
Movies that feel likeMars Attacks! (1996)
If you loved Mars Attacks!, the closest films we have are Delicatessen (1991), Brazil (1985) and Repo Man (1984). All three share Mars Attacks!'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 About Endlessness (2019).
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If Mars Attacks! hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: dark comedy
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy


Both are working the same pair: usa president, congress
The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Mars Attacks!

The same mix in both: dream logic, then dark humor
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Mars Attacks! does

Tim Burton working the same nerve twice
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on wit more than on comedy
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Mars Attacks! does

Fantasy built on play, twice over

The same two preoccupations: the white house, and parody

Darkly funny science fiction in both cases

Cerebral comedy, and it commits to that

Both are built on the same subject: parody
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