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Movies that feel like O Lucky Man! (1973)
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
If you loved O Lucky Man!, the closest films we have are The Ruling Class (1972), About Endlessness (2019) and I'm All Right Jack (1959). All three share O Lucky Man!'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 Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
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If O Lucky Man! hit the spot, these will too
Common ground: dark comedy
Trades the style of O Lucky Man! for an angle of its own
Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy
46 years apart, and the 2010s show
Witty where it counts, playful underneath
Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that
Stylish music in both cases
Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
Fantasy built on wit, twice over
Both lean on play more than on comedy
Stylish music, and it commits to that
Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
Comedy built on dark humor, twice over
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The best-reviewed films that share O Lucky Man!’s defining feeling.
