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10 Best Movies Like Only When I Laugh

If you loved Only When I Laugh, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool....

#2
The Wall

The Wall

2017★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper....

#3
The Wrong Neighbor

The Wrong Neighbor

2017★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A recently separated father and his teenage daughter become the deadly obsession of their neighbor -- a beguiling, deranged young woman willing to do whatever's necessary to take h...

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#6
John Wick

John Wick

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only When I Laugh for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him....