Movies Similar to Marcel, your mother is calling you

Hillbilly Blue(1996)

Crawdad Eustace is fed-up with being treated as food and goes with possum pal Mordechai on a cross-country trip to New Orleans.

Die Geschichte vom Fischer und seiner Frau(1976)

A fisherman once caught a talking golden fish. He gave him his freedom and was allowed to make a wish in return. He asked for a boat, but this was not enough for his wife, who demanded a house. Driven by his wife's greed, the fisherman demanded more and more until he had lost all the wealth he had gained.

Contacts... Conflicts...(1984)

A satirical film for adults about communication problems.

Contacts... Conflicts... 2(1985)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

The Little Seed(2015)

A little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. Every night, ants move her house from one field to the next. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel.

Contacts... Conflicts... 3(1986)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

Contacts... Conflicts... 4(1987)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

The Selfish(1997)

Labyrinth of the Fallen Heroes(1992)

A man dying of thirst descends further down a labyrinth consisting of nightmarish Bosch-esque creatures.

The Myth of the Water Goddess(2022)

A little girl will have to sing to the mythical goddess of water so that this valuable liquid can reach her community.

Breathe(2022)

At the bottom of the sea, a statue tries to rise to the surface to breathe.

Dog Years(2023)

An animated poem about a dog, her human, and the consequences of a nasty habit.

The Forger(2017)

Adolfo Kaminsky started saving lives when chance and necessity made him a master forger. As a teenager, he became a member of the French Resistance and used his talent to save the lives of thousands of Jews. The Forger is a well-crafted origin story of a real-life superhero.

Anxious Body(2021)

When living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines encounter, a new direction is born.

The Vandal(2021)

Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from traumatic loss results in an unexpectedly destructive awakening after he undergoes a lobotomy. When the procedure “turns his mind inside out” and his great love is suddenly gone, Harold’s desperate search intensifies.

Ingest(2019)

A vlogger with a paper eating addiction is haunted by an offensive doodle from her past.

Isabella(2015)

This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and loss of cohesiveness as she loses herself into dementia and Parkinson's. It is also a very personal film since the subject is the grandmother of one of the co- directors. The idea is interesting as it links one strong clear memory, told several times, to other fragments and truths of her condition. Animation is sparingly but cleverly used to complement the delivery and avoid it just being a talking head.

My Small Doll House(2006)

My Small Doll House features a woman’s fear, fantasy, and anxious psychology toward the world by contrasting a doll and a girl playing with it in a box. The small box is a safe place hidden in her deep conscious world, but she must open it and step out of the world.

Afternoon Class(2015)

Drowsiness washes over me during the afternoon class. My head gets heavier as I try to stay awake in an afternoon class.

In a Heartbeat(2017)

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.