
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.

Julien Donkey-Boy
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, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severe...

Closely Watched Trains
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...

Lara
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...

Burning Cane
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...

Cash Claim Chaos
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 ...

Titanic
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...