Movies Like The Trial

If you liked The Trial (1975), a movie directed by Shūji Terayama, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Grandmother (1970)
★ 6.6/10
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
2
Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3/10
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
3
Sucker Punch (2011)
★ 6.2/10
A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical…
4
The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
5
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
★ 7.4/10
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist…
6
Dolls (1987)
★ 6.4/10
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
7
Society (1990)
★ 6.7/10
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns…
8
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
★ 7.5/10
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
9
Nowhere (1997)
★ 6.7/10
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest…
10
Maniac (2012)
★ 6/10
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
11
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
★ 6.7/10
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
12
Love & Pop (1998)
★ 7.7/10
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an…
13
The Trial (1962)
★ 7.4/10
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
14
The Doom Generation (1995)
★ 6.5/10
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
15
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
★ 7/10
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair…
16
Mr. Nobody (2009)
★ 7.8/10
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
17
The Entity (1982)
★ 6.8/10
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
18
The Hidden (1987)
★ 6.9/10
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
19
The House (2022)
★ 7/10
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
20
mother! (2017)
★ 6.9/10
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.