Burn After Reading
2008USA★ 6.76.5 pt match
Like Look Who's Back, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
Look Who's Back
Er ist wieder da
2015GermanyLanguage: deDirected by David Wnendt★ 6.8
Available in English: subtitled
When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedyabsurdisthauntingbleak
Pacing
episodicescalating
Story
unravelingcon deceptionjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you areloss of innocenceinjusticerage
Themes
life under oppressionnational identitycorrupt institutionsfamily wounds passed downold ways vs. new world
Feel
discussion startercerebralquietly hauntinggut punch
Violence
mildWhere to watch
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Search JustWatch for current options →Hollywood films like Look Who's Back
If Look Who's Back hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Dr. Strangelove
1964USA★ 8.15 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and rage. The world both films live in revolves around life under oppression, corrupt institutions, and national identity. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017USA★ 8.15 pt match
Both films sit with rage and injustice. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, bleak, and escalating.
The Big Lebowski
1998USA★ 7.84 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, and episodic.
Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.24 pt match
Like Look Who's Back, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and injustice. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, escalating, and episodic.
Office Space
1999USA★ 7.43 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and rage. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, episodic, and escalating.
Catch Me If You Can
2002USA★ 83 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, escalating, and episodic.
Beetlejuice
1988USA★ 7.43 pt match
Like Look Who's Back, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, episodic, and escalating.