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Movies that feel like Nuts! (2016)
The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. And that’s just the tipping point in this stranger-than-fiction tale. With the balls of a P.T. Barnum, the gonads of goats, and the wishful dreams of flaccid men, Brinkley amassed a fortune, was almost elected Governor of Kansas, invented junk mail and the infomercial, and built the world’s most powerful radio station. By the time all of the twists and turns of Brinkley’s story are revealed, Nuts! certainly earns its title.
If you loved Nuts!, the closest films we have are Flee (2021), Vernon, Florida (1981) and The Painting (2011). All three share Nuts!'s whimsical feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Dog (2013).
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The same mix in both: stillness, then whimsy
Contemplative documentary in both cases
Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft
Animation approached the same way
The same documentary instincts
Products of the same few years
Both know what they want from animation
Cut from the same animation cloth
Animation of the same temperament
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The best-reviewed films that share Nuts!’s defining feeling.
