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10 Best Movies Like Laughter and Tears

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.1

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#3
American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China

2013★ 6.8

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

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams....

#4
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#5
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.8

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#6
Happy Times

Happy Times

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter and Tears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Zhao is an ageing bachelor, who has not been fortunate in love. Believing that he has finally met the female of his dreams, Zhao makes her believe that he is opulent and consents t...

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