Movies like Brazil: 20 to watch next
If you loved Brazil (1985) — a comedy and science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Brazil most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like dreams, government and bureaucracy. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Repo Man 1984★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Britannia Hospital 1982★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Idiocracy 2006★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Absolutely Anything 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Scanner Darkly 2006★ 6.8
Shares: Science Fiction
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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They Cloned Tyrone 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
Stream in India on Netflix
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High Anxiety 1977★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Total Recall 2012★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Bugonia 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Comedy
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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South Park: Joining the Panderverse 2023★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Boss Level 2021★ 6.9
Shares: Science Fiction
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Amazon Women on the Moon 1987★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hard to Die 1990★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In the Loop 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Demolition Man 1993★ 6.8
Shares: Science Fiction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Relax, I'm from the Future 2023★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Science Fiction
Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the future so that she can make quick money. However, they unwittingly alter the future themselves with their actions, until Doris, another time traveller, arrives to stop them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Equilibrium 2002★ 7.1
Shares: Science Fiction
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sorry to Bother You 2018★ 6.8
Shares: Science Fiction, Comedy
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Afterburn 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Comedy
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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V for Vendetta 2006★ 7.9
Shares: Science Fiction
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now