Movies like Colossal

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Colossal (2016)
 6.2
 69K
Colossal (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Canada, South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Style: dark fantasy, absurd, melancholic, dark comedy, captivating, allegory, independent film, fairy tale, psychological thriller, funny ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: giant monster, small town, creature, bullying, alcoholic, kaiju, moral dilemma, monster, drinking, alcoholism, childhood, giant robot, alternate reality, imagination, brutality, transformation, female protagonist, female alcoholic, hometown, mental disorder, human monster, remote control, friends, woman fights a man, drinking alcohol ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: seoul, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out weird, cult classic, dark comedy and surreal films with plots about friendship, profanity, cigarette smoking, surrealism, bar, flashback and fear mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Colossal: Don't Look Up (2021), Young Adult (2011), About Time (2013), Swiss Army Man (2016), Ingrid Goes West (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.2
 594K
Don't Look Up (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style: apocalyptic, feel good, dark comedy, political, funny ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: disaster, end of the world, asteroid, social satire, meteorite, apocalypse, danger, save the world, astronaut, chaos, comet, politics ...
Time: future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, london, america, illinois ...
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95%
 6.3
 87K
Young Adult (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, talky, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: mental illness, high school, small town, emotional breakdown, alcoholic, narcissism, divorce, hometown, borderline personality disorder, thirtysomething life, depression, old love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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86%
 7.8
 383K
About Time (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: time travel, time loop, life philosophy, fall in love, true love, couple relations, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, life, father son relationship, young woman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.9
 133K
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new ...
Style: surreal, buddy comedy, touching, mindfuck, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: surrealism, corpse, survival, hallucination, friendship, loneliness, forest, imagination, dead body, dark humor, life & death, island ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Ingrid Goes West (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
Style: thought provoking, dark comedy, humorous, rom com, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: social media, obsessed fan, instagram, harassment, obsession, stalker, borderline personality disorder, love interest, pursuit, mental disorder, secret, charlatan ...
Time: year 2017, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, venice california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, art house, stylized, gothic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: steampunk, good versus evil, trippy, goth, children, friendship, surrealism, cyberpunk, childhood, mad scientist, escape, distopia ...
Time: future
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.9
 54K
Hesher (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style: bleak, realistic, independent film, serious, touching ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: youth, grief, antisocial behavior, loner, depression, arson, life is a bitch, trauma, family problems, family drama, rebelliousness, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.1
 132K
The Host (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, giant monster, beast, environment, dark humor, creature feature, creature, family in danger, deadly creature, kaiju, daughter, danger ...
Time: year 2002, year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, korea, asia, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The Science of Sleep (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Style: surreal, psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dream, surrealism, magic, daydreamer, artist, escape from reality, existentialism, insanity, magic realism, imagination, love story, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, mexico, france, europe, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, mind bending, psychological, offbeat ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, philosophy, existentialism, satire, lesbianism, insanity, body swapping, mind control, magic realism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.7
 11K
Premature (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On the most important day of his young life, a high school senior is forced to relive his failed attempt at losing his virginity over and over again, until he gets it right.
Style: sexy, teen sex comedy, surreal, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: time loop, first sex, high school, virginity, looking for sex, time travel, love, male virgin, unlikely friendships, teenage boy, platonic, ejaculation ...
Time: year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Zero Theorem (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Style: surreal, thought provoking, philosophical, psychedelic, cerebral ...
Plot: computers and web, computer, computer system, virtual reality, loneliness, escape from reality, distopia, society, computer genius, hacker, dystopian future, existentialism ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2013, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
No Such Thing (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a tabloid journalist whose fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. She ends up falling in love with the monster in the end. The monster is immortal, but longs to die. Beatrice helps him achieve this by ...
Style: fairy tale, satirical, stylized, humorous, cult classic ...
Plot: beauty and the beast, monster, dangerous attraction, love and romance, fish out of water, friendship, haunted by the past, satire, hospital, mad scientist, creature, social commentary ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: iceland, europe, reykjavik iceland, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Fisher King (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style: psychological, touching, compassionate, inspirational, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: self discovery, friendship, insanity, mental illness, redemption, transformation, homelessness, holy grail, tragic event, radio, guilty conscience, medical ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Czech Republic, Canada, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.
Style: entertaining, psychotronic, saga, action adventure, slasher ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, high school, school trip, peter parker character, teenage boy, bully, mutant, teenage life, secret identity, travel, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, europe, prague, venice, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ...
Style: road movie, dark comedy, humorous, independent film, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: suicide, afterlife, road trip, depression, suicide attempt, hitchhiker, friendship, on the road, mental illness, dealing with death, love story, surrealism ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: turkey, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 7.8
 442K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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The World's End (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style: witty, absurd, humorous, funny, parody ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, robot, beer, end of the world, alcoholic, fight scenes, violence, small town, british, satire, obsessive quest ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 1990, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.5
 299K
It Chapter Two (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, it chapter two brings the chapters - who've long since gone their separate ways - back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
Style: scary, slasher, bloody, epic, spooky ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: clown, evil clown, killer clown, stephen king, fear, group of friends, evil, panic, carnival, murder, asthma, kids in trouble ...
Time: year 2019, 80s, year 1989, 2010s, year 2016
Place: maine, los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.6
 433K
This Is the End (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Style: funny, parody, dark comedy, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: apocalypse, creature, end of the world, celebrity, post apocalypse, trapped, stoner, friends, disorder, chaos and mayhem, party, actor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.3
 35K
Tideland (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style: disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, bleak, dark fantasy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heroin, isolation, imagination, mental illness, surrealism, child neglect, mentally challenged, imaginary friend, addiction, insanity, drug addiction, girl ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, denmark, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.0
 43K
The One I Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two ...
Style: surreal, tricky, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: couples, husband wife relationship, marriage, infidelity, betrayal, love, twists and turns, family problems, moral dilemma, self discovery, magic realism, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night
Plot: drug addiction, junkie, heroin, addiction, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, sex scene, redemption, betrayal, violence, extortion ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, year 1974, year 1979 ...
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, amsterdam, slovenia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 7.9
 810K
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new ...
Style: entertaining, action comedy, funny, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot: superhero, female villain, monster, alien planet, supernatural power, deity, rebellion, goddess, warrior, norse mythology, superpower, norse god ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 6.4
 354K
Click (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
Style: inspirational, hilarious, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: regret, remote control, workaholic, time travel, wish come true, alternate reality, architect, wish fulfillment, stopped time, dysfunctional family, redemption, employer employee relationship ...
Time: future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, year 1976 ...
Place: new york, new hampshire, los angeles, usa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Southland Tales (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, allegory, cult classic, cynical ...
Plot: time travel, dystopian future, alternate reality, memory, apocalypse, prophecy, chaos, end of the world, distopia, marxism, mad scientist, drug ...
Time: future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place: los angeles, middle east, nevada, afghanistan, southern california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 8.2
 700K
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: kids, date night, teen fantasy, adult, teen drama
Plot: monster, mythology, fantasy world, macabre, creature, imagination, magical, legends and myths, good versus evil, maze, young heroes, imaginary ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Style: cerebral, surreal, philosophical, psychedelic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, fight, multiverse, lgbt, alternate universe, chinese immigrant, immigrant, mother daughter relationship, time travel, save the world, good versus evil, kung fu ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: monster, giant monster, creature, king kong, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, jungle, chase, expedition, monster versus monster ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1973 ...
Place: vietnam, fictional island, pacific ocean, washington d.c., thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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