99 Francs
2007France★ 6.77 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, guilt, and shame. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and corrupt institutions. Same energy: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
American Fiction
2023USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Cord Jefferson★ 7.3
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedymelancholicwarmabsurdist
Pacing
methodicalescalatingepisodic
Story
con deceptionunravelingjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you aregriefrageguiltbelongingshame
Themes
class and moneycorrupt institutionsfamily wounds passed downfamily dutycaught between worlds
Feel
catharticcerebraldiscussion startercrowd pleaserquietly hauntingrewatchable
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Foreign films like American Fiction
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as American Fiction. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Emilia Pérez
2024France★ 6.46 pt match
Like American Fiction, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, guilt, and grief. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, class and money, and family duty. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, melancholic, escalating, and episodic.
The Place
2017Italy★ 7.15.5 pt match
What ties these together is guilt and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money, family duty, and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: melancholic, methodical, and episodic.
Nothing to Hide
2018France★ 6.65 pt match
Both films sit with guilt and shame. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and family duty. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
The Rules of the Game
1939France★ 7.55 pt match
Like American Fiction, this one is rooted in shame and grief. The world both films live in revolves around class and money, family wounds passed down, and family duty. Same energy: dark comedy, melancholic, episodic, and escalating.
