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10 Best Movies Like Laughter in the Dark

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

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#1
Rose Plays Julie

Rose Plays Julie

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that...

#2
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

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

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

#3
Coldwater

Coldwater

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmat...

#4
Chatroom

Chatroom

2010★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath t...

#5
The Watchman

The Watchman

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The protagonist Vlad is a man of about forty; he lives and works as watchman in an old sanatorium that is due to be demolished. He obviously needs this work to live the life of a h...

#6
Bosco

Bosco

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Laughter in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. Sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, Adams miraculously escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison wh...

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