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Movies that feel like Force Majeure (2014)

If you loved Force Majeure, the closest films we have are The Square (2017), Triangle of Sadness (2022) and Men & Chicken (2015). All three share Force Majeure's contemplative and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ruben Östlundcontemplativedarkly funny
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If Force Majeure hit the spot, these will too

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The Square
2017 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 85%7.1drama

The same hand behind both of them: Ruben Östlund

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%7.2comedy · drama

Ruben Östlund directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Force Majeure does

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

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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The Great Beauty
2013 · dir. Paolo Sorrentino
🍅 91%7.7drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then dark humor

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

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About Endlessness
2019 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 95%6.8drama · fantasy · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

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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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
5.9comedy · drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%7.2comedy · drama

Both lean on dark humor more than on drama

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

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

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

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Network
1976 · dir. Sidney Lumet
🍅 90%8.1drama

Both work the same dark humor

The difference: 38 years apart, and the 1970s show

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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

Both working the same drama territory

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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American Beauty
1999 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 87%8.3drama

The same drama instincts

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

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🍅 68%7adventure · comedy · drama

Drama in the same key

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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