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Movies that feel likeSongs from the Second Floor (2000)

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

If you loved Songs from the Second Floor, the closest films we have are A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), About Endlessness (2019) and Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984). All three share Songs from the Second Floor'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 Day of the Wacko (2002).

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Roy Anderssoncontemplativewittyplayfuldreamlike
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πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.9drama Β· comedy Β· fantasy

The same hand behind both of them: Roy Andersson

The difference: Played as fantasy first

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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About Endlessness
2019 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.8drama Β· fantasy Β· comedyRent or buy

Roy Andersson directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.

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Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984 Β· dir. Roberto Benigni
β˜… 7.6comedy Β· fantasy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Goes its own way on the stillness

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

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The Visitors
1993 Β· dir. Jean-Marie PoirΓ©
πŸ… 31%β˜… 7fantasy Β· comedyPrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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The Brand New Testament
2015 Β· dir. Jaco Van Dormael
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· fantasy

Drama built on wit, 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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Monster Hunt
2015 Β· dir. Raman Hui Shing-Ngai
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Playful comedy in both cases

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

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If I Were You
2006 Β· dir. Daniel Filho
πŸ… 13%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· fantasy

Dreamlike drama, and it commits to that

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 Β· dir. Henry Koster
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· fantasy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The difference: 50 years apart, and the 1950s show

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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After Life
1999 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6fantasy Β· drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

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You, the Living
2007 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4drama Β· comedy Β· music

Both run contemplative where it counts

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

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Day of the Wacko
2002 Β· dir. Marek Koterski
β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama

A streak of stillness through both

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 49 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.

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The Myth
2005 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both work the same play

When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

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