10 Best Movies Like Born in Absurdistan
If you loved Born in Absurdistan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Lunchbox
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a f...

Monkey Business
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic...

The Play House
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

Black Narcissus
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They wo...

Cries and Whispers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born in Absurdistan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....