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The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
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The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Original name: Le Fantôme de la liberté
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right under their noses, this perverse, playfully absurd comedy of non sequiturs deftly compiles many of the themes that preoccupied Buñuel throughout his career—from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements.
Style: surreal, humorous, art house, atmospheric, disturbing, meditative, talky, dark comedy, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: surrealism, satire, monk, sadomasochism, religion, society, greed, mistaken identity, visceral, estrangement, social decay, courtroom, life is a bitch, religions or cults, morality, existentialism, female nudity, protest, philosophy, spirituality, trippy, hotel, lawyer, time travel, food ...
Time: 20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place: france, paris france, europe, spain
Keyword: avant-garde, dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, humorous, offbeat and clever films with plots about surrealism, satire, society, female nudity, nudity, absurdism and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Phantom of Liberty: That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), The Big Feast (1973), What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986), The Milky Way (1969), Playtime (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style: surreal, disturbing, talky, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: surrealism, high society, social commentary, dream, satire, dinner, adultery, farce, social satire, bourgeoisie, dark humor, decadence ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, art house, sexy, cynical ...
Plot: surrealism, virginity, humiliation, maid, manipulation, sexuality, nudity, unrequited love, satire, older man younger woman relationship, absurd humor, fool ...
Time: 20th century, year 1977, 70s
Place: paris france, europe, spain, madrid, france
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The Big Feast (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death.
Style: erotic, disturbing, art house, surreal, humorous ...
Plot: decadence, suicide, cooking, sex, food, lust, sexual promiscuity, wealth, group of friends, gluttony, society, sexuality ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: france, europe, paris france, turkey
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What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Roger is a 16-year-old who seeks to lose his virginity in this softcore erotic drama. His initial efforts are unsuccessful, but World War I breaks out and men are seen marching off to battle. Roger goes overboard when he is presented with several ...
Style: erotic, sex comedy, captivating, unusual plot structure, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: incest, sex, older woman teenage boy sex, erotica, masturbation, older woman younger man sex, teenage sexuality, sexual awakening, coming of age, brother sister sex, older woman younger man, woman urinating ...
Time: 1910s
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The Milky Way (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Style: surreal, spiritual, road movie, psychedelic, satirical ...
Plot: religion, surrealism, bible, satire, jesus christ, philosophy, jesus, anarchist, spirituality, religious, inquisition, drifter ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place: spain, paris france, france, europe
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Playtime (1967)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave ...
Style: surreal, humorous, witty, funny, satirical ...
Plot: tourist, culture clash, skyscraper, restaurant, airport, chaos, farce, nothing goes right, misfit, goofy hero, human existence, fish out of water ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Max mon amour (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A French wife takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.
Style: disturbing, realistic, humorous, clever, erotic ...
Plot: zoophilia, infidelity, dark humor, love triangle, couple relations, love and romance, obsession, captive, held captive, psychology, bourgeoisie, animal ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Weekend (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
Style: black comedy, road movie, surreal, disturbing, experimental ...
Plot: satire, surrealism, cannibalism, murder, violence, traffic jam, anarchism, road trip, nihilism, cruelty, car accident, car crash ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: france
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100%
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Life of Brian (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, satirical ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: monty python, religion, satire, ancient rome, mistaken identity, roman empire, ancient, dark humor, medieval, christmas, religious, absurdism ...
Time: 1st century, 20th century, ancient times, year 1979, biblical epic ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, jerusalem, palestine, middle east ...
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I Want to Go Home (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled ...
Style: biting, surreal, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: cartoonist, satire, culture clash, extramarital affair, bittersweet, performer's life, estrangement, disorder, family relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, society ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Britannia Hospital (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by ...
Style: dark comedy, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, cult classic ...
Plot: hospital, medical, satire, social satire, hoodie, medicine, medical experiment, naked man, frankenstein's monster, nudity, chaos, dark humor ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: britain, england, europe
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Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force ...
Style: disturbing, surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, art house ...
Plot: incest, self discovery, mother son incest, sex with mother, dark humor, torture, captivity, mistaken identity, life is a bitch, sexual harassment, family problems, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
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Themroc (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, "Themroc" is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, surreal, erotic, controversial ...
