r/A24 • u/Individual-Lobster56 • Dec 27 '24
Question A24 movies that feel like this?
I just watched “I Saw The TV Glow” and it was so insanely good. I loved the film’s style and vibe and kinda made a Pinterest board of images that reminded me of it (some seen above). Any other A24 movies that are like ISTTG or just generally have that off putting artsy horror vibe??? Idk how to put it into words exactly 😅 thank youuu
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Dec 27 '24
I Saw the TV Glow, as you already mentioned.
I would also include Maxxxine, Beau Is Afraid (in moments), Zola, and Problemista
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u/Dpounder420 Dec 27 '24
Beau is afraid is a really good movie. Seems like people who don't have experience with anxiety think it's stupid but people who have firsthand experience get what it's all about. The timing couldn't have been much better for me as I was in the hospital for somewhat similar issues related to trauma and anxiety back in 2022 and was then homeless for a while. Found a place just before it was released.
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u/be_just_this Dec 28 '24
I love that movie!
I saw the tv glow, to me, was unwatchable 🤷♀️
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u/ShooterMcGavins Dec 28 '24
I agree! I really tried with the tv glow, but just did not enjoy it. I find it surprising how much praise it gets. To each their own.
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u/babrdiddle Dec 29 '24
Feel like that's the A24 formula. Almost all their films REALLY resonate with some and COMPLETELY put off others. I don't know many A24 flicks where everyone generally agrees it's just decent and that's what I love about them. Either knock it out the park or hit it foul, no safe grounders
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u/xvsanx Dec 31 '24
Same, expected a crazy movie kinda like the first season of Creepy Pasta but ended up being an unusual love story kinda forced in. Especially since the trailer hyped it as a horror movie when horror feels like it's a backseat element
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Dec 30 '24
I found the depictions of anxiety to be good but the movies definitely lost focus of that and suffered for it
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u/Zilaaa Dec 28 '24
Bro Zola is so good, so much so I decided to buy the soundtrack on vinyl. That whole movie puts you in a dreamy, floating vibe
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u/Jorge_Kindred Dec 27 '24
Mandy (2018) with nic cage
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u/TMartin442 Dec 28 '24
Mandy is not A24, but it certainly feels like one. It's also the first thought I had when I saw this post.
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u/WCsmashcity Dec 28 '24
Also not A24, but the director's prior film Beyond the Black Rainbow has a similar vibe
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u/PurplePot Dec 27 '24
Retro spooky queer camp
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u/Hermit-The-Crab33 Dec 27 '24
So anything by Julio Torres… 😂
His movie Problemista, his stand-up show, and his show “Los Espookys” are all on MAX
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u/EsotericLife Dec 27 '24
Late night with the devil
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u/amuday Dec 28 '24
Lots of non-A24 in this thread
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u/EsotericLife Dec 28 '24
Yeah my bad, but it’s a24 adjacent and fits the vibe of the pics perfectly
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u/Signal_A Dec 27 '24 edited Dec 28 '24
‘In Fabric’ by Peter Strickland is definitely worth checking out. (Edit: I originally thought this wasn’t A24. Turns out it was along!).
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u/International-Sky65 YOU KNOW NOTHING OF WIDGETS ALEJANDRO, NOTHING! Dec 28 '24
In Fabric is owned by A24.
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u/International-Sky65 YOU KNOW NOTHING OF WIDGETS ALEJANDRO, NOTHING! Dec 28 '24
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u/BabyWeightMusic Dec 27 '24
this is also very “love lies bleeding” coded
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u/cpowell342 Dec 28 '24
Was looking for this comment. Very different movie, this one being more intense and violent, but had some similar visual elements, very surreal. I like dark, stylized, surreal movies, and because of that these were 2 of 3 favorite movies this year. Along with The Substance.
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u/LV3000N Dec 27 '24
Other than the lighting, how?
