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10 Best Movies Like Laughing Buddha

If you loved Laughing Buddha, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughing Buddha for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....

#2
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

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

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...

#3
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982★ 7.4

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

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days....

#4
Rosetta

Rosetta

1999★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughing Buddha for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignifie...

#5
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughing Buddha for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Made...

#6
The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughing Buddha for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections t...