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10 Best Movies Like Applause

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

#1
Night Owls

Night Owls

1930★ 7.4

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

Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan an...

#2
The Peasants

The Peasants

1939★ 5.0

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

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919....

#3
Smash TV - Skinemax

Smash TV - Skinemax

★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Applause for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It's long form entertainment for short attention spans. An hour long VJ odyssey, i...

#4
Skin of a Mandarin

Skin of a Mandarin

2023★ 9.5

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

The film delicately follows 25-year-old Anna, whose mother has died suddenly. She wants to send her Orthodox mother on her last journey according to customs, but she runs into bure...

#5
Das Leben ist ein Bauernhof

Das Leben ist ein Bauernhof

2012★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Applause for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

6 weeks before her 18th birthday Katharina inherits her mothers farm with all it's problems. At the funeral she meets her two uncles, which she never met before, but turn out to be...

#6
Más allá de lo común

Más allá de lo común

2024★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Applause for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pili, a 51-year-old widow, unexpectedly leaves her home when, on her way, she is interrupted by the presence of an alien. After trying to tell her children about the extraterrestri...