
Movies that feel likeA Man Called Otto (2022)
If you loved A Man Called Otto, the closest films we have are Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), The Holdovers (2023) and Toni Erdmann (2016). All three share A Man Called Otto's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Red Dog (2011).
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If A Man Called Otto hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and suicide attempt
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

The same mix in both: wit, then play
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Contemplative and melancholy in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than A Man Called Otto does


Playful drama, and it commits to that

Both are built on the same subject: suicide attempt

Contemplative comedy in both cases

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases


Both sit in the same contemplative register
The difference: Sits closer to history than A Man Called Otto does

The shared currency is warmth
The difference: Leans harder into family than A Man Called Otto does
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