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Movies that feel likeDay of the Wacko (2002)

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 49 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.

If you loved Day of the Wacko, the closest films we have are Whisky (2004), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Pieces of April (2003). All three share Day of the Wacko'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 Adrift in Tokyo (2007).

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Whisky
2004 · dir. Juan Pablo Rebella
🍅 100%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2003 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
★ 8.2comedy · drama

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

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Pieces of April
2003 · dir. Peter Hedges
🍅 83%★ 7comedy · drama

Witty drama in both cases

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
★ 7.2comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Day of the Wacko

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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Gloria
2013 · dir. Sebastián Lelio
🍅 100%★ 6.9comedy · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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The Trip
2011 · dir. Michael Winterbottom
🍅 89%★ 7comedy · drama

Playful drama, and it commits to that

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%★ 6.4comedy · dramaPrime Video

The shared currency is stillness

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
★ 6.9comedy

Both are built on the same subject: teacher

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Hit the Road
2021 · dir. Panah Panahi
🍅 95%★ 7.2comedy · drama

Both know what they want from comedy

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

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My Favorite Year
1982 · dir. Richard Benjamin
🍅 97%★ 7.3comedy · drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1980s show

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

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The Boss of It All
2006 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 74%★ 6.6comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

The owner of an IT firm wants to sell his business for profit; however, when he started his firm, he invented a nonexistent president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with 'The Boss' face to face, the owner hires a failed actor to play the part.

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