The Truman Show
1998USA★ 8.23.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and longing. They share the same lens on class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, melancholic, and slow burn.
Cousins
Primos
2019BrazilLanguage: ptDirected by Mauro Carvalho★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywarmmelancholicwhimsical
Pacing
slow burnepisodic
Story
reunionunraveling
Emotion
figuring out who you arebelongingall-consuming loveshamelonging
Themes
religion and faithfamily dutyfamily wounds passed downclass and money
Feel
quietly hauntingdiscussion startercerebral
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Cousins
If Cousins hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Adaptation
2002USA★ 7.33.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, shame, and longing. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, melancholic, episodic, and slow burn.
Being John Malkovich
1999USA★ 7.43.5 pt match
Like Cousins, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, all-consuming love, and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, melancholic, and slow burn.
Palm Springs
2020USA★ 7.33.5 pt match
Like Cousins, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, belonging, and all-consuming love. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down and family duty. The feel is the same: dark comedy, whimsical, episodic, and slow burn.
Dr. Strangelove
1964USA★ 8.13 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. Both move the same way too, dark comedy.
The Big Lebowski
1998USA★ 7.83 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and belonging. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, episodic, and slow burn.
Burn After Reading
2008USA★ 6.73 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and longing. They share the same lens on class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017USA★ 8.13 pt match
The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, melancholic, and slow burn.