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Movies that feel like The Great Beauty (2013)

If you loved The Great Beauty, the closest films we have are The Square (2017), Force Majeure (2014) and Network (1976). All three share The Great Beauty's contemplative and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Paolo Sorrentinocontemplativedarkly funny
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If The Great Beauty hit the spot, these will too

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The Square
2017 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1drama

One thread runs through both: satire

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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Force Majeure
2014 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2drama

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

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Network
1976 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1drama

Both are built on the same subject: satire

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1970s show

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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Il Divo
2008 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2drama

Both are Paolo Sorrentino's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Missing the dark humor of The Great Beauty

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than The Great Beauty does

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

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American Beauty
1999 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.3drama

Darkly funny drama in both cases

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 Β· dir. Umesh Shukla
β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Election
1999 Β· dir. Alexander Payne
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Both sit in the same darkly funny register

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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Carnage
2011 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama

Both know what they want from drama

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

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Men & Chicken
2015 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama

Drama approached the same way

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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The Substance
2024 Β· dir. Coralie Fargeat
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2horror Β· science fiction

Common ground in both: birthday and beauty

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as The Great Beauty

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

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The Bling Ring
2013 Β· dir. Sofia Coppola
πŸ… 59%β˜… 5.6drama Β· crime

Both working the same drama territory

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.

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