
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...

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...

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....

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...

Peach Girl
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...

Death by Hanging
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....