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Key Features:
Separation, Reunion, Identity, Psychological study, Family secrets, Media scrutiny, Ethical dilemmas, Historical context, Social commentary, Mystery, Documentary, Based on true events
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, dramatic
Target Audience:
Documentary enthusiasts, Psychology buffs, True crime fans, Viewers interested in social issues
Emotional Arc:
Joy → Intrigue → Discomfort → Revelation

Three Identical Strangers

2018-06-29
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New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
David Kellman, Robert Shafran, Lawrence Wright
Crew
Tim Wardle
Rating
7.323(772 votes)
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Birthmarked
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Three
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6

Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexciting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no idea that his two lovers are married, until they are all found out when Hanna becomes pregnant, with the natural doubts stemming from their situation.



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Split(2017)
7.3

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.



David and Lisa
7.2

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.



The Stranger
6.149

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The Identical
5.1

During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns the truth about Drexel when their fates tragically collide.



Big Business
6.334

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3 Women
3 Women(1977)
7.098

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.



Our Father
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After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.



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6.039

A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.



The Parent Trap
7.215

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.



Multiverse
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Half Brothers
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Butterflies
6.854

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Twins
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6.035

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Perfect Strangers
6.1

A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.



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5.8

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5.932

For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds herself increasingly entangled in a web of deception where no one’s motives are easily decipherable.



Relative Strangers
5.2

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Tell Me Who I Am
7.358

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Separate Lies
5.76

Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.



Perfect Strangers
6.7

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The Three Faces of Eve

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6.391

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Sextuplets
6.213

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Husbands
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6.7

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His Three Daughters
6.929

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Scissors
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4.975

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Mr. Brooks
6.9

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Two Distant Strangers
7.057

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The Reunion
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6.4

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7.855

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Welcome the Stranger
5.104

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Assimilate
6.3

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Malice
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6.3

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The Third One
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Aftermath
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Home Movie
4.875

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The Other
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Strangers on a Train

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.



Timecrimes
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A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.



Quints
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Creator
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Instant Family
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Paranormal Activity 3
5.903

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Seconds Apart
5.663

Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telekinesis. Things start to spiral out of control as their classmates die in twisted and bizarre ways. Jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other, leading up to a horrific battle against themselves.



The Other Son
6.6

Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.



Intimate Strangers
6.3

Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.



They Cloned Tyrone
6.559

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.



Cube
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6.807

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Rebirth
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Multiplicity
5.8

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Sisters
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3.865

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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

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What Happened to Monday

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6.257

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.



Splitting Adam
6.9

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Stepfather 3
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6.2

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7.4

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Xenia
Xenia(2014)
6.13

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Cube 2: Hypercube
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Asylum
Asylum(1972)
6

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3 Hearts
3 Hearts(2014)
5.5

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The Broken
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High Society
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Ship of Theseus
6.9

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Every Secret Thing
6.14

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6

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6.4

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True Story
6.256

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Iceman
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