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10 Best Movies Like The World Laughs

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

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#1
Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters

2024★ 6.9

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

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspe...

#2
Love Strikes!

Love Strikes!

2011★ 7.6

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

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to s...

#3
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

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

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#4
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

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

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#5
Peach Girl

Peach Girl

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Laughs for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and lonely. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate, Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal...

#6
Death by Hanging

Death by Hanging

1968★ 7.4

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

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next....

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