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10 Best Movies Like A Word for Sad Laughter

If you loved A Word for Sad Laughter, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Sad Dad

Sad Dad

2017★ 9.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young boy (George Azar) is horrendously murdered and his father (Collin Huber) goes into mourning....

#2
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

2007★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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#3
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#4
Forest

Forest

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror....

#5
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat....

#6
Area of Conflict

Area of Conflict

2017★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Word for Sad Laughter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with t...