Movies like Kuso
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Kuso (2017)
2K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.
Style:
disturbing, transgressive, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, satirical, semi serious, dark, mumblecore, controversial ...
Plot:
mental disorder, extreme, distopia, hypnosis, supernatural power, blaxploitation, arthouse horror, surrealism, excrement, apocalypse, catastrophe, survival, natural disaster, death, rescue, disaster, destruction, society, buried alive, chaos, demolished city, danger, geology, satire, ruins ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to Kuso
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, surreal, weird and black comedy films with plots about surrealism, dark humor, satire, stop motion, supernatural, macabre and trippy mostly in Animation, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Kuso: Salad Fingers (2004), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012), Heavy Traffic (1973), Little Otik (2000), Lunacy (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of Salad Fingers, an unspecified mutated creature driven to madness by his loneliness.
Style:
surreal, psychological, semi serious, adult animation, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
dark humor, insanity, surrealism, magical creature, recluse, creature, weirdo, strange behavior, nightmare, mature, vulgar, mutant ...
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100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, philosophical, experimental, black comedy ...
Plot:
illness, dark humor, surrealism, divorced parents, life & death, existentialism, depression, mental health, introspection, self discovery, art, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, psychedelic, parody, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mature, surrealism, adult humor, marijuana, interracial relations, sexual attraction, blaxploitation, trippy, city life, satire, animated sex, superhero ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative, and remarkable surrealists of our time. Utilizing a delirious combination of puppets, ...
Style:
experimental, psychological, disturbing, surreal, art film ...
Plot:
surrealism, stop motion, puppet, humanity in peril, human existence, human flesh, multiple storylines, absurdism, dark humor, macabre, puppetry, symbolism ...
Place:
czechoslovakia
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mindfuck, art house ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, killer child, folk horror, baby, absurdism, arthouse horror, tree, dark humor, couple relations, monster, obsession, extreme ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s ...
Style:
surreal, gothic, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
mental institution, surrealism, mental disorder, social satire, blasphemy, faked death, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, society, danger, doctors and patients, social misfits ...
Place:
czech republic, europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heaven is a beautiful, clean suburban paradise as long as they follow one simple rule: DO NOT communicate with "The Evil One" that dwells on the other side of a giant wall that circles the town. One day after chasing one he discovers a ...
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, underground, body horror, bird, worship, school, distopia, city, social misfits, society, bird attack, creepy kid ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
Style:
disturbing, adult animation, brutal, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demon, surrealism, extreme, evil spirit, murder, violence, manipulation, siamese twins, supernatural horror, unsettling, necrophiliac, trippy ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after ...
Style:
surreal, art house, experimental, claymation, cerebral ...
Plot:
surrealism, faust, stop motion, mythology, fantasy world, deal with the devil, occult, folk horror, devil, pact with the devil, temptation, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s
Place:
prague, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, captivating, tense, surreal ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
earthquake, friendship, coming of age, high school, disaster, survival, school, satire, problem, friends, catastrophe, social commentary ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Jan Balej's animated film Night In A City / Jedné Noci V Jednom Meste (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds and music which more than match the detailed animation and curious ...
Style:
adult animation, enigmatic, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
absurdism, surrealism, absurd humor, eccentricity, loneliness, loner, city life, satire, alone, stop motion, arthouse horror, mature ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Angel, a selfish rotter is hanging around in a local bar, groping the wife of the barman and dealing with weapons. One morning he wakes up finding a pair of wings growing at his back. These wings do good deeds against his nature. But suddenly he ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, humorous, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dark humor, good versus evil, supernatural, disorder, human nature, supernatural ability, moral dilemma, trippy, angel, snow, recovery, idiot ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
20K
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, disturbing, avant garde, scary ...
Audience:
adult, horror for children
Plot:
stop motion, surrealism, post apocalypse, violence, monster, motorcycle, creature, dystopia, body horror, fantasy world, demolished city, exploitation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Leroy, Reggie and Cheruce Paloni host a Halloween special full of spooky shorts from a group of up-and-coming animators.
Style:
spooky, horror comedy, anthology, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
halloween, satire, supernatural, supernatural horror, multiple storylines, variety show, dark humor, festival, macabre, party, stop motion, celebration ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960's.
