth swap identities to reunite their divorced parents.

Directed by Nancy Meyers · 2h 08m · Rated PG

2 wins & 7 nominations

Where to watch

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

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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Ageing musketeers conspire to swap a tyrannical king for his secretly imprisoned identical twin.

Directed by Randall Wallace · 2h 12m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Twin Dragons (1992)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Identical twins separated in infancy, one a conductor and one a mechanic, swap lives after a chance meeting.

Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung & Tsui Hark · 1h 44m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Best of British Tv Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Twins (1988)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A genetically perfect man discovers he has an unrefined twin brother, and together they search for their birth mother.

Directed by Ivan Reitman · 1h 47m · Rated PG

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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Big Business (1988)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Two sets of twins mixed up at birth cause chaos when they all end up in the same New York hotel.

Directed by Jim Abrahams · 1h 37m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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The Parent Trap (1961)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Twin sisters separated at birth swap identities after meeting by chance at summer camp.

Directed by David Swift · 2h 09m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

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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 Twins Separated at Birth Movies

The Parent Trap (1998)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Twin Dragons (1992)

Twins (1988)

Big Business (1988)

The Parent Trap (1961)

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