Movies like The Phantom of Liberty
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The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
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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, satirical, humorous, art house, dark comedy, atmospheric, disturbing, meditative, talky, witty ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, sadomasochism, monk, chaos, religion, courtroom, society, greed, mistaken identity, visceral, estrangement, social decay, life is a bitch, religions or cults, female nudity, morality, existentialism, food, protest, philosophy, spirituality, trippy, aunt nephew relationship, hotel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Most similar movies to The Phantom of Liberty
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, humorous, offbeat and weird films with plots about satire, surrealism, female nudity, society, dark humor, storytelling and absurdism mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Phantom of Liberty: That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), The Milky Way (1969), The Big Feast (1973), Daisies (1966), What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain
Similarity:
100%
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:
atmospheric, sexy, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, humiliation, sexuality, sex scene, unrequited love, manipulation, maid, female nudity, frustration, rich man, absurd humor ...
Time:
20th century, year 1977, 70s
Place:
paris france, spain, europe, madrid, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 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, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
religion, inquisition, surrealism, bible, philosophy, jesus christ, satire, jesus, anarchist, spirituality, religious, christianity ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, year 1964
Place:
spain, basque country, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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, satirical, controversial, disturbing, black comedy ...
Plot:
decadence, food, suicide, sex, lust, cooking, sexual promiscuity, wealth, group of friends, dark humor, gluttony, satire ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
france, europe, paris france, turkey
Similarity:
100%
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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, female friendship, feminism, flapper, nihilism, feminist, absurd humor, female protagonist, female antagonist, teenage girl, women, satire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, prague, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
sex comedy, erotic, unusual plot structure, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
incest, older woman teenage boy sex, sex, erotica, coming of age, brother sister sex, sexual awakening, older woman younger man sex, teenage sexuality, male nudity, masturbation, woman urinating ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A French wife takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
zoophilia, infidelity, dark humor, love and romance, obsession, couple relations, love triangle, ape, human animal relationship, diplomat, chimpanzee, held captive ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
17K
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, experimental, road movie, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, violence, traffic jam, murder, anarchism, car crash, car accident, misanthropy, on the road, cannibalism, cruelty ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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29K
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:
satirical, surreal, humorous, witty, funny ...
Plot:
tourist, nothing goes right, culture clash, skyscraper, airport, chaos, farce, goofy hero, misfit, city life, human existence, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
433K
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:
hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
surreal, biting, semi serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
cartoonist, extramarital affair, satire, culture clash, performer's life, bittersweet, disorder, estrangement, family relations, lifestyle, society, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right.
Style:
black comedy, sexy, erotic, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot:
surrealism, sexuality, beach, absurdism, erotica, female nudity, nudity, voyeurism, mediterranean, american abroad, attempted rape, villa ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, eastern europe, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
116K
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, black comedy, funny, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, multiple storylines, curses spells and rituals, workplace situations, couples, disorder, fish out of water, gangster, lifestyle, supernatural ability, workplace, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
america, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are being filmed by a sleazy documentary prima donna while the strange staff share meals which consist of human meat. Then there is the hit man, the ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, surreal, period piece ...
Plot:
murder, hotel, filmmaking, male nudity, male pubic hair, psychopath, lifestyle, couple relations, obsession, prostitute, cannibalism, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
venice, europe, italy, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 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, cult classic, intellectual ...
Plot:
surrealism, absurdism, sex, cannibalism, mental illness, anarchist, erotica, minimal dialogue, conflict, nude girl, mental disorder, naked breasts ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, paris france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Style:
spiritual, surreal, philosophical, experimental, erotic ...
Plot:
saint, surrealism, bible, temptation, religion, desert, dark humor, devil, spirituality, religious, christian, spirit ...
Time:
year 1965
Similarity:
23%
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:
philosophical, psychological, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
existentialism, private detective, self discovery, jealousy, making love, philosophy, relationships, investigation, environmental activism, meditation, buddhism, multiple storylines ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
23%
616
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:
surreal, art house, psychedelic, sex comedy, disturbing ...
Plot:
lust, satire, exhibitionism, rape victim, orgy, surrealism, masturbation, female nudity, religion, absurdism, hippie, politics ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
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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, sexy, political, black comedy ...
Plot:
satire, dictatorship, dictator, revolution, politics, political satire, rebellion, loser, fish out of water, political activism, misfit, rise to the top ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, latin america, south america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
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, spoof, sketch comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, absurdism, social commentary, obstacle course, surrealism, british police, embarrassment, social satire, migration, buddies, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
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:
parody, funny, philosophical, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, philosophy, dark humor, surrealism, atheism, existentialism, atheist, humour, social commentary, death, life ...
Time:
year 1983, medieval times, 20th century, 19th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, africa, northern england ...
Similarity:
21%
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, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
eccentric family, funeral, infidelity, countryside, family problems, rebelliousness, couples, family in crisis, parents and children, family life, love affair, death in the family ...
Time:
20th century, year 1990, year 1968, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
21%
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:
black comedy, dark comedy, art house, visual, offbeat ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
dark humor, dystopia, surrealism, cannibal, cannibalism, food, underground, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopian future, imagination, european ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, distant future, future
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.
Style:
absurd, experimental, surreal, non-linear, offbeat ...
Plot:
underground, jazz, photograph, surrealism, absurdism, vignette, pastiche
Time:
70s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality.
Style:
anthology, parody, sex comedy, sexy, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
zoophilia, satire, sex, mad scientist, surrealism, sarcasm, sex scene, bestiality, sexology, transsexuality, looking for sex, nudity ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
21%
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, parody, avant garde, black comedy ...
Plot:
advertising, satire, african american, advertising executive, advertising agency, absurdism, board of directors, business, employer employee relationship, husband wife relationship, ceo, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, philadelphia, africa
Similarity:
21%
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, philosophical, art house, satirical ...
Plot:
surrealism, dark humor, multiple storylines, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, swedish, nordic, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
russia, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
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:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
10K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style:
independent film, black comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
misfit, satire, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, abortion, loser, housewife, playboy, transvestite, lgbtq, surrealism, middle class ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, boston, california
Similarity:
20%
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:
clever, psychological, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cardinal the priest, religion, vatican, pope, identity crisis, catholic church, catholic, self discovery, introspection, self involved, self fulfillment, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
Similarity:
20%
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