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* ''[[The Bourne Identity]]'' (book & movie)
* ''[[Paycheck]]'' has a variant: The protagonist knows who he is, but the entire last two years of his life are a total blank. He apparently agreed to have this done by his employer, and would probably have left well enough alone if not for the government wanting to interrogate him about what he was doing during that time.
* ''[[Dark City]]'': A man wakes up in a bathtub with no memories —- he doesn't even recall that his name is John Murdoch until he checks his wallet. He finds a dead woman in the bedroom, and the phone is ringing. His burning need to know who he is is fundamental to the story.
* ''The Constant Husband''
* ''[[Memento]]'': This trope is deliberately inverted; the protagonist has anterograde amnesia.
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* ''Nowhere Man'': The main character thought he was a photographer whose life had been taken away. Granted, he ''starts the series'' thinking he knows who he is and what he does ... "and in one instant, it was all taken away", if I remember the dialogue right.
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* Chester Tate from ''[[Soap]]'' goes on one of these after he loses his memories in season two after his surgery for {{spoiler|his brain defect that had been causing him blackouts and amnesia}}.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Eighth Doctor had amnesia when he woke up. In this case, the audience already knew everything about him, though.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series 6 opening.
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