
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.

Wicked Little Letters
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...

Memories of Matsuko
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....

Love Strikes!
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...

Achilles and the Tortoise
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...

Family Romance, LLC
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Laughs for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 1...

Modern Romance
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Laughs for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love....