If you loved Be Kind Rewind, try Microbe and Gasoline

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Microbe and Gasoline has roughly 9.4× fewer votes than Be Kind Rewind — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Be Kind Rewind

2008 · dir. Michel Gondry

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Microbe and Gasoline

2015 · dir. Michel Gondry

What they share

Both films are directed by Michel Gondry, and they both carry the cozy, playful, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Be Kind Rewind, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Microbe and Gasoline is

Apparently someone thought France needed more teenage inventors on the road. Two friends embark on a road trip in their DIY vehicle. It mostly gets them from point A to point B.

If you loved Be Kind Rewind, try Microbe and Gasoline

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Microbe and Gasoline

What they share

What Microbe and Gasoline is

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