Movies Like Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

Songs from the Second Floor is a 2000 comedy, drama film from Roy Andersson with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Day of the Beast and Elsa the Rose.

Comedy Drama

The Day of the Beast

1995

The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal "trip" through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.

7.2

MagicScore

Elsa the Rose

1966

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

6.1

MagicScore

Weekend

1967

A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

6.9

MagicScore

In the Mouth of Madness

1995

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

7.2

MagicScore

Sisters

1973

Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.

6.7

MagicScore

The Holy Mountain

1973

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

7.5

MagicScore

Malpertuis

1972

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

6.4

MagicScore

Carrie

2002

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

6.1

MagicScore

The Day After

1983

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

They Look Like People

2016

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

13/13/13

2013

It's the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium.

4.0

MagicScore

#13

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

Little Ashes

2008

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

5.9

MagicScore

#15

Apocalypse Now

1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

8.3

MagicScore

#16

Come and See

1985

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Flyora into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Flyora finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

8.2

MagicScore

#17

Requiem for a Dream

2000

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

8.0

MagicScore

#18

Lost Highway

1997

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Hour of the Wolf

1968

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Pi

1998

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Songs from the Second Floor?

The top films similar to Songs from the Second Floor by MovieMagicScore are The Day of the Beast (7.2), Elsa the Rose (6.1), Weekend (6.9). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Songs from the Second Floor worth watching?

Songs from the Second Floor holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 294 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Songs from the Second Floor?

Songs from the Second Floor (2000) is a comedy, drama film directed by Roy Andersson, starring Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson.

Where can I find more recommendations like Songs from the Second Floor?

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About movies like Songs from the Second Floor

This ranked list pairs Songs from the Second Floor (2000), a comedy and drama film from Roy Andersson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Lars Nordh 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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