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10 Best Movies Like The Joke

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

#1
Julien Donkey-Boy

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999★ 6.9

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

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, anorexic would-be wrestler brother Chris, sympathetic grandmother...

#2
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

1966★ 7.2

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

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance th...

#3
Lara

Lara

2019★ 6.6

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

Today is Lara’s 60th birthday, which happens to fall on the same day as her pianist son’s career-defining concert. A failed pianist herself, Lara spends the time before his perform...

#4
Burning Cane

Burning Cane

2019★ 5.7

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

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled...

#5
Cash Claim Chaos

Cash Claim Chaos

1939★ 7.9

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

Hospital orderly Rozruch, denied his therapeutic treatment, is mistaken for Dr. Marek at the insurance office and sent to a spa. Councilor Pěna, plotting to wed his mistress after ...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...