Burn After Reading
2008USA★ 6.75 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: class and money and corrupt institutions. Same energy: dark comedy, absurdist, and erratic.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972FranceLanguage: frDirected by Luis Buñuel★ 7.5
Available in English: subtitled
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedysurrealabsurdistwhimsicalcold and detached
Pacing
episodicdreamlikeerratic
Story
unravelingjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you areshamefeeling powerless
Themes
class and moneycorrupt institutionslife under oppressionfamily duty
Feel
cerebraldiscussion starterrewatchablequietly haunting
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
If The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 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★ 8.14 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on life under oppression and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, and erratic.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017USA★ 8.14 pt match
They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, class and money, and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, dark comedy.
Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.24 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money and corrupt institutions. Same energy: dark comedy, absurdist, and episodic.
Bridesmaids
2011USA★ 6.53 pt match
Like The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and shame. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family duty. The feel is the same: dark comedy and episodic.