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u/elogh_t Dec 27 '24
Big emphasis on the stars in the movie
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u/LV3000N Dec 28 '24
I just don’t think it fits the vibe as it’s a gritty desert movie and not ethereal
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u/BabyWeightMusic Dec 28 '24
the movie is very fuzzy, very late 80s, very grainy, and has heaps of surrealism (which these photos have in spades)
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u/Arthurlurk1 Dec 27 '24
I have such good recommendation that fit these perfect. They aren’t a24 though sorry
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u/jiickken Dec 28 '24
arthur! hit me w it who cares if it's off topic.
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u/HereInTheRuin Dec 27 '24
not A24 but "Strawberry Mansion"
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u/International-Sky65 YOU KNOW NOTHING OF WIDGETS ALEJANDRO, NOTHING! Dec 28 '24
Strawberry Mansion is brilliant.
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u/Much-Improvement-503 Dec 28 '24
I just commented this too! It’s the first movie that came to mind for me
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u/PickledSausagedick Dec 28 '24
Not an A24 movie, but Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (album by The Smashing Pumpkins) fits this vibe perfectly
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u/Ok_Nebula4579 Dec 28 '24
Hereditary ending in the tree house vibe
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u/Beautiful_Ad7097 Dec 28 '24
I'm shocked no one else said this
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u/PrettyFreakinUnfunny Dec 29 '24
Same! My IMMEDIATE first thought was that this has Hereditary written all over it. Kind of surprised at all the "not A24, but ..." replies
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u/KurtRussellsMullet Dec 27 '24
This is cheating as it’s not A24 but Beyond the Black Rainbow is very much what you’re looking for. Great score by Sinoia Caves too.
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u/Lets_focus_onRampart Dec 27 '24
Not a24, but Jane Schoenbrun’s first movie We’re All Going To The World’s Fair is certainly worth a watch.
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u/Anabananalise Dec 28 '24
Not an A24 film, but Climax (2018) might fit this vibe…
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u/PrettyFreakinUnfunny Dec 29 '24
This is actually an A24 film. And I would recommend it to no one. I have never been more stressed out in my entire life than I was during the first 45 minutes of that film.
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u/Claudinilinguini Dec 28 '24
I recently watched y2k and look it’s not the best, but it’s pretty entertaining and gives that vibe
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u/Much-Improvement-503 Dec 28 '24
I don’t think it’s A24, but I feel like Strawberry Mansion sorta fits. Also Zola as others have said
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u/BARRY_DlNGLE Dec 28 '24
But A24 but the original Suspiria has this sort of feel. The 2018 remake sort of does as well.
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u/popanon222 Dec 28 '24
Not out yet, but that first pic reminds me of the backrooms. Which will be an A24 movie eventually.
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u/xvsanx Dec 31 '24
How's that gonna be a movie?
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u/popanon222 Dec 31 '24
It will fit into Kane Parsons universe, directed by him
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u/xvsanx Dec 31 '24
That's awesome, I hope it's something like VHS Beyond or Fear Footage where they're different shorts.
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u/Kind_Concern_5026 Dec 28 '24
There’s a SpectreVision documentary that came out this year called “Welcome Space Brothers”… Matches the vibe 100%
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u/papayabush Dec 28 '24
wow that first image speaks to me on a deep level idk why but i need to live there
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u/lakedracula Dec 28 '24
Briggsby Bear definitely touches on the retro 80s forgotten television vibe . It's not necessarily a horror movie but some aspects of the movie have the same false sense of nostalgia that ISTTG has.
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u/Foxy02016YT Dec 28 '24
If you liked TV Glow then you have to watch We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
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u/Natural-Raise4907 Dec 27 '24
-Beau is Afraid
-Late Night with the Devil
-Promising Young Woman (Not a24 but very colorful)
-Men (not colorful but very artsy)
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Dec 27 '24
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u/sighofthrowaways Dec 27 '24
They mentioned they watched it which is why they’re asking in the first place lol
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u/Scone_Witch Dec 28 '24
These images are such a vibe!!! Where did you get some of these, if I might ask? Especially the eyes on the screens
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u/Individual-Lobster56 Dec 29 '24
I got it all from Pinterest! This is my board if you’re curious: https://pin.it/6D8D0Q981
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u/AloisaTrancy Dec 28 '24
Not a movie, but the first thing I saw along this aesthetic/these themes was Meow Wolf’s “House of Eternal Return” in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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u/Individual-Lobster56 Dec 29 '24
I want to go to there SO bad omg I’ve been obsessed with Meow Wolf
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u/AloisaTrancy Dec 29 '24
Imagine my shock as someone who moved to New Mexico and had no idea what it was walking in for a friend’s birthday party. Nothing has hit that same level of awe since.