Plot: surrealism, sex, female nudity, cannibalism, conflict, mental illness, minimal dialogue, anarchist, erotica, mental disorder, cannibal, absurdism ...
Place: paris france
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Daisies (1966)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap ...
Style: psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, experimental, art house ...
Audience: teens
Plot: surrealism, nihilism, flapper, feminist, feminism, female friendship, absurd humor, teenage girl, women, satire, trippy, youth ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, prague, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Style: surreal, philosophical, psychological, humorous, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: existentialism, private detective, self discovery, jealousy, investigation, relationships, buddhism, suburbs, multiple storylines, escapades, environmental activism, strong sexual content ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In pre-French Revolution Bastille, the Marquis is held being unjustly accused of working to overthrow the king. While his talking penis, Colin, longs for action, Marquis himself only desires to write his deviant stories in peace.
Style: experimental, surreal, controversial, sex comedy, costume drama ...
Plot: french revolution, puppet, revolution, metaphor, satire, surrealism, napoleonic wars, exploitation, fetish, hardcore, human relationship, peplum ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france, europe
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Delicatessen (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, surreal, dark fantasy, art house ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: distopia, surrealism, cannibal, cannibalism, dystopia, dark humor, food, underground, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, dystopian future, imagination ...
Time: 90s, distant future, year 1991, future
Place: france
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Style: surreal, funny, absurd, spoof, cult classic ...
Plot: monty python, satire, social commentary, obstacle course, surrealism, serial killer, exploitation, sketch, migration, legal, buddies, explosions ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
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May Fools (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: eccentric family, funeral, infidelity, countryside, rebelliousness, family problems, family life, parents and children, love affair, death in the family, family in crisis, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1990, 60s, year 1968
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style: surreal, black comedy, art house, philosophical, talky ...
Plot: surrealism, loneliness, multiple storylines, dark humor, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, nordic, obsession ...
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Place: russia, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality.
Style: sex comedy, parody, anthology, surreal, funny ...
Audience: adult
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The Howl (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, art house, disturbing, sex comedy ...
Plot: masturbation, surrealism, lust, female nudity, rape victim, erotica, rape, politics, gang rape, absurdism, exhibitionism, religion ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a ...
Style: funny, parody, surreal, philosophical, spoof ...
Plot: satire, philosophy, monty python, surrealism, death, dark humor, existentialism, afterlife, social commentary, meaning of life, greed, gluttony ...
Time: year 1983, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s, 1870s ...
Place: london, england, europe, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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We Have a Pope (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an ...
Style: psychological, realistic, humorous, witty, clever ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: religion, cardinal the priest, vatican, pope, identity crisis, catholic church, self discovery, catholic, introspection, self involved, self fulfillment, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.9
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Bananas (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Style: slapstick, humorous, political, funny, talky ...
Plot: revolution, dictatorship, satire, dictator, politics, rebellion, political satire, loser, fish out of water, political activism, misfit, rise to the top ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Putney Swope (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Swope is the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, and is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman of the board.
Style: independent film, surreal, black and white, black comedy, funny ...
Plot: advertising, satire, business, absurdism, advertising executive, advertising agency, employer employee relationship, husband wife relationship, ceo, board of directors, blaxploitation, racism ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she grotesquely ingests before bed. A shop clerk fixates on a TV news reader while he builds a machine to ...
Style: surreal, experimental, sexy, dark comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, erotica, masturbation, fetish, dark humor, satire, food, sexual relations, stop motion, sex scene, forbidden love, sexual content ...
Time: year 1996
Place: czechoslovakia
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Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris. Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn ...
Style: spaghetti western, controversial, neorealism, fast paced, experimental ...
Plot: semi nudity, racism, farce, satire, social differences, anti war, disorder, head of state, state affairs, society, fiance fiancee relationship, american indian ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.7
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Four Rooms (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, anthology, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, multiple storylines, workplace situations, disorder, hotel, gangster, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, couples, new year's eve, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: america, los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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