Movies Like After the Triumph of Your Birth

If you liked After the Triumph of Your Birth (2012), a movie directed by Jim Akin, 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
Help! (1965)
★ 6.9/10
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…
2
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
★ 6/10
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
3
Head (1968)
★ 6.2/10
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
4
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…
5
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
★ 7.3/10
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
6
O Lucky Man! (1973)
★ 6.8/10
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
7
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.
8
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
★ 7.1/10
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
9
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.
10
Swan Song (2021)
★ 7.1/10
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking…
11
Taurus (2022)
★ 5.8/10
A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
12
Freaked (1993)
★ 6.2/10
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
13
Black Is King (2020)
★ 7.1/10
This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.
14
Hardware (1990)
★ 6/10
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home…
15
Dr. Caligari (1989)
★ 5.8/10
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.
16
Nowhere (1997)
★ 6.8/10
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…
17
Rock & Rule (1983)
★ 5.9/10
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
18
Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…
19
Forbidden Zone (1982)
★ 6.2/10
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When lovely exchange student Frenchy slips through the door, the diminuitive King Fausto falls…
20
Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.