Overboard

In "Overboard," 1987's brisk romantic comedy, heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht but reneges on payment. After a fall overboard leaves Joanna with amnesia, Dean swaps identities, assuming her life and posing as her butler. The film pivots around the reversal of fortunes and the evolving rapport between the two, blending farce and sweet sentiment without pretense.