Movies Similar to The dream of the absurd man

A Tree of Palme(2002)

A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.

The Show(2022)

A high school senior looks to join his school baseball team by any means necessary.

I Am Nezha(2016)

Beasts of No Nation(2015)

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

The Secret Scripture(2017)

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

The Legend of Barney Thomson(2015)

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

Men of Granite(2015)

A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.

Toto Forever(2010)

A wide-eyed young postman and a gangster in trouble with the mafia find their lives become inexplicably intertwined when a heady affair attracts danger at every turn.

Blowfish(2018)

Joon-tae and Suk-hyeon, senior and junior at work whose relationship dates back to college, are under a common mission to entertain an executive from their client company. They hold the one and only opportunity to impress their client and their company- the night driven for success.

Hongeo(2016)

A new employer of a small company named Jungmin is meeting the executive director of a another company, Mr. Hyun, with her senior worker, Mr. Woo at the ‘Hongeo’ bar.

North Pole(2021)

Margo wants to lose her virginity in order to finally be just like everybody else.

All the Crows in the World(2021)

18-year-old Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. Upon arrival, Shengnan finds herself surrounded by greasy middle-aged men, with the exception of Jianguo, who is different. Shengnan and Jianguo decide to bail on the party, embarking on a night of adventures in the adult world.

Secret Violence(1963)

An Italian in East Africa having an affair with a coloured woman realises that his treatment of her is as tyrannical as more overt superior colonialist dogma. Based on a novel by Enrico Emmanuele.

Fallen(2016)

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

Blood Pulls a Gun(2014)

A teenage girl gets a keyhole look into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel.

The Death of Mr Goluza(1982)

Traveling salesman in a small town before WW2 makes a solemn promise to kill himself. Later he finds that the local people took him very seriously.

Tear It Down(2022)

In an insurrectionary climate, four twenty-year-old friends talk about politics. As a big protest looms, one of them, Clara, has to write a college essay. Caught in the virtual images and the comfort of her bedroom, going out is harder than expected.

Sea Sparkles(2022)

The night before he is set to leave Uruguay in search of a better future, Lucas, an ambitious yet doubtful young man meets Juan, a Venezuelan immigrant who challenges his views on life and pushes him to enjoy the present.

The Jacket(2014)

A boy meets a girl. It could be love. But there is this jacket, too. And the jacket will change everything...

Ben(2017)

A journey inside the mind of a troubled child.