THEME EXPLORATION

absurdist humor

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
The Boss Baby
The Boss Baby
2017 · Tom McGrath
A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Blake Edwards
Gloria
Gloria
1999 · Sidney Lumet
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
MASH
MASH
1970 · Robert Altman
O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Lindsay Anderson
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Until Victory Day
Until Victory Day
1945 · Mikio Naruse
The Joke (film)|The Joke
The Joke (film)|The Joke
1968 · Florina Titz
Gilda Live
Gilda Live
1980 · Mike Nichols
Hercules Against Karate
Hercules Against Karate
1973 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Adam McKay USA

Kinetic satirist who exposes institutional dysfunction through anarchic comedy and formal experimentation.

 Ben Stiller USA

Comedies exploring vanity and mediocrity through exaggerated characters trapped by their own delusions.

 Bobby Farrelly USA

Gross-out humor and slapstick comedy centered on lovable, dim-witted protagonists.