El mesero
2021Mexico★ 88 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money and poverty. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.
Trading Places
1983USALanguage: EnglishDirected by John Landis★ 7.2
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywarmabsurdist
Pacing
escalatingepisodic
Story
con deceptionrebellionheist
Emotion
figuring out who you areinjusticethe family you chooseredemption
Themes
class and moneycorrupt institutionspovertymen and women navigating expectationsfamily wounds passed down
Feel
crowd pleaserfun scarycatharticrewatchable
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Foreign films like Trading Places
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Trading Places. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Suck Me Shakespeer
2013Germany★ 77 pt match
Like Trading Places, this one is rooted in redemption, the family you choose, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money, corrupt institutions, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
In the House
2012France★ 7.26 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: dark comedy and escalating.
We Are the Nobles
2013Mexico★ 86 pt match
Like Trading Places, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and the family you choose. Both circle the same ground: class and money, poverty, and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.
Till Luck Do Us Part
2012Brazil★ 6.46 pt match
Both films sit with the family you choose. Both circle the same ground: class and money and poverty. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.
The Tuche Family
2011France★ 65.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and the family you choose. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.
What a Beautiful Day
2011Italy★ 6.55.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, episodic, and escalating.
The Dinner Game
1998France★ 7.85 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, escalating, and episodic.