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2015 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf The Lobster is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like The Lobster, ranked
1. The Menu (2022)
Yorgos Lanthimos's deadpan absurdism returns in this tale of a chef orchestrating an elaborate, darkly comic nightmare where guests discover the rules governing their evening are far more sinister than initially apparent.
2. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (2022)
Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist logic about enforced romantic deadlines returns here as a reality experiment where couples must immediately prove their commitment or risk losing each other entirely.
3. Logan's Run (1976)
Yorgos Lanthimos crafts absurdist examinations of oppressive social systems where questioning authority means risking everything, and Logan's Run explores that same tension between dystopian conformity and the desperation of escape.
4. The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse traps two men in absurd social rituals and isolation like The Lobster does, using grotesque body horror and deadpan dark comedy to examine how desperation warps human behavior.
5. Her (2013)
Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist examination of romantic obligation returns in this melancholic sci-fi meditation on how systems—whether bureaucratic or algorithmic—attempt to manufacture human connection through calculated means.
6. Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Yorgos Lanthimos directs both films as absurdist examinations of loneliness and connection, using outlandish premises to explore how society pressures individuals into prescribed relationship roles.
8. Together (2025)
Yorgos Lanthimos explores intimate human connection through absurdist body horror and deadpan performances in this intimate two-hander that treats relationship dissolution with the same formal precision and dark comedy as his dystopian examinations of romantic desperation.
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