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Movies that feel like Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984)

If you loved Nothing Left to Do But Cry, the closest films we have are The Visitors (1993), If I Were You (2006) and Harvey (1950). All three share Nothing Left to Do But Cry's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Criterion Channel and Brew and others, checked against today's data.

Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.

7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Massimo Troisiwittyplayfuldreamlike

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The Visitors
1993 · dir. Jean-Marie Poiré
🍅 31%7fantasy · comedy

One thread runs through both: middle ages (476-1453)

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.

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If I Were You
2006 · dir. Daniel Filho
🍅 13%6.1comedy · fantasy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 2000s show

The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.

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Harvey
1950 · dir. Henry Koster
🍅 88%7.9comedy · fantasy

Dreamlike comedy in both cases

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

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If I Were You 2
2009 · dir. Daniel Filho
5.6comedy · fantasy

Witty fantasy, and it commits to that

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

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Ghostbusters II
1989 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 57%6.6comedy · fantasy

Comedy built on play, twice over

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

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

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into drama

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

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Ghostbusters
1984 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 95%7.8comedy · fantasy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

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

Fantasy built on play, twice over

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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Liar Liar
1997 · dir. Tom Shadyac
🍅 83%6.9comedy · fantasy

Both work the same dream logic

Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

Cut from the same comedy cloth

The difference: Played as romance first

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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🍅 90%6.9drama · comedy · fantasy

Fantasy approached the same way

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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After Hours
1985 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 90%7.6comedy · thriller · drama

Both know what they want from comedy

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

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