The Princess Bride
1987USA★ 7.74 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: whimsical, dark comedy, and escalating.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
1988SpainLanguage: esDirected by Pedro Almodóvar★ 7.4
Available in English: subtitled
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywhimsicalabsurdistchaoticwarm
Pacing
escalatingerraticslow build to explosion
Story
unravelingescapepursuit
Emotion
all-consuming lovelongingfiguring out who you arerage
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsold ways vs. new world
Feel
fun scarycrowd pleasercatharticrewatchable
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
If Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Ghostbusters
1984USA★ 7.53.5 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on old ways vs. new world. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, and escalating.
Rushmore
1998USA★ 7.43 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and longing. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, and escalating.
The Nice Guys
2016USA★ 7.13 pt match
Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, chaotic, escalating, and erratic.
Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.23 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, warm, and escalating.
Palm Springs
2020USA★ 7.33 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, all-consuming love, and longing. The feel is the same: dark comedy, whimsical, and escalating.