Movies Like Dying Beyond Their Means (2014)

Dying Beyond Their Means is a 2014 comedy film from Isaki Lacuesta with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Howl and Santa Sangre.

Comedy

The Howl

1970

A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree and battle a wind-up midget dictator!

4.7

MagicScore

Santa Sangre

1989

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

7.1

MagicScore

Valhalla Rising

2009

Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

6.1

MagicScore

Too Many Cooks

2014

"Too Many Cooks" is a humorous parody of US sitcoms of the 1970s and the 1980s, meanwhile what seems like an interminable opening theme, a mysterious killer makes his way and kills (preparing a lunch with their limbs) various members of the Cook Family.

7.7

MagicScore

Punch-Drunk Love

2002

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

7.1

MagicScore

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

1966

In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!

7.0

MagicScore

Monday

2000

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.

6.9

MagicScore

Beau Is Afraid

2023

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.

6.7

MagicScore

Monkey Business

1952

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 the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

The Toxic Avenger

1984

A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been in Paris supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him finish on time.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Down with Love

2003

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

A Slightly Pregnant Man

1973

Marco Mazzetti, a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène and their young son. After a series of nauseous dizzy spells he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-months pregnant. Marco then becomes internationally famous.

5.7

MagicScore

#14

Strangers with Candy

2006

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

5.6

MagicScore

#15

Mammals

1962

"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

2017

Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.

4.8

MagicScore

#17

Dickshark

2016

Rachel Crow stars as the woman whose lover has been secretly using penis-enlargement cream. It has an unusual side effect that ultimately leads to an abomination. Erin Brown (also known as Misty Mundae) supports her boyfriend, Dick (played by Bill Zebub) who is a modern day Victor Frankenstein. The search for the rampaging monster intensifies as more victims fall prey.

3.1

MagicScore

#18

Film, Film, Film

1968

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

Everything Will Be OK

2006

A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

After Hours

1985

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dying Beyond Their Means?

The top films similar to Dying Beyond Their Means by MovieMagicScore are The Howl (4.7), Santa Sangre (7.1), Valhalla Rising (6.1). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dying Beyond Their Means worth watching?

Dying Beyond Their Means holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 26 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Dying Beyond Their Means?

Dying Beyond Their Means (2014) is a comedy film directed by Isaki Lacuesta, starring Raúl Arévalo, Imanol Arias, Iván Telefunken.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dying Beyond Their Means?

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About movies like Dying Beyond Their Means

This ranked list pairs Dying Beyond Their Means (2014), a comedy film from Isaki Lacuesta, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Raúl Arévalo take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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