
Movies that feel likeThe Man from the Future (2011)
If you loved The Man from the Future, the closest films we have are The Mermaid (2016), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and Palm Springs (2020). All three share The Man from the Future'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 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985).
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If The Man from the Future hit the spot, these will too

Witty where it counts, playful underneath
The difference: Trades the ideas of The Man from the Future for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

One thread runs through both: time travel

Dreamlike and romantic in the same breath
The difference: 44 years apart, and the 1960s show

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Romance built on play, twice over

Romantic science fiction, and it commits to that

Cláudio Torres directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Witty comedy in both cases


The same preoccupation in both: romantic
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