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Movies that feel likeThe Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

If you loved The Banshees of Inisherin, the closest films we have are A Man Called Ove (2015), Triangle of Sadness (2022) and Digger (2026). All three share The Banshees of Inisherin's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is About Endlessness (2019).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Martin McDonaghcontemplativewittyplayfulwarmdarkly funny
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A Man Called Ove
2015 · dir. Hannes Holm
🍅 91%★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and dark comedy

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

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

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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

Both land stillness and wit at once

The difference: Less warm, more its own thing

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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PK
2014 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
🍅 82%★ 8.1comedy · drama · science fictionNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: Leans further into science fiction

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

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Carnage
2011 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · drama

The same mix in both: play, then dark humor

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

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In Bruges
2008 · dir. Martin McDonagh
🍅 84%★ 7.9comedy · drama · crime

Martin McDonagh working the same nerve twice

The difference: Played as crime first

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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

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

Playful drama in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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