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Movies that feel likeDon't Look Up (2021)

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

If you loved Don't Look Up, the closest films we have are Digger (2026), PK (2014) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). All three share Don't Look Up'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 OMG: Oh My God! (2012).

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Digger
2026 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 52%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Two things both keep coming back to: climate change and satire

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Don't Look Up

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

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PK
2014 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
🍅 82%★ 8.1comedy · drama · science fictionNetflix

An outsider's naive questions unravel what everyone accepts

The difference: Bollywood warmth and songs — hopeful where McKay is furious

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 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

The rich and famous exposed the moment disaster stops flattering them

The difference: Slow European art-house rhythms — seasickness instead of a comet

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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🍅 68%★ 7adventure · comedy · drama

History's absurdity strolled through with a shrug and dry wit

The difference: A genial picaresque — whimsy where McKay deals in fury

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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Attack the Block
2011 · dir. Joe Cornish
🍅 91%★ 6.6action · comedy · science fiction

A threat from the sky ignored because of who's reporting it

The difference: Lean creature-feature thrills; the satire stays in the margins

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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🍅 85%★ 6.6comedyPrime Video

American absurdity indicted by making it laugh at itself

The difference: Guerrilla pranks on real people — no sci-fi stakes, far cruder

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Bleak comedy where human folly is the entire punchline

The difference: A tiny Danish family grotesque — no institutions to satirize

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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Carnage
2011 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Civilized adults collapsing into childish chaos in real time

The difference: One apartment and four actors — a chamber piece, zero spectacle

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

One stubborn man drags a comfortable consensus into court

The difference: An earnest Indian faith debate — no apocalypse, gentler satire

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Petty ambition satirized until it reads like a national portrait

The difference: High-school stakes, sly and quiet where McKay goes loud

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

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 91%★ 7.7drama · comedyMax

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Darkly funny 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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