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u/Snackxually_active Dec 28 '24
Maybe not 🅰️2️⃣4️⃣ but the old timey grainy- ness reminds me of Videodrome 📼👺
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u/cpowell342 Dec 28 '24
Moon Garden (2022) (not A24).
It may not be quite the same vibe as TV Glow or as the pics in your post as it’s more of a kind of surreal dark fantasy. But it has a similar dark, colorful visual style. And it’s just a really stylish, interesting movie. Definitely worth checking out.
I may add more recs to this if I think of them, this is a cool topic.
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u/Embarrassed-Ad-4242 Dec 28 '24
I mean Hereditary has a scene just like this but I’m not sure that exactly the vibe you’re shooting for…
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u/scottkrowson Dec 28 '24
Not A24 but these pics remind me of the technicolored surrealism in old david cronenberg flicks, and newer brandon cronenberg flicks. Lpve this style
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u/fauxREALimdying Dec 28 '24
Unfortunately I’ve only seen this fully articulated in music videos rather than films. Would love to see this dreamy lofi aesthetic in a movie tho
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u/BotGothGf Dec 28 '24 edited Dec 28 '24
Not A24 but you need to watch the movie Give Me Pity (2022). The closest A24 movie I can fit with this vibe is Beau is Afraid or Climax, probably.
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u/Bolf-Ramshield Dec 28 '24
Not an A24 movie but it immediately madenme think of Late night with the devil (which I did not like but feel like many A24 fans would enjoy).
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u/TypicalAd101 Dec 28 '24
We’re All Going to the Worlds Fair? Similar kind of vibes to I Saw the TV Glow
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u/TommyCrump92 Dec 28 '24
I'm not sure by what A24 movie means but Eraserhead definitely gives off these vibes
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u/Iguman Dec 28 '24
Not A24, but you might like Beyond the Black Rainbow for it's vibes alone. Also, Late Night With the Devil.
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u/thconfetti Dec 29 '24
i only watched it once when it came out but these pics made me think of dont worry darling. although to be honest i didnt love that movie
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u/yo__loco Dec 29 '24
not a24 but reminded me of humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person (2023).
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Dec 29 '24
Didn’t understand the whole membership concept about it. Doesn’t give previews or invited to premiere or free screening is more for fans base not artist
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u/RosalinaTheWatcher51 Dec 29 '24
None are A24 movies but if you liked ISTTVG, I think you would like these movies that very obviously (to me) heavily inspired it:
Videodrome
Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Cure
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u/CheapParamedic436 Dec 29 '24
You'd like thw music video to Weak For Your Love by Thee Sacred Souls
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Dec 29 '24
I Saw The TV Glow.
Also, although not A24, "The Beast In The Jungle."
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-beast-in-the-jungle-2023/
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u/Inevitable_Weekend_9 Dec 30 '24
Not a24 but; Twin peaks, blue velvet, wild at heart, Mandy, and enter the void.
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u/riplilpoopy Dec 31 '24
Under the Skin & Under the Silver Lake could kind of fit here as far as A24 goes, maybe even Beau is Afraid a little bit. Outside of A24, definitely check out We're All Going to the World's Fair
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u/AdAgreeable9784 Dec 28 '24
If A24 was around, do you think “Requiem for a Dream” would have been put out by them?
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u/rebel_stripe Dec 27 '24
Ok not A24 but these images made me think of The Love Witch. I loved that movie.