Editing Doppelgänger (section)

===Film===
In ''[[Das Mirakel (1912 film)|Das Mirakel]]'' and ''[[The Miracle (1912 film)|The Miracle]]'' (both 1912) the Virgin Mary (as ''Doppelgängerin'') takes the place of a nun who has run away from her convent in search of love and adventure. Both are based on the 1911 play ''[[The Miracle (play)|The Miracle]]'' by [[Karl Vollmöller]].

[[File:Student of Prague double.jpg|thumb|A scene in ''The Student of Prague'', where the student Balduin faces his double]]
''[[The Student of Prague (1913 film)|The Student of Prague]]'' (1913) is a German silent film where a diabolical character steals the reflection of a young student out of his mirror, leading it to return later and terrorise him.

Animator [[Jack King (animator)|Jack King]] creates a doppelgänger for [[Donald Duck]] in ''[[Donald's Double Trouble]]'' (1946), where the twofold fowl speaks perfectly intelligible English and is well-mannered.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4151-Donalds-Double-Trouble| title = Donald's Double Trouble (1946) – Donald Duck Theatrical Cartoon Series}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The 1969 film ''[[Doppelgänger (1969 film)|Doppelgänger]]'' involves a journey to the far side of the sun, where the astronaut finds a [[counter-earth]], a mirror image of home. He surmises his counterpart is at that moment on his Earth in the same predicament.

English actor [[Roger Moore]] plays a man haunted by a doppelgänger, who springs to life following a [[near-death experience]], in [[Basil Dearden]]'s ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970).

The 1972 Robert Altman film ''[[Images (film)|Images]]'' has a doppelgänger for the hallucinating character played by Susanna York.

Doppelgängers are a major theme of [[Andrzej Żuławski]]'s ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]'' (1981), where the two protagonists, Anna ([[Isabelle Adjani]]) and Mark ([[Sam Neill]]), have two Doppelgängers.

The 1991 French/Polish film, ''[[The Double Life of Veronique|La double vie de Véronique]]'' ([[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Podwójne życie Weroniki''), directed by [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]] and starring [[Irène Jacob]], explores the mysterious connection between two women, both played by Jacob, who share an intense emotional connection in spite of never having met one another.

Doppelgängers are a major theme and plot element in the 2006 film, ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'', directed by [[Christopher Nolan]] and starring [[Hugh Jackman]] and [[Christian Bale]]. Illusionists Robert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) compete with each other to perfect a magic trick in which the performer appears to transport across the stage instantaneously. Angier initially performs the trick with a lookalike (also portrayed by Jackman), but later uses a machine that allows him to create an unlimited number of clones of himself. In the final scene, it is revealed that Borden had also been using a doppelgänger to perform the trick; the character "Borden" was actually two identical-looking men who took turns living out Borden's public life in order to create the illusion that they were a single man.

In the 2007 children's film [[List of Bratz home video releases|''Bratz Kidz: Sleep-over Adventure'']] one of the stories involves Sasha being tormented and replaced by a doppelgänger she finds in a house of mirrors.

In the 2008 [[psychological horror]] film ''[[Lake Mungo (film)|Lake Mungo]]'', the film's climax contains a scene in which a young teenager, named Alice, is attacked by her disfigured doppelgänger, meant as a premonition of her soon-to-be death.

In [[Richard Ayoade]]'s ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]'' (2013), based on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s [[The Double (Dostoevsky novel)|novel of the same name]], a man is troubled by a doppelgänger who is employed at his place of work and affects his personal and professional life.

Estranged couple Ethan and Sophie find doubles of themselves trapped in the retreat house their marriage counselor recommended in [[Charlie McDowell]]'s ''[[The One I Love (film)|The One I Love]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|title=The One I Love|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oneilove.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

The 2018 science fiction film ''[[Annihilation (film)|Annihilation]]'' features a doppelgänger in the climax.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/annihilation-movie-ending-explained.html |title=Let's Talk About the Ending of Annihilation |last=Yoshida |first=Emily |date=23 February 2018 |website=Vulture |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>

[[Jordan Peele]]'s horror film ''[[Us (2019 film)|Us]]'' (2019) finds the Wilson family attacked by doubles of themselves known as "the Tethered".

In ''[[Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker|The Rise of Skywalker]]'' (2019), when [[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey]] is looking for a [[Sith]] wayfinder on the ruins of the [[Death Star|Death Star II]], she encounters an evil version of herself.