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10 Best Movies Like The Great Surprise

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

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#1
Lost on Journey

Lost on Journey

2010★ 7.1

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

A boss of a toy corporation, Chenggong Li, tries to head back to Chan Sar to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his family. However, plans don't go as smoothly after he crosses pa...

#2
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977★ 6.5

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

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

#3
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

2008★ 7.6

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

An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket)...

#4
Mahjong

Mahjong

1996★ 7.4

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

Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local wh...

#5
Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

2014★ 6.6

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

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie....

#6
The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts

1929★ 6.5

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

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery....

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