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10 Best Movies Like The Light Ahead

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

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#1
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Light Ahead for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#2
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

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

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#3
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#4
Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970★ 6.3

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

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment...

#5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#6
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...