
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.
If The Great Beauty hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: satire

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

Both are built on the same subject: satire
The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1970s show

Both are Paolo Sorrentino's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Missing the dark humor of The Great Beauty

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: Leans harder into comedy than The Great Beauty does

Darkly funny drama in both cases

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Both sit in the same darkly funny register

Both know what they want from drama

Drama approached the same way

Common ground in both: birthday and beauty
The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as The Great Beauty

Both working the same drama territory
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly
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