
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.
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If Delicatessen hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: dystopia, life after the end
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The same two preoccupations: dark comedy, and surrealism

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy
The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as Delicatessen

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism
The difference: None of the bleakness Delicatessen is built on

Common ground: dystopia
The difference: Missing the dream logic of Delicatessen

Witty and playful in the same breath

Comedy with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Delicatessen does

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

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

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1970s show

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

Comedy built on wit, twice over
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