
Movies that feel like Ed Wood (1994)
If you loved Ed Wood, the closest films we have are Babette's Feast (1987), The Triplets of Belleville (2003) and All About My Mother (1999). All three share Ed Wood's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 4 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Ed Wood hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath
The difference: Leans harder into animation than Ed Wood does

One thread runs through both: transsexuality
The difference: Missing the scale of Ed Wood

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

History with a pulse of play, in both cases

Contemplative drama in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Comedy built on scale, twice over

Witty drama, and it commits to that

Both lean on play more than on history
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one


Drama with a pulse of scale, in both cases

History approached the same way
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