Movies Similar to The Insurance Man

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970)

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.

Before The Law(2024)

When a man without a family or a home arrives at a mysterious tower in a mysterious land to request to meet ‘The Law’, he is confronted by two of humanity’s greatest enemies: Time and the Truth.

'GIVE IT UP!'(2025)

Loosely based on Franz Kafka’s short story, 'GIVE IT UP!' is a live-action animation odyssey through the confusion of life in the modern world. The narrative follows a lone salesman trapped in a timeless city, increasingly lost in his feverish dreams. Desperate, he races towards a train station as his last hope of escaping the city, encountering divine light, winding roads and the forces of bureaucracy. This deeply personal and referential work preserves Kafka’s absurd humour and pays homage to Weimar cinema of the 1920s, but also elevates the text to an existential meditation on authority, purpose and human helplessness.

The Metamorphosis(2024)

As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

Pollination

A writer believes that pollination is the key to salvation for human beings.

Prosessen(1962)

Adaptation of Kafka’s famous novel for Norwegian TV. Joseph K. discovers two policeme in his appartment, while in the middle of the morning routine. These men lead him into a nonsensical labyrith of a legal system.

Escape(2024)

A young man becomes convinced that the solution to all his problems is to live in jail, and he will do whatever it takes to get it.

The Judgement(2026)

Georg writes a letter to his distant friend to announce his engagement. This seemingly ordinary act triggers a harrowing confrontation with his domineering Father.

Tenure(2025)

When a dedicated college professor is denied tenure, he turns to black magic in a moment of desperation but finds himself trapped in a private hell of his own making.

Bondage Ecstasy(1989)

A young office worker turns into an insect. As an insect, he enters the orifices of his enemies and possesses them, allowing him to enact his revenge fantasies.

Inertia(2015)

During a walk in the woods a man stumbles upon a gate blocked by a guard who refuses to let him through. Gaining entry quickly becomes his obsession and only goal, to the detriment of all else, including his own physical and mental health.

The Penultimate(2021)

The film is a Kafkaesque tale of an insignificant Water Inspector who arrives at a giant remote building in order to register the residents’ water meters. Before he knows of it, he finds himself trapped inside the building facing an “Alice in NO-Wonderland”-like maze of obstacles. In his attempt to escape, perception of reality, the rational, and the remnants of his human existence is turned upside down.

Under Carbon Lights

Under the silvery rays of the black sun, Resource 8b traverses the labyrinthine concrete of the Divino Progresso peninsula to undergo a strange, mandatory behavioral harmonization session.

Roach Motel(2023)

Two runaway, gun-obsessed, outlaw lovers are given a task to kill two political figures in the midst of a civil revolution outside the walls where these characters are trapped, waiting for the phone call to give them a sense of purpose

The Abyss of shadows(2024)

Ayush suffers from sleep paralysis and dark hallucinations, haunted by shadowy figures that represent his repressed fears. Trapped between dream and reality, he confronts these manifestations of his inner turmoil.

Humaniforms

Tales of a man who carries a Persian Onager in his blood, a mother who drips honey from her body, and a writer who believes pollination is the key to salvation.

Gobsmacked

Private Detective H. Gibson loses a case-file for the first time in his decade-spanning career. He decides to try to solve the mystery, of what it is he is supposed to be investigating.

Flush Memoria(2015)

A film exploring a Kafkaesque setting where spy is played against spy.

Vignettes(2024)

Alex bleeds out at a get-together. Thom searches for a vanished shoe. Jimmy seeks revenge through mind control.

Dis-moi ta classe je te dirai qui tuer(2021)