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10 Best Movies Like Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

If you loved Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Brubaker

Brubaker

1980★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate....

#2
This Filthy World

This Filthy World

2006★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this filmed version of cult film director John Waters' popular one-man show, the Pink Flamingos and A Dirty Shame director takes the stage to discuss everything from his early i...

#3
Bathers

Bathers

2008★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film follows a summer season in the lives of a group of retired Greek men and women who are regular visitors at various Greek spa towns. Life around Greek spa towns moves slowl...

#4
Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Tales of the Grim Sleeper

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 yea...

#5
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace....

#6
Somm

Somm

2013★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Somm takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into the mysterious world of the Court of Master Sommeliers and their massively intimidating Master Sommelier E...