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Movies that feel likeFear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

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.

If you loved Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the closest films we have are About Endlessness (2019), Dogma (1999) and Brazil (1985). All three share Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Withnail & I (1987).

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If Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas hit the spot, these will too

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

Two things both keep coming back to: dark comedy and surrealism

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Dogma
1999 Β· dir. Kevin Smith
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.3fantasy Β· comedy Β· adventure

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Lighter on stillness

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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Brazil
1985 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· science fiction

The same hand behind both of them: Terry Gilliam

The difference: Less epic, more its own thing

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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A Serious Man
2009 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7comedy Β· dramaPrime Video

The same mix in both: stillness, then wit

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.

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

Both land play and dark humor at once

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

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πŸ… 68%β˜… 7adventure Β· comedy Β· drama

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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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Withnail & I
1987 Β· dir. Bruce Robinson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· dramaMax

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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The Brothers Grimm
2005 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.9adventure Β· fantasy Β· actionParamount+

Terry Gilliam working the same nerve twice

The difference: Leans further into fantasy

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

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Carnage
2011 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama

Playful drama, and it commits to that

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

Dreamlike adventure in both cases

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2020s show

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

Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that

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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