Movies like Help!
If Help!'s mix of surreal, musical and cult stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Help!'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Yellow Submarine
1968 · Directed by George Dunning · 90 min7.2
Why you'll like itWith George Harrison and John Lennon · Shares: surreal, musical · Also music and adventure · From the same decade (1960s)
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
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Back to the Future
1985 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 116 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: mad scientist · Also adventure and comedy
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest.
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Sing 2
2021 · Directed by Garth Jennings · 110 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also comedy and music
Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment…
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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
2003 · Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi · 68 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also music and adventure
Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth.
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A Day at the Races
1937 · Directed by Sam Wood · 109 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also comedy and music
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems.
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Caveman
1981 · Directed by Carl Gottlieb · 91 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Ringo Starr · Also comedy and adventure
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave.
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UglyDolls
2019 · Directed by Kelly Asbury · 88 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also music and comedy
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye.