Bye Bye Morons (
2020) | IMDb:
6.7
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
Starring:
Virginie Efira
,
Albert Dupontel
,
Nicolas Marié
,
Jackie Berroyer
,
Philippe Uchan
,
Bastien Ughetto
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (
2018) | IMDb:
6.3
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Starring:
Adam Driver
,
Jonathan Pryce
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Jordi Mollà
,
Joana Ribeiro
,
Óscar Jaenada
Jupiter Ascending (
2015) | IMDb:
5.3
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Locked Out (
2006) | IMDb:
6.2
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...
Starring:
Albert Dupontel
,
Claude Perron
,
Nicolas Marié
,
Hélène Vincent
,
Yolande Moreau
,
Bouli Lanners
Directed by:
Albert Dupontel
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (
1988) | IMDb:
7.1
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Spies Like Us (
1985) | IMDb:
6.4
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
Brazil (
1985) | IMDb:
7.9
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.
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (
1983) | IMDb:
7.5
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Life of Brian (
1979) | IMDb:
8
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.