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Movies that feel like Dogma (1999)

If you loved Dogma, the closest films we have are Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), About Endlessness (2019) and Adam's Apples (2005). All three share Dogma's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 72% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kevin Smithdreamlikewittyplayfulepicdarkly funny

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· drama Β· comedy

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Dogma does

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

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About Endlessness
2019 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.8drama Β· fantasy Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

The difference: Missing the scale of Dogma

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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Adam's Apples
2005 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy Β· crime

The same two preoccupations: satire, and religion

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Dogma does

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

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

Witty and playful in the same breath

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

The same preoccupation in both: satire

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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β˜… 6.3adventure Β· comedy

Both land scale and dark humor at once

Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft drink company.

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Election
1999 Β· dir. Alexander Payne
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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

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In the Loop
2009 Β· dir. Armando Iannucci
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4comedy

Fantasy built on play, twice over

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, butβ€”behind the scenesβ€”government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Office Space
1999 Β· dir. Mike Judge
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6comedy

Darkly funny adventure, and it commits to that

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

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Barbie
2023 Β· dir. Greta Gerwig
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

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

Witty comedy in both cases

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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Scary Movie
2000 Β· dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3comedy

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!

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