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Movies like Brazil (1985) Finished Brazil and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Brazil, and what it does not.
What did you love about Brazil? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Totalitarian regime Bureaucratic nightmare Dystopian satire Dehumanization Red tape Alienation Conformity Everyman Your best matches Ranked against what Brazil is actually about, not its genre labels.
62% Reverina match Top pick 2006 · Film · Action · Thriller
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: social commentary Shares its high contrast look Shares its melancholic and bleak register More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Builds as slowly What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or alienation Does not promise dark humor or absurd bureaucracy Heavier emotionally Commitment 1h 49m
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Reads closest to it overall of everything considered when ranked against Brazil.
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2004 · Film · Drama · Science Fiction
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Why it matches Centres on the same everyman figure Shares its melancholic and bleak register Builds as slowly Asks the same amount of you What's different Does not promise social commentary or dark humor Not built around moral ambiguity or alienation Heavier emotionally Where it streams YouTube Free Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Brazil.
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1971 · Film · Drama · Science Fiction
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Why it matches Also about totalitarian regime Built around the same conformity Watched for the same thing: social commentary Shares its desaturated and high contrast look What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or alienation Does not promise dark humor or absurd bureaucracy Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Brazil.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain 2019 · 1h 49m
Centres on the same everyman figure Shares its melancholic and bleak register Revenge 2011
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its melancholic and bleak register Joker 2019 · 2h 2m
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its bleak register Idiocracy 2006
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its bleak register Fargo 1996
Watched for the same thing: dark humor Shares its high contrast look Get Out 2017 · 1h 44m
Watched for the same thing: social commentary Told the same way, single protagonist Parasite 2019 · 2h 13m
Watched for the same thing: social commentary and dark humor Told the same way, single protagonist
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