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Movies that feel like Inherent Vice (2014)

If you loved Inherent Vice, the closest films we have are The Brand New Testament (2015), Boogie Nights (1997) and There Will Be Blood (2007). Most of the picks below share Inherent Vice's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

🍅 73% Rotten Tomatoes6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paul Thomas Andersoncontemplativetwistywittyplayfuldreamlike

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The Brand New Testament
2015 · dir. Jaco Van Dormael
🍅 82%7.1comedy · fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: surreal

The difference: None of the stillness Inherent Vice is built on

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

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Boogie Nights
1997 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 91%7.9drama · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Paul Thomas Anderson

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.

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There Will Be Blood
2007 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 91%8.2drama

Paul Thomas Anderson working the same nerve twice

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

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🍅 90%6.9drama · comedy · fantasy

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Inherent Vice does

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

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Licorice Pizza
2021 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 90%7.1drama · comedy · romance

The same two preoccupations: california, and 1970s

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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Confessions of an Invisible Girl
2021 · dir. Bruno Garotti
5.3comedy · drama

Both lean on play more than on drama

When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.

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Hail, Caesar!
2016 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 86%6.3comedy · mystery

Twisty mystery in both cases

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

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Zero Effect
1998 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 66%6.9mystery · crime · comedy

One thread runs through both: detective

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.

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🍅 65%6.1comedy · family · fantasy

Dreamlike comedy, and it commits to that

When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

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Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 88%7.5drama · comedy

Drama built on stillness, twice over

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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Inheritance
2024 · dir. Sylwester Jakimow
5.1comedy · mystery

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.

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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
2008 · dir. Marcos Jorge
7.8drama · comedy · mystery

Comedy built on wit, twice over

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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