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Movies that feel likeDelicatessen (1991)

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

If you loved Delicatessen, the closest films we have are The Bed Sitting Room (1969), Brazil (1985) and About Endlessness (2019). All three share Delicatessen'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 Lost in America (1985).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunetwittyplayfulcerebraldreamlikedarkly funnybleak
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The Bed Sitting Room
1969 · dir. Richard Lester
🍅 64%★ 6.1comedy · science fictionPrime Video

Both are working the same pair: dystopia, life after the end

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

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Brazil
1985 · dir. Terry Gilliam
🍅 98%★ 7.8comedy · science fiction

The same two preoccupations: dark comedy, and surrealism

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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About Endlessness
2019 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 95%★ 6.8drama · fantasy · comedyRent or buy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Delicatessen does

A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.

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Repo Man
1984 · dir. Alex Cox
🍅 93%★ 6.8comedy · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism

The difference: Trades the bleakness of Delicatessen for an angle of its own

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

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Sexmission
1984 · dir. Juliusz Machulski
★ 7.5science fiction · adventure · comedy

Common ground: dystopia

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Delicatessen

Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.

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A Boy and His Dog
1975 · dir. L.Q. Jones
🍅 80%★ 6.4drama · science fiction · comedyPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Delicatessen does

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

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Mars Attacks!
1996 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 57%★ 6.4comedy · fantasy · science fiction

Witty and playful in the same breath

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

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M*A*S*H
1970 · dir. Robert Altman
🍅 86%★ 7.3comedy · drama · war

Darkly funny where it counts, bleak underneath

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1970s show

One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.

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Dogma
1999 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 72%★ 7.3fantasy · comedy · adventure

Both lean on dream logic more than on comedy

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.

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Miracle Mile
1989 · dir. Steve De Jarnatt
🍅 91%★ 7science fiction · thriller · comedyPrime Video

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Fantasy built on wit, twice over

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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Lost in America
1985 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 95%★ 7comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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