Style:
psychedelic, adult animation, grindhouse, surreal, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hippie, sexual abuse, satire, sex, animated sex, addiction, cat, social satire, sexual humor, comic book, stoner, furry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1966, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, new york state
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Night of the Living Dead: REANIMATED features the work of various artists, animators, and filmmakers from around the globe. The mixed media featured include puppetry, CGI, hand-drawn animation, illustration, acrylics, claymation, and even ...
Style:
underground film, avant garde, neo noir, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, survival horror, living dead, surrealism, supernatural, supernatural power, night of the living dead, characters in danger, survival, vestiges of humanity, fate of humanity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, adult animation ...
Plot:
stop motion, imaginary kingdom, obsession, fall in love, rescue, society, escapades, rich and poor, surrealism, doll, puppet, human relationship ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques.
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, dark, surreal, claymation ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, stop motion, distopia, mad scientist, minimal dialogue, dystopia, folklore, manipulation, sword and sorcery, adventurer, laboratory, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Aspiring actor John (Paul Rudd) and wannabe screenwriter Elliot (Patton Oswalt) are slacker best friends who have seen their dreams of stardom fizzle. With their 30th birthdays looming, they set out on a mission to become famous in the 24/7, ...
Style:
adult animation, humorous, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
gross out humor, desire for fame, adult humor, silly humor, blind ambition, friendship, rising to stardom, friends, price of fame, dark humor, satire, aspiration ...
Similarity:
22%
26K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, cerebral, 3d animation, dark comedy ...
Plot:
stop motion, country house, surrealism, anthropomorphism, generation, anthropomorphic mouse, cartoon mouse, family home, old dark house, isolated house, house, mouse ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
This quirky animated delight revolves around a harried young man who keeps getting smaller and smaller until he is the size of a spider. He becomes an ear-cleaner, delving into people's ears to clear wax and peek at memories. In the ear of a ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, art house, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
memories, sibling relationship, shrinking, surrealism, regret, loss, grief, self discovery, revelation, identity, magic realism, introspection ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In this anime trilogy, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in Magnetic Rose; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological weapon in Stink Bomb; and an urban populace carries on an endless war with an unseen foe in Cannon Fodder. ...
Style:
surreal, anime, futuristic, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violent, satire, space, dystopia, steampunk, imaginary, danger, escapades, chaos, life is a bitch, space travel, trippy ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech mogul, Neil, and his ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, irreverent, teamwork, escapades, fighting crime, cartoon violence, dark humor, mad scientist, anti hero, friendship, stoner, mature ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A newlywed develops a strange lump on his neck that gives him the ability to transform people or objects at will. His wife is very upset. Meanwhile, the CEO of Smilecorp learns of this man and his ability and sees a way to achieve world domination ...
Style:
adult animation, black comedy, anime, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
couples, insanity, surrealism, brutality, supernatural ability, imaginary, wish come true, creativity, dark hero, moral ambiguity, sex, absurd humor ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Chile, Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, disturbing, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stop motion, wolf, pig, military dictatorship, surrealism, haunted house, female protagonist, escape, terror, doll, darkness, folklore ...
Place:
chile, germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book full of magic incantations, and while reading it they accidentally bring a cartoon character to life. The cartoon character likes the blood of young ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, independent film, adult animation, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, demon, nudity, woman in jeopardy, blood, lesbianism, sexploitation, sexual humor, mansion, striptease, basement, lust ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An American comedy film composed of nine vignettes where characters in a marijuana smoking lounge have conversations with people they have never met before.
Style:
mumblecore, philosophical, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
stoned, drug use, boy, marijuana, love, friendship, friend, drug, gangster, police, girl, teacher ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Off the Air is an American anthology television series on Adult Swim. Its a collection of psychedelic and visually complex animation, art, and culture.
The show is created by editor Dave Hughes, and produced by Hughes' company, Million Monkeys ...
Style:
surreal, anthology, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
artists and showbiz, surrealism, satire, lsd, psychedelia, art, body horror, cosmic horror, stoner, music, live action, midnight
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
Style:
adult animation, parody, dark comedy, funny, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
satire, political satire, dark humor, violent, cartoon sex, music, stoner, mature, death, devil, insult, childhood ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
canada, colorado, usa, north america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
Similarity:
20%
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