13 Going on 30 (2004)

Thirteen-year-old Jenna Rink makes a birthday wish in 1987 and wakes up in 2004 inside her 30-year-old body. Jennifer Garner plays the adult Jenna, who must understand what happened during the missing 17 years. [Sony Pictures](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/13goingon30)

Gary Winick directed the 2004 romantic comedy, with Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo in the leading adult roles. Sony lists the film as rated PG-13 and released by Revolution Studios Distribution. [Sony Pictures](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/13goingon30)

Matty is Jenna's childhood friend, played as an adult by Mark Ruffalo. Jenna reconnects with him after waking in 2004, and their shared history becomes the central romantic thread of the film. [Swank Motion Pictures](https://www.swank.com/movie-events/details/5443-13-going-on-30)

Both films use a magical age-change premise to create fish-out-of-water comedy and reflection on adulthood. In 13 Going on 30, the change moves a 13-year-old girl from 1987 into a 30-year-old woman's life in 2004, while Big turns a boy into an adult man. [Sony Pictures](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/13goingon30)