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Movies that feel likeForce Majeure (2014)

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

If you loved Force Majeure, the closest films we have are The Square (2017), The Great Beauty (2013) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). All three share Force Majeure's contemplative and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is OMG: Oh My God! (2012).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ruben Östlundcontemplativedarkly funny
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The Square
2017 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 85%★ 7.1dramaPrime Video

The same hand behind both of them: Ruben Östlund

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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The Great Beauty
2013 · dir. Paolo Sorrentino
🍅 91%★ 7.7dramaMax

The same mix in both: stillness, then dark humor

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

Ruben Östlund directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Force Majeure does

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

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Network
1976 · dir. Sidney Lumet
🍅 90%★ 8drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: 38 years apart, and the 1970s show

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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American Beauty
1999 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 87%★ 8.3drama

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

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The Holy Mountain
1973 · dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
🍅 85%★ 7.7drama

Darkly funny drama in both cases

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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The Bling Ring
2013 · dir. Sofia Coppola
🍅 59%★ 5.6drama · crime

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

Both sit in the same darkly funny register

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Digger
2026 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 52%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Drama approached the same way

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Both working the same drama territory

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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Uncut Gems
2019 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.4drama · thriller · crimeRent or buy

Drama in the same key

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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