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65% Reverina match Top pick 1999 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 137 candidates
Centres on the same antihero figure
Shares its unsettling and cathartic register What's different Not built around free will or trauma Not about mental health or pharmaceutical industry More violent Commitment 2h 19m
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Maniac.
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2025 · Series · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Worth a look
Why it matches Also absurdist comedy at heart Watched for the same thing: social satire Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not built around free will or trauma Not about mental health or pharmaceutical industry Where it streams Apple TV Apple TV Amazon Channel Add to watchlist Not for me
1993 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Also absurdist comedy at heart Watched for the same thing: social satire Shares its cathartic and angry register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around free will or trauma Not about mental health or pharmaceutical industry Easier to follow Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Tubi TV Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Maniac.
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Also absurdist comedy at heart Centres on the same outsider figure Black Mirror 2011
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Centres on the same antihero figure The Game 1997 · 2h 9m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Shameless 2011
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and social satire Centres on the same antihero figure Peacemaker 2022
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Insatiable 2018
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and social satire Centres on the same antihero figure BEEF 2023
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and psychological thriller Centres on the same antihero figure Joker 2019 · 2h 2m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Nightcrawler 2014 · 1h 58m
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and psychological thriller Centres on the same antihero figure Dexter 2006
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and psychological thriller Also about mental health 
