Movies Similar to The Man Without a Head

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A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Cross Your Fingers(2011)

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Genius Party(2007)

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Glory Hole(2006)

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Altered Innocence Vol. 1(2021)

A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerability, and confusion of coming-of-age through stories that celebrate queer love, self-discovery, and the breaking of societal boundaries. Blending narrative shorts, experimental visuals, and music-driven pieces, the anthology offers an evocative, multifaceted portrait of innocence transformed.

Soulmate(2025)

2035. Anna, a lonely computer coder, has been nurturing an illegal romance with an AI in a computer simulation for the past six months. When her company uncovers the affair, she's forced into a desperate battle to save her precious relationship.

The Knight Is Young(1938)

June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and believes that if she leaves the apartment, the landlord will never let her back in. The only way she gets food is when her friend, singer Earlayne Schools, brings it to her. One evening June sees Hal, a tap-dancing sign painter, painting over her knight. She explains her predicament, and he does his best to help her out.

DC Showcase: Death(2019)

Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.

What Tadoo(1985)

A young boy learns important life lessons about strangers.

The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers(2009)

A sinister fairytale depicting the lives of two brothers and their daily suicide attempts.

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Jérémie has a job recruiting subjects for testing. He'd rather recruit Rodrigue for something else entirely.

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The Curve of Forgotten Things(2011)

A magical girl, who exists outside of space and time, inhabits an odd, timeless landscape that is both old and modern, and spends her days playing and collecting objects from history, things that she loves.

To Life(2016)

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Luthière

Elara, a young violinist, is madly in love with Lucio, a Sicilian student. Their love blossoms, but suddenly Lucio must return to Italy to care for his sick niece. Elara struggles with loneliness and sadness, until she finds new inspiration in a dream.

The Infernal Cauldron(1903)

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.