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Movies that feel like Bugonia (2025)

If you loved Bugonia, the closest films we have are Repo Man (1984), Burn After Reading (2008) and Men & Chicken (2015). All three share Bugonia's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Yorgos Lanthimoscerebraltensewittyplayfuldarkly funnyparanoid
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If Bugonia hit the spot, these will too

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Repo Man
1984 Β· dir. Alex Cox
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· science fiction

Two things both keep coming back to: capitalism and dark comedy

The difference: None of the tension Bugonia is built on

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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Burn After Reading
2008 Β· dir. Ethan Coen
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama

Common ground: paranoia

The difference: Missing the tension of Bugonia

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

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Men & Chicken
2015 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Bugonia does

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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No Other Choice
2025 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· crime Β· thriller

Both land tension and wit at once

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Bugonia does

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 Β· dir. Jan Belcl
β˜… 5.9comedy Β· drama Β· thriller

The same mix in both: play, then dark humor

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

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Idiocracy
2006 Β· dir. Mike Judge
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: capitalism

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

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PK
2014 Β· dir. Rajkumar Hirani
πŸ… 81%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama Β· science fiction

The same two preoccupations: satire, and alien

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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Triangle of Sadness
2022 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: satire

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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Disclosure Day
2026 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: alien invasion

A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.

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Look Who's Back
2015 Β· dir. David Wnendt
β˜… 7comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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Attack the Block
2011 Β· dir. Joe Cornish
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Common ground: alien

A South London teen gang must team up with the other residents of their housing estate to protect the neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

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Brick
2025 Β· dir. Philip Koch
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.5thriller Β· science fiction

Cerebral where it counts, paranoid underneath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

When a mysterious brick wall encloses their apartment building overnight, Tim and Olivia must unite with their wary neighbors to get out alive.

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