Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Laughter and Tears

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China

2013★ 6.8

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

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams....

#3
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.9

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#4
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#5
Chongqing Hot Pot

Chongqing Hot Pot

2016★ 6.5

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

When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy mone...

#6
One Second

One Second

2020★ 7.3

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

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond....

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