Movies Similar to Not Another Sob Story (Seriously)

The Double(1980)

Denev is a specialist in his area. and has no time to write his dissertation. His cousin Ivan offers his help to switch places wich leeds to catostrophe.

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Something Out of Nothing(1979)

A famous metropolitan journalist decides to pay a surprise visit to his classmate Pancho in the countryside. Pancho has gone to town and his wife has to greet the guest. Under the curious eyes of the neighbors, the two are waiting for him to come back home. The awkwardness between them intensifies. How will they sleep under one roof? What will people say?

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Beyond Belief - talking to the dead(2021)

Are paranormal experiences real? Can being 'spiritual' help with the way you feel about death, dying and grief? This British film, from the university that pioneered distance learning through BBC Television, explores themes of spiritual healing and the differing views on life after death.

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Brazil(1985)

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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The Elementary Particles(2006)

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.

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Beast with a Budget(2019)

A documentary crew follows the exploits of an up and coming indie filmmaker as he attempts to win an Oscar with his second feature film, leading to all sorts of wacky hi-jinks with his oddball cast and crew.

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Cléo from 5 to 7(1962)

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

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Dawn(2019)

When rock singer Anna loses her daughter to cancer, she begins a downward spiral of grief and destructive behavior, threatening to forever stray her away from music and love.

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Raising Arizona(1987)

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

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Die Before You Die(2024)

A hot-headed influencer finds himself trapped six feet underground after an internet challenge goes dramatically wrong.

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Mumbo Jumbo(2005)

In a misguided attempt to do something for the war on terror, self-styled suburban warriors Gool, Rube and Simmo are ready to carry out their first operation, but things don't go quite as they planned.

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Big Fish(2003)

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

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Phil Gunderson Teaches Screenwriting(2022)

When faced with the crushing realization that he is a hack, a successful and cocky screenwriter must stumble his way through filming a MasterClass without ruining his reputation.

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The Constant Gardener(2005)

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

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Soneriada 2: Revenge of the Flomberts(2025)

Menti, a tough, gritty detective comes home from the bar only to discover Petrulive, his old partner, in his apartment. Together they must solve a mystery revolving around the assassination of a mysterious character, Charlie Charlison.

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The Power(2017)

The Power is changing lives. You will consume The Power. Media messiahs will righteously annihilate fear and discomfort.

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Light of Day(1987)

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

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Tummy Ache Survivor(2022)

Told via Seussian poem, the short film exhibits the bravery of a person who has faced the ultimate adversity...a tummy ache.

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Hamlet 2(2008)

Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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The Mouse That Roared(1959)

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

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