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Movies that feel like The Holy Mountain (1973)

If you loved The Holy Mountain, the closest films we have are Network (1976), About Endlessness (2019) and O Lucky Man! (1973). All three share The Holy Mountain's contemplative and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alejandro Jodorowskycontemplativedarkly funnydreamlike

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: satire

The difference: None of the dream logic The Holy Mountain is built on

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

Common ground: surrealism

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Holy Mountain does

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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O Lucky Man!
1973 Β· dir. Lindsay Anderson
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· music Β· fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: surreal

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

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The Ruling Class
1972 Β· dir. Peter Medak
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: satire

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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

Both land stillness and dark humor at once

The difference: 44 years apart, and the 2010s show

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 drama, and it commits to that

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

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The Great Beauty
2013 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7drama

Drama with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

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.

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Repo Man
1984 Β· dir. Alex Cox
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: surrealism

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

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Withnail & I
1987 Β· dir. Bruce Robinson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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Ace in the Hole
1951 Β· dir. Billy Wilder
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8.1drama

Both run darkly funny where it counts

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

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Persona
1966 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8drama

Both sit in the same dreamlike register

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.

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The Kingdom
1994 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
β˜… 7.8drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

The shared currency is dream logic

At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a patient in an elevator shaft, and a doctor's fetus begins growing at an alarming rate.

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