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10 Best Movies Like Why (Not) Brazil?

If you loved Why (Not) Brazil?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

From an inauspicious beginning performing comedy routines in the back of a burger joint in New York, unorthodox stand-up star Zach Galifianakis has made a splash on the scene with ...

#2
Return

Return

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This is a documentary linking ecological and political problems. The planet has come to be less important than the multinational earnings, and with it politicians earnings as well....

#3
A.R.O.G

A.R.O.G

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today....

#4
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

2013★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Kathleen Madigan drops in on Detroit to deliver material derived from time spent with her Irish Catholic Midwest family, eating random pills out of her mother's purse, touring Afgh...

#5
Nous York

Nous York

2012★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thirty-somethings Michaël, Nabil and Sylvain head to New York to surprise their friend Samia on her birthday, secretly arranged with the help of another friend, Gabrielle. The two ...

#6
Faultless

Faultless

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why (Not) Brazil? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Constance, a 40-years-old real estate agent, gets fired from her job. With no options left, she contacts her former boss, from the small agency where she started her career. To her...