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Movies that feel like Delicatessen (1991)

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. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunetwittyplayfulcerebraldreamlikedarkly funnybleak

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The Bed Sitting Room
1969 Β· dir. Richard Lester
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· science fiction

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

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· 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 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.8drama Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as Delicatessen

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

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism

The difference: None of the bleakness Delicatessen 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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Sexmission
1984 Β· dir. Juliusz Machulski
β˜… 7.5science fiction Β· adventure Β· comedy

Common ground: dystopia

The difference: Missing the dream logic of 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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Mars Attacks!
1996 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· fantasy Β· 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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Men & Chicken
2015 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama

Comedy with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Delicatessen 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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A Boy and His Dog
1975 Β· dir. L.Q. Jones
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.4drama Β· science fiction Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

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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The Green Butchers
2003 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.2comedy

Two things both keep coming back to: butcher and butcher's shop

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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M*A*S*H
1970 Β· dir. Robert Altman
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· war

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction

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 Β· dir. Kevin Smith
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.3fantasy Β· comedy Β· adventure

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

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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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 Β· dir. Michael Patrick Jann
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.7comedy

Comedy